0001193125-13-253656.txt : 20130611 0001193125-13-253656.hdr.sgml : 20130611 20130610175738 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-13-253656 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 10 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130605 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Bankruptcy or Receivership ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities ITEM INFORMATION: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Control of Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20130611 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130610 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001046880 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-BEER, WINE & DISTILLED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES [5180] IRS NUMBER: 541865271 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35293 FILM NUMBER: 13904500 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3000 ATRIUM WAY STREET 2: SUITE 265 CITY: MT LAUREL STATE: NJ ZIP: 08054 BUSINESS PHONE: 8562736970 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3000 ATRIUM WAY STREET 2: SUITE 265 CITY: MT LAUREL STATE: NJ ZIP: 08054 8-K 1 d551595d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 5, 2013

 

 

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   001-35293   54-1865271

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

3000 Atrium Way, Suite 265

Mount Laurel, New Jersey

  08054
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(856) 273-6980

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

On April 7, 2013, the Central European Distribution Corporation (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc. and CEDC Finance Corporation, LLC (together with the Company, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions for reorganization (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”) in order to effectuate the Debtors’ prepackaged chapter 11 plan of reorganization (as amended and restated, the “Plan”). The Chapter 11 Cases were jointly administered under the caption “In re: Central European Distribution Corporation, et al.” Case No. 13-10738. Also as previously announced, the Plan was voted on and accepted by the holders of in excess of two-thirds in amount of the Company’s secured debt and a majority of such holders. On April 7, 2013, the Company filed with the Bankruptcy Court the proposed Plan and related Amended and Restated Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation Statement and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization, dated March 8, 2013 (as amended, restated and supplemented, the “Disclosure Statement”) is attached as Exhibit (a)(1)(i) to the Company’s Schedule TO-I/A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 11, 2013. Supplement No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation Statement and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization, dated March 18, 2013, was filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 19, 2013.

On May 13, 2013, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the “Confirmation Order”) confirming the Plan. A copy of the Confirmation Order is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Plan provided that it would become effective (the “Effective Date”), filed as Exhibit 99.46 to RTL’s Schedule 13D/A on April 29, 2013 upon the completion of certain conditions precedent, including closing conditions under the Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Agreement with Roust Trading Limited (“RTL”), filed as Exhibit 99.46 to RTL’s Schedule 13D/A on April 29, 2013. The Effective Date of the Plan was June 5, 2013.

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Senior Secured Notes due 2018

On June 5, 2013, the Company along with CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Issuer”), entered into an Indenture (the “Senior Secured Notes Indenture”), between the Company, the Issuer, certain subsidiary guarantors named therein, and US Bank, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee”). The Senior Secured Notes Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. In connection with the Senior Secured Notes Indenture, the Issuer issued $465 million Senior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “Senior Secured Notes”) to holders of the Issuer’s Senior Secured Notes due 2016 (“Existing 2016 Notes”), which were cancelled pursuant to the Company and the Issuer’s plan of reorganization. The issuance of the Senior Secured Notes to holders of Existing 2016 Notes is expected to take place on or about June 19, 2013. The respective forms of the Senior Secured Notes are included in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1 and are incorporated herein by reference. The Senior Secured Notes will be secured by, among other things, (a) a first-priority pledge over the shares of the Issuer and certain subsidiaries of the Company, (b) a first-priority assignment of rights under certain bank accounts of the Company, (c) certain intercompany loans, and (d) a first-priority mortgage over certain real property and fixtures.


10% Convertible Junior Secured Notes due 2018

On June 5, 2013, the Company and the Issuer, entered into an Indenture (the “Convertible Notes Indenture”), between the Company, the Issuer, certain subsidiary guarantors named therein, and US Bank, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee”). The Convertible Notes Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. In connection with the Convertible Notes Indenture, the Issuer issued $200 million Convertible Junior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “Convertible Notes” and, together with the Senior Secured Notes, the “New Notes”) to holders of Existing 2016 Notes, which were cancelled pursuant to the Company and the Issuer’s plan of reorganization. The issuance of the Convertible Notes to holders of Existing 2016 Notes is expected to take place on or about June 19, 2013. The respective forms of the Convertible Notes are included in the Convertible Notes Indenture filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1 and are incorporated herein by reference. The Convertible Notes will be secured by, among other things, (a) a first-priority pledge over the shares of the Issuer and certain subsidiaries of the Company, (b) a first-priority assignment of rights under certain bank accounts of the Company, (c) certain intercompany loans, and (d) a first-priority mortgage over certain real property and fixtures.

The Convertible Notes will be junior in ranking as a result of the Intercreditor Agreement, dated June 5, 2013, between the trustee for the Senior Secured Notes and the trustee for the Convertible Notes, and agreed and acknowledged by, inter alios, the Company and the Issuer.

Other material terms of the indentures can be found in the Company’s Form T-3/As, filed with the SEC on March 11, 2013 and May 20, 2013.

 

Item 1.03 Bankruptcy or Receivership.

The following is a summary of the material terms of the Plan. This summary highlights certain substantive provisions of the Plan only and is not a complete description of the Plan. The full text of the Plan as confirmed is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Summary of the Plan

Pursuant to the Plan, the Company made a cash payment to holders of its 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 (“Existing 2013 Notes”), will make a cash payment to certain holders of its Existing 2016 Notes, will issue New Notes to certain holders of its Existing 2016 Notes and has issued new shares to RTL. All of the previously issued Existing 2013 Notes and Existing 2016 Notes and outstanding shares of the Company’s pre-emergence shares of common stock (“Pre-Emergence Common Stock”) have been cancelled. RTL, owned by Mr. Roustam Tariko, has received 100% of the outstanding shares of stock of the Reorganized Company (“New Common Stock”) in exchange for funding CEDC’s cash payments under the Plan and the cancellation of CEDC’s existing debt obligations to RTL.

Distributions under the Plan’s cash option to holders of the Existing 2016 Notes are expected to be completed within approximately five business days from the effective date, on or about June 12, 2013. Based on its tabulations, holders of CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc.’s 9.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 (“USD 2016 Notes”) and 8.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 (“Euro 2016 Notes”) who submitted bid prices of up to and including $820.00 or €820.00, respectively, will receive a cash payment in respect of their Existing 2016 Notes. Approximately €90.8 million of Euro 2016 Notes and approximately $93.1 million of USD 2016 Notes, equal to an aggregate of approximately $209.6 million principal amount of Existing 2016 Notes, will be repurchased for cash. Approximately €339.2 million of Euro 2016 Notes and approximately $286.9 million of USD 2016 Notes will remain unpurchased and will receive New Notes pursuant to the Plan. The New Notes will be denominated in U.S. dollars.

The distribution of New Notes is expected to be completed within ten business days from the effective date, on or about June 19, 2013. Based on the Company’s tabulations, holders of Euro 2016 Notes will receive $1,181.07 principal amount of New Notes per €1,000 principal amount of Euro 2016 Notes currently held by such holders. Holders of USD 2016 Notes will receive $919.77 principal amount of New Notes per $1,000 principal amount of USD 2016 Notes currently held by such holders.


Assets and liabilities

As of September 30, 2012, the Company had total assets of $1,980,166,000 and total liabilities of $1,769,379,000. For further information concerning the Company’s assets and liabilities, reference is made to the Disclosure Statement.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On June 5, 2013, in connection with the effectiveness of the Plan, the Company issued an aggregate of 10,000 shares of New Common Stock. The issuance of the New Notes and the New Common Stock under the Plan was made pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933 contained in Section 1145(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

Pursuant to the Plan, as of the Effective Date, all Pre-Emergence Common Stock issued by the Company was cancelled. Each holder of an equity interest in the Pre-Emergence Common Stock neither received nor retained any property or interest in property on account of such equity interest.

 

Item 5.01 Changes in Control of Registrant.

Pursuant to the Plan, all of the Company’s Pre-Emergence Common Stock was cancelled on the Effective Date. Holders of such Pre-Emergence Common Stock did not and will not receive any distributions under the Plan. In accordance with the terms of the Plan, RTL and its affiliates have acquired control of 100% of the New Common Stock. As a result of the Company’s emergence from Chapter 11 and in accordance with the Plan, the identity of several of the directors on the Company’s board of directors has changed as described in Item 5.02 below.

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Pursuant to the New Charter (as defined in Item 5.03 below), the following persons have been named as directors of the Company:

 

   

Mr. Roustam Tariko

 

   

Mr. N. Scott Fine

 

   

Mr. Jose L. Aragon

 

   

Judge Joseph Farnan

 

   

Mr. Alessandro Picchi

 

   

Mr. Pavel Merkul

 

   

Mr. Eberhard von Löhneysen

 


Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Pursuant to the Plan, the Company has filed an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “New Charter”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and has adopted Amended and Restated By-Laws (the “New By-Laws”), each of which became effective as of June 5, 2013. Changes implemented by the New Charter and New By-Laws include the following:

 

   

The authorized share capital of the Company is 90,000 shares of common stock of $0.01 par value per share and 10,000 shares of preferred stock of $0.01 par value per share.

 

   

The number of authorized shares of preferred stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of the Company entitled to vote, without the separate vote of the holders of the preferred stock as a class, unless a vote of any such holders is required pursuant to the terms of any certificate of designation. In case the number of shares of any series shall be decreased in accordance with the foregoing sentence, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status that they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series.

 

   

A director may be removed with or without cause, but in any case such removal shall only be effective if accomplished by the affirmative vote of holders of not less than a majority of the shares of the capital stock the Company issued and outstanding and entitled to vote generally in the election of directors cast at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose, notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law.

 

   

Certain provisions have been added to provide stockholder protections to Minority Stockholders (as defined in the New Charter), including:

 

   

Minority Stockholders have the right to nominate one director and such director’s successor.

 

   

The jurisdiction of incorporation and domicile of the Company will be Delaware until such time as (a) all of the Senior Secured Notes and all of the Convertible Notes have been redeemed, repaid or converted in their entirety, as applicable, and (b) no Minority Shares remain outstanding.

 

   

Certain registration rights as provided in Sections 6.3 and 6.4 of the New Charter.

 

   

Approval over certain significant transactions as provided in Section 6.5 of the New Charter.

 

   

Minority Stockholders have been provided tag along rights, drag along rights and preemptive rights in respect of share transfers by RTL.

The New Charter and the New By-Laws are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 hereto.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

2.1    Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order (I) Approving (A) the Disclosure Statement Pursuant to Sections 1125 and 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, (B) the Prepetition Solicitations Procedures, and (C) Forms of Ballots, and (II) Confirming the Second Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al.
2.2    Second Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al.
3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Central European Distribution Corporation
3.2    Amended and Restated By-Laws of Central European Distribution Corporation
4.1    Indenture, dated June 5, 2013
4.2    Indenture, dated June 5, 2013


SIGNATURE

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

 

CENTRAL EUROPEAN

DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

By:  

/s/ Grant Winterton

  Grant Winterton
  Chief Executive Officer

Date: June 10, 2013


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

2.1    Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order (I) Approving (A) the Disclosure Statement Pursuant to Sections 1125 and 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, (B) the Prepetition Solicitations Procedures, and (C) Forms of Ballots, and (II) Confirming the Second Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al.
2.2    Second Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al.
3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Central European Distribution Corporation
3.2    Amended and Restated By-Laws of Central European Distribution Corporation
4.1    Indenture, dated June 5, 2013
4.2    Indenture, dated June 5, 2013
EX-2.1 2 d551595dex21.htm FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER FIndings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order

Exhibit 2.1

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

 

    x   
  :   
In re:   :    Chapter 11
  :   

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION

CORPORATION, et al.,

 

:

:

   Case No. 13-10738 (CSS)
  :    Jointly Administered
Debtors.1   :   
  :    Re: Docket Nos. 9, 10 and 126
    x   

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER (I) APPROVING

(A) THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 1125 AND

1126(c) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, (B) THE PREPETITION

SOLICITATION PROCEDURES, AND (C) FORMS OF BALLOTS, AND

(II) CONFIRMING THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT

PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF CENTRAL

EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, ET AL.

Upon the motion (the “Motion”) of the Debtors for entry of (i) an order (a) scheduling a combined hearing on the adequacy of the Disclosure Statement (as defined below) and confirmation of the Second Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al. dated May 8, 2013 (the “Plan”), attached hereto as Exhibit A2, (b) approving the form and manner of the Combined Notice (as defined below), and (c) establishing the procedures for objecting to the Disclosure Statement and Plan, and (ii) an order (the “Confirmation Order”) (a) approving the prepetition solicitation procedures (the “Solicitation Procedures”), (b) approving the adequacy of the Disclosure Statement, and (c) confirming the Plan; and upon the order, dated April 9, 2013,

 

 

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The Debtors and the last four digits of their taxpayer identification numbers are as follows: Central European Distribution Corporation (5271), CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc. (0116), and CEDC Finance Corporation LLC (7136). The address for each of the Debtors is 3000 Atrium Way, Suite 265, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054.

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Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.


granting, in part, the Motion (the “Scheduling Order”) [Docket No. 46]; and the Court having considered the Debtors’ Memorandum of Law in Support of Entry of an Order Confirming the Second Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al. (the “Confirmation Brief”) [Docket No. 127], the Declaration of N. Scott Fine in Support of the Second Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al. (the “Fine Declaration”) [Docket No. 129], the Declaration of David R. Hilty in Support of the Second Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al. (the “Hilty Declaration”) [Docket No. 130], the Declaration of Grant Winterton in Support of the Second Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al. (the “Winterton Declaration”) [Docket No. 132], the Declaration of Joseph Farnan, Jr. in Support of the Second Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al. (the “Farnan Declaration”) [Docket No. 131] and the Supplemental Declaration of Joseph Farnan, Jr. in Support of the Second Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al. (the “Supplemental Farnan Declaration”) [Docket No. 152], each filed by the Debtors in advance of the Confirmation Hearing; and the Court having held a hearing on May 13, 2013 pursuant to sections 1128 and 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code to consider confirmation of the Plan (the “Confirmation Hearing”); and the Court having admitted into the record and considered evidence at the Confirmation Hearing; and the Court having taken judicial notice of the contents of the docket of the above-captioned Chapter 11 Cases (as defined below) maintained by the clerk of the Court and/or its duly-appointed agent, including all pleadings and other documents filed and orders entered thereon; and after due deliberation thereon and good and sufficient cause appearing therefor, it is hereby

 

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ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED THAT:

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW3

A. Jurisdiction; Venue; Core Proceeding (28 U.S.C. §§ 157(b)(2) and 1334(a)). This Court has jurisdiction over the above-captioned jointly administered chapter 11 cases of the Debtors (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334. Venue is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409. Confirmation of the Plan is a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(L), and this Court has jurisdiction to determine whether the Plan complies with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and should be confirmed.

B. Filing of Plan. On April 7, 2013, the Debtors filed the Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al., which was subsequently amended by the Plan on May 8, 2013. On April 7, 2013 the Debtors also filed the Amended and Restated Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation Statement and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization dated March 8, 2013 (the “Amended Offering Memorandum”), as supplemented by Supplement No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation, and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization dated March 18, 2013 (the “Offering Memorandum Supplement” and together with the Amended Offering Memorandum, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Disclosure Statement”).

 

 

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Each finding of fact set forth or incorporated herein, to the extent it is or may be deemed a conclusion of law, shall also constitute a conclusion of law. Each conclusion of law set forth or incorporated herein, to the extent it is or may be deemed a finding of fact, shall also constitute a finding of fact.

 

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C. Plan Supplement. On May 10, 2013 the Debtors filed a supplement (the “First Plan Supplement”) to the Plan [Docket No. 151]. The First Plan Supplement discloses the identity of the directors and officers of the Reorganized Debtors and the compensation of directors and officers of the Reorganized Debtors. The First Plan Supplement also attaches the New Convertible Notes Indenture, the New Secured Note Indenture, and the Supplemental Indenture. On May 11, 2013 the Debtors filed a second supplement (the “Second Plan Supplement” and together with the First Plan Supplement, the “Plan Supplement”) to the Plan [Docket No. 157]. The Second Plan Supplement attaches the Reorganized Debtors Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.

D. Transmittal of Solicitation Package. As set forth in the Declaration of Craig E. Johnson of the Garden City Group, Inc. Certifying the Methodology for the Tabulation of Votes on and Results of Voting With Respect to the Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al. [Docket No. 11] (the “Tabulation Declaration”), prior to the Petition Date, the Debtors, through their voting agent, Garden City Group, Inc. (“GCG”), caused the applicable forms of ballots, in the forms attached to the Motion as Exhibits B and C (the “Ballots”), and copies of the Disclosure Statement and Plan (the “Solicitation Packages”) to be served and distributed as required by sections 1125 and 1126 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”). Rules 3017 and 3018 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the “Bankruptcy Rules”), the Local Rules of Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Local Rules”), all other applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, and all other applicable rules, laws, and regulations applicable to such solicitation, including sections 3(a)(9) and 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, and including the rules

 

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and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “Securities Act”). The Plan and the Disclosure Statement were transmitted to all creditors entitled to vote on the Plan and sufficient time was prescribed for creditors to accept or reject the Plan. Such transmittal and service was adequate and sufficient under the circumstances and no other or further notice is or shall be required.

E. Mailing and Publication of Combined Notice. On or before April 11, 2013, the Debtors caused the Summary of Plan of Reorganization, Notice of Commencement of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases, and Notice of Combined Hearing on Disclosure Statement and Plan Confirmation, attached to the Scheduling Order as Exhibit A (the “Combined Notice”) to be mailed to all of the Debtors’ known creditors and interest holders of record. See Affidavit of Service of Ryan Nadick re: First Day Pleading and Summary of Plan of Reorganization, Notice of Commencement of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases, and Notice of Combined Hearing on Disclosure Statement and Plan Confirmation [Docket No. 75]. Additionally, the Debtors published the Combined Notice in The Wall Street Journal (International Edition) on April 16, 2013. See Affidavit of Publication of Ryan Nadick. [Docket No. 94]. Publication of the Combined Notice was in substantial compliance with the Scheduling Order and Bankruptcy Rule 2002(1). The Debtors have given proper, adequate and sufficient notice of the hearing to approve the Disclosure Statement as required by Bankruptcy Rule 3017(a). The Debtors have given proper, adequate and sufficient notice of the Confirmation Hearing as required by Bankruptcy Rule 3017(d). Due, adequate, and sufficient notice of the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, along with deadlines for filing objections to the Plan and the Disclosure Statement, has been given to all known holders of Claims and Interests substantially in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Scheduling Order. No other or further notice is or shall be required.

 

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F. Objections. All objections and all reservations of rights that have not been withdrawn, waived or settled, pertaining to confirmation of the Plan are overruled on the merits.

G. Adequacy of Disclosure Statement. Because the Plan was solicited prior to the Petition Date, the adequacy of the Disclosure Statement is governed by Bankruptcy Code sections 1125(b) and (g). The information contained in the Disclosure Statement contained extensive material information regarding the Debtors so that parties entitled to vote on the Plan could make informed decisions regarding the Plan. Additionally, the Disclosure Statement contains adequate information as that term is defined in Bankruptcy Code section 1125(a) and complies with any additional requirements of the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules, as well as with applicable non-bankruptcy law. The Disclosure Statement complies with the requirements of Bankruptcy Rule 3016(c) by sufficiently describing in specific and conspicuous bold language the provisions of the Plan that provide for releases and injunctions against conduct not otherwise enjoined under the Bankruptcy Code and sufficiently identifies the persons and entities that are subject to the releases and injunctions.

H. Solicitation. Sections 1125(g) and 1126(b) of the Bankruptcy Code apply to the solicitation of acceptances and rejections of the Plan prior to the commencement of these Chapter 11 Cases. Votes for acceptance or rejection of the Plan were solicited in good faith and in compliance with sections 1125 and 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Rules 3017 and 3018, and all other applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules, and all other rules, laws, and regulations. In particular, the solicitation of the Plan commenced on March 18, 2013, in accordance with applicable non-bankruptcy law, and the Voting Deadline remained open until April 4, 2013. The establishment of the Voting Deadline as April 4, 2013 was reasonable under Bankruptcy Rule 3018(b) and did not prescribe an

 

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unreasonably short time for creditors to accept or reject the plan. The form of the Ballots was adequate and appropriate and complied with Bankruptcy Rule 3018(c). The forms of the Ballots were sufficiently consistent with Official Form No. 14 and adequately addressed the particular needs of these Chapter 11 Cases and were appropriate for the Classes entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. Accordingly, the solicitation of the Plan complied with the provisions of Bankruptcy Code section 1125(g).

I. Good Faith Solicitation (11 U.S.C. § 1125(e)). All persons who solicited votes on the Plan, including any such persons released pursuant to Article IX.B and IX.C of the Plan, solicited such votes in good faith and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and are entitled to the protections afforded by section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code as well as the exculpation and limitation of liability provisions set forth in Article IX.D of the Plan.

J. Tabulation Results. On April 7, 2013, the Debtors filed the Tabulation Declaration, certifying the method and results of the ballot tabulation for each of the Classes entitled to vote under the Plan (the “Voting Classes”). On May 10, 2013, GCG filed the Supplemental Declaration of Craig E. Johnson of the Garden City Group, Inc. Certifying the Methodology for the Tabulation of Votes on and Results of Voting With Respect to the Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al. [Docket No. 154] (the “Supplemental Tabulation Declaration”). As evidenced by the Tabulation Declaration and the Supplemental Tabulation Declaration, all Voting Classes for which votes were received have accepted the Plan with respect to each of the Debtors in accordance with section 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code. All procedures used to tabulate the Ballots were fair and reasonable and conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules, and all other applicable rules, laws, and regulations.

 

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K. Bankruptcy Rule 3016. The Plan is dated and identifies the entities submitting it, thereby satisfying Bankruptcy Rule 3016(a). The filing of the Disclosure Statement with the clerk of the Court simultaneously with the Plan satisfied Bankruptcy Rule 3016(b).

L. Burden of Proof. As more fully set forth herein, the Debtors, as proponents of the Plan, have met their burden of proving each of the elements of sections 1129(a) and 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code by a preponderance of the evidence, which is the applicable evidentiary standard for confirmation of the Plan.

M. Plan Compliance with Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(1)). The Plan satisfies section 1129(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code because it complies with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including, but not limited to: (a) the proper classification of Claims and Interests (11 U.S.C. §§ 1122, 1123(a)(1)); (b) the specification of Unimpaired Classes (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(2)); (c) the specification of treatment of Impaired Classes (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(3)); (d) provision for the same treatment of each Claim or Interest within a Class (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(4)); (e) provision for adequate and proper means for implementation (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(5)); (f) the prohibition against the issuance of non-voting equity securities (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(6)); (g) adequate disclosure of the procedures for determining the identities and affiliations of the directors, members and officers with respect to the Reorganized Debtors (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(7)); and (h) the inclusion of additional plan provisions permitted to effectuate the restructuring of the Debtors (11 U.S.C. § 1123(b)).

 

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(a) Proper Classification (11 U.S.C. §§ 1122 and 1123(a)(1)). In particular, Article III of the Plan adequately and properly identifies and classifies all Claims and Interests. The Plan designates eight (8) Classes of Claims and two (2) Classes of Interests. The Claims or Interests placed in each Class are substantially similar to other Claims or Interests, as the case may be, in each such Class, and such classification therefore satisfies section 1122 of the Bankruptcy Code. Valid business and legal reasons exist for the various Classes of Claims and Interests created under the Plan, and such Classes do not unfairly discriminate between holders of Claims or Interests. Thus, the Plan satisfies section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(b) Specified Treatment of Unimpaired Classes (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(2)). The Plan specifies in Article III that Classes 1, 4, 6, and 10 are Unimpaired under the Plan, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(c) Specified Treatment of Impaired Classes (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(3)). The Plan specifies in Article III that Classes 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 and 9 are Impaired under the Plan and sets forth the treatment of the Impaired Classes in Article III of the Plan, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(d) No Discrimination (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(4)). Article III of the Plan provides for the same treatment for each Claim or Interest in each respective Class unless the holder of a particular Claim or Interest has agreed to a less favorable treatment of such Claim or Interest. Accordingly, the Plan satisfies section 1123(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(e) Implementation of the Plan (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(5)). Article V of the Plan provides adequate and proper means for implementation of the Plan, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(f) Nonvoting Equity Securities (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(6)). Article V.D of the Plan provides that the organizational documents of each Reorganized Debtor shall be amended as necessary to satisfy the provisions of the Plan and the Bankruptcy Code, including section 1123(a)(6). Accordingly, the Plan satisfies section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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(g) Selection of Officers and Directors (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(7)). The Debtors have identified proposed directors and officers of the Reorganized Debtors. Officers of each of the Debtors immediately prior to the Effective Date will remain officers of each of the Reorganized Debtors on the Effective Date. The Plan Supplement discloses the identity of the members of the new board of each of the Reorganized Debtors, as well as additional compensation that was awarded to certain members of the Debtor’s board of directors that will be paid on or after the Effective Date. The manner of selection and appointment of directors of each of the Reorganized Debtors under the Plan is consistent with the interests of holders of Claims and Interests and with public policy and, thus, satisfies section 1123(a)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(h) Additional Plan Provisions (11 U.S.C. § 1123(b)(6)). The Plan’s additional provisions are appropriate and not inconsistent with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.

N. Debtors’ Compliance with Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(2)). The Debtors have complied with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Scheduling Order, and other orders of this Court, thereby satisfying section 1129(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code. In particular, the Debtors are proper debtors under section 109 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors are proper proponents of the Plan pursuant to section 1121(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors, as proponents of the Plan, complied with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules and the Scheduling Order in transmitting the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Ballots and notices and in soliciting and tabulating votes on the Plan.

 

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O. Plan Proposed in Good Faith (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(3)). The Debtors have proposed the Plan in good faith, for proper purposes and not by any means forbidden by law, thereby satisfying section 1129(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code. In determining that the Plan has been proposed in good faith, the Court has examined the totality of the circumstances surrounding the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the formulation of the Plan and all modifications thereto. The Chapter 11 Cases were filed, and the Plan and all modifications thereto were proposed, with the legitimate and honest purpose of reorganizing and maximizing the value of the Debtors and the recovery to stakeholders.

P. Further, the Plan negotiations were conducted in good faith, satisfy the entire fairness standard, and were not unduly influenced by Roust Trading. In determining to pursue the Plan and assume the RTL Investment Agreement, CEDC employed a fair process that resulted in a fair price. In particular, (i) CEDC and Roust Trading were at all times represented by separate counsel and professionals during the restructuring negotiations; (ii) there was a special independent CEDC board committee comprised of four independent directors to negotiate with Roust Trading; (iii) the ad hoc committees of holders of the Debtor’s notes were extensively involved in the Plan negotiations; and (iv) Roust Trading did not impede the debtor’s efforts to pursue alternative restructuring transactions. CEDC actively pursued alternatives throughout the course of its negotiations with Roust Trading, employing a bidding process that culminated in multiple, competing offers made by several market participants prior to the petition date to serve as sponsors of a plan of reorganization for CEDC, ensuring the best terms possible for CEDC’s restructuring. Accordingly, the Court finds that (1) the Plan and RTL

 

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Investment Agreement were negotiated in good faith and satisfy the entire fairness standard; (2) the Debtors have proposed the Plan in good faith and not by any means forbidden by law; and (3) section 1129(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code is satisfied with respect to the Plan.

Q. Payments for Services or Costs and Expenses (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(4)). Pursuant to Article II.A.2(a) of the Plan, professionals holding Claims for Accrued Professional Compensation are required to file their final fee applications with the Court no later than thirty (30) days after the Effective Date. These applications remain subject to Court approval under the standards established by the Bankruptcy Code, including the requirements of sections 327, 328, 330, 331, 503(b) and 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code, as applicable. The Plan Support Parties’ Professional Fee Claims and the Existing Notes Indenture Trustees’ Fees and Expense Claims constitute Allowed Administrative Expense Claims and shall be paid in full in Cash on the first Distribution Date. Finally, Article XII of the Plan provides that the Court will retain jurisdiction after the Effective Date to hear and determine all applications for allowance of compensation or reimbursement of expenses authorized pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or the Plan, including requests by Professionals. Accordingly, the Plan fully complies with the requirements of section 1129(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

R. Board of Managers, Officers, and Insiders (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(5)). The Debtors have sufficiently disclosed the initial members of the new board of each of the Reorganized Debtors, including the identity of any insider that will be employed or retained by the Reorganized Debtors. The Debtors have also disclosed the process and procedure for selecting additional members of the new board of each of the Reorganized Debtors. The Plan Supplement discloses the identity of the members of the new board of each of the Reorganized Debtors, as well as additional compensation that was awarded to certain members of the Debtor’s

 

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board of directors that will be paid on or after the Effective Date. The appointment to, or continuance in, such office of each individual, and the methods established therefore, are consistent with the interests of holders of Claims and Interests, and with public policy. Therefore, section 1129(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code is satisfied with respect to the Plan.

S. No Rate Changes (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(6)). Section 1129(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code is satisfied because the Plan does not provide for any change in rates over which a governmental regulatory commission has jurisdiction.

T. Best Interests Test (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(7)). The liquidation analysis attached as Appendix E to the Disclosure Statement, the Hilty Declaration, the Winterton Declaration and other evidence proffered or adduced at the Confirmation Hearing (1) are persuasive and credible, (2) are based upon reasonable and sound assumptions, (3) provide a reasonable estimate of the liquidation values of the Debtors in the event the Debtors were liquidated under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (4) establish that each holder of a Claim or Interest in an Impaired Class that has not accepted the Plan will receive or retain under the Plan, on account of such Claim or Interest, property of a value, as of the Effective Date, that is not less than the amount that such holder would receive if the Debtors were liquidated under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code on such date. Therefore, the Plan satisfies section 1129(a)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code.

U. Acceptance By Certain Classes (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(8)). Classes 1, 4, 6 and 10 are Unimpaired by the Plan and, therefore, under section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, such Classes are conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan. Classes 2, 3, and 5 were entitled to vote on the Plan and each of such Classes has voted to accept the Plan. Accordingly, Bankruptcy Code section 1129(a)(8) has been satisfied with respect to Classes 1 through 6 and

 

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10. Classes 7, 8 and 9 are deemed to reject the Plan pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 1126(g), but, as found below, the Plan is confirmable under Bankruptcy Code section 1129(b) notwithstanding the rejections by such Classes. Therefore, section 1129(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code has not been satisfied with respect to these Classes.

V. Treatment of Administrative and Priority Tax Claims and Priority Non-Tax Claims (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(9)). The treatment of Administrative Claims and Priority Non-Tax Claims under the Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(a)(9)(A) and (B) of the Bankruptcy Code, and the treatment of Priority Tax Claims under the Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code.

W. Acceptance By Impaired Class (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(10)). At least one Impaired Class of Claims voted to accept the Plan determined without including any acceptance of the Plan by any “insiders.” Therefore, section 1129(a)(10) of the Bankruptcy Code is satisfied with respect to the Plan.

X. Feasibility (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(11)). The Plan does not provide for the liquidation of all or substantially all of the property of the Debtors. The financial projections in Appendix D to the Disclosure Statement, the valuation analysis in Appendix F to the Disclosure Statement, the Fine Declaration, the Hilty Declaration, the Winterton Declaration, and the Farnan Declaration and the evidence proffered or adduced at the Confirmation Hearing (i) are persuasive and credible, (ii) have not been controverted by other credible evidence or sufficiently challenged in any of the objections to the Plan, and (iii) establish that the Plan is feasible and that confirmation of the Plan is not likely to be followed by the liquidation of the Reorganized Debtors or the need for further financial reorganization of the Reorganized Debtors. Therefore, the Plan satisfies section 1129(a)(11) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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Y. Payment of Fees (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(12)). The Debtors have paid or, pursuant to the Plan, will pay by the Effective Date, fees payable under 28 U.S.C. § 1930, thereby satisfying section 1129(a)(12) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Z. Continuation of Retiree Benefits (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(13)). Article V.F of the Plan provides that, following the Effective Date, the payment of all retiree benefits (as defined in section 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code) shall continue at the previously established levels, thereby satisfying section 1129(a)(13) of the Bankruptcy Code.

AA. Miscellaneous Provisions (11 U.S.C. §§ 1129(a)(14)-(16)). Sections 1129(a)(14)-(16) are inapplicable as the Debtors (i) have no domestic support obligations (1129(a)(14)), (ii) are not individuals (1129(a)(15)), and (iii) are for-profit businesses (1129(a)(16)).

BB. Section 1129(b); Confirmation of Plan Over Nonacceptance of Impaired Classes. Holders of Claims and Interests in Classes 7, 8 and 9 are deemed to have rejected the Plan (the “Deemed Rejecting Classes”). All of the requirements of section 1129(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, other than section 1129(a)(8) with respect to such Classes, have been met. Notwithstanding the fact that the Deemed Rejecting Classes are deemed to reject the Plan and thus do not satisfy section 1129(a)(8), the Plan may be confirmed pursuant to section 1129(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code because the Plan does not discriminate unfairly and is fair and equitable with respect to the Deemed Rejecting Classes. After entry of this Confirmation Order and upon consummation of the Plan, the Plan shall be binding upon the members of the Deemed Rejecting Classes.

 

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CC. The Plan does not unfairly discriminate because members within each Class are treated similarly. In particular, all of the Class 7 Intercompany Claims, Class 8 Subordinated 510(b) Claims and Class 9 Existing Common Stock are placed into their individual classes and given the same respective treatment. Accordingly, the Plan does not discriminate unfairly in respect to the Deemed Rejecting Classes or any other Class of Claims or Interests.

DD. The Plan is fair and equitable with respect to the Deemed Rejecting Classes, because, in accordance with Bankruptcy Code section 1129(b)(2)(B) and (C), there are no holders of Claims or Interests junior to the holders of Class 7 Intercompany Claims, Class 8 Subordinated 510(b) Claims and Class 9 Existing Common Stock who will receive or retain any property under the Plan. Moreover, pursuant to the Plan, no holders of Claims against the Debtors senior to the Deemed Rejecting Classes are receiving more than full payment on account of such Claims against the Debtors. Additionally, the reinstatement of Class 7 Intercompany Claims and Class 10 Intercompany Interests, should the Debtors choose to do so, does not violate Bankruptcy Code sections 1129(b)(2)(B) and (C). The senior creditors, who are entitled to all value under the Plan, have consented to these Classes, both of whom have lower priority, being reinstated. The preservation of Intercompany Claims and Intercompany Interests is a means to preserve the Reorganized Debtors’ corporate structure that does not have any economic substance and that does not enable any claimholder or interest holder junior to the Deemed Rejecting Classes to retain or recover any value under the Plan. Accordingly, the reinstatement of Class 7 Intercompany Claims and Class 10 Intercompany Interests is consistent with the requirement that no holders of Claims or Interests junior to the holders of Claims or Interests in the Deemed Rejecting Classes will receive or retain any property under the Plan on account of such Claims or Interests. Accordingly, the Plan is fair and equitable and does not discriminate unfairly, as required by section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and may be confirmed under Bankruptcy Code section 1129(b) notwithstanding the Deemed Rejecting Classes’ deemed rejection of the Plan.

 

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EE. Only One Plan (11 U.S.C. § 1129(c)). Only one Plan is being sought to be confirmed in the Chapter 11 Cases. Accordingly, the requirements of section 1129(c) of the Bankruptcy Code have been satisfied.

FF. Principal Purpose of Plan (11 U.S.C. § 1129(d)). The principal purpose of the Plan is not the avoidance of taxes or the avoidance of the application of section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. § 77e). Accordingly, the Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(d) of the Bankruptcy Code.

GG. Small Business Case (11 U.S.C. § 1129(e)). Section 1129(e) is inapplicable because these Chapter 11 Cases do not qualify as small business cases thereunder.

HH. Satisfaction of Confirmation Requirements. Based upon the foregoing, the Plan satisfies the requirements for confirmation set forth in section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

II. Executory Contracts. The Debtors have exercised reasonable business judgment in determining whether to assume or reject their executory contracts and unexpired leases pursuant to Article VI of the Plan. Each assumption of an executory contract or unexpired lease pursuant to Article VI of the Plan shall be legal, valid and binding upon the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor and their assignees or successors and all non-Debtor parties (and their assignees or successors) to such executory contract or unexpired lease, all to the same extent as if such assumption had been effectuated pursuant to an order of the Court entered before the date of the entry of this Confirmation Order (the “Confirmation Date”) under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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JJ. Adequate Assurance. The Debtors have cured, or provided adequate assurance that the Reorganized Debtors will cure, defaults (if any) under or relating to each of the executory contracts and unexpired leases that are being assumed by the Debtors pursuant to the Plan.

KK. Releases and Discharges. The releases and discharges of Claims and causes of action described in Article IX of the Plan constitute good faith compromises and settlements of the matters covered thereby. Such compromises and settlements are (i) made in exchange for adequate consideration including, without limitation, in exchange for the New Notes, and/or Cash or the New Common Stock, (ii) in the best interests of the Debtors’ Estates, claimholders and other parties in interest, (iii) fair, equitable and reasonable, (iv) integral elements of the restructuring and resolution of the Chapter 11 Cases in accordance with the Plan and (v) in the cases of releases provided pursuant to Article IX.C of the Plan, are consensual by holders of Claims that affirmatively voted to accept the Plan and did not elect to opt out of such releases, or are otherwise approved by the Court as appropriate pursuant to applicable law. Each of the discharge, release, injunction, indemnification and exculpation provisions set forth in the Plan: (i) is within the jurisdiction of the Court under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1334(a), (b), and (d); (ii) is an essential means of implementing the Plan pursuant to section 1123(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code; (iii) is an integral element of the transactions incorporated into the Plan; (iv) confers a material benefit on, and is in the best interests of, the Debtors, their Estates and their creditors; (v) is important to the overall objectives of the Plan to finally resolve all Claims among or against the parties in interest in the Chapter 11 Cases with respect to the Debtors, their organization, capitalization, operation and reorganization; and (vi) is consistent with sections 105, 1123, 1129, and other applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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LL. Issuance of New Common Stock. Issuance of the New Common Stock is an essential element of the Plan and is in the best interests of the Debtors, their Estates, and their creditors. The Debtors are authorized, without further approval of this Court or any other party, to issue the New Common Stock in accordance with the Plan and to execute and deliver all agreements, documents, instruments, and certificates relating thereto.

MM. Issuance of New Notes. Issuance of the New Notes is an essential element of the Plan and is in the best interests of the Debtors, their Estates, and their creditors. The Debtors are authorized, without further approval of this Court or any other party, to issue the New Notes in accordance with the Plan and to execute and deliver all agreements, documents, instruments, and certificates relating thereto.

NN. Distributions of New Notes Are Exempt From Registration Under the Securities Act. The distribution of the New Notes pursuant to the Plan is exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of section 5 of the Securities Act, as amended, and any state or local laws requiring registration for offer or sale of a security or registration or licensing of an issuer of, underwriter of, or broker dealing in, a security pursuant to and subject to the limitations in section 1145(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

OO. Covenant Amendments and Supplemental Indenture. The Covenant Amendments and Supplement Indenture as provided in Article V.J of the Plan (the “Covenant Amendments and Supplement Indenture”) are legal, valid, enforceable and binding without the need for further approval or agreement under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, by the directors or officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee, any security agent under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture or otherwise. The Supplemental Indenture is and is deemed to be executed and effective in all regards and in accordance with its terms. The Covenant Amendments and Supplemental Indenture are essential elements of the Plan and are in the best interests of the Debtors, their Estates, and their creditors.

 

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PP. Restructuring Transactions. The Reorganized Debtors’ entry into and assumption of all obligations under and in respect of the transactions contemplated by Article V of the Plan and the other transactions contemplated by the Plan (collectively, the “Restructuring Transactions”) is an exercise of reasonable business judgment, proposed in good faith, critical to the success and feasibility of the Plan and in the best interests of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates and creditors. The Restructuring Transactions were negotiated, proposed, and entered into or will be entered into, as the case may be, by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and the counterparties thereto without collusion, in good faith, and from arm’s-length bargaining positions. All documents heretofore executed in connection with the Restructuring Transactions are valid, binding and enforceable agreements and are not in conflict with any applicable federal or state law, and all documents to be executed following entry of this Confirmation Order in connection with the Restructuring Transactions, upon their execution, will be valid, binding and enforceable agreements and will not be in conflict with any applicable federal or state law.

QQ. RTL Investment Agreement. The Debtors have demonstrated good, sufficient and sound business purpose and justification for entry into the RTL Investment Agreement, attached as Exhibit D to the Plan, and for the fulfillment of their obligations thereunder, including, but not limited to, payment of the proposed Break-Up Fee (as defined in the RTL Investment Agreement) and Transaction Expenses (as defined in the RTL Investment Agreement). The proposed Break-Up Fee and Transaction Expenses as set forth in the RTL Investment Agreement are reasonable and constitute actual, necessary costs and expenses of preserving the Debtors’ estates.

 

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RR. Plan Conditions to Confirmation. The conditions to confirmation set forth in Article X of the Plan have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

SS. Plan Conditions to Consummation. Each of the conditions to the Effective Date, as set forth in Article X of the Plan, is reasonably likely to be satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

TT. Retention of Jurisdiction. The Court properly may retain jurisdiction over the matters set forth in Article XII of the Plan, subject to the exceptions set forth in Article XII of the Plan.

DECREES

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED THAT:

Confirmation of Plan and Related Matters

1. Approval Of Disclosure Statement. Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3017(b), the Disclosure Statement is approved under Bankruptcy Code sections 1125(a) and 1125(g).

2. Solicitation. The Solicitation Procedures, including the procedures for transmittal of Solicitation Packages, the form of Ballots, and the Voting Deadline, are approved under sections 1125 and 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Rules 3017 and 3018, the Local Rules, all other applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, and all other rules, laws, and regulations applicable to such solicitation. The solicitation materials are approved under sections 1125 and 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Rules 3017 and 3018, the Local Rules, all other applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, and all other applicable rules, laws, and regulations.

 

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3. Confirmation. The Plan, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, as modified by this Confirmation Order, including all provisions thereof and all Exhibits attached thereto, is approved and confirmed under section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code. All acceptances and rejections previously cast for or against the Plan are hereby deemed to constitute acceptances or rejections of the Plan in the form attached to this Order.

4. Confirmation Order Binding on All Parties. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e), in accordance with section 1141(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and notwithstanding any otherwise applicable law, upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, the terms of the Plan and this Confirmation Order shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of: (a) the Debtors; (b) the Reorganized Debtors; (c) any and all holders of Claims or Interests (irrespective of whether such Claims or Interests are Impaired under the Plan or whether the holders of such Claims or Interests accepted, rejected or are deemed to have accepted or rejected the Plan); (d) any other person giving, acquiring or receiving property under the Plan; (e) any and all non-Debtor parties to executory contracts or unexpired leases with any of the Debtors; and (f) the respective heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, representatives, attorneys, beneficiaries, guardians, successors or assigns, if any, of any of the foregoing. On the Effective Date, all settlements, compromises, releases, waivers, discharges, exculpations and injunctions set forth in the Plan shall be effective and binding on all Persons who may have had standing to assert any settled, released, discharged, exculpated or enjoined causes of action, and no other Person or entity shall possess such standing to assert such causes of action after the Effective Date.

 

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5. Notice. Notice of the Plan, the exhibits thereto (and all amendments and modifications thereto), the Disclosure Statement, the Solicitation Packages and the Confirmation Hearing was proper and adequate.

6. Objections. All objections and all reservations of rights that have not been withdrawn, waived or settled, pertaining to the confirmation of the Plan are overruled on the merits.

7. Effectiveness of All Actions. All actions contemplated by the Plan are hereby authorized and approved in all respects (subject to the provisions of the Plan). The approvals and authorizations specifically set forth in this Confirmation Order are nonexclusive and are not intended to limit the authority of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor or any officer or director thereof to take any and all actions necessary or appropriate to implement, effectuate and consummate any and all documents or transactions contemplated by the Plan or this Confirmation Order. Pursuant to this Order, Delaware General Corporate Law section 303, and other applicable law, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors are authorized and empowered, without action of their respective stockholders or members or boards of directors or managers (but subject to consent rights, if any, set forth in the Plan) to take any and all such actions as any of their executive officers may determine are necessary or appropriate to implement, effectuate and consummate any and all documents or transactions contemplated by the Plan or this Confirmation Order.

8. Revesting of Assets and Operation as of the Effective Date. Except as otherwise explicitly provided in the Plan, on the Effective Date, all property comprising the Estates and all Causes of Action (except those released by the Debtors pursuant to Article IX.B of the Plan) shall revest in each of the Debtors and, ultimately, in the Reorganized Debtors, free

 

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and clear of all Claims, Liens and Interests of any entity other than the Debtors, other than as expressly provided in the Plan. No Person (other than the Released Parties to the extent of the relevant release or releases) may rely on the absence of a specific reference in the Plan or the Disclosure Statement to any Cause of Action against them as any indication that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors will not pursue any and all available Causes of Action against them. The Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors expressly reserve all rights to prosecute any and all Causes of Action against any Person (other than the Released Parties to the extent of the relevant release or releases), except as otherwise provided in the Plan. As of the Effective Date, each of the Reorganized Debtors may operate its business and use, acquire, and dispose of property and settle and compromise Claims without supervision of the Bankruptcy Court, free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules, other than those restrictions expressly imposed by the Plan and this Confirmation Order.

9. Except as otherwise provided or in any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document created pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date and concurrently with the applicable distributions made pursuant to the Plan and, in the case of a Secured Claim, satisfaction in full of the portion of the Secured Claim that is Allowed as of the Effective Date, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges or other security interests against any property of the Estates shall be fully released and discharged, and all of the right, title and interest of any holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges or other security interests shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors and their successors and assigns. For the avoidance of doubt, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges or other security interests against any property of the Estates shall be fully released and discharged on the Effective Date without any further action of any party, including, but not limited to, further order of the Bankruptcy Court or filing updated schedules or statements typically filed pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

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10. New Organizational Documents. On or immediately prior to the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors are hereby authorized to file the amended certificates of incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State.

11. Management Incentive Plan. Article V.G of the Plan is deleted and replaced with the following: On or after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may implement a management incentive plan for management, selected employees and directors of the Reorganized Debtors, providing incentive compensation in the form of, among other things, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units phantom stock awards, performance awards and/or other stock-based awards in Reorganized CEDC in an aggregate amount equal to up to 5% of the New Common Stock, on a fully diluted basis (the “Management Incentive Plan”). Reorganized CEDC shall be authorized to adopt the Management Incentive Plan without the need for any further stockholder action. The specific form of and terms applicable to awards granted under the Management Incentive Plan shall be determined by the new board of Reorganized CEDC; provided that the aggregate price paid for all repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired New Common Stock issued pursuant to the Management Incentive Plan may not exceed $3.0 million in each twelve-month period from the date of issuance of the New Notes (with any unused amounts in any preceding twelve-month period being carried over to the succeeding twelve-month period); provided, that such $3 million cap for the first period shall be reduced by amounts paid pursuant to the following sentence. Current directors N. Scott Fine and Markus Sieger shall be paid performance bonuses of $1.0 million and $250,000 in cash, respectively, on the Effective Date.

 

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12. Restructuring Transactions. The Restructuring Transactions are approved, and the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors and their officers, managers and directors are authorized, subject to the consent rights contained in the Plan, to execute and/or amend such documents and take such actions as may be reasonably required in order to effectuate the Restructuring Transactions.

13. Approval of RTL Investment Agreement. The Debtors are authorized to enter into the RTL Investment Agreement, which shall be a binding obligation of the Debtors under its terms upon entry of this Order. The Debtors are further authorized to use property of the estate in fulfilling their obligations as set forth in the RTL Investment Agreement. The Debtors and each of their respective officers, employees, and agents are hereby authorized to execute such documents and do such acts as are necessary or desirable to carry out the transactions contemplated by the RTL Investment Agreement. The Debtors are hereby authorized to pay, as applicable, the Break-Up Fee and Transaction Expenses in accordance with, and when earned pursuant to, the RTL Investment Agreement. The Break-Up Fee and Transaction Expenses are hereby approved as reasonable and accorded the status of superiority administrative expense claims pursuant to section 503(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.

14. Cancellation of Interests in the Debtors. On the Effective Date, all notes, instruments, certificates, and other documents evidencing the Interests in the Debtors, including common stock listed on any stock exchange, including the Warsaw Stock Exchange, shall be cancelled, terminated and extinguished and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder or in any way related thereto shall be discharged.

 

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15. Cancellation of the RTL Credit Facility, the Existing 2013 Notes, the Existing 2016 Notes, the RTL Notes, and the RTL Put Right. Except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Plan, on the Effective Date: (1) all indentures, notes, bonds, purchase rights, instruments, guarantees, certificates, warrants, options, puts, agreements (including registration rights agreements), and other documents evidencing the RTL Credit Facility, the Existing 2013 Notes, the Existing 2016 Notes, the RTL Notes, the Existing Common Stock, the RTL Put Right, and any other indebtedness of the Debtors (except as provided in Article III.C.10 of the Plan) shall be deemed cancelled, and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder and in any way related thereto shall be fully satisfied, released, and discharged; (2)(i) all indentures, bonds, purchase rights, instruments, guarantees, certificates, warrants, options, puts, agreements (including registration rights agreements), and other documents evidencing the Existing 2013 Notes, shall be deemed cancelled, and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder and in any way related thereto shall be fully satisfied, released, and discharged, and (ii) the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee shall mark the Global Notes (as defined in the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture) cancelled and deliver such cancelled Global Notes to Reorganized CEDC; and (3)(i) all indentures, notes, bonds, purchase rights, instruments, guarantees, certificates, and other documents evidencing the Existing 2016 Notes shall be deemed cancelled, and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder and in any way related thereto shall be fully satisfied, released, and discharged and (ii) the Custodian (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture) shall mark the Global Dollar Note (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture) and the Global Euro Note (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture), as applicable, as cancelled and deliver such cancelled Global Dollar Note and Global Euro Note, as applicable, to Reorganized CEDC FinCo; provided, however, notwithstanding Confirmation or the occurrence of the Effective Date, any such indenture or agreement that governs the rights of the holder of a Claim shall continue in effect solely for purposes of (a) allowing holders of Existing 2016 Notes Claims, RTL Credit

 

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Facility Claims, and the Unsecured Notes Claims (as applicable) to receive distributions under the Plan as provided therein, and (b) allowing the Indenture Trustees, if applicable, to make distributions under the Plan as provided therein; provided further, however, that the preceding proviso shall not affect the discharge of Claims or Interests pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, the Confirmation Order or the Plan, or result in any expense or liability to the Reorganized Debtors, except to the extent set forth in or provided for under the Plan; provided further, however, that the cancellation of indentures, notes, instruments, guarantees, certificates, and other documents hereunder shall not itself alter the obligations or rights among third parties (apart from the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and the Non-Debtor Affiliates). Upon cancellation of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture and the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture, all duties and responsibilities of the Indenture Trustees under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture and the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture, as applicable, shall be discharged except to the extent required in order to effectuate the Plan.

16. Issuance of New Common Stock. Issuance of the New Common Stock in accordance with the Plan is approved. Each of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors are authorized and empowered, without further approval of this Court or any other party, to take such actions and to perform such acts as may be necessary, desirable or appropriate to implement the issuance of the New Common Stock in accordance with the Plan and to execute and deliver all agreements, documents, securities, instruments, and certificates relating thereto. The New Common Stock to be issued is hereby deemed issued as of the Effective Date regardless of the date on which it is actually distributed. All New Common Stock issued by the Reorganized Debtors pursuant to the provisions of the Plan is hereby deemed to be duly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

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17. Issuance of New Notes. Issuance of the New Notes in accordance with the Plan is approved. Each of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors are authorized and empowered, without further approval of this Court or any other party, to take such actions and to perform such acts as may be necessary, desirable or appropriate to implement the issuance of the New Notes in accordance with the Plan and to execute and deliver all agreements, documents, instruments, and certificates relating thereto. All New Notes to be issued are hereby deemed issued as of the Effective Date regardless of the date on which they are actually distributed. The Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, are authorized to enter into collateral documents to secure the New Notes.

18. Exemption from Registration. The issuance by the Reorganized Debtors of the New Notes pursuant to the Plan is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and similar state statutes pursuant and subject to section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code.

19. Covenant Amendments and Supplemental Indenture. Article V.J of the Plan is deleted and replaced with the following: The Supplemental Indenture shall take effect and be binding upon its execution, provided that (i) Section 3 shall become operative upon acceptance of the appointment as trustee under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture by the Successor Trustee and (ii) Section 4 of the Supplemental Indenture shall become operative at the earlier of (1) the date and time that CEDC FinCo gives notice to Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas that the Plan has been confirmed and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) has declared effective the Form T-3 qualifying the Supplemental Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, filed by the CEDC FinCo and CEDC on February 25, 2013 with the Commission, and (2) the day

 

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immediately preceding the Effective Date (the “Supplemental Indenture Operative Date”). On and after the Supplemental Indenture Operative Date, the following actions shall be deemed authorized and approved in all respects, without the need for further approval or agreement under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, by the directors or officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee, any security agent under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture or holders of Existing 2016 Notes or otherwise and pursuant to entry of this Confirmation Order: (i) the Supplemental Indenture shall be and shall be deemed to be executed and effective in all regards and in accordance with its terms (except as provide in clause (i) in the foregoing sentence); (ii) CEDC FinCo shall deliver notice to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee that it designates all Non-Debtor Affiliates as Unrestricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture) under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture; and (iii) the guarantees by such Unrestricted Subsidiaries and by all Subsidiary Guarantors of the Existing 2016 Notes shall be automatically and unconditionally released without any further action on the part of the trustee or any holder of Existing 2016 Notes (and thereupon shall terminate and be discharged and be of no further force and effect) pursuant to section 10.4 and Article IX of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture and all liens on assets of such Non-Debtor Affiliates designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries that secure the Existing 2016 Notes or guarantees thereof and liens on any other collateral that secures such notes or guarantees (and to the extent the Debtors so designate by notice to the trustee, any liens that indirectly secure the Existing 2016 Notes) shall be automatically and unconditionally released pursuant to section 11.9 and Article IX of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture. If the Debtors determine that it is necessary or desirable to further evidence the release of guarantees and liens pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture, the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee (or any successor trustee) and any security agent under

 

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the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture shall execute and deliver to the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors such instruments of release, satisfaction, discharge and/or assignment (in recordable form) as may be reasonably requested by the Debtors without any further action on the part of the Debtors. The Debtors may also in their discretion execute and record such instruments of release, satisfaction, discharge and/or assignment as attorney-in-fact of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee (or any successor trustee) and any security agent under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.

20. Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases. On the Effective Date, all executory contracts or unexpired leases of the Debtors, other than any executory contract or unexpired lease that (a) was previously assumed or rejected, (b) was listed in the Plan Supplement as an executory contract or unexpired lease to be rejected by the Debtors pursuant to the Plan, or (c) is subject to a pending motion to assume or reject as of the Confirmation Date, shall be deemed assumed as of the Confirmation Date (but subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date) in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions and requirements of sections 365 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code.

21. All executory contracts or unexpired leases assumed by the Debtors pursuant to the foregoing (the “Assumed Agreements”) shall remain in full force and effect for the benefit of the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and be enforceable by the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, in accordance with their terms notwithstanding any provision in such Assumed Agreements that purports to prohibit, restrict or condition such assumption. Any provision in the Assumed Agreements that purports to declare a breach or default based in whole or in part on the above-captioned cases is hereby deemed unenforceable, and the Assumed Agreements shall remain in full force and effect. Any postpetition lease termination agreements entered into by any of the Debtors with respect to nonresidential real property leases constitute Assumed Agreements and are hereby assumed pursuant to this Order.

 

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22. Deadlines. The bar dates and deadlines set forth in Articles II and VI of the Plan are hereby approved, including but not limited to the following:

(a) Rejection Damages Bar Date. All Proofs of Claim with respect to Claims arising from the rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases, if any, must be filed with the Bankruptcy Court within 30 days after the date of service of notice of such rejection by order of the Bankruptcy Court (including the Confirmation Order) approving such rejection; provided, that the Debtors retain the right to object to any such Claims on any grounds permitted by law, including but not limited to any caps under Bankruptcy Code section 502(b). Any Claims arising from the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease not filed with the Bankruptcy Court within such time will be automatically disallowed, forever barred from assertion and shall not be enforceable against the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates or their property. All Allowed Claims arising from the rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases shall be classified as Class 6 General Unsecured Claims against the applicable Debtor and shall be treated in accordance with Article III of the Plan.

(b) Claims for Accrued Professional Compensation. Professionals or other Persons asserting a Claim for Accrued Professional Compensation for services rendered before the Effective Date must file and serve on the Debtors and such other Persons who are designated by the Bankruptcy Rules, the Confirmation Order or other order of the Bankruptcy Court an application for final allowance of such Claim for Accrued Professional Compensation no later than 30 days after the Effective Date. Objections to any Claim for Accrued Professional Compensation must be filed and served on the Reorganized Debtors, the Office of the U.S. Trustee and the requesting party no later than 50 days after the Effective Date.

23. Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes. The issuance, transfer or exchange of debt and equity under the Plan, the creation of any mortgage, deed of trust, or other security interest, the making or assignment of any contract, lease or sublease, or the making or delivery of any deed or other instrument of transfer under, in furtherance of, or in connection with the Plan shall be exempt from all taxes (including, without limitation, stamp tax or similar taxes) to the fullest extent permitted by section 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code, and the appropriate state or local governmental officials or agents shall not collect any such tax or governmental assessment and shall accept for filing and recordation any of the foregoing instruments or other documents without the payment of any such tax or governmental assessment.

 

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24. Payment of Fees. All fees due and payable pursuant to section 1930 of Title 28 of the U.S. Code prior to the Effective Date shall be paid by the Debtors. Notwithstanding any consolidation of the Debtors called for in the Plan, each and every Debtor shall remain obligated to pay quarterly fees to the Office of the U.S. Trustee until the earliest of that particular Debtor’s case being closed, dismissed or converted to a case under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Discharge of Debtors, Releases and Injunctions

25. Discharge of Debtors. Pursuant to section 1141(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or in this Confirmation Order, the distributions, rights and treatment that are provided in the Plan shall be in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge, effective as of the Effective Date, of all Claims, Interests and Causes of Action of any nature whatsoever, including any interest accrued on Claims or Interests from and after the Petition Date, whether known or unknown, against, liabilities of, Liens on, obligations of, rights against and Interests in, the Debtors or any of their assets or properties, regardless of whether any property shall have been distributed or retained pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claims and Interests, including demands, liabilities and Causes of Action that arose before the Effective Date, any contingent or non-contingent liability on account of representations or warranties issued on or before the Effective Date, and all debts of the kind specified in sections 502(g), 502(h) or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code, in each case whether or not: (1) a Proof of Claim or Interest based upon such Claim, debt, right or Interest is filed or deemed filed pursuant to section 501 of the Bankruptcy Code; (2) a Claim or Interest based upon such Claim, debt, right or Interest is Allowed pursuant to section 502 of the

 

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Bankruptcy Code; or (3) the holder of such a Claim or Interest has accepted the Plan. Except as otherwise provided herein, any default by the Debtors or their Affiliates with respect to any Claim or Interest that existed before or on account of the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases shall be deemed cured on the Effective Date. The Confirmation Order shall be a judicial determination of the discharge of all Claims and Interests subject to the Effective Date occurring, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan.

26. Releases, Limitations of Liability and Indemnification. The releases set forth in Article IX.B and IX.C of the Plan, the exculpation and limitation of liability provisions set forth in Article IX.D of the Plan, and the indemnification obligations set forth in Article V.N of the Plan are incorporated in this Confirmation Order as if set forth in full herein and are hereby approved and authorized in their entirety and shall be, and hereby are, effective and binding, subject to the respective terms thereof, on all persons and entities who may have had standing to assert released Claims or Causes of Action, and no person or entity shall possess such standing to assert such Claims or Causes of Action after the Effective Date, provided, however, that notwithstanding any language to the contrary contained in the Disclosure Statement, Plan and/or Confirmation Order, no provision shall preclude the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from enforcing its police and regulatory powers; and provided further, notwithstanding any language to the contrary contained in the Disclosure Statement, Plan and/or Confirmation Order, no provision shall release any nondebtor from liability in connection with any legal action or claim brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

27. Injunctions. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or related documents, or for obligations issued pursuant to the Plan, all Persons who have held, hold or may hold Claims or Interests that have been released pursuant to Article IX.B

 

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or Article IX.C of the Plan, discharged pursuant to Article IX.E, or are subject to Exculpation pursuant to Article IX.D, are permanently enjoined from and after the Effective Date, from taking any of the following actions: (1) commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding of any kind on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such Claims or Interests; (2) enforcing, attaching, collecting or recovering by any manner or means any judgment, award, decree or order against such Persons on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such Claims or Interests; (3) creating, perfecting or enforcing any encumbrance of any kind against such Persons or the property or estates of such Persons on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such Claims or Interests; and (4) commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding of any kind on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such Claims or Interests released, settled or discharged pursuant to the Plan.

28. The rights afforded in the plan and the treatment of all claims and interests therein shall be in exchange for and in complete satisfaction of all claims and interests of any nature whatsoever, including any interest accrued on claims from and after the Petition Date, against the Debtors or any of their assets, property or estates. On the Effective Date, all such claims against the Debtors shall be fully released and discharged, and the interests shall be cancelled.

29. Except as otherwise expressly provided for in the Plan or in obligations issued pursuant thereto from and after the Effective Date, all claims against the Debtors shall be fully released and discharged, and all interests shall be cancelled, and the Debtors’ liability with respect thereto shall be extinguished completely, including any liability of the kind specified under section 502(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. All persons shall be precluded from asserting

 

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against the Debtors, the Debtors’ Estates, the Reorganized Debtors, each of their respective successors and assigns, and each of their assets and properties, any other claims or interests based upon any documents, instruments or any act or omission, transaction or other activity of any kind or nature that occurred before the Effective Date.

30. Exculpations. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or Plan Supplement, no Exculpated Party shall have or incur, and each Exculpated Party is released and exculpated from, any Exculpated Claim, obligation, cause of action or liability for any Exculpated Claim, except for gross negligence, intentional fraud or willful misconduct (to the extent such duty is imposed by applicable non-bankruptcy law), but in all respects such Persons shall be entitled to reasonably rely upon the advice of counsel with respect to their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Plan. The Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors (and each of their respective Affiliates, agents, directors, officers, employees, advisors and attorneys) have, and upon Confirmation of the Plan shall be deemed to have, participated in good faith and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code with regard to the solicitation and distribution of the Plan securities pursuant to the Plan, and, therefore, are not, and on account of such distributions shall not be, liable at any time for the violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation governing the solicitation of acceptances or rejections of the Plan or such distributions made pursuant to the Plan.

31. All injunctions or stays in effect in the Chapter 11 Cases under sections 105 or 362 of the Bankruptcy Code or any order of the Bankruptcy Court, and extant on the Confirmation Date (excluding any injunctions or stays contained in the Plan or the Confirmation Order), shall remain in full force and effect until the Effective Date. All injunctions, stays or exculpation provisions contained in the Plan or the Confirmation Order shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

 

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32. Treatment of the Internal Revenue Service. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan, this Order, and any implementing Plan documents (collectively, “Documents”), nothing shall: (1) affect the ability of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to pursue any non-debtors to the extent allowed by non-bankruptcy law for any liabilities that may be related to any federal tax liabilities owed by the Debtors or the Debtors’ Estates; or (2) affect the rights of the IRS to assert setoff and recoupment and such rights are expressly preserved. Moreover, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors agree that any claim or interest of the IRS shall not be discharged and shall be treated, determined, administered and paid in the ordinary course of business as if the Debtors’ bankruptcy cases were never filed and the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors shall comply with all applicable non-bankruptcy law, federal regulations and statutes with respect to such claims and interests. The Bankruptcy Court may retain jurisdiction, but not exclusive jurisdiction, over IRS claims and issues arising therefrom to the extent allowed by non-bankruptcy law. The Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors agree that the IRS will not be bound by any characterizations, for tax purposes, of any transaction or any valuation of any property as set forth in the Documents and they further agree to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

33. Securities Litigations. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or the Confirmation Order to the contrary, nothing in the Plan or the Confirmation Order shall release, enjoin or otherwise affect in any way any right or ability of lead plaintiffs or any member of the putative classes in the Securities Litigations to: (i) seek or obtain discovery in connection with the Securities Litigations, (ii) pursue and prosecute any non-derivative claims asserted, or which

 

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may be asserted, against any non-Debtor in the Securities Litigations; and (iii) enter into or enforce any settlement with, or enforce any judgment obtained against, any non-Debtor in connection with or relating to any non-derivative claims asserted in the Securities Litigations, including through coverage provided by any insurance and/or any proceeds therefrom. For the avoidance of doubt, the claims currently asserted in the Securities Litigations against the non-Debtor defendants are non-derivative claims and the claims asserted against the Debtors in the Securities Litigations will be treated in accordance with Article III.C.8 (Class 8A – Subordinated 510(b) Claims) of the Plan.

34. For the purposes of the Plan and this Confirmation Order, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

“Grodko and PRSAPT Securities Litigation” means that certain consolidated putative federal securities laws class action currently styled Jeffrey Grodko v. Central European Distribution Corporation, et als., and Puerto Rico System of Annuities and Pensions for Teachers v. Central European Distribution Corporation, et al., Civil Action Nos. 12-5330, 12-5531 (JBS-KMW), pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, including the Consolidated Amended Complaint for Violation of the Federal Securities Laws filed therein and any amendments thereto, and all cases consolidated thereunder, and including any appeals in connection therewith.

“CEDC Securities Litigation” means that certain consolidated putative federal securities class action litigation currently styled In Re Central European Distribution Corporation Securities Litigation, Civil Action No: 1:11-CV-06247-JBS-KMW, pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, including the Amended Complaint for Violations of Federal Securities Laws filed therein and any amendments thereto, and all cases consolidated thereunder, and including any appeals in connection therewith.

“Securities Litigations” means the CEDC Securities Litigation and the Grodko and PRSAPT Securities Litigation.

35. The Company and the Reorganized Debtors, including New CEDC, will continue to preserve and retain all documents in their possession, custody or control, whether in hardcopy or electronic form, that are potentially relevant to the Securities Litigations, during the pendency of those actions including appeals.

 

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Plan Modifications

36. Plan Modifications. The Plan, as modified, satisfies the requirements of Bankruptcy Code sections 1122 and 1123. Accordingly, pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3019, these modifications do not require additional disclosure under section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code or re-solicitation of votes under section 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code, nor do they require that holders of Claims be afforded an opportunity to change previously cast acceptances or rejections of the Plan. Such changes are approved pursuant to section 1127(a). At the request of the Debtors, the Plan is hereby modified pursuant to section 1127(a) of the Bankruptcy Code as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.

Notice and Other Provisions

37. Notice of Confirmation Order. On or before the fifth (5th) business day following the occurrence of the Effective Date, the Debtors shall serve notice of entry of this Confirmation Order pursuant to Bankruptcy Rules 2002(f)(7), 2002(k), and 3020(c), on (i) the Office of the United States Trustee for the District of Delaware; (ii) counsel for the Existing 2013 Notes Steering Committee; (iii) counsel for the Existing 2016 Notes Steering Committee; (iv) counsel to Roust Trading, Ltd.; (v) the indenture trustee for the Debtors’ convertible senior unsecured notes facility; (vi) the indenture trustee(s) and security agent(s) for the Existing 2016 Notes; (vii) the Debtors’ top thirty (30) largest creditors listed on each of their bankruptcy petitions; and (viii) all parties entitled to notice pursuant to Local Rule 9013-1(m), by causing a notice of this Confirmation Order in substantially the form of the notice annexed hereto as Exhibit B (the “Notice of Confirmation”), which form is hereby approved, to be delivered to such parties by first class mail, postage prepaid. The Notice of Confirmation shall also be published in The Wall Street Journal (International Edition) and any other publications the Debtors deem necessary in their sole discretion.

 

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38. Notice need not be given or served under the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, or this Confirmation Order to any Person to whom the Debtors mailed a Combined Notice, but received such notice returned marked “undeliverable as addressed,” “moved - left no forwarding address,” “forwarding order expired,” or similar reason, unless the Debtors have been informed in writing by such Person of that Person’s new address.

39. Mailing and publication of the Notice of Confirmation in the time and manner set forth in the preceding paragraphs shall be good and sufficient notice under the particular circumstances and in accordance with the requirements of Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 3020(c), and no other or further notice is necessary. The Notice of Confirmation shall have the effect of an order of the Bankruptcy Court, shall constitute sufficient notice of the entry of the Confirmation Order to any filing and recording officers, and shall be a recordable instrument notwithstanding any contrary provision of applicable non-bankruptcy law.

40. Closing of the RTL Offer. Notwithstanding anything in the RTL Offer to the contrary, the RTL Offer must close simultaneously with the occurrence of the Effective Date.

41. Failure to Consummate Plan and Substantial Consummation. If the Effective Date does not occur, then the Plan, any settlement or compromise embodied in the Plan (including the fixing or limiting to an amount certain any Claim or Class of Claims), the assumption or rejection of executory contracts or unexpired leases effected by the Plan, and any document or agreement executed pursuant to the Plan, shall be null and void. In such event, nothing contained in the Plan or this Confirmation Order, and no acts taken in preparation for consummation of the Plan, shall, or shall be deemed to, (a) constitute a waiver or release of any

 

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Claims by or against or Interests in the Debtors or any other Person, (b) prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors or any Person in any further proceedings involving the Debtors, (c) constitute an admission of any sort by the Debtors or any other Person, or (d) be construed as a finding of fact or conclusion of law with respect thereto.

42. References to Plan Provisions. The failure to include or specifically reference any particular provision of the Plan in this Confirmation Order shall not diminish or impair the effectiveness of such provision, it being the intent of the Court that the Plan be confirmed in its entirety.

43. Exhibits. Each reference to a document, agreement or summary description that is in the form attached as an exhibit to the Plan in this Confirmation Order, or in the Plan shall be deemed to be a reference to such document, agreement or summary description in substantially the form of the latest version of such document, agreement or summary description filed with the Court (whether filed as an attachment to the Plan or filed separately).

44. Plan Provisions Mutually Dependent. The provisions of the Plan are hereby deemed nonseverable and mutually dependent.

45. Confirmation Order Provisions Mutually Dependent. The provisions of this Confirmation Order are hereby deemed nonseverable and mutually dependent.

46. Confirmation Order Supersedes. It is hereby ordered that this Confirmation Order shall supersede any orders of this Court issued prior to the Confirmation Date that may be inconsistent with this Confirmation Order.

47. Conflicts Between Confirmation Order and Plan. The provisions of the Plan and of this Confirmation Order shall be construed in a manner consistent with each other so as to effect the purposes of each; provided, however, that if there is determined to be any

 

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inconsistency between any Plan provision and any provision of this Confirmation Order that cannot be so reconciled, then, solely to the extent of such inconsistency, the provisions of this Confirmation Order shall govern and any such provision of this Confirmation Order shall be deemed a modification of the Plan and shall control and take precedence.

48. Retention of Jurisdiction. Pursuant to sections 105(a) and 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code, and notwithstanding the entry of this Confirmation Order or the occurrence of the Effective Date, this Court, except as otherwise provided in the Plan or herein, shall retain exclusive jurisdiction over all matters arising out of, and related to, the Chapter 11 Cases and the Plan to the fullest extent permitted by law, including, but not limited to, the matters set forth in Article XII of the Plan.

49. Immediate Effectiveness. Notwithstanding Bankruptcy Rules 3020(e), 6004(h), 7062, 8001, 8002 or otherwise, immediately upon the entry of this Confirmation Order, the terms of the Plan, the Plan Supplement, and this Confirmation Order shall be, and hereby are, immediately effective and enforceable and deemed binding upon the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, any and all holders of Claims or Interests (irrespective of whether such Claims or Interests are Impaired under the Plan or whether the holders of such Claims or Interests accepted, were deemed to have accepted, rejected or were deemed to have rejected the Plan), any trustees or examiners appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases, all persons and entities that are party to or subject to the settlements, compromises, releases, discharges, injunctions, stays and exculpations described in the Plan or herein, each person or entity acquiring property under the Plan, and any and all non-Debtor parties to executory contracts and unexpired leases with the Debtors and the respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors or assigns, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, representatives, attorneys, beneficiaries, or guardians, if any, of any of the foregoing.

 

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The Debtors are authorized to consummate the Plan at any time after the entry of the Confirmation Order subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent to consummation set forth in Article X.B of the Plan.

 

Dated:   Wilmington, Delaware
  May 13, 2013

 

/s/ Christopher S. Sontchi
Honorable Christopher S. Sontchi
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE

 

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IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

 

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In re:    :    Case No. 13-10738 (CSS)
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION

   :    Chapter 11

CORPORATION, et al.

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                                         Debtors.1

   :   
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT PREPACKAGED

CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF CENTRAL

EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, ET AL.

Anthony W. Clark (I.D. No. 2051)

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER

        & FLOM, LLP

One Rodney Square

P.O. Box 636

Wilmington, Delaware 19899-0636

(302) 651-3000

(302) 651-3001

– and –

Jay M. Goffman

Mark A. McDermott

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER

        & FLOM, LLP

Four Times Square

New York, New York 10036-6522

(212) 735-3000

(212) 735-2000

Proposed Counsel for Debtors and Debtors in Possession

Dated: May 8, 2013

 

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The Debtors and the last four digits of their taxpayer identification numbers (as applicable) are as follows: Central European Distribution Corporation (5271), CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc. (0116), and CEDC Finance Corporation LLC (7136). The address for each of the Debtors is 3000 Atrium Way, Suite 265, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION, COMPUTATION OF TIME AND GOVERNING LAW

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A. Defined Terms

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B. Rules of Interpretation

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C. Computation of Time

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D. Governing Law

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E. Reference to Monetary Figures

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F. Reference to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors

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ARTICLE II TREATMENT OF UNCLASSIFIED CLAIMS

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A. Administrative Claims

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B. Priority Tax Claims

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ARTICLE III CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS

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A. The Debtors

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B. Classification of Claims and Interests

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C. Treatment of Claims and Interests

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ARTICLE IV ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS

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A. Acceptance or Rejection of the Plan

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B. Confirmation Pursuant to Section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code

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ARTICLE V MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN

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A. Sources of Consideration for Plan Distributions

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B. Cancellation of Securities and Agreements

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C. Section 1145 Exemption

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D. Governance Documents and Corporate Existence

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E. Reorganized Debtors’ Boards of Directors

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F. Employee Benefits

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G. Management Incentive Plan

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H. Vesting of Assets in the Reorganized Debtors

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I. Restructuring Transactions

     25   

J. Covenant Amendments and Supplemental Indenture

     25   

K. Corporate Action

     26   

L. Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions

     26   

M. Section 1146 Exemption from Certain Taxes and Fees

     26   

N. D&O Liability Insurance Policies and Indemnification Provisions

     27   

O. Preservation of Causes of Action

     27   

P. Single Satisfaction of Claims

     28   

Q. Dutch Auction Procedure

     28   

ARTICLE VI TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES

     29   

A. Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

     29   

B. Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases

     29   

 

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C. Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

     30   

D. Insurance Policies

     30   

E. Reservation of Rights

     30   

F. Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date

     31   

ARTICLE VII PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS

     31   

A. Record Date for Distributions

     31   

B. Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed

     31   

C. Disbursing Agent

     31   

D. Rights and Powers of Disbursing Agent

     32   

E. Distributions on Account of Claims Allowed After the Effective Date

     32   

F. Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions

     32   

G. Withholding and Reporting Requirements

     33   

H. Setoffs

     33   

I. Claims Paid or Payable by Third Parties

     34   

J. Allocation of Distributions Between Principal and Unpaid Interest

     35   

ARTICLE VIII PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING CONTINGENT, UNLIQUIDATED AND DISPUTED CLAIMS

     35   

A. Prosecution of Objections to Claims

     35   

B. Allowance of Claims

     35   

C. Distributions After Allowance

     35   

D. Estimation of Claims

     35   

E. Deadline to File Objections to Claims

     36   

ARTICLE IX SETTLEMENT, RELEASE, INJUNCTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS

     36   

A. Compromise and Settlement of Claims, Interests and Controversies

     36   

B. Releases by the Debtors

     36   

C. Releases by Holders of Claims

     37   

D. Exculpation

     38   

E. Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests

     39   

F. Injunction

     39   

G. Temporary Injunction with Respect to Existing 2016 Notes Claims

     40   

H. Term of Injunctions or Stays

     40   

I. Release of Liens

     41   

ARTICLE X CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE

     41   

A. Conditions Precedent to Confirmation

     41   

B. Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date

     42   

C. Waiver of Conditions

     43   

D. Effect of Failure of Conditions

     43   

ARTICLE XI MODIFICATION, REVOCATION OR WITHDRAWAL OF THE PLAN

     43   

A. Modification and Amendments

     43   

B. Effect of Confirmation on Modifications

     43   

C. Revocation or Withdrawal of the Plan

     44   

 

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ARTICLE XII RETENTION OF JURISDICTION

     44   

ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     46   

A. Immediate Binding Effect

     46   

B. Additional Documents

     46   

C. Dissolution of Creditors’ Committee

     46   

D. Reservation of Rights

     47   

E. Successors and Assigns

     47   

F. Service of Documents

     47   

G. Entire Agreement

     48   

H. Severability of Plan Provisions

     48   

I. Exhibits

     48   

J. Votes Solicited in Good Faith

     48   

K. Conflicts

     49   

 

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TABLE OF EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    List of Rejected Contracts and Leases
Exhibit B    List of Retained Causes of Action
Exhibit C    Description of New Common Stock
Exhibit D    RTL Investment Agreement

 

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INTRODUCTION

Central European Distribution Corporation, CEDC Finance Corporation International Inc., and CEDC Finance Corporation LLC (the “Debtors”) respectfully propose the following second amended and restated joint chapter 11 plan of reorganization for the resolution of the outstanding Claims against and Interests in the Debtors. Reference is made to the Disclosure Statement, distributed contemporaneously herewith, for a discussion of (i) the history, business, and operations of the Debtors and their subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”), (ii) a summary and analysis of the Plan, and (iii) certain related matters, including risk factors relating to the consummation of this Plan. Subject to certain restrictions and requirements set forth in section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3019, the Company reserves the right to alter, amend, modify, revoke, or withdraw this Plan prior to its substantial consummation.

ARTICLE I

DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION,

COMPUTATION OF TIME AND GOVERNING LAW

A. Defined Terms

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings when used in capitalized form:

1. “8.875% Bid Price” means, with respect to any holder of Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes that elects on its Ballot to participate in the Cash Option, the price specified by such holder on its Ballot for which it would be willing to exchange each €1,000 principal amount of Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes it chooses to exchange in the Cash Option; provided, however, that (i) the 8.875% Bid Price must be in increments of €10.00 and within a range between €600 and €850, (ii) if the 8.875% Bid Price is not submitted in a whole increment of €10.00, such 8.875% Bid Price will be rounded down to the nearest €10.00 increment, (iii) if a holder of Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes elects to participate in the Cash Option but does not specify its 8.875% Bid Price or it specifies an 8.875% Bid Price that is less than €600, then the 8.875% Bid Price for such holder shall be €600, and (iv) if the holder specifies an 8.875% Bid Price that is greater than €850, then such holder’s Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes will not be accepted for exchange in the Cash Option and will not be used for purposes of calculating the Clearing Price or the Cash Option Consideration.

2. “9.125% Bid Price” means, with respect to any holder of Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes that elects on its Ballot to participate in the Cash Option, the price specified by such holder on its Ballot for which it would be willing, subject to the terms of the Plan, to exchange each $1,000 principal amount of Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes it chooses to exchange in the Cash Option; provided, however, that (i) the 9.125% Bid Price must be in increments of $10.00 and within a range between $600 and $850, (ii) if the 9.125% Bid Price is not submitted in a whole increment of $10.00, such 9.125% Bid Price will be rounded down to the nearest $10.00 increment, (iii) if a holder of Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes elects to participate in the Cash Option but does not specify its 9.125% Bid Price or it specifies a 9.125% Bid Price that is less than $600, then the 9.125% Bid Price for such holder shall be $600, and (iv) if the holder specifies a

 

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9.125% Bid Price that is greater than $850, then such holder’s Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes will not be accepted for exchange in the Cash Option and will not be used for purposes of calculating the Clearing Price or the Cash Option Consideration.

3. “Accrued Professional Compensation” means, at any given moment, all accrued, contingent and/or unpaid fees (including success fees) for legal, financial advisory, accounting and other services and obligations for reimbursement of expenses rendered or incurred before the Effective Date that are awardable and allowable under sections 328, 330(a) or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code by any retained Professional in the Chapter 11 Cases, or that are awardable and allowable under section 503 of the Bankruptcy Code, that the Bankruptcy Court has not denied by a Final Order, all to the extent that any such fees and expenses have not been previously paid. To the extent that the Bankruptcy Court or any higher court denies or reduces by a Final Order any amount of a professional’s fees or expenses, then those reduced or denied amounts shall no longer constitute Accrued Professional Compensation. For the avoidance of doubt, Accrued Professional Compensation shall not include the Plan Support Parties’ Professional Fee Claims and the Existing Notes Indenture Trustees’ Fee and Expense Claims.

4. “Administrative Claim” means a Claim for payment of costs and expenses of administration pursuant to sections 503(b), 507(a)(2), 507(b) or 1114(e)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, including: (a) the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred on or after the Petition Date and through the Effective Date of preserving the Estates and operating the businesses of the Debtors; (b) compensation for legal, financial advisory, accounting and other services and reimbursement of expenses Allowed pursuant to sections 328, 330(a), 331 or 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise for the period commencing on the Petition Date and through the Effective Date; (c) all fees and charges assessed against the Estates pursuant to chapter 123 of title 28 of the United States Code, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1–4001; (d) all requests for compensation or expense reimbursement for making a substantial contribution in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 503(b)(3), (4) and (5) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (e) the Plan Support Parties’ Professional Fee Claims and the Existing Notes Indenture Trustees’ Fee and Expense Claims, which fee and expense claims shall be Allowed Administrative Claims.

5. “Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in section 101(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.

6. “Allowed” means, with respect to a Claim within a particular Class, an Allowed Claim of the type described in such Class.

7. “Allowed Claim” means a Claim (i) as to which no objection or request for estimation has been filed on or before the Claims Objection Bar Date or the expiration of such other applicable period fixed by the Bankruptcy Court or the Plan; (ii) as to which any objection has been settled, waived, withdrawn or denied by a Final Order or in accordance with the Plan; or (iii) that is allowed (a) by a Final Order, (b) by an agreement between the holder of such Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors or (c) pursuant to the terms of the Plan; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, by treating a Claim as an “Allowed Claim” under (i) above (the expiration of the Claims Objection Bar Date or other applicable deadline), the Debtors do not waive their rights to contest the amount and validity of any disputed, contingent and/or unliquidated Claim in the time, manner and venue in which such Claim would have been determined, resolved or adjudicated if the Chapter 11 Cases had not been

 

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commenced. An Allowed Claim (i) includes a Disputed Claim to the extent such Disputed Claim becomes Allowed after the Effective Date and (ii) shall be net of any valid setoff exercised with respect to such Claim pursuant to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and applicable law. Unless otherwise specified herein, in section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or by Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, “Allowed Claim” shall not, for purposes of distributions under the Plan, include interest on such Claim accruing from and after the Petition Date.

8. “Auction Closing Date” means the Voting Deadline.

9. “Avoidance Actions” means causes of action or rights arising under sections 510(c), 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551 and 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, as defined in Article V.

10. “Ballot” means the form distributed to each holder of a Claim in an Impaired Class entitled to vote on the Plan on which to indicate their acceptance or rejection of the Plan and, if applicable, such other elections as may be made thereon.

11. “Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time.

12. “Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases or any other court having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases, including, to the extent of the withdrawal of any reference under 28 U.S.C. § 157, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

13. “Bankruptcy Rules” means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, as applicable to the Chapter 11 Cases, promulgated under section 2075 of title 28 of the United States Code, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1–4001, as well as the general and local rules of the Bankruptcy Court.

14. “Bankruptcy Waiver Amendments” means, as described in the Disclosure Statement, that certain amendment to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture to provide for a revision to current Section 6.2 (Acceleration) thereof, consent to which was solicited from holders of Existing 2016 Notes pursuant to the Consent Solicitation, such that the entire provision is stricken and replaced with the following: “Section 6.2 (Acceleration): If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Issuer, or the Holders of at least 50% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium and accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable immediately.”

15. “Bid Price” means, collectively, the 8.875% Bid Price and the 9.125% Bid Price.

16. “Cash” means legal tender of the United States of America or the equivalent thereof.

 

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17. “Cash Option” means the optional treatment for Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims provided in Article III.C.2. hereof.

18. “Cash Option Consideration” means Cash, in an amount not to exceed $172 million (using the Exchange Rate, in the case of payments in respect of Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes) and representing the sum of (i) the aggregate purchase price of all Existing 2016 Notes accepted for exchange in the Cash Option and (ii) the full amount of the aggregate unpaid interest that has accrued on such accepted Existing 2016 Notes in accordance with the terms of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture from December 2, 2012 to March 15, 2013.

19. “Causes of Action” means any action, proceeding, agreement, claim, cause of action, controversy, demand, right, action, Lien, indemnity, guaranty, suit, obligation, liability, damage, judgment, account, defense, offset, power, privilege, license and franchise of any kind or character whatsoever, known, unknown, contingent or non-contingent, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated, disputed or undisputed, secured or unsecured, assertable directly or derivatively, whether arising before, on, or after the Petition Date, in contract or in tort, in law or in equity or pursuant to any other theory of law. Causes of Action also include: (a) any right of setoff, counterclaim or recoupment and any claim on contracts or for breaches of duties imposed by law or in equity; (b) the right to object to Claims or Interests; (c) any claim pursuant to section 362 or chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code; (d) any claim or defense including fraud, mistake, duress and usury and any other defenses set forth in section 558 of the Bankruptcy Code; (e) any state law fraudulent transfer claim; and (f) any claim listed in the Plan Supplement.

20. “CEDC” means Central European Distribution Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

21. “CEDC FinCo” means CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc., a Delaware corporation that is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of CEDC.

22. “Chapter 11 Cases” means the chapter 11 cases of the Debtors pending under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court, and the phrase “Chapter 11 Case” when used with reference to a particular Debtor means the particular case pending under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code that such Debtor commenced in the Bankruptcy Court.

23. “Claim” means any claim against a Debtor as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.

24. “Claims Objection Bar Date” means, for each Claim, the latest of (a) the date that is one hundred and eighty (180) days after the Effective Date, (b) as to a particular Claim, 180 days after the filing of a Proof of Claim, or request for payment of such Claim, and (c) such other period of limitation as may be specifically fixed by an order of the Bankruptcy Court for objecting to Claims.

25. “Class” means a category of holders of Claims or Interests as set forth in Article III.

 

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26. “Clearing Price” means the lowest Bid Price, as determined based upon each Bid Price’s percentage of the respective Existing 2016 Note’s principal amount, such that the sum of (i) the aggregate purchase price to purchase all Existing 2016 Notes electing to participate in the Cash Option and (ii) the aggregate amount of unpaid interest that has accrued on such purchased Existing 2016 Notes in accordance with the terms of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture from December 2, 2012 to March 15, 2013, would equal or exceed $172 million; provided, however, that the Debtors shall use the Exchange Rate in determining such aggregate purchase price and aggregate unpaid interest, which may include Euro denominated 8.875% Bid Prices.

27. “Collateral” means any property or interest in property of the Estates subject to a lien or security interest to secure the payment or performance of a Claim, which lien or security interest is not subject to avoidance under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise invalid under the Bankruptcy Code or applicable law.

28. “Collateral and Guarantee Amendments” means, as described in the Disclosure Statement and set forth in the Supplemental Indenture, those certain amendments to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture to provide for the release of all of the liens on the collateral securing the Existing 2016 Notes and a release of all subsidiary guarantees of the Existing 2016 Notes, consents to which were solicited from holders of Existing 2016 Notes pursuant to the Consent Solicitation.

29. “Company” means CEDC and each of its direct and indirect affiliates and subsidiaries, including any Non-Debtor Affiliates.

30. “Confirmation” means the entry of the Confirmation Order on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases within the meaning of Bankruptcy Rules 5003 and 9021.

31. “Confirmation Date” means the date upon which the Bankruptcy Court enters the Confirmation Order on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases within the meaning of Bankruptcy Rules 5003 and 9021.

32. “Confirmation Hearing” means the hearing held by the Bankruptcy Court on Confirmation of the Plan pursuant to section 1128 of the Bankruptcy Code, as such hearing may be continued from time to time.

33. “Confirmation Order” means the order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, which order shall be reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

34. “Consent Solicitation” means the solicitation of consents to amendments to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture pursuant to the Disclosure Statement.

35. “Consummation” means the occurrence of the Effective Date.

36. “Corporate Governance Documents” means the certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, limited liability agreement, bylaws, and other formation documents of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, which documents shall be reasonably acceptable to RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

 

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37. “Covenant Amendments” means, as described in the Disclosure Statement and set forth in the Supplemental Indenture, those certain amendments to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture to eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and certain events of default and related provisions contained in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, consents to which were solicited from holders of Existing 2016 Notes pursuant to the Consent Solicitation.

38. “Creditors’ Committee” means any statutory committee of unsecured creditors of the Debtors appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code by the U.S. Trustee, as such committee membership may be reconstituted from time to time.

39. “Cure” means the payment of Cash by the Debtors, or the distribution of other property (as the parties may agree or the Bankruptcy Court may order), as necessary to cure defaults under an executory contract or unexpired lease of one or more of the Debtors and to permit the Debtors to assume that contract or lease under section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

40. “D&O Liability Insurance Policies” means all insurance policies of any of the Debtors for directors’, managers’ and officers’ liability.

41. “Debtor” means CEDC, CEDC FinCo, or CEDC Finance Corporation LLC, each in its respective individual capacity as a debtor and debtor in possession in the Chapter 11 Cases.

42. “Debtors” means collectively CEDC, CEDC FinCo, and CEDC Finance Corporation LLC.

43. “Disbursing Agent” means the Reorganized Debtors or the Person or Persons chosen by the Reorganized Debtors to make or facilitate distributions pursuant to the Plan.

44. “Disclosure Statement” means that certain document entitled Amended and Restated Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation Statement and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization, dated March 8, 2013, as supplemented by Supplement No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation, and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization, dated March 18, 2013, as may be further amended, supplemented, or modified.

45. “Disputed” means, with respect to any Claim or Interest, any Claim or Interest that is not yet Allowed.

46. “Distribution Date” means the date, occurring as soon as practicable after the Effective Date, on which the Disbursing Agent first makes distributions to holders of Allowed Claims as provided in Article VII of the Plan and any date thereafter on which the Disbursing Agent makes distributions to holders of Allowed Claims as provided in Article VII of the Plan.

47. “Distribution Record Date” means the Effective Date.

 

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48. “Effective Date” means the first business day after which all provisions, terms and conditions specified in Article X.B have been satisfied or waived pursuant to Article X.C.

49. “Estate” means, as to each Debtor, the estate created for the Debtor in its Chapter 11 Case pursuant to section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code.

50. “Exchange Rate” means the average exchange rate of United States dollars (USD) to euros (EUR) for the ten (10) calendar days ending on the Voting Deadline, as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P.

51. “Exculpated Claim” means any claim related to any act or omission in connection with, relating to or arising out of the Debtors’ in or out of court restructuring efforts, the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases, formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation or filing of the Disclosure Statement or the Plan or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with the Disclosure Statement or the Plan, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance of Plan securities, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement; provided, however, that Exculpated Claims shall not include any act or omission that is determined in a Final Order to have constituted gross negligence, willful misconduct, or intentional fraud to the extent imposed by applicable non-bankruptcy law. For the avoidance of doubt, no Cause of Action, obligation or liability expressly set forth in or preserved by the Plan or the Plan Supplement constitutes an Exculpated Claim.

52. “Exculpated Party” means each of: (a) the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, (b) the Creditors’ Committee, if any, and the current and former members thereof, in their capacity as such; and (c) with respect to each of the foregoing Persons in clauses (a) and (b), such Persons’ members, officers, directors, agents, financial advisors, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, attorneys, partners, affiliates and representatives, in each case only in their capacity as such.

53. “Exculpation” means the exculpation provision set forth in Article IX.D hereof.

54. “Executory Contract” means a contract to which on or more of the Debtors is a party that is subject to assumption or rejection under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

55. “Existing 2013 Notes” means the 3% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 issued by CEDC pursuant to the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture.

56. “Existing 2013 Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of March 7, 2008, by and among CEDC and the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee, as trustee, relating to the Existing 2013 Notes, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time as of the date hereof.

57. “Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee” means the Bank of New York Mellon and/or its duly appointed successor, in its capacity under the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture.

 

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58. “Existing 2013 Notes Steering Committee” means the steering committee of certain holders of Existing 2013 Notes represented by Brown Rudnick LLP and Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC.

59. “Existing 2016 Notes” means, collectively, the Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes and the Existing 9.125% Senior Secured Notes issued by CEDC FinCo pursuant to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.

60. “Existing 2016 Notes Claims” means any Claim arising under or in connection with the Existing 2016 Notes.

61. “Existing 2016 Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of December 2, 2009, by and among CEDC FinCo and the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee, as trustee, relating to the Existing 2016 Notes, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time as of the date hereof.

62. “Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee” means Deutsche Trustee Company Limited and/or its duly appointed successor, in its capacity as indenture trustee under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.

63. “Existing 2016 Notes Steering Committee” means the steering committee of certain holders of Existing 2016 Notes represented by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP and Moelis & Company.

64. “Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes” means the outstanding 8.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2016.

65. “Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes” means the outstanding 9.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2016.

66. “Existing Common Stock” means shares of common stock of CEDC that are authorized, issued, and outstanding prior to the Effective Date.

67. “Existing Notes Indenture” means the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture and the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.

68. “Existing Notes Indenture Trustees’ Fee and Expense Claims” means all reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Indenture Trustees and their attorneys in connection with the negotiation, evaluation, formulation and consummation of the Plan and the distributions under the Plan, including the reasonable fees and expenses due for Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP as counsel for the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee, and of any local counsel retained in Delaware or elsewhere as necessary, which fees shall be treated as Allowed Administrative Claims hereunder and paid without the need for any application to the Bankruptcy Court.

69. “Final Order” means, as applicable, an order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court or other court of competent jurisdiction, which has not been reversed, stayed, modified or amended, and as to which the time to appeal or seek certiorari has expired and no appeal or

 

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petition for certiorari has been timely taken, or as to which any appeal that has been taken or any petition for certiorari that has been or may be filed has been resolved by the highest court to which the order or judgment could be appealed or from which certiorari could be sought or the new trial, reargument or rehearing shall have been denied, resulted in no modification of such order or has otherwise been dismissed with prejudice.

70. “General Unsecured Claims” means any Unsecured Claim against any Debtor, unless such Claim is: (a) an Intercompany Claim, (b) an Administrative Claim, (c) a Priority Tax Claim, (d) a Priority Non-Tax Claim, (e) a Claim Accrued for Professional Compensation, (f) an Unsecured Notes Claim, (g) a Subordinated 510(b) Claim, or (h) a deficiency claim of Other Secured Claims.

71. “Impaired” means any Claim or Interest in an Impaired Class.

72. “Impaired Class” means a Class that is impaired within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code. For the avoidance of doubt, Impaired Classes are Classes 2, 3, 5, 8, and 9.

73. “Indemnification Provisions” means each of the indemnification provisions, agreements or obligations in place as of the Petition Date, whether in the bylaws, certificate of incorporation or other formation documents, board resolutions or employment contracts, for the Debtors and the current and former directors, officers, members, employees, attorneys, other professionals and agents of the Debtors.

74. “Indemnified Parties” means, collectively, current and former directors, officers, members (including ex officio members), employees, attorneys, other professionals and agents of the Debtors who are beneficiaries of Indemnification Provisions.

75. “Indenture Trustees” means the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee and the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee.

76. “Insurance Policies” means, collectively, all of the Debtors’ insurance policies.

77. “Intercompany Claim” means any Claim held by a Debtor or Non-Debtor Affiliate against a Debtor or Non-Debtor Affiliate.

78. “Intercompany Interest” means any Interest held by a Debtor or an Affiliate.

79. “Interest” means any equity interest in the Debtors as defined in section 101(16) of the Bankruptcy Code, including all issued, unissued, authorized or outstanding shares of capital stock of the Debtors together with any warrants, options or contractual rights (including any rights under registration agreements or equity incentive agreements) to purchase or acquire such equity securities at any time and all rights arising with respect thereto.

80. “Lien” has the meaning set forth in section 101(37) of the Bankruptcy Code.

81. “Management Incentive Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in Article V.G.

 

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82. “New CEDC” shall have the meaning set forth in Article V.I.

83. “New Common Stock” means 120,000,000 of common shares in the capital of Reorganized CEDC (or New CEDC to the extent such entity is formed pursuant to Article V.I of the Plan) authorized pursuant to the Plan, of which up to 25,000,000 shares shall be initially issued and outstanding as of the Effective Date, as described in Exhibit C hereto.

84. “New Convertible Secured Notes” means those new Convertible Secured PIK Toggle Notes, due 2018, to be issued upon the terms described in the Disclosure Statement under the heading “Description of New Convertible Secured Notes.”

85. “New Notes” means, collectively, the New Convertible Secured Notes and the New Secured Notes.

86. “New Notes Option” means the optional treatment for Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims provided in Article III.C.2 of the Plan.

87. “New Secured Notes” means those new Senior Secured Notes due 2018, in an aggregate principal amount equal to (x) $450 million plus (y) an amount equal to the unpaid interest on all Existing 2016 Notes receiving such New Secured Notes pursuant to the New Notes Option that has accrued in accordance with the terms of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture from March 16, 2013, to the earlier of (i) June 1, 2013 and (ii) the date immediately preceding the issuance of the New Senior Notes, to be issued upon the terms described in the Disclosure Statement under the heading “Description of New Secured Notes.”

88. “Non-Debtor Affiliate” means any Affiliate of the Debtors that has not filed a case under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

89. “Other Secured Claims” means any Secured Claim against a Debtor other than an RTL Credit Facility Claim or Existing 2016 Notes Claim.

90. “Person” has the meaning set forth in section 101(41) of the Bankruptcy Code.

91. “Petition Date” means the date on which the Debtors filed their petitions for reorganization relief in the Bankruptcy Court.

92. “Plan” means this Second Amended and Restated Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al., including the Plan Supplement, all exhibits, appendices and schedules hereto, which are incorporated herein by reference, in either present form or as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules, in each case reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

93. “Plan Supplement” means the compilation of documents and forms of documents, schedules and exhibits to the Plan to be filed by the Debtors and in each case reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or

 

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the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees, including any exhibits and appendices to the Plan to the extent not already appended and attached, and including to the extent known, the identity of the members of the new boards of the Reorganized Debtors.

94. “Plan Support Parties’ Professional Fee Claims” means all reasonable fees and expenses incurred by RTL and the Steering Committees, and their advisors in connection with the negotiation, evaluation, formulation and consummation of the Plan and any predecessor restructuring proposals, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan Supplement, and any exhibits, schedules, and supplements thereto, including those reasonable fees and expenses due for each of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Moelis & Company, White & Case LLP, Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P., Brown Rudnick LLP, and Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC, and including the reasonable fees and expenses of any local counsel retained in Russia, Poland or elsewhere as necessary, which fees shall be treated as Allowed Administrative Claims hereunder and paid without the need for any application to the Bankruptcy Court.

95. “Priority Non-Tax Claims” means any Claim accorded priority in right of payment under section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, other than (a) an Administrative Claim or (b) a Priority Tax Claim.

96. “Priority Tax Claim” means any Claim of a governmental unit, as defined in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code, of the kind specified in section 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.

97. “Pro Rata” means, as applicable, the proportion that an Allowed Claim in a particular Class bears to the aggregate amount of all Allowed Claims in that Class, or the proportion that all Allowed Claims in a particular Class bear to the aggregate amount of Allowed Claims in such Class and other Classes entitled to share in the same recovery under the Plan.

98. “Professional” means a Person: (a) retained pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court in accordance with sections 327, 363 or 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code and to be compensated for services rendered before or on the Effective Date, pursuant to sections 327, 328, 329, 330, 363 or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (b) awarded compensation and reimbursement by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to section 503(b)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

99. “Proof of Claim” means any proof of Claim filed against any of the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases.

100. “Reinstate,” “Reinstated” or “Reinstatement” means (i) leaving unaltered the legal, equitable and contractual rights to which a Claim entitles the holder of such Claim so as to leave such Claim unimpaired in accordance with section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code or (ii) notwithstanding any contractual provision or applicable law that entitles the holder of such Claim to demand or receive accelerated payment of such Claim after the occurrence of a default, (a) curing any such default that occurred before or after the Petition Date, other than a default of a kind specified in section 365(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) reinstating the maturity of such Claim as such maturity existed before such default; (c) compensating the holder of such Claim for any damages incurred as a result of any reasonable reliance by such holder on such

 

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contractual provision or such applicable law; and (d) not otherwise altering the legal, equitable or contractual rights to which such Claim entitles the holder of such Claim; provided, however, that any contractual right that does not pertain to the payment when due of principal and interest on the obligation on which such Claim is based, including, but not limited to, financial covenant ratios, negative pledge covenants, covenants or restrictions on merger or consolidation, and affirmative covenants regarding corporate existence, prohibiting certain transactions or actions contemplated by the Plan, or conditioning such transactions or actions on certain factors, shall not be required to be reinstated in order to accomplish Reinstatement and shall be deemed cured on the Effective Date.

101. “Rejection Claimmeans a Claim arising from the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

102. “Released Party” means each of: (a) the Debtors; (b) the current and former directors and officers of the Debtors who were serving in such capacity on or after December 1, 2012; (c) the Creditors’ Committee, if any, and the current and former members thereof, in their capacity as such; (d) RTL; (e) the Steering Committees; and (f) with respect to each of the foregoing Persons in clauses (a) through (e), such Persons’ subsidiaries, affiliates, members, officers, directors, agents, financial advisors, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, attorneys, employees, partners, affiliates and representatives, in each case, only in their capacity as such.

103. “Reorganized” means, with respect to the Debtors, any Debtor or any successor thereto, by merger, consolidation or otherwise, on or after the Effective Date, including New CEDC to the extent such entity is formed pursuant to Article V.I of the Plan.

104. “RTL” means Roust Trading Ltd.

105. “RTL Credit Facility” means the $50 million secured credit facility provided by RTL to CEDC pursuant to the facility agreement dated March 1, 2013.

106. “RTL Credit Facility Claims” means any Claim arising under or in connection with the RTL Credit Facility.

107. “RTL Investment” means, collectively (i) the RTL New Equity Infusion and (ii) the conversion of the RTL Credit Facility Claims into equity pursuant to Article III.C.3 hereof, both as contemplated by the RTL Investment Agreement.

108. “RTL Investment Agreement” means that certain agreement by and between RTL and CEDC and certain of CEDC’s subsidiaries, dated March 8, 2013, setting forth the terms and conditions upon which RTL shall make the RTL Investment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit D.

109. “RTL Investment New Common Stock Allocation” means shares of New Common Stock to be issued to RTL or its designee on account of (i) the RTL Investment and (ii) if Class 5A votes to accept the Plan in accordance with section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Cash provided by RTL to fund payments to holders of Unsecured Notes Claims pursuant to Articles

 

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III.C.5 and V.A.1 of the Plan, equal to 100% of the shares of New Common Stock issued and outstanding on the Effective Date, subject to dilution from shares of New Common Stock, if any, issued pursuant to the Management Incentive Plan.

110. “RTL New Equity Infusion” means Cash in an amount equal to $172 million to be contributed by RTL or its designee as part of the RTL Investment that will be used to fund the Cash Option and, to the extent not expended in the Cash Option, will be used to fund a pro rata distribution of cash to holders of Existing 2016 Notes not retired under the cash option.

111. “RTL Notes” means the outstanding 3.00% Senior Notes due 2013 issued by CEDC to RTL pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

112. “RTL Offer” means the offer by RTL to exchange, subject to certain conditions, Existing 2013 Notes for Cash and securities issued by RTL on the terms described in the term sheet between RTL and certain holders of Existing 2013 Notes, dated March 14, 2013, and included with RTL’s beneficial ownership report filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 13D/A filed March 14, 2013.

113. “RTL Put Right” means the rights granted to RTL under the Securities Purchase Agreement to put shares of Existing Common Stock to CEDC for the amount of $30 million.

114. “Schedules” means, collectively, any schedules of assets and liabilities, schedules of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases and statements of financial affairs filed by the Debtors pursuant to section 521 of the Bankruptcy Code and in substantial accordance with the Official Bankruptcy Forms, as may be amended from time to time before entry of a final decree; provided, however, that the Debtors may seek a waiver of the requirement set forth in section 521 of the Bankruptcy Code.

115. “Secured” means, when referring to a Claim: (a) secured by a Lien on property in which the Estate of the Debtor against which the Claim is asserted has an interest, which Lien is valid, perfected and enforceable pursuant to applicable law or by reason of a Bankruptcy Court order, to the extent of the value of the creditor’s interest in the Estate’s interest in such property as determined pursuant to section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) subject to setoff pursuant to section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent of the value of the property subject to setoff; or (c) otherwise Allowed pursuant to the Plan as a Secured Claim.

116. “Securities Purchase Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement among CEDC and RTL, dated July 9, 2012.

117. “Steering Committees” means the Existing 2013 Notes Steering Committee and the Existing 2016 Notes Steering Committee.

118. “Subordinated 510(b) Claim” means any Claim subordinated pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 510(b), which shall include (i) any Claim arising from the rescission of a purchase or sale of Interests in the CEDC, (ii) any Claim for damages arising from the purchase or sale of any Interests in CEDC, and (iii) any Claim for reimbursement, contribution or indemnification on account of any such Claim.

 

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119. “Supplemental Indenture” means the supplemental indenture in substantially the form attached to the Disclosure Statement as Appendix B providing for the Covenant Amendments and, if consents of holders of at least 90% of the principal amount of outstanding Existing 2016 Notes were received pursuant to the Consent Solicitation, the Collateral and Guarantee Amendments, but not including the Bankruptcy Waiver Amendments.

120. “Unexpired Lease” means a lease to which one or more of the Debtors is a party that is subject to assumption or rejection under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

121. “Unimpairedmeans any Claim or Interest that is not designated as Impaired. For the avoidance of doubt, Unimpaired Classes are Classes 1, 4, 6, 7, and 10.

122. “Unsecured Claims” means any unsecured claim against any Debtor including (a) a General Unsecured Claim and (b) an Unsecured Notes Claim.

123. “Unsecured Notes Claims” means any Claim arising in connection with the Existing 2013 Notes or the RTL Notes, as applicable.

124. “Unsecured Notes Claims Consideration” has the meaning ascribed in Article III.C.5.

125. “U.S. Trustee” means the United States Trustee for the District of Delaware.

126. “Voting Deadline” means 5:00 p.m. (prevailing Eastern Time) on April 4, 2013.

B. Rules of Interpretation

For purposes of this Plan: (a) in the appropriate context, each term, whether stated in the singular or the plural, shall include both the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine and the neuter gender; (b) any reference herein to a contract, lease, instrument, release, indenture or other agreement or document being in a particular form or on particular terms and conditions means that the referenced document shall be substantially in that form or substantially on those terms and conditions; (c) any reference herein to an existing document or exhibit having been filed or to be filed shall mean that document or exhibit, as it may thereafter be amended, modified or supplemented; (d) unless otherwise specified, all references herein to “Articles” are references to Articles hereof or hereto; (e) unless otherwise stated, the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereto” refer to the Plan in its entirety rather than to a particular portion of the Plan; (f) captions and headings to Articles are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the interpretation hereof; (g) the rules of construction set forth in section 102 of the Bankruptcy Code shall apply; and (h) any immaterial effectuating provisions may be interpreted by the Reorganized Debtors in a manner that is consistent with the overall purpose and intent of the Plan all without further Bankruptcy Court order.

 

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C. Computation of Time

The provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) shall apply in computing any period of time prescribed or allowed herein.

D. Governing Law

Unless a rule of law or procedure is supplied by federal law (including the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules) or unless otherwise specifically stated, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws, shall govern the rights, obligations, construction and implementation of the Plan, any agreements, documents, instruments or contracts executed or entered into in connection with the Plan (except as otherwise set forth in those agreements, in which case the governing law of such agreement shall control); provided, however, that corporate governance matters relating to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall be governed by the laws of the state of incorporation of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable.

E. Reference to Monetary Figures

All references in the Plan to monetary figures shall refer to currency of the United States of America, unless otherwise expressly provided.

F. Reference to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan to the contrary, references in the Plan to the Debtors or to the Reorganized Debtors shall mean the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, to the extent the context requires.

ARTICLE II

TREATMENT OF UNCLASSIFIED CLAIMS

In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Claims and Priority Tax Claims have not been classified and, thus, are excluded from the Classes of Claims and Interests set forth in Article III and shall have the following treatment:

A. Administrative Claims

1. Administrative Claims. Except with respect to Administrative Claims that are Claims for Accrued Professional Compensation, each holder of an Allowed Administrative Claim shall receive, in full satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge of and in exchange for its Administrative Claim, on the latest of (i) the first Distribution Date, (ii) the date on which its Administrative Claim becomes an Allowed Administrative Claim, (iii) the date on which its Administrative Claim becomes payable under any agreement with the Debtors relating thereto, (iv) in respect of liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business, the date upon which such liabilities are payable in the ordinary course of the Debtors’ business, consistent with past practice, or (v) such other date as may be agreed upon between the holder of such Allowed Administrative Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, Cash equal to the unpaid portion of its Allowed Administrative Claim.

 

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2. Professional Compensation

(a) Claims for Accrued Professional Compensation

Professionals or other Persons asserting a Claim for Accrued Professional Compensation for services rendered before the Effective Date must file and serve on the Debtors and such other Persons who are designated by the Bankruptcy Rules, the Confirmation Order, the Interim Compensation Order or other order of the Bankruptcy Court an application for final allowance of such Claim for Accrued Professional Compensation no later than 30 days after the Effective Date. Objections to any Claim for Accrued Professional Compensation must be filed and served on the Reorganized Debtors, the Creditors’ Committee, the Office of the U.S. Trustee and the requesting party no later than 50 days after the Effective Date.

(b) Post- Effective Date Fees and Expenses

Upon the Effective Date, any requirement that Professionals comply with sections 327 through 331 and 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code in seeking retention or compensation for services rendered after such date shall terminate, and the Reorganized Debtors may employ and pay any Professional for services rendered or expenses incurred after the Effective Date in the ordinary course of business without any further notice to any party or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

B. Priority Tax Claims

The legal and equitable rights of the holders of Priority Tax Claims are Unimpaired by the Plan. Unless the holder of such Claim and the Debtors agree to a different treatment, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall have its Claim Reinstated.

ARTICLE III

CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS

A. The Debtors

There are a total of three Debtors. Each Debtor has been assigned a letter below for the purposes of classifying and treating Claims against and Interests in each Debtor for balloting purposes. The Claims against and Interests in each Debtor, in turn, have been assigned to separate numbered Classes with respect to each Debtor, based on the type of Claim or Interest involved. Accordingly, the classification of any particular Claim or Interest in any of the Debtors depends on the particular Debtor against which such Claim is asserted (or in which such Interest is held) and the type of Claim or Interest in question. The letters applicable to the three Debtors are as follows:

 

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Letter

  

Debtor Name

A    Central European Distribution Corporation
B    CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc.
C    CEDC Finance Corporation LLC

B. Classification of Claims and Interests

Pursuant to section 1122 of the Bankruptcy Code, set forth below is a designation of Classes of Claims and Interests. A Claim or Interest is placed in a particular Class for the purposes of voting on the Plan and receiving distributions pursuant to the Plan only to the extent that such Claim or Interest has not been paid, released, withdrawn or otherwise settled before the Effective Date. The categories of Claims and Interests set forth below classify all Claims against and Interests in the Debtors for all purposes of this Plan. A Claim or Interest shall be deemed classified in a particular Class only to the extent the Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of that Class and shall be deemed classified in a different Class to the extent that any remainder of such Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of such different Class. The treatment with respect to each Class of Claims and Interests provided for in Article III shall be in full and complete satisfaction, release and discharge of such Claims and Interests.

 

Class

  

Designation

   Impairment    Entitled to Vote
Class 1    Priority Non-Tax Claims    Unimpaired    No (deemed to accept)
Class 2    Existing 2016 Notes Claims    Impaired    Yes
Class 3    RTL Credit Facility Claims    Impaired    Yes
Class 4    Other Secured Claims    Unimpaired    No (deemed to accept)
Class 5    Unsecured Notes Claims    Impaired    Yes
Class 6    General Unsecured Claims    Unimpaired    No (deemed to accept)
Class 7    Intercompany Claims    Impaired    No (deemed to reject)
Class 8    Subordinated 510(b) Claims    Impaired    No (deemed to reject)
Class 9    Existing Common Stock    Impaired    No (deemed to reject)
Class 10    Intercompany Interests    Unimpaired    No (deemed to accept)

 

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C. Treatment of Claims and Interests

 

1. Class 1A, 1B, and 1C – Priority Non-Tax Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Classes 1A, 1B, and 1C are Unimpaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Priority Non-Tax Claim is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan and shall be conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan.

2. Distribution. Unless the holder of such Claim and the Debtors agree to a different treatment, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Priority Non-Tax Claim shall have its Claim Reinstated.

 

2. Class 2A, 2B, and 2C – Existing 2016 Notes Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Classes 2A, 2B, and 2C are Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claim is entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. All Existing 2016 Notes Claims are Allowed Claims.

2. Distribution. On the Effective Date, except to the extent that holders of Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims and the Debtors agree to less favorable treatment, the holders of Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims shall receive the treatment provided below, depending upon whether they elect to participate in the Cash Option or the New Notes Option; provided, however, that an election of the New Notes Option will be deemed with respect to (i) any Existing 2016 Notes for which the respective holders did not elect to participate in the Cash Option and (ii) any Existing 2016 Notes that are not accepted for exchange in the Cash Option.

(a) Cash Option

If holders of Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims elect to participate in the Cash Option, each such holder shall receive its portion of the Cash Option Consideration equal to the sum of (a) such holder’s 8.875% Bid Price multiplied by the total principal amount of such holder’s Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes accepted for exchange in the Cash Option, divided by €1,000 and converted using the Exchange Rate, plus (b) such holder’s 9.125% Bid Price multiplied by the total principal amount of such holder’s Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes accepted for exchange in the Cash Option and divided by $1,000, plus (c) the full amount of the aggregate unpaid interest that has accrued on such holder’s accepted Existing 2016 Notes in accordance with the terms of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture from December 2, 2012 to March 15, 2013 and converted using the Exchange Rate for interest accrued on Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes. In determining which Existing 2016 Notes shall be accepted for exchange in the Cash Option, the Debtors shall use and holders of Existing 2016 Notes Claims must comply with the Dutch auction procedures described in Article V.Q of the Plan.

(b) New Notes Option

If holders of Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims elect (or are deemed to elect pursuant to the terms hereof) to exchange their Existing 2016 Notes pursuant to the New Notes Option, such holders shall receive their Pro Rata shares of (A) the New Secured Notes, (B) the New Convertible Secured Notes, and (C) any Cash from the RTL New Equity Infusion not otherwise distributed pursuant to the Cash Option.

 

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3. Class 3A – RTL Credit Facility Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Class 3A is Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed RTL Credit Facility Claim is entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. All RTL Credit Facility Claims are Allowed Claims.

2. Distribution. On the Effective Date, except to the extent that a holder of an RTL Credit Facility Claim and the Debtors agree to less favorable treatment, each holder of an Allowed RTL Credit Facility Claim shall receive its share of the RTL Investment New Common Stock Allocation as set forth in the RTL Investment Agreement.

 

4. Class 4A, 4B, and 4C Other Secured Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Classes 4A, 4B, and 4C, which consist of separate subclasses for each Other Secured Claim, are Unimpaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Other Secured Claim is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan and shall be conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan.

2. Distribution. Unless the holder of such Claim and the Debtors agree to a less favorable treatment, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Other Secured Claim shall have its Claim Reinstated.

 

5. Class 5A – Unsecured Notes Claims.

1. Allowance, Impairment and Voting. Class 5A is Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Unsecured Notes Claim is entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. All Unsecured Notes Claims are Allowed Claims.

2. Distribution. On the Effective Date, after giving effect to the RTL Offer, each holder of an Unsecured Notes Claim shall be entitled to receive (i) if Class 5A votes to accept the Plan in accordance with section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, its Pro Rata share of Cash in the amount of $16.9 million (the “Unsecured Notes Claims Consideration”) or (ii) if Class 5A does not vote to accept the Plan in accordance with section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holders of Unsecured Notes Claims shall not receive or retain any property under the Plan on account of such Claims.

 

6. Class 6A, 6B, and 6C – General Unsecured Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Classes 6A, 6B, and 6C are Unimpaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan and shall be conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan.

2. Distribution. Unless the holder of such Claim and the Debtors agree to different treatment, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim shall have its Claim Reinstated; provided, however, that all Allowed General Unsecured Claims arising from the rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases as set forth in Article VI of the Plan shall be paid the full amount of such Allowed Claim in Cash.

 

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7. Class 7A, 7B, and 7C Intercompany Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Classes 7A, 7B, and 7C are Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Intercompany Claim is conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan and is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

2. Distribution. On the Effective Date, all net Allowed Intercompany Claims (taking into account any setoffs of Intercompany Claims) held by the Debtors between and among the Debtors or between one or more Debtors and any Affiliate of one of the Debtors that is not itself a Debtor shall, at the election of the Reorganized Debtors, be either (a) Reinstated, (b) released, waived, and discharged, (c) treated as a dividend, or (d) contributed to capital or exchanged for equity.

 

8. Class 8A Subordinated 510(b) Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Class 8A is Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of a Subordinated 510(b) Claim is conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan and is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. All Subordinated 510(b) Claims are Disputed Claims.

2. Distribution. The holders of Subordinated 510(b) Claims shall not receive or retain any property under the Plan on account of such Subordinated 510(b) Claims and the obligations of the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors on account of Subordinated 510(b) Claims shall be discharged.

 

9. Class 9A Existing Common Stock.

1. Impairment and Voting. Class 9A is Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Interest in Existing Common Stock is conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan and is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

2. Distribution. On the Effective Date, Existing Common Stock shall be deemed automatically cancelled without further action by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors and the obligations of the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors thereunder shall be discharged. Holders of Existing Common Stock shall receive no property under the Plan on account of such Interests.

 

10. Class 10B and 10C Intercompany Interests.

1. Impairment and Voting. Class 10B and 10C are Unimpaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Intercompany Interest is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan and shall be conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan.

2. Distribution. Class 10B and 10C Claims shall be Reinstated and rendered Unimpaired in accordance with section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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ARTICLE IV

ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS

A. Acceptance or Rejection of the Plan

1. Voting Classes

Classes 2, 3, and 5 are Impaired under the Plan and are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

2. Presumed Acceptance of the Plan

Classes 1, 4, 6, and 10 are Unimpaired under the Plan and are, therefore, conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code.

3. Presumed Rejection of the Plan

Classes 7, 8 and 9 are Impaired under the Plan and holders of Class 7 Claims (to the extent released, waived, or discharged pursuant to Article III.C.7 of the Plan), Class 8 Claims, and Class 9 Interests shall not receive or retain any property under the Plan on account of such Claims and Interests and are, therefore, conclusively presumed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code.

B. Confirmation Pursuant to Section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code

The Debtors shall seek Confirmation of the Plan pursuant to section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to rejecting Classes of Claims and Interests. The Debtors reserve the right to modify the Plan in accordance with Article XI hereof, to the extent, if any, that Confirmation pursuant to section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code requires modification.

ARTICLE V

MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN

A. Sources of Consideration for Plan Distributions

1. Cash Consideration

All Cash consideration necessary for the Reorganized Debtors to make payments or distributions pursuant hereto shall be obtained from the RTL New Equity Infusion, from RTL to fund distributions, if any, to holders of Unsecured Notes Claims under Article III.C.5 (provided that any Cash provided by RTL for payments to holders of Unsecured Notes Claims but not distributed pursuant to Article VII of the Plan shall be returned to RTL), and other Cash on hand of the Debtors, including Cash derived from business operations. Further, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, will be entitled to transfer funds from Non-Debtor

 

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Affiliates as they determine to be necessary or appropriate to enable the Reorganized Debtors to satisfy their obligations under the Plan. Except as set forth herein, any changes in intercompany account balances resulting from such transfers will be accounted for and settled in accordance with the Debtors’ historical intercompany account settlement practices and will not violate or otherwise be affected by the terms of the Plan.

2. New Securities

On the Effective Date, Reorganized CEDC shall issue (i) shares of New Common Stock for distribution to RTL on account of the RTL Investment in accordance with the RTL Investment New Common Stock Allocation and (ii) the New Notes in partial exchange for the Existing 2016 Notes. All of the shares of New Common Stock issued pursuant to the Plan shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Additionally, the Reorganized CEDC or New CEDC, as the case may be, shall be authorized, without the need for further stockholder action, to issue the shares of New Common Stock necessary to satisfy any conversion of the New Convertible Secured Notes implemented pursuant to the terms of those securities after the Effective Date. Each distribution and issuance referred to in Article VII shall be governed by the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan applicable to such distribution or issuance and by the terms and conditions of the instruments evidencing or relating to such distribution or issuance, which terms and conditions shall bind each Person receiving such distribution or issuance.

B. Cancellation of Securities and Agreements

Except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Plan, on the Effective Date: (1) all indentures, notes, bonds, purchase rights, instruments, guarantees, certificates, warrants, options, puts, agreements (including registration rights agreements), and other documents evidencing the RTL Credit Facility, the Existing 2013 Notes, the RTL Notes, the Existing Common Stock, the RTL Put Right, and any other indebtedness of or Interests in the Debtors (except as provided in Article III.C.10) shall be deemed cancelled, and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder and in any way related thereto shall be fully satisfied, released, and discharged, and
(2)(i) all indentures, notes, bonds, purchase rights, instruments, guarantees, certificates, warrants, options, puts, agreements (including registration rights agreements), and other documents evidencing the Existing 2013 Notes, shall be deemed cancelled, and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder and in any way related thereto shall be fully satisfied, released, and discharged, and (ii) the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee shall mark the Global Notes (as defined in the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture) cancelled and deliver such cancelled Global Notes to Reorganized CEDC, and (3)(1) all indentures, notes, bonds, purchase rights, instruments, guarantees, certificates, and other documents evidencing the Existing 2016 Notes shall be deemed cancelled, and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder and in any way related thereto shall be fully satisfied, released, and discharged and (ii) the Custodian (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture) shall mark the Global Dollar Note (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture) and the Global Euro Note (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture), as applicable, as cancelled and deliver such cancelled Global Dollar Note and Global Euro Note, as applicable, to Reorganized CEDC FinCo; provided, however, notwithstanding Confirmation or the occurrence of the Effective Date, any such indenture or agreement that governs the rights of the holder of a

 

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Claim shall continue in effect solely for purposes of (a) allowing holders of Existing 2016 Notes Claims, RTL Credit Facility Claims, and the Unsecured Notes Claims (as applicable) to receive distributions under the Plan as provided herein, and (b) allowing the Indenture Trustees, if applicable, to make distributions under the Plan as provided herein; provided further, however, that the preceding proviso shall not affect the discharge of Claims or Interests pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, the Confirmation Order or the Plan, or result in any expense or liability to the Reorganized Debtors, except to the extent set forth in or provided for under this Plan; provided further, however, that the cancellation of indentures, notes, instruments, guarantees, certificates, and other documents hereunder shall not itself alter the obligations or rights among third parties (apart from the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and the Non-Debtor Affiliates). Upon cancellation of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture and the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture, all duties and responsibilities of the Indenture Trustees under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture and the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture, as applicable, shall be discharged except to the extent required in order to effectuate the Plan.

C. Section 1145 Exemption

The issuance of the New Common Stock and New Notes distributed to creditors on account of their Claims shall be authorized under section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code as of the Effective Date without further act or action by any person, unless required by provision of the relevant corporate documents or applicable law, regulation, order or rule, and shall thereby be exempt from the requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any state or local laws requiring registration for the offer and sale of a security; and all documents evidencing the same shall be executed and delivered as provided for in the Plan or the Plan Supplement.

D. Governance Documents and Corporate Existence

On the Effective Date, the Corporate Governance Documents of the Debtors shall be amended in a form as may be required to be consistent with the provisions of the Plan and the Bankruptcy Code (including, without limitation, section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code), shall be included in the Plan Supplement, shall contain certain minority stockholder protections that are effective if and when the New Convertible Secured Notes are converted, including but not limited to registration rights, preemptive rights and, subject to appropriate ownership levels, and shall be otherwise reasonably acceptable to RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Corporate Governance Documents or elsewhere in the Plan Supplement, each Debtor, as Reorganized, shall continue to exist after the Effective Date as a separate corporate entity or limited liability company, as the case may be, with all the powers of a corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, pursuant to the applicable law in the jurisdiction in which each applicable Debtor is incorporated. After the Effective Date, each Reorganized Debtor may amend and restate its Corporate Governance Documents as permitted by the laws of its respective states, provinces, or countries of formation and its respective charters and bylaws.

 

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E. Reorganized Debtors’ Boards of Directors

The identity of the members of the new board of each of the Reorganized Debtors shall be determined by RTL in its sole discretion, and will be identified in the Plan Supplement or in a filing with the Bankruptcy Court at or prior to the Confirmation Hearing.

F. Employee Benefits

Except as otherwise provided herein, on and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may: (1) honor, in the ordinary course of business, any contracts, agreements, policies, programs and plans for, among other things, compensation (other than equity based compensation related to Interests), health care benefits, disability benefits, deferred compensation benefits, travel benefits, savings, severance benefits, retirement benefits, welfare benefits, workers’ compensation insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance for the directors, officers and employees of any of the Debtors who served in such capacity at any time and (2) honor, in the ordinary course of business, Claims of employees employed as of the Effective Date for accrued vacation time arising before the Petition Date; provided, however, that the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’ performance under any employment agreement will not entitle any person to any benefit or alleged entitlement under any policy, program or plan that has expired or been terminated before the Effective Date, or restore, reinstate or revive any such benefit or alleged entitlement under any such policy, program or plan. Nothing herein shall limit, diminish or otherwise alter the Reorganized Debtors’ defenses, claims, Causes of Action or other rights with respect to any such contracts, agreements, policies, programs and plans.

G. Management Incentive Plan

On or after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may implement a management incentive plan for management, selected employees and directors of the Reorganized Debtors, providing incentive compensation in the form of, among other things, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units phantom stock awards, performance awards and/or other stock-based awards in Reorganized CEDC in an aggregate amount equal to up to 5% of the New Common Stock, on a fully diluted basis (the “Management Incentive Plan”). Reorganized CEDC shall be authorized to adopt the Management Incentive Plan without the need for any further stockholder action. The specific form of and terms applicable to awards granted under the Management Incentive Plan shall be determined by the new board of Reorganized CEDC; provided that the aggregate price paid for all repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired New Common Stock issued pursuant to the Management Incentive Plan may not exceed $3.0 million in each twelve-month period from the date of issuance of the New Notes (with any unused amounts in any preceding twelve-month period being carried over to the succeeding twelve-month period). Current directors N. Scott Fine and Markus Sieger shall be paid performance bonuses of $1.0 million and $250,000 in cash, respectively, on the Effective Date.

 

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H. Vesting of Assets in the Reorganized Debtors

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or any agreement, instrument or other document incorporated therein, on the Effective Date, all property in each Estate and all Causes of Action (except those released pursuant to the Releases by the Debtors) shall vest in each respective Reorganized Debtor, free and clear of all Liens, Claims, charges or other encumbrances. On and after the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the Reorganized Debtors may operate its business and may use, acquire or dispose of property and compromise or settle any Claims, Interests or Causes of Action without supervision or approval by the Bankruptcy Court and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules.

I. Restructuring Transactions

On the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Reorganized Debtors may take all actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, approved by, contemplated by or necessary to effectuate the Plan, including: (1) the execution and delivery of appropriate agreements or other documents of merger, consolidation, restructuring, conversion, disposition, transfer, dissolution or liquidation containing terms that are consistent with the terms of the Plan and that satisfy the applicable requirements of applicable law and any other terms to which the applicable Persons may agree; (2) the execution and delivery of appropriate instruments of transfer, assignment, assumption or delegation of any asset, property, right, liability, debt or obligation on terms consistent with the terms of the Plan and having other terms for which the applicable Persons agree; (3) the filing of appropriate certificates or articles of incorporation or amendments thereof, reincorporation, merger, consolidation, conversion or dissolution pursuant to applicable state law; and (4) all other actions that the applicable Persons determine to be necessary or appropriate, including making filings or recordings that may be required by applicable law. On the Effective Date, pursuant to section 1123(a)(5)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code, at the direction of the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2016 Notes represented by the Existing 2016 Notes Steering Committee, CEDC shall transfer (by way of merger, consolidation, share exchange, sale of assets, or otherwise) to a newly-formed Delaware corporation (“New CEDC”) all or substantially all of its assets and all Claims and Interests that are Reinstated and/or Unimpaired, and in consideration of such transfer, New CEDC shall make the distributions as specified in Article III.C of the Plan.

J. Covenant Amendments and Supplemental Indenture

On and after the Confirmation Date, the following actions shall be deemed authorized and approved in all respects, without the need for further approval or agreement under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, by the directors or officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee, any security agent under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, or otherwise and pursuant to entry of the Confirmation Order: (i) the Supplemental Indenture shall be and shall be deemed to be executed and effective in all regards and in accordance with its terms; (ii) CEDC FinCo shall deliver notice to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee that it designates all Non-Debtor Affiliates as Unrestricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture) under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture; and

 

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(iii) upon designation of such Non-Debtor Affiliates as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the guarantees by such Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Existing 2016 Notes shall be automatically released pursuant to section 10.4(3) of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture and all liens on assets of such Non-Debtor Affiliates designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries that secure the Existing 2016 Notes shall be automatically released pursuant to section 11.9(2) of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.

K. Corporate Action

Upon the Effective Date, all actions contemplated by the Plan shall be deemed authorized and approved in all respects, including (1) selection of the directors and officers of the Reorganized Debtors; (2) the distribution of the New Common Stock as provided herein; and (3) all other actions contemplated by the Plan (whether to occur before, on or after the Effective Date). All matters provided for in the Plan involving the corporate structure of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, and any corporate action required by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have occurred and shall be in effect, without any requirement of further action by the directors or officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors.

On or (as applicable) before the Effective Date, the appropriate officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall be authorized and directed to issue, execute and deliver the agreements, documents, securities, certificates of incorporation, operating agreements and instruments contemplated by the Plan (or necessary or desirable to effect the transactions contemplated by the Plan) in the name of and on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors. The authorizations and approvals contemplated by this Article V shall be effective notwithstanding any requirements under non-bankruptcy law.

L. Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions

On and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors and the officers and members of the board of directors thereof are authorized to issue, execute, deliver, file or record such contracts, securities, instruments, releases and other agreements or documents and take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan and the securities issued pursuant to the Plan in the name of and on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors, without the need for any approvals, authorization or consents except for those expressly required pursuant to the Plan.

M. Section 1146 Exemption from Certain Taxes and Fees

Pursuant to section 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, any transfers of property in contemplation of, in connection with, or pursuant to the Plan shall not be subject to any stamp tax or other similar tax or governmental assessment in the United States, and the Confirmation Order shall direct and be deemed to direct the appropriate state or local governmental officials or agents to forgo the collection of any such tax or governmental assessment and to accept for filing and recordation instruments or other documents pursuant to such transfers of property without the payment of any such tax or governmental assessment. Such exemption specifically applies,

 

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without limitation, to (1) the creation of any mortgage, deed of trust, lien or other security interest; (2) the making or assignment of any lease or sublease; (3) any restructuring transaction authorized by Article V hereof; or (4) the making or delivery of any deed or other instrument of transfer under, in furtherance of or in connection with the Plan, including: (a) any merger agreements; (b) agreements of consolidation, restructuring, disposition, liquidation or dissolution; (c) deeds; or (d) assignments executed in connection with any transaction occurring under the Plan.

N. D&O Liability Insurance Policies and Indemnification Provisions

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, as of the Effective Date, the D&O Liability Insurance Policies and Indemnification Provisions belonging or owed to directors, officers, and employees of the Debtors (or the Estates) who served or were employed at any time by the Debtors shall be deemed to be, and shall be treated as though they are, executory contracts and the Debtors shall assume (and assign to the Reorganized Debtors if necessary to continue the D&O Liability Insurance Policies in full force) all of the D&O Liability Insurance Policies and Indemnification Provisions pursuant to section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the Debtors’ foregoing assumption of each of the D&O Liability Insurance Policies and Indemnification Provisions. On or before the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall obtain reasonably sufficient tail coverage (i.e., D&O insurance coverage that extends beyond the end of the policy period) under a directors and officers’ liability insurance policy for the current and former directors, officers and managers for a period of six (6) years.

O. Preservation of Causes of Action

In accordance with section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and except where such Causes of Action have been expressly released (including, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the Releases by the Debtors provided by Article IX.B hereof), the Reorganized Debtors shall retain and may enforce all rights to commence and pursue, as appropriate, any and all Causes of Action, whether arising before or after the Petition Date, and the Reorganized Debtors’ rights to commence, prosecute or settle such Causes of Action shall be preserved notwithstanding the occurrence of the Effective Date. The Reorganized Debtors may pursue such Causes of Action, as appropriate, in accordance with the best interests of the Reorganized Debtors. No Person may rely on the absence of a specific reference in the Plan or the Disclosure Statement to any Cause of Action against them as any indication that the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, will not pursue any and all available Causes of Action against them. Except with respect to Causes of Action as to which the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors have released any Person or Person on or before the Effective Date (including pursuant to the Releases by the Debtors or otherwise), the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, expressly reserve all rights to prosecute any and all Causes of Action against any Person, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan. Unless any Causes of Action against a Person are expressly waived, relinquished, exculpated, released, compromised or settled in the Plan or a Bankruptcy Court order, the Reorganized Debtors expressly reserve all Causes of Action, for later adjudication, and, therefore, no preclusion doctrine, including the doctrines of res judicata, collateral estoppel, issue preclusion, claim preclusion, estoppel (judicial, equitable or otherwise) or laches, shall apply to such Causes of Action upon, after or as a consequence of the Confirmation or Consummation.

 

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P. Single Satisfaction of Claims

Holders of Allowed Claims may assert such Claims against each Debtor obligated with respect to such Claim, and such Claims shall be entitled to share in the recovery provided for the applicable Class of Claims against each obligated Debtor based upon the full Allowed amount of the Claim. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no case shall the aggregate value of all property received or retained under the Plan on account of Allowed Claims exceed 100% of the underlying Allowed Claim.

Q. Dutch Auction Procedure

The Debtors shall use a pure reverse Dutch auction procedure to determine which Existing 2016 Notes will be accepted for exchange in the Cash Option. The Ballots will, among other options, provide the holders of Existing 2016 Notes with the option to elect to participate in the Cash Option. The auction will stay open through the Auction Closing Date, and Ballots indicating any such election are due by the Voting Deadline as provided herein.

The Debtors will accept for purchase the Existing 2016 Notes that elect to participate in the Cash Option in the order of the lowest to the highest Bid Prices (as determined based upon each Bid Price’s percentage of the respective Existing 2016 Note’s principal amount) until reaching the Clearing Price. In addition, holders of Existing 2016 Notes that elect to participate in the Cash Option will be subject to proration. The Debtors will first accept for exchange all Existing 2016 Notes with a Bid Price less than the Clearing Price, and thereafter, Existing 2016 Notes with a Bid Price equal to the Clearing Price on a Pro Rata basis. In all cases, appropriate adjustments will be made to avoid purchases of Existing 2016 Notes in principal amounts other than integral multiples of $1,000 or €1,000, as applicable. All Existing 2016 Notes not accepted in the Cash Option as a result of proration will not participate in the Cash Option and will be deemed to have elected to participate in the New Notes Option. In addition, any Existing 2016 Notes for which the respective holders did not elect to participate in the Cash Option will be deemed to have elected the New Notes Option.

To receive payment of Cash pursuant to the Cash Option, the holder of record on the Distribution Date must have been the holder of record as of the Voting Record Date. Furthermore, the ability to participate in the Cash Option is subject to the applicable custodian or nominee complying with any requests of the applicable clearing houses, including, without limitation, confirmation of record holders or surrender of notes by any deadline. Any failure on a holder’s ability to present Existing 2016 Notes for the Cash Option will result in such holder receiving the New Notes Option. Therefore, to receive the Cash Option, the holder as of the Voting Record Date cannot trade its Existing 2016 Notes prior to the Distribution Date. Subject to the foregoing, if holders of Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims elect to participate in the Cash Option by indicating as such on their Ballot and submitting such Ballot by the Voting Deadline as provided herein, each such holder shall receive, subject to the foregoing, its portion of the Cash Option Consideration equal to (a) such holder’s 8.875% Bid Price multiplied by the

 

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total principal amount of such holder’s Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes accepted for exchange in the Cash Option, divided by €1,000 and converted using the Exchange Rate, plus (b) such holder’s 9.125% Bid Price multiplied by the total amount of such holder’s Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes accepted for exchange in the Cash Option and divided by $1,000, plus (c) the full amount of the aggregate unpaid interest that has accrued on such holder’s accepted Existing 2016 Notes in accordance with the terms of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture from December 2, 2012 to March 15, 2013 and converted using the Exchange Rate for interest accrued on Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes.

ARTICLE VI

TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES

A. Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

Except as otherwise provided herein, or in any contract, instrument, release, indenture or other agreement or document entered into in connection with the Plan, each of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases shall be deemed assumed as of the Effective Date, unless such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease: (1) was assumed or rejected previously by the Debtors; (2) expired or terminated pursuant to its own terms before the Effective Date; (3) is the subject of a motion to reject filed on or before the Effective Date; or (4) is identified as an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to be rejected pursuant to the Plan Supplement before the Effective Date.

Entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute a Bankruptcy Court order approving the assumptions or rejections of such Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases as set forth in the Plan, all pursuant to sections 365(a) and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code. Unless otherwise indicated, all assumptions or rejections of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases pursuant to the Plan are effective as of the Effective Date. Each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease assumed pursuant to the Plan or by Bankruptcy Court order but not assigned to a third party before the Effective Date shall revest in and be fully enforceable by the applicable contracting Reorganized Debtor in accordance with its terms, except as such terms may have been modified by such order. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, reserve the right to alter, amend, modify or supplement the list of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases identified in the Plan Supplement at any time before the Effective Date. After the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall have the right to terminate, amend or modify any intercompany contracts, leases or other agreements without approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

B. Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases

All Proofs of Claim with respect to Claims arising from the rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases, if any, must be filed with the Bankruptcy Court within 30 days after the date of entry of an order of the Bankruptcy Court (including the Confirmation Order) approving such rejection. Any Claims arising from the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease not filed with the Bankruptcy Court within such time will be automatically

 

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disallowed, forever barred from assertion and shall not be enforceable against the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates or their property without the need for any objection by the Reorganized Debtors or further notice to, or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court. All Allowed Claims arising from the rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases shall be classified as Class 6 General Unsecured Claims against the applicable Debtor and shall be treated in accordance with Article III of the Plan.

C. Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

Any monetary amounts by which any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to be assumed under the Plan is in default shall be satisfied, under section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, by Cure. If there is a dispute regarding (i) the nature or amount of any Cure, (ii) the ability of the Reorganized Debtors to provide “adequate assurance of future performance” (within the meaning of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code) under the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to be assumed or (iii) any other matter pertaining to assumption, Cure shall occur following the entry of a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court resolving the dispute and approving the assumption.

Assumption of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to the Plan or otherwise shall result in the full release and satisfaction of any Claims or defaults, whether monetary or nonmonetary, including defaults of provisions restricting the change in control or ownership interest composition or other bankruptcy related defaults, arising under any assumed Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease at any time before the effective date of the assumption.

D. Insurance Policies

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, as of the Effective Date, the Debtors shall assume (and assign to the Reorganized Debtors if necessary to continue the Insurance Policies in full force) all of the Insurance Policies pursuant to section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the Debtors’ foregoing assumption of each of the Insurance Policies.

E. Reservation of Rights.

Neither the exclusion nor inclusion of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List, nor anything contained in the Plan, shall constitute an admission by the Debtors that any such contract or lease is in fact an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or that any Reorganized Debtor has any liability thereunder. If there is a dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or unexpired at the time of assumption or rejection, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall have 45 days following entry of a Final Order resolving such dispute to alter their treatment of such contract or lease.

 

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F. Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date.

Contracts and leases entered into after the Petition Date by any Debtor, including any Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases assumed by such Debtor, will be performed by the Debtor or Reorganized Debtor in the ordinary course of its business. Accordingly, such contracts and leases (including any assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases) will survive and remain unaffected by entry of the Confirmation Order.

ARTICLE VII

PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS

A. Record Date for Distributions

As of the entry of the Confirmation Order, the various transfer registers for each of the Classes of Claims or Interests as maintained by the Debtors or their respective agents shall be deemed closed, and there shall be no further changes made to reflect any new record holders of any Claims or Interests. The Debtors shall have no obligation to recognize any transfer of Claims or Interests occurring on or after the Distribution Record Date.

B. Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter (or if a Claim is not an Allowed Claim on the Effective Date, on the date that such a Claim becomes an Allowed Claim, on the next Distribution Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter), each holder of an Allowed Claim against the Debtors shall receive the full amount of the distributions that the Plan provides for Allowed Claims in the applicable Class and in the manner provided herein. In the event that any payment or act under the Plan is required to be made or performed on a date that is not a Business Day, then the making of such payment or the performance of such act may be completed on the next succeeding Business Day, but shall be deemed to have been completed as of the required date. If and to the extent that there are Disputed Claims, distributions on account of any such Disputed Claims shall be made pursuant to the provisions set forth in Article VIII hereof. Except as otherwise provided herein, holders of Claims shall not be entitled to interest, dividends or accruals on the distributions provided for herein, regardless of whether such distributions are delivered on or at any time after the Effective Date.

C. Disbursing Agent

Except as otherwise provided herein, all distributions under the Plan shall be made by the Reorganized Debtors as Disbursing Agent or such other Person designated by the Reorganized Debtors as a Disbursing Agent on the Effective Date.

 

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D. Rights and Powers of Disbursing Agent

1. Powers of the Disbursing Agent

The Disbursing Agent shall be empowered to: (a) affect all actions and execute all agreements, instruments and other documents necessary to perform its duties under the Plan; (b) make all distributions contemplated hereby; (c) employ professionals to represent it with respect to its responsibilities; and (d) exercise such other powers as may be vested in the Disbursing Agent by order of the Bankruptcy Court, pursuant to the Plan, or as deemed by the Disbursing Agent to be necessary and proper to implement the provisions hereof.

2. Expenses Incurred On or After the Effective Date

Except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the amount of any reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Disbursing Agent on or after the Effective Date (including taxes) and any reasonable compensation and expense reimbursement claims (including reasonable attorney fees and expenses) made by the Disbursing Agent shall be paid in Cash by the Reorganized Debtors in their reasonable discretion.

E. Distributions on Account of Claims Allowed After the Effective Date

1. Payments and Distributions on Disputed Claims

Distributions made after the Effective Date to holders of Disputed Claims that are not Allowed Claims as of the Effective Date but which later become Allowed Claims shall be deemed to have been made on the Effective Date.

2. Special Rules for Distributions to Holders of Disputed Claims

Notwithstanding any provision otherwise in the Plan and except as may be agreed to by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, on the one hand, and the holder of a Disputed Claim, on the other hand, no partial payments and no partial distributions shall be made with respect to any Disputed Claim until all Disputed Claims held by the holder of such Disputed Claim have become Allowed Claims or have otherwise been resolved by settlement or Final Order.

F. Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions

1. Delivery of Distributions in General

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, distributions to holders of Allowed Claims shall be made to holders of record as of the Distribution Record Date by the Disbursing Agent: (a) to the signatory set forth on any of the Proof of Claim filed by such holder or other representative identified therein (or at the last known addresses of such holder if no Proof of Claim is filed or if the Debtors have been notified in writing of a change of address); (b) at the addresses set forth in any written notices of address changes delivered to the Disbursing Agent after the date of any related Proof of Claim; (c) at the addresses reflected in the Schedules if no Proof of Claim has

 

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been filed and the Disbursing Agent has not received a written notice of a change of address; (d) on any counsel that has appeared in the Chapter 11 Cases on the holder’s behalf or (e) at the addresses reflected in the Debtors’ books and records. Distributions under the Plan on account of Allowed Claims shall not be subject to levy, garnishment, attachment or like legal process, so that each holder of an Allowed Claim shall have and receive the benefit of the distributions in the manner set forth in the Plan. None of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and the applicable Disbursing Agent shall incur any liability whatsoever on account of any distributions under the Plan except for gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud.

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, (i) all distributions to holders of Existing 2016 Notes shall be governed by the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, and shall be deemed completed when made to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee, who shall in turn make distributions in accordance with the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture and (ii) all distributions to holders of Existing 2013 Notes shall be governed by the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture, and shall be deemed completed when made to the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee, who shall in turn make distributions in accordance with the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture.

2. Undeliverable Distributions and Unclaimed Property

In the event that any distribution to any holder is returned as undeliverable, no distribution to such holder shall be made unless and until the Disbursing Agent has determined the then current address of such holder, at which time such distribution shall be made as soon as practicable after such distribution has become deliverable or has been claimed to such holder without interest; provided, however, that such distributions shall be deemed unclaimed property under section 347(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and forfeited at the expiration of six months from the applicable Distribution Date. After such date, all “unclaimed property” or interests in property shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors (notwithstanding any applicable federal or state escheat, abandoned or unclaimed property laws to the contrary), and the Claim of any holder to such property shall be discharged and forever barred.

G. Withholding and Reporting Requirements

In connection with the Plan and all instruments issued in connection therewith, the Disbursing Agent shall comply with all applicable withholding and reporting requirements imposed by any federal, state or local taxing authority, and all distributions under the Plan shall be subject to any such withholding or reporting requirements.

H. Setoffs

Except as set forth herein, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors may withhold (but not set off except as set forth below) from the distributions called for under the Plan on account of any Allowed Claim an amount equal to any claims, equity interests, rights and Causes of Action of any nature that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may hold against the holder of any such Allowed Claim. In the event that any such claims, equity interests, rights and Causes of Action of any nature that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may hold against the holder of any such Allowed Claim are adjudicated by Final Order or otherwise resolved, the Debtors may,

 

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pursuant to section 558 of the Bankruptcy Code or applicable non-bankruptcy law, set off against any Allowed Claim and the distributions to be made pursuant hereto on account of such Allowed Claim (before any distribution is made on account of such Allowed Claim) the amount of any adjudicated or resolved claims, equity interests, rights and Causes of Action of any nature that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may hold against the holder of any such Allowed Claim, but only to the extent of such adjudicated or resolved amount. Neither the failure to effect such a setoff nor the allowance of any Claim under the Plan shall constitute a waiver or release by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors of any such claims, equity interests, rights and Causes of Action that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may possess against any such holder, except as specifically provided herein.

I. Claims Paid or Payable by Third Parties

1. Claims Paid by Third Parties

The Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall reduce in part or in full a Claim to the extent that the holder of such Claim receives payment in part or in full on account of such Claim from a party other than the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors. To the extent a holder of a Claim receives a distribution on account of such Claim from a party other than the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, such holder shall, within two weeks of receipt thereof, repay or return the distribution to the applicable Reorganized Debtor, to the extent the holder’s total recovery on account of such Claim from the third party and under the Plan exceeds the amount of such Claim as of the date of any such distribution under the Plan.

2. Insurance Claims

No distributions under the Plan shall be made on account of Allowed Claims until the holder of such Allowed Claim has exhausted all remedies with respect to the Debtors’ Insurance Policies. To the extent that one or more of the Debtors’ insurers agrees to satisfy in full a Claim (if and to the extent adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction), then immediately upon such insurers’ agreement, such Claim may be expunged without a Claims objection having to be filed and without any further notice to or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

3. Applicability of Insurance Policies

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, distributions to holders of Allowed Claims shall be made in accordance with the provisions of any applicable Insurance Policy. Nothing contained in the Plan shall constitute or be deemed a waiver of any Cause of Action that the Debtors or any Person may hold against any other Person, including insurers under any policies of insurance, nor shall anything contained herein constitute or be deemed a waiver by such insurers of any defenses, including coverage defenses, held by such insurers.

 

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J. Allocation of Distributions Between Principal and Unpaid Interest

To the extent that any Claim entitled to a distribution under the Plan is comprised of indebtedness and accrued but unpaid interest thereon, such distribution shall, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, be allocated on the Debtors’ books and records to the principal amount of the Claim first and then, to the extent the consideration exceeds the principal amount of the Claim, to the accrued but unpaid interest.

ARTICLE VIII

PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING CONTINGENT,

UNLIQUIDATED AND DISPUTED CLAIMS

A. Prosecution of Objections to Claims

The Debtors (before the Effective Date) or the Reorganized Debtors (on or after the Effective Date), as applicable, shall have the exclusive authority to file, settle, compromise, withdraw or litigate to judgment any objections to Claims as permitted under the Plan. From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may settle or compromise any Disputed Claim without approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The Debtors reserve all rights to resolve any Disputed Claim outside the Bankruptcy Court under applicable governing law.

B. Allowance of Claims

Except as expressly provided herein or in any order entered in the Chapter 11 Cases before the Effective Date (including the Confirmation Order), the Reorganized Debtors after the Effective Date will have and retain any and all rights and defenses held by the Debtors with respect to any Claim as of the Petition Date. All claims of any Person against any Debtor shall be disallowed unless and until such Person pays, in full, the amount it owes each such Debtor.

C. Distributions After Allowance

On the Distribution Date following the date that the order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court allowing any Disputed Claim becomes a Final Order, the Disbursing Agent shall provide to the holder of such Claim the distribution (if any) to which such holder is entitled under the Plan as of the Effective Date, without any interest to be paid on account of such Claim.

D. Estimation of Claims

The Debtors (before the Effective Date) or Reorganized Debtors (on or after the Effective Date) may, at any time, and from time to time, request that the Bankruptcy Court estimate any Disputed Claim pursuant to section 502(c) of the Bankruptcy Code regardless of whether an objection was previously filed with the Bankruptcy Court with respect to such Claim, or whether the Bankruptcy Court has ruled on any such objection, and the Bankruptcy Court will retain jurisdiction to estimate any Claim at any time during litigation concerning any objection to any Claim, including during the pendency of any appeal relating to any such objection. In the event that the Bankruptcy Court estimates any Disputed Claim, that estimated amount will constitute either the Allowed amount of such Claim or a maximum limitation on such Claim against any party or Person, as determined by the Bankruptcy Court. If the estimated amount constitutes a maximum limitation on such Claim, the Debtors (before the Effective Date) or the Reorganized

 

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Debtors (after the Effective Date), may elect to pursue any supplemental proceedings to object to any ultimate distribution on such Claim. All of the objection, estimation, settlement and resolution procedures set forth in the Plan are cumulative and not necessarily exclusive of one another. Claims may be estimated and subsequently compromised, objected to, settled, withdrawn or resolved by any mechanism approved by the Bankruptcy Court.

E. Deadline to File Objections to Claims

Any objections to Claims, if any, shall be filed no later than the Claims Objection Bar Date; provided, however, that the Debtors’ failure to file an objection by the Claims Objection Bar Date shall not cause any Claim to be deemed an Allowed Claim nor shall it prejudice the Debtors’ right ability to resolve any Disputed Claim outside the Bankruptcy Court under applicable governing law.

ARTICLE IX

SETTLEMENT, RELEASE, INJUNCTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS

A. Compromise and Settlement of Claims, Interests and Controversies

Pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 9019 and in consideration for the distributions and other benefits provided pursuant to the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall constitute a good faith compromise of all Claims, Interests and controversies relating to the contractual, legal and subordination rights that a holder of a Claim or Interest may have with respect to any Allowed Claim or Interest, or any distribution to be made on account of such Allowed Claim or Interest. The entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the compromise or settlement of all such Claims, Interests and controversies, as well as a finding by the Bankruptcy Court that such compromise or settlement is in the best interests of the Debtors, their Estates and holders of Claims and Interests and is fair, equitable and reasonable. In accordance with the provisions of the Plan, pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 9019(a), without any further notice to or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may compromise and settle Claims against them and Causes of Action against other Persons.

B. Releases by the Debtors

Pursuant to section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and to the extent allowed by applicable law, and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or the Plan Supplement, for good and valuable consideration, including the service of the Released Parties to facilitate the expeditious reorganization of the Debtors and the implementation of the restructuring contemplated by the Plan, on and after the Effective Date, the Released Parties are deemed released and discharged by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, and Non-Debtor Affiliates from any and all claims, obligations, rights, suits, damages, Causes of Action, remedies and liabilities whatsoever, including any derivative claims, asserted or assertable on behalf of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their

 

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Estates and Non-Debtor Affiliates, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereinafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise, that the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, or the Non-Debtor Affiliates would have been legally entitled to assert in their own right (whether individually or collectively) or on behalf of the holder of any Claim or Interest or other Person, based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors, the Chapter 11 Cases, the purchase, sale or rescission of the purchase or sale of any security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the subject matter of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any Claim or Interest that is treated in the Plan, the business or contractual arrangements between any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor, Estate or Non-Debtor Affiliate and any Released Party, the restructuring of Claims and Interests before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, the negotiation, formulation or preparation of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan Supplement, RTL Investment Agreement or related agreements, instruments or other documents, or upon any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date; provided, however, that nothing in this Article IX.B shall be construed to release any party or entity from gross negligence, intentional fraud, willful misconduct, or criminal conduct, as determined by a Final Order; provided further, that notwithstanding any language to the contrary contained in the Disclosure Statement, the Plan and/or the Confirmation Order, no provision shall preclude the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from enforcing its police and regulatory powers; and provided further, that notwithstanding any language to the contrary contained in the Disclosure Statement, the Plan and/or the Confirmation Order, no provision shall release any non-Debtor from liability in connection with any legal action or claim brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

C. Releases by Holders of Claims

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, as of the Effective Date, each holder of a Claim who affirmatively votes to accept this Plan and does not elect to opt out of the releases contained in this Section IX.C by making such election on its timely submitted ballot shall be deemed to have conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably and forever, released and discharged the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their Estates, Non-Debtor Affiliates and the Released Parties from any and all Claims, Interests, obligations, rights, suits, damages, Causes of Action, remedies and liabilities whatsoever, including any derivative Claims, assertable on behalf of a Debtor, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise, that such Person would have been legally entitled to assert (whether individually or collectively), based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors, the Debtors’ restructuring, the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases, the purchase, sale or rescission of the purchase or sale of any security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, including (without limitation) any tender rights provided under any applicable law, rule, or regulation, the subject matter of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any Claim that is treated in the Plan, the business or contractual arrangements between the Debtors and any Released Party, the restructuring of Claims and Interests before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, the negotiation, formulation or preparation of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the RTL Investment Agreement, the Plan Supplement or related agreements, instruments

 

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or other documents, upon any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event or other occurrence taking place on or before the Confirmation Date; provided, however, that nothing in this Article IX.B shall be construed to release any party or entity from gross negligence, intentional fraud, willful misconduct or criminal conduct, as determined by a Final Order; provided further, however that this Article IX.C shall not release the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their Estates, Non-Debtor Affiliates and the Released Parties from any Cause of Action held by a governmental entity existing as of the Effective Date based on (i) the Internal Revenue Code or other domestic state, city, or municipal tax code, (ii) the environmental laws of the United States or any domestic state, city, or municipality, (iii) any criminal laws of the United States or any domestic state, city, or municipality, (iv) the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (as now in effect or hereafter amended), the Securities Act of 1933 (as now in effect or hereafter amended), or other securities laws of the United States or any domestic state, city or municipality, (v) the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or (vi) the laws and regulations of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the United States Department of Homeland Security. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, the Existing 2016 Notes, or the instruments, guarantees, certificates, and other documents related thereto, votes by holders of Existing 2016 Notes Claims to accept this Plan and not opt out of the releases contained in this Article IX.C shall constitute agreement by such holders to have conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably and forever, released and discharged the Non-Debtor Affiliates from any and all Claims, Interests, obligations, rights, suits, damages, Causes of Action, remedies and liabilities whatsoever, whether known or unknown, direct or indirect, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereafter arising, that relate to guarantees of the Existing 2016 Notes, and any collateral of Non-Debtor Affiliates securing the Existing 2016 Notes except as otherwise set forth in the Plan.

D. Exculpation

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or Plan Supplement, no Exculpated Party shall have or incur, and each Exculpated Party is hereby released and exculpated from, any Exculpated Claim, obligation, cause of action or liability for any Exculpated Claim, except for gross negligence, intentional fraud or willful misconduct (to the extent such duty is imposed by applicable non-bankruptcy law), but in all respects such Persons shall be entitled to reasonably rely upon the advice of counsel with respect to their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Plan. The Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors (and each of their respective Affiliates, agents, directors, officers, employees, advisors and attorneys) have, and upon Confirmation of the Plan shall be deemed to have, participated in good faith and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code with regard to the solicitation and distribution of the Plan securities pursuant to the Plan, and, therefore, are not, and on account of such distributions shall not be, liable at any time for the violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation governing the solicitation of acceptances or rejections of the Plan or such distributions made pursuant to the Plan.

 

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E. Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests

Pursuant to section 1141(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, the distributions, rights and treatment that are provided in the Plan shall be in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge, effective as of the Effective Date, of all Claims, Interests and Causes of Action of any nature whatsoever, including any interest accrued on Claims or Interests from and after the Petition Date, whether known or unknown, against, liabilities of, Liens on, obligations of, rights against and Interests in, the Debtors or any of their assets or properties, regardless of whether any property shall have been distributed or retained pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claims and Interests, including demands, liabilities and Causes of Action that arose before the Effective Date, any contingent or non-contingent liability on account of representations or warranties issued on or before the Effective Date, and all debts of the kind specified in sections 502(g), 502(h) or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code, in each case whether or not: (1) a Proof of Claim or Interest based upon such Claim, debt, right or Interest is filed or deemed filed pursuant to section 501 of the Bankruptcy Code; (2) a Claim or Interest based upon such Claim, debt, right or Interest is Allowed pursuant to section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code; or (3) the holder of such a Claim or Interest has accepted the Plan. Except as otherwise provided herein, any default by the Debtors or their Affiliates with respect to any Claim or Interest that existed before or on account of the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases shall be deemed cured on the Effective Date. The Confirmation Order shall be a judicial determination of the discharge of all Claims and Interests subject to the Effective Date occurring, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan.

F. Injunction

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE PLAN, THE PLAN SUPPLEMENT OR RELATED DOCUMENTS, OR FOR OBLIGATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE PLAN, ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE HELD, HOLD OR MAY HOLD CLAIMS OR INTERESTS THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX.B OR ARTICLE IX.C, DISCHARGED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX.E, OR ARE SUBJECT TO EXCULPATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX.D, ARE PERMANENTLY ENJOINED, FROM AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE, FROM TAKING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS: (1) COMMENCING OR CONTINUING IN ANY MANNER ANY ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS; (2) ENFORCING, ATTACHING, COLLECTING OR RECOVERING BY ANY MANNER OR MEANS ANY JUDGMENT, AWARD, DECREE OR ORDER AGAINST SUCH PERSONS ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS; (3) CREATING, PERFECTING OR ENFORCING ANY ENCUMBRANCE OF ANY KIND AGAINST SUCH PERSONS OR THE PROPERTY OR ESTATES OF SUCH PERSONS ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS; AND (4) COMMENCING OR CONTINUING IN ANY MANNER ANY ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS RELEASED, SETTLED OR DISCHARGED PURSUANT TO THE PLAN.

 

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THE RIGHTS AFFORDED IN THE PLAN AND THE TREATMENT OF ALL CLAIMS AND INTERESTS HEREIN SHALL BE IN EXCHANGE FOR AND IN COMPLETE SATISFACTION OF ALL CLAIMS AND INTERESTS OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING ANY INTEREST ACCRUED ON CLAIMS FROM AND AFTER THE PETITION DATE, AGAINST THE DEBTORS OR ANY OF THEIR ASSETS, PROPERTY OR ESTATES. ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE, ALL SUCH CLAIMS AGAINST THE DEBTORS SHALL BE FULLY RELEASED AND DISCHARGED, AND THE INTERESTS SHALL BE CANCELLED.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR HEREIN OR IN OBLIGATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT HERETO FROM AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE, ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE DEBTORS SHALL BE FULLY RELEASED AND DISCHARGED, AND ALL INTERESTS SHALL BE CANCELLED, AND THE DEBTORS’ LIABILITY WITH RESPECT THERETO SHALL BE EXTINGUISHED COMPLETELY, INCLUDING ANY LIABILITY OF THE KIND SPECIFIED UNDER SECTION 502(G) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE. ALL PERSONS SHALL BE PRECLUDED FROM ASSERTING AGAINST THE DEBTORS, THE DEBTORS’ ESTATES, THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS, EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AND EACH OF THEIR ASSETS AND PROPERTIES, ANY OTHER CLAIMS OR INTERESTS BASED UPON ANY DOCUMENTS, INSTRUMENTS OR ANY ACT OR OMISSION, TRANSACTION OR OTHER ACTIVITY OF ANY KIND OR NATURE THAT OCCURRED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

G. Temporary Injunction with Respect to Existing 2016 Notes Claims

To the extent such Claims are not otherwise released pursuant to Article IX.C of this Plan, the Confirmation Order approving this Plan shall act as a temporary injunction against the enforcement of any default against the Debtors or any Non-Debtor Affiliate obligated under the Existing 2016 Notes. Holders of Existing 2016 Note Claims shall be enjoined from commencing or continuing any action, employment of process, or act to collect, offset, or recover any Claim relating to the Existing 2016 Notes so long as the Debtors continue to provide or cause to be provided such treatment to holders of Existing 2016 Notes Claims as provided under the Plan. The temporary injunction will expire automatically if the Reorganized Debtors default under the Plan by failing to provide or cause to be provided such treatment to holders of Existing 2016 Notes Claims as provided under the Plan and fail to cure such default within 30 days after receipt by the Debtors of written notice of such default from the trustee(s) of the New Notes.

H. Term of Injunctions or Stays

Unless otherwise provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation Order, all injunctions or stays in effect in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 105 or 362 of the Bankruptcy Code or any order of the Bankruptcy Court, and extant on the Confirmation Date (excluding any injunctions or stays contained in the Plan or the Confirmation Order) shall remain in full force and effect until the Effective Date. All injunctions or stays contained in the Plan or the Confirmation Order shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

 

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I. Release of Liens

Except as otherwise provided herein or in any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document created pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date and concurrently with the applicable distributions made pursuant to the Plan and, in the case of a Secured Claim, satisfaction in full of the portion of the Secured Claim that is Allowed as of the Effective Date, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges or other security interests against any property of the Estates shall be fully released and discharged, and all of the right, title and interest of any holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges or other security interests shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors and their successors and assigns. For the avoidance of doubt, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges or other security interests against any property of the Estates shall be fully released and discharged on the Effective Date without any further action of any party, including, but not limited to, further order of the Bankruptcy Court or filing updated schedules or statements typically filed pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code.

ARTICLE X

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN AND THE

EFFECTIVE DATE

A. Conditions Precedent to Confirmation

It shall be a condition to Confirmation hereof that the following provisions, terms and conditions shall have been satisfied or waived pursuant to the provisions of Article X.C.

1. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2016 Notes represented by the Existing 2013 Notes Steering Committee approving the RTL Investment Agreement.

2. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees approving the Disclosure Statement with respect to the Plan as containing adequate information within the meaning of section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code.

3. The Confirmation Order (a) shall be, in form and substance, reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees, (b) shall include a finding by the Bankruptcy Court that the New Common Stock (except New Common Stock issued in exchange for the RTL New Equity Infusion) and New Notes to be issued on the Effective Date will be authorized and exempt from registration under applicable securities law pursuant to section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, (c) shall approve the amendments and modifications of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture as provided in Article V.J of the Plan and (d) shall not be subject to any stay or subject to an unresolved request for revocation under section 1144 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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4. The Plan and the Plan Supplement, including any schedules, documents, supplements and exhibits thereto shall, in form and substance, be reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

5. RTL shall be satisfied, in its sole discretion, that neither RTL nor any of its affiliates will be required, as a result of the Plan and/or the transactions contemplated by the RTL Investment Agreement, to make any mandatory tender offer(s) under the Polish Securities Laws or any applicable rule of regulation of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

B. Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date

    It shall be a condition to the Effective Date that the following provisions, terms and conditions shall have been satisfied or waived pursuant to the provisions of Article X.C.

1. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered one or more orders (which may include the Confirmation Order) authorizing the assumption and rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases by the Debtors as contemplated herein in form and substance acceptable to the Debtors.

2. The Confirmation Order, in form and substance, reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees, shall have been entered by the Bankruptcy Court and shall not be subject to any stay subject to an unresolved request for revocation under section 1144 of the Bankruptcy Code.

3. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered a Final Order (which may be the Confirmation Order) approving and authorizing the amendment and modification of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture as provided in Article V.J hereof.

4. All of the schedules, documents, supplements and exhibits to the Plan shall have been filed in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

5. All conditions to the consummation of the RTL New Equity Infusion, including (without limitation) all conditions set forth in the RTL Investment Agreement, shall have been satisfied or waived by RTL.

6. All conditions to the consummation of the RTL Offer (other than the occurrence of the Effective Date) shall have been satisfied or waived, and the RTL Offer shall close simultaneously with the occurrence of the Effective Date.

7. All authorizations, consents, and regulatory approvals required, if any, in connection with the consummation of the Plan shall have been obtained.

 

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8. All actions, documents, certificates, and agreements necessary to implement this Plan shall have been effected or executed and delivered to the required parties and, to the extent required, filed with the applicable governmental units in accordance with applicable laws.

C. Waiver of Conditions

The conditions to Confirmation of the Plan and to Consummation of the Plan set forth in this Article X may be waived at any time upon receipt of written waivers from each of the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

D. Effect of Failure of Conditions

If the Consummation of the Plan does not occur, the Plan shall be null and void in all respects and nothing contained in the Plan or the Disclosure Statement shall: (1) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims against or Interests in the Debtors; (2) prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors, any holders of Claims or any other Person; or (3) constitute an admission, acknowledgment, offer or undertaking by the Debtors, any holders or any other Person in any respect.

ARTICLE XI

MODIFICATION, REVOCATION OR WITHDRAWAL OF THE PLAN

A. Modification and Amendments

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein and with the consent of RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees, the Debtors reserve the right to modify the Plan as to material terms and seek Confirmation consistent with the Bankruptcy Code and, as appropriate, not re-solicit votes on such modified Plan. Subject to certain restrictions and requirements set forth in section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3019 and those restrictions on modifications set forth in the Plan, and with the consent of RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees, the Debtors expressly reserve their rights to alter, amend or modify materially the Plan with respect to the Debtors one or more times, after Confirmation, and, to the extent necessary, may initiate proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court to so alter, amend or modify the Plan or remedy any defect or omission, or reconcile any inconsistencies in the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order, in such matters as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of the Plan.

B. Effect of Confirmation on Modifications

Entry of a Confirmation Order shall mean that all modifications or amendments to the Plan occurring after the solicitation thereof are approved pursuant to section 1127(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and do not require additional disclosure or re-solicitation under Bankruptcy Rule 3019.

 

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C. Revocation or Withdrawal of the Plan

The Debtors reserve the right to revoke or withdraw the Plan before the Effective Date. If the Debtors revoke or withdraw the Plan, or if Confirmation or Consummation does not occur, then: (1) the Plan shall be null and void in all respects; (2) any settlement or compromise embodied in the Plan (including the fixing or limiting to an amount certain of any Claim or Interest or Class of Claims or Interests), assumption or rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases effected by the Plan, and any document or agreement executed pursuant to the Plan, shall be deemed null and void; and (3) nothing contained in the Plan shall: (a) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims or Interests; (b) prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors or any other Person; or (c) constitute an admission, acknowledgement, offer or undertaking of any sort by the Debtors or any other Person.

ARTICLE XII

RETENTION OF JURISDICTION

Notwithstanding the entry of the Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date, on and after the Effective Date, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain such jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases and all matters arising out of or related to the Chapter 11 Cases and the Plan including jurisdiction to:

1. allow, disallow, determine, liquidate, classify, estimate or establish the priority, secured or unsecured status, or amount of any Claim or Interest, including the resolution of any request for payment of any Administrative Claim and the resolution of any and all objections to the secured or unsecured status, priority, amount or allowance of Claims;

2. decide and resolve all matters related to the granting and denying, in whole or in part, any applications for allowance of compensation or reimbursement of expenses to Professionals authorized pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or the Plan;

3. resolve any matters related to: (a) the assumption, assumption and assignment or rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to which the Debtors are party or with respect to which a Debtor may be liable in any manner and to hear, determine and, if necessary, liquidate, any Claims arising therefrom, including Claims based on the Debtors’ rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases as set forth in Article VI, Cure Claims pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code or any other matter related to such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease; (b) any potential contractual obligation under any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that is assumed; (c) the Reorganized Debtors amending, modifying or supplementing, after the Effective Date, pursuant to Article VI, any Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases the list of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to be assumed or rejected or otherwise; and (d) any dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or expired.

 

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4. ensure that distributions to holders of Allowed Claims are accomplished pursuant to the provisions of the Plan;

5. adjudicate, decide or resolve any motions, adversary proceedings, contested or litigated matters and any other matters, and grant or deny any applications involving a Debtor that may be pending on the Effective Date;

6. adjudicate, decide or resolve any and all matters related to any Cause of Action;

7. adjudicate, decide or resolve any and all matters related to section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code;

8. resolve any avoidance or recovery actions under sections 105, 502(d), 542 through 551 and 553 of the Bankruptcy Code;

9. resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes or Causes of Action that may arise in connection with the Consummation, interpretation or enforcement of the Plan or any Person’s obligations incurred in connection with the Plan;

10. issue injunctions, enter and implement other orders or take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate to restrain interference by any Person with Consummation or enforcement of the Plan;

11. resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes or Causes of Action with respect to the discharge, releases, injunctions, exculpations, indemnifications and other provisions contained in Article IX and enter such orders as may be necessary or appropriate to implement such releases, injunctions and other provisions;

12. enter and implement such orders as are necessary or appropriate if the Confirmation Order is for any reason modified, stayed, reversed, revoked or vacated;

13. adjudicate any and all disputes arising from or relating to distributions under the Plan;

14. consider any modifications of the Plan, cure any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistency in any Bankruptcy Court order, including the Confirmation Order;

15. determine requests for the payment of Claims entitled to priority pursuant to section 507 of the Bankruptcy Code;

16. hear and determine disputes arising in connection with the interpretation, implementation or enforcement of the Plan or the Confirmation Order, including disputes arising under agreements, documents or instruments executed in connection with the Plan;

17. hear and determine matters concerning state, local and federal taxes in accordance with sections 346, 505 and 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

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18. hear and determine all disputes involving the existence, nature or scope of the Debtors’ discharge, including any dispute relating to any liability arising out of the termination of employment or the termination of any employee or retiree benefit program, regardless of whether such termination occurred before or after the Effective Date;

19. determine any other matters that may arise in connection with or relate to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order;

20. enforce all orders previously entered by the Bankruptcy Court;

21. hear any other matter not inconsistent with the Bankruptcy Code; and

22. enter an order concluding or closing the Chapter 11 Cases.

ARTICLE XIII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

A. Immediate Binding Effect

Subject to Article X.B, and notwithstanding Bankruptcy Rules 3020(e), 6004(h) or 7062 or any other Bankruptcy Rule, upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, the terms of the Plan and the Plan Supplement shall be immediately effective and enforceable and deemed binding upon the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and any and all holders of Claims or Interests (irrespective of whether such Claims or Interests are deemed to have accepted the Plan), all Persons that are parties to or are subject to the settlements, compromises, releases, discharges and injunctions described in the Plan, each Person acquiring property under the Plan, and any and all non-Debtor parties to Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases with the Debtors.

B. Additional Documents

On or before the Effective Date, the Debtors may file with the Bankruptcy Court such agreements and other documents as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan. The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and all holders of Claims receiving distributions pursuant to the Plan and all other parties in interest shall, from time to time, prepare, execute and deliver any agreements or documents and take any other actions as may be necessary or advisable to effectuate the provisions and intent of the Plan.

C. Dissolution of Creditors’ Committee

On the Effective Date, the Creditors’ Committee, if any, shall dissolve and members thereof shall be released and discharged from all rights and duties from or related to the Chapter 11 Cases.

 

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D. Reservation of Rights

None of the Plan, any statement or provision contained in the Plan or any action taken or not taken by any Debtor with respect to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Plan Supplement shall be or shall be deemed to be an admission or waiver of any rights of any Debtor with respect to the holders of Claims or Interests before the Effective Date.

E. Successors and Assigns

The rights, benefits and obligations of any Person named or referred to in the Plan shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit of, any heir, executor, administrator, successor or assign, affiliate, officer, director, manager, agent, representative, attorney, beneficiaries or guardian, if any, of each Person.

F. Service of Documents

After the Effective Date, any pleading, notice or other document required by the Plan to be served or delivered shall be served as follows:

 

  1. If to the Reorganized Debtors, to:

Central European Distribution Corporation

3000 Atrium Way

Suite 265

Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054

Attn: General Counsel

with copies to:

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP

4 Times Square

New York, New York 10036

Attn:   Jay M. Goffman

            Mark A. McDermott

2. After the Effective Date, the Debtors may, in their sole discretion, notify Persons that, in order to continue receiving documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002, such Persons must file a renewed request to receive documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002. After the Effective Date, the Debtors are authorized to limit the list of Persons receiving documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002 to those Persons who have filed such renewed requests.

 

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G. Entire Agreement

Except as otherwise indicated, the Plan and the Plan Supplement supersede all previous and contemporaneous negotiations, promises, covenants, agreements, understandings and representations on such subjects, all of which have become merged and integrated into the Plan.

H. Severability of Plan Provisions

If, before Confirmation of the Plan, any term or provision of the Plan is held by the Bankruptcy Court or any other court exercising jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the Bankruptcy Court or other court exercising jurisdiction shall have the power to alter and interpret such term or provision to make it valid or enforceable to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the original purpose of the term or provision held to be invalid, void or unenforceable, and such term or provision shall then be applicable as altered or interpreted. Notwithstanding any such holding, alteration or interpretation, the remainder of the terms and provisions of the Plan will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated by such holding, alteration or interpretation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any provision of the Plan is materially altered or rendered unenforceable, the Plan shall not be confirmed without the written consent of RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

I. Exhibits

All exhibits and documents included in the Plan Supplement are incorporated into and are a part of the Plan as if set forth in full in the Plan. After the exhibits and documents are filed, copies of such exhibits and documents shall be available upon request to the Debtors’ counsel, by contacting Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP, 4 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, at the Bankruptcy Court’s website at https://ecf.deb.uscourts.gov or at the website of GCG, Inc. at www.gcginc.com/cases/CEDC (to be activated in the event that the Debtors file the Chapter 11 Cases). To the extent any exhibit or document is inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the non-exhibit or non-document portion of the Plan shall control.

J. Votes Solicited in Good Faith

Upon entry of the Confirmation Order, the Debtors will be deemed to have solicited votes on the Plan in good faith and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code and any applicable non-bankruptcy law, and pursuant to section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors and their respective Affiliates, agents, representatives, members, principals, shareholders, officers, directors, employees, advisors and attorneys will be deemed to have participated in good faith and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code in the offer, issuance, sale and purchase of Plan securities offered and sold under the Plan, and, therefore, will have no liability for the violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation governing the solicitation of votes on the Plan or the offer, issuance, sale or purchase of the New Common Stock offered and sold under the Plan.

 

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K. Conflicts

Except as set forth in the Plan, to the extent that any provision of the Disclosure Statement or any other order (other than the Confirmation Order) referenced in the Plan (or any exhibits, schedules, appendices, supplements or amendments to any of the foregoing), conflict with or are in any way inconsistent with any provision of the Plan, the Plan shall govern and control; provided, however, that if there is a conflict between this Plan and a Plan Supplement document, the Plan Supplement document shall govern and control.

Dated: May 8, 2013

 

Respectfully submitted,
Central European Distribution Corporation
By:   /s/ N. Scott Fine
Name:   N. Scott Fine
Title:   Vice Chairman and Lead Director

Anthony W. Clark (I.D. No. 2051)

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER

    & FLOM, LLP

One Rodney Square

P.O. Box 636

Wilmington, Delaware 19899-0636

(302) 651-3000

(302) 651-3001

– and –
Jay M. Goffman

Mark A. McDermott

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER

    & FLOM, LLP

Four Times Square

New York, New York 10036-6522

(212) 735-3000

(212) 735-2000

Proposed Counsel for Debtors and Debtors in

Possession

 

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EXHIBIT A TO THE

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN

OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, ET AL.

LIST OF REJECTED CONTRACTS AND LEASES

None.


EXHIBIT B TO THE

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN

OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, ET AL.

NON-EXCLUSIVE LIST OF RETAINED CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION

ALL POTENTIAL CLAIMS AND/OR CAUSES OF ACTION NOT RELEASED

PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX.B OF THE PLAN, WHETHER NOTED HEREIN OR

OTHERWISE, WILL BE INVESTIGATED FOLLOWING CONFIRMATION OF THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, ET AL., AND

ACCORDINGLY ALL SUCH CAUSES OF ACTION AND CLAIMS, WHETHER NOTED

HEREIN OR OTHERWISE, ARE EXPRESSLY RETAINED AND NOT WAIVED.

Any and all outstanding accounts receivable balances owed to the Debtors.

Any and all pre- or postpetition utility deposits.

Any and all pending federal, state and foreign tax actions and appeals.

Any and all rights and claims under contracts, leases, loan agreements, syndications, or any other agreements not cancelled pursuant to the Plan, including but not limited to collection actions and claims.

Any and all claims, rights of action, suits or proceedings, whether in law or in equity, whether known or unknown, that the Debtors or their Estates may hold against any Person, except such claims that are released under the Plan or the Confirmation Order.

Any and all objections to claims asserted under Bankruptcy Code section 503(b) against the Debtors, whether based upon claims filed on the Debtors’ claims registry or otherwise asserted.

Any and all objections to secured claims against one or more of the Debtors, whether based upon claims filed on the Debtors’ claims registry or otherwise asserted.

Any and all objections to claims asserted under Bankruptcy Code section 507 against one or more of the Debtors, whether based upon claims filed on the Debtors’ claims registry or otherwise asserted.

Nothing herein shall preserve any causes of action or claims that are expressly released or waived under the Plan.


EXHIBIT C TO THE

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN

OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, ET AL.

DESCRIPTION OF NEW COMMON STOCK

The principal terms of the New Common Stock to be issued by Reorganized CEDC under the Plan shall be as follows:

 

Authorization:    120 million shares
Initial Issuance:    25 million shares
Par Value:    $0.01 per share
Voting Rights:    One vote per share
Dividends:    Payable at the discretion of the board of directors of Reorganized CEDC
Conversion Rights:    None
Splits and Adjustments:    Generally, arithmetic splits, combinations, etc. are proportionately treated
Restrictions on Transfer:    None (other than restrictions imposed by applicable state and federal securities laws)
Registration Rights:    None


EXHIBIT D TO THE

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN

OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, ET AL.

RTL INVESTMENT AGREEMENT


EXECUTION COPY

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

BY AND AMONG

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION,

ROUST TRADING LTD.

AND

JSC “RUSSIAN ALCOHOL GROUP”

Effective as of March 8, 2013

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

Article I DEFINITIONS

     2   

Section 1.1 Certain Defined Terms

     2   

Article II PURCHASE AND SALE OF SECURITIES

     11   

Section 2.1 Purchase of Securities

     11   

Section 2.2 Closing

     11   

Article III The restructuring

     12   

Section 3.1 Notes Exchange Offers; Consent Solicitation

     12   

Section 3.2 Form of Restructuring

     12   

Section 3.3 Elements of the Chapter 11 Restructuring

     12   

Section 3.4 RTL Offer

     12   

Article IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER

     13   

Section 4.1 Incorporation

     13   

Section 4.2 Authority

     13   

Section 4.3 Authorization; Consents and Approvals; Takeover Provisions

     14   

Section 4.4 No Brokers

     15   

Article V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTOR

     16   

Section 5.1 Authorization

     16   

Section 5.2 Purchase Entirely for Own Account

     16   

Section 5.3 Financial Capability

     16   

Section 5.4 Investor Status

     16   

Section 5.5 Purchased Securities Not Registered

     17   

Section 5.6 No Conflict

     17   

Section 5.7 Consents

     17   

Section 5.8 No Public Offering

     17   

Section 5.9 Investment Company

     17   

Article VI CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

     18   

Section 6.1 Conditions to the Obligation of the Investor

     18   

Section 6.2 Conditions to the Obligation of the Issuer

     21   

Section 6.3 Failure of Closing Conditions

     22   

Section 6.4 Plan-Related Conditions

     22   

 

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Article VII TERMINATION

     22   

Section 7.1 Termination

     22   

Section 7.2 Termination Fees

     24   

Section 7.3 Effect of Termination

     26   

Section 7.4 Plan-Related Termination

     26   

Article VIII COVENANTS

     26   

Section 8.1 Antitrust Approvals

     26   

Section 8.2 Commercially Reasonable Efforts

     27   

Section 8.3 Alternative Transaction Proposals

     28   

Section 8.4 Reporting Status; Listing of Common Stock

     30   

Section 8.5 Securities Laws

     30   

Section 8.6 Use of Cash Proceeds

     30   

Section 8.7 Takeover Provisions

     30   

Section 8.8 Conduct of Business

     31   

Section 8.9 Notification of Certain Matters; Transaction Litigation

     31   

Section 8.10 Consent Solicitation

     31   

Section 8.11 Access to Information

     31   

Section 8.12 Transaction Expenses

     32   

Section 8.13 Approval Motion and Approval Order

     33   

Section 8.14 Plan, Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement and Other Documents

     33   

Section 8.15 Plan Support

     35   

Section 8.16 Proxy Statement

     35   

Section 8.17 Capitalization in a Consensual Restructuring

     35   

Article IX INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

     36   

Section 9.1 Indemnification Obligations

     36   

Section 9.2 Indemnification Procedure

     36   

Section 9.3 Settlement of Indemnified Claims

     37   

Section 9.4 Contribution

     38   

Section 9.5 Treatment of Indemnification Payments

     38   

Section 9.6 Limitation on Liabilities

     38   

Section 9.7 Survival of Representations and Warranties

     38   

Article X MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     38   

Section 10.1 Public Statements or Releases

     38   

Section 10.2 Rights Cumulative

     38   

Section 10.3 Rules of Construction

     38   

Section 10.4 Notices

     39   

Section 10.5 Captions

     40   

Section 10.6 Severability

     40   

Section 10.7 Obligations of RAG

     40   

 

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Article XI GOVERNING LAW AND OTHER PROVISIONS

     41   

Section 11.1 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial; Injunctive Relief

     41   

Section 11.2 Amendments

     41   

Section 11.3 Waiver

     41   

Section 11.4 Assignment

     42   

Section 11.5 Counterpart

     42   

Section 11.6 Entire Agreement

     42   

Section 11.7 Mutual Drafting

     42   

Section 11.8 Obligations That Do Not Fall on Business Days

     42   

Section 11.9 Mutual Releases

     42   

Section 11.10 Specific Performance; Remedies

     44   

Section 11.11 Amendment and Restatement

     45   

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    2013 PSA
Exhibit B    2016 PSA
Exhibit C    Consent solicitation, exchange offer and disclosure statement
Exhibit D    Consent Solicitation Supplement
Exhibit E    Plan

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), executed on April 26, 2013 and effective as of March 8, 2013, by and among (i) Central European Distribution Corporation (the “Issuer”), (ii) Roust Trading Ltd. (the “Investor”), and (iii) solely for purposes of Section 7.2, Section 8.12, Article IX, Section 10.3, Section 10.4, Section 10.7, Section 11.1, Section 11.2, Section 11.4, Section 11.6 and Section 11.7, JSC “Russian Alcohol Group” (“RAG”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Investor and/or its Affiliates hold secured debt of the Issuer in an aggregate principal amount of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) pursuant to that certain Facility Agreement, dated March 1, 2013, between the Issuer, as borrower, and the Investor, as lender (the “New Credit Facility Debt”) established pursuant to that certain Binding Term Sheet, dated December 28, 2012, between the Issuer and the Investor (the “Binding Term Sheet”);

WHEREAS, the Investor holds debt securities of the Issuer in an aggregate principal amount of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) (the “RTL Notes”) issued and purchased pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 23, 2012, by and between the Issuer and the Investor, as amended and restated by that certain Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 9, 2012, by and between the Issuer and the Investor (the “July SPA”)

WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Investor have agreed that the Issuer shall seek approval from the holders of the Issuer’s 2016 Senior Notes and the holders of the Issuer’s 2013 Convertible Notes to effect a restructuring of its capital structure through a chapter 11 plan within the meaning of section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code (a “Chapter 11 Restructuring”) or outside of bankruptcy in accordance with the Plan Term Sheets (a “Consensual Restructuring”; the Chapter 11 Restructuring and Consensual Restructuring in accordance with the Plan Term Sheets are referred to herein as the “Restructuring”) in the manner set forth herein and if the requisite approval is obtained, seek to implement the Restructuring;

WHEREAS, in connection with and conditioned on the consummation of the Restructuring, and on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Investor has agreed to (i) invest One Hundred Seventy-Two Million Dollars ($172,000,000) in the Issuer and (ii) exchange the New Credit Facility Debt in exchange for the Purchased Securities, as set forth herein (such investment and exchange, the “Investment”);

WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Investor and RAG entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, effective as of March 8, 2013 (the “Original SPA”);

WHEREAS, after their entry into the Original SPA, the Issuer and the Investor have agreed to certain changes in the manner in which the Restructuring is to be implemented, which changes include (i) the termination by the Issuer of the 2013 Notes Exchange Offer, and (ii) an exchange offer by RTL to the holders of the 2013 Convertible Notes to exchange such 2013 Convertible Notes (other than any 2013 Convertible Notes held by RTL and its Affiliates) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the RTL Offering Memorandum (the “RTL Offer”);


WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Investor desire to amend and restate the Original SPA to reflect such agreed changes in the manner in which the Restructuring is to be implemented, as set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, this Agreement amends, supersedes and restates the Original Agreement in all respects.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, the Parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

2012 Annual General Meeting” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.16.

2013 Convertible Notes” means any notes issued under the 2013 Convertible Notes Indenture.

2013 Convertible Notes Indenture” means the indenture with respect to the $310,000,000 of 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 issued by the Issuer, dated as of March 7, 2008, as amended by the first supplemental indenture dated March 7, 2008.

2013 Notes Exchange Offer” means the exchange offer for the 2013 Convertible Notes set forth in the Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation Statement and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization, filed by the Issuer with the SEC on February 25, 2013.

2013 PSA” means the amended and restated plan support agreement, dated as of March 20, 2013, among the Investor and certain holders of the 2013 Convertible Notes, attached hereto as Exhibit A.

2013 Term Sheet” means the Amended and Restated Existing 2013 Notes Term Sheet attached to the 2013 PSA as Exhibit A thereof.

2016 Notes Exchange Offer” means the exchange offer with respect to the 2016 Senior Notes set forth in the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement on such terms as are satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

2016 PSA” means the plan support agreement, dated as of March 25, 2013, among the Investor, certain holders of the 2016 Senior Notes, the Issuer and CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc., attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

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2016 Senior Notes” means any notes issued under the 2016 Senior Notes Indenture.

2016 Senior Notes Indenture” means the indenture with respect to the $380,000,000 of 9.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 and the €380,000,000 of 8.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 issued by CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc., dated as of December 2, 2009, as amended by the first supplemental indenture dated December 29, 2009 and the second supplemental indenture dated December 8, 2010.

2016 Term Sheet” means the Joint Summary Term Sheet, dated February 28, 2013, attached to the 2016 PSA as Exhibit A thereof.

Action” means any suit, claim, action, proceeding, litigation, arbitration, mediation or investigation.

Affiliate” of any Person shall mean any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with, such Person; provided, that an Affiliate of any Person shall also include (i) any Person that directly or indirectly owns, or in which such Person directly or indirectly owns more than ten percent (10%) of any class of capital stock or other equity interest of such Person, (ii) in the case of a corporation, any officer or director of such corporation, (iii) in the case of a partnership, any general partner of such partnership, (iv) in the case of a trust, any trustee or beneficiary of such trust, (v) any spouse, parent, sibling or child or lineal descendant of any individual described in clauses (i) through (iv) above, and (vi) any trust for the benefit of any individual described in clauses (i) through (v) above.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble above.

Alternative Transaction Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(c)(i).

Alternative Transaction Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(c)(ii).

Antitrust Approvals” means the Polish Antitrust Approval, the Russia Antitrust Approval, the Ukraine Antitrust Approval and any other filing with or approval of any Antitrust Authority necessary to consummate the Investment.

Antitrust Authorities” means any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction pursuant to the Antitrust Laws and “Antitrust Authority” means any of them.

Antitrust Laws” means any Law governing agreements in restraint of trade, monopolization, pre-merger notification, the lessening of competition through merger or acquisition or anti-competitive conduct.

Approval Motion” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.13.

Approval Order” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.13.

 

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Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101,-et seq., as may be amended from time to time.

Bankruptcy Court” means, if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Bankruptcy Proceedings” means, if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, chapter 11 cases commenced by the Issuer and any of its Affiliates.

Bankruptcy Rules” means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, as amended from time to time and applicable to the Bankruptcy Proceedings, and the general, local and chambers rules of the Bankruptcy Court.

Binding Term Sheet” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Board” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).

Break-Up Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(a).

Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in New York City, USA, Warsaw, Poland, or Moscow, Russia, are authorized or required by Law or other governmental action to close.

Business Territory” means any jurisdiction in which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is currently or contemplating conducting their respective businesses.

Bylaws” means the amended and restated bylaws of the Issuer as of the Effective Date, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor, with, after the Petition Date, any dispute over such reasonableness to be finally determined by the Bankruptcy Court.

Certificate of Incorporation” means the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Issuer as of the Effective Date, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor, with, after the Petition Date, any dispute over such reasonableness to be finally determined by the Bankruptcy Court.

Change of Recommendation” means (i) the Issuer or the Board or any committee thereof (other than the Operational Management Committee (as defined in the Binding Term Sheet)) shall have withdrawn or materially qualified or modified its approval or recommendation of this Agreement, the Exchange Offers or the Plan or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (ii) the Issuer or the Board or any committee thereof (other than the Operational Management Committee (as defined in the Binding Term Sheet)) shall have approved or recommended, or resolved to approve or recommend (including by filing any pleading or document with any Governmental Entity seeking approval of) any Alternate Transaction Proposal or Alternate Transaction Agreement.

Chapter 11 Restructuring” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

 

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Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer or, if the Restructuring is consummated, the reorganized Issuer resulting from the Plan.

Confirmation Order” means, if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, the Order entered by the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor.

Confirmed Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(p).

Consensual Restructuring” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Consent Solicitation” means the consent solicitation contemplated by, and conducted in accordance with, the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement.

Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement” means the Original Offering Memorandum as amended by the Consent Solicitation Supplement, with only such further amendments, supplements, changes and modifications thereto as are satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

Consent Solicitation Supplement” means Supplement No. 1 to the CEDC Original Offering Memorandum attached hereto as Exhibit D.

Contract” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

Control” (including the correlative terms “Controlling”, “Controlled by” and “under common Control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Debtors” means, if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, collectively, the Issuer, CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc., and CEDC Finance Corporation, LLC.

Disclosure Statement” means a disclosure statement filed under section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, which is contained in the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement.

Effective Date” means (i) if the Restructuring is a Consensual Restructuring, the Settlement Date provided for in the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement or (ii) if the Restructuring is a Chapter 11 Restructuring, the date on which the Plan becomes effective in accordance with its terms.

End Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(b)(ii).

 

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Equity Securities” means any class of capital stock of, or other profit or voting interests in, the Issuer and all securities convertible into or rights to purchase the foregoing, including any Equity Security Equivalent and any and all other equity securities of the Issuer or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such securities or issued as a distribution with respect to or in exchange for such securities.

Equity Security Equivalent” means any option, warrant, right or similar security or right exercisable into, exchangeable for, or convertible to Equity Securities.

Event” means any event, circumstance, development, state of facts, occurrence, change or effect.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Executed Agreements” means the 2016 PSA and this Agreement.

Existing Equity” means the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Existing Stockholders.

Existing Stockholders” means the holders of the Common Stock issued and outstanding prior to the consummation of the Restructuring.

Expiration Time” means the deadline set forth in the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement by which holders of claims or interests are entitled to vote on the Plan.

Filings” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a).

Final Order” means an Order of the Bankruptcy Court, or other court of competent jurisdiction with respect to the subject matter, which has not been reversed, stayed, modified, or amended, and as to which the time to appeal or seek certiorari has expired and no appeal or petition for certiorari has been timely taken, or as to which any appeal that has been taken or any petition for certiorari that has been or may be filed has been resolved by the highest court to which the Order was appealed or from which certiorari was sought; provided, that the possibility that a motion under Rule 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or any analogous rule under the Bankruptcy Rules, may be filed relating to such Order shall not prevent such Order from being a Final Order; provided, further, that either the Issuer or the Investor may waive any appeal period.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Governance Agreement” means a governance agreement to be entered into at the Closing between the Issuer and the Investor in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor, with, after the Petition Date, any dispute over such reasonableness to be finally determined by the Bankruptcy Court; provided, that no such governance agreement will be entered into if the Investor elects, in its sole discretion, not to enter into such governance agreement.

 

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Governmental Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

Indebtedness” means without duplication: (i) all outstanding debt (including short-term and long-term debt but not including trade payables in respect of goods or services purchased in the ordinary course of business) for borrowed money; (ii) all obligations evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument; (iii) all capital lease obligations (as determined under GAAP); (iv) the deferred purchase price of property or services due more than six months after such property is acquired or services fully rendered, except trade payables in respect of goods or services purchased in the ordinary course of business; (v) obligations in respect of letters of credit, banker’s acceptances, bank guarantees and similar instruments (other than those issued in respect of (A) Taxes owed to Governmental Entities or (B) arrangements with suppliers of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, in the case of each of clause (A) and (B), in the ordinary course of business); (vi) the net obligations under interest rate protection agreements, swap agreements and call agreements; (vii) guarantees of Indebtedness of the type described in clauses (i) through (vi) (subject to the following clause (viii), other than guarantees in respect of (A) Taxes owed to Governmental Entities or (B) arrangements with suppliers of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, in the case of each of clause (A) and (B), in the ordinary course of business), (viii) any lines of credit provided by banks guaranteeing the payment of excise Taxes and (ix) all obligations in respect of unpaid interest owing on or in respect of any such Indebtedness described in clauses (i), (ii) and (viii) above.

Indemnified Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2.

Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2.

Investment” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Investor” has the meaning set forth in the preamble above.

Investor Material Adverse Effect” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6.

Investor Releasee” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.9(b).

Investor Releasors” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.9(a).

Investor’s Released Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.9(a).

Issuer” has the meaning set forth in the preamble above.

Issuer Business” means the respective businesses of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, as currently conducted and contemplated to be conducted.

Issuer Releasee” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.9(a).

Issuer Releasors” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.9(b).

Issuer’s Released Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.9(b).

 

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July SPA” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Knowledge of the Issuer” or any other similar term or knowledge qualifier means the actual knowledge of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Issuer after due inquiry.

Law” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

Lien” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

Material Adverse Effect” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.

NASDAQ” means the NASDAQ Stock Market.

NASDAQ Rules” means the NASDAQ Listing Rules.

New Credit Facility Debt” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Original Offering Memorandum” means the amended and restated offering memorandum, consent solicitation and disclosure statement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

Operative Agreements” means the Executed Agreements, Registration Rights Agreement, the Governance Agreement, and any other agreement to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is or becomes a party pursuant to this Agreement, including, if the Issuer accedes to and executes the 2013 PSA, the 2013 PSA.

Order” means any judgment, order, award, injunction, writ, permit, license or decree of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator.

Original SPA” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Parties” means the Issuer, the Investor and, solely for the purposes of Section 7.2, Section 8.12, Article IX, Section 10.3, Section 10.4, Section 10.7, Section 11.1, Section 11.2, Section 11.4, Section 11.6 and Section 11.7, RAG.

Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, syndicate, person (including a “person” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), trust, association or entity or Governmental Entity.

Petition Date” means, if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, the date of commencement of the Bankruptcy Proceedings.

Plan” means the plan of reorganization attached hereto as Exhibit E, including all exhibits and schedules thereto, with any amendments, supplements, changes and modifications thereto, in each case, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

 

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Plan Term Sheets” means the 2013 Term Sheet and the 2016 Term Sheet.

Polish Antitrust Approval” means a decision approving the concentration between the Investor and the Issuer (in whatever form, in particular through takeover of control, merger, JV), granted by the relevant Governmental Entities having jurisdiction in Poland (in particular the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection or the European Commission).

Polish FSA” means the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego).

Polish Public Offering Act” means the Polish Act of 29 July 2005 on Public Offering, Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial Instruments to Organized Trading, and Public Companies.

Polish Securities Trading Act” means the Polish Act of 29 July 2005 on Trading in Financial Instruments.

Polish Securities Laws” means the Polish Public Offering Act, Polish Securities Trading Act, WSE Rules, and any other Law applicable to a company whose shares are subject to trading on a regulated market in Poland.

Post-Signing Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(a).

Proxy Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.16.

Purchased Securities” means shares of Common Stock constituting in the aggregate one hundred percent (100%) of the Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately after consummation of the Restructuring.

RAG” has the meaning set forth in the preamble above

Registration Rights Agreement” means a registration rights agreement to be entered into at the Closing between the Issuer and the Investor in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion; provided, that no such registration rights agreement will be entered into if the Investor elects, in its sole discretion, not to enter into such registration rights agreement.

Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s and its Subsidiaries’ officers, directors, managers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, agents, and other advisors and representatives.

Restructuring” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

 

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RSB Facility” means the RUR465 million revolving credit facility provided by Russian Standard Bank to ZAO “Sibirsky LVZ” pursuant to that certain facility agreement No. D-66/13, dated as of February 27, 2013, by and between Russian Standard Bank, as lender, and ZAO “Sibirsky LVZ”, as borrower.

RTL Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

RTL Offer” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

RTL Offering Memorandum” means the Investor’s Confidential Offering Memorandum, dated March 28, 2013, with any amendments, supplements, changes and modifications thereto, in each case, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

Rules and Regulations” means the rules and regulations of the SEC.

Russia Antitrust Approval” means a decision approving the Investment by the Investor pursuant to this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements, granted to the Investor or its relevant Affiliate by the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Stockholder Approval” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

Stockholder Rights Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(b).

Subsidiary” of any entity means any other entity in which such first entity owns or Controls, directly or indirectly, an amount of the voting securities, other voting interests or voting partnership interests sufficient to elect at least a majority of such other entity’s board of directors or other governing body (or, if there are no such voting interests, fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity interests of such other entity).

Superior Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(c)(iii).

Taxes” means all taxes, assessments, charges, duties, fees, levies or other governmental charges, including all U.S. and non-U.S. federal, state, local and other income, franchise, profits, gross receipts, capital gains, capital stock, transfer, property, sales, use, value-added, occupation, excise, severance, windfall profits, stamp, license, payroll, social security, withholding and other taxes, assessments, charges, duties, fees, levies or other governmental charges of any kind whatsoever (whether payable directly or by withholding and whether or not requiring the filing of a tax return), all estimated taxes, deficiency assessments, additions to tax, penalties and interest and shall include any liability for such amounts as a result either of being a member of a combined, consolidated, unitary or affiliated group or of a contractual obligation to indemnify any Person, and any liability therefor as a transferee, successor or otherwise.

 

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Takeover Provision” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(c).

Transaction Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.12(a).

Transaction Litigation” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.9(a).

transactions contemplated by this Agreement” or “transactions contemplated hereby” means the Investment, the Restructuring and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the other Operative Agreements, the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement and the Plan.

Ukraine Antitrust Approval” means a decision approving the Investment by the Investor pursuant to this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements, granted to the Investor or its relevant Affiliate by the Anti-monopoly Committee of Ukraine.

Unsecured Notes Claims Consideration” has the meaning set forth in the Plan.

WSE” means the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

WSE Rules” means the rules of the WSE.

ARTICLE II

PURCHASE AND SALE OF SECURITIES

Section 2.1 Purchase of Securities. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Investor agrees to subscribe for and purchase, and the Issuer agrees to sell and issue to the Investor, on the Closing Date, the Purchased Securities for an aggregate purchase price consisting of (i) One Hundred Seventy-Two Million Dollars ($172,000,000) in cash, (ii) the exchange, cancelation and termination of the New Credit Facility Debt and (iii) the Unsecured Notes Claims Consideration. The Issuer shall issue and deliver the Purchased Securities to the Investor free and clear of all Liens, with all issue, stamp, transfer, sales and use, or similar Taxes or duties that are due and payable by the Issuer (if any) in connection with such issuance and delivery duly paid by the Issuer. The Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to make all Purchased Securities Depository Trust Company eligible as of the Closing Date.

Section 2.2 Closing. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions set forth in Article VI, unless this Agreement shall have been terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby abandoned pursuant to Article VII, the closing of the Investment (the “Closing”) shall take place at 10:00 A.M. at the offices of White & Case LLP, 1155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, 10036-2787, as soon as practicable, but in any event within three (3) Business Days, after the last of the conditions set forth in Article VI is satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the fulfillment or waiver of those conditions), or at such other time, date or place as the Parties shall agree in writing. Such date is herein referred to as the “Closing Date”.

 

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ARTICLE III

THE RESTRUCTURING

Section 3.1 Notes Exchange Offers; Consent Solicitation. On March 18, 2013, the Issuer filed the Consent Solicitation Supplement with the SEC and pursuant thereto, terminated the 2013 Notes Exchange Offer. The Issuer shall conduct the 2016 Notes Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation, and seek acceptances of the Plan, in accordance with the terms of the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement and, subject to Section 8.3 of this Agreement, shall not terminate or withdraw, or modify, amend, supplement or otherwise alter the terms of, waive any condition of, or change the Expiration Time or Consent Time (each as defined in the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement), in each case, without the prior written consent of the Investor in its sole discretion.

Section 3.2 Form of Restructuring. The Issuer and the Investor agreed to initially seek to implement the Restructuring as a Consensual Restructuring; however, the Parties determined that the Issuer shall implement the Chapter 11 Restructuring through, and filed, the Bankruptcy Proceedings.

Section 3.3 Elements of the Chapter 11 Restructuring. The Issuer and the Investor agree that the Plan shall at all times provide for treatment consistent with the Plan Term Sheets and also provide that:

(a) if upon completion of the solicitation of votes for the Plan pursuant to the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement there is a sufficient number and amount of accepting votes on the Plan to constitute an accepting class under section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code for a class including the 2013 Convertible Notes and the RTL Notes, then each member of such class shall receive its pro rata share of the Unsecured Notes Claims Consideration;

(b) if upon completion of the solicitation of votes for the Plan pursuant to the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement there is an insufficient number or amount of accepting votes on the Plan to constitute an accepting class under section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code for a class including the 2013 Convertible Notes and the RTL Notes, then each member of such class shall receive no recovery; and

(c) (i) the 2013 Convertible Notes, the RTL Notes, and the Existing Equity shall be canceled and extinguished, (ii) the holders of the 2013 Convertible Notes and the RTL Notes will be entitled to the recovery described in Section 3.3(a) or Section 3.3(b), as applicable, and (iii) the Existing Stockholders shall not be entitled to any recovery.

Section 3.4 RTL Offer.

(a) The Investor shall conduct the RTL Offer pursuant to and in accordance with the RTL Offering Memorandum.

(b) The Investor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all action as may be necessary or advisable so that the RTL Offer and the transactions contemplated thereby will be effected in accordance with this Agreement, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and any state securities or “blue sky” Laws.

 

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ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER

The Issuer hereby represents and warrants to the Investor as follows:

Section 4.1 Incorporation. (a) The Issuer has been duly incorporated and is a validly existing corporation in good standing under the Laws of Delaware with full power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease and operate, as the case may be, its properties and conduct its business as now conducted; (b) RAG has been duly formed and is a validly existing entity in good standing (or the equivalent thereof) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation with full power and authority (corporate or otherwise) to own, lease and operate, as the case may be, its properties and conduct its business as now conducted; and (c) the Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries (including RAG) are duly qualified to transact business and are each in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it, or its ownership or leasing of property, or its employment of employees or consultants therein, makes such qualification necessary, except, with respect to clause (c), where the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on or change in the (i) condition (financial or otherwise), (ii) business, (iii) assets, (iv) liabilities or (v) results of operations of, in each case, the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Issuer has not received notification, written or otherwise, that any proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing, or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail, such power and authority or qualification, and to the Knowledge of the Issuer, no proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing, or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail, such power and authority or qualification. The Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries are in possession of and operating in material compliance with all authorizations, licenses, certificates, consents, orders and permits from all Governmental Entities that are material to the conduct of their respective businesses (collectively, “Permits”), all of which are valid and in full force and effect, and neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries (1) has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such Permit or (2) has any reason to believe that any such Permit will not be renewed in the ordinary course. Complete and correct copies of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Issuer as in effect on the date of this Agreement have been filed by the Issuer with the SEC.

Section 4.2 Authority The Issuer and RAG have all requisite corporate (or other) power and authority to enter into this Agreement and, (if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring) upon entry of the Approval Order, to perform the transactions contemplated hereby. When executed and delivered and, (if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring) after the Petition Date, upon the entry of the Approval Order, this Agreement constituted the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer and RAG, enforceable against the Issuer and RAG in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity. The execution, delivery and

 

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performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby did not and will not (a) result in any violation of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or equivalent governing documents) of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) (other than the Bankruptcy Proceedings) result in the creation of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, mortgage, hypothecation, charge, security interest, easement, exclusive license, lease, option, right of first refusal, restriction on transfer, title defect, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, judgment, interest, equitable interest, setoff or claim of any kind or nature, whether arising by agreement, Law or otherwise (“Lien”), upon any assets or property of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms or provisions of, or conflict with, result in the breach or violation of, or constitute a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, give rise to a right of termination, cancelation or acceleration of, or loss of any material benefits under, or constitute a default under (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both), any contract, agreement, license, letter of intent, understanding, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, guarantee, joint venture, lease (including without limitation any sale and leaseback arrangement), franchise, permit or other instrument or bond, debenture, note or other evidence of Indebtedness (and any amendments to the foregoing), to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by or to which it or its properties or assets are or, to the Knowledge of the Issuer, may be bound or subject (each, a “Contract”) which breach, violation or default has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or (c) result in the violation of any law (statutory or common), statute, Order, ruling, rule, regulation, code, ordinance, writ, assessment, award, injunction, judgment or decree (each, a “Law”) enacted, adopted, issued or promulgated by any government or governmental court, agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (each, a “Governmental Entity”), or over any of their respective properties or Contracts or by or to which they or such of its properties or Contracts are or, to the Knowledge of the Issuer, may be bound or subject, which violation has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Other than the Antitrust Approvals, no consent, approval, authorization or Order of or qualification with any Governmental Entity or under the NASDAQ Rules and/or the Polish Securities Laws is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries of the transactions contemplated hereby, other than the approval of the Issuer’s stockholders if the Restructuring is implemented as a Consensual Restructuring (the “Stockholder Approval”), or the approval of the Bankruptcy Court if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring.

Section 4.3 Authorization; Consents and Approvals; Takeover Provisions.

(a) Subject to (i) if the Restructuring is implemented as a Consensual Restructuring, receipt of the Stockholder Approval, or (ii) if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, the entry of the Confirmation Order and the expiration, or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court, of the fourteen (14)-day period set forth in Bankruptcy Rules 6004(h) and 3020(e), respectively, upon issuance, the Purchased Securities shall have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance and sale to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement and otherwise in accordance with this Agreement and the Plan. When issued, the Purchased Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will be issued free and clear of any Lien, preemptive right, subscription rights or similar rights (other than as contemplated in the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws or any Operative Agreement). Other than (x) if the

 

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Restructuring is implemented as a Consensual Restructuring, receipt of the Stockholder Approval, or (y) if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, the entry of the Confirmation Order and the expiration, or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court, of the fourteen (14)-day period set forth in Bankruptcy Rules 6004(h) and 3020(e), respectively, no further approval or authorization of the board of directors of the Issuer (the “Board”) or any other Person is required for the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance of the Purchased Securities and the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(b) No consent, approval, authorization, Order, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties is required for the execution and delivery by the Issuer and, to the extent relevant, such Subsidiaries of this Agreement, the compliance by the Issuer and, to the extent relevant, such Subsidiaries with all of the provisions hereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except (i) the entry of the Confirmation Order and the expiration, or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court, of the fourteen (14)-day period set forth in Bankruptcy Rules 6004(h) and 3020(e), as applicable, (ii) the expiration or termination of all applicable waiting periods or any applicable notification, authorization, approval or consent under any Antitrust Laws in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and (iii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications (A) if applicable, as may be required under the NASDAQ Rules to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or (B) as may be required under state securities or “blue sky” laws in connection with the issuance and sale of the Purchased Securities to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement.

(c) The Issuer and the Board have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable (i) any stockholder rights plan or other “poison pill” arrangement (including the Rights Agreement, dated September 6, 2011, by and between the Issuer and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the “Stockholder Rights Plan”)), (ii) any “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition”, “business combination” or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation (including Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware), and (iii) any control share acquisition, business combination or other similar anti- takeover provision under the Issuer’s organizational documents and any other agreement to which the Issuer is bound (each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), a “Takeover Provision”), which is or could become applicable to the Investor, any of the Purchased Securities to be issued to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement or the Restructuring, or the sale and issuance of the Purchased Securities or any other securities as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Restructuring, including, without limitation, the Issuer’s issuance of the Purchased Securities to the Investor.

Section 4.4 No Brokers. Except for Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc., the Issuer has not dealt with any broker, finder or placement agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and, except as otherwise disclosed in writing to the Investor on the date hereof and except for certain fees and expenses payable by the Issuer to Houlihan Lokey Capital Inc., the Issuer has not incurred, and shall not incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for any brokerage or finders’ fees or agents’ commissions or any similar charges in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTOR

The Investor represents and warrants to the Issuer as follows:

Section 5.1 Authorization. The Investor has all requisite corporate (or other) power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby. When executed and delivered, this Agreement constituted the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.

Section 5.2 Purchase Entirely for Own Account. The Investor and its applicable Affiliates are acquiring the Purchased Securities being purchased or acquired by it hereunder for its own account, and not for resale or with a view to distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act. Other than the Registration Rights Agreement, the Investor and its applicable Affiliates have not entered into an agreement or understanding with the Issuer to resell or distribute the Purchased Securities; the foregoing is, without prejudice, however, to the Investor’s and its Affiliates’ right, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Purchased Securities pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration and in compliance with applicable securities Laws.

Section 5.3 Financial Capability. The Investor has and will have available funds necessary to fund the purchase price for the Purchased Securities on the terms and subject to the conditions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 5.4 Investor Status. The Investor certifies and represents to the Issuer that it is now, and at the time the Investor or any of its Affiliates acquires any of the Purchased Securities pursuant to this Agreement, the Investor or such Affiliate, as applicable, has been and will be, an “Accredited Investor” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. The Investor and its Affiliates’ financial condition is such that it is able to bear the risk of holding the Purchased Securities to be acquired pursuant to this Agreement for an indefinite period of time and the risk of loss of its entire investment. The Investor has received, reviewed and considered all information it deems necessary in making an informed decision to make an investment in the Purchased Securities to be acquired pursuant to this Agreement and has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the management of the Issuer concerning this investment and has sufficient knowledge and experience in investing in companies similar to the Issuer in terms of the Issuer’s stage of development so as to be able to evaluate the risks and merits of its investment in the Issuer. The Investor is acquiring the Purchased Securities to be acquired pursuant to this Agreement for its own account for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act.

 

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Section 5.5 Purchased Securities Not Registered. The Investor understands that the Purchased Securities to be acquired by it pursuant to this Agreement have not been registered under the Securities Act, by reason of their issuance by the Issuer in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and that the Purchased Securities must continue to be held by the Investor or an Affiliate of the Investor unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the Securities Act or is exempt from such registration.

Section 5.6 No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Investor and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby did not and will not conflict with or result in any violation of or default by the Investor (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of, any obligation or to a loss of a material benefit under (a) any provision of the organizational documents of the Investor, (b) to the knowledge of the Investor, any material agreement or instrument, permit, franchise or license to which it is a party or (c) any Law applicable to the Investor or its properties or assets except, in the case of the foregoing clauses (b) and (c), such conflicts, violations or defaults which would not materially impede or delay or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the Investor’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or thereby (an “Investor Material Adverse Effect”).

Section 5.7 Consents. Other than the Antitrust Approvals, and (a) if the Restructuring is implemented as a Consensual Restructuring, the Stockholder Approval, and (b) if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, the entry of the Confirmation Order and the expiration, or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court, of the fourteen (14)-day period set forth in Bankruptcy Rules 6004(h) and 3020(e), respectively, all consents, approvals, Orders and authorizations required on the part of the Investor in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been obtained, or will be obtained, and will be effective as of the Closing, except where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, Orders or authorizations would not reasonably be expected to have an Investor Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.8 No Public Offering. The Investor has not received any information relating to the Purchased Securities to be acquired by it pursuant to this Agreement from, and is not purchasing the Purchased Securities as a result of, any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including but not limited to, any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or pursuant to any seminar or meeting whose attendees were invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.

Section 5.9 Investment Company. The Investor and any direct or indirect parent entity or controlling person of the Investor are not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Purchased Securities to be acquired by the Investor pursuant to this Agreement, will not be an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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ARTICLE VI

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 6.1 Conditions to the Obligation of the Investor. The obligation of the Investor to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to (unless waived by the Investor) the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Issuer set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except, to the extent such representations and warranties expressly address matters only as of a particular date, such representations and warranties need only be true and correct as of such particular date).

(b) Covenants. The Issuer and RAG shall have performed, in all material respects, all covenants and agreements herein required to be performed or observed by the Issuer or RAG on or prior to the Closing Date.

(c) No Challenges. No proceeding challenging this Agreement or any Operative Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or seeking to prohibit, alter or prevent the Closing, shall have been instituted by any Governmental Entity and shall be pending.

(d) Antitrust Approvals. All terminations or expirations of waiting periods imposed by any Governmental Entity necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including under any Antitrust Laws, shall have occurred, and the Antitrust Approvals and all other notifications, consents, authorizations and approvals required to be made or obtained from any Governmental Entity under any Antitrust Law shall have been made or obtained for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(e) Consents. All other governmental and third party notifications, filings, consents, waivers and approvals required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been made or received.

(f) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement shall be prohibited by any Law.

(g) Officer’s Certificate. The Investor shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Issuer confirming (without personal liability) that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1(a) and 6.1(b) have been satisfied.

(h) Alternative Transaction. Neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have entered into any Alternative Transaction Agreement (or proposed or resolved to do so, which proposal or resolution has not been withdrawn or terminated).

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(j) Other Agreements; Corporate Documents. The Issuer shall have (i) entered into and delivered to the Investor duly executed counterparts to the Registration Rights Agreement and the Governance Agreement, and (ii) duly and validly adopted the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.

(k) WSE Tender Offer. There shall have occurred at least one of the following events: (i) the Polish FSA shall have confirmed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Investor that upon consummation of the Restructuring and the Investment, the Investor and/or its Affiliates shall not, as a result of the Restructuring and/or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, be required to make any mandatory tender offer(s) under the Polish Securities Laws; (ii) the Common Stock of the Issuer will no longer be listed on the WSE from and after the Closing Date; or (iii) the Issuer is no longer a “public company” within the meaning of the Polish Public Offering Act.

(l) Material Adverse Change. There shall not have occurred since the date of this Agreement any Event that is outside the control of the Issuer and is materially adverse and consequential to the long term viability of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole measured over a commercially reasonable period of several years (a “Material Adverse Change”), provided, that no effect resulting from any of the following, alone or in combination, shall be deemed to constitute, nor shall any of the following be taken into account in determining whether there has occurred, a Material Adverse Change: (A) changes in the U.S., Polish, Russian or global economy, to the extent they do not have a disproportionate effect on the Issuer or its Subsidiaries compared to other companies in the industry in which the Issuer participates; (B) changes that affect generally the industry in which the Issuer and its Subsidiaries participate, to the extent they do not have a disproportionate effect on the Issuer or its Subsidiaries compared to other companies in the industry in which the Issuer participates; (C) changes in Law or in GAAP, to the extent they do not have a disproportionate effect on the Issuer or its Subsidiaries compared to other companies in the industry in which the Issuer participates; (D) any resignations of any employees that are demonstrated by the Issuer to be directly attributable to the execution of this Agreement; (E) any failure by the Issuer to meet internal projections or forecasts on or after the date of this Agreement, in and of itself (it being understood, however, that any event giving rise to or contributing to such failure may constitute or give rise to, and may be taken into account in determining whether there has occurred or would occur, a Material Adverse Change to the extent such event is not an excluded event under any of clauses (A) through (D) or (F)); or (F) the outbreak or escalation of war, armed hostilities, acts of terrorism or political instability, to the extent such outbreak, escalation of war, armed hostilities, acts of terrorism or political instability does not have a disproportionate effect on the Issuer and its Subsidiaries compared to other companies in the industry in which the Issuer participates. Additionally, the following Events shall not be deemed to be a Material Adverse Change: (i) any change in the policies of any Governmental Entity with respect to excise or similar taxes or spirit production or distribution; or, (ii) any event which directly relates to or is a reasonably direct consequence of a Bankruptcy Proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following Events shall be considered a Material Adverse Change: any uninsured casualty losses after the date hereof to any property, plant or equipment of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount that is at least One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000) in the aggregate. At any time after the Petition Date, any dispute with respect to whether a Material Adverse Change has occurred shall be finally determined by the Bankruptcy Court.

 

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(m) 2016 Exchange Offer; Consent Solicitation. The 2016 Exchange Offer, the Consent Solicitation and solicitation of votes with respect to the Plan shall have been conducted and completed in accordance with the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement, except for such termination of the 2016 Exchange Offer as may be consistent with this Agreement.

(n) No Breaches. Other than solely as a result of (i) the commencement of the Bankruptcy Proceedings or (ii) the non-payment of principal and accrued interest on the 2013 Convertible Notes upon their scheduled maturity date of March 15, 2013, no event of default shall have occurred under any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness for money borrowed of the Issuer and/or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the New Credit Facility Debt, the RTL Notes or the RSB Facility), and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which an event of default has occurred, aggregates Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000) or more, or, in the case of any lines of credit provided by banks guaranteeing the payment of excise Taxes, where the event of default has occurred with respect to a principal amount that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(o) Transaction Expenses. All Transaction Expenses incurred through the Closing shall have been paid in full in accordance with Section 8.12.

(p) Bankruptcy Approval of Plan and Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement. Subject to Section 6.4, this Agreement and the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement shall have been approved by the Bankruptcy Court, which Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement, and the Order approving it and this Agreement, shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor. Subject to Section 6.4, the Plan confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court in the Confirmation Order (the “Confirmed Plan”) and any amendments, supplements, changes and modifications thereto shall, in each case, be reasonably satisfactory to the Investor. Subject to Section 6.4, the Confirmation Order and the Orders entered by the Bankruptcy Court for any amendments, supplements, changes or modifications to the Confirmed Plan shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor. Subject to Section 6.4, the Orders entered by the Bankruptcy Court referred to above approving the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement and any amendments, supplements, changes and modifications to the Confirmed Plan shall, in each case, have become Final Orders.

(q) Conditions to Plan. Subject to Section 6.4, the conditions to the occurrence of the Effective Date of the Plan as set forth in the Confirmed Plan shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the Plan.

(r) Plan of Reorganization. Subject to Section 6.4, the Issuer and all of the other Debtors shall have complied in all material respects with the terms and conditions of the Plan that are to be performed by the Issuer and the other Debtors prior to the Effective Date.

(s) Limitation of Remedies under 2016 Senior Notes. The 2016 Senior Notes Indenture shall have been amended as contemplated by the Consent Solicitation so as to eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and certain events of default and related provisions contained in, and to release all liens and guarantees under, the existing 2016 Senior Notes Indenture or the Bankruptcy Court shall have issued an Order to such effect which Order shall have become a Final Order.

 

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(t) Stockholder Approval. If Stockholder Approval is required to consummate the Restructuring in accordance with applicable Law or the NASDAQ Rules, the requisite Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.

(u) Cancellation of Notes. All of the 2013 Convertible Notes and the 2016 Senior Notes shall have been canceled and extinguished, and each of the 2013 Convertible Notes Indenture and the 2016 Senior Notes Indenture shall have been discharged and cease to be of further effect.

(v) RTL Offer. The conditions to the closing of the RTL Offer shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the RTL Offering Memorandum (other than any such condition which is not satisfied as a result of a breach by the Investor of the RTL Offering Memorandum.

Section 6.2 Conditions to the Obligation of the Issuer. The obligation of the Issuer to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to (unless waived by the Issuer) the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Article V shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except, to the extent such representations and warranties expressly address matters only as of a particular date, such representations and warranties need only be true and correct as of such particular date).

(b) Covenants. The Investor shall have performed in all material respects, all covenants and agreements herein required to be performed or observed by the Investor on or prior to the Closing Date.

(c) No Challenges. No proceeding challenging this Agreement or any Operative Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or seeking to prohibit, alter or prevent the Closing, shall have been instituted by any Governmental Entity and shall be pending.

(d) Officer’s Certificate. The Issuer shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Investor confirming (without personal liability) that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.2(a) and 6.2(b) have been satisfied.

(e) Antitrust Approvals. All terminations or expirations of waiting periods imposed by any Governmental Entity necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including under any Antitrust Laws, shall have occurred, and the Antitrust Approvals and all other notifications, consents, authorizations and approvals required to be made or obtained from any Governmental Entity under any Antitrust Law shall have been made or obtained for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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(f) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement shall be prohibited by any Law.

(g) Bankruptcy Approval of Plan and Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement. Subject to Section 6.4, the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement shall have been approved by the Bankruptcy Court. The Confirmation Order and the Order entered by the Bankruptcy Court approving the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement shall, in each case, have become Final Orders.

(h) Conditions to Plan. Subject to Section 6.4, the conditions to the occurrence of the Effective Date of the Plan shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the Plan.

(i) Stockholder Approval. If Stockholder Approval is required to consummate the Restructuring in accordance with applicable Law or the NASDAQ Rules, the requisite Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.

(j) RTL Offer. The RTL Offer shall have been conducted and completed in accordance with the RTL Offering Memorandum, except for such termination of the RTL Offer as may be consistent therewith.

Section 6.3 Failure of Closing Conditions. No Party may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in Section 6.1 or Section 6.2, as applicable, to be satisfied, and such condition shall be deemed to be satisfied with respect to such Party if such failure was caused by such Party’s failure to act in good faith or material breach of its obligations contained in this Agreement.

Section 6.4 Plan-Related Conditions. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1 (p), 6.1(g), 6.1(r), 6.2(g) and 6.2(h), shall have no force and effect unless the Petition Date has occurred.

ARTICLE VII

TERMINATION

Section 7.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby abandoned at any time prior to the Closing Date:

(a) at any time by mutual agreement of the Issuer and the Investor;

(b) by either the Issuer or the Investor if:

(i) any court or other Governmental Entity shall have issued, enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced any Law restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Investment or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that the Party seeking to terminate pursuant to this Section 7.1(b)(i) shall have complied with its obligations, if any, under Section 8.1 and Section 8.2;

 

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(ii) the Closing Date shall not have occurred on or prior to October 15, 2013 (the “End Date”); provided, that a Party may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(b)(ii) if such Party is in material breach of this Agreement;

(iii) subject to Section 7.4, any of the Bankruptcy Proceedings shall have been dismissed or converted to a case under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, or the Bankruptcy Court has entered an Order in any of the Bankruptcy Proceedings appointing a trustee, receiver or examiner with expanded powers under chapter 7 or chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code; or

(iv) if the required Stockholder Approval is not obtained at any meeting held for such purpose (or at any postponement or adjournment thereof);

(c) by the Issuer:

(i) if there is a material breach (A) of any of the representations and warranties of the Investor contained in Article V or in any other Executed Agreement or (B) by the Investor of any covenant or agreement of the Investor in this Agreement or in any other Executed Agreement that, in either case, is not curable or, if curable, is not cured upon the occurrence of the earlier of (x) the tenth (10th) day after written notice thereof is given by the Issuer to the Investor and (y) the day that is three (3) Business Days prior to the End Date; provided, that the Issuer may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(c)(i) if the Issuer is in material breach of this Agreement; or

(ii) in order to concurrently enter into an Alternative Transaction Agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal; provided, that (A) the Issuer has complied with the terms of Section 8.3 and (B) the Issuer shall have paid the Break-Up Fee payable pursuant to Section 7.2;

(d) by the Investor:

(i) if there is a material breach (A) of any of the representations and warranties of the Issuer contained in Article IV or in any other Executed Agreement or (B) by the Issuer of any covenant or agreement of the Issuer in this Agreement or in any other Executed Agreement that, in either case, is not curable or, if curable, is not cured upon the occurrence of the earlier of (x) the tenth (10th) day after written notice thereof is given by the Investor to the Issuer and (y) the day that is three (3) Business Days prior to the End Date; provided, that the Investor may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(d)(i) if the Investor is in material breach of this Agreement;

(ii) if there shall have been a Change of Recommendation;

(iii) if the Issuer shall have entered into an Alternative Transaction Agreement;

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relief of debtors, dissolution, winding-up or composition or readjustment of debts or any similar Law; (B) applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator; (C) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (D) takes any action for the purpose of effecting or which would result in a similar or equivalent outcome as any of the foregoing;

(v) if (A) an involuntary case is commenced against the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries under the Bankruptcy Code; or (B) any proceeding is commenced against the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries under any other bankruptcy insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement, relief of debtors, dissolution, winding-up or composition or readjustment of debts or any similar Law by any Person; provided, that if either clause (A) or clause (B) occurs with respect to the Issuer, only if such case or proceeding is not dismissed, or a voluntary case or proceeding with respect to the Issuer is not commenced, within twenty-one (21) days;

(vi) subject to Section 7.4, if any of the filings, motions and Orders described in Section 8.13 or Section 8.14 are not made or obtained by the deadlines set forth therein or the Effective Date does not occur by the date set forth therein;

(vii) subject to Section 7.4, if the Bankruptcy Court shall determine not to approve the Plan or shall have approved or confirmed an Alternative Transaction Proposal or alternative plan;

(viii) subject to Section 7.4, if the Issuer amends or modifies or files a pleading to amend or modify the Plan, or any other documents related to the Plan in a manner that is not approved in writing by the Investor;

(ix) if the Issuer amends or modifies the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement, or any Operative Agreement, the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws in a manner that is not approved in writing by the Investor;

(x) subject to Section 7.4, if the Bankruptcy Court terminates the Issuer’s exclusive right to propose a plan of reorganization; or

(xi) subject to Section 7.4, if the Bankruptcy Court grants any request by any Person other than the Issuer to amend or modify the Plan, the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement or any documents related to the Plan in a manner that is not approved in writing by the Investor in its sole discretion; or

(xii) if the 2013 PSA (but only if the Issuer accedes to and executes the 2013 PSA) or the 2016 PSA is terminated in accordance with its terms.

Section 7.2 Termination Fees.

(a) Subject to, at any time following the Petition Date, entry of the Approval Order, if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to (i) Section 7.1(d)(i) or (ii) Section 7.1(c)(ii) or Section 7.1(d)(iii), then the Issuer and RAG shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay liquidated damages in an amount equal to Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) (the “Break-Up

 

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Fee”) to the Investor which shall be inclusive of any Transaction Expenses incurred prior to such termination that are due and payable hereunder that have not been paid theretofore; provided, that if the payment of the Break-Up Fee and/or the Transaction Expenses by the Issuer is subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court, the Issuer shall use its best efforts to obtain such approval at the earliest date following such termination.

(b) Subject to, at any time following the Petition Date, entry of the Approval Order, if (i) this Agreement is terminated by either the Issuer or the Investor pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(ii) or Section 7.1(b)(iv), (ii) prior to such termination an Alternative Transaction Proposal shall have been communicated to the Issuer or publicly announced, and (iii) the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries subsequently consummates any Alternative Transaction Proposal within eighteen (18) months of such termination, then the Issuer and RAG shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the Break-Up Fee, as liquidated damages, to the Investor which shall be inclusive of any Transaction Expenses incurred prior to such termination that are due and payable hereunder that have not been paid theretofore; provided, that if the payment of the Break-Up Fee and/or the Transaction Expenses is subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court, the Issuer shall use its best efforts to obtain such approval at the earliest date following such termination.

(c) Payment of the Break-Up Fee due under Section 7.2(a) or Section 7.2(b) will be made (i) prior to or contemporaneous with such termination in the case of termination by the Issuer pursuant to Section 7.1(c)(ii), (ii) within one (1) Business Day after the date of such termination in the case of termination by the Investor pursuant to Section 7.1(d)(i) or Section 7.1(d)(iii), and (iii) on the same day as the closing of the transactions referenced in Section 7.2(b); provided, that if the approval of the Bankruptcy Court is required for such payment, such payment will be made no later than the close of business on the next Business Day following approval by the Bankruptcy Court thereof, which approval shall be sought by the Issuer at the earliest date possible following such triggering event. The provision for the payment of the Break-Up Fee is an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and without such provision the Investor would not have entered into this Agreement, and the Break-Up Fee and the Transaction Expenses shall, subject to Bankruptcy Court approval (if applicable) and to the extent payable in accordance herewith, shall constitute an allowed superpriority administrative expense claim pursuant to sections 105, 503 and 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(d) Each Party acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Section 7.2 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and that, without these agreements, none of the Parties would have entered into this Agreement. Accordingly, if the Issuer or RAG fails promptly to pay any amount due to the Investor pursuant to this Section 7.2, the Issuer and RAG shall also be jointly and severally obligated to pay any costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by the other party in connection with a legal Action to enforce this Agreement that results in a judgment against the paying party for such amount, together with interest on the amount of any unpaid fee, cost or expense at the publicly announced prime rate of Citibank, N.A. from the date such fee, cost or expense was required to be paid to (but excluding) the payment date.

 

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Section 7.3 Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1 by any Party, such Party shall as promptly as practicable deliver written notice thereof to the other Parties specifying the provision hereof pursuant to which such termination is made, and this Agreement shall be terminated and become void and have no effect and there shall be no liability hereunder on the part of any Party. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1, this Article VII, Section 8.12, Article IX, Article X and Article XI will not terminate and will survive any termination of this Agreement. Nothing in this Section 7.3 shall relieve any Party of liability for any willful breach of this Agreement.

Section 7.4 Plan-Related Termination. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the termination rights set forth in Sections 7.1(b)(iii), 7.1(d)(vi)-(viii), 7.1(d)(x) and 7.1(d)(xi), shall have no force and effect unless either (a) the Issuer and Investor mutually agree to implement the Restructuring as a Chapter 11 Restructuring or (b) the Investor requests of the Issuer in writing at any time prior to the Settlement Date referred to in the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement, that the Restructuring be implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring.

ARTICLE VIII

COVENANTS

Section 8.1 Antitrust Approvals.

(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, each of the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including preparing and filing as promptly as practicable all documentation to effect all necessary filings, notices, petitions, statements, registrations, submissions of information, applications and other documents necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (each, a “Filing”), including, without limitation, any Filings required under any Antitrust Laws of any applicable jurisdiction (including, without limitation, the Antitrust Approvals). Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (x) promptly furnish documents or information requested by any Antitrust Authority or other Governmental Entity in connection with the foregoing Filings, (y) cause all documents that it is responsible for filing with any Governmental Entity under this Section 8.1(a) to comply in all material respects with all applicable Laws, and (z) as promptly as practicable supply the other Party with any information which may be required in order to effectuate any Filings pursuant to this Section 8.1(a).

(b) The Issuer and the Investor agree to reasonably cooperate with each other (and to cause their respective Subsidiaries to cooperate) as to the appropriate time and content of each Filing. Each Party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law: (i) promptly notify each other of, and if in writing, furnish each other with copies of (or, in the case of material oral communications, advise each other orally of) any communications from or with an Antitrust Authority; (ii) not participate in any meeting with an Antitrust Authority unless it consults with the other Party in advance and, to the extent permitted by the Antitrust Authority and applicable

 

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Law, give such other Party a reasonable opportunity to attend and participate thereat; (iii) furnish the other Party with copies of all correspondence, filings and communications between such Party and the Antitrust Authority; (iv) furnish the other Party with such necessary information and reasonable assistance as may be reasonably necessary in connection with the preparation of necessary Filings or submission of information to the Antitrust Authority; and (v) not withdraw its Filing, if any, under any Antitrust Laws without the prior written consent of the other Party.

(c) Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the waiting periods under the applicable Antitrust Laws to terminate or expire at the earliest possible date after the date of filing. The communications contemplated by this Section 8.1 may be made by the Parties on an outside counsel-only basis or subject to other agreed upon confidentiality safeguards.

(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing shall require the Investor or any of its Affiliates to (i) dispose of, license or hold separate any of its or its Subsidiaries’ or Affiliates’ assets or the Issuer’s or its Subsidiaries’ assets, (ii) limit its freedom of action with respect to any of its or its Subsidiaries’ businesses, the Issuer’s or its Subsidiaries’ businesses or make any other behavioral commitments, (iii) divest any of its Subsidiaries, its Affiliates or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries, or (iv) commit or agree to any of the foregoing. Without the prior written consent of the Investor in its sole discretion, neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries shall commit or agree to (x) dispose of, license or hold separate any of its assets or (y) limit its freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses or commit or agree to any of the foregoing, in each case, in order to secure any necessary consent or approvals for the transactions contemplated hereby under the Antitrust Laws; provided, that the Issuer shall commit or agree (subject only to the consummation of the Investment) to take any of the foregoing actions set forth in clauses (x) and/or (y) upon the written request of the Investor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither the Investor, nor any of its Affiliates, nor the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be required as a result of this Agreement to initiate any legal Action against, or defend any Action brought by, any Governmental Entity in order to avoid the entry of, or to effect the dissolution of, any injunction, temporary restraining order or other Order in any suit or proceeding which would otherwise have the effect of preventing or materially delaying the transactions contemplated hereby, or which may require any undertaking or condition set forth in the preceding sentence.

Section 8.2 Commercially Reasonable Efforts.

(a) Without in any way limiting any other obligation of the Issuer or the Investor in this Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other Parties in doing, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using commercially reasonable efforts to: (i) obtain all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents, approvals, Orders and authorizations from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations, declarations and filings (including any filings required under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any applicable U.S. state or securities or “blue sky” Laws and the securities Laws of any foreign country, or under any other Law relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any filings required

 

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under the NASDAQ Rules or the Polish Securities Laws, and any other registrations, declarations and filings with any other Governmental Entities, if any) (ii) obtain all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties and (iii) execute and deliver of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement.

(b) Subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, the Issuer and the Investor shall have the right to review in advance, and to the extent practicable each will consult with the other on all of the information relating to the Issuer or the Investor, as the case may be, and any of their respective Subsidiaries, that appears in any Filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In exercising the rights contained in this Section 8.2(b), the Issuer and the Investor shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable.

(c) Nothing contained in Section 8.1 or this Section 8.2 shall limit the ability of the Investor to consult with the Issuer and the other Debtors, to appear and be heard, or to file objections, concerning any matter arising in any Bankruptcy Proceedings, so long as such consultation, appearance or objection does not violate (i) the Investor’s obligations hereunder or (ii) the terms of the Plan and the other transactions contemplated hereby and the Plan.

Section 8.3 Alternative Transaction Proposals.

(a) Subject to the provisions of this Section 8.3, at all times during the period commencing with the date hereof and continuing until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VII and the Closing Date (the “Post-Signing Period”), the Issuer shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and their respective officers and directors not to, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its other Representatives not to, enter into or approve any Alternative Transaction Proposal or Alternative Transaction Agreement. The Issuer shall notify the Investor orally and in writing promptly, and in any event within one (1) Business Day, of the receipt by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives, of any Alternative Transaction Proposal. The written notice shall include the identity of the Person making such Alternative Transaction Proposal, the material terms and conditions of the Alternative Transaction Proposal and copies of any written communications and documents setting forth the material terms and conditions of such Alternative Transaction Proposal received by the Issuer from the Person making such Alternative Transaction Proposal or its Representatives or Affiliates, and the Issuer shall keep the Investor reasonably informed of the status and details of any such Alternative Transaction Proposal and any material developments with respect thereto on a prompt basis (and in any event within 24 hours).

(b) The Issuer shall promptly notify the Investor orally and in writing upon a good-faith determination by the Board or any committee thereof, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that any Alternative Transaction Proposal is a Superior Proposal. So long as the Issuer is in compliance with this Section 8.3, if the Issuer receives an Alternative Transaction Proposal which the Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, constitutes a Superior Proposal and such Alternative Transaction Proposal has not been withdrawn, the Board may terminate this Agreement in accordance with the terms of Section 7.1(c)(ii) to enter into an Alternative

 

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Transaction Agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal received after the date of this Agreement, but only if: (i) the Issuer shall have first provided prior written notice to the Investor that it is prepared to terminate this Agreement to enter into an Alternative Transaction Agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal, which notice shall include the material terms and conditions of the transaction that constitutes such Superior Proposal and the identity of the party making such Superior Proposal and attach a copy of the definitive agreement proposed to be entered into with respect to such Superior Proposal; (ii) the Issuer has negotiated in good faith with the Investor (including by making the Issuer’s Representatives reasonably available to negotiate) with respect to any changes to the terms of this Agreement proposed by the Investor for a reasonable period of time (consistent with the Board’s fiduciary duties) after the Investor’s receipt of such notice (it being understood and agreed that any material change to the financial or other terms and conditions of such Superior Proposal shall require an additional notice to the Investor and negotiations in good faith for a reasonable period of time (consistent with the Board’s fiduciary duties)); and (iii) the Board determines in good faith, after taking into account the changes to the terms of this Agreement committed to by the Investor and after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that such Superior Proposal continues to meet the definition of the term “Superior Proposal” and that the failure by it to terminate this Agreement to enter into such Alternative Transaction Agreement would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided, that the Issuer shall not terminate this Agreement pursuant to the foregoing, and any purported termination pursuant to the foregoing shall be void and of no force or effect, unless at or concurrently with such termination the Issuer pays the Break-Up Fee in full in accordance with Section 7.2.

(c) For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned below:

(i) “Alternative Transaction Agreement” means any Contract, letter of intent (whether binding or not), term sheet (whether binding or not) or support agreement relating to (or any written agreement in principle providing for the consummation of) any Alternative Transaction Proposal.

(ii) “Alternative Transaction Proposal” means any inquiry, offer, indication of interest, proposal or offer (whether or not in writing, and whether or not publicly announced) from any Person relating to any transaction or series of transactions that is inconsistent with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan, including (A) a merger, consolidation, spin-off, share exchange (including a split-off) or business combination involving the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) a sale, lease, license, exchange, mortgage, transfer or other disposition, directly or indirectly, in a single transaction or series of related transactions (including by way of merger, consolidation, spin-off, share exchange (including a split-off), business combination, joint venture, sale of equity interests or other economic interests in the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries), of assets of the Issuer and/or its Subsidiaries representing fifteen percent (15%) or more of the consolidated revenues, net income or assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (C) an issuance, purchase, sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, in a single transaction or series of related transactions (including by way of a tender offer, exchange offer or other similar transaction), (1) of shares of capital stock or other securities representing fifteen percent (15%) or more of the voting power

 

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of the capital stock of the Issuer or (2) that, if consummated, would result in any Person or “group” (as defined in the Exchange Act) of Persons, directly or indirectly acquiring beneficial or record ownership of more than fifteen percent (15%) of the Common Stock then outstanding, (D) a reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation or dissolution, or any financial restructuring or plan of reorganization, of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, or (E) any combination of the foregoing or other transaction having a similar effect to those described in clauses (A) through (D).

(iii) “Superior Proposal” means a bona fide written Alternative Transaction Proposal that the Board determines in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel and after taking into account any revisions to the terms of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement agreed to by the Investor pursuant to Section 8.3) (A) is at least as likely to be consummated (if accepted) in accordance with its terms, taking into account all legal, financial and regulatory aspects of the proposal and the Person making the Alternative Transaction Proposal, (B) would, if consummated, result in a transaction that is more favorable to the Issuer and its stakeholders from a financial point of view than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (C) the failure of the Board to identify as a Superior Proposal would be inconsistent with the Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

Section 8.4 Reporting Status; Listing of Common Stock. The Issuer’s Common Stock is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. At all times during the Post-Signing Period, the Issuer will use its best efforts to timely file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with (a) the SEC under the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and (b) the Polish FSA and the WSE under the reporting obligations of the Polish Securities Laws, and the Issuer will not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if such Laws or the rules and regulations thereunder would permit such termination. The Issuer will not apply for listing on the WSE of the Purchased Securities issued pursuant to this Agreement or of any securities issued pursuant to the Restructuring. The Issuer will use its commercially reasonable efforts to delist its Existing Equity from the WSE in connection with the Restructuring and to take such actions as would enable the condition set forth in Section 6.1(k) to be satisfied.

Section 8.5 Securities Laws. The Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all action as may be necessary or advisable so that the issuance and sale of the Purchased Securities and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be effected in accordance with this Agreement, the Plan, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Polish Securities Laws and any state or foreign securities or “blue sky” Laws.

Section 8.6 Use of Cash Proceeds. The Issuer shall utilize the entire amount of the proceeds received from the Investment solely for the purposes expressly set forth in the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement and the Plan.

Section 8.7 Takeover Provisions. The Issuer and the Board shall (a) take all action to prevent any Takeover Provision from becoming applicable to this Agreement or the sale or issuance of Common Stock to the Investor in accordance with the Restructuring and (b) if any Takeover Provision is or would reasonably be expected to become applicable to the sale or

 

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issuance of Common Stock to the Investor in accordance with this Agreement or the Restructuring, the Issuer and the Board shall grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that such transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize as much as possible the effects of such Takeover Provision on such transactions.

Section 8.8 Conduct of Business. The Issuer covenants and agrees that, during the Post-Signing Period, (a) except as expressly required by this Agreement, (b) except as compelled by applicable Law, including in connection with any Bankruptcy Proceeding, or (c) unless the Investor otherwise provides its prior written consent in its sole discretion, the Issuer shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (x) conduct its business in the ordinary course of business, (y) comply in all material respects with all Laws and Permits applicable to it, and (z) use its commercially reasonable efforts to (1) preserve substantially intact its business organization and assets, (2) maintain satisfactory relationships with its customers, suppliers and any other Persons with which it has material business relations, (3) maintain in effect all Permits of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, and (4) keep available the services of its key officers and employees.

Section 8.9 Notification of Certain Matters; Transaction Litigation.

(a) The Issuer shall promptly notify the Investor of (i) any Actions in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan commenced or, to the Knowledge of the Issuer, threatened, against the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries, or any party to the Restructuring (each, a “Transaction Litigation”), (ii) the occurrence or non-occurrence of any Event which would be reasonably likely to cause any condition set forth in Article VI not to be satisfied, (iii) any notice of, or other communication relating to, a default or Event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default under any material Contract to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, (iv) any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan, or (v) the occurrence or non-occurrence of any Event which has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The Issuer shall (i) keep the Investor fully informed on a prompt basis regarding any Transaction Litigation, (ii) consult with the Investor regarding the defense or settlement of any such Transaction Litigation, (iii) give due consideration to the Investor’s advice with respect thereto and (iv) not settle any such Transaction Litigation without the Investor’s prior written consent.

Section 8.10 Consent Solicitation. The Issuer shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and Representatives to, conduct the consent solicitation described in the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement in accordance and compliance with all applicable Laws.

Section 8.11 Access to Information. Subject to applicable Law, upon reasonable notice, the Issuer shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) afford the Investor and its Representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours and without unreasonable disruption or interference with the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ business or operations,

 

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throughout the Post-Signing Period, to the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ officers, employees, properties, books, contracts and records and, during the Post-Signing Period, the Issuer shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) furnish promptly to such parties all information concerning the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ business, properties and personnel as may reasonably be requested by any such party; provided, that the foregoing shall not require the Issuer (a) to disclose any legally privileged information of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) to violate any Laws.

Section 8.12 Transaction Expenses

(a) The Issuer and RAG will be jointly and severally obligated to reimburse or pay, as the case may be, all out-of-pocket costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Investor and its Affiliates in connection with (i) the exploration and discussion of the Binding Term Sheet, this Agreement, the Operative Agreements and the Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the Bankruptcy Proceedings (including any expenses related to obtaining required consents of Governmental Entities and other Persons), (ii) any due diligence related to the Binding Term Sheet, this Agreement, the Operative Agreements and the Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (iii) the preparation and negotiation of the Binding Term Sheet, this Agreement, the Operative Agreements and the Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the Bankruptcy Proceedings, (iv) the implementation of the transactions contemplated by the Binding Term Sheet, this Agreement, the Operative Agreements and the Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (v) in connection with the confirmation of the Plan and approval of the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement, and objections thereto and any other actions in the Bankruptcy Proceedings related thereto, (vi) to enforce the Investor’s rights against the Issuer under this Agreement, the Plan and any Operative Agreement (but only to the extent the Investor prevails on the merits of its underlying claim in such proceedings), (vii) any filings required to be made by the Investor or any of its Affiliates with any Governmental Entity and (viii) any other judicial and regulatory proceedings in furtherance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, in each case, the reasonable fees, costs, and expenses of (1) the outside counsel of the Investor (including White & Case LLP), and (2) any accountants, investment bankers, financial advisors, experts, consultants and other professionals retained by the Investor, including Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P. (collectively, “Transaction Expenses”) in the following manner:

(x) on the Closing Date, if the Closing Date occurs; or

(y) upon termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.1, other than (1) in the circumstances in which a Break-Up Fee is payable and paid in accordance with the terms of Section 7.2 or (2) if this Agreement is terminated by the Issuer pursuant to Section 7.1(c)(i), and subject in each case referred to in this clause (y) to a cap on such Transaction Expenses of Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000); provided, that payment of such Transaction Expenses in accordance with this clause (y) will be made prior to or contemporaneous with such termination if this Agreement is terminated by the Issuer and within three (3) Business Days after such termination if this Agreement is terminated by the Investor.

 

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(b) The provision for the payment of Transaction Expenses is (and, if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, the Approval Order will so provide that payment of Transaction Expenses is) an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and without this provision the Investor would not have entered into this Agreement and such Transaction Expenses shall constitute an allowed superpriority administrative expense claim pursuant to sections 105, 503 and 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Issuer shall be responsible for and pay its own expenses.

Section 8.13 Approval Motion and Approval Order. If the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, on the Petition Date, the Issuer shall file a motion and supporting papers, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion (the “Approval Motion”), seeking the entry of an Order of the Bankruptcy Court (the “Approval Order”) (a) approving and authorizing the Issuer and the other Debtors to perform their respective obligations hereunder, including the payment, in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions hereof, of the Transaction Expenses and Break-Up Fee provided for herein and the granting of the releases set forth in Section 11.9. If the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring the Issuer agrees that it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (x) obtain the entry of the Approval Order (including filing supporting affidavits on behalf of the Issuer and its financial advisor) and (y) cause the Approval Order to become a Final Order (including by requesting that such Approval Order be a Final Order immediately upon its entry by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to a waiver of Bankruptcy Rule 6004(h)), in each case as soon as practicable following the filing of the Approval Motion, but in no event later than the date of the Confirmation Order.

Section 8.14 Plan, Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement and Other Documents.

(a) This Section 8.14 shall apply if the Restructuring is to be implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring.

(b) If voting on the Plan is solicited as a prepackaged plan prior to the Petition Date, then the Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to implement the Restructuring through the Plan consistent with the following milestones:

(i) obtain from the Bankruptcy Court an Order approving the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on May 15, 2013;

(ii) obtain from the Bankruptcy Court the Confirmation Order on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on
May 15, 2013; and

(iii) cause the Effective Date to occur on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on August 15, 2013.

(c) If voting on the Plan is not solicited as a prepackaged plan prior to the Petition Date, then the Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to implement the Restructuring through the Plan consistent with the following milestones:

 

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(i) file a motion seeking approval of the Disclosure Statement on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on the fourteenth (14th) day after the Petition Date;

(ii) obtain from the Bankruptcy Court an Order approving the Disclosure Statement on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on July 1, 2013;

(iii) obtain from the Bankruptcy Court the Confirmation Order on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on July 15, 2013; and

(iv) cause the Effective Date to occur on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on October 15, 2013.

(d) The Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Order of the Bankruptcy Court referenced in (i) Section 8.13 and (ii) Section 8.14(b) or Section 8.14(c), as applicable, to become Final Orders within fourteen (14) days after the entry of such Order.

(e) The Issuer shall (i) provide to the Investor a copy of (A) any proposed amendments, supplements, changes or modifications to the Plan, the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Governance Agreement and any other Operative Agreement and (B) the proposed form of Approval Order, Confirmation Order, the proposed form of any plan supplement and any proposed amendments, supplements, changes or modifications to any of the foregoing, (ii) provide a reasonable opportunity to the Investor to review and comment on such documents prior to authorizing, agreeing to, entering into, implementing, executing or, if applicable, filing with the Bankruptcy Court or seeking Bankruptcy Court approval or confirmation of, any such documents, and (iii) consider, in good faith, any comments consistent with this Agreement and the Plan, and any other comments of the Investor and its counsel. Except as otherwise contemplated by Section 8.3, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, at all times prior to the Effective Date, the Issuer shall not authorize, approve, agree to, enter into, implement, execute or, if applicable, file with the Bankruptcy Court or seek Bankruptcy Court approval or confirmation of: (x) any plan of reorganization for any Debtor, disclosure statement, confirmation order, certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Issuer, registration rights agreement, governance agreement or plan supplement other than the Plan, Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement, Confirmation Order, Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, Registration Rights Agreement, Governance Agreement or a plan supplement satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion; (y) any management equity incentive program other than as approved in writing by the Investor in its sole discretion; or (z) any employment agreement or any “change in control” agreement with any employee other than as approved in writing by the Investor in its sole discretion.

(f) If at any time prior to the Expiration Time, to the Knowledge of the Issuer, any Event occurs as a result of which the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement (or, if voting on the Plan is not solicited as a prepackaged plan prior to the commencement of the Petition Date, the Disclosure Statement), as then amended or supplemented, would not meet the requirements of section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement (or, if voting on the Plan is not

 

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solicited as a prepackaged plan prior to the commencement of the Petition Date, the Disclosure Statement) to comply with applicable Law, the Issuer will promptly notify the Investor of any such Event and prepare an amendment or supplement to the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement (or, if voting on the Plan is not solicited as a prepackaged plan prior to the commencement of the Petition Date, the Disclosure Statement) that is acceptable in form and substance to the Investor in its sole discretion that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.

Section 8.15 Plan Support. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall restrict or prohibit the Investor from transferring or otherwise disposing of any of its Existing Equity, New Credit Facility Debt, RTL Notes, or 2013 Convertible Notes in accordance with the 2013 PSA or the 2016 PSA.

Section 8.16 Proxy Statement. Any proxy statement filed with the SEC (and any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”) for its annual meeting of stockholders with respect to its 2012 fiscal year (the “2012 Annual General Meeting”) shall seek only approval of the matters included in the Issuer’s preliminary proxy statement filed with the SEC on February 28, 2013. Prior to filing any amendment to the Proxy Statement or any other filing with the SEC in connection with the 2012 Annual General Meeting, the Issuer will provide drafts thereof to the Investor, will give the Investor a reasonable time to review and comment thereon and will consider in good faith any comments made by the Investor. The Proxy Statement and any such other filings shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and shall not, on the date it is first mailed to stockholders of the Issuer and at the time of the 2012 Annual General Meeting, contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading. The Issuer shall, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof (and in any event within two (2) Business Days), provide the Investor copies of any written comments and advise the Investor of any oral comments with respect to the Proxy Statement received from the SEC. If at any time prior to the 2012 Annual General Meeting, (a) any Event occurs with respect to the Parties hereto or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, which is required to be set forth in an amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement or (b) any information relating to the Parties hereto, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, should be discovered by a Party which should be set forth in an amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement so that such document would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Issuer shall file as promptly as practicable with the SEC an amendment of or supplement to the Proxy Statement and, as required by Law, disseminate the information contained in such amendment or supplement to the stockholders of the Issuer; provided, that prior to filing any such amendment or supplement, the Issuer will provide drafts thereof to the Investor, will give the Investor a reasonable time to review and comment thereon and will consider in good faith any comments made by the Investor.

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the Restructuring: (a) the Purchased Securities shall constitute all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Issuer; (b) no shares of preferred stock of the Issuer will be issued or outstanding; (c) the Purchased Securities will constitute one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Issuer; (d) there will be no options, warrants, calls, preemptive (or similar) rights, subscriptions or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character obligating the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, transfer or sell, or cause to be issued, transferred or sold, any shares of its capital stock or other Equity Securities; (e) there will be no outstanding contractual obligations of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its Equity Securities; and (f) no Person will have the right to require the Issuer to register any securities of the Issuer under the Securities Act, whether on a demand basis or in connection with the registration of securities of the Issuer for its own account or for the account of any other Person other than as provided for in the Operative Agreements.

ARTICLE IX

INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

Section 9.1 Indemnification Obligations. Following the date hereof, the Issuer and RAG shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless the Investor, its Affiliates, and their respective shareholders, general partners, members, managers, equity holders and Representatives and controlling persons from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable expenses (including any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any Action or claim as to which it is entitled to indemnification hereunder as such expenses are incurred), joint or several (collectively, “Losses”) that such Person incurs or may incur arising out of or in connection with any third party claim (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any claim by any Affiliate of the Issuer, other than the Investor) against any such Person in connection with (a) the failure of any representation or warranty made by the Issuer in this Agreement to be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Date, and/or (b) any breach by the Issuer of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, in each case, whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Restructuring or the Plan are consummated or this Agreement is terminated.

Section 9.2 Indemnification Procedure. Promptly after receipt by a Person entitled to indemnification under Section 9.1 (such Person, an “Indemnified Person”) of notice of the commencement of any Action (an “Indemnified Claim”) by any Person other than the Issuer, such Indemnified Person will, if a claim is to be made hereunder against the Issuer in respect thereof, notify the Issuer in writing of the commencement thereof; provided, that the omission to so notify the Issuer will not relieve the Issuer or RAG from any liability that either may have hereunder except to the extent the Issuer has been materially prejudiced by such failure. In case any such Indemnified Claims are brought against any Indemnified Person and it notifies the Issuer of the commencement thereof, the Issuer will be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it may elect by written notice delivered to such Indemnified Person, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably acceptable to such Indemnified Person; provided, that if the parties (including any impleaded parties) to any such Indemnified Claims include both such Indemnified Person and the Issuer and based on advice of such Indemnified Person’s counsel

 

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there are legal defenses available to such Indemnified Person that are different from or additional to those available to the Issuer, such Indemnified Person shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such Indemnified Claims on behalf of such Indemnified Person. Upon receipt of notice from the Issuer to such Indemnified Person of its election so to assume the defense of such Indemnified Claims with counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Person, the Issuer shall not be liable to such Indemnified Person for expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with the defense thereof (other than reasonable costs of investigation) unless (a) such Indemnified Person shall have employed separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in connection with the assertion of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood that all such expenses shall be reimbursed as they occur), (b) the Issuer shall not have employed counsel reasonably acceptable to such Indemnified Person to represent such Indemnified Person within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the Indemnified Claims, (c) the Issuer shall not have acknowledged its indemnification obligation to such Indemnified Person or shall have failed or is failing to defend such claim, and is provided written notice of such failure by the Indemnified Person and such failure is not reasonably cured within fifteen (15) Business Days of receipt of such notice, or (d) the Issuer shall have authorized in writing the employment of counsel for such Indemnified Person.

Section 9.3 Settlement of Indemnified Claims. The Issuer shall not be liable for any settlement of any Indemnified Claims effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. If any settlement of any Indemnified Claim is consummated with the written consent of the Issuer or if there is a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such Indemnified Claim, the Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any and all Losses by reason of such settlement or judgment to the extent such Losses are otherwise subject to indemnification by the Issuer hereunder in accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, the provisions of this Article IX. Notwithstanding anything in this Article IX to the contrary, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested the Issuer to reimburse such Indemnified Person for legal or other expenses in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) in connection with investigating, responding to or defending any Indemnified Claims as contemplated by this Article IX, the Issuer shall be liable for any settlement of any Indemnified Claims effected without its written consent if (a) such settlement is entered into more than (i) sixty (60) days after receipt by the Issuer of such request for reimbursement and (ii) thirty (30) days after receipt by the Indemnified Party of the material terms of such settlement and (b) the Issuer shall not have reimbursed such Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. The Issuer shall not, without the prior written consent of an Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Indemnified Claims in respect of which indemnity or contribution has been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person in form and substance satisfactory to such Indemnified Person in its sole discretion from all liability on the claims that are the subject matter of such Indemnified Claims and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

 

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Section 9.4 Contribution. If for any reason the foregoing indemnification is unavailable to any Indemnified Person or insufficient to hold it harmless from Losses that are subject to Indemnification pursuant to Section 9.1, then the Issuer shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such Loss in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by the Issuer on the one hand and such Indemnified Person on the other hand but also the relative fault of the Issuer, on the one hand, and such Indemnified Person, on the other hand, as well as any relevant equitable considerations.

Section 9.5 Treatment of Indemnification Payments. All amounts paid by the Issuer to an Indemnified Person under this Article IX shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, be treated as adjustments to the purchase price for the Purchased Securities for all Tax purposes.

Section 9.6 Limitation on Liabilities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the indemnification provided in this Article IX will not, as to any Indemnified Person, apply to Losses to the extent that they are finally judicially determined to have resulted from (a) any material breach of this Agreement by such Indemnified Person or (b) the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnified Person.

Section 9.7 Survival of Representations and Warranties. Notwithstanding any investigation at any time made by or on behalf of any Party, all representations, warranties and agreements made in this Agreement will survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 10.1 Public Statements or Releases. At all times prior to the Effective Date or the earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Issuer and the Investor shall consult with each other prior to issuing any press releases and/or filing any Current Reports on Form 8-K or other such SEC filings with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Plan, and shall provide each other with an opportunity to review and comment on any such press release or SEC filings a reasonable amount of time before it is made and shall consider in good faith any comments made by such reviewing Party; provided, that nothing in this Section 10.1 shall prevent any Party from making any public announcement in connection with the termination of this Agreement by such Party without such prior notice.

Section 10.2 Rights Cumulative. Each and all of the various rights, powers and remedies of the Parties shall be considered to be cumulative with and in addition to any other rights, powers and remedies which such Parties may have at law or in equity in the event of the breach of any of the terms of this Agreement. The exercise or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy shall neither constitute the exclusive election thereof nor the waiver of any other right, power or remedy available to such Party.

Section 10.3 Rules of Construction. (a) All pronouns or any variation thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the Person(s) may require; (b) when reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Paragraph, Clause, Schedule, Exhibit or Annex, such reference will be to an article, section,

 

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paragraph, clause, schedule, exhibit or annex to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated; (c) whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (d) references in this Agreement to “writing” or comparable expressions include a reference to a written document transmitted by means of electronic mail in portable document format (.pdf), facsimile transmission or comparable means of communication; (e) the words “hereof, “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole, including all Exhibits and Schedules attached to this Agreement, and not to any provision of this Agreement; (f) references to “day” or “days” are to calendar days; (g) references to “the date hereof are to the date of this Agreement; (h) the term this “Agreement” shall be construed as a reference to this Agreement as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended, modified, varied, novated or supplemented; (i) unless otherwise specified, references to a statute means such statute as amended from time to time and includes any successor legislation thereto and any regulations promulgated thereunder in effect on the date of this Agreement; and (j) references to “dollars” or “$” are to United States of America dollars. Whenever in this Agreement any Party is permitted to take an action or make a decision in its “sole discretion”, the Parties acknowledge that such Party is entitled to make such decision or take such action in such Party’s sole and absolute and unfettered discretion and shall be entitled to make such decision or take such action without regard for the interests of any other Person and for any reason or no reason whatsoever. Each Party hereto acknowledges, and agrees to accept, all risks associated with the granting to the other Parties of the ability to act in such unfettered manner.

Section 10.4 Notices. Any notices, reports or other correspondence (hereinafter collectively referred to as “correspondence”) required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent by postage prepaid first class mail, courier or by facsimile or delivered by hand to the Party to whom such correspondence is required or permitted to be given hereunder, and shall be deemed sufficient upon receipt when delivered personally or by courier, overnight delivery service or confirmed facsimile, or three (3) Business Days after being deposited in the regular mail as certified or registered mail (airmail if sent internationally) with postage prepaid, if such notice is addressed to the Party to be notified at such Party’s address or facsimile number as set forth below:

(a) All correspondence to the Issuer shall be addressed as follows:

Central European Distribution Corporation

Bobrowiecka 6

00-728 Warsaw

Poland

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

Facsimile: +48 22 456 60 01

with a copy to

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

40 Bank St., Canary Wharf

London E14 5DS

 

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UK

Attention: Scott Simpson, Esq.

                 Jay M. Goffman, Esq.

Facsimile: +44 20 7519 7070

(b) All correspondence to the Investor shall be addressed as follows:

Roust Trading Ltd.

25 Belmont Hills Drive

Warwick WK 06, Bermuda

Attention: Wendell M. Hollis

with a copy to

White & Case LLP

1155 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

Attention: Gregory Pryor

Facsimile: +1 (212) 354-8113

White & Case LLP

Southeast Financial Center, Suite 4900

200 South Biscayne Boulevard

Miami, FL 33131

Attention: Thomas E Lauria

Facsimile: +1 (305) 358-5744

(c) Any Party may change the address to which correspondence to it is to be addressed by written notification as provided for herein.

Section 10.5 Captions. The descriptive headings of the Articles and Sections of this Agreement are solely for the convenience of reference and shall not affect their interpretation.

Section 10.6 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provisions hereof. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any Person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the economic, business and legal effect of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other jurisdiction.

Section 10.7 Obligations of RAG. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, RAG’s obligation to pay any amount for which it is jointly and severally liable with the Issuer under this Agreement shall be conditioned upon the entry of the Approval Order, if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring.

 

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ARTICLE XI

GOVERNING LAW AND OTHER PROVISIONS

Section 11.1 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial; Injunctive Relief

(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL PROCEDURAL AND SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAWS CONCEPTS WHICH WOULD APPLY THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF SOME OTHER JURISDICTION.

(b) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, AND ALL APPELLATE COURTS RELATING THERETO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION, PROCEEDING OR JUDGMENT RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING CONSENT TO NEW YORK JURISDICTION, UPON COMMENCEMENT OF THE BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS, EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT THE BANKRUPTCY COURT SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. SERVICE OF PROCESS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE SERVED ON EACH PARTY HERETO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY THE SAME METHODS AS ARE SPECIFIED FOR THE GIVING OF NOTICES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.

Section 11.2 Amendments. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except pursuant to an instrument in writing signed by the Issuer and the Investor.

Section 11.3 Waiver. No waiver of any term, provision or condition of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or be construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such term, provision or condition or as a waiver of any other term, provision or condition of this Agreement.

 

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Section 11.4 Assignment. The rights and obligations of the Parties shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the authorized successors and permitted assigns of each Party. No Party may assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement or designate another Person (a) to perform all or part of its obligations under this Agreement or (b) to have all or part of its rights and benefits under this Agreement, in each case without the prior written consent of the other Parties; provided, that the Investor may assign any of its rights, benefits and obligations hereunder to an Affiliate thereof without the consent of the Issuer, but such assignment shall not relieve the Investor of any obligation or liability hereunder. Any assignment in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.4 shall be valid only where the assignee agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement by executing and agreeing to an assumption agreement reasonably acceptable to the other Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Investor shall have the right, by delivery of written notice to the Issuer no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, to designate one or more of its Affiliates to be the recipient of all or any portion of the Purchased Securities or any other securities to be issued to the Investor or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or the Plan, whereupon the Issuer shall issue the Purchased Securities or any other securities to be issued to the Investor or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or the Plan in the names of such Persons as set forth in such notice.

Section 11.5 Counterpart. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

Section 11.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, negotiations, understandings, representations and statements relating to the subject matter hereof, whether written or oral.

Section 11.7 Mutual Drafting. This Agreement shall be deemed to be the joint work product of the Issuer, the Investor and RAG, and any rule of construction that a document shall be interpreted or construed against a drafter of such document shall not be applicable.

Section 11.8 Obligations That Do Not Fall on Business Days. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any payment obligation under this Agreement is to occur on a day that is not a Business Day, such obligation shall be the next following Business Day.

Section 11.9 Mutual Releases.

(a) Effective as of the Closing (but for the avoidance of doubt, without prejudice to any rights arising in respect of this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement), the Investor, on behalf of itself and, to the extent legally empowered to do so, its past and present officers, managers, directors, Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and each of their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the “Investor Releasors”), hereby irrevocably releases, acquits and forever discharges, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Issuer and each of its past and present officers, managers, directors, stockholders, Subsidiaries, Affiliates and other Representatives (each, an “Issuer Releasee”) of, from and against any and all actions, causes of

 

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action, claims, demands, damages, judgments, liabilities, debts, dues and suits of every kind, nature and description whatsoever, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereafter arising, which any Investor Releasor ever had, now has or may have or claim to have against any Issuer Releasee, whether arising in law, equity or otherwise, to the extent arising out of, resulting from or relating to any matters or Events occurring on or prior to the Closing, in any way relating to the Issuer or its Affiliates, the Restructuring, the July SPA (including any rights or claims with respect to Section 8.13 thereof), the Binding Term Sheet or the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement (collectively, the “Investor’s Released Claims”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11.9(a), Investor Released Claims shall not include any claims any Investor Releasor may have against any Issuer Releasee pursuant to (i) any other Contract (including an Operative Agreement) to which the Investor or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Issuer or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, is a party, (ii) any indemnification or similar agreement relating to such Investor Releasor’s position as a director or officer of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) any indemnification provisions contained in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or equivalent governing documents) of the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or under applicable Law.

(b) Effective as of the Closing (but for the avoidance of doubt, without prejudice to any rights arising in respect of this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement), the Issuer, on behalf of itself and, to the extent legally empowered to do so, its past and present officers, managers, directors, Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and each of their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the “Issuer Releasors”), hereby irrevocably releases, acquits and forever discharges, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Investor and each of its past and present officers, managers, directors, stockholders, Subsidiaries, Affiliates and other Representatives (each, an “Investor Releasee”) of, from and against any and all actions, causes of action, claims, demands, damages, judgments, liabilities, debts, dues and suits of every kind, nature and description whatsoever, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereafter arising, which any Issuer Releasor ever had, now has or may have or claim to have against any Investor Releasee, whether arising in law, equity or otherwise, to the extent arising out of, resulting from or relating to any matters or Events occurring on or prior to the Closing, in any way relating to the Investor or its Affiliates, the Restructuring, the July SPA (including any rights or claims with respect to Section 8.13 thereof), the Binding Term Sheet or the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement and Mr. Roustam Tariko’s service as a director or officer of the Issuer or any of its Affiliates (collectively, the “Issuer’s Released Claims”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11.9(b), Issuer’s Released Claims shall not include any claims any Issuer Releasor may have against any Investor Releasee pursuant to any other Contract (including an Operative Agreement) to which the Investor or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Issuer or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, is a party.

(c) From and after the Closing, (a) the Investor agrees not to, and agrees to cause each Investor Releasor not to, assert any Investor’s Released Claims against the Issuer Releasees and (b) the Issuer agrees not to, and agrees to cause each Issuer Releasor not to, assert any Issuer’s Released Claims against the Investor Releasees. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the provisions contained in this Section 11.9 shall terminate upon any termination of this Agreement and (ii) each Investor Releasor and Issuer

 

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Releasor retains, and does not release, waive or limit in any manner its respective rights and interests under the terms and conditions of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no breach of any provision in this Agreement shall be released, waived or limited pursuant this Section 11.9, irrespective of whether the matter or Event giving rise to such breach of this Agreement occurred on or prior to the Closing.

Section 11.10 Specific Performance; Remedies.

(a) The Parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur if any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed by the Issuer or RAG in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the Investor shall be entitled to specific performance and other equitable relief, including an injunction or injunctions, to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, without proof of actual damages, this being in addition to any other remedy to which it is entitled at law or in equity. The Issuer agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that (i) the Investor has an adequate remedy at law or (ii) an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity. The Investor shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such Order or injunction.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Parties acknowledge and agree that, except as set forth in Section 11.10(c) below, neither the Issuer nor any of its Affiliates shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement by the Investor or any remedy to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement and that the Issuer’s and its Affiliates’ sole and exclusive remedies with respect to any such breach shall be a claim for money damages for such breach; provided, that in no event shall the Investor and/or any of its Affiliates be liable for any damages in excess of One Hundred Seventy-Two Million Dollars ($172,000,000) in the aggregate (whether restitution, consequential, punitive, special, incidental, indirect or otherwise) under any legal theory, including for any willful, intentional or knowing breach.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the Issuer (and not RAG) shall be entitled to specific performance to cause the Investor to complete the Investment only if: (i) all conditions in Section 6.1 have been satisfied (other than those conditions that, by their nature, are to be satisfied at the Closing and which are, at the time that the Issuer seeks specific performance pursuant to this Section 11.10(c), capable of being satisfied if the Closing were to occur at such time); (ii) the Investor fails to complete the Closing by the date the Closing is required to have occurred pursuant to Section 2.2; (iii) the Issuer has confirmed in writing to the Investor that (A) all conditions set forth in Section 6.2 have been satisfied or that it would be willing to waive any unsatisfied conditions in Section 6.2 for purposes of consummating the Investment and (B) the Issuer is ready, willing and able to consummate the Investment; (iv) such specific performance would result in the consummation of the Investment in accordance with this Agreement substantially contemporaneously with the consummation of the Restructuring; and (v) neither the Issuer nor any of its Affiliates has made any claim for damages against the

 

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Investor or any of its Affiliates for any breach or noncompliance with this Agreement or any Operative Agreement. Under no circumstances shall the Issuer and/or any of its Affiliates be entitled to obtain both (1) an injunction or any form of equitable relief or specific performance to require compliance with this Agreement and (2) damages for breach of or noncompliance with this Agreement (based on any legal theory and including willful, intentional or knowing breach). To the extent the Issuer or any of its Affiliates is entitled to and elects to pursue a remedy of specific performance under this Section 11.10(c), such remedy shall be the Issuer’s and its Affiliates’ sole and exclusive remedy and the Issuer and its Affiliates shall be precluded from pursuing any damage claim for breach of or noncompliance with this Agreement (based on any legal theory and including willful, intentional or knowing breach).

Section 11.11 Amendment and Restatement. This Agreement amends, supersedes and restates the Original Agreement in all respects.

[Signature Pages to Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Grant Winterton
  Name: Grant Winterton
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement]


ROUST TRADING LTD.
By:   /s/ Wendell Malcom Hollis
  Name: Wendell Malcom Hollis
  Title: Director

 

[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement]


JSC “RUSSIAN ALCOHOL GROUP”
By:   /s/ Vladimir Filiptsev
  Name: Vladimir Filiptsev
  Title: General Director

 

[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement]


IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

 

    x   
  :   
In re:   :    Chapter 11
  :   

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION

CORPORATION, et al.,

 

:

:

   Case No. 13-10738 (CSS)
  :    Jointly Administered
Debtors.1   :   
  :   
    x   

NOTICE OF (I) CONFIRMATION OF SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT

PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF CENTRAL

EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, ET AL., AND (II) THE OCCURRENCE

OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on May [    ], 2013, this Court entered the Findings Of Fact, Conclusions Of Law And Order (I) Approving (A) The Disclosure Statement Pursuant To Sections 1125 And 1126(c) Of The Bankruptcy Code, (B) The Prepetition Solicitation Procedures, And (C) Forms Of Ballots, And (II) Confirming The Second Amended And Restated Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan Of Reorganization Of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al. (the “Confirmation Order”) [Docket No. [    ]] in the chapter 11 cases of the above-captioned debtors and debtors-in-possession (the “Reorganized Debtors”). Pursuant to the Confirmation Order, this Court confirmed the Second Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al. (the “Plan”), which was attached to the Confirmation Order as Exhibit A.

 

1 

The Debtors and the last four digits of their taxpayer identification numbers are as follows: Central European Distribution Corporation (5271), CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc. (0116), and CEDC Finance Corporation LLC (7136). The address for each of the Debtors is 3000 Atrium Way, Suite 265, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054.


PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that on May [    ], 2013, the Effective Date under the Plan occurred.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of the pleadings filed in these chapter 11 cases can be obtained by using the Bankruptcy Court’s electronic case filing system at www.deb.uscourts.gov (password required) or for free on the website maintained by the Reorganized Debtors’ noticing agent at www.gcginc.com/cases/CEDC/.

Dated: Wilmington, Delaware

    May [    ], 2013

 

/s/ Mark S. Chehi
Anthony W. Clark (I.D. No. 2051)
Mark S. Chehi (I.D. No. 2855)
Andrew G. Mirisis (I.D. No. 5365)
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER
    & FLOM LLP
One Rodney Square
P.O. Box 636
Wilmington, Delaware 19899-0636
(302) 651-3000
(302) 651-3001
- and -
Jay M. Goffman
Mark A. McDermott
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER
    & FLOM LLP
Four Times Square
New York, New York 10036-6522
(212) 735-3000
(212) 735-2000
Counsel for Reorganized Debtors

 

3

EX-2.2 3 d551595dex22.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINR PREPACKAED CHAPTER 11 Second Amended and Restated Joinr Prepackaed Chapter 11

Exhibit 2.2

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

 

 

 

   x   
In re:    :    Chapter 11
   :   
CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION    :    Case No. 13-10738 (CSS)
CORPORATION, et al.,    :   
   :    Jointly Administered

Debtors.1

   :   
   :   
   :    Related Docket Nos. 9, 10

 

 

   x   

NOTICE OF FILING OF SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT

PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, ET AL.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT on May 8, 2013, the Debtors filed the Second Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al. (the “Second Amended Plan”), attached hereto as Exhibit 1.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT a blackline version of the Second Amended Plan (the “Blackline Second Amended Plan”) is attached hereto as Exhibit 2. The Blackline Second Amended Plan reflects the revisions made to the version of the Amended and Restated Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al. [Docket No. 9], filed with the Court on April 7, 2013.

 

1 

The Debtors and the last four digits of their taxpayer identification numbers are as follows: Central European Distribution Corporation (5271), CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc. (0116), and CEDC Finance Corporation LLC (7136). The address for each of the Debtors is 3000 Atrium Way, Suite 265, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054.


PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of the pleadings filed in these chapter 11 cases can be obtained by using the Bankruptcy Court’s electronic case filing system at www.deb.uscourts.gov (password required) or for free on the website maintained by the Debtors’ claims agent at www.gcginc.com/cases/cedc.

 

Dated:   Wilmington, Delaware
  May 8, 2013

 

/s/ Andrew G. Mirisis

Anthony W. Clark (I.D. No. 2051)
Mark S. Chehi (I.D. No. 2855)
Andrew G. Mirisis (I.D. No. 5365)
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
One Rodney Square
P.O. Box 636
Wilmington, Delaware 19899-0636
(302) 651-3000
(302) 651-3001
- and -
Jay M. Goffman
Mark A. McDermott
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
Four Times Square
New York, New York 10036-6522
(212) 735-3000
(212) 735-2000
Proposed Counsel for Debtors and Debtors in Possession

 

2


IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

 

 

 

   x   
   :   
In re:    :    Case No. 13-10738 (CSS)
   :   
CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION    :    Chapter 11
CORPORATION, et al.    :   
   :   

Debtors.1

   :   
   :   

 

 

   x   

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT PREPACKAGED

CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF CENTRAL

EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, ET AL.

Anthony W. Clark (I.D. No. 2051)

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER

  & FLOM, LLP

One Rodney Square

P.O. Box 636

Wilmington, Delaware 19899-0636

(302) 651-3000

(302) 651-3001

– and –

Jay M. Goffman

Mark A. McDermott

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER

  & FLOM, LLP

Four Times Square

New York, New York 10036-6522

(212) 735-3000

(212) 735-2000

Proposed Counsel for Debtors and Debtors in Possession

Dated: May 8, 2013

 

1 

The Debtors and the last four digits of their taxpayer identification numbers (as applicable) are as follows: Central European Distribution Corporation (5271), CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc. (0116), and CEDC Finance Corporation LLC (7136). The address for each of the Debtors is 3000 Atrium Way, Suite 265, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION, COMPUTATION OF TIME AND GOVERNING LAW

   1

A.

 

Defined Terms

   1

B.

 

Rules of Interpretation

   14

C.

 

Computation of Time

   15

D.

 

Governing Law

   15

E.

 

Reference to Monetary Figures

   15

F.

 

Reference to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors

   15

ARTICLE II TREATMENT OF UNCLASSIFIED CLAIMS

   15

A.

 

Administrative Claims

   15

B.

 

Priority Tax Claims

   16

ARTICLE III CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS

   16

A.

 

The Debtors

   16

B.

 

Classification of Claims and Interests

   17

C.

 

Treatment of Claims and Interests

   18

ARTICLE IV ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS

   21

A.

 

Acceptance or Rejection of the Plan

   21

B.

 

Confirmation Pursuant to Section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code

   21

ARTICLE V MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN

   21

A.

 

Sources of Consideration for Plan Distributions

   21

B.

 

Cancellation of Securities and Agreements

   22

C.

 

Section 1145 Exemption

   23

D.

 

Governance Documents and Corporate Existence

   23

E.

 

Reorganized Debtors’ Boards of Directors

   24

F.

 

Employee Benefits

   24

G.

 

Management Incentive Plan

   24

H.

 

Vesting of Assets in the Reorganized Debtors

   25

I.

 

Restructuring Transactions

   25

J.

 

Covenant Amendments and Supplemental Indenture

   25

K.

 

Corporate Action

   26

L.

 

Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions

   26

M.

 

Section 1146 Exemption from Certain Taxes and Fees

   26

N.

 

D&O Liability Insurance Policies and Indemnification Provisions

   27

O.

 

Preservation of Causes of Action

   27

P.

 

Single Satisfaction of Claims

   28

Q.

 

Dutch Auction Procedure

   28

ARTICLE VI TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES

   29

A.

  Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases    29

B.

  Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases    29

 

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C.

 

Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

   30

D.

 

Insurance Policies

   30

E.

 

Reservation of Rights

   30

F.

 

Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date

   31

ARTICLE VII PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS

   31

A.

 

Record Date for Distributions

   31

B.

 

Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed

   31

C.

 

Disbursing Agent

   31

D.

 

Rights and Powers of Disbursing Agent

   32

E.

 

Distributions on Account of Claims Allowed After the Effective Date

   32

F.

 

Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions

   32

G.

 

Withholding and Reporting Requirements

   33

H.

 

Setoffs

   33

I.

 

Claims Paid or Payable by Third Parties

   34

J.

 

Allocation of Distributions Between Principal and Unpaid Interest

   34

ARTICLE VIII PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING CONTINGENT, UNLIQUIDATED AND DISPUTED CLAIMS

   35

A.

 

Prosecution of Objections to Claims

   35

B.

 

Allowance of Claims

   35

C.

 

Distributions After Allowance

   35

D.

 

Estimation of Claims

   35

E.

 

Deadline to File Objections to Claims

   36

ARTICLE IX SETTLEMENT, RELEASE, INJUNCTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS

   36

A.

 

Compromise and Settlement of Claims, Interests and Controversies

   36

B.

 

Releases by the Debtors

   36

C.

 

Releases by Holders of Claims

   37

D.

 

Exculpation

   38

E.

 

Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests

   39

F.

 

Injunction

   39

G.

 

Temporary Injunction with Respect to Existing 2016 Notes Claims

   40

H.

 

Term of Injunctions or Stays

   40

I.

 

Release of Liens

   41

ARTICLE X CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE

   41

A.

 

Conditions Precedent to Confirmation

   41

B.

 

Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date

   42

C.

 

Waiver of Conditions

   43

D.

 

Effect of Failure of Conditions

   43

ARTICLE XI MODIFICATION, REVOCATION OR WITHDRAWAL OF THE PLAN

   43

A.

 

Modification and Amendments

   43

B.

 

Effect of Confirmation on Modifications

   43

C.

 

Revocation or Withdrawal of the Plan

   44

 

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ARTICLE XII RETENTION OF JURISDICTION

   44

ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

   46

A.

 

Immediate Binding Effect

   46

B.

 

Additional Documents

   46

C.

 

Dissolution of Creditors’ Committee

   46

D.

 

Reservation of Rights

   47

E.

 

Successors and Assigns

   47

F.

 

Service of Documents

   47

G.

 

Entire Agreement

   48

H.

 

Severability of Plan Provisions

   48

I.

 

Exhibits

   48

J.

 

Votes Solicited in Good Faith

   48

K.

 

Conflicts

   49

 

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TABLE OF EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    List of Rejected Contracts and Leases

Exhibit B

   List of Retained Causes of Action

Exhibit C

   Description of New Common Stock

Exhibit D

   RTL Investment Agreement

 

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INTRODUCTION

Central European Distribution Corporation, CEDC Finance Corporation International Inc., and CEDC Finance Corporation LLC (the “Debtors”) respectfully propose the following second amended and restated joint chapter 11 plan of reorganization for the resolution of the outstanding Claims against and Interests in the Debtors. Reference is made to the Disclosure Statement, distributed contemporaneously herewith, for a discussion of (i) the history, business, and operations of the Debtors and their subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”), (ii) a summary and analysis of the Plan, and (iii) certain related matters, including risk factors relating to the consummation of this Plan. Subject to certain restrictions and requirements set forth in section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3019, the Company reserves the right to alter, amend, modify, revoke, or withdraw this Plan prior to its substantial consummation.

ARTICLE I

DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION,

COMPUTATION OF TIME AND GOVERNING LAW

 

  A. Defined Terms

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings when used in capitalized form:

1. “8.875% Bid Price” means, with respect to any holder of Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes that elects on its Ballot to participate in the Cash Option, the price specified by such holder on its Ballot for which it would be willing to exchange each €1,000 principal amount of Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes it chooses to exchange in the Cash Option; provided, however, that (i) the 8.875% Bid Price must be in increments of €10.00 and within a range between €600 and €850, (ii) if the 8.875% Bid Price is not submitted in a whole increment of €10.00, such 8.875% Bid Price will be rounded down to the nearest €10.00 increment, (iii) if a holder of Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes elects to participate in the Cash Option but does not specify its 8.875% Bid Price or it specifies an 8.875% Bid Price that is less than €600, then the 8.875% Bid Price for such holder shall be €600, and (iv) if the holder specifies an 8.875% Bid Price that is greater than €850, then such holder’s Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes will not be accepted for exchange in the Cash Option and will not be used for purposes of calculating the Clearing Price or the Cash Option Consideration.

2. “9.125% Bid Price” means, with respect to any holder of Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes that elects on its Ballot to participate in the Cash Option, the price specified by such holder on its Ballot for which it would be willing, subject to the terms of the Plan, to exchange each $1,000 principal amount of Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes it chooses to exchange in the Cash Option; provided, however, that (i) the 9.125% Bid Price must be in increments of $10.00 and within a range between $600 and $850, (ii) if the 9.125% Bid Price is not submitted in a whole increment of $10.00, such 9.125% Bid Price will be rounded down to the nearest $10.00 increment, (iii) if a holder of Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes elects to participate in the Cash Option but does not specify its 9.125% Bid Price or it specifies a 9.125% Bid Price that is less than $600, then the 9.125% Bid Price for such holder shall be $600, and (iv) if the holder specifies a

 

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9.125% Bid Price that is greater than $850, then such holder’s Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes will not be accepted for exchange in the Cash Option and will not be used for purposes of calculating the Clearing Price or the Cash Option Consideration.

3. “Accrued Professional Compensation” means, at any given moment, all accrued, contingent and/or unpaid fees (including success fees) for legal, financial advisory, accounting and other services and obligations for reimbursement of expenses rendered or incurred before the Effective Date that are awardable and allowable under sections 328, 330(a) or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code by any retained Professional in the Chapter 11 Cases, or that are awardable and allowable under section 503 of the Bankruptcy Code, that the Bankruptcy Court has not denied by a Final Order, all to the extent that any such fees and expenses have not been previously paid. To the extent that the Bankruptcy Court or any higher court denies or reduces by a Final Order any amount of a professional’s fees or expenses, then those reduced or denied amounts shall no longer constitute Accrued Professional Compensation. For the avoidance of doubt, Accrued Professional Compensation shall not include the Plan Support Parties’ Professional Fee Claims and the Existing Notes Indenture Trustees’ Fee and Expense Claims.

4. “Administrative Claim” means a Claim for payment of costs and expenses of administration pursuant to sections 503(b), 507(a)(2), 507(b) or 1114(e)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, including: (a) the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred on or after the Petition Date and through the Effective Date of preserving the Estates and operating the businesses of the Debtors; (b) compensation for legal, financial advisory, accounting and other services and reimbursement of expenses Allowed pursuant to sections 328, 330(a), 331 or 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise for the period commencing on the Petition Date and through the Effective Date; (c) all fees and charges assessed against the Estates pursuant to chapter 123 of title 28 of the United States Code, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1–4001; (d) all requests for compensation or expense reimbursement for making a substantial contribution in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 503(b)(3), (4) and (5) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (e) the Plan Support Parties’ Professional Fee Claims and the Existing Notes Indenture Trustees’ Fee and Expense Claims, which fee and expense claims shall be Allowed Administrative Claims.

5. “Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in section 101(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.

6. “Allowed” means, with respect to a Claim within a particular Class, an Allowed Claim of the type described in such Class.

7. “Allowed Claim” means a Claim (i) as to which no objection or request for estimation has been filed on or before the Claims Objection Bar Date or the expiration of such other applicable period fixed by the Bankruptcy Court or the Plan; (ii) as to which any objection has been settled, waived, withdrawn or denied by a Final Order or in accordance with the Plan; or (iii) that is allowed (a) by a Final Order, (b) by an agreement between the holder of such Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors or (c) pursuant to the terms of the Plan; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, by treating a Claim as an “Allowed Claim” under (i) above (the expiration of the Claims Objection Bar Date or other applicable deadline), the Debtors do not waive their rights to contest the amount and validity of any disputed, contingent and/or unliquidated Claim in the time, manner and venue in which such Claim would have been determined, resolved or adjudicated if the Chapter 11 Cases had not been

 

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commenced. An Allowed Claim (i) includes a Disputed Claim to the extent such Disputed Claim becomes Allowed after the Effective Date and (ii) shall be net of any valid setoff exercised with respect to such Claim pursuant to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and applicable law. Unless otherwise specified herein, in section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or by Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, “Allowed Claim” shall not, for purposes of distributions under the Plan, include interest on such Claim accruing from and after the Petition Date.

8. “Auction Closing Date” means the Voting Deadline.

9. “Avoidance Actions” means causes of action or rights arising under sections 510(c), 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551 and 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, as defined in Article V.

10. “Ballot” means the form distributed to each holder of a Claim in an Impaired Class entitled to vote on the Plan on which to indicate their acceptance or rejection of the Plan and, if applicable, such other elections as may be made thereon.

11. “Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time.

12. “Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases or any other court having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases, including, to the extent of the withdrawal of any reference under 28 U.S.C. § 157, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

13. “Bankruptcy Rules” means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, as applicable to the Chapter 11 Cases, promulgated under section 2075 of title 28 of the United States Code, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1–4001, as well as the general and local rules of the Bankruptcy Court.

14. “Bankruptcy Waiver Amendments” means, as described in the Disclosure Statement, that certain amendment to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture to provide for a revision to current Section 6.2 (Acceleration) thereof, consent to which was solicited from holders of Existing 2016 Notes pursuant to the Consent Solicitation, such that the entire provision is stricken and replaced with the following: “Section 6.2 (Acceleration): If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Issuer, or the Holders of at least 50% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium and accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable immediately.”

15. “Bid Price” means, collectively, the 8.875% Bid Price and the 9.125% Bid Price.

16. “Cash” means legal tender of the United States of America or the equivalent thereof.

 

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17. “Cash Option” means the optional treatment for Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims provided in Article III.C.2. hereof.

18. “Cash Option Consideration” means Cash, in an amount not to exceed $172 million (using the Exchange Rate, in the case of payments in respect of Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes) and representing the sum of (i) the aggregate purchase price of all Existing 2016 Notes accepted for exchange in the Cash Option and (ii) the full amount of the aggregate unpaid interest that has accrued on such accepted Existing 2016 Notes in accordance with the terms of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture from December 2, 2012 to March 15, 2013.

19. “Causes of Action” means any action, proceeding, agreement, claim, cause of action, controversy, demand, right, action, Lien, indemnity, guaranty, suit, obligation, liability, damage, judgment, account, defense, offset, power, privilege, license and franchise of any kind or character whatsoever, known, unknown, contingent or non-contingent, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated, disputed or undisputed, secured or unsecured, assertable directly or derivatively, whether arising before, on, or after the Petition Date, in contract or in tort, in law or in equity or pursuant to any other theory of law. Causes of Action also include: (a) any right of setoff, counterclaim or recoupment and any claim on contracts or for breaches of duties imposed by law or in equity; (b) the right to object to Claims or Interests; (c) any claim pursuant to section 362 or chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code; (d) any claim or defense including fraud, mistake, duress and usury and any other defenses set forth in section 558 of the Bankruptcy Code; (e) any state law fraudulent transfer claim; and (f) any claim listed in the Plan Supplement.

20. “CEDC” means Central European Distribution Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

21. “CEDC FinCo” means CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc., a Delaware corporation that is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of CEDC.

22. “Chapter 11 Cases” means the chapter 11 cases of the Debtors pending under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court, and the phrase “Chapter 11 Case” when used with reference to a particular Debtor means the particular case pending under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code that such Debtor commenced in the Bankruptcy Court.

23. “Claim” means any claim against a Debtor as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.

24. “Claims Objection Bar Date” means, for each Claim, the latest of (a) the date that is one hundred and eighty (180) days after the Effective Date, (b) as to a particular Claim, 180 days after the filing of a Proof of Claim, or request for payment of such Claim, and (c) such other period of limitation as may be specifically fixed by an order of the Bankruptcy Court for objecting to Claims.

25. “Class” means a category of holders of Claims or Interests as set forth in Article III.

 

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26. “Clearing Price” means the lowest Bid Price, as determined based upon each Bid Price’s percentage of the respective Existing 2016 Note’s principal amount, such that the sum of (i) the aggregate purchase price to purchase all Existing 2016 Notes electing to participate in the Cash Option and (ii) the aggregate amount of unpaid interest that has accrued on such purchased Existing 2016 Notes in accordance with the terms of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture from December 2, 2012 to March 15, 2013, would equal or exceed $172 million; provided, however, that the Debtors shall use the Exchange Rate in determining such aggregate purchase price and aggregate unpaid interest, which may include Euro denominated 8.875% Bid Prices.

27. “Collateral” means any property or interest in property of the Estates subject to a lien or security interest to secure the payment or performance of a Claim, which lien or security interest is not subject to avoidance under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise invalid under the Bankruptcy Code or applicable law.

28. “Collateral and Guarantee Amendments” means, as described in the Disclosure Statement and set forth in the Supplemental Indenture, those certain amendments to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture to provide for the release of all of the liens on the collateral securing the Existing 2016 Notes and a release of all subsidiary guarantees of the Existing 2016 Notes, consents to which were solicited from holders of Existing 2016 Notes pursuant to the Consent Solicitation.

29. “Company” means CEDC and each of its direct and indirect affiliates and subsidiaries, including any Non-Debtor Affiliates.

30. “Confirmation” means the entry of the Confirmation Order on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases within the meaning of Bankruptcy Rules 5003 and 9021.

31. “Confirmation Date” means the date upon which the Bankruptcy Court enters the Confirmation Order on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases within the meaning of Bankruptcy Rules 5003 and 9021.

32. “Confirmation Hearing” means the hearing held by the Bankruptcy Court on Confirmation of the Plan pursuant to section 1128 of the Bankruptcy Code, as such hearing may be continued from time to time.

33. “Confirmation Order” means the order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, which order shall be reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

34. “Consent Solicitation” means the solicitation of consents to amendments to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture pursuant to the Disclosure Statement.

35. “Consummation” means the occurrence of the Effective Date.

36. “Corporate Governance Documents” means the certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, limited liability agreement, bylaws, and other formation documents of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, which documents shall be reasonably acceptable to RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

 

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37. “Covenant Amendments” means, as described in the Disclosure Statement and set forth in the Supplemental Indenture, those certain amendments to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture to eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and certain events of default and related provisions contained in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, consents to which were solicited from holders of Existing 2016 Notes pursuant to the Consent Solicitation.

38. “Creditors’ Committee” means any statutory committee of unsecured creditors of the Debtors appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code by the U.S. Trustee, as such committee membership may be reconstituted from time to time.

39. “Cure” means the payment of Cash by the Debtors, or the distribution of other property (as the parties may agree or the Bankruptcy Court may order), as necessary to cure defaults under an executory contract or unexpired lease of one or more of the Debtors and to permit the Debtors to assume that contract or lease under section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

40. “D&O Liability Insurance Policies” means all insurance policies of any of the Debtors for directors’, managers’ and officers’ liability.

41. “Debtor” means CEDC, CEDC FinCo, or CEDC Finance Corporation LLC, each in its respective individual capacity as a debtor and debtor in possession in the Chapter 11 Cases.

42. “Debtors” means collectively CEDC, CEDC FinCo, and CEDC Finance Corporation LLC.

43. “Disbursing Agent” means the Reorganized Debtors or the Person or Persons chosen by the Reorganized Debtors to make or facilitate distributions pursuant to the Plan.

44. “Disclosure Statement” means that certain document entitled Amended and Restated Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation Statement and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization, dated March 8, 2013, as supplemented by Supplement No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation, and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization, dated March 18, 2013, as may be further amended, supplemented, or modified.

45. “Disputed” means, with respect to any Claim or Interest, any Claim or Interest that is not yet Allowed.

46. “Distribution Date” means the date, occurring as soon as practicable after the Effective Date, on which the Disbursing Agent first makes distributions to holders of Allowed Claims as provided in Article VII of the Plan and any date thereafter on which the Disbursing Agent makes distributions to holders of Allowed Claims as provided in Article VII of the Plan.

47. “Distribution Record Date” means the Effective Date.

 

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48. “Effective Date” means the first business day after which all provisions, terms and conditions specified in Article X.B have been satisfied or waived pursuant to Article X.C.

49. “Estate” means, as to each Debtor, the estate created for the Debtor in its Chapter 11 Case pursuant to section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code.

50. “Exchange Rate” means the average exchange rate of United States dollars (USD) to euros (EUR) for the ten (10) calendar days ending on the Voting Deadline, as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P.

51. “Exculpated Claim” means any claim related to any act or omission in connection with, relating to or arising out of the Debtors’ in or out of court restructuring efforts, the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases, formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation or filing of the Disclosure Statement or the Plan or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with the Disclosure Statement or the Plan, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance of Plan securities, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement; provided, however, that Exculpated Claims shall not include any act or omission that is determined in a Final Order to have constituted gross negligence, willful misconduct, or intentional fraud to the extent imposed by applicable non-bankruptcy law. For the avoidance of doubt, no Cause of Action, obligation or liability expressly set forth in or preserved by the Plan or the Plan Supplement constitutes an Exculpated Claim.

52. “Exculpated Party” means each of: (a) the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, (b) the Creditors’ Committee, if any, and the current and former members thereof, in their capacity as such; and (c) with respect to each of the foregoing Persons in clauses (a) and (b), such Persons’ members, officers, directors, agents, financial advisors, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, attorneys, partners, affiliates and representatives, in each case only in their capacity as such.

53. “Exculpation” means the exculpation provision set forth in Article IX.D hereof.

54. “Executory Contract” means a contract to which on or more of the Debtors is a party that is subject to assumption or rejection under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

55. “Existing 2013 Notes” means the 3% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 issued by CEDC pursuant to the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture.

56. “Existing 2013 Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of March 7, 2008, by and among CEDC and the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee, as trustee, relating to the Existing 2013 Notes, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time as of the date hereof.

57. “Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee” means the Bank of New York Mellon and/or its duly appointed successor, in its capacity under the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture.

 

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58. “Existing 2013 Notes Steering Committee” means the steering committee of certain holders of Existing 2013 Notes represented by Brown Rudnick LLP and Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC.

59. “Existing 2016 Notes” means, collectively, the Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes and the Existing 9.125% Senior Secured Notes issued by CEDC FinCo pursuant to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.

60. “Existing 2016 Notes Claims” means any Claim arising under or in connection with the Existing 2016 Notes.

61. “Existing 2016 Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of December 2, 2009, by and among CEDC FinCo and the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee, as trustee, relating to the Existing 2016 Notes, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time as of the date hereof.

62. “Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee” means Deutsche Trustee Company Limited and/or its duly appointed successor, in its capacity as indenture trustee under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.

63. “Existing 2016 Notes Steering Committee” means the steering committee of certain holders of Existing 2016 Notes represented by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP and Moelis & Company.

64. “Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes” means the outstanding 8.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2016.

65. “Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes” means the outstanding 9.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2016.

66. “Existing Common Stock” means shares of common stock of CEDC that are authorized, issued, and outstanding prior to the Effective Date.

67. “Existing Notes Indenture” means the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture and the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.

68. “Existing Notes Indenture Trustees’ Fee and Expense Claims” means all reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Indenture Trustees and their attorneys in connection with the negotiation, evaluation, formulation and consummation of the Plan and the distributions under the Plan, including the reasonable fees and expenses due for Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP as counsel for the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee, and of any local counsel retained in Delaware or elsewhere as necessary, which fees shall be treated as Allowed Administrative Claims hereunder and paid without the need for any application to the Bankruptcy Court.

69. “Final Order” means, as applicable, an order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court or other court of competent jurisdiction, which has not been reversed, stayed, modified or amended, and as to which the time to appeal or seek certiorari has expired and no appeal or

 

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petition for certiorari has been timely taken, or as to which any appeal that has been taken or any petition for certiorari that has been or may be filed has been resolved by the highest court to which the order or judgment could be appealed or from which certiorari could be sought or the new trial, reargument or rehearing shall have been denied, resulted in no modification of such order or has otherwise been dismissed with prejudice.

70. “General Unsecured Claims” means any Unsecured Claim against any Debtor, unless such Claim is: (a) an Intercompany Claim, (b) an Administrative Claim, (c) a Priority Tax Claim, (d) a Priority Non-Tax Claim, (e) a Claim Accrued for Professional Compensation, (f) an Unsecured Notes Claim, (g) a Subordinated 510(b) Claim, or (h) a deficiency claim of Other Secured Claims.

71. “Impaired” means any Claim or Interest in an Impaired Class.

72. “Impaired Class” means a Class that is impaired within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code. For the avoidance of doubt, Impaired Classes are Classes 2, 3, 5, 8, and 9.

73. “Indemnification Provisions” means each of the indemnification provisions, agreements or obligations in place as of the Petition Date, whether in the bylaws, certificate of incorporation or other formation documents, board resolutions or employment contracts, for the Debtors and the current and former directors, officers, members, employees, attorneys, other professionals and agents of the Debtors.

74. “Indemnified Parties” means, collectively, current and former directors, officers, members (including ex officio members), employees, attorneys, other professionals and agents of the Debtors who are beneficiaries of Indemnification Provisions.

75. “Indenture Trustees” means the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee and the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee.

76. “Insurance Policies” means, collectively, all of the Debtors’ insurance policies.

77. “Intercompany Claim” means any Claim held by a Debtor or Non-Debtor Affiliate against a Debtor or Non-Debtor Affiliate.

78. “Intercompany Interest” means any Interest held by a Debtor or an Affiliate.

79. “Interest” means any equity interest in the Debtors as defined in section 101(16) of the Bankruptcy Code, including all issued, unissued, authorized or outstanding shares of capital stock of the Debtors together with any warrants, options or contractual rights (including any rights under registration agreements or equity incentive agreements) to purchase or acquire such equity securities at any time and all rights arising with respect thereto.

80. “Lien” has the meaning set forth in section 101(37) of the Bankruptcy Code.

81. “Management Incentive Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in Article V.G.

 

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82. “New CEDC” shall have the meaning set forth in Article V.I.

83. “New Common Stock” means 120,000,000 of common shares in the capital of Reorganized CEDC (or New CEDC to the extent such entity is formed pursuant to Article V.I of the Plan) authorized pursuant to the Plan, of which up to 25,000,000 shares shall be initially issued and outstanding as of the Effective Date, as described in Exhibit C hereto.

84. “New Convertible Secured Notes” means those new Convertible Secured PIK Toggle Notes, due 2018, to be issued upon the terms described in the Disclosure Statement under the heading “Description of New Convertible Secured Notes.”

85. “New Notes” means, collectively, the New Convertible Secured Notes and the New Secured Notes.

86. “New Notes Option” means the optional treatment for Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims provided in Article III.C.2 of the Plan.

87. “New Secured Notes” means those new Senior Secured Notes due 2018, in an aggregate principal amount equal to (x) $450 million plus (y) an amount equal to the unpaid interest on all Existing 2016 Notes receiving such New Secured Notes pursuant to the New Notes Option that has accrued in accordance with the terms of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture from March 16, 2013, to the earlier of (i) June 1, 2013 and (ii) the date immediately preceding the issuance of the New Senior Notes, to be issued upon the terms described in the Disclosure Statement under the heading “Description of New Secured Notes.”

88. “Non-Debtor Affiliate” means any Affiliate of the Debtors that has not filed a case under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

89. “Other Secured Claims” means any Secured Claim against a Debtor other than an RTL Credit Facility Claim or Existing 2016 Notes Claim.

90. “Person” has the meaning set forth in section 101(41) of the Bankruptcy Code.

91. “Petition Date” means the date on which the Debtors filed their petitions for reorganization relief in the Bankruptcy Court.

92. “Plan” means this Second Amended and Restated Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al., including the Plan Supplement, all exhibits, appendices and schedules hereto, which are incorporated herein by reference, in either present form or as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules, in each case reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

93. “Plan Supplement” means the compilation of documents and forms of documents, schedules and exhibits to the Plan to be filed by the Debtors and in each case reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or

 

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the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees, including any exhibits and appendices to the Plan to the extent not already appended and attached, and including to the extent known, the identity of the members of the new boards of the Reorganized Debtors.

94. “Plan Support Parties’ Professional Fee Claims” means all reasonable fees and expenses incurred by RTL and the Steering Committees, and their advisors in connection with the negotiation, evaluation, formulation and consummation of the Plan and any predecessor restructuring proposals, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan Supplement, and any exhibits, schedules, and supplements thereto, including those reasonable fees and expenses due for each of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Moelis & Company, White & Case LLP, Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P., Brown Rudnick LLP, and Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC, and including the reasonable fees and expenses of any local counsel retained in Russia, Poland or elsewhere as necessary, which fees shall be treated as Allowed Administrative Claims hereunder and paid without the need for any application to the Bankruptcy Court.

95. “Priority Non-Tax Claims” means any Claim accorded priority in right of payment under section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, other than (a) an Administrative Claim or (b) a Priority Tax Claim.

96. “Priority Tax Claim” means any Claim of a governmental unit, as defined in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code, of the kind specified in section 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.

97. “Pro Rata” means, as applicable, the proportion that an Allowed Claim in a particular Class bears to the aggregate amount of all Allowed Claims in that Class, or the proportion that all Allowed Claims in a particular Class bear to the aggregate amount of Allowed Claims in such Class and other Classes entitled to share in the same recovery under the Plan.

98. “Professional” means a Person: (a) retained pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court in accordance with sections 327, 363 or 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code and to be compensated for services rendered before or on the Effective Date, pursuant to sections 327, 328, 329, 330, 363 or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (b) awarded compensation and reimbursement by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to section 503(b)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

99. “Proof of Claim” means any proof of Claim filed against any of the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases.

100. “Reinstate,” “Reinstated” or “Reinstatement” means (i) leaving unaltered the legal, equitable and contractual rights to which a Claim entitles the holder of such Claim so as to leave such Claim unimpaired in accordance with section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code or (ii) notwithstanding any contractual provision or applicable law that entitles the holder of such Claim to demand or receive accelerated payment of such Claim after the occurrence of a default, (a) curing any such default that occurred before or after the Petition Date, other than a default of a kind specified in section 365(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) reinstating the maturity of such Claim as such maturity existed before such default; (c) compensating the holder of such Claim for any damages incurred as a result of any reasonable reliance by such holder on such

 

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contractual provision or such applicable law; and (d) not otherwise altering the legal, equitable or contractual rights to which such Claim entitles the holder of such Claim; provided, however, that any contractual right that does not pertain to the payment when due of principal and interest on the obligation on which such Claim is based, including, but not limited to, financial covenant ratios, negative pledge covenants, covenants or restrictions on merger or consolidation, and affirmative covenants regarding corporate existence, prohibiting certain transactions or actions contemplated by the Plan, or conditioning such transactions or actions on certain factors, shall not be required to be reinstated in order to accomplish Reinstatement and shall be deemed cured on the Effective Date.

101. “Rejection Claim” means a Claim arising from the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

102. “Released Party” means each of: (a) the Debtors; (b) the current and former directors and officers of the Debtors who were serving in such capacity on or after December 1, 2012; (c) the Creditors’ Committee, if any, and the current and former members thereof, in their capacity as such; (d) RTL; (e) the Steering Committees; and (f) with respect to each of the foregoing Persons in clauses (a) through (e), such Persons’ subsidiaries, affiliates, members, officers, directors, agents, financial advisors, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, attorneys, employees, partners, affiliates and representatives, in each case, only in their capacity as such.

103. “Reorganized” means, with respect to the Debtors, any Debtor or any successor thereto, by merger, consolidation or otherwise, on or after the Effective Date, including New CEDC to the extent such entity is formed pursuant to Article V.I of the Plan.

104. “RTL” means Roust Trading Ltd.

105. “RTL Credit Facility” means the $50 million secured credit facility provided by RTL to CEDC pursuant to the facility agreement dated March 1, 2013.

106. “RTL Credit Facility Claims” means any Claim arising under or in connection with the RTL Credit Facility.

107. “RTL Investment” means, collectively (i) the RTL New Equity Infusion and (ii) the conversion of the RTL Credit Facility Claims into equity pursuant to Article III.C.3 hereof, both as contemplated by the RTL Investment Agreement.

108. “RTL Investment Agreement” means that certain agreement by and between RTL and CEDC and certain of CEDC’s subsidiaries, dated March 8, 2013, setting forth the terms and conditions upon which RTL shall make the RTL Investment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit D.

109. “RTL Investment New Common Stock Allocation” means shares of New Common Stock to be issued to RTL or its designee on account of (i) the RTL Investment and (ii) if Class 5A votes to accept the Plan in accordance with section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Cash provided by RTL to fund payments to holders of Unsecured Notes Claims pursuant to Articles

 

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III.C.5 and V.A.1 of the Plan, equal to 100% of the shares of New Common Stock issued and outstanding on the Effective Date, subject to dilution from shares of New Common Stock, if any, issued pursuant to the Management Incentive Plan.

110. “RTL New Equity Infusion” means Cash in an amount equal to $172 million to be contributed by RTL or its designee as part of the RTL Investment that will be used to fund the Cash Option and, to the extent not expended in the Cash Option, will be used to fund a pro rata distribution of cash to holders of Existing 2016 Notes not retired under the cash option.

111. “RTL Notes” means the outstanding 3.00% Senior Notes due 2013 issued by CEDC to RTL pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

112. “RTL Offer” means the offer by RTL to exchange, subject to certain conditions, Existing 2013 Notes for Cash and securities issued by RTL on the terms described in the term sheet between RTL and certain holders of Existing 2013 Notes, dated March 14, 2013, and included with RTL’s beneficial ownership report filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 13D/A filed March 14, 2013.

113. “RTL Put Right” means the rights granted to RTL under the Securities Purchase Agreement to put shares of Existing Common Stock to CEDC for the amount of $30 million.

114. “Schedules” means, collectively, any schedules of assets and liabilities, schedules of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases and statements of financial affairs filed by the Debtors pursuant to section 521 of the Bankruptcy Code and in substantial accordance with the Official Bankruptcy Forms, as may be amended from time to time before entry of a final decree; provided, however, that the Debtors may seek a waiver of the requirement set forth in section 521 of the Bankruptcy Code.

115. “Secured” means, when referring to a Claim: (a) secured by a Lien on property in which the Estate of the Debtor against which the Claim is asserted has an interest, which Lien is valid, perfected and enforceable pursuant to applicable law or by reason of a Bankruptcy Court order, to the extent of the value of the creditor’s interest in the Estate’s interest in such property as determined pursuant to section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) subject to setoff pursuant to section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent of the value of the property subject to setoff; or (c) otherwise Allowed pursuant to the Plan as a Secured Claim.

116. “Securities Purchase Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement among CEDC and RTL, dated July 9, 2012.

117. “Steering Committees” means the Existing 2013 Notes Steering Committee and the Existing 2016 Notes Steering Committee.

118. “Subordinated 510(b) Claim” means any Claim subordinated pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 510(b), which shall include (i) any Claim arising from the rescission of a purchase or sale of Interests in the CEDC, (ii) any Claim for damages arising from the purchase or sale of any Interests in CEDC, and (iii) any Claim for reimbursement, contribution or indemnification on account of any such Claim.

 

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119. “Supplemental Indenture” means the supplemental indenture in substantially the form attached to the Disclosure Statement as Appendix B providing for the Covenant Amendments and, if consents of holders of at least 90% of the principal amount of outstanding Existing 2016 Notes were received pursuant to the Consent Solicitation, the Collateral and Guarantee Amendments, but not including the Bankruptcy Waiver Amendments.

120. “Unexpired Lease” means a lease to which one or more of the Debtors is a party that is subject to assumption or rejection under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

121. “Unimpaired” means any Claim or Interest that is not designated as Impaired. For the avoidance of doubt, Unimpaired Classes are Classes 1, 4, 6, 7, and 10.

122. “Unsecured Claims” means any unsecured claim against any Debtor including (a) a General Unsecured Claim and (b) an Unsecured Notes Claim.

123. “Unsecured Notes Claims” means any Claim arising in connection with the Existing 2013 Notes or the RTL Notes, as applicable.

124. “Unsecured Notes Claims Consideration” has the meaning ascribed in Article III.C.5.

125. “U.S. Trustee” means the United States Trustee for the District of Delaware.

126. “Voting Deadline” means 5:00 p.m. (prevailing Eastern Time) on April 4, 2013.

 

  B. Rules of Interpretation

For purposes of this Plan: (a) in the appropriate context, each term, whether stated in the singular or the plural, shall include both the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine and the neuter gender; (b) any reference herein to a contract, lease, instrument, release, indenture or other agreement or document being in a particular form or on particular terms and conditions means that the referenced document shall be substantially in that form or substantially on those terms and conditions; (c) any reference herein to an existing document or exhibit having been filed or to be filed shall mean that document or exhibit, as it may thereafter be amended, modified or supplemented; (d) unless otherwise specified, all references herein to “Articles” are references to Articles hereof or hereto; (e) unless otherwise stated, the words “herein,” “hereof” and ‘‘hereto’’ refer to the Plan in its entirety rather than to a particular portion of the Plan; (f) captions and headings to Articles are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the interpretation hereof; (g) the rules of construction set forth in section 102 of the Bankruptcy Code shall apply; and (h) any immaterial effectuating provisions may be interpreted by the Reorganized Debtors in a manner that is consistent with the overall purpose and intent of the Plan all without further Bankruptcy Court order.

 

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  C. Computation of Time

The provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) shall apply in computing any period of time prescribed or allowed herein.

 

  D. Governing Law

Unless a rule of law or procedure is supplied by federal law (including the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules) or unless otherwise specifically stated, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws, shall govern the rights, obligations, construction and implementation of the Plan, any agreements, documents, instruments or contracts executed or entered into in connection with the Plan (except as otherwise set forth in those agreements, in which case the governing law of such agreement shall control); provided, however, that corporate governance matters relating to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall be governed by the laws of the state of incorporation of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable.

 

  E. Reference to Monetary Figures

All references in the Plan to monetary figures shall refer to currency of the United States of America, unless otherwise expressly provided.

 

  F. Reference to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan to the contrary, references in the Plan to the Debtors or to the Reorganized Debtors shall mean the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, to the extent the context requires.

ARTICLE II

TREATMENT OF UNCLASSIFIED CLAIMS

In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Claims and Priority Tax Claims have not been classified and, thus, are excluded from the Classes of Claims and Interests set forth in Article III and shall have the following treatment:

 

  A. Administrative Claims

1. Administrative Claims. Except with respect to Administrative Claims that are Claims for Accrued Professional Compensation, each holder of an Allowed Administrative Claim shall receive, in full satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge of and in exchange for its Administrative Claim, on the latest of (i) the first Distribution Date, (ii) the date on which its Administrative Claim becomes an Allowed Administrative Claim, (iii) the date on which its Administrative Claim becomes payable under any agreement with the Debtors relating thereto, (iv) in respect of liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business, the date upon which such liabilities are payable in the ordinary course of the Debtors’ business, consistent with past

 

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practice, or (v) such other date as may be agreed upon between the holder of such Allowed Administrative Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, Cash equal to the unpaid portion of its Allowed Administrative Claim.

2. Professional Compensation

 

  (a) Claims for Accrued Professional Compensation

Professionals or other Persons asserting a Claim for Accrued Professional Compensation for services rendered before the Effective Date must file and serve on the Debtors and such other Persons who are designated by the Bankruptcy Rules, the Confirmation Order, the Interim Compensation Order or other order of the Bankruptcy Court an application for final allowance of such Claim for Accrued Professional Compensation no later than 30 days after the Effective Date. Objections to any Claim for Accrued Professional Compensation must be filed and served on the Reorganized Debtors, the Creditors’ Committee, the Office of the U.S. Trustee and the requesting party no later than 50 days after the Effective Date.

 

  (b) Post-Effective Date Fees and Expenses

Upon the Effective Date, any requirement that Professionals comply with sections 327 through 331 and 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code in seeking retention or compensation for services rendered after such date shall terminate, and the Reorganized Debtors may employ and pay any Professional for services rendered or expenses incurred after the Effective Date in the ordinary course of business without any further notice to any party or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

  B. Priority Tax Claims

The legal and equitable rights of the holders of Priority Tax Claims are Unimpaired by the Plan. Unless the holder of such Claim and the Debtors agree to a different treatment, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall have its Claim Reinstated.

ARTICLE III

CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS

 

  A. The Debtors

There are a total of three Debtors. Each Debtor has been assigned a letter below for the purposes of classifying and treating Claims against and Interests in each Debtor for balloting purposes. The Claims against and Interests in each Debtor, in turn, have been assigned to separate numbered Classes with respect to each Debtor, based on the type of Claim or Interest involved. Accordingly, the classification of any particular Claim or Interest in any of the Debtors depends on the particular Debtor against which such Claim is asserted (or in which such Interest is held) and the type of Claim or Interest in question. The letters applicable to the three Debtors are as follows:

 

Letter

  

Debtor Name

A    Central European Distribution Corporation
B    CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc.
C    CEDC Finance Corporation LLC

 

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  B. Classification of Claims and Interests

Pursuant to section 1122 of the Bankruptcy Code, set forth below is a designation of Classes of Claims and Interests. A Claim or Interest is placed in a particular Class for the purposes of voting on the Plan and receiving distributions pursuant to the Plan only to the extent that such Claim or Interest has not been paid, released, withdrawn or otherwise settled before the Effective Date. The categories of Claims and Interests set forth below classify all Claims against and Interests in the Debtors for all purposes of this Plan. A Claim or Interest shall be deemed classified in a particular Class only to the extent the Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of that Class and shall be deemed classified in a different Class to the extent that any remainder of such Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of such different Class. The treatment with respect to each Class of Claims and Interests provided for in Article III shall be in full and complete satisfaction, release and discharge of such Claims and Interests.

 

Class

  

Designation

  

Impairment

  

Entitled to Vote

Class 1    Priority Non-Tax Claims    Unimpaired    No (deemed to accept)
Class 2    Existing 2016 Notes Claims    Impaired    Yes
Class 3    RTL Credit Facility Claims    Impaired    Yes
Class 4    Other Secured Claims    Unimpaired    No (deemed to accept)
Class 5    Unsecured Notes Claims    Impaired    Yes
Class 6    General Unsecured Claims    Unimpaired    No (deemed to accept)
Class 7    Intercompany Claims    Impaired    No (deemed to reject)
Class 8    Subordinated 510(b) Claims    Impaired    No (deemed to reject)
Class 9    Existing Common Stock    Impaired    No (deemed to reject)
Class 10    Intercompany Interests    Unimpaired    No (deemed to accept)

 

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  C. Treatment of Claims and Interests

 

1. Class 1A, 1B, and 1C – Priority Non-Tax Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Classes 1A, 1B, and 1C are Unimpaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Priority Non-Tax Claim is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan and shall be conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan.

2. Distribution. Unless the holder of such Claim and the Debtors agree to a different treatment, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Priority Non-Tax Claim shall have its Claim Reinstated.

 

2. Class 2A, 2B, and 2C – Existing 2016 Notes Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Classes 2A, 2B, and 2C are Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claim is entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. All Existing 2016 Notes Claims are Allowed Claims.

2. Distribution. On the Effective Date, except to the extent that holders of Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims and the Debtors agree to less favorable treatment, the holders of Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims shall receive the treatment provided below, depending upon whether they elect to participate in the Cash Option or the New Notes Option; provided, however, that an election of the New Notes Option will be deemed with respect to (i) any Existing 2016 Notes for which the respective holders did not elect to participate in the Cash Option and (ii) any Existing 2016 Notes that are not accepted for exchange in the Cash Option.

 

  (a) Cash Option

If holders of Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims elect to participate in the Cash Option, each such holder shall receive its portion of the Cash Option Consideration equal to the sum of (a) such holder’s 8.875% Bid Price multiplied by the total principal amount of such holder’s Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes accepted for exchange in the Cash Option, divided by €1,000 and converted using the Exchange Rate, plus (b) such holder’s 9.125% Bid Price multiplied by the total principal amount of such holder’s Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes accepted for exchange in the Cash Option and divided by $1,000, plus (c) the full amount of the aggregate unpaid interest that has accrued on such holder’s accepted Existing 2016 Notes in accordance with the terms of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture from December 2, 2012 to March 15, 2013 and converted using the Exchange Rate for interest accrued on Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes. In determining which Existing 2016 Notes shall be accepted for exchange in the Cash Option, the Debtors shall use and holders of Existing 2016 Notes Claims must comply with the Dutch auction procedures described in Article V.Q of the Plan.

 

  (b) New Notes Option

If holders of Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims elect (or are deemed to elect pursuant to the terms hereof) to exchange their Existing 2016 Notes pursuant to the New Notes Option, such holders shall receive their Pro Rata shares of (A) the New Secured Notes, (B) the New Convertible Secured Notes, and (C) any Cash from the RTL New Equity Infusion not otherwise distributed pursuant to the Cash Option.

 

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3. Class 3A – RTL Credit Facility Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Class 3A is Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed RTL Credit Facility Claim is entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. All RTL Credit Facility Claims are Allowed Claims.

2. Distribution. On the Effective Date, except to the extent that a holder of an RTL Credit Facility Claim and the Debtors agree to less favorable treatment, each holder of an Allowed RTL Credit Facility Claim shall receive its share of the RTL Investment New Common Stock Allocation as set forth in the RTL Investment Agreement.

 

4. Class 4A, 4B, and 4C – Other Secured Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Classes 4A, 4B, and 4C, which consist of separate subclasses for each Other Secured Claim, are Unimpaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Other Secured Claim is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan and shall be conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan.

2. Distribution. Unless the holder of such Claim and the Debtors agree to a less favorable treatment, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Other Secured Claim shall have its Claim Reinstated.

 

5. Class 5A – Unsecured Notes Claims.

1. Allowance, Impairment and Voting. Class 5A is Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Unsecured Notes Claim is entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. All Unsecured Notes Claims are Allowed Claims.

2. Distribution. On the Effective Date, after giving effect to the RTL Offer, each holder of an Unsecured Notes Claim shall be entitled to receive (i) if Class 5A votes to accept the Plan in accordance with section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, its Pro Rata share of Cash in the amount of $16.9 million (the “Unsecured Notes Claims Consideration”) or (ii) if Class 5A does not vote to accept the Plan in accordance with section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holders of Unsecured Notes Claims shall not receive or retain any property under the Plan on account of such Claims.

 

6. Class 6A, 6B, and 6C – General Unsecured Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Classes 6A, 6B, and 6C are Unimpaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan and shall be conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan.

2. Distribution. Unless the holder of such Claim and the Debtors agree to different treatment, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim shall have its Claim Reinstated; provided, however, that all Allowed General Unsecured Claims arising from the rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases as set forth in Article VI of the Plan shall be paid the full amount of such Allowed Claim in Cash.

 

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7. Class 7A, 7B, and 7C – Intercompany Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Classes 7A, 7B, and 7C are Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Intercompany Claim is conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan and is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

2. Distribution. On the Effective Date, all net Allowed Intercompany Claims (taking into account any setoffs of Intercompany Claims) held by the Debtors between and among the Debtors or between one or more Debtors and any Affiliate of one of the Debtors that is not itself a Debtor shall, at the election of the Reorganized Debtors, be either (a) Reinstated, (b) released, waived, and discharged, (c) treated as a dividend, or (d) contributed to capital or exchanged for equity.

 

8. Class 8A – Subordinated 510(b) Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Class 8A is Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of a Subordinated 510(b) Claim is conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan and is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. All Subordinated 510(b) Claims are Disputed Claims.

2. Distribution. The holders of Subordinated 510(b) Claims shall not receive or retain any property under the Plan on account of such Subordinated 510(b) Claims and the obligations of the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors on account of Subordinated 510(b) Claims shall be discharged.

 

9. Class 9A – Existing Common Stock.

1. Impairment and Voting. Class 9A is Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Interest in Existing Common Stock is conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan and is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

2. Distribution. On the Effective Date, Existing Common Stock shall be deemed automatically cancelled without further action by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors and the obligations of the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors thereunder shall be discharged. Holders of Existing Common Stock shall receive no property under the Plan on account of such Interests.

 

10. Class 10B and 10C – Intercompany Interests.

1. Impairment and Voting. Class 10B and 10C are Unimpaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Intercompany Interest is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan and shall be conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan.

2. Distribution. Class 10B and 10C Claims shall be Reinstated and rendered Unimpaired in accordance with section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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ARTICLE IV

ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS

 

  A. Acceptance or Rejection of the Plan

 

  1. Voting Classes

Classes 2, 3, and 5 are Impaired under the Plan and are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

 

  2. Presumed Acceptance of the Plan

Classes 1, 4, 6, and 10 are Unimpaired under the Plan and are, therefore, conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

  3. Presumed Rejection of the Plan

Classes 7, 8 and 9 are Impaired under the Plan and holders of Class 7 Claims (to the extent released, waived, or discharged pursuant to Article III.C.7 of the Plan), Class 8 Claims, and Class 9 Interests shall not receive or retain any property under the Plan on account of such Claims and Interests and are, therefore, conclusively presumed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

  B. Confirmation Pursuant to Section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code

The Debtors shall seek Confirmation of the Plan pursuant to section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to rejecting Classes of Claims and Interests. The Debtors reserve the right to modify the Plan in accordance with Article XI hereof, to the extent, if any, that Confirmation pursuant to section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code requires modification.

ARTICLE V

MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN

 

  A. Sources of Consideration for Plan Distributions

 

  1. Cash Consideration

All Cash consideration necessary for the Reorganized Debtors to make payments or distributions pursuant hereto shall be obtained from the RTL New Equity Infusion, from RTL to fund distributions, if any, to holders of Unsecured Notes Claims under Article III.C.5 (provided that any Cash provided by RTL for payments to holders of Unsecured Notes Claims but not distributed pursuant to Article VII of the Plan shall be returned to RTL), and other Cash on hand of the Debtors, including Cash derived from business operations. Further, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, will be entitled to transfer funds from Non-Debtor

 

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Affiliates as they determine to be necessary or appropriate to enable the Reorganized Debtors to satisfy their obligations under the Plan. Except as set forth herein, any changes in intercompany account balances resulting from such transfers will be accounted for and settled in accordance with the Debtors’ historical intercompany account settlement practices and will not violate or otherwise be affected by the terms of the Plan.

 

  2. New Securities

On the Effective Date, Reorganized CEDC shall issue (i) shares of New Common Stock for distribution to RTL on account of the RTL Investment in accordance with the RTL Investment New Common Stock Allocation and (ii) the New Notes in partial exchange for the Existing 2016 Notes. All of the shares of New Common Stock issued pursuant to the Plan shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Additionally, the Reorganized CEDC or New CEDC, as the case may be, shall be authorized, without the need for further stockholder action, to issue the shares of New Common Stock necessary to satisfy any conversion of the New Convertible Secured Notes implemented pursuant to the terms of those securities after the Effective Date. Each distribution and issuance referred to in Article VII shall be governed by the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan applicable to such distribution or issuance and by the terms and conditions of the instruments evidencing or relating to such distribution or issuance, which terms and conditions shall bind each Person receiving such distribution or issuance.

 

  B. Cancellation of Securities and Agreements

Except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Plan, on the Effective Date: (1) all indentures, notes, bonds, purchase rights, instruments, guarantees, certificates, warrants, options, puts, agreements (including registration rights agreements), and other documents evidencing the RTL Credit Facility, the Existing 2013 Notes, the RTL Notes, the Existing Common Stock, the RTL Put Right, and any other indebtedness of or Interests in the Debtors (except as provided in Article III.C.10) shall be deemed cancelled, and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder and in any way related thereto shall be fully satisfied, released, and discharged, and (2)(i) all indentures, notes, bonds, purchase rights, instruments, guarantees, certificates, warrants, options, puts, agreements (including registration rights agreements), and other documents evidencing the Existing 2013 Notes, shall be deemed cancelled, and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder and in any way related thereto shall be fully satisfied, released, and discharged, and (ii) the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee shall mark the Global Notes (as defined in the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture) cancelled and deliver such cancelled Global Notes to Reorganized CEDC, and (3)(1) all indentures, notes, bonds, purchase rights, instruments, guarantees, certificates, and other documents evidencing the Existing 2016 Notes shall be deemed cancelled, and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder and in any way related thereto shall be fully satisfied, released, and discharged and (ii) the Custodian (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture) shall mark the Global Dollar Note (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture) and the Global Euro Note (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture), as applicable, as cancelled and deliver such cancelled Global Dollar Note and Global Euro Note, as applicable, to Reorganized CEDC FinCo; provided, however, notwithstanding Confirmation or the occurrence of the Effective Date, any such indenture or agreement that governs the rights of the holder of a

 

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Claim shall continue in effect solely for purposes of (a) allowing holders of Existing 2016 Notes Claims, RTL Credit Facility Claims, and the Unsecured Notes Claims (as applicable) to receive distributions under the Plan as provided herein, and (b) allowing the Indenture Trustees, if applicable, to make distributions under the Plan as provided herein; provided further, however, that the preceding proviso shall not affect the discharge of Claims or Interests pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, the Confirmation Order or the Plan, or result in any expense or liability to the Reorganized Debtors, except to the extent set forth in or provided for under this Plan; provided further, however, that the cancellation of indentures, notes, instruments, guarantees, certificates, and other documents hereunder shall not itself alter the obligations or rights among third parties (apart from the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and the Non-Debtor Affiliates). Upon cancellation of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture and the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture, all duties and responsibilities of the Indenture Trustees under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture and the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture, as applicable, shall be discharged except to the extent required in order to effectuate the Plan.

 

  C. Section 1145 Exemption

The issuance of the New Common Stock and New Notes distributed to creditors on account of their Claims shall be authorized under section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code as of the Effective Date without further act or action by any person, unless required by provision of the relevant corporate documents or applicable law, regulation, order or rule, and shall thereby be exempt from the requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any state or local laws requiring registration for the offer and sale of a security; and all documents evidencing the same shall be executed and delivered as provided for in the Plan or the Plan Supplement.

 

  D. Governance Documents and Corporate Existence

On the Effective Date, the Corporate Governance Documents of the Debtors shall be amended in a form as may be required to be consistent with the provisions of the Plan and the Bankruptcy Code (including, without limitation, section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code), shall be included in the Plan Supplement, shall contain certain minority stockholder protections that are effective if and when the New Convertible Secured Notes are converted, including but not limited to registration rights, preemptive rights and, subject to appropriate ownership levels, and shall be otherwise reasonably acceptable to RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Corporate Governance Documents or elsewhere in the Plan Supplement, each Debtor, as Reorganized, shall continue to exist after the Effective Date as a separate corporate entity or limited liability company, as the case may be, with all the powers of a corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, pursuant to the applicable law in the jurisdiction in which each applicable Debtor is incorporated. After the Effective Date, each Reorganized Debtor may amend and restate its Corporate Governance Documents as permitted by the laws of its respective states, provinces, or countries of formation and its respective charters and bylaws.

 

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  E. Reorganized Debtors’ Boards of Directors

The identity of the members of the new board of each of the Reorganized Debtors shall be determined by RTL in its sole discretion, and will be identified in the Plan Supplement or in a filing with the Bankruptcy Court at or prior to the Confirmation Hearing.

 

  F. Employee Benefits

Except as otherwise provided herein, on and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may: (1) honor, in the ordinary course of business, any contracts, agreements, policies, programs and plans for, among other things, compensation (other than equity based compensation related to Interests), health care benefits, disability benefits, deferred compensation benefits, travel benefits, savings, severance benefits, retirement benefits, welfare benefits, workers’ compensation insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance for the directors, officers and employees of any of the Debtors who served in such capacity at any time and (2) honor, in the ordinary course of business, Claims of employees employed as of the Effective Date for accrued vacation time arising before the Petition Date; provided, however, that the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’ performance under any employment agreement will not entitle any person to any benefit or alleged entitlement under any policy, program or plan that has expired or been terminated before the Effective Date, or restore, reinstate or revive any such benefit or alleged entitlement under any such policy, program or plan. Nothing herein shall limit, diminish or otherwise alter the Reorganized Debtors’ defenses, claims, Causes of Action or other rights with respect to any such contracts, agreements, policies, programs and plans.

 

  G. Management Incentive Plan

On or after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may implement a management incentive plan for management, selected employees and directors of the Reorganized Debtors, providing incentive compensation in the form of, among other things, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units phantom stock awards, performance awards and/or other stock-based awards in Reorganized CEDC in an aggregate amount equal to up to 5% of the New Common Stock, on a fully diluted basis (the “Management Incentive Plan”). Reorganized CEDC shall be authorized to adopt the Management Incentive Plan without the need for any further stockholder action. The specific form of and terms applicable to awards granted under the Management Incentive Plan shall be determined by the new board of Reorganized CEDC; provided that the aggregate price paid for all repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired New Common Stock issued pursuant to the Management Incentive Plan may not exceed $3.0 million in each twelve-month period from the date of issuance of the New Notes (with any unused amounts in any preceding twelve-month period being carried over to the succeeding twelve-month period). Current directors N. Scott Fine and Markus Sieger shall be paid performance bonuses of $1.0 million and $250,000 in cash, respectively, on the Effective Date.

 

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  H. Vesting of Assets in the Reorganized Debtors

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or any agreement, instrument or other document incorporated therein, on the Effective Date, all property in each Estate and all Causes of Action (except those released pursuant to the Releases by the Debtors) shall vest in each respective Reorganized Debtor, free and clear of all Liens, Claims, charges or other encumbrances. On and after the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the Reorganized Debtors may operate its business and may use, acquire or dispose of property and compromise or settle any Claims, Interests or Causes of Action without supervision or approval by the Bankruptcy Court and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules.

 

  I. Restructuring Transactions

On the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Reorganized Debtors may take all actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, approved by, contemplated by or necessary to effectuate the Plan, including: (1) the execution and delivery of appropriate agreements or other documents of merger, consolidation, restructuring, conversion, disposition, transfer, dissolution or liquidation containing terms that are consistent with the terms of the Plan and that satisfy the applicable requirements of applicable law and any other terms to which the applicable Persons may agree; (2) the execution and delivery of appropriate instruments of transfer, assignment, assumption or delegation of any asset, property, right, liability, debt or obligation on terms consistent with the terms of the Plan and having other terms for which the applicable Persons agree; (3) the filing of appropriate certificates or articles of incorporation or amendments thereof, reincorporation, merger, consolidation, conversion or dissolution pursuant to applicable state law; and (4) all other actions that the applicable Persons determine to be necessary or appropriate, including making filings or recordings that may be required by applicable law. On the Effective Date, pursuant to section 1123(a)(5)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code, at the direction of the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2016 Notes represented by the Existing 2016 Notes Steering Committee, CEDC shall transfer (by way of merger, consolidation, share exchange, sale of assets, or otherwise) to a newly-formed Delaware corporation (“New CEDC”) all or substantially all of its assets and all Claims and Interests that are Reinstated and/or Unimpaired, and in consideration of such transfer, New CEDC shall make the distributions as specified in Article III.C of the Plan.

 

  J. Covenant Amendments and Supplemental Indenture

On and after the Confirmation Date, the following actions shall be deemed authorized and approved in all respects, without the need for further approval or agreement under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, by the directors or officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee, any security agent under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, or otherwise and pursuant to entry of the Confirmation Order: (i) the Supplemental Indenture shall be and shall be deemed to be executed and effective in all regards and in accordance with its terms; (ii) CEDC FinCo shall deliver notice to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee that it designates all Non-Debtor Affiliates as Unrestricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture) under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture; and

 

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(iii) upon designation of such Non-Debtor Affiliates as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the guarantees by such Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Existing 2016 Notes shall be automatically released pursuant to section 10.4(3) of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture and all liens on assets of such Non-Debtor Affiliates designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries that secure the Existing 2016 Notes shall be automatically released pursuant to section 11.9(2) of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.

 

  K. Corporate Action

Upon the Effective Date, all actions contemplated by the Plan shall be deemed authorized and approved in all respects, including (1) selection of the directors and officers of the Reorganized Debtors; (2) the distribution of the New Common Stock as provided herein; and (3) all other actions contemplated by the Plan (whether to occur before, on or after the Effective Date). All matters provided for in the Plan involving the corporate structure of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, and any corporate action required by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have occurred and shall be in effect, without any requirement of further action by the directors or officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors.

On or (as applicable) before the Effective Date, the appropriate officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall be authorized and directed to issue, execute and deliver the agreements, documents, securities, certificates of incorporation, operating agreements and instruments contemplated by the Plan (or necessary or desirable to effect the transactions contemplated by the Plan) in the name of and on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors. The authorizations and approvals contemplated by this Article V shall be effective notwithstanding any requirements under non-bankruptcy law.

 

  L. Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions

On and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors and the officers and members of the board of directors thereof are authorized to issue, execute, deliver, file or record such contracts, securities, instruments, releases and other agreements or documents and take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan and the securities issued pursuant to the Plan in the name of and on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors, without the need for any approvals, authorization or consents except for those expressly required pursuant to the Plan.

 

  M. Section 1146 Exemption from Certain Taxes and Fees

Pursuant to section 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, any transfers of property in contemplation of, in connection with, or pursuant to the Plan shall not be subject to any stamp tax or other similar tax or governmental assessment in the United States, and the Confirmation Order shall direct and be deemed to direct the appropriate state or local governmental officials or agents to forgo the collection of any such tax or governmental assessment and to accept for filing and recordation instruments or other documents pursuant to such transfers of property without the payment of any such tax or governmental assessment. Such exemption specifically applies,

 

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without limitation, to (1) the creation of any mortgage, deed of trust, lien or other security interest; (2) the making or assignment of any lease or sublease; (3) any restructuring transaction authorized by Article V hereof; or (4) the making or delivery of any deed or other instrument of transfer under, in furtherance of or in connection with the Plan, including: (a) any merger agreements; (b) agreements of consolidation, restructuring, disposition, liquidation or dissolution; (c) deeds; or (d) assignments executed in connection with any transaction occurring under the Plan.

 

  N. D&O Liability Insurance Policies and Indemnification Provisions

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, as of the Effective Date, the D&O Liability Insurance Policies and Indemnification Provisions belonging or owed to directors, officers, and employees of the Debtors (or the Estates) who served or were employed at any time by the Debtors shall be deemed to be, and shall be treated as though they are, executory contracts and the Debtors shall assume (and assign to the Reorganized Debtors if necessary to continue the D&O Liability Insurance Policies in full force) all of the D&O Liability Insurance Policies and Indemnification Provisions pursuant to section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the Debtors’ foregoing assumption of each of the D&O Liability Insurance Policies and Indemnification Provisions. On or before the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall obtain reasonably sufficient tail coverage (i.e., D&O insurance coverage that extends beyond the end of the policy period) under a directors and officers’ liability insurance policy for the current and former directors, officers and managers for a period of six (6) years.

 

  O. Preservation of Causes of Action

In accordance with section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and except where such Causes of Action have been expressly released (including, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the Releases by the Debtors provided by Article IX.B hereof), the Reorganized Debtors shall retain and may enforce all rights to commence and pursue, as appropriate, any and all Causes of Action, whether arising before or after the Petition Date, and the Reorganized Debtors’ rights to commence, prosecute or settle such Causes of Action shall be preserved notwithstanding the occurrence of the Effective Date. The Reorganized Debtors may pursue such Causes of Action, as appropriate, in accordance with the best interests of the Reorganized Debtors. No Person may rely on the absence of a specific reference in the Plan or the Disclosure Statement to any Cause of Action against them as any indication that the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, will not pursue any and all available Causes of Action against them. Except with respect to Causes of Action as to which the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors have released any Person or Person on or before the Effective Date (including pursuant to the Releases by the Debtors or otherwise), the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, expressly reserve all rights to prosecute any and all Causes of Action against any Person, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan. Unless any Causes of Action against a Person are expressly waived, relinquished, exculpated, released, compromised or settled in the Plan or a Bankruptcy Court order, the Reorganized Debtors expressly reserve all Causes of Action, for later adjudication, and, therefore, no preclusion doctrine, including the doctrines of res judicata, collateral estoppel, issue preclusion, claim preclusion, estoppel (judicial, equitable or otherwise) or laches, shall apply to such Causes of Action upon, after or as a consequence of the Confirmation or Consummation.

 

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  P. Single Satisfaction of Claims

Holders of Allowed Claims may assert such Claims against each Debtor obligated with respect to such Claim, and such Claims shall be entitled to share in the recovery provided for the applicable Class of Claims against each obligated Debtor based upon the full Allowed amount of the Claim. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no case shall the aggregate value of all property received or retained under the Plan on account of Allowed Claims exceed 100% of the underlying Allowed Claim.

 

  Q. Dutch Auction Procedure

The Debtors shall use a pure reverse Dutch auction procedure to determine which Existing 2016 Notes will be accepted for exchange in the Cash Option. The Ballots will, among other options, provide the holders of Existing 2016 Notes with the option to elect to participate in the Cash Option. The auction will stay open through the Auction Closing Date, and Ballots indicating any such election are due by the Voting Deadline as provided herein.

The Debtors will accept for purchase the Existing 2016 Notes that elect to participate in the Cash Option in the order of the lowest to the highest Bid Prices (as determined based upon each Bid Price’s percentage of the respective Existing 2016 Note’s principal amount) until reaching the Clearing Price. In addition, holders of Existing 2016 Notes that elect to participate in the Cash Option will be subject to proration. The Debtors will first accept for exchange all Existing 2016 Notes with a Bid Price less than the Clearing Price, and thereafter, Existing 2016 Notes with a Bid Price equal to the Clearing Price on a Pro Rata basis. In all cases, appropriate adjustments will be made to avoid purchases of Existing 2016 Notes in principal amounts other than integral multiples of $1,000 or €1,000, as applicable. All Existing 2016 Notes not accepted in the Cash Option as a result of proration will not participate in the Cash Option and will be deemed to have elected to participate in the New Notes Option. In addition, any Existing 2016 Notes for which the respective holders did not elect to participate in the Cash Option will be deemed to have elected the New Notes Option.

To receive payment of Cash pursuant to the Cash Option, the holder of record on the Distribution Date must have been the holder of record as of the Voting Record Date. Furthermore, the ability to participate in the Cash Option is subject to the applicable custodian or nominee complying with any requests of the applicable clearing houses, including, without limitation, confirmation of record holders or surrender of notes by any deadline. Any failure on a holder’s ability to present Existing 2016 Notes for the Cash Option will result in such holder receiving the New Notes Option. Therefore, to receive the Cash Option, the holder as of the Voting Record Date cannot trade its Existing 2016 Notes prior to the Distribution Date. Subject to the foregoing, if holders of Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims elect to participate in the Cash Option by indicating as such on their Ballot and submitting such Ballot by the Voting Deadline as provided herein, each such holder shall receive, subject to the foregoing, its portion of the Cash Option Consideration equal to (a) such holder’s 8.875% Bid Price multiplied by the

 

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total principal amount of such holder’s Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes accepted for exchange in the Cash Option, divided by €1,000 and converted using the Exchange Rate, plus (b) such holder’s 9.125% Bid Price multiplied by the total amount of such holder’s Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes accepted for exchange in the Cash Option and divided by $1,000, plus (c) the full amount of the aggregate unpaid interest that has accrued on such holder’s accepted Existing 2016 Notes in accordance with the terms of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture from December 2, 2012 to March 15, 2013 and converted using the Exchange Rate for interest accrued on Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes.

ARTICLE VI

TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES

 

  A. Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

Except as otherwise provided herein, or in any contract, instrument, release, indenture or other agreement or document entered into in connection with the Plan, each of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases shall be deemed assumed as of the Effective Date, unless such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease: (1) was assumed or rejected previously by the Debtors; (2) expired or terminated pursuant to its own terms before the Effective Date; (3) is the subject of a motion to reject filed on or before the Effective Date; or (4) is identified as an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to be rejected pursuant to the Plan Supplement before the Effective Date.

Entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute a Bankruptcy Court order approving the assumptions or rejections of such Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases as set forth in the Plan, all pursuant to sections 365(a) and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code. Unless otherwise indicated, all assumptions or rejections of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases pursuant to the Plan are effective as of the Effective Date. Each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease assumed pursuant to the Plan or by Bankruptcy Court order but not assigned to a third party before the Effective Date shall revest in and be fully enforceable by the applicable contracting Reorganized Debtor in accordance with its terms, except as such terms may have been modified by such order. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, reserve the right to alter, amend, modify or supplement the list of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases identified in the Plan Supplement at any time before the Effective Date. After the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall have the right to terminate, amend or modify any intercompany contracts, leases or other agreements without approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

  B. Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases

All Proofs of Claim with respect to Claims arising from the rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases, if any, must be filed with the Bankruptcy Court within 30 days after the date of entry of an order of the Bankruptcy Court (including the Confirmation Order) approving such rejection. Any Claims arising from the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease not filed with the Bankruptcy Court within such time will be automatically

 

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disallowed, forever barred from assertion and shall not be enforceable against the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates or their property without the need for any objection by the Reorganized Debtors or further notice to, or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court. All Allowed Claims arising from the rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases shall be classified as Class 6 General Unsecured Claims against the applicable Debtor and shall be treated in accordance with Article III of the Plan.

 

  C. Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

Any monetary amounts by which any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to be assumed under the Plan is in default shall be satisfied, under section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, by Cure. If there is a dispute regarding (i) the nature or amount of any Cure, (ii) the ability of the Reorganized Debtors to provide “adequate assurance of future performance” (within the meaning of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code) under the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to be assumed or (iii) any other matter pertaining to assumption, Cure shall occur following the entry of a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court resolving the dispute and approving the assumption.

Assumption of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to the Plan or otherwise shall result in the full release and satisfaction of any Claims or defaults, whether monetary or nonmonetary, including defaults of provisions restricting the change in control or ownership interest composition or other bankruptcy related defaults, arising under any assumed Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease at any time before the effective date of the assumption.

 

  D. Insurance Policies

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, as of the Effective Date, the Debtors shall assume (and assign to the Reorganized Debtors if necessary to continue the Insurance Policies in full force) all of the Insurance Policies pursuant to section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the Debtors’ foregoing assumption of each of the Insurance Policies.

 

  E. Reservation of Rights.

Neither the exclusion nor inclusion of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List, nor anything contained in the Plan, shall constitute an admission by the Debtors that any such contract or lease is in fact an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or that any Reorganized Debtor has any liability thereunder. If there is a dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or unexpired at the time of assumption or rejection, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall have 45 days following entry of a Final Order resolving such dispute to alter their treatment of such contract or lease.

 

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  F. Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date.

Contracts and leases entered into after the Petition Date by any Debtor, including any Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases assumed by such Debtor, will be performed by the Debtor or Reorganized Debtor in the ordinary course of its business. Accordingly, such contracts and leases (including any assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases) will survive and remain unaffected by entry of the Confirmation Order.

ARTICLE VII

PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS

 

  A. Record Date for Distributions

As of the entry of the Confirmation Order, the various transfer registers for each of the Classes of Claims or Interests as maintained by the Debtors or their respective agents shall be deemed closed, and there shall be no further changes made to reflect any new record holders of any Claims or Interests. The Debtors shall have no obligation to recognize any transfer of Claims or Interests occurring on or after the Distribution Record Date.

 

  B. Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter (or if a Claim is not an Allowed Claim on the Effective Date, on the date that such a Claim becomes an Allowed Claim, on the next Distribution Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter), each holder of an Allowed Claim against the Debtors shall receive the full amount of the distributions that the Plan provides for Allowed Claims in the applicable Class and in the manner provided herein. In the event that any payment or act under the Plan is required to be made or performed on a date that is not a Business Day, then the making of such payment or the performance of such act may be completed on the next succeeding Business Day, but shall be deemed to have been completed as of the required date. If and to the extent that there are Disputed Claims, distributions on account of any such Disputed Claims shall be made pursuant to the provisions set forth in Article VIII hereof. Except as otherwise provided herein, holders of Claims shall not be entitled to interest, dividends or accruals on the distributions provided for herein, regardless of whether such distributions are delivered on or at any time after the Effective Date.

 

  C. Disbursing Agent

Except as otherwise provided herein, all distributions under the Plan shall be made by the Reorganized Debtors as Disbursing Agent or such other Person designated by the Reorganized Debtors as a Disbursing Agent on the Effective Date.

 

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  D. Rights and Powers of Disbursing Agent

 

  1. Powers of the Disbursing Agent

The Disbursing Agent shall be empowered to: (a) affect all actions and execute all agreements, instruments and other documents necessary to perform its duties under the Plan; (b) make all distributions contemplated hereby; (c) employ professionals to represent it with respect to its responsibilities; and (d) exercise such other powers as may be vested in the Disbursing Agent by order of the Bankruptcy Court, pursuant to the Plan, or as deemed by the Disbursing Agent to be necessary and proper to implement the provisions hereof.

 

  2. Expenses Incurred On or After the Effective Date

Except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the amount of any reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Disbursing Agent on or after the Effective Date (including taxes) and any reasonable compensation and expense reimbursement claims (including reasonable attorney fees and expenses) made by the Disbursing Agent shall be paid in Cash by the Reorganized Debtors in their reasonable discretion.

 

  E. Distributions on Account of Claims Allowed After the Effective Date

 

  1. Payments and Distributions on Disputed Claims

Distributions made after the Effective Date to holders of Disputed Claims that are not Allowed Claims as of the Effective Date but which later become Allowed Claims shall be deemed to have been made on the Effective Date.

 

  2. Special Rules for Distributions to Holders of Disputed Claims

Notwithstanding any provision otherwise in the Plan and except as may be agreed to by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, on the one hand, and the holder of a Disputed Claim, on the other hand, no partial payments and no partial distributions shall be made with respect to any Disputed Claim until all Disputed Claims held by the holder of such Disputed Claim have become Allowed Claims or have otherwise been resolved by settlement or Final Order.

 

  F. Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions

 

  1. Delivery of Distributions in General

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, distributions to holders of Allowed Claims shall be made to holders of record as of the Distribution Record Date by the Disbursing Agent: (a) to the signatory set forth on any of the Proof of Claim filed by such holder or other representative identified therein (or at the last known addresses of such holder if no Proof of Claim is filed or if the Debtors have been notified in writing of a change of address); (b) at the addresses set forth in any written notices of address changes delivered to the Disbursing Agent after the date of any related Proof of Claim; (c) at the addresses reflected in the Schedules if no Proof of Claim has

 

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been filed and the Disbursing Agent has not received a written notice of a change of address; (d) on any counsel that has appeared in the Chapter 11 Cases on the holder’s behalf or (e) at the addresses reflected in the Debtors’ books and records. Distributions under the Plan on account of Allowed Claims shall not be subject to levy, garnishment, attachment or like legal process, so that each holder of an Allowed Claim shall have and receive the benefit of the distributions in the manner set forth in the Plan. None of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and the applicable Disbursing Agent shall incur any liability whatsoever on account of any distributions under the Plan except for gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud.

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, (i) all distributions to holders of Existing 2016 Notes shall be governed by the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, and shall be deemed completed when made to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee, who shall in turn make distributions in accordance with the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture and (ii) all distributions to holders of Existing 2013 Notes shall be governed by the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture, and shall be deemed completed when made to the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee, who shall in turn make distributions in accordance with the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture.

 

  2. Undeliverable Distributions and Unclaimed Property

In the event that any distribution to any holder is returned as undeliverable, no distribution to such holder shall be made unless and until the Disbursing Agent has determined the then current address of such holder, at which time such distribution shall be made as soon as practicable after such distribution has become deliverable or has been claimed to such holder without interest; provided, however, that such distributions shall be deemed unclaimed property under section 347(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and forfeited at the expiration of six months from the applicable Distribution Date. After such date, all “unclaimed property” or interests in property shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors (notwithstanding any applicable federal or state escheat, abandoned or unclaimed property laws to the contrary), and the Claim of any holder to such property shall be discharged and forever barred.

 

  G. Withholding and Reporting Requirements

In connection with the Plan and all instruments issued in connection therewith, the Disbursing Agent shall comply with all applicable withholding and reporting requirements imposed by any federal, state or local taxing authority, and all distributions under the Plan shall be subject to any such withholding or reporting requirements.

 

  H. Setoffs

Except as set forth herein, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors may withhold (but not set off except as set forth below) from the distributions called for under the Plan on account of any Allowed Claim an amount equal to any claims, equity interests, rights and Causes of Action of any nature that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may hold against the holder of any such Allowed Claim. In the event that any such claims, equity interests, rights and Causes of Action of any nature that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may hold against the holder of any such Allowed Claim are adjudicated by Final Order or otherwise resolved, the Debtors may,

 

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pursuant to section 558 of the Bankruptcy Code or applicable non-bankruptcy law, set off against any Allowed Claim and the distributions to be made pursuant hereto on account of such Allowed Claim (before any distribution is made on account of such Allowed Claim) the amount of any adjudicated or resolved claims, equity interests, rights and Causes of Action of any nature that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may hold against the holder of any such Allowed Claim, but only to the extent of such adjudicated or resolved amount. Neither the failure to effect such a setoff nor the allowance of any Claim under the Plan shall constitute a waiver or release by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors of any such claims, equity interests, rights and Causes of Action that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may possess against any such holder, except as specifically provided herein.

 

  I. Claims Paid or Payable by Third Parties

 

  1. Claims Paid by Third Parties

The Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall reduce in part or in full a Claim to the extent that the holder of such Claim receives payment in part or in full on account of such Claim from a party other than the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors. To the extent a holder of a Claim receives a distribution on account of such Claim from a party other than the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, such holder shall, within two weeks of receipt thereof, repay or return the distribution to the applicable Reorganized Debtor, to the extent the holder’s total recovery on account of such Claim from the third party and under the Plan exceeds the amount of such Claim as of the date of any such distribution under the Plan.

 

  2. Insurance Claims

No distributions under the Plan shall be made on account of Allowed Claims until the holder of such Allowed Claim has exhausted all remedies with respect to the Debtors’ Insurance Policies. To the extent that one or more of the Debtors’ insurers agrees to satisfy in full a Claim (if and to the extent adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction), then immediately upon such insurers’ agreement, such Claim may be expunged without a Claims objection having to be filed and without any further notice to or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

  3. Applicability of Insurance Policies

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, distributions to holders of Allowed Claims shall be made in accordance with the provisions of any applicable Insurance Policy. Nothing contained in the Plan shall constitute or be deemed a waiver of any Cause of Action that the Debtors or any Person may hold against any other Person, including insurers under any policies of insurance, nor shall anything contained herein constitute or be deemed a waiver by such insurers of any defenses, including coverage defenses, held by such insurers.

 

  J. Allocation of Distributions Between Principal and Unpaid Interest

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income tax purposes, be allocated on the Debtors’ books and records to the principal amount of the Claim first and then, to the extent the consideration exceeds the principal amount of the Claim, to the accrued but unpaid interest.

ARTICLE VIII

PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING CONTINGENT,

UNLIQUIDATED AND DISPUTED CLAIMS

 

  A. Prosecution of Objections to Claims

The Debtors (before the Effective Date) or the Reorganized Debtors (on or after the Effective Date), as applicable, shall have the exclusive authority to file, settle, compromise, withdraw or litigate to judgment any objections to Claims as permitted under the Plan. From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may settle or compromise any Disputed Claim without approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The Debtors reserve all rights to resolve any Disputed Claim outside the Bankruptcy Court under applicable governing law.

 

  B. Allowance of Claims

Except as expressly provided herein or in any order entered in the Chapter 11 Cases before the Effective Date (including the Confirmation Order), the Reorganized Debtors after the Effective Date will have and retain any and all rights and defenses held by the Debtors with respect to any Claim as of the Petition Date. All claims of any Person against any Debtor shall be disallowed unless and until such Person pays, in full, the amount it owes each such Debtor.

 

  C. Distributions After Allowance

On the Distribution Date following the date that the order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court allowing any Disputed Claim becomes a Final Order, the Disbursing Agent shall provide to the holder of such Claim the distribution (if any) to which such holder is entitled under the Plan as of the Effective Date, without any interest to be paid on account of such Claim.

 

  D. Estimation of Claims

The Debtors (before the Effective Date) or Reorganized Debtors (on or after the Effective Date) may, at any time, and from time to time, request that the Bankruptcy Court estimate any Disputed Claim pursuant to section 502(c) of the Bankruptcy Code regardless of whether an objection was previously filed with the Bankruptcy Court with respect to such Claim, or whether the Bankruptcy Court has ruled on any such objection, and the Bankruptcy Court will retain jurisdiction to estimate any Claim at any time during litigation concerning any objection to any Claim, including during the pendency of any appeal relating to any such objection. In the event that the Bankruptcy Court estimates any Disputed Claim, that estimated amount will constitute either the Allowed amount of such Claim or a maximum limitation on such Claim against any party or Person, as determined by the Bankruptcy Court. If the estimated amount constitutes a maximum limitation on such Claim, the Debtors (before the Effective Date) or the Reorganized

 

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Debtors (after the Effective Date), may elect to pursue any supplemental proceedings to object to any ultimate distribution on such Claim. All of the objection, estimation, settlement and resolution procedures set forth in the Plan are cumulative and not necessarily exclusive of one another. Claims may be estimated and subsequently compromised, objected to, settled, withdrawn or resolved by any mechanism approved by the Bankruptcy Court.

 

  E. Deadline to File Objections to Claims

Any objections to Claims, if any, shall be filed no later than the Claims Objection Bar Date; provided, however, that the Debtors’ failure to file an objection by the Claims Objection Bar Date shall not cause any Claim to be deemed an Allowed Claim nor shall it prejudice the Debtors’ right ability to resolve any Disputed Claim outside the Bankruptcy Court under applicable governing law.

ARTICLE IX

SETTLEMENT, RELEASE, INJUNCTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS

 

  A. Compromise and Settlement of Claims, Interests and Controversies

Pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 9019 and in consideration for the distributions and other benefits provided pursuant to the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall constitute a good faith compromise of all Claims, Interests and controversies relating to the contractual, legal and subordination rights that a holder of a Claim or Interest may have with respect to any Allowed Claim or Interest, or any distribution to be made on account of such Allowed Claim or Interest. The entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the compromise or settlement of all such Claims, Interests and controversies, as well as a finding by the Bankruptcy Court that such compromise or settlement is in the best interests of the Debtors, their Estates and holders of Claims and Interests and is fair, equitable and reasonable. In accordance with the provisions of the Plan, pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 9019(a), without any further notice to or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may compromise and settle Claims against them and Causes of Action against other Persons.

 

  B. Releases by the Debtors

Pursuant to section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and to the extent allowed by applicable law, and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or the Plan Supplement, for good and valuable consideration, including the service of the Released Parties to facilitate the expeditious reorganization of the Debtors and the implementation of the restructuring contemplated by the Plan, on and after the Effective Date, the Released Parties are deemed released and discharged by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, and Non-Debtor Affiliates from any and all claims, obligations, rights, suits, damages, Causes of Action, remedies and liabilities whatsoever, including any derivative claims, asserted or assertable on behalf of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their

 

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Estates and Non-Debtor Affiliates, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereinafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise, that the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, or the Non-Debtor Affiliates would have been legally entitled to assert in their own right (whether individually or collectively) or on behalf of the holder of any Claim or Interest or other Person, based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors, the Chapter 11 Cases, the purchase, sale or rescission of the purchase or sale of any security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the subject matter of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any Claim or Interest that is treated in the Plan, the business or contractual arrangements between any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor, Estate or Non-Debtor Affiliate and any Released Party, the restructuring of Claims and Interests before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, the negotiation, formulation or preparation of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan Supplement, RTL Investment Agreement or related agreements, instruments or other documents, or upon any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date; provided, however, that nothing in this Article IX.B shall be construed to release any party or entity from gross negligence, intentional fraud, willful misconduct, or criminal conduct, as determined by a Final Order; provided further, that notwithstanding any language to the contrary contained in the Disclosure Statement, the Plan and/or the Confirmation Order, no provision shall preclude the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from enforcing its police and regulatory powers; and provided further, that notwithstanding any language to the contrary contained in the Disclosure Statement, the Plan and/or the Confirmation Order, no provision shall release any non-Debtor from liability in connection with any legal action or claim brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

  C. Releases by Holders of Claims

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, as of the Effective Date, each holder of a Claim who affirmatively votes to accept this Plan and does not elect to opt out of the releases contained in this Section IX.C by making such election on its timely submitted ballot shall be deemed to have conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably and forever, released and discharged the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their Estates, Non-Debtor Affiliates and the Released Parties from any and all Claims, Interests, obligations, rights, suits, damages, Causes of Action, remedies and liabilities whatsoever, including any derivative Claims, assertable on behalf of a Debtor, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise, that such Person would have been legally entitled to assert (whether individually or collectively), based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors, the Debtors’ restructuring, the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases, the purchase, sale or rescission of the purchase or sale of any security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, including (without limitation) any tender rights provided under any applicable law, rule, or regulation, the subject matter of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any Claim that is treated in the Plan, the business or contractual arrangements between the Debtors and any Released Party, the restructuring of Claims and Interests before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, the negotiation, formulation or preparation of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the RTL Investment Agreement, the Plan Supplement or related agreements, instruments

 

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or other documents, upon any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event or other occurrence taking place on or before the Confirmation Date; provided, however, that nothing in this Article IX.B shall be construed to release any party or entity from gross negligence, intentional fraud, willful misconduct or criminal conduct, as determined by a Final Order; provided further, however that this Article IX.C shall not release the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their Estates, Non-Debtor Affiliates and the Released Parties from any Cause of Action held by a governmental entity existing as of the Effective Date based on (i) the Internal Revenue Code or other domestic state, city, or municipal tax code, (ii) the environmental laws of the United States or any domestic state, city, or municipality, (iii) any criminal laws of the United States or any domestic state, city, or municipality, (iv) the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (as now in effect or hereafter amended), the Securities Act of 1933 (as now in effect or hereafter amended), or other securities laws of the United States or any domestic state, city or municipality, (v) the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or (vi) the laws and regulations of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the United States Department of Homeland Security. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, the Existing 2016 Notes, or the instruments, guarantees, certificates, and other documents related thereto, votes by holders of Existing 2016 Notes Claims to accept this Plan and not opt out of the releases contained in this Article IX.C shall constitute agreement by such holders to have conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably and forever, released and discharged the Non-Debtor Affiliates from any and all Claims, Interests, obligations, rights, suits, damages, Causes of Action, remedies and liabilities whatsoever, whether known or unknown, direct or indirect, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereafter arising, that relate to guarantees of the Existing 2016 Notes, and any collateral of Non-Debtor Affiliates securing the Existing 2016 Notes except as otherwise set forth in the Plan.

 

  D. Exculpation

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or Plan Supplement, no Exculpated Party shall have or incur, and each Exculpated Party is hereby released and exculpated from, any Exculpated Claim, obligation, cause of action or liability for any Exculpated Claim, except for gross negligence, intentional fraud or willful misconduct (to the extent such duty is imposed by applicable non-bankruptcy law), but in all respects such Persons shall be entitled to reasonably rely upon the advice of counsel with respect to their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Plan. The Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors (and each of their respective Affiliates, agents, directors, officers, employees, advisors and attorneys) have, and upon Confirmation of the Plan shall be deemed to have, participated in good faith and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code with regard to the solicitation and distribution of the Plan securities pursuant to the Plan, and, therefore, are not, and on account of such distributions shall not be, liable at any time for the violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation governing the solicitation of acceptances or rejections of the Plan or such distributions made pursuant to the Plan.

 

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  E. Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests

Pursuant to section 1141(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, the distributions, rights and treatment that are provided in the Plan shall be in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge, effective as of the Effective Date, of all Claims, Interests and Causes of Action of any nature whatsoever, including any interest accrued on Claims or Interests from and after the Petition Date, whether known or unknown, against, liabilities of, Liens on, obligations of, rights against and Interests in, the Debtors or any of their assets or properties, regardless of whether any property shall have been distributed or retained pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claims and Interests, including demands, liabilities and Causes of Action that arose before the Effective Date, any contingent or non-contingent liability on account of representations or warranties issued on or before the Effective Date, and all debts of the kind specified in sections 502(g), 502(h) or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code, in each case whether or not: (1) a Proof of Claim or Interest based upon such Claim, debt, right or Interest is filed or deemed filed pursuant to section 501 of the Bankruptcy Code; (2) a Claim or Interest based upon such Claim, debt, right or Interest is Allowed pursuant to section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code; or (3) the holder of such a Claim or Interest has accepted the Plan. Except as otherwise provided herein, any default by the Debtors or their Affiliates with respect to any Claim or Interest that existed before or on account of the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases shall be deemed cured on the Effective Date. The Confirmation Order shall be a judicial determination of the discharge of all Claims and Interests subject to the Effective Date occurring, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan.

 

  F. Injunction

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE PLAN, THE PLAN SUPPLEMENT OR RELATED DOCUMENTS, OR FOR OBLIGATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE PLAN, ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE HELD, HOLD OR MAY HOLD CLAIMS OR INTERESTS THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX.B OR ARTICLE IX.C, DISCHARGED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX.E, OR ARE SUBJECT TO EXCULPATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX.D, ARE PERMANENTLY ENJOINED, FROM AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE, FROM TAKING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS: (1) COMMENCING OR CONTINUING IN ANY MANNER ANY ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS; (2) ENFORCING, ATTACHING, COLLECTING OR RECOVERING BY ANY MANNER OR MEANS ANY JUDGMENT, AWARD, DECREE OR ORDER AGAINST SUCH PERSONS ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS; (3) CREATING, PERFECTING OR ENFORCING ANY ENCUMBRANCE OF ANY KIND AGAINST SUCH PERSONS OR THE PROPERTY OR ESTATES OF SUCH PERSONS ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS; AND (4) COMMENCING OR CONTINUING IN ANY MANNER ANY ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS RELEASED, SETTLED OR DISCHARGED PURSUANT TO THE PLAN.

 

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THE RIGHTS AFFORDED IN THE PLAN AND THE TREATMENT OF ALL CLAIMS AND INTERESTS HEREIN SHALL BE IN EXCHANGE FOR AND IN COMPLETE SATISFACTION OF ALL CLAIMS AND INTERESTS OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING ANY INTEREST ACCRUED ON CLAIMS FROM AND AFTER THE PETITION DATE, AGAINST THE DEBTORS OR ANY OF THEIR ASSETS, PROPERTY OR ESTATES. ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE, ALL SUCH CLAIMS AGAINST THE DEBTORS SHALL BE FULLY RELEASED AND DISCHARGED, AND THE INTERESTS SHALL BE CANCELLED.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR HEREIN OR IN OBLIGATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT HERETO FROM AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE, ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE DEBTORS SHALL BE FULLY RELEASED AND DISCHARGED, AND ALL INTERESTS SHALL BE CANCELLED, AND THE DEBTORS’ LIABILITY WITH RESPECT THERETO SHALL BE EXTINGUISHED COMPLETELY, INCLUDING ANY LIABILITY OF THE KIND SPECIFIED UNDER SECTION 502(G) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE. ALL PERSONS SHALL BE PRECLUDED FROM ASSERTING AGAINST THE DEBTORS, THE DEBTORS’ ESTATES, THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS, EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AND EACH OF THEIR ASSETS AND PROPERTIES, ANY OTHER CLAIMS OR INTERESTS BASED UPON ANY DOCUMENTS, INSTRUMENTS OR ANY ACT OR OMISSION, TRANSACTION OR OTHER ACTIVITY OF ANY KIND OR NATURE THAT OCCURRED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

 

  G. Temporary Injunction with Respect to Existing 2016 Notes Claims

To the extent such Claims are not otherwise released pursuant to Article IX.C of this Plan, the Confirmation Order approving this Plan shall act as a temporary injunction against the enforcement of any default against the Debtors or any Non-Debtor Affiliate obligated under the Existing 2016 Notes. Holders of Existing 2016 Note Claims shall be enjoined from commencing or continuing any action, employment of process, or act to collect, offset, or recover any Claim relating to the Existing 2016 Notes so long as the Debtors continue to provide or cause to be provided such treatment to holders of Existing 2016 Notes Claims as provided under the Plan. The temporary injunction will expire automatically if the Reorganized Debtors default under the Plan by failing to provide or cause to be provided such treatment to holders of Existing 2016 Notes Claims as provided under the Plan and fail to cure such default within 30 days after receipt by the Debtors of written notice of such default from the trustee(s) of the New Notes.

 

  H. Term of Injunctions or Stays

Unless otherwise provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation Order, all injunctions or stays in effect in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 105 or 362 of the Bankruptcy Code or any order of the Bankruptcy Court, and extant on the Confirmation Date (excluding any injunctions or stays contained in the Plan or the Confirmation Order) shall remain in full force and effect until the Effective Date. All injunctions or stays contained in the Plan or the Confirmation Order shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

 

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  I. Release of Liens

Except as otherwise provided herein or in any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document created pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date and concurrently with the applicable distributions made pursuant to the Plan and, in the case of a Secured Claim, satisfaction in full of the portion of the Secured Claim that is Allowed as of the Effective Date, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges or other security interests against any property of the Estates shall be fully released and discharged, and all of the right, title and interest of any holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges or other security interests shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors and their successors and assigns. For the avoidance of doubt, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges or other security interests against any property of the Estates shall be fully released and discharged on the Effective Date without any further action of any party, including, but not limited to, further order of the Bankruptcy Court or filing updated schedules or statements typically filed pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code.

ARTICLE X

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN AND THE

EFFECTIVE DATE

 

  A. Conditions Precedent to Confirmation

It shall be a condition to Confirmation hereof that the following provisions, terms and conditions shall have been satisfied or waived pursuant to the provisions of Article X.C.

1. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2016 Notes represented by the Existing 2013 Notes Steering Committee approving the RTL Investment Agreement.

2. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees approving the Disclosure Statement with respect to the Plan as containing adequate information within the meaning of section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code.

3. The Confirmation Order (a) shall be, in form and substance, reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees, (b) shall include a finding by the Bankruptcy Court that the New Common Stock (except New Common Stock issued in exchange for the RTL New Equity Infusion) and New Notes to be issued on the Effective Date will be authorized and exempt from registration under applicable securities law pursuant to section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, (c) shall approve the amendments and modifications of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture as provided in Article V.J of the Plan and (d) shall not be subject to any stay or subject to an unresolved request for revocation under section 1144 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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4. The Plan and the Plan Supplement, including any schedules, documents, supplements and exhibits thereto shall, in form and substance, be reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

5. RTL shall be satisfied, in its sole discretion, that neither RTL nor any of its affiliates will be required, as a result of the Plan and/or the transactions contemplated by the RTL Investment Agreement, to make any mandatory tender offer(s) under the Polish Securities Laws or any applicable rule of regulation of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

 

  B. Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date

It shall be a condition to the Effective Date that the following provisions, terms and conditions shall have been satisfied or waived pursuant to the provisions of Article X.C.

1. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered one or more orders (which may include the Confirmation Order) authorizing the assumption and rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases by the Debtors as contemplated herein in form and substance acceptable to the Debtors.

2. The Confirmation Order, in form and substance, reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees, shall have been entered by the Bankruptcy Court and shall not be subject to any stay subject to an unresolved request for revocation under section 1144 of the Bankruptcy Code.

3. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered a Final Order (which may be the Confirmation Order) approving and authorizing the amendment and modification of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture as provided in Article V.J hereof.

4. All of the schedules, documents, supplements and exhibits to the Plan shall have been filed in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

5. All conditions to the consummation of the RTL New Equity Infusion, including (without limitation) all conditions set forth in the RTL Investment Agreement, shall have been satisfied or waived by RTL.

6. All conditions to the consummation of the RTL Offer (other than the occurrence of the Effective Date) shall have been satisfied or waived, and the RTL Offer shall close simultaneously with the occurrence of the Effective Date.

7. All authorizations, consents, and regulatory approvals required, if any, in connection with the consummation of the Plan shall have been obtained.

 

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8. All actions, documents, certificates, and agreements necessary to implement this Plan shall have been effected or executed and delivered to the required parties and, to the extent required, filed with the applicable governmental units in accordance with applicable laws.

 

  C. Waiver of Conditions

The conditions to Confirmation of the Plan and to Consummation of the Plan set forth in this Article X may be waived at any time upon receipt of written waivers from each of the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

 

  D. Effect of Failure of Conditions

If the Consummation of the Plan does not occur, the Plan shall be null and void in all respects and nothing contained in the Plan or the Disclosure Statement shall: (1) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims against or Interests in the Debtors; (2) prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors, any holders of Claims or any other Person; or (3) constitute an admission, acknowledgment, offer or undertaking by the Debtors, any holders or any other Person in any respect.

ARTICLE XI

MODIFICATION, REVOCATION OR WITHDRAWAL OF THE PLAN

 

  A. Modification and Amendments

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein and with the consent of RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees, the Debtors reserve the right to modify the Plan as to material terms and seek Confirmation consistent with the Bankruptcy Code and, as appropriate, not re-solicit votes on such modified Plan. Subject to certain restrictions and requirements set forth in section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3019 and those restrictions on modifications set forth in the Plan, and with the consent of RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees, the Debtors expressly reserve their rights to alter, amend or modify materially the Plan with respect to the Debtors one or more times, after Confirmation, and, to the extent necessary, may initiate proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court to so alter, amend or modify the Plan or remedy any defect or omission, or reconcile any inconsistencies in the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order, in such matters as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of the Plan.

 

  B. Effect of Confirmation on Modifications

Entry of a Confirmation Order shall mean that all modifications or amendments to the Plan occurring after the solicitation thereof are approved pursuant to section 1127(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and do not require additional disclosure or re-solicitation under Bankruptcy Rule 3019.

 

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  C. Revocation or Withdrawal of the Plan

The Debtors reserve the right to revoke or withdraw the Plan before the Effective Date. If the Debtors revoke or withdraw the Plan, or if Confirmation or Consummation does not occur, then: (1) the Plan shall be null and void in all respects; (2) any settlement or compromise embodied in the Plan (including the fixing or limiting to an amount certain of any Claim or Interest or Class of Claims or Interests), assumption or rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases effected by the Plan, and any document or agreement executed pursuant to the Plan, shall be deemed null and void; and (3) nothing contained in the Plan shall: (a) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims or Interests; (b) prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors or any other Person; or (c) constitute an admission, acknowledgement, offer or undertaking of any sort by the Debtors or any other Person.

ARTICLE XII

RETENTION OF JURISDICTION

Notwithstanding the entry of the Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date, on and after the Effective Date, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain such jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases and all matters arising out of or related to the Chapter 11 Cases and the Plan including jurisdiction to:

1. allow, disallow, determine, liquidate, classify, estimate or establish the priority, secured or unsecured status, or amount of any Claim or Interest, including the resolution of any request for payment of any Administrative Claim and the resolution of any and all objections to the secured or unsecured status, priority, amount or allowance of Claims;

2. decide and resolve all matters related to the granting and denying, in whole or in part, any applications for allowance of compensation or reimbursement of expenses to Professionals authorized pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or the Plan;

3. resolve any matters related to: (a) the assumption, assumption and assignment or rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to which the Debtors are party or with respect to which a Debtor may be liable in any manner and to hear, determine and, if necessary, liquidate, any Claims arising therefrom, including Claims based on the Debtors’ rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases as set forth in Article VI, Cure Claims pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code or any other matter related to such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease; (b) any potential contractual obligation under any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that is assumed; (c) the Reorganized Debtors amending, modifying or supplementing, after the Effective Date, pursuant to Article VI, any Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases the list of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to be assumed or rejected or otherwise; and (d) any dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or expired.

 

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4. ensure that distributions to holders of Allowed Claims are accomplished pursuant to the provisions of the Plan;

5. adjudicate, decide or resolve any motions, adversary proceedings, contested or litigated matters and any other matters, and grant or deny any applications involving a Debtor that may be pending on the Effective Date;

6. adjudicate, decide or resolve any and all matters related to any Cause of Action;

7. adjudicate, decide or resolve any and all matters related to section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code;

8. resolve any avoidance or recovery actions under sections 105, 502(d), 542 through 551 and 553 of the Bankruptcy Code;

9. resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes or Causes of Action that may arise in connection with the Consummation, interpretation or enforcement of the Plan or any Person’s obligations incurred in connection with the Plan;

10. issue injunctions, enter and implement other orders or take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate to restrain interference by any Person with Consummation or enforcement of the Plan;

11. resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes or Causes of Action with respect to the discharge, releases, injunctions, exculpations, indemnifications and other provisions contained in Article IX and enter such orders as may be necessary or appropriate to implement such releases, injunctions and other provisions;

12. enter and implement such orders as are necessary or appropriate if the Confirmation Order is for any reason modified, stayed, reversed, revoked or vacated;

13. adjudicate any and all disputes arising from or relating to distributions under the Plan;

14. consider any modifications of the Plan, cure any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistency in any Bankruptcy Court order, including the Confirmation Order;

15. determine requests for the payment of Claims entitled to priority pursuant to section 507 of the Bankruptcy Code;

16. hear and determine disputes arising in connection with the interpretation, implementation or enforcement of the Plan or the Confirmation Order, including disputes arising under agreements, documents or instruments executed in connection with the Plan;

17. hear and determine matters concerning state, local and federal taxes in accordance with sections 346, 505 and 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

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18. hear and determine all disputes involving the existence, nature or scope of the Debtors’ discharge, including any dispute relating to any liability arising out of the termination of employment or the termination of any employee or retiree benefit program, regardless of whether such termination occurred before or after the Effective Date;

19. determine any other matters that may arise in connection with or relate to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order;

20. enforce all orders previously entered by the Bankruptcy Court;

21. hear any other matter not inconsistent with the Bankruptcy Code; and

22. enter an order concluding or closing the Chapter 11 Cases.

ARTICLE XIII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

  A. Immediate Binding Effect

Subject to Article X.B, and notwithstanding Bankruptcy Rules 3020(e), 6004(h) or 7062 or any other Bankruptcy Rule, upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, the terms of the Plan and the Plan Supplement shall be immediately effective and enforceable and deemed binding upon the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and any and all holders of Claims or Interests (irrespective of whether such Claims or Interests are deemed to have accepted the Plan), all Persons that are parties to or are subject to the settlements, compromises, releases, discharges and injunctions described in the Plan, each Person acquiring property under the Plan, and any and all non-Debtor parties to Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases with the Debtors.

 

  B. Additional Documents

On or before the Effective Date, the Debtors may file with the Bankruptcy Court such agreements and other documents as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan. The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and all holders of Claims receiving distributions pursuant to the Plan and all other parties in interest shall, from time to time, prepare, execute and deliver any agreements or documents and take any other actions as may be necessary or advisable to effectuate the provisions and intent of the Plan.

 

  C. Dissolution of Creditors’ Committee

On the Effective Date, the Creditors’ Committee, if any, shall dissolve and members thereof shall be released and discharged from all rights and duties from or related to the Chapter 11 Cases.

 

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  D. Reservation of Rights

None of the Plan, any statement or provision contained in the Plan or any action taken or not taken by any Debtor with respect to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Plan Supplement shall be or shall be deemed to be an admission or waiver of any rights of any Debtor with respect to the holders of Claims or Interests before the Effective Date.

 

  E. Successors and Assigns

The rights, benefits and obligations of any Person named or referred to in the Plan shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit of, any heir, executor, administrator, successor or assign, affiliate, officer, director, manager, agent, representative, attorney, beneficiaries or guardian, if any, of each Person.

 

  F. Service of Documents

After the Effective Date, any pleading, notice or other document required by the Plan to be served or delivered shall be served as follows:

1. If to the Reorganized Debtors, to:

Central European Distribution Corporation

3000 Atrium Way

Suite 265

Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054

Attn: General Counsel

with copies to:

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP

4 Times Square

New York, New York 10036

Attn:    Jay M. Goffman

            Mark A. McDermott

2. After the Effective Date, the Debtors may, in their sole discretion, notify Persons that, in order to continue receiving documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002, such Persons must file a renewed request to receive documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002. After the Effective Date, the Debtors are authorized to limit the list of Persons receiving documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002 to those Persons who have filed such renewed requests.

 

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  G. Entire Agreement

Except as otherwise indicated, the Plan and the Plan Supplement supersede all previous and contemporaneous negotiations, promises, covenants, agreements, understandings and representations on such subjects, all of which have become merged and integrated into the Plan.

 

  H. Severability of Plan Provisions

If, before Confirmation of the Plan, any term or provision of the Plan is held by the Bankruptcy Court or any other court exercising jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the Bankruptcy Court or other court exercising jurisdiction shall have the power to alter and interpret such term or provision to make it valid or enforceable to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the original purpose of the term or provision held to be invalid, void or unenforceable, and such term or provision shall then be applicable as altered or interpreted. Notwithstanding any such holding, alteration or interpretation, the remainder of the terms and provisions of the Plan will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated by such holding, alteration or interpretation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any provision of the Plan is materially altered or rendered unenforceable, the Plan shall not be confirmed without the written consent of RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

 

  I. Exhibits

All exhibits and documents included in the Plan Supplement are incorporated into and are a part of the Plan as if set forth in full in the Plan. After the exhibits and documents are filed, copies of such exhibits and documents shall be available upon request to the Debtors’ counsel, by contacting Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP, 4 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, at the Bankruptcy Court’s website at https://ecf.deb.uscourts.gov or at the website of GCG, Inc. at www.gcginc.com/cases/CEDC (to be activated in the event that the Debtors file the Chapter 11 Cases). To the extent any exhibit or document is inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the non-exhibit or non-document portion of the Plan shall control.

 

  J. Votes Solicited in Good Faith

Upon entry of the Confirmation Order, the Debtors will be deemed to have solicited votes on the Plan in good faith and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code and any applicable non-bankruptcy law, and pursuant to section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors and their respective Affiliates, agents, representatives, members, principals, shareholders, officers, directors, employees, advisors and attorneys will be deemed to have participated in good faith and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code in the offer, issuance, sale and purchase of Plan securities offered and sold under the Plan, and, therefore, will have no liability for the violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation governing the solicitation of votes on the Plan or the offer, issuance, sale or purchase of the New Common Stock offered and sold under the Plan.

 

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  K. Conflicts

Except as set forth in the Plan, to the extent that any provision of the Disclosure Statement or any other order (other than the Confirmation Order) referenced in the Plan (or any exhibits, schedules, appendices, supplements or amendments to any of the foregoing), conflict with or are in any way inconsistent with any provision of the Plan, the Plan shall govern and control; provided, however, that if there is a conflict between this Plan and a Plan Supplement document, the Plan Supplement document shall govern and control.

Dated: May 8, 2013

 

Respectfully submitted,
Central European Distribution Corporation
By:  

/s/ N. Scott Fine

Name:   N. Scott Fine
Title:   Vice Chairman and Lead Director
Anthony W. Clark (I.D. No. 2051)

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM, LLP

One Rodney Square
P.O. Box 636
Wilmington, Delaware 19899-0636
(302) 651-3000
(302) 651-3001
– and –
Jay M. Goffman
Mark A. McDermott

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM, LLP

Four Times Square
New York, New York 10036-6522
(212) 735-3000
(212) 735-2000
Proposed Counsel for Debtors and Debtors in Possession

 

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EXHIBIT A TO THE

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN

OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, ET AL.

LIST OF REJECTED CONTRACTS AND LEASES

None.


EXHIBIT B TO THE

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN

OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, ET AL.

NON-EXCLUSIVE LIST OF RETAINED CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION

ALL POTENTIAL CLAIMS AND/OR CAUSES OF ACTION NOT RELEASED

PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX.B OF THE PLAN, WHETHER NOTED HEREIN OR

OTHERWISE, WILL BE INVESTIGATED FOLLOWING CONFIRMATION OF THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, ET AL., AND

ACCORDINGLY ALL SUCH CAUSES OF ACTION AND CLAIMS, WHETHER NOTED

HEREIN OR OTHERWISE, ARE EXPRESSLY RETAINED AND NOT WAIVED.

Any and all outstanding accounts receivable balances owed to the Debtors.

Any and all pre- or postpetition utility deposits.

Any and all pending federal, state and foreign tax actions and appeals.

Any and all rights and claims under contracts, leases, loan agreements, syndications, or any other agreements not cancelled pursuant to the Plan, including but not limited to collection actions and claims.

Any and all claims, rights of action, suits or proceedings, whether in law or in equity, whether known or unknown, that the Debtors or their Estates may hold against any Person, except such claims that are released under the Plan or the Confirmation Order.

Any and all objections to claims asserted under Bankruptcy Code section 503(b) against the Debtors, whether based upon claims filed on the Debtors’ claims registry or otherwise asserted.

Any and all objections to secured claims against one or more of the Debtors, whether based upon claims filed on the Debtors’ claims registry or otherwise asserted.

Any and all objections to claims asserted under Bankruptcy Code section 507 against one or more of the Debtors, whether based upon claims filed on the Debtors’ claims registry or otherwise asserted.

Nothing herein shall preserve any causes of action or claims that are expressly released or waived under the Plan.


EXHIBIT C TO THE

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN

OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, ET AL.

DESCRIPTION OF NEW COMMON STOCK

The principal terms of the New Common Stock to be issued by Reorganized CEDC under the Plan shall be as follows:

 

Authorization:    120 million shares
Initial Issuance:    25 million shares
Par Value:    $0.01 per share
Voting Rights:    One vote per share
Dividends:    Payable at the discretion of the board of directors of Reorganized CEDC
Conversion Rights:    None
Splits and Adjustments:    Generally, arithmetic splits, combinations, etc. are proportionately treated
Restrictions on Transfer:    None (other than restrictions imposed by applicable state and federal securities laws)
Registration Rights:    None


EXHIBIT D TO THE

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN

OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, ET AL.

RTL INVESTMENT AGREEMENT


EXECUTION COPY

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

BY AND AMONG

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION,

ROUST TRADING LTD.

AND

JSC “RUSSIAN ALCOHOL GROUP”

Effective as of March 8, 2013

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

              Page  

Article I DEFINITIONS

     2   
  Section 1.1   

Certain Defined Terms

     2   

Article II PURCHASE AND SALE OF SECURITIES

     11   
  Section 2.1   

Purchase of Securities

     11   
  Section 2.2   

Closing

     11   

Article III The restructuring

     12   
  Section 3.1   

Notes Exchange Offers; Consent Solicitation

     12   
  Section 3.2   

Form of Restructuring

     12   
  Section 3.3   

Elements of the Chapter 11 Restructuring

     12   
  Section 3.4   

RTL Offer

     12   

Article IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER

     13   
  Section 4.1   

Incorporation

     13   
  Section 4.2   

Authority

     13   
  Section 4.3   

Authorization; Consents and Approvals; Takeover Provisions

     14   
  Section 4.4   

No Brokers

     15   

Article V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTOR

     16   
  Section 5.1   

Authorization

     16   
  Section 5.2   

Purchase Entirely for Own Account

     16   
  Section 5.3   

Financial Capability

     16   
  Section 5.4   

Investor Status

     16   
  Section 5.5   

Purchased Securities Not Registered

     16   
  Section 5.6   

No Conflict

     17   
  Section 5.7   

Consents

     17   
  Section 5.8   

No Public Offering

     17   
  Section 5.9   

Investment Company

     17   

Article VI CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

     18   
  Section 6.1   

Conditions to the Obligation of the Investor

     18   
  Section 6.2   

Conditions to the Obligation of the Issuer

     21   
  Section 6.3   

Failure of Closing Conditions

     22   
  Section 6.4   

Plan-Related Conditions

     22   

 

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Article VII TERMINATION      22   
  Section 7.1   

Termination

     22   
  Section 7.2   

Termination Fees

     24   
  Section 7.3   

Effect of Termination

     26   
  Section 7.4   

Plan-Related Termination

     26   
Article VIII COVENANTS      26   
  Section 8.1   

Antitrust Approvals

     26   
  Section 8.2   

Commercially Reasonable Efforts

     27   
  Section 8.3   

Alternative Transaction Proposals

     28   
  Section 8.4   

Reporting Status; Listing of Common Stock

     30   
  Section 8.5   

Securities Laws

     30   
  Section 8.6   

Use of Cash Proceeds

     30   
  Section 8.7   

Takeover Provisions

     30   
  Section 8.8   

Conduct of Business

     31   
  Section 8.9   

Notification of Certain Matters; Transaction Litigation

     31   
  Section 8.10   

Consent Solicitation

     31   
  Section 8.11   

Access to Information

     31   
  Section 8.12   

Transaction Expenses

     32   
  Section 8.13   

Approval Motion and Approval Order

     33   
  Section 8.14   

Plan, Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement and Other Documents

     33   
  Section 8.15   

Plan Support

     35   
  Section 8.16   

Proxy Statement

     35   
  Section 8.17   

Capitalization in a Consensual Restructuring

     35   
Article IX INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION      36   
  Section 9.1   

Indemnification Obligations

     36   
  Section 9.2   

Indemnification Procedure

     36   
  Section 9.3   

Settlement of Indemnified Claims

     37   
  Section 9.4   

Contribution

     37   
  Section 9.5   

Treatment of Indemnification Payments

     38   
  Section 9.6   

Limitation on Liabilities

     38   
  Section 9.7   

Survival of Representations and Warranties

     38   
Article X MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS      38   
  Section 10.1   

Public Statements or Releases

     38   
  Section 10.2   

Rights Cumulative

     38   
  Section 10.3   

Rules of Construction

     38   
  Section 10.4   

Notices

     39   
  Section 10.5   

Captions

     40   
  Section 10.6   

Severability

     40   
  Section 10.7   

Obligations of RAG

     40   

 

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Article XI GOVERNING LAW AND OTHER PROVISIONS    41
  Section 11.1   

Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial; Injunctive Relief

   41
  Section 11.2   

Amendments

   41
  Section 11.3   

Waiver

   41
  Section 11.4   

Assignment

   42
  Section 11.5   

Counterpart

   42
  Section 11.6   

Entire Agreement

   42
  Section 11.7   

Mutual Drafting

   42
  Section 11.8   

Obligations That Do Not Fall on Business Days

   42
  Section 11.9   

Mutual Releases

   42
  Section 11.10   

Specific Performance; Remedies

   44
  Section 11.11   

Amendment and Restatement

   45

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    2013 PSA
Exhibit B    2016 PSA
Exhibit C    Consent solicitation, exchange offer and disclosure statement
Exhibit D    Consent Solicitation Supplement
Exhibit E    Plan

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), executed on April 26, 2013 and effective as of March 8, 2013, by and among (i) Central European Distribution Corporation (the “Issuer”), (ii) Roust Trading Ltd. (the “Investor”), and (iii) solely for purposes of Section 7.2, Section 8.12, Article IX, Section 10.3, Section 10.4, Section 10.7, Section 11.1, Section 11.2, Section 11.4, Section 11.6 and Section 11.7, JSC “Russian Alcohol Group” (“RAG”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Investor and/or its Affiliates hold secured debt of the Issuer in an aggregate principal amount of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) pursuant to that certain Facility Agreement, dated March 1, 2013, between the Issuer, as borrower, and the Investor, as lender (the “New Credit Facility Debt”) established pursuant to that certain Binding Term Sheet, dated December 28, 2012, between the Issuer and the Investor (the “Binding Term Sheet”);

WHEREAS, the Investor holds debt securities of the Issuer in an aggregate principal amount of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) (the “RTL Notes”) issued and purchased pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 23, 2012, by and between the Issuer and the Investor, as amended and restated by that certain Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 9, 2012, by and between the Issuer and the Investor (the “July SPA”)

WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Investor have agreed that the Issuer shall seek approval from the holders of the Issuer’s 2016 Senior Notes and the holders of the Issuer’s 2013 Convertible Notes to effect a restructuring of its capital structure through a chapter 11 plan within the meaning of section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code (a “Chapter 11 Restructuring”) or outside of bankruptcy in accordance with the Plan Term Sheets (a “Consensual Restructuring”; the Chapter 11 Restructuring and Consensual Restructuring in accordance with the Plan Term Sheets are referred to herein as the “Restructuring”) in the manner set forth herein and if the requisite approval is obtained, seek to implement the Restructuring;

WHEREAS, in connection with and conditioned on the consummation of the Restructuring, and on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Investor has agreed to (i) invest One Hundred Seventy-Two Million Dollars ($172,000,000) in the Issuer and (ii) exchange the New Credit Facility Debt in exchange for the Purchased Securities, as set forth herein (such investment and exchange, the “Investment”);

WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Investor and RAG entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, effective as of March 8, 2013 (the “Original SPA”);

WHEREAS, after their entry into the Original SPA, the Issuer and the Investor have agreed to certain changes in the manner in which the Restructuring is to be implemented, which changes include (i) the termination by the Issuer of the 2013 Notes Exchange Offer, and (ii) an exchange offer by RTL to the holders of the 2013 Convertible Notes to exchange such 2013 Convertible Notes (other than any 2013 Convertible Notes held by RTL and its Affiliates) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the RTL Offering Memorandum (the “RTL Offer”);


WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Investor desire to amend and restate the Original SPA to reflect such agreed changes in the manner in which the Restructuring is to be implemented, as set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, this Agreement amends, supersedes and restates the Original Agreement in all respects.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, the Parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

2012 Annual General Meeting” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.16.

2013 Convertible Notes” means any notes issued under the 2013 Convertible Notes Indenture.

2013 Convertible Notes Indenture” means the indenture with respect to the $310,000,000 of 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 issued by the Issuer, dated as of March 7, 2008, as amended by the first supplemental indenture dated March 7, 2008.

2013 Notes Exchange Offer” means the exchange offer for the 2013 Convertible Notes set forth in the Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation Statement and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization, filed by the Issuer with the SEC on February 25, 2013.

2013 PSA” means the amended and restated plan support agreement, dated as of March 20, 2013, among the Investor and certain holders of the 2013 Convertible Notes, attached hereto as Exhibit A.

2013 Term Sheet” means the Amended and Restated Existing 2013 Notes Term Sheet attached to the 2013 PSA as Exhibit A thereof.

2016 Notes Exchange Offer” means the exchange offer with respect to the 2016 Senior Notes set forth in the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement on such terms as are satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

2016 PSA” means the plan support agreement, dated as of March 25, 2013, among the Investor, certain holders of the 2016 Senior Notes, the Issuer and CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc., attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

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2016 Senior Notes” means any notes issued under the 2016 Senior Notes Indenture.

2016 Senior Notes Indenture” means the indenture with respect to the $380,000,000 of 9.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 and the €380,000,000 of 8.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 issued by CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc., dated as of December 2, 2009, as amended by the first supplemental indenture dated December 29, 2009 and the second supplemental indenture dated December 8, 2010.

2016 Term Sheet” means the Joint Summary Term Sheet, dated February 28, 2013, attached to the 2016 PSA as Exhibit A thereof.

Action” means any suit, claim, action, proceeding, litigation, arbitration, mediation or investigation.

Affiliate” of any Person shall mean any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with, such Person; provided, that an Affiliate of any Person shall also include (i) any Person that directly or indirectly owns, or in which such Person directly or indirectly owns more than ten percent (10%) of any class of capital stock or other equity interest of such Person, (ii) in the case of a corporation, any officer or director of such corporation, (iii) in the case of a partnership, any general partner of such partnership, (iv) in the case of a trust, any trustee or beneficiary of such trust, (v) any spouse, parent, sibling or child or lineal descendant of any individual described in clauses (i) through (iv) above, and (vi) any trust for the benefit of any individual described in clauses (i) through (v) above.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble above.

Alternative Transaction Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(c)(i).

Alternative Transaction Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(c)(ii).

Antitrust Approvals” means the Polish Antitrust Approval, the Russia Antitrust Approval, the Ukraine Antitrust Approval and any other filing with or approval of any Antitrust Authority necessary to consummate the Investment.

Antitrust Authorities” means any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction pursuant to the Antitrust Laws and “Antitrust Authority” means any of them.

Antitrust Laws” means any Law governing agreements in restraint of trade, monopolization, pre-merger notification, the lessening of competition through merger or acquisition or anti-competitive conduct.

Approval Motion” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.13.

Approval Order” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.13.

 

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Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101,-et seq., as may be amended from time to time.

Bankruptcy Court” means, if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Bankruptcy Proceedings” means, if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, chapter 11 cases commenced by the Issuer and any of its Affiliates.

Bankruptcy Rules” means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, as amended from time to time and applicable to the Bankruptcy Proceedings, and the general, local and chambers rules of the Bankruptcy Court.

Binding Term Sheet” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Board” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).

Break-Up Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(a).

Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in New York City, USA, Warsaw, Poland, or Moscow, Russia, are authorized or required by Law or other governmental action to close.

Business Territory” means any jurisdiction in which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is currently or contemplating conducting their respective businesses.

Bylaws” means the amended and restated bylaws of the Issuer as of the Effective Date, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor, with, after the Petition Date, any dispute over such reasonableness to be finally determined by the Bankruptcy Court.

Certificate of Incorporation” means the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Issuer as of the Effective Date, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor, with, after the Petition Date, any dispute over such reasonableness to be finally determined by the Bankruptcy Court.

Change of Recommendation” means (i) the Issuer or the Board or any committee thereof (other than the Operational Management Committee (as defined in the Binding Term Sheet)) shall have withdrawn or materially qualified or modified its approval or recommendation of this Agreement, the Exchange Offers or the Plan or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (ii) the Issuer or the Board or any committee thereof (other than the Operational Management Committee (as defined in the Binding Term Sheet)) shall have approved or recommended, or resolved to approve or recommend (including by filing any pleading or document with any Governmental Entity seeking approval of) any Alternate Transaction Proposal or Alternate Transaction Agreement.

Chapter 11 Restructuring” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

 

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Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer or, if the Restructuring is consummated, the reorganized Issuer resulting from the Plan.

Confirmation Order” means, if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, the Order entered by the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor.

Confirmed Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(p).

Consensual Restructuring” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Consent Solicitation” means the consent solicitation contemplated by, and conducted in accordance with, the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement.

Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement” means the Original Offering Memorandum as amended by the Consent Solicitation Supplement, with only such further amendments, supplements, changes and modifications thereto as are satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

Consent Solicitation Supplement” means Supplement No. 1 to the CEDC Original Offering Memorandum attached hereto as Exhibit D.

Contract” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

Control” (including the correlative terms “Controlling”, “Controlled by” and “under common Control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Debtors” means, if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, collectively, the Issuer, CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc., and CEDC Finance Corporation, LLC.

Disclosure Statement” means a disclosure statement filed under section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, which is contained in the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement.

Effective Date” means (i) if the Restructuring is a Consensual Restructuring, the Settlement Date provided for in the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement or (ii) if the Restructuring is a Chapter 11 Restructuring, the date on which the Plan becomes effective in accordance with its terms.

End Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(b)(ii).

 

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Equity Securities” means any class of capital stock of, or other profit or voting interests in, the Issuer and all securities convertible into or rights to purchase the foregoing, including any Equity Security Equivalent and any and all other equity securities of the Issuer or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such securities or issued as a distribution with respect to or in exchange for such securities.

Equity Security Equivalent” means any option, warrant, right or similar security or right exercisable into, exchangeable for, or convertible to Equity Securities.

Event” means any event, circumstance, development, state of facts, occurrence, change or effect.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Executed Agreements” means the 2016 PSA and this Agreement.

Existing Equity” means the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Existing Stockholders.

Existing Stockholders” means the holders of the Common Stock issued and outstanding prior to the consummation of the Restructuring.

Expiration Time” means the deadline set forth in the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement by which holders of claims or interests are entitled to vote on the Plan.

Filings” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a).

Final Order” means an Order of the Bankruptcy Court, or other court of competent jurisdiction with respect to the subject matter, which has not been reversed, stayed, modified, or amended, and as to which the time to appeal or seek certiorari has expired and no appeal or petition for certiorari has been timely taken, or as to which any appeal that has been taken or any petition for certiorari that has been or may be filed has been resolved by the highest court to which the Order was appealed or from which certiorari was sought; provided, that the possibility that a motion under Rule 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or any analogous rule under the Bankruptcy Rules, may be filed relating to such Order shall not prevent such Order from being a Final Order; provided, further, that either the Issuer or the Investor may waive any appeal period.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Governance Agreement” means a governance agreement to be entered into at the Closing between the Issuer and the Investor in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor, with, after the Petition Date, any dispute over such reasonableness to be finally determined by the Bankruptcy Court; provided, that no such governance agreement will be entered into if the Investor elects, in its sole discretion, not to enter into such governance agreement.

 

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Governmental Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

Indebtedness” means without duplication: (i) all outstanding debt (including short-term and long-term debt but not including trade payables in respect of goods or services purchased in the ordinary course of business) for borrowed money; (ii) all obligations evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument; (iii) all capital lease obligations (as determined under GAAP); (iv) the deferred purchase price of property or services due more than six months after such property is acquired or services fully rendered, except trade payables in respect of goods or services purchased in the ordinary course of business; (v) obligations in respect of letters of credit, banker’s acceptances, bank guarantees and similar instruments (other than those issued in respect of (A) Taxes owed to Governmental Entities or (B) arrangements with suppliers of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, in the case of each of clause (A) and (B), in the ordinary course of business); (vi) the net obligations under interest rate protection agreements, swap agreements and call agreements; (vii) guarantees of Indebtedness of the type described in clauses (i) through (vi) (subject to the following clause (viii), other than guarantees in respect of (A) Taxes owed to Governmental Entities or (B) arrangements with suppliers of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, in the case of each of clause (A) and (B), in the ordinary course of business), (viii) any lines of credit provided by banks guaranteeing the payment of excise Taxes and (ix) all obligations in respect of unpaid interest owing on or in respect of any such Indebtedness described in clauses (i), (ii) and (viii) above.

Indemnified Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2.

Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2.

Investment” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Investor” has the meaning set forth in the preamble above.

Investor Material Adverse Effect” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6.

Investor Releasee” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.9(b).

Investor Releasors” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.9(a).

Investor’s Released Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.9(a).

Issuer” has the meaning set forth in the preamble above.

Issuer Business” means the respective businesses of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, as currently conducted and contemplated to be conducted.

Issuer Releasee” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.9(a).

Issuer Releasors” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.9(b).

Issuer’s Released Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.9(b).

 

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July SPA” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Knowledge of the Issuer” or any other similar term or knowledge qualifier means the actual knowledge of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Issuer after due inquiry.

Law” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

Lien” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

Material Adverse Effect” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.

NASDAQ” means the NASDAQ Stock Market.

NASDAQ Rules” means the NASDAQ Listing Rules.

New Credit Facility Debt” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Original Offering Memorandum” means the amended and restated offering memorandum, consent solicitation and disclosure statement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

Operative Agreements” means the Executed Agreements, Registration Rights Agreement, the Governance Agreement, and any other agreement to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is or becomes a party pursuant to this Agreement, including, if the Issuer accedes to and executes the 2013 PSA, the 2013 PSA.

Order” means any judgment, order, award, injunction, writ, permit, license or decree of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator.

Original SPA” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Parties” means the Issuer, the Investor and, solely for the purposes of Section 7.2, Section 8.12, Article IX, Section 10.3, Section 10.4, Section 10.7, Section 11.1, Section 11.2, Section 11.4, Section 11.6 and Section 11.7, RAG.

Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, syndicate, person (including a “person” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), trust, association or entity or Governmental Entity.

Petition Date” means, if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, the date of commencement of the Bankruptcy Proceedings.

Plan” means the plan of reorganization attached hereto as Exhibit E, including all exhibits and schedules thereto, with any amendments, supplements, changes and modifications thereto, in each case, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

 

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Plan Term Sheets” means the 2013 Term Sheet and the 2016 Term Sheet.

Polish Antitrust Approval” means a decision approving the concentration between the Investor and the Issuer (in whatever form, in particular through takeover of control, merger, JV), granted by the relevant Governmental Entities having jurisdiction in Poland (in particular the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection or the European Commission).

Polish FSA” means the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego).

Polish Public Offering Act” means the Polish Act of 29 July 2005 on Public Offering, Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial Instruments to Organized Trading, and Public Companies.

Polish Securities Trading Act” means the Polish Act of 29 July 2005 on Trading in Financial Instruments.

Polish Securities Laws” means the Polish Public Offering Act, Polish Securities Trading Act, WSE Rules, and any other Law applicable to a company whose shares are subject to trading on a regulated market in Poland.

Post-Signing Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(a).

Proxy Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.16.

Purchased Securities” means shares of Common Stock constituting in the aggregate one hundred percent (100%) of the Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately after consummation of the Restructuring.

RAG” has the meaning set forth in the preamble above

Registration Rights Agreement” means a registration rights agreement to be entered into at the Closing between the Issuer and the Investor in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion; provided, that no such registration rights agreement will be entered into if the Investor elects, in its sole discretion, not to enter into such registration rights agreement.

Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s and its Subsidiaries’ officers, directors, managers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, agents, and other advisors and representatives.

Restructuring” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

 

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RSB Facility” means the RUR465 million revolving credit facility provided by Russian Standard Bank to ZAO “Sibirsky LVZ” pursuant to that certain facility agreement No. D-66/13, dated as of February 27, 2013, by and between Russian Standard Bank, as lender, and ZAO “Sibirsky LVZ”, as borrower.

RTL Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

RTL Offer” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

RTL Offering Memorandum” means the Investor’s Confidential Offering Memorandum, dated March 28, 2013, with any amendments, supplements, changes and modifications thereto, in each case, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

Rules and Regulations” means the rules and regulations of the SEC.

Russia Antitrust Approval” means a decision approving the Investment by the Investor pursuant to this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements, granted to the Investor or its relevant Affiliate by the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Stockholder Approval” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

Stockholder Rights Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(b).

Subsidiary” of any entity means any other entity in which such first entity owns or Controls, directly or indirectly, an amount of the voting securities, other voting interests or voting partnership interests sufficient to elect at least a majority of such other entity’s board of directors or other governing body (or, if there are no such voting interests, fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity interests of such other entity).

Superior Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(c)(iii).

Taxes” means all taxes, assessments, charges, duties, fees, levies or other governmental charges, including all U.S. and non-U.S. federal, state, local and other income, franchise, profits, gross receipts, capital gains, capital stock, transfer, property, sales, use, value-added, occupation, excise, severance, windfall profits, stamp, license, payroll, social security, withholding and other taxes, assessments, charges, duties, fees, levies or other governmental charges of any kind whatsoever (whether payable directly or by withholding and whether or not requiring the filing of a tax return), all estimated taxes, deficiency assessments, additions to tax, penalties and interest and shall include any liability for such amounts as a result either of being a member of a combined, consolidated, unitary or affiliated group or of a contractual obligation to indemnify any Person, and any liability therefor as a transferee, successor or otherwise.

 

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Takeover Provision” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(c).

Transaction Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.12(a).

Transaction Litigation” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.9(a).

transactions contemplated by this Agreement” or “transactions contemplated hereby” means the Investment, the Restructuring and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the other Operative Agreements, the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement and the Plan.

Ukraine Antitrust Approval” means a decision approving the Investment by the Investor pursuant to this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements, granted to the Investor or its relevant Affiliate by the Anti-monopoly Committee of Ukraine.

Unsecured Notes Claims Consideration” has the meaning set forth in the Plan.

WSE” means the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

WSE Rules” means the rules of the WSE.

ARTICLE II

PURCHASE AND SALE OF SECURITIES

Section 2.1 Purchase of Securities. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Investor agrees to subscribe for and purchase, and the Issuer agrees to sell and issue to the Investor, on the Closing Date, the Purchased Securities for an aggregate purchase price consisting of (i) One Hundred Seventy-Two Million Dollars ($172,000,000) in cash, (ii) the exchange, cancelation and termination of the New Credit Facility Debt and (iii) the Unsecured Notes Claims Consideration. The Issuer shall issue and deliver the Purchased Securities to the Investor free and clear of all Liens, with all issue, stamp, transfer, sales and use, or similar Taxes or duties that are due and payable by the Issuer (if any) in connection with such issuance and delivery duly paid by the Issuer. The Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to make all Purchased Securities Depository Trust Company eligible as of the Closing Date.

Section 2.2 Closing. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions set forth in Article VI, unless this Agreement shall have been terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby abandoned pursuant to Article VII, the closing of the Investment (the “Closing”) shall take place at 10:00 A.M. at the offices of White & Case LLP, 1155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, 10036-2787, as soon as practicable, but in any event within three (3) Business Days, after the last of the conditions set forth in Article VI is satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the fulfillment or waiver of those conditions), or at such other time, date or place as the Parties shall agree in writing. Such date is herein referred to as the “Closing Date”.

 

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ARTICLE III

THE RESTRUCTURING

Section 3.1 Notes Exchange Offers; Consent Solicitation. On March 18, 2013, the Issuer filed the Consent Solicitation Supplement with the SEC and pursuant thereto, terminated the 2013 Notes Exchange Offer. The Issuer shall conduct the 2016 Notes Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation, and seek acceptances of the Plan, in accordance with the terms of the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement and, subject to Section 8.3 of this Agreement, shall not terminate or withdraw, or modify, amend, supplement or otherwise alter the terms of, waive any condition of, or change the Expiration Time or Consent Time (each as defined in the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement), in each case, without the prior written consent of the Investor in its sole discretion.

Section 3.2 Form of Restructuring. The Issuer and the Investor agreed to initially seek to implement the Restructuring as a Consensual Restructuring; however, the Parties determined that the Issuer shall implement the Chapter 11 Restructuring through, and filed, the Bankruptcy Proceedings.

Section 3.3 Elements of the Chapter 11 Restructuring. The Issuer and the Investor agree that the Plan shall at all times provide for treatment consistent with the Plan Term Sheets and also provide that:

(a) if upon completion of the solicitation of votes for the Plan pursuant to the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement there is a sufficient number and amount of accepting votes on the Plan to constitute an accepting class under section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code for a class including the 2013 Convertible Notes and the RTL Notes, then each member of such class shall receive its pro rata share of the Unsecured Notes Claims Consideration;

(b) if upon completion of the solicitation of votes for the Plan pursuant to the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement there is an insufficient number or amount of accepting votes on the Plan to constitute an accepting class under section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code for a class including the 2013 Convertible Notes and the RTL Notes, then each member of such class shall receive no recovery; and

(c) (i) the 2013 Convertible Notes, the RTL Notes, and the Existing Equity shall be canceled and extinguished, (ii) the holders of the 2013 Convertible Notes and the RTL Notes will be entitled to the recovery described in Section 3.3(a) or Section 3.3(b), as applicable, and (iii) the Existing Stockholders shall not be entitled to any recovery.

Section 3.4 RTL Offer.

(a) The Investor shall conduct the RTL Offer pursuant to and in accordance with the RTL Offering Memorandum.

(b) The Investor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all action as may be necessary or advisable so that the RTL Offer and the transactions contemplated thereby will be effected in accordance with this Agreement, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and any state securities or “blue sky” Laws.

 

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ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER

The Issuer hereby represents and warrants to the Investor as follows:

Section 4.1 Incorporation. (a) The Issuer has been duly incorporated and is a validly existing corporation in good standing under the Laws of Delaware with full power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease and operate, as the case may be, its properties and conduct its business as now conducted; (b) RAG has been duly formed and is a validly existing entity in good standing (or the equivalent thereof) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation with full power and authority (corporate or otherwise) to own, lease and operate, as the case may be, its properties and conduct its business as now conducted; and (c) the Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries (including RAG) are duly qualified to transact business and are each in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it, or its ownership or leasing of property, or its employment of employees or consultants therein, makes such qualification necessary, except, with respect to clause (c), where the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on or change in the (i) condition (financial or otherwise), (ii) business, (iii) assets, (iv) liabilities or (v) results of operations of, in each case, the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Issuer has not received notification, written or otherwise, that any proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing, or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail, such power and authority or qualification, and to the Knowledge of the Issuer, no proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing, or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail, such power and authority or qualification. The Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries are in possession of and operating in material compliance with all authorizations, licenses, certificates, consents, orders and permits from all Governmental Entities that are material to the conduct of their respective businesses (collectively, “Permits”), all of which are valid and in full force and effect, and neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries (1) has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such Permit or (2) has any reason to believe that any such Permit will not be renewed in the ordinary course. Complete and correct copies of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Issuer as in effect on the date of this Agreement have been filed by the Issuer with the SEC.

Section 4.2 Authority The Issuer and RAG have all requisite corporate (or other) power and authority to enter into this Agreement and, (if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring) upon entry of the Approval Order, to perform the transactions contemplated hereby. When executed and delivered and, (if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring) after the Petition Date, upon the entry of the Approval Order, this Agreement constituted the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer and RAG, enforceable against the Issuer and RAG in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity. The execution, delivery and

 

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performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby did not and will not (a) result in any violation of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or equivalent governing documents) of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) (other than the Bankruptcy Proceedings) result in the creation of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, mortgage, hypothecation, charge, security interest, easement, exclusive license, lease, option, right of first refusal, restriction on transfer, title defect, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, judgment, interest, equitable interest, setoff or claim of any kind or nature, whether arising by agreement, Law or otherwise (“Lien”), upon any assets or property of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms or provisions of, or conflict with, result in the breach or violation of, or constitute a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, give rise to a right of termination, cancelation or acceleration of, or loss of any material benefits under, or constitute a default under (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both), any contract, agreement, license, letter of intent, understanding, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, guarantee, joint venture, lease (including without limitation any sale and leaseback arrangement), franchise, permit or other instrument or bond, debenture, note or other evidence of Indebtedness (and any amendments to the foregoing), to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by or to which it or its properties or assets are or, to the Knowledge of the Issuer, may be bound or subject (each, a “Contract”) which breach, violation or default has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or (c) result in the violation of any law (statutory or common), statute, Order, ruling, rule, regulation, code, ordinance, writ, assessment, award, injunction, judgment or decree (each, a “Law”) enacted, adopted, issued or promulgated by any government or governmental court, agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (each, a “Governmental Entity”), or over any of their respective properties or Contracts or by or to which they or such of its properties or Contracts are or, to the Knowledge of the Issuer, may be bound or subject, which violation has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Other than the Antitrust Approvals, no consent, approval, authorization or Order of or qualification with any Governmental Entity or under the NASDAQ Rules and/or the Polish Securities Laws is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries of the transactions contemplated hereby, other than the approval of the Issuer’s stockholders if the Restructuring is implemented as a Consensual Restructuring (the “Stockholder Approval”), or the approval of the Bankruptcy Court if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring.

Section 4.3 Authorization; Consents and Approvals; Takeover Provisions.

(a) Subject to (i) if the Restructuring is implemented as a Consensual Restructuring, receipt of the Stockholder Approval, or (ii) if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, the entry of the Confirmation Order and the expiration, or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court, of the fourteen (14)-day period set forth in Bankruptcy Rules 6004(h) and 3020(e), respectively, upon issuance, the Purchased Securities shall have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance and sale to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement and otherwise in accordance with this Agreement and the Plan. When issued, the Purchased Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will be issued free and clear of any Lien, preemptive right, subscription rights or similar rights (other than as contemplated in the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws or any Operative Agreement). Other than (x) if the

 

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Restructuring is implemented as a Consensual Restructuring, receipt of the Stockholder Approval, or (y) if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, the entry of the Confirmation Order and the expiration, or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court, of the fourteen (14)-day period set forth in Bankruptcy Rules 6004(h) and 3020(e), respectively, no further approval or authorization of the board of directors of the Issuer (the “Board”) or any other Person is required for the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance of the Purchased Securities and the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(b) No consent, approval, authorization, Order, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties is required for the execution and delivery by the Issuer and, to the extent relevant, such Subsidiaries of this Agreement, the compliance by the Issuer and, to the extent relevant, such Subsidiaries with all of the provisions hereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except (i) the entry of the Confirmation Order and the expiration, or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court, of the fourteen (14)-day period set forth in Bankruptcy Rules 6004(h) and 3020(e), as applicable, (ii) the expiration or termination of all applicable waiting periods or any applicable notification, authorization, approval or consent under any Antitrust Laws in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and (iii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications (A) if applicable, as may be required under the NASDAQ Rules to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or (B) as may be required under state securities or “blue sky” laws in connection with the issuance and sale of the Purchased Securities to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement.

(c) The Issuer and the Board have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable (i) any stockholder rights plan or other “poison pill” arrangement (including the Rights Agreement, dated September 6, 2011, by and between the Issuer and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the “Stockholder Rights Plan”)), (ii) any “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition”, “business combination” or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation (including Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware), and (iii) any control share acquisition, business combination or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Issuer’s organizational documents and any other agreement to which the Issuer is bound (each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), a “Takeover Provision”), which is or could become applicable to the Investor, any of the Purchased Securities to be issued to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement or the Restructuring, or the sale and issuance of the Purchased Securities or any other securities as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Restructuring, including, without limitation, the Issuer’s issuance of the Purchased Securities to the Investor.

Section 4.4 No Brokers. Except for Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc., the Issuer has not dealt with any broker, finder or placement agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and, except as otherwise disclosed in writing to the Investor on the date hereof and except for certain fees and expenses payable by the Issuer to Houlihan Lokey Capital Inc., the Issuer has not incurred, and shall not incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for any brokerage or finders’ fees or agents’ commissions or any similar charges in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTOR

The Investor represents and warrants to the Issuer as follows:

Section 5.1 Authorization. The Investor has all requisite corporate (or other) power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby. When executed and delivered, this Agreement constituted the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.

Section 5.2 Purchase Entirely for Own Account. The Investor and its applicable Affiliates are acquiring the Purchased Securities being purchased or acquired by it hereunder for its own account, and not for resale or with a view to distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act. Other than the Registration Rights Agreement, the Investor and its applicable Affiliates have not entered into an agreement or understanding with the Issuer to resell or distribute the Purchased Securities; the foregoing is, without prejudice, however, to the Investor’s and its Affiliates’ right, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Purchased Securities pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration and in compliance with applicable securities Laws.

Section 5.3 Financial Capability. The Investor has and will have available funds necessary to fund the purchase price for the Purchased Securities on the terms and subject to the conditions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 5.4 Investor Status. The Investor certifies and represents to the Issuer that it is now, and at the time the Investor or any of its Affiliates acquires any of the Purchased Securities pursuant to this Agreement, the Investor or such Affiliate, as applicable, has been and will be, an “Accredited Investor” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. The Investor and its Affiliates’ financial condition is such that it is able to bear the risk of holding the Purchased Securities to be acquired pursuant to this Agreement for an indefinite period of time and the risk of loss of its entire investment. The Investor has received, reviewed and considered all information it deems necessary in making an informed decision to make an investment in the Purchased Securities to be acquired pursuant to this Agreement and has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the management of the Issuer concerning this investment and has sufficient knowledge and experience in investing in companies similar to the Issuer in terms of the Issuer’s stage of development so as to be able to evaluate the risks and merits of its investment in the Issuer. The Investor is acquiring the Purchased Securities to be acquired pursuant to this Agreement for its own account for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act.

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registered under the Securities Act, by reason of their issuance by the Issuer in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and that the Purchased Securities must continue to be held by the Investor or an Affiliate of the Investor unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the Securities Act or is exempt from such registration.

Section 5.6 No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Investor and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby did not and will not conflict with or result in any violation of or default by the Investor (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of, any obligation or to a loss of a material benefit under (a) any provision of the organizational documents of the Investor, (b) to the knowledge of the Investor, any material agreement or instrument, permit, franchise or license to which it is a party or (c) any Law applicable to the Investor or its properties or assets except, in the case of the foregoing clauses (b) and (c), such conflicts, violations or defaults which would not materially impede or delay or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the Investor’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or thereby (an “Investor Material Adverse Effect”).

Section 5.7 Consents. Other than the Antitrust Approvals, and (a) if the Restructuring is implemented as a Consensual Restructuring, the Stockholder Approval, and (b) if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, the entry of the Confirmation Order and the expiration, or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court, of the fourteen (14)-day period set forth in Bankruptcy Rules 6004(h) and 3020(e), respectively, all consents, approvals, Orders and authorizations required on the part of the Investor in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been obtained, or will be obtained, and will be effective as of the Closing, except where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, Orders or authorizations would not reasonably be expected to have an Investor Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.8 No Public Offering. The Investor has not received any information relating to the Purchased Securities to be acquired by it pursuant to this Agreement from, and is not purchasing the Purchased Securities as a result of, any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including but not limited to, any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or pursuant to any seminar or meeting whose attendees were invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.

Section 5.9 Investment Company. The Investor and any direct or indirect parent entity or controlling person of the Investor are not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Purchased Securities to be acquired by the Investor pursuant to this Agreement, will not be an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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ARTICLE VI

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 6.1 Conditions to the Obligation of the Investor. The obligation of the Investor to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to (unless waived by the Investor) the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Issuer set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except, to the extent such representations and warranties expressly address matters only as of a particular date, such representations and warranties need only be true and correct as of such particular date).

(b) Covenants. The Issuer and RAG shall have performed, in all material respects, all covenants and agreements herein required to be performed or observed by the Issuer or RAG on or prior to the Closing Date.

(c) No Challenges. No proceeding challenging this Agreement or any Operative Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or seeking to prohibit, alter or prevent the Closing, shall have been instituted by any Governmental Entity and shall be pending.

(d) Antitrust Approvals. All terminations or expirations of waiting periods imposed by any Governmental Entity necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including under any Antitrust Laws, shall have occurred, and the Antitrust Approvals and all other notifications, consents, authorizations and approvals required to be made or obtained from any Governmental Entity under any Antitrust Law shall have been made or obtained for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(e) Consents. All other governmental and third party notifications, filings, consents, waivers and approvals required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been made or received.

(f) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement shall be prohibited by any Law.

(g) Officer’s Certificate. The Investor shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Issuer confirming (without personal liability) that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1(a) and 6.1(b) have been satisfied.

(h) Alternative Transaction. Neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have entered into any Alternative Transaction Agreement (or proposed or resolved to do so, which proposal or resolution has not been withdrawn or terminated).

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(j) Other Agreements; Corporate Documents. The Issuer shall have (i) entered into and delivered to the Investor duly executed counterparts to the Registration Rights Agreement and the Governance Agreement, and (ii) duly and validly adopted the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.

(k) WSE Tender Offer. There shall have occurred at least one of the following events: (i) the Polish FSA shall have confirmed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Investor that upon consummation of the Restructuring and the Investment, the Investor and/or its Affiliates shall not, as a result of the Restructuring and/or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, be required to make any mandatory tender offer(s) under the Polish Securities Laws; (ii) the Common Stock of the Issuer will no longer be listed on the WSE from and after the Closing Date; or (iii) the Issuer is no longer a “public company” within the meaning of the Polish Public Offering Act.

(l) Material Adverse Change. There shall not have occurred since the date of this Agreement any Event that is outside the control of the Issuer and is materially adverse and consequential to the long term viability of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole measured over a commercially reasonable period of several years (a “Material Adverse Change”), provided, that no effect resulting from any of the following, alone or in combination, shall be deemed to constitute, nor shall any of the following be taken into account in determining whether there has occurred, a Material Adverse Change: (A) changes in the U.S., Polish, Russian or global economy, to the extent they do not have a disproportionate effect on the Issuer or its Subsidiaries compared to other companies in the industry in which the Issuer participates; (B) changes that affect generally the industry in which the Issuer and its Subsidiaries participate, to the extent they do not have a disproportionate effect on the Issuer or its Subsidiaries compared to other companies in the industry in which the Issuer participates; (C) changes in Law or in GAAP, to the extent they do not have a disproportionate effect on the Issuer or its Subsidiaries compared to other companies in the industry in which the Issuer participates; (D) any resignations of any employees that are demonstrated by the Issuer to be directly attributable to the execution of this Agreement; (E) any failure by the Issuer to meet internal projections or forecasts on or after the date of this Agreement, in and of itself (it being understood, however, that any event giving rise to or contributing to such failure may constitute or give rise to, and may be taken into account in determining whether there has occurred or would occur, a Material Adverse Change to the extent such event is not an excluded event under any of clauses (A) through (D) or (F)); or (F) the outbreak or escalation of war, armed hostilities, acts of terrorism or political instability, to the extent such outbreak, escalation of war, armed hostilities, acts of terrorism or political instability does not have a disproportionate effect on the Issuer and its Subsidiaries compared to other companies in the industry in which the Issuer participates. Additionally, the following Events shall not be deemed to be a Material Adverse Change: (i) any change in the policies of any Governmental Entity with respect to excise or similar taxes or spirit production or distribution; or, (ii) any event which directly relates to or is a reasonably direct consequence of a Bankruptcy Proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following Events shall be considered a Material Adverse Change: any uninsured casualty losses after the date hereof to any property, plant or equipment of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount that is at least One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000) in the aggregate. At any time after the Petition Date, any dispute with respect to whether a Material Adverse Change has occurred shall be finally determined by the Bankruptcy Court.

 

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(m) 2016 Exchange Offer; Consent Solicitation. The 2016 Exchange Offer, the Consent Solicitation and solicitation of votes with respect to the Plan shall have been conducted and completed in accordance with the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement, except for such termination of the 2016 Exchange Offer as may be consistent with this Agreement.

(n) No Breaches. Other than solely as a result of (i) the commencement of the Bankruptcy Proceedings or (ii) the non-payment of principal and accrued interest on the 2013 Convertible Notes upon their scheduled maturity date of March 15, 2013, no event of default shall have occurred under any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness for money borrowed of the Issuer and/or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the New Credit Facility Debt, the RTL Notes or the RSB Facility), and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which an event of default has occurred, aggregates Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000) or more, or, in the case of any lines of credit provided by banks guaranteeing the payment of excise Taxes, where the event of default has occurred with respect to a principal amount that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(o) Transaction Expenses. All Transaction Expenses incurred through the Closing shall have been paid in full in accordance with Section 8.12.

(p) Bankruptcy Approval of Plan and Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement. Subject to Section 6.4, this Agreement and the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement shall have been approved by the Bankruptcy Court, which Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement, and the Order approving it and this Agreement, shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor. Subject to Section 6.4, the Plan confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court in the Confirmation Order (the “Confirmed Plan”) and any amendments, supplements, changes and modifications thereto shall, in each case, be reasonably satisfactory to the Investor. Subject to Section 6.4, the Confirmation Order and the Orders entered by the Bankruptcy Court for any amendments, supplements, changes or modifications to the Confirmed Plan shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor. Subject to Section 6.4, the Orders entered by the Bankruptcy Court referred to above approving the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement and any amendments, supplements, changes and modifications to the Confirmed Plan shall, in each case, have become Final Orders.

(q) Conditions to Plan. Subject to Section 6.4, the conditions to the occurrence of the Effective Date of the Plan as set forth in the Confirmed Plan shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the Plan.

(r) Plan of Reorganization. Subject to Section 6.4, the Issuer and all of the other Debtors shall have complied in all material respects with the terms and conditions of the Plan that are to be performed by the Issuer and the other Debtors prior to the Effective Date.

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provisions contained in, and to release all liens and guarantees under, the existing 2016 Senior Notes Indenture or the Bankruptcy Court shall have issued an Order to such effect which Order shall have become a Final Order.

(t) Stockholder Approval. If Stockholder Approval is required to consummate the Restructuring in accordance with applicable Law or the NASDAQ Rules, the requisite Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.

(u) Cancellation of Notes. All of the 2013 Convertible Notes and the 2016 Senior Notes shall have been canceled and extinguished, and each of the 2013 Convertible Notes Indenture and the 2016 Senior Notes Indenture shall have been discharged and cease to be of further effect.

(v) RTL Offer. The conditions to the closing of the RTL Offer shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the RTL Offering Memorandum (other than any such condition which is not satisfied as a result of a breach by the Investor of the RTL Offering Memorandum.

Section 6.2 Conditions to the Obligation of the Issuer. The obligation of the Issuer to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to (unless waived by the Issuer) the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Article V shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except, to the extent such representations and warranties expressly address matters only as of a particular date, such representations and warranties need only be true and correct as of such particular date).

(b) Covenants. The Investor shall have performed in all material respects, all covenants and agreements herein required to be performed or observed by the Investor on or prior to the Closing Date.

(c) No Challenges. No proceeding challenging this Agreement or any Operative Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or seeking to prohibit, alter or prevent the Closing, shall have been instituted by any Governmental Entity and shall be pending.

(d) Officer’s Certificate. The Issuer shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Investor confirming (without personal liability) that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.2(a) and 6.2(b) have been satisfied.

(e) Antitrust Approvals. All terminations or expirations of waiting periods imposed by any Governmental Entity necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including under any Antitrust Laws, shall have occurred, and the Antitrust Approvals and all other notifications, consents, authorizations and approvals required to be made or obtained from any Governmental Entity under any Antitrust Law shall have been made or obtained for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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(f) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement shall be prohibited by any Law.

(g) Bankruptcy Approval of Plan and Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement. Subject to Section 6.4, the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement shall have been approved by the Bankruptcy Court. The Confirmation Order and the Order entered by the Bankruptcy Court approving the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement shall, in each case, have become Final Orders.

(h) Conditions to Plan. Subject to Section 6.4, the conditions to the occurrence of the Effective Date of the Plan shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the Plan.

(i) Stockholder Approval. If Stockholder Approval is required to consummate the Restructuring in accordance with applicable Law or the NASDAQ Rules, the requisite Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.

(j) RTL Offer. The RTL Offer shall have been conducted and completed in accordance with the RTL Offering Memorandum, except for such termination of the RTL Offer as may be consistent therewith.

Section 6.3 Failure of Closing Conditions. No Party may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in Section 6.1 or Section 6.2, as applicable, to be satisfied, and such condition shall be deemed to be satisfied with respect to such Party if such failure was caused by such Party’s failure to act in good faith or material breach of its obligations contained in this Agreement.

Section 6.4 Plan-Related Conditions. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1(p), 6.1(q), 6.1(r), 6.2(g) and 6.2(h), shall have no force and effect unless the Petition Date has occurred.

ARTICLE VII

TERMINATION

Section 7.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby abandoned at any time prior to the Closing Date:

(a) at any time by mutual agreement of the Issuer and the Investor;

(b) by either the Issuer or the Investor if:

(i) any court or other Governmental Entity shall have issued, enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced any Law restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Investment or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that the Party seeking to terminate pursuant to this Section 7.1(b)(i) shall have complied with its obligations, if any, under Section 8.1 and Section 8.2;

 

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(ii) the Closing Date shall not have occurred on or prior to October 15, 2013 (the “End Date”); provided, that a Party may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(b)(ii) if such Party is in material breach of this Agreement;

(iii) subject to Section 7.4, any of the Bankruptcy Proceedings shall have been dismissed or converted to a case under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, or the Bankruptcy Court has entered an Order in any of the Bankruptcy Proceedings appointing a trustee, receiver or examiner with expanded powers under chapter 7 or chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code; or

(iv) if the required Stockholder Approval is not obtained at any meeting held for such purpose (or at any postponement or adjournment thereof);

(c) by the Issuer:

(i) if there is a material breach (A) of any of the representations and warranties of the Investor contained in Article V or in any other Executed Agreement or (B) by the Investor of any covenant or agreement of the Investor in this Agreement or in any other Executed Agreement that, in either case, is not curable or, if curable, is not cured upon the occurrence of the earlier of (x) the tenth (10th) day after written notice thereof is given by the Issuer to the Investor and (y) the day that is three (3) Business Days prior to the End Date; provided, that the Issuer may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(c)(i) if the Issuer is in material breach of this Agreement; or

(ii) in order to concurrently enter into an Alternative Transaction Agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal; provided, that (A) the Issuer has complied with the terms of Section 8.3 and (B) the Issuer shall have paid the Break-Up Fee payable pursuant to Section 7.2;

(d) by the Investor:

(i) if there is a material breach (A) of any of the representations and warranties of the Issuer contained in Article IV or in any other Executed Agreement or (B) by the Issuer of any covenant or agreement of the Issuer in this Agreement or in any other Executed Agreement that, in either case, is not curable or, if curable, is not cured upon the occurrence of the earlier of (x) the tenth (10th) day after written notice thereof is given by the Investor to the Issuer and (y) the day that is three (3) Business Days prior to the End Date; provided, that the Investor may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(d)(i) if the Investor is in material breach of this Agreement;

(ii) if there shall have been a Change of Recommendation;

(iii) if the Issuer shall have entered into an Alternative Transaction Agreement;

(iv) except for the Bankruptcy Proceedings, if the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries: (A) commences any case or proceeding under any Law of any jurisdiction relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement,

 

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relief of debtors, dissolution, winding-up or composition or readjustment of debts or any similar Law; (B) applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator; (C) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (D) takes any action for the purpose of effecting or which would result in a similar or equivalent outcome as any of the foregoing;

(v) if (A) an involuntary case is commenced against the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries under the Bankruptcy Code; or (B) any proceeding is commenced against the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries under any other bankruptcy insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement, relief of debtors, dissolution, winding-up or composition or readjustment of debts or any similar Law by any Person; provided, that if either clause (A) or clause (B) occurs with respect to the Issuer, only if such case or proceeding is not dismissed, or a voluntary case or proceeding with respect to the Issuer is not commenced, within twenty-one (21) days;

(vi) subject to Section 7.4, if any of the filings, motions and Orders described in Section 8.13 or Section 8.14 are not made or obtained by the deadlines set forth therein or the Effective Date does not occur by the date set forth therein;

(vii) subject to Section 7.4, if the Bankruptcy Court shall determine not to approve the Plan or shall have approved or confirmed an Alternative Transaction Proposal or alternative plan;

(viii) subject to Section 7.4, if the Issuer amends or modifies or files a pleading to amend or modify the Plan, or any other documents related to the Plan in a manner that is not approved in writing by the Investor;

(ix) if the Issuer amends or modifies the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement, or any Operative Agreement, the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws in a manner that is not approved in writing by the Investor;

(x) subject to Section 7.4, if the Bankruptcy Court terminates the Issuer’s exclusive right to propose a plan of reorganization; or

(xi) subject to Section 7.4, if the Bankruptcy Court grants any request by any Person other than the Issuer to amend or modify the Plan, the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement or any documents related to the Plan in a manner that is not approved in writing by the Investor in its sole discretion; or

(xii) if the 2013 PSA (but only if the Issuer accedes to and executes the 2013 PSA) or the 2016 PSA is terminated in accordance with its terms.

Section 7.2 Termination Fees.

(a) Subject to, at any time following the Petition Date, entry of the Approval Order, if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to (i) Section 7.1(d)(i) or (ii) Section 7.1(c)(ii) or Section 7.1(d)(iii), then the Issuer and RAG shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay liquidated damages in an amount equal to Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) (the “Break-Up

 

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Fee”) to the Investor which shall be inclusive of any Transaction Expenses incurred prior to such termination that are due and payable hereunder that have not been paid theretofore; provided, that if the payment of the Break-Up Fee and/or the Transaction Expenses by the Issuer is subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court, the Issuer shall use its best efforts to obtain such approval at the earliest date following such termination.

(b) Subject to, at any time following the Petition Date, entry of the Approval Order, if (i) this Agreement is terminated by either the Issuer or the Investor pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(ii) or Section 7.1(b)(iv), (ii) prior to such termination an Alternative Transaction Proposal shall have been communicated to the Issuer or publicly announced, and (iii) the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries subsequently consummates any Alternative Transaction Proposal within eighteen (18) months of such termination, then the Issuer and RAG shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the Break-Up Fee, as liquidated damages, to the Investor which shall be inclusive of any Transaction Expenses incurred prior to such termination that are due and payable hereunder that have not been paid theretofore; provided, that if the payment of the Break-Up Fee and/or the Transaction Expenses is subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court, the Issuer shall use its best efforts to obtain such approval at the earliest date following such termination.

(c) Payment of the Break-Up Fee due under Section 7.2(a) or Section 7.2(b) will be made (i) prior to or contemporaneous with such termination in the case of termination by the Issuer pursuant to Section 7.1(c)(ii), (ii) within one (1) Business Day after the date of such termination in the case of termination by the Investor pursuant to Section 7.1(d)(i) or Section 7.1(d)(iii), and (iii) on the same day as the closing of the transactions referenced in Section 7.2(b); provided, that if the approval of the Bankruptcy Court is required for such payment, such payment will be made no later than the close of business on the next Business Day following approval by the Bankruptcy Court thereof, which approval shall be sought by the Issuer at the earliest date possible following such triggering event. The provision for the payment of the Break-Up Fee is an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and without such provision the Investor would not have entered into this Agreement, and the Break-Up Fee and the Transaction Expenses shall, subject to Bankruptcy Court approval (if applicable) and to the extent payable in accordance herewith, shall constitute an allowed superpriority administrative expense claim pursuant to sections 105, 503 and 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(d) Each Party acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Section 7.2 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and that, without these agreements, none of the Parties would have entered into this Agreement. Accordingly, if the Issuer or RAG fails promptly to pay any amount due to the Investor pursuant to this Section 7.2, the Issuer and RAG shall also be jointly and severally obligated to pay any costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by the other party in connection with a legal Action to enforce this Agreement that results in a judgment against the paying party for such amount, together with interest on the amount of any unpaid fee, cost or expense at the publicly announced prime rate of Citibank, N.A. from the date such fee, cost or expense was required to be paid to (but excluding) the payment date.

 

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Section 7.3 Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1 by any Party, such Party shall as promptly as practicable deliver written notice thereof to the other Parties specifying the provision hereof pursuant to which such termination is made, and this Agreement shall be terminated and become void and have no effect and there shall be no liability hereunder on the part of any Party. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1, this Article VII, Section 8.12, Article IX, Article X and Article XI will not terminate and will survive any termination of this Agreement. Nothing in this Section 7.3 shall relieve any Party of liability for any willful breach of this Agreement.

Section 7.4 Plan-Related Termination. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the termination rights set forth in Sections 7.1(b)(iii), 7.1(d)(vi)-(viii), 7.1(d)(x) and 7.1(d)(xi), shall have no force and effect unless either (a) the Issuer and Investor mutually agree to implement the Restructuring as a Chapter 11 Restructuring or (b) the Investor requests of the Issuer in writing at any time prior to the Settlement Date referred to in the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement, that the Restructuring be implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring.

ARTICLE VIII

COVENANTS

Section 8.1 Antitrust Approvals.

(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, each of the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including preparing and filing as promptly as practicable all documentation to effect all necessary filings, notices, petitions, statements, registrations, submissions of information, applications and other documents necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (each, a “Filing”), including, without limitation, any Filings required under any Antitrust Laws of any applicable jurisdiction (including, without limitation, the Antitrust Approvals). Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (x) promptly furnish documents or information requested by any Antitrust Authority or other Governmental Entity in connection with the foregoing Filings, (y) cause all documents that it is responsible for filing with any Governmental Entity under this Section 8.1(a) to comply in all material respects with all applicable Laws, and (z) as promptly as practicable supply the other Party with any information which may be required in order to effectuate any Filings pursuant to this Section 8.1(a).

(b) The Issuer and the Investor agree to reasonably cooperate with each other (and to cause their respective Subsidiaries to cooperate) as to the appropriate time and content of each Filing. Each Party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law: (i) promptly notify each other of, and if in writing, furnish each other with copies of (or, in the case of material oral communications, advise each other orally of) any communications from or with an Antitrust Authority; (ii) not participate in any meeting with an Antitrust Authority unless it consults with the other Party in advance and, to the extent permitted by the Antitrust Authority and applicable

 

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Law, give such other Party a reasonable opportunity to attend and participate thereat; (iii) furnish the other Party with copies of all correspondence, filings and communications between such Party and the Antitrust Authority; (iv) furnish the other Party with such necessary information and reasonable assistance as may be reasonably necessary in connection with the preparation of necessary Filings or submission of information to the Antitrust Authority; and (v) not withdraw its Filing, if any, under any Antitrust Laws without the prior written consent of the other Party.

(c) Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the waiting periods under the applicable Antitrust Laws to terminate or expire at the earliest possible date after the date of filing. The communications contemplated by this Section 8.1 may be made by the Parties on an outside counsel-only basis or subject to other agreed upon confidentiality safeguards.

(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing shall require the Investor or any of its Affiliates to (i) dispose of, license or hold separate any of its or its Subsidiaries’ or Affiliates’ assets or the Issuer’s or its Subsidiaries’ assets, (ii) limit its freedom of action with respect to any of its or its Subsidiaries’ businesses, the Issuer’s or its Subsidiaries’ businesses or make any other behavioral commitments, (iii) divest any of its Subsidiaries, its Affiliates or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries, or (iv) commit or agree to any of the foregoing. Without the prior written consent of the Investor in its sole discretion, neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries shall commit or agree to (x) dispose of, license or hold separate any of its assets or (y) limit its freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses or commit or agree to any of the foregoing, in each case, in order to secure any necessary consent or approvals for the transactions contemplated hereby under the Antitrust Laws; provided, that the Issuer shall commit or agree (subject only to the consummation of the Investment) to take any of the foregoing actions set forth in clauses (x) and/or (y) upon the written request of the Investor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither the Investor, nor any of its Affiliates, nor the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be required as a result of this Agreement to initiate any legal Action against, or defend any Action brought by, any Governmental Entity in order to avoid the entry of, or to effect the dissolution of, any injunction, temporary restraining order or other Order in any suit or proceeding which would otherwise have the effect of preventing or materially delaying the transactions contemplated hereby, or which may require any undertaking or condition set forth in the preceding sentence.

Section 8.2 Commercially Reasonable Efforts.

(a) Without in any way limiting any other obligation of the Issuer or the Investor in this Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other Parties in doing, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using commercially reasonable efforts to: (i) obtain all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents, approvals, Orders and authorizations from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations, declarations and filings (including any filings required under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any applicable U.S. state or securities or “blue sky” Laws and the securities Laws of any foreign country, or under any other Law relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any filings required

 

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under the NASDAQ Rules or the Polish Securities Laws, and any other registrations, declarations and filings with any other Governmental Entities, if any) (ii) obtain all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties and (iii) execute and deliver of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement.

(b) Subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, the Issuer and the Investor shall have the right to review in advance, and to the extent practicable each will consult with the other on all of the information relating to the Issuer or the Investor, as the case may be, and any of their respective Subsidiaries, that appears in any Filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In exercising the rights contained in this Section 8.2(b), the Issuer and the Investor shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable.

(c) Nothing contained in Section 8.1 or this Section 8.2 shall limit the ability of the Investor to consult with the Issuer and the other Debtors, to appear and be heard, or to file objections, concerning any matter arising in any Bankruptcy Proceedings, so long as such consultation, appearance or objection does not violate (i) the Investor’s obligations hereunder or (ii) the terms of the Plan and the other transactions contemplated hereby and the Plan.

Section 8.3 Alternative Transaction Proposals.

(a) Subject to the provisions of this Section 8.3, at all times during the period commencing with the date hereof and continuing until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VII and the Closing Date (the “Post-Signing Period”), the Issuer shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and their respective officers and directors not to, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its other Representatives not to, enter into or approve any Alternative Transaction Proposal or Alternative Transaction Agreement. The Issuer shall notify the Investor orally and in writing promptly, and in any event within one (1) Business Day, of the receipt by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives, of any Alternative Transaction Proposal. The written notice shall include the identity of the Person making such Alternative Transaction Proposal, the material terms and conditions of the Alternative Transaction Proposal and copies of any written communications and documents setting forth the material terms and conditions of such Alternative Transaction Proposal received by the Issuer from the Person making such Alternative Transaction Proposal or its Representatives or Affiliates, and the Issuer shall keep the Investor reasonably informed of the status and details of any such Alternative Transaction Proposal and any material developments with respect thereto on a prompt basis (and in any event within 24 hours).

(b) The Issuer shall promptly notify the Investor orally and in writing upon a good-faith determination by the Board or any committee thereof, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that any Alternative Transaction Proposal is a Superior Proposal. So long as the Issuer is in compliance with this Section 8.3, if the Issuer receives an Alternative Transaction Proposal which the Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, constitutes a Superior Proposal and such Alternative Transaction Proposal has not been withdrawn, the Board may terminate this Agreement in accordance with the terms of Section 7.1(c)(ii) to enter into an Alternative

 

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Transaction Agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal received after the date of this Agreement, but only if: (i) the Issuer shall have first provided prior written notice to the Investor that it is prepared to terminate this Agreement to enter into an Alternative Transaction Agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal, which notice shall include the material terms and conditions of the transaction that constitutes such Superior Proposal and the identity of the party making such Superior Proposal and attach a copy of the definitive agreement proposed to be entered into with respect to such Superior Proposal; (ii) the Issuer has negotiated in good faith with the Investor (including by making the Issuer’s Representatives reasonably available to negotiate) with respect to any changes to the terms of this Agreement proposed by the Investor for a reasonable period of time (consistent with the Board’s fiduciary duties) after the Investor’s receipt of such notice (it being understood and agreed that any material change to the financial or other terms and conditions of such Superior Proposal shall require an additional notice to the Investor and negotiations in good faith for a reasonable period of time (consistent with the Board’s fiduciary duties)); and (iii) the Board determines in good faith, after taking into account the changes to the terms of this Agreement committed to by the Investor and after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that such Superior Proposal continues to meet the definition of the term “Superior Proposal” and that the failure by it to terminate this Agreement to enter into such Alternative Transaction Agreement would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided, that the Issuer shall not terminate this Agreement pursuant to the foregoing, and any purported termination pursuant to the foregoing shall be void and of no force or effect, unless at or concurrently with such termination the Issuer pays the Break-Up Fee in full in accordance with Section 7.2.

(c) For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned below:

(i) “Alternative Transaction Agreement” means any Contract, letter of intent (whether binding or not), term sheet (whether binding or not) or support agreement relating to (or any written agreement in principle providing for the consummation of) any Alternative Transaction Proposal.

(ii) “Alternative Transaction Proposal” means any inquiry, offer, indication of interest, proposal or offer (whether or not in writing, and whether or not publicly announced) from any Person relating to any transaction or series of transactions that is inconsistent with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan, including (A) a merger, consolidation, spin-off, share exchange (including a split-off) or business combination involving the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) a sale, lease, license, exchange, mortgage, transfer or other disposition, directly or indirectly, in a single transaction or series of related transactions (including by way of merger, consolidation, spin-off, share exchange (including a split-off), business combination, joint venture, sale of equity interests or other economic interests in the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries), of assets of the Issuer and/or its Subsidiaries representing fifteen percent (15%) or more of the consolidated revenues, net income or assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (C) an issuance, purchase, sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, in a single transaction or series of related transactions (including by way of a tender offer, exchange offer or other similar transaction), (1) of shares of capital stock or other securities representing fifteen percent (15%) or more of the voting power

 

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of the capital stock of the Issuer or (2) that, if consummated, would result in any Person or “group” (as defined in the Exchange Act) of Persons, directly or indirectly acquiring beneficial or record ownership of more than fifteen percent (15%) of the Common Stock then outstanding, (D) a reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation or dissolution, or any financial restructuring or plan of reorganization, of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, or (E) any combination of the foregoing or other transaction having a similar effect to those described in clauses (A) through (D).

(iii) “Superior Proposal” means a bona fide written Alternative Transaction Proposal that the Board determines in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel and after taking into account any revisions to the terms of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement agreed to by the Investor pursuant to Section 8.3) (A) is at least as likely to be consummated (if accepted) in accordance with its terms, taking into account all legal, financial and regulatory aspects of the proposal and the Person making the Alternative Transaction Proposal, (B) would, if consummated, result in a transaction that is more favorable to the Issuer and its stakeholders from a financial point of view than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (C) the failure of the Board to identify as a Superior Proposal would be inconsistent with the Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

Section 8.4 Reporting Status; Listing of Common Stock. The Issuer’s Common Stock is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. At all times during the Post-Signing Period, the Issuer will use its best efforts to timely file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with (a) the SEC under the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and (b) the Polish FSA and the WSE under the reporting obligations of the Polish Securities Laws, and the Issuer will not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if such Laws or the rules and regulations thereunder would permit such termination. The Issuer will not apply for listing on the WSE of the Purchased Securities issued pursuant to this Agreement or of any securities issued pursuant to the Restructuring. The Issuer will use its commercially reasonable efforts to delist its Existing Equity from the WSE in connection with the Restructuring and to take such actions as would enable the condition set forth in Section 6.1(k) to be satisfied.

Section 8.5 Securities Laws. The Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all action as may be necessary or advisable so that the issuance and sale of the Purchased Securities and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be effected in accordance with this Agreement, the Plan, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Polish Securities Laws and any state or foreign securities or “blue sky” Laws.

Section 8.6 Use of Cash Proceeds. The Issuer shall utilize the entire amount of the proceeds received from the Investment solely for the purposes expressly set forth in the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement and the Plan.

Section 8.7 Takeover Provisions. The Issuer and the Board shall (a) take all action to prevent any Takeover Provision from becoming applicable to this Agreement or the sale or issuance of Common Stock to the Investor in accordance with the Restructuring and (b) if any Takeover Provision is or would reasonably be expected to become applicable to the sale or

 

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issuance of Common Stock to the Investor in accordance with this Agreement or the Restructuring, the Issuer and the Board shall grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that such transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize as much as possible the effects of such Takeover Provision on such transactions.

Section 8.8 Conduct of Business. The Issuer covenants and agrees that, during the Post-Signing Period, (a) except as expressly required by this Agreement, (b) except as compelled by applicable Law, including in connection with any Bankruptcy Proceeding, or (c) unless the Investor otherwise provides its prior written consent in its sole discretion, the Issuer shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (x) conduct its business in the ordinary course of business, (y) comply in all material respects with all Laws and Permits applicable to it, and (z) use its commercially reasonable efforts to (1) preserve substantially intact its business organization and assets, (2) maintain satisfactory relationships with its customers, suppliers and any other Persons with which it has material business relations, (3) maintain in effect all Permits of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, and (4) keep available the services of its key officers and employees.

Section 8.9 Notification of Certain Matters; Transaction Litigation.

(a) The Issuer shall promptly notify the Investor of (i) any Actions in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan commenced or, to the Knowledge of the Issuer, threatened, against the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries, or any party to the Restructuring (each, a “Transaction Litigation”), (ii) the occurrence or non-occurrence of any Event which would be reasonably likely to cause any condition set forth in Article VI not to be satisfied, (iii) any notice of, or other communication relating to, a default or Event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default under any material Contract to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, (iv) any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan, or (v) the occurrence or non-occurrence of any Event which has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The Issuer shall (i) keep the Investor fully informed on a prompt basis regarding any Transaction Litigation, (ii) consult with the Investor regarding the defense or settlement of any such Transaction Litigation, (iii) give due consideration to the Investor’s advice with respect thereto and (iv) not settle any such Transaction Litigation without the Investor’s prior written consent.

Section 8.10 Consent Solicitation. The Issuer shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and Representatives to, conduct the consent solicitation described in the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement in accordance and compliance with all applicable Laws.

Section 8.11 Access to Information. Subject to applicable Law, upon reasonable notice, the Issuer shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) afford the Investor and its Representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours and without unreasonable disruption or interference with the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ business or operations,

 

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throughout the Post-Signing Period, to the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ officers, employees, properties, books, contracts and records and, during the Post-Signing Period, the Issuer shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) furnish promptly to such parties all information concerning the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ business, properties and personnel as may reasonably be requested by any such party; provided, that the foregoing shall not require the Issuer (a) to disclose any legally privileged information of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) to violate any Laws.

Section 8.12 Transaction Expenses

(a) The Issuer and RAG will be jointly and severally obligated to reimburse or pay, as the case may be, all out-of-pocket costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Investor and its Affiliates in connection with (i) the exploration and discussion of the Binding Term Sheet, this Agreement, the Operative Agreements and the Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the Bankruptcy Proceedings (including any expenses related to obtaining required consents of Governmental Entities and other Persons), (ii) any due diligence related to the Binding Term Sheet, this Agreement, the Operative Agreements and the Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (iii) the preparation and negotiation of the Binding Term Sheet, this Agreement, the Operative Agreements and the Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the Bankruptcy Proceedings, (iv) the implementation of the transactions contemplated by the Binding Term Sheet, this Agreement, the Operative Agreements and the Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (v) in connection with the confirmation of the Plan and approval of the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement, and objections thereto and any other actions in the Bankruptcy Proceedings related thereto, (vi) to enforce the Investor’s rights against the Issuer under this Agreement, the Plan and any Operative Agreement (but only to the extent the Investor prevails on the merits of its underlying claim in such proceedings), (vii) any filings required to be made by the Investor or any of its Affiliates with any Governmental Entity and (viii) any other judicial and regulatory proceedings in furtherance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, in each case, the reasonable fees, costs, and expenses of (1) the outside counsel of the Investor (including White & Case LLP), and (2) any accountants, investment bankers, financial advisors, experts, consultants and other professionals retained by the Investor, including Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P. (collectively, “Transaction Expenses”) in the following manner:

(x) on the Closing Date, if the Closing Date occurs; or

(y) upon termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.1, other than (1) in the circumstances in which a Break-Up Fee is payable and paid in accordance with the terms of Section 7.2 or (2) if this Agreement is terminated by the Issuer pursuant to Section 7.1(c)(i), and subject in each case referred to in this clause (y) to a cap on such Transaction Expenses of Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000); provided, that payment of such Transaction Expenses in accordance with this clause (y) will be made prior to or contemporaneous with such termination if this Agreement is terminated by the Issuer and within three (3) Business Days after such termination if this Agreement is terminated by the Investor.

 

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(b) The provision for the payment of Transaction Expenses is (and, if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, the Approval Order will so provide that payment of Transaction Expenses is) an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and without this provision the Investor would not have entered into this Agreement and such Transaction Expenses shall constitute an allowed superpriority administrative expense claim pursuant to sections 105, 503 and 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Issuer shall be responsible for and pay its own expenses.

Section 8.13 Approval Motion and Approval Order. If the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring, on the Petition Date, the Issuer shall file a motion and supporting papers, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion (the “Approval Motion”), seeking the entry of an Order of the Bankruptcy Court (the “Approval Order”) (a) approving and authorizing the Issuer and the other Debtors to perform their respective obligations hereunder, including the payment, in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions hereof, of the Transaction Expenses and Break-Up Fee provided for herein and the granting of the releases set forth in Section 11.9. If the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring the Issuer agrees that it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (x) obtain the entry of the Approval Order (including filing supporting affidavits on behalf of the Issuer and its financial advisor) and (y) cause the Approval Order to become a Final Order (including by requesting that such Approval Order be a Final Order immediately upon its entry by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to a waiver of Bankruptcy Rule 6004(h)), in each case as soon as practicable following the filing of the Approval Motion, but in no event later than the date of the Confirmation Order.

Section 8.14 Plan, Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement and Other Documents.

(a) This Section 8.14 shall apply if the Restructuring is to be implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring.

(b) If voting on the Plan is solicited as a prepackaged plan prior to the Petition Date, then the Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to implement the Restructuring through the Plan consistent with the following milestones:

(i) obtain from the Bankruptcy Court an Order approving the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on May 15, 2013;

(ii) obtain from the Bankruptcy Court the Confirmation Order on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on May 15, 2013; and

(iii) cause the Effective Date to occur on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on August 15, 2013.

(c) If voting on the Plan is not solicited as a prepackaged plan prior to the Petition Date, then the Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to implement the Restructuring through the Plan consistent with the following milestones:

(i) file a motion seeking approval of the Disclosure Statement on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on the fourteenth (14th) day after the Petition Date;

 

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(ii) obtain from the Bankruptcy Court an Order approving the Disclosure Statement on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on July 1, 2013;

(iii) obtain from the Bankruptcy Court the Confirmation Order on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on July 15, 2013; and

(iv) cause the Effective Date to occur on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on October 15, 2013.

(d) The Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Order of the Bankruptcy Court referenced in (i) Section 8.13 and (ii) Section 8.14(b) or Section 8.14(c), as applicable, to become Final Orders within fourteen (14) days after the entry of such Order.

(e) The Issuer shall (i) provide to the Investor a copy of (A) any proposed amendments, supplements, changes or modifications to the Plan, the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Governance Agreement and any other Operative Agreement and (B) the proposed form of Approval Order, Confirmation Order, the proposed form of any plan supplement and any proposed amendments, supplements, changes or modifications to any of the foregoing, (ii) provide a reasonable opportunity to the Investor to review and comment on such documents prior to authorizing, agreeing to, entering into, implementing, executing or, if applicable, filing with the Bankruptcy Court or seeking Bankruptcy Court approval or confirmation of, any such documents, and (iii) consider, in good faith, any comments consistent with this Agreement and the Plan, and any other comments of the Investor and its counsel. Except as otherwise contemplated by Section 8.3, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, at all times prior to the Effective Date, the Issuer shall not authorize, approve, agree to, enter into, implement, execute or, if applicable, file with the Bankruptcy Court or seek Bankruptcy Court approval or confirmation of: (x) any plan of reorganization for any Debtor, disclosure statement, confirmation order, certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Issuer, registration rights agreement, governance agreement or plan supplement other than the Plan, Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement, Confirmation Order, Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, Registration Rights Agreement, Governance Agreement or a plan supplement satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion; (y) any management equity incentive program other than as approved in writing by the Investor in its sole discretion; or (z) any employment agreement or any “change in control” agreement with any employee other than as approved in writing by the Investor in its sole discretion.

(f) If at any time prior to the Expiration Time, to the Knowledge of the Issuer, any Event occurs as a result of which the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement (or, if voting on the Plan is not solicited as a prepackaged plan prior to the commencement of the Petition Date, the Disclosure Statement), as then amended or supplemented, would not meet the requirements of section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement (or, if voting on the Plan is not

 

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solicited as a prepackaged plan prior to the commencement of the Petition Date, the Disclosure Statement) to comply with applicable Law, the Issuer will promptly notify the Investor of any such Event and prepare an amendment or supplement to the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement (or, if voting on the Plan is not solicited as a prepackaged plan prior to the commencement of the Petition Date, the Disclosure Statement) that is acceptable in form and substance to the Investor in its sole discretion that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.

Section 8.15 Plan Support. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall restrict or prohibit the Investor from transferring or otherwise disposing of any of its Existing Equity, New Credit Facility Debt, RTL Notes, or 2013 Convertible Notes in accordance with the 2013 PSA or the 2016 PSA.

Section 8.16 Proxy Statement. Any proxy statement filed with the SEC (and any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”) for its annual meeting of stockholders with respect to its 2012 fiscal year (the “2012 Annual General Meeting”) shall seek only approval of the matters included in the Issuer’s preliminary proxy statement filed with the SEC on February 28, 2013. Prior to filing any amendment to the Proxy Statement or any other filing with the SEC in connection with the 2012 Annual General Meeting, the Issuer will provide drafts thereof to the Investor, will give the Investor a reasonable time to review and comment thereon and will consider in good faith any comments made by the Investor. The Proxy Statement and any such other filings shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and shall not, on the date it is first mailed to stockholders of the Issuer and at the time of the 2012 Annual General Meeting, contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading. The Issuer shall, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof (and in any event within two (2) Business Days), provide the Investor copies of any written comments and advise the Investor of any oral comments with respect to the Proxy Statement received from the SEC. If at any time prior to the 2012 Annual General Meeting, (a) any Event occurs with respect to the Parties hereto or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, which is required to be set forth in an amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement or (b) any information relating to the Parties hereto, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, should be discovered by a Party which should be set forth in an amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement so that such document would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Issuer shall file as promptly as practicable with the SEC an amendment of or supplement to the Proxy Statement and, as required by Law, disseminate the information contained in such amendment or supplement to the stockholders of the Issuer; provided, that prior to filing any such amendment or supplement, the Issuer will provide drafts thereof to the Investor, will give the Investor a reasonable time to review and comment thereon and will consider in good faith any comments made by the Investor.

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the Restructuring: (a) the Purchased Securities shall constitute all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Issuer; (b) no shares of preferred stock of the Issuer will be issued or outstanding; (c) the Purchased Securities will constitute one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Issuer; (d) there will be no options, warrants, calls, preemptive (or similar) rights, subscriptions or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character obligating the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, transfer or sell, or cause to be issued, transferred or sold, any shares of its capital stock or other Equity Securities; (e) there will be no outstanding contractual obligations of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its Equity Securities; and (f) no Person will have the right to require the Issuer to register any securities of the Issuer under the Securities Act, whether on a demand basis or in connection with the registration of securities of the Issuer for its own account or for the account of any other Person other than as provided for in the Operative Agreements.

ARTICLE IX

INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

Section 9.1 Indemnification Obligations. Following the date hereof, the Issuer and RAG shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless the Investor, its Affiliates, and their respective shareholders, general partners, members, managers, equity holders and Representatives and controlling persons from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable expenses (including any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any Action or claim as to which it is entitled to indemnification hereunder as such expenses are incurred), joint or several (collectively, “Losses”) that such Person incurs or may incur arising out of or in connection with any third party claim (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any claim by any Affiliate of the Issuer, other than the Investor) against any such Person in connection with (a) the failure of any representation or warranty made by the Issuer in this Agreement to be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Date, and/or (b) any breach by the Issuer of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, in each case, whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Restructuring or the Plan are consummated or this Agreement is terminated.

Section 9.2 Indemnification Procedure. Promptly after receipt by a Person entitled to indemnification under Section 9.1 (such Person, an “Indemnified Person”) of notice of the commencement of any Action (an “Indemnified Claim”) by any Person other than the Issuer, such Indemnified Person will, if a claim is to be made hereunder against the Issuer in respect thereof, notify the Issuer in writing of the commencement thereof; provided, that the omission to so notify the Issuer will not relieve the Issuer or RAG from any liability that either may have hereunder except to the extent the Issuer has been materially prejudiced by such failure. In case any such Indemnified Claims are brought against any Indemnified Person and it notifies the Issuer of the commencement thereof, the Issuer will be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it may elect by written notice delivered to such Indemnified Person, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably acceptable to such Indemnified Person; provided, that if the parties (including any impleaded parties) to any such Indemnified Claims include both such Indemnified Person and the Issuer and based on advice of such Indemnified Person’s counsel

 

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there are legal defenses available to such Indemnified Person that are different from or additional to those available to the Issuer, such Indemnified Person shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such Indemnified Claims on behalf of such Indemnified Person. Upon receipt of notice from the Issuer to such Indemnified Person of its election so to assume the defense of such Indemnified Claims with counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Person, the Issuer shall not be liable to such Indemnified Person for expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with the defense thereof (other than reasonable costs of investigation) unless (a) such Indemnified Person shall have employed separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in connection with the assertion of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood that all such expenses shall be reimbursed as they occur), (b) the Issuer shall not have employed counsel reasonably acceptable to such Indemnified Person to represent such Indemnified Person within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the Indemnified Claims, (c) the Issuer shall not have acknowledged its indemnification obligation to such Indemnified Person or shall have failed or is failing to defend such claim, and is provided written notice of such failure by the Indemnified Person and such failure is not reasonably cured within fifteen (15) Business Days of receipt of such notice, or (d) the Issuer shall have authorized in writing the employment of counsel for such Indemnified Person.

Section 9.3 Settlement of Indemnified Claims. The Issuer shall not be liable for any settlement of any Indemnified Claims effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. If any settlement of any Indemnified Claim is consummated with the written consent of the Issuer or if there is a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such Indemnified Claim, the Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any and all Losses by reason of such settlement or judgment to the extent such Losses are otherwise subject to indemnification by the Issuer hereunder in accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, the provisions of this Article IX. Notwithstanding anything in this Article IX to the contrary, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested the Issuer to reimburse such Indemnified Person for legal or other expenses in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) in connection with investigating, responding to or defending any Indemnified Claims as contemplated by this Article IX, the Issuer shall be liable for any settlement of any Indemnified Claims effected without its written consent if (a) such settlement is entered into more than (i) sixty (60) days after receipt by the Issuer of such request for reimbursement and (ii) thirty (30) days after receipt by the Indemnified Party of the material terms of such settlement and (b) the Issuer shall not have reimbursed such Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. The Issuer shall not, without the prior written consent of an Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Indemnified Claims in respect of which indemnity or contribution has been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person in form and substance satisfactory to such Indemnified Person in its sole discretion from all liability on the claims that are the subject matter of such Indemnified Claims and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

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subject to Indemnification pursuant to Section 9.1, then the Issuer shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such Loss in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by the Issuer on the one hand and such Indemnified Person on the other hand but also the relative fault of the Issuer, on the one hand, and such Indemnified Person, on the other hand, as well as any relevant equitable considerations.

Section 9.5 Treatment of Indemnification Payments. All amounts paid by the Issuer to an Indemnified Person under this Article IX shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, be treated as adjustments to the purchase price for the Purchased Securities for all Tax purposes.

Section 9.6 Limitation on Liabilities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the indemnification provided in this Article IX will not, as to any Indemnified Person, apply to Losses to the extent that they are finally judicially determined to have resulted from (a) any material breach of this Agreement by such Indemnified Person or (b) the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnified Person.

Section 9.7 Survival of Representations and Warranties. Notwithstanding any investigation at any time made by or on behalf of any Party, all representations, warranties and agreements made in this Agreement will survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 10.1 Public Statements or Releases. At all times prior to the Effective Date or the earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Issuer and the Investor shall consult with each other prior to issuing any press releases and/or filing any Current Reports on Form 8-K or other such SEC filings with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Plan, and shall provide each other with an opportunity to review and comment on any such press release or SEC filings a reasonable amount of time before it is made and shall consider in good faith any comments made by such reviewing Party; provided, that nothing in this Section 10.1 shall prevent any Party from making any public announcement in connection with the termination of this Agreement by such Party without such prior notice.

Section 10.2 Rights Cumulative. Each and all of the various rights, powers and remedies of the Parties shall be considered to be cumulative with and in addition to any other rights, powers and remedies which such Parties may have at law or in equity in the event of the breach of any of the terms of this Agreement. The exercise or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy shall neither constitute the exclusive election thereof nor the waiver of any other right, power or remedy available to such Party.

Section 10.3 Rules of Construction. (a) All pronouns or any variation thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the Person(s) may require; (b) when reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Paragraph, Clause, Schedule, Exhibit or Annex, such reference will be to an article, section,

 

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paragraph, clause, schedule, exhibit or annex to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated; (c) whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (d) references in this Agreement to “writing” or comparable expressions include a reference to a written document transmitted by means of electronic mail in portable document format (.pdf), facsimile transmission or comparable means of communication; (e) the words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole, including all Exhibits and Schedules attached to this Agreement, and not to any provision of this Agreement; (f) references to “day” or “days” are to calendar days; (g) references to “the date hereof” are to the date of this Agreement; (h) the term this “Agreement” shall be construed as a reference to this Agreement as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended, modified, varied, novated or supplemented; (i) unless otherwise specified, references to a statute means such statute as amended from time to time and includes any successor legislation thereto and any regulations promulgated thereunder in effect on the date of this Agreement; and (j) references to “dollars” or “$” are to United States of America dollars. Whenever in this Agreement any Party is permitted to take an action or make a decision in its “sole discretion”, the Parties acknowledge that such Party is entitled to make such decision or take such action in such Party’s sole and absolute and unfettered discretion and shall be entitled to make such decision or take such action without regard for the interests of any other Person and for any reason or no reason whatsoever. Each Party hereto acknowledges, and agrees to accept, all risks associated with the granting to the other Parties of the ability to act in such unfettered manner.

Section 10.4 Notices. Any notices, reports or other correspondence (hereinafter collectively referred to as “correspondence”) required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent by postage prepaid first class mail, courier or by facsimile or delivered by hand to the Party to whom such correspondence is required or permitted to be given hereunder, and shall be deemed sufficient upon receipt when delivered personally or by courier, overnight delivery service or confirmed facsimile, or three (3) Business Days after being deposited in the regular mail as certified or registered mail (airmail if sent internationally) with postage prepaid, if such notice is addressed to the Party to be notified at such Party’s address or facsimile number as set forth below:

(a) All correspondence to the Issuer shall be addressed as follows:

Central European Distribution Corporation

Bobrowiecka 6

00-728 Warsaw

Poland

Attention:        Chief Executive Officer

Facsimile:        +48 22 456 60 01

with a copy to

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

40 Bank St., Canary Wharf

London E14 5DS

UK

Attention:        Scott Simpson, Esq.

                         Jay M. Goffman, Esq.

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(b) All correspondence to the Investor shall be addressed as follows:

Roust Trading Ltd.

25 Belmont Hills Drive

Warwick WK 06, Bermuda

Attention:        Wendell M. Hollis

with a copy to

White & Case LLP

1155 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

Attention:        Gregory Pryor

Facsimile:        +1 (212) 354-8113

White & Case LLP

Southeast Financial Center, Suite 4900

200 South Biscayne Boulevard

Miami, FL 33131

Attention:        Thomas E Lauria

Facsimile:        +1 (305) 358-5744

(c) Any Party may change the address to which correspondence to it is to be addressed by written notification as provided for herein.

Section 10.5 Captions. The descriptive headings of the Articles and Sections of this Agreement are solely for the convenience of reference and shall not affect their interpretation.

Section 10.6 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provisions hereof. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any Person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the economic, business and legal effect of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other jurisdiction.

Section 10.7 Obligations of RAG. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, RAG’s obligation to pay any amount for which it is jointly and severally liable with the Issuer under this Agreement shall be conditioned upon the entry of the Approval Order, if the Restructuring is implemented as a Chapter 11 Restructuring.

 

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ARTICLE XI

GOVERNING LAW AND OTHER PROVISIONS

Section 11.1 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial; Injunctive Relief

(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL PROCEDURAL AND SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAWS CONCEPTS WHICH WOULD APPLY THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF SOME OTHER JURISDICTION.

(b) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, AND ALL APPELLATE COURTS RELATING THERETO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION, PROCEEDING OR JUDGMENT RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING CONSENT TO NEW YORK JURISDICTION, UPON COMMENCEMENT OF THE BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS, EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT THE BANKRUPTCY COURT SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. SERVICE OF PROCESS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE SERVED ON EACH PARTY HERETO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY THE SAME METHODS AS ARE SPECIFIED FOR THE GIVING OF NOTICES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.

Section 11.2 Amendments. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except pursuant to an instrument in writing signed by the Issuer and the Investor.

Section 11.3 Waiver. No waiver of any term, provision or condition of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or be construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such term, provision or condition or as a waiver of any other term, provision or condition of this Agreement.

 

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Section 11.4 Assignment. The rights and obligations of the Parties shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the authorized successors and permitted assigns of each Party. No Party may assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement or designate another Person (a) to perform all or part of its obligations under this Agreement or (b) to have all or part of its rights and benefits under this Agreement, in each case without the prior written consent of the other Parties; provided, that the Investor may assign any of its rights, benefits and obligations hereunder to an Affiliate thereof without the consent of the Issuer, but such assignment shall not relieve the Investor of any obligation or liability hereunder. Any assignment in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.4 shall be valid only where the assignee agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement by executing and agreeing to an assumption agreement reasonably acceptable to the other Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Investor shall have the right, by delivery of written notice to the Issuer no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, to designate one or more of its Affiliates to be the recipient of all or any portion of the Purchased Securities or any other securities to be issued to the Investor or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or the Plan, whereupon the Issuer shall issue the Purchased Securities or any other securities to be issued to the Investor or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or the Plan in the names of such Persons as set forth in such notice.

Section 11.5 Counterpart. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

Section 11.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, negotiations, understandings, representations and statements relating to the subject matter hereof, whether written or oral.

Section 11.7 Mutual Drafting. This Agreement shall be deemed to be the joint work product of the Issuer, the Investor and RAG, and any rule of construction that a document shall be interpreted or construed against a drafter of such document shall not be applicable.

Section 11.8 Obligations That Do Not Fall on Business Days. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any payment obligation under this Agreement is to occur on a day that is not a Business Day, such obligation shall be the next following Business Day.

Section 11.9 Mutual Releases.

(a) Effective as of the Closing (but for the avoidance of doubt, without prejudice to any rights arising in respect of this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement), the Investor, on behalf of itself and, to the extent legally empowered to do so, its past and present officers, managers, directors, Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and each of their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the “Investor Releasors”), hereby irrevocably releases, acquits and forever discharges, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Issuer and each of its past and present officers, managers, directors, stockholders, Subsidiaries, Affiliates and other Representatives (each, an “Issuer Releasee”) of, from and against any and all actions, causes of

 

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action, claims, demands, damages, judgments, liabilities, debts, dues and suits of every kind, nature and description whatsoever, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereafter arising, which any Investor Releasor ever had, now has or may have or claim to have against any Issuer Releasee, whether arising in law, equity or otherwise, to the extent arising out of, resulting from or relating to any matters or Events occurring on or prior to the Closing, in any way relating to the Issuer or its Affiliates, the Restructuring, the July SPA (including any rights or claims with respect to Section 8.13 thereof), the Binding Term Sheet or the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement (collectively, the “Investor’s Released Claims”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11.9(a), Investor Released Claims shall not include any claims any Investor Releasor may have against any Issuer Releasee pursuant to (i) any other Contract (including an Operative Agreement) to which the Investor or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Issuer or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, is a party, (ii) any indemnification or similar agreement relating to such Investor Releasor’s position as a director or officer of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) any indemnification provisions contained in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or equivalent governing documents) of the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or under applicable Law.

(b) Effective as of the Closing (but for the avoidance of doubt, without prejudice to any rights arising in respect of this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement), the Issuer, on behalf of itself and, to the extent legally empowered to do so, its past and present officers, managers, directors, Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and each of their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the “Issuer Releasors”), hereby irrevocably releases, acquits and forever discharges, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Investor and each of its past and present officers, managers, directors, stockholders, Subsidiaries, Affiliates and other Representatives (each, an “Investor Releasee”) of, from and against any and all actions, causes of action, claims, demands, damages, judgments, liabilities, debts, dues and suits of every kind, nature and description whatsoever, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereafter arising, which any Issuer Releasor ever had, now has or may have or claim to have against any Investor Releasee, whether arising in law, equity or otherwise, to the extent arising out of, resulting from or relating to any matters or Events occurring on or prior to the Closing, in any way relating to the Investor or its Affiliates, the Restructuring, the July SPA (including any rights or claims with respect to Section 8.13 thereof), the Binding Term Sheet or the Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement and Mr. Roustam Tariko’s service as a director or officer of the Issuer or any of its Affiliates (collectively, the “Issuer’s Released Claims”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11.9(b), Issuer’s Released Claims shall not include any claims any Issuer Releasor may have against any Investor Releasee pursuant to any other Contract (including an Operative Agreement) to which the Investor or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Issuer or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, is a party.

(c) From and after the Closing, (a) the Investor agrees not to, and agrees to cause each Investor Releasor not to, assert any Investor’s Released Claims against the Issuer Releasees and (b) the Issuer agrees not to, and agrees to cause each Issuer Releasor not to, assert any Issuer’s Released Claims against the Investor Releasees. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the provisions contained in this Section 11.9 shall terminate upon any termination of this Agreement and (ii) each Investor Releasor and Issuer

 

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Releasor retains, and does not release, waive or limit in any manner its respective rights and interests under the terms and conditions of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no breach of any provision in this Agreement shall be released, waived or limited pursuant this Section 11.9, irrespective of whether the matter or Event giving rise to such breach of this Agreement occurred on or prior to the Closing.

Section 11.10 Specific Performance; Remedies.

(a) The Parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur if any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed by the Issuer or RAG in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the Investor shall be entitled to specific performance and other equitable relief, including an injunction or injunctions, to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, without proof of actual damages, this being in addition to any other remedy to which it is entitled at law or in equity. The Issuer agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that (i) the Investor has an adequate remedy at law or (ii) an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity. The Investor shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such Order or injunction.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Parties acknowledge and agree that, except as set forth in Section 11.10(c) below, neither the Issuer nor any of its Affiliates shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement by the Investor or any remedy to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement and that the Issuer’s and its Affiliates’ sole and exclusive remedies with respect to any such breach shall be a claim for money damages for such breach; provided, that in no event shall the Investor and/or any of its Affiliates be liable for any damages in excess of One Hundred Seventy-Two Million Dollars ($172,000,000) in the aggregate (whether restitution, consequential, punitive, special, incidental, indirect or otherwise) under any legal theory, including for any willful, intentional or knowing breach.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the Issuer (and not RAG) shall be entitled to specific performance to cause the Investor to complete the Investment only if: (i) all conditions in Section 6.1 have been satisfied (other than those conditions that, by their nature, are to be satisfied at the Closing and which are, at the time that the Issuer seeks specific performance pursuant to this Section 11.10(c), capable of being satisfied if the Closing were to occur at such time); (ii) the Investor fails to complete the Closing by the date the Closing is required to have occurred pursuant to Section 2.2; (iii) the Issuer has confirmed in writing to the Investor that (A) all conditions set forth in Section 6.2 have been satisfied or that it would be willing to waive any unsatisfied conditions in Section 6.2 for purposes of consummating the Investment and (B) the Issuer is ready, willing and able to consummate the Investment; (iv) such specific performance would result in the consummation of the Investment in accordance with this Agreement substantially contemporaneously with the consummation of the Restructuring; and (v) neither the Issuer nor any of its Affiliates has made any claim for damages against the

 

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Investor or any of its Affiliates for any breach or noncompliance with this Agreement or any Operative Agreement. Under no circumstances shall the Issuer and/or any of its Affiliates be entitled to obtain both (1) an injunction or any form of equitable relief or specific performance to require compliance with this Agreement and (2) damages for breach of or noncompliance with this Agreement (based on any legal theory and including willful, intentional or knowing breach). To the extent the Issuer or any of its Affiliates is entitled to and elects to pursue a remedy of specific performance under this Section 11.10(c), such remedy shall be the Issuer’s and its Affiliates’ sole and exclusive remedy and the Issuer and its Affiliates shall be precluded from pursuing any damage claim for breach of or noncompliance with this Agreement (based on any legal theory and including willful, intentional or knowing breach).

Section 11.11 Amendment and Restatement. This Agreement amends, supersedes and restates the Original Agreement in all respects.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION
By:   LOGO
  Name:   Grant Winterton
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement]


ROUST TRADING LTD.
By:   LOGO
  Name:   Wendell Malcom Hollis
  Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement]


JSC “RUSSIAN ALCOHOL GROUP”
By:   LOGO
  Name:   Vladimir Filiptsev
  Title:   General Director

 

[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement]


Exhibit 2

Blackline Second Amended Plan


IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

 

 

 

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In re:    :    Case No. 13-            10738 (CSS)
   :   
CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION    :    Chapter 11
CORPORATION, et al.    :   
   :   

Debtors.1

   :   
   :   
   :   

 

 

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT PREPACKAGED

CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF CENTRAL

EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, ET AL.

Sarah EAnthony W. PierceClark (I.D. No. 46482051)

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM, LLP

One Rodney Square

P.O. Box 636

Wilmington, Delaware 19899-0636

(302) 651-3000

(302) 651-3001

– and –

Jay M. Goffman

Mark A. McDermott

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM, LLP

Four Times Square

New York, New York 10036-6522

(212) 735-3000

(212) 735-2000

Proposed Counsel for Debtors and Debtors in Possession

Dated: March 18May 8, 2013

 

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The Debtors and the last four digits of their taxpayer identification numbers (as applicable) are as follows: Central European Distribution Corporation (5271), CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc. (0116), and CEDC Finance Corporation LLC (7136). The address for each of the Debtors is 3000 Atrium Way, Suite 265, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION, COMPUTATION OF TIME AND GOVERNING LAW      1   

A.

  Defined Terms      1   

B.

  Rules of Interpretation      15   

C.

  Computation of Time      1416   

D.

  Governing Law      1416   

E.

  Reference to Monetary Figures      1416   

F.

  Reference to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors      16   
ARTICLE II TREATMENT OF UNCLASSIFIED CLAIMS      17   

A.

  Administrative Claims      17   

B.

  Priority Tax Claims      17   
ARTICLE III CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS      18   

A.

  The Debtors      18   

B.

  Classification of Claims and Interests      1618   

C.

  Treatment of Claims and Interests      1719   
ARTICLE IV ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS      2022   

A.

  Acceptance or Rejection of the Plan      2022   

B.

  Confirmation Pursuant to Section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code      23   
ARTICLE V MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN      23   

A.

  Sources of Consideration for Plan Distributions      23   

B.

  Cancellation of Securities and Agreements      24   

C.

  Section 1145 Exemption      2225   

D.

  Governance Documents and Corporate Existence      25   

E.

  Reorganized Debtors’ Boards of Directors      2325   

F.

  Employee Benefits      2326   

G.

  Management Incentive Plan      26   

H.

  Vesting of Assets in the Reorganized Debtors      2426   

I.

  Restructuring Transactions      2427   

J.

  Covenant Amendments and Supplemental Indenture      27   

K.

  Corporate Action      2528   

L.

  Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions      2528   

M.

  Section 1146 Exemption from Certain Taxes and Fees      28   

N.

  D&O Liability Insurance Policies and Indemnification Provisions      2629   

O.

  Preservation of Causes of Action      2629   

P.

  Single Satisfaction of Claims      2730   

Q.

  Dutch Auction Procedure      2730   

 

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ARTICLE VI TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES      2831   

A.

  Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases      2831   

B.

  Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases      32   

C.

  Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases      2932   

D.

  Insurance Policies      2932   

E.

  Reservation of Rights      33   

F.

  Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date      3033   
ARTICLE VII PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS      3033   

A.

  Record Date for Distributions      3033   

B.

  Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed      3033   

C.

  Disbursing Agent      34   

D.

  Rights and Powers of Disbursing Agent      3134   

E.

  Distributions on Account of Claims Allowed After the Effective Date      3134   

F.

  Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions      35   

G.

  Withholding and Reporting Requirements      3236   

H.

  Setoffs      36   

I.

  Claims Paid or Payable by Third Parties      3336   

J.

  Allocation of Distributions Between Principal and Unpaid Interest      37   
ARTICLE VIII PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING CONTINGENT, UNLIQUIDATED AND DISPUTED CLAIMS      3437   

A.

  Prosecution of Objections to Claims      3437   

B.

  Allowance of Claims      3437   

C.

  Distributions After Allowance      3438   

D.

  Estimation of Claims      38   

E.

  Deadline to File Objections to Claims      3538   
ARTICLE IX SETTLEMENT, RELEASE, INJUNCTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS      3538   

A.

  Compromise and Settlement of Claims, Interests and Controversies      3538   

B.

  Releases by the Debtors      39   

C.

  Releases by Holders of Claims      3640   

D.

  Exculpation      3741   

E.

  Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests      3841   

F.

  Injunction      3842   

G.

  Temporary Injunction with Respect to Existing 2016 Notes Claims      3943   

H.

  Term of Injunctions or Stays      3943   

I.

  Release of Liens      4043   
ARTICLE X CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE      4044   

A.

  Conditions Precedent to Confirmation      4044   

B.

  Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date      4145   

 

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C.

  Waiver of Conditions      4246   

D.

  Effect of Failure of Conditions      4246   
ARTICLE XI MODIFICATION, REVOCATION OR WITHDRAWAL OF THE PLAN      4246   

A.

  Modification and Amendments      4246   

B.

  Effect of Confirmation on Modifications      4246   

C.

  Revocation or Withdrawal of the Plan      4347   
ARTICLE XII RETENTION OF JURISDICTION      4347   
ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS      4549   

A.

  Immediate Binding Effect      4549   

B.

  Additional Documents      4549   

C.

  Dissolution of Creditors’ Committee      4549   

D.

  Reservation of Rights      4550   

E.

  Successors and Assigns      4650   

F.

  Service of Documents      4651   

G.

  Entire Agreement      4751   

H.

  Severability of Plan Provisions      4751   

I.

  Exhibits      52   

J.

  Votes Solicited in Good Faith      52   

K.

  Conflicts      53   

 

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TABLE OF EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    List of Rejected Contracts and Leases
Exhibit B    List of Retained Causes of Action
Exhibit C    Description of New Common Stock
Exhibit D    RTL Investment Agreement

 

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INTRODUCTION

Central European Distribution Corporation, CEDC Finance Corporation International Inc., and CEDC Finance Corporation LLC (the “Debtors”) respectfully propose the following second amended and restated joint chapter 11 plan of reorganization for the resolution of the outstanding Claims against and Interests in the Debtors. Reference is made to the Disclosure Statement, distributed contemporaneously herewith, for a discussion of (i) the history, business, and operations of the Debtors and their subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”), (ii) a summary and analysis of the Plan, and (iii) certain related matters, including risk factors relating to the consummation of this Plan. Subject to certain restrictions and requirements set forth in section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3019, the Company reserves the right to alter, amend, modify, revoke, or withdraw this Plan prior to its substantial consummation.

ARTICLE I

DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION,

COMPUTATION OF TIME AND GOVERNING LAW

 

  A. Defined Terms

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings when used in capitalized form:

1. “8.875% Bid Price” means, with respect to any holder of Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes that elects on its Ballot to participate in the Cash Option, the price specified by such holder on its Ballot for which it would be willing to exchange each €1,000 principal amount of Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes it chooses to exchange in the Cash Option; provided, however, that (i) the 8.875% Bid Price must be in increments of €10.00 and within a range between €600 and €850, (ii) if the 8.875% Bid Price is not submitted in a whole increment of €10.00, such 8.875% Bid Price will be rounded down to the nearest €10.00 increment, (iii) if a holder of Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes elects to participate in the Cash Option but does not specify its 8.875% Bid Price or it specifies an 8.875% Bid Price that is less than €600, then the 8.875% Bid Price for such holder shall be €600, and (iv) if the holder specifies an 8.875% Bid Price that is greater than €850, then such holder’s Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes will not be accepted for exchange in the Cash Option and will not be used for purposes of calculating the Clearing Price or the Cash Option Consideration.

2. “9.125% Bid Price” means, with respect to any holder of Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes that elects on its Ballot to participate in the Cash Option, the price specified by such holder on its Ballot for which it would be willing, subject to the terms of the Plan, to exchange each $1,000 principal amount of Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes it chooses to exchange in the Cash Option; provided, however, that (i) the 9.125% Bid Price must be in increments of $10.00 and within a range between $600 and $850, (ii) if the 9.125% Bid Price is not submitted in a whole increment of $10.00, such 9.125% Bid Price will be rounded down to the nearest $10.00

 

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increment, (iii) if a holder of Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes elects to participate in the Cash Option but does not specify its 9.125% Bid Price or it specifies a 9.125% Bid Price that is less than $600, then the 9.125% Bid Price for such holder shall be $600, and (iv) if the holder specifies a 9.125% Bid Price that is greater than $850, then such holder’s Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes will not be accepted for exchange in the Cash Option and will not be used for purposes of calculating the Clearing Price or the Cash Option Consideration.

3. “Accrued Professional Compensation” means, at any given moment, all accrued, contingent and/or unpaid fees (including success fees) for legal, financial advisory, accounting and other services and obligations for reimbursement of expenses rendered or incurred before the Effective Date that are awardable and allowable under sections 328, 330(a) or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code by any retained Professional in the Chapter 11 Cases, or that are awardable and allowable under section 503 of the Bankruptcy Code, that the Bankruptcy Court has not denied by a Final Order, all to the extent that any such fees and expenses have not been previously paid. To the extent that the Bankruptcy Court or any higher court denies or reduces by a Final Order any amount of a professional’s fees or expenses, then those reduced or denied amounts shall no longer constitute Accrued Professional Compensation. For the avoidance of doubt, Accrued Professional Compensation shall not include the Plan Support Parties’ Professional Fee Claims and the Existing Notes Indenture Trustees’ Fee and Expense Claims.

4. “Administrative Claim” means a Claim for payment of costs and expenses of administration pursuant to sections 503(b), 507(a)(2), 507(b) or 1114(e)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, including: (a) the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred on or after the Petition Date and through the Effective Date of preserving the Estates and operating the businesses of the Debtors; (b) compensation for legal, financial advisory, accounting and other services and reimbursement of expenses Allowed pursuant to sections 328, 330(a), 331 or 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise for the period commencing on the Petition Date and through the Effective Date; (c) all fees and charges assessed against the Estates pursuant to chapter 123 of title 28 of the United States Code, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1–4001; (d) all requests for compensation or expense reimbursement for making a substantial contribution in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 503(b)(3), (4) and (5) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (e) the Plan Support Parties’ Professional Fee Claims and the Existing Notes Indenture Trustees’ Fee and Expense Claims, which fee and expense claims shall be Allowed Administrative Claims.

5. “Affiliate has the meaning set forth in section 101(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.

6. “Allowed means, with respect to a Claim within a particular Class, an Allowed Claim of the type described in such Class.

7. “Allowed Claim” means a Claim (i) as to which no objection or request for estimation has been filed on or before the Claims Objection Bar Date or the expiration of such other applicable period fixed by the Bankruptcy Court or the Plan; (ii) as to which any objection has been settled, waived, withdrawn or denied by a Final Order or in accordance with the Plan; or (iii) that is allowed (a) by a Final Order, (b) by an agreement between the holder of such

 

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Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors or (c) pursuant to the terms of the Plan; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, by treating a Claim as an “Allowed Claim” under (i) above (the expiration of the Claims Objection Bar Date or other applicable deadline), the Debtors do not waive their rights to contest the amount and validity of any disputed, contingent and/or unliquidated Claim in the time, manner and venue in which such Claim would have been determined, resolved or adjudicated if the Chapter 11 Cases had not been commenced. An Allowed Claim (i) includes a Disputed Claim to the extent such Disputed Claim becomes Allowed after the Effective Date and (ii) shall be net of any valid setoff exercised with respect to such Claim pursuant to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and applicable law. Unless otherwise specified herein, in section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or by Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, “Allowed Claim” shall not, for purposes of distributions under the Plan, include interest on such Claim accruing from and after the Petition Date.

8. “Auction Closing Date means the Voting Deadline.

9. “Avoidance Actions” means causes of action or rights arising under sections 510(c), 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551 and 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, as defined in Article V.

10. “Ballot means the form distributed to each holder of a Claim in an Impaired Class entitled to vote on the Plan on which to indicate their acceptance or rejection of the Plan and, if applicable, such other elections as may be made thereon.

11. “Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time.

12. “Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases or any other court having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases, including, to the extent of the withdrawal of any reference under 28 U.S.C. § 157, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

13. “Bankruptcy Rules” means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, as applicable to the Chapter 11 Cases, promulgated under section 2075 of title 28 of the United States Code, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1–4001, as well as the general and local rules of the Bankruptcy Court.

14. “Bankruptcy Waiver Amendments” means, as described in the Disclosure Statement, that certain amendment to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture to provide for a revision to current Section 6.2 (Acceleration) thereof, consent to which was solicited from holders of Existing 2016 Notes pursuant to the Consent Solicitation, such that the entire provision is stricken and replaced with the following: “Section 6.2 (Acceleration): If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Issuer, or the Holders of at least 50% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and

 

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accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium and accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable immediately.”

15. “Bid Price means, collectively, the 8.875% Bid Price and the 9.125% Bid Price.

16. “Cash means legal tender of the United States of America or the equivalent thereof.

17. “Cash Option” means the optional treatment for Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims provided in Article III.C.2. hereof.

18. “Cash Option Consideration means Cash, in an amount not to exceed $172 million (using the Exchange Rate, in the case of payments in respect of Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes) and representing the sum of (i) the aggregate purchase price of all Existing 2016 Notes accepted for exchange in the Cash Option and (ii) the full amount of the aggregate unpaid interest that has accrued on such accepted Existing 2016 Notes in accordance with the terms of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture from December 2, 2012 to March 15, 2013.

19. “Causes of Action” means any action, proceeding, agreement, claim, cause of action, controversy, demand, right, action, Lien, indemnity, guaranty, suit, obligation, liability, damage, judgment, account, defense, offset, power, privilege, license and franchise of any kind or character whatsoever, known, unknown, contingent or non-contingent, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated, disputed or undisputed, secured or unsecured, assertable directly or derivatively, whether arising before, on, or after the Petition Date, in contract or in tort, in law or in equity or pursuant to any other theory of law. Causes of Action also include: (a) any right of setoff, counterclaim or recoupment and any claim on contracts or for breaches of duties imposed by law or in equity; (b) the right to object to Claims or Interests; (c) any claim pursuant to section 362 or chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code; (d) any claim or defense including fraud, mistake, duress and usury and any other defenses set forth in section 558 of the Bankruptcy Code; (e) any state law fraudulent transfer claim; and (f) any claim listed in the Plan Supplement.

20. “CEDC” means Central European Distribution Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

21. “CEDC FinCo means CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc., a Delaware corporation that is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of CEDC.

22. “Chapter 11 Cases” means the chapter 11 cases of the Debtors pending under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court, and the phrase “Chapter 11 Case” when used with reference to a particular Debtor means the particular case pending under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code that such Debtor commenced in the Bankruptcy Court.

 

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23. “Claim means any claim against a Debtor as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.

24. “Claims Objection Bar Date means, for each Claim, the latest of (a) the date that is one hundred and eighty (180) days after the Effective Date, (b) as to a particular Claim, 180 days after the filing of a Proof of Claim, or request for payment of such Claim, and (c) such other period of limitation as may be specifically fixed by an order of the Bankruptcy Court for objecting to Claims.

25. “Class means a category of holders of Claims or Interests as set forth in Article III.

26. “Clearing Price means the lowest Bid Price, as determined based upon each Bid Price’s percentage of the respective Existing 2016 Note’s principal amount, such that the sum of (i) the aggregate purchase price to purchase all Existing 2016 Notes electing to participate in the Cash Option and (ii) the aggregate amount of unpaid interest that has accrued on such purchased Existing 2016 Notes in accordance with the terms of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture from December 2, 2012 to March 15, 2013, would equal or exceed $172 million; provided, however, that the Debtors shall use the Exchange Rate in determining such aggregate purchase price and aggregate unpaid interest, which may include Euro denominated 8.875% Bid Prices.

27. “Collateral means any property or interest in property of the Estates subject to a lien or security interest to secure the payment or performance of a Claim, which lien or security interest is not subject to avoidance under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise invalid under the Bankruptcy Code or applicable law.

28. “Collateral and Guarantee Amendments means, as described in the Disclosure Statement and set forth in the Supplemental Indenture, those certain amendments to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture to provide for the release of all of the liens on the collateral securing the Existing 2016 Notes and a release of all subsidiary guarantees of the Existing 2016 Notes, consents to which were solicited from holders of Existing 2016 Notes pursuant to the Consent Solicitation.

29. “Company means CEDC and each of its direct and indirect affiliates and subsidiaries, including any Non-Debtor Affiliates.

30. “Confirmation means the entry of the Confirmation Order on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases within the meaning of Bankruptcy Rules 5003 and 9021.

31. “Confirmation Date means the date upon which the Bankruptcy Court enters the Confirmation Order on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases within the meaning of Bankruptcy Rules 5003 and 9021.

 

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32. “Confirmation Hearing means the hearing held by the Bankruptcy Court on Confirmation of the Plan pursuant to section 1128 of the Bankruptcy Code, as such hearing may be continued from time to time.

33. “Confirmation Order means the order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, which order shall be reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

34. “Consent Solicitation means the solicitation of consents to amendments to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture pursuant to the Disclosure Statement.

35. “Consummation means the occurrence of the Effective Date.

36. “Corporate Governance Documents” means the certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, limited liability agreement, bylaws, and other formation documents of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, which documents shall be reasonably acceptable to RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

37. “Covenant Amendments” means, as described in the Disclosure Statement and set forth in the Supplemental Indenture, those certain amendments to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture to eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and certain events of default and related provisions contained in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, consents to which were solicited from holders of Existing 2016 Notes pursuant to the Consent Solicitation.

38. “Creditors’ Committee means any statutory committee of unsecured creditors of the Debtors appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code by the U.S. Trustee, as such committee membership may be reconstituted from time to time.

39. “Cure means the payment of Cash by the Debtors, or the distribution of other property (as the parties may agree or the Bankruptcy Court may order), as necessary to cure defaults under an executory contract or unexpired lease of one or more of the Debtors and to permit the Debtors to assume that contract or lease under section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

40. “D&O Liability Insurance Policiesmeans all insurance policies of any of the Debtors for directors’, managers’ and officers’ liability.

41. “Debtormeans CEDC, CEDC FinCo, or CEDC Finance Corporation LLC, each in its respective individual capacity as a debtor and debtor in possession in the Chapter 11 Cases.

42. “Debtorsmeans collectively CEDC, CEDC FinCo, and CEDC Finance Corporation LLC.

 

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43. “Disbursing Agent” means the Reorganized Debtors or the Person or Persons chosen by the Reorganized Debtors to make or facilitate distributions pursuant to the Plan.

44. “Disclosure Statement” means that certain document entitled Amended and Restated Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation Statement and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization, dated March 8, 2013, as supplemented by Supplement No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation, and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization, dated March 18, 2013, as may be further amended, supplemented, or modified.

45. “Disputed” means, with respect to any Claim or Interest, any Claim or Interest that is not yet Allowed.

46. “Distribution Date” means the date, occurring as soon as practicable after the Effective Date, on which the Disbursing Agent first makes distributions to holders of Allowed Claims as provided in Article VII of the Plan and any date thereafter on which the Disbursing Agent makes distributions to holders of Allowed Claims as provided in Article VII of the Plan.

47. “Distribution Record Date means the Effective Date.

48. “Effective Date means the first business day after which all provisions, terms and conditions specified in Article X.B have been satisfied or waived pursuant to Article X.C.

49. “Estate” means, as to each Debtor, the estate created for the Debtor in its Chapter 11 Case pursuant to section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code.

50. “Exchange Rate means the average exchange rate of United States dollars (USD) to euros (EUR) for the ten (10) calendar days ending on the Voting Deadline, as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P.

51. “Exculpated Claim” means any claim related to any act or omission in connection with, relating to or arising out of the Debtors’ in or out of court restructuring efforts, the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases, formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation or filing of the Disclosure Statement or the Plan or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with the Disclosure Statement or the Plan, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance of Plan securities, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement; provided, however, that Exculpated Claims shall not include any act or omission that is determined in a Final Order to have constituted gross negligence, willful misconduct, or intentional fraud to the extent imposed by applicable non-bankruptcy law. For the avoidance of doubt, no Cause of Action, obligation or liability expressly set forth in or preserved by the Plan or the Plan Supplement constitutes an Exculpated Claim.

 

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52. “Exculpated Party” means each of: (a) the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, (b) the Creditors’ Committee, if any, and the current and former members thereof, in their capacity as such; and (c) with respect to each of the foregoing Persons in clauses (a) and (b), such Persons’ subsidiaries, affiliates, members, officers, directors, agents, financial advisors, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, attorneys, employees, partners, affiliates and representatives, in each case only in their capacity as such.

53. “Exculpation” means the exculpation provision set forth in Article IX.D hereof.

54. “Executory Contract” means a contract to which on or more of the Debtors is a party that is subject to assumption or rejection under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

55. “Existing 2013 Notes” means the 3% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 issued by CEDC pursuant to the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture.

56. “Existing 2013 Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of March 7, 2008, by and among CEDC and the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee, as trustee, relating to the Existing 2013 Notes, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time as of the date hereof.

57. “Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee” means the Bank of New York Mellon and/or its duly appointed successor, in its capacity under the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture.

58. “Existing 2013 Notes Steering Committee” means the steering committee of certain holders of Existing 2013 Notes represented by Brown Rudnick LLP and Duff & Phelps CorpSecurities, LLC.

59. “Existing 2016 Notes” means, collectively, the Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes and the Existing 9.125% Senior Secured Notes issued by CEDC FinCo pursuant to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.

60. “Existing 2016 Notes Claims” means any Claim arising under or in connection with the Existing 2016 Notes.

61. “Existing 2016 Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of December 2, 2009, by and among CEDC FinCo and the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee, as trustee, relating to the Existing 2016 Notes, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time as of the date hereof.

62. “Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee” means Deutsche Trustee Company Limited and/or its duly appointed successor, in its capacity as indenture trustee under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.

 

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63. “Existing 2016 Notes Steering Committee” means the steering committee of certain holders of Existing 2016 Notes represented by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP and Moelis & Company.

64. “Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes” means the outstanding 8.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2016.

65. “Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes” means the outstanding 9.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2016.

66. “Existing Common Stock” means shares of common stock of CEDC that are authorized, issued, and outstanding prior to the Effective Date.

67. Existing Notes Indenture” means the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture and the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.

68. Existing Notes Indenture Trustees’ Fee and Expense Claims” means all reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Indenture Trustees and their attorneys in connection with the negotiation, evaluation, formulation and consummation of the Plan and the distributions under the Plan, including the reasonable fees and expenses due for Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP as counsel for the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee, and of any local counsel retained in Delaware or elsewhere as necessary, which fees shall be treated as Allowed Administrative Claims hereunder and paid without the need for any application to the Bankruptcy Court.

69. 67. Final Order” means, as applicable, an order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court or other court of competent jurisdiction, which has not been reversed, stayed, modified or amended, and as to which the time to appeal or seek certiorari has expired and no appeal or petition for certiorari has been timely taken, or as to which any appeal that has been taken or any petition for certiorari that has been or may be filed has been resolved by the highest court to which the order or judgment could be appealed or from which certiorari could be sought or the new trial, reargument or rehearing shall have been denied, resulted in no modification of such order or has otherwise been dismissed with prejudice.

70. 68. General Unsecured Claims” means any Unsecured Claim against any Debtor, unless such Claim is: (a) an Intercompany Claim, (b) an Administrative Claim, (c) a Priority Tax Claim, (d) a Priority Non-Tax Claim, (e) a Claim Accrued for Professional Compensation, (f) an Unsecured Notes Claim, (g) a Subordinated 510(b) Claim, or (h) a deficiency claim of Other Secured Claims.

71. 69. Impaired” means any Claim or Interest in an Impaired Class.

 

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72. 70. Impaired Class” means a Class that is impaired within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code. For the avoidance of doubt, Impaired Classes are Classes 2, 3, 5, 8, and 9.

73. 71. Indemnification Provisions” means each of the indemnification provisions, agreements or obligations in place as of the Petition Date, whether in the bylaws, certificate of incorporation or other formation documents, board resolutions or employment contracts, for the Debtors and the current and former directors, officers, members, employees, attorneys, other professionals and agents of the Debtors.

74. 72. Indemnified Parties” means, collectively, current and former directors, officers, members (including ex officio members), employees, attorneys, other professionals and agents of the Debtors who are beneficiaries of Indemnification Provisions.

75. 73. Indenture Trustees” means the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee and the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee.

76. 74. Insurance Policies” means, collectively, all of the Debtors’ insurance policies.

77. 75. Intercompany Claim” means any Claim held by a Debtor or Non-Debtor Affiliate against a Debtor or Non-Debtor Affiliate.

78. 76. Intercompany Interest” means any Interest held by a Debtor or an Affiliate.

79. 77. Interest” means any equity interest in the Debtors as defined in section 101(16) of the Bankruptcy Code, including all issued, unissued, authorized or outstanding shares of capital stock of the Debtors together with any warrants, options or contractual rights (including any rights under registration agreements or equity incentive agreements) to purchase or acquire such equity securities at any time and all rights arising with respect thereto.

80. 78. Lien” has the meaning set forth in section 101(37) of the Bankruptcy Code.

81. 79. Management Incentive Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in Article V.G.

82. 80. New CEDC” shall have the meaning set forth in Article V.I.

83. 81. New Common Stock” means 120,000,000 of common shares in the capital of Reorganized CEDC (or New CEDC to the extent such entity is formed pursuant to Article V.I of the Plan) authorized pursuant to the Plan, of which up to 25,000,000 shares shall be initially issued and outstanding as of the Effective Date, as described in Exhibit C hereto.

84. 82. New Convertible Secured Notes” means those new Convertible Secured PIK Toggle Notes, due 2018, to be issued upon the terms described in the Disclosure Statement under the heading “Description of New Convertible Secured Notes.”

 

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85. 83. New Notes” means, collectively, the New Convertible Secured Notes and the New Secured Notes.

86. 84. New Notes Option” means the optional treatment for Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims provided in Article III.C.2 of the Plan.

87. 85. New Secured Notes” means those new Senior Secured Notes due 2018, in an aggregate principal amount equal to (x) $450 million plus (y) an amount equal to the unpaid interest on all Existing 2016 Notes receiving such New Secured Notes pursuant to the New Notes Option that has accrued in accordance with the terms of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture from March 16, 2013, to the earlier of (i) June 1, 2013 and (ii) the date immediately preceding the issuance of the New Senior Notes, to be issued upon the terms described in the Disclosure Statement under the heading “Description of New Secured Notes.”

88. 86. Non-Debtor Affiliate” means any Affiliate of the Debtors that has not filed a case under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

89. 87. Other Secured Claims” means any Secured Claim against a Debtor other than an RTL Credit Facility Claim or Existing 2016 Notes Claim.

90. 88. Person” has the meaning set forth in section 101(41) of the Bankruptcy Code.

91. 89. Petition Date” means the date on which the Debtors filed their petitions for reorganization relief in the Bankruptcy Court.

92. 90. Plan” means this Second Amended and Restated Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation, et al., including the Plan Supplement, all exhibits, appendices and schedules hereto, which are incorporated herein by reference, in either present form or as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules, in each case reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

93. 91. Plan Supplement” means the compilation of documents and forms of documents, schedules and exhibits to the Plan to be filed by the Debtors and in each case reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees, including any exhibits and appendices to the Plan to the extent not already appended and attached, and including to the extent known, the identity of the members of the new boards of the Reorganized Debtors.

 

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94. 92. Plan Support Parties’ Professional Fee Claims” means all reasonable fees and expenses incurred by RTL and the Steering Committees, and their advisors in connection with the negotiation, evaluation, formulation and consummation of the Plan and any predecessor restructuring proposals, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan Supplement, and any exhibits, schedules, and supplements thereto, including those reasonable fees and expenses due for each of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Moelis & Company, White & Case LLP, Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P., Brown Rudnick LLP, and Duff & Phelps Corp.Securities, LLC, and including the reasonable fees and expenses of any local counsel retained in Russia, Poland or elsewhere as necessary, which fees shall be treated as Allowed Administrative Claims hereunder and paid without the need for any application to the Bankruptcy Court.

95. 93. Priority Non-Tax Claims” means any Claim accorded priority in right of payment under section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, other than (a) an Administrative Claim or (b) a Priority Tax Claim.

96. 94. Priority Tax Claim” means any Claim of a governmental unit, as defined in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code, of the kind specified in section 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.

97. 95. Pro Rata” means, as applicable, the proportion that an Allowed Claim in a particular Class bears to the aggregate amount of all Allowed Claims in that Class, or the proportion that all Allowed Claims in a particular Class bear to the aggregate amount of Allowed Claims in such Class and other Classes entitled to share in the same recovery under the Plan.

98. 96. Professional” means a Person: (a) retained pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court in accordance with sections 327, 363 or 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code and to be compensated for services rendered before or on the Effective Date, pursuant to sections 327, 328, 329, 330, 363 or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (b) awarded compensation and reimbursement by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to section 503(b)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

99. 97. Proof of Claim” means any proof of Claim filed against any of the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases.

100. 98. “Reinstate,” “Reinstated” or “Reinstatement” means (i) leaving unaltered the legal, equitable and contractual rights to which a Claim entitles the holder of such Claim so as to leave such Claim unimpaired in accordance with section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code or (ii) notwithstanding any contractual provision or applicable law that entitles the holder of such Claim to demand or receive accelerated payment of such Claim after the occurrence of a default, (a) curing any such default that occurred before or after the Petition Date, other than a default of a kind specified in section 365(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) reinstating the maturity of such Claim as such maturity existed before such default; (c) compensating the holder of such Claim for any damages incurred as a result of any reasonable reliance by such holder on such contractual provision or such applicable law; and (d) not otherwise altering the legal, equitable or contractual rights to which such Claim entitles the holder of such Claim; provided, however, that

 

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any contractual right that does not pertain to the payment when due of principal and interest on the obligation on which such Claim is based, including, but not limited to, financial covenant ratios, negative pledge covenants, covenants or restrictions on merger or consolidation, and affirmative covenants regarding corporate existence, prohibiting certain transactions or actions contemplated by the Plan, or conditioning such transactions or actions on certain factors, shall not be required to be reinstated in order to accomplish Reinstatement and shall be deemed cured on the Effective Date.

101. 99. Rejection Claim” means a Claim arising from the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

102. 100. Released Party” means each of: (a) the Debtors; (b) the current and former directors and officers of the Debtors who were serving in such capacity on or after December 1, 2012; (c) the Creditors’ Committee, if any, and the current and former members thereof, in their capacity as such; (d) RTL; (e) the Steering Committees; and (f) with respect to each of the foregoing Persons in clauses (a) through (e), such Persons’ subsidiaries, affiliates, members, officers, directors, agents, financial advisors, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, attorneys, employees, partners, affiliates and representatives, in each case, only in their capacity as such.

103. 101. Reorganized” means, with respect to the Debtors, any Debtor or any successor thereto, by merger, consolidation or otherwise, on or after the Effective Date, including New CEDC to the extent such entity is formed pursuant to Article V.I of the Plan.

104. 102. RTL” means Roust Trading Ltd.

105. 103. RTL Credit Facility” means the $50 million secured credit facility provided by RTL to CEDC pursuant to the facility agreement dated March 1, 2013.

106. 104. RTL Credit Facility Claims” means any Claim arising under or in connection with the RTL Credit Facility.

107. 105. RTL Investment” means, collectively (i) the RTL New Equity Infusion and (ii) the conversion of the RTL Credit Facility Claims into equity pursuant to Article III.C.3 hereof, both as contemplated by the RTL Investment Agreement.

108. 106. RTL Investment Agreement” means that certain agreement by and between RTL and CEDC and certain of CEDC’s subsidiaries, dated March 8, 2013, setting forth the terms and conditions upon which RTL shall make the RTL Investment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit D.

109. 107. RTL Investment New Common Stock Allocation” means shares of New Common Stock to be issued to RTL or its designee on account of (i) the RTL Investment and (ii) if Class 5A votes to accept the Plan in accordance with section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code,

 

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the Cash provided by RTL to fund payments to holders of Unsecured Notes Claims pursuant to Articles III.C.5 and V.A.1 of the Plan, equal to 100% of the shares of New Common Stock issued and outstanding on the Effective Date, subject to dilution from shares of New Common Stock, if any, issued pursuant to the Management Incentive Plan.

110. 108. RTL New Equity Infusion” means Cash in an amount equal to $172 million to be contributed by RTL or its designee as part of the RTL Investment that will be used to fund the Cash Option and, to the extent not expended in the Cash Option, will be used to fund a pro rata distribution of cash to holders of Existing 2016 Notes not retired under the cash option.

111. 109. RTL Notes” means the outstanding 3.00% Senior Notes due 2013 issued by CEDC to RTL pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

112. 110. RTL Offer” means the offer by RTL to exchange, subject to certain conditions, Existing 2013 Notes for Cash and securities issued by RTL on the terms described in the term sheet between RTL and certain holders of Existing 2013 Notes, dated March 14, 2013, and included with RTL’s beneficial ownership report filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 13D/A filed March 14, 2013.

113. 111. RTL Put Right” means the rights granted to RTL under the Securities Purchase Agreement to put shares of Existing Common Stock to CEDC for the amount of $30 million.

114. 112. Schedules” means, collectively, any schedules of assets and liabilities, schedules of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases and statements of financial affairs filed by the Debtors pursuant to section 521 of the Bankruptcy Code and in substantial accordance with the Official Bankruptcy Forms, as may be amended from time to time before entry of a final decree; provided, however, that the Debtors may seek a waiver of the requirement set forth in section 521 of the Bankruptcy Code.

115. 113. Secured” means, when referring to a Claim: (a) secured by a Lien on property in which the Estate of the Debtor against which the Claim is asserted has an interest, which Lien is valid, perfected and enforceable pursuant to applicable law or by reason of a Bankruptcy Court order, to the extent of the value of the creditor’s interest in the Estate’s interest in such property as determined pursuant to section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) subject to setoff pursuant to section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent of the value of the property subject to setoff; or (c) otherwise Allowed pursuant to the Plan as a Secured Claim.

116. 114. Securities Purchase Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement among CEDC and RTL, dated July 9, 2012.

117. 115. Steering Committees” means the Existing 2013 Notes Steering Committee and the Existing 2016 Notes Steering Committee.

 

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118. 116. Subordinated 510(b) Claim” means any Claim subordinated pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 510(b), which shall include (i) any Claim arising from the rescission of a purchase or sale of Interests in the CEDC, (ii) any Claim for damages arising from the purchase or sale of any Interests in CEDC, and (iii) any Claim for reimbursement, contribution or indemnification on account of any such Claim.

119. 117. Supplemental Indenture” means the supplemental indenture in substantially the form attached to the Disclosure Statement as Appendix B providing for the Covenant Amendments and, if consents of holders of at least 90% of the principal amount of outstanding Existing 2016 Notes were received pursuant to the Consent Solicitation, the Collateral and Guarantee Amendments, but not including the Bankruptcy Waiver Amendments.

120. 118. Unexpired Lease” means a lease to which one or more of the Debtors is a party that is subject to assumption or rejection under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

121. 119. Unimpaired” means any Claim or Interest that is not designated as Impaired. For the avoidance of doubt, Unimpaired Classes are Classes 1, 4, 6, 7, and 10.

122. 120. Unsecured Claims” means any unsecured claim against any Debtor including (a) a General Unsecured Claim and (b) an Unsecured Notes Claim.

123. 121. Unsecured Notes Claims” means any Claim arising in connection with the Existing 2013 Notes or the RTL Notes, as applicable.

124. 122. Unsecured Notes Claims Consideration” has the meaning ascribed in Article III.C.5.

125. 123. U.S. Trustee” means the United States Trustee for the District of Delaware.

126. 124. Voting Deadline” means 5:00 p.m. (prevailing Eastern Time) on April 4, 2013.

 

  B. Rules of Interpretation

For purposes of this Plan: (a) in the appropriate context, each term, whether stated in the singular or the plural, shall include both the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine and the neuter gender; (b) any reference herein to a contract, lease, instrument, release, indenture or other agreement or document being in a particular form or on particular terms and conditions means that the referenced document shall be substantially in that form or substantially on those terms and conditions; (c) any reference herein to an existing document or exhibit having been filed or to be filed shall mean that document or exhibit, as it may thereafter be amended, modified or supplemented; (d) unless otherwise specified, all references herein to “Articles” are references to Articles hereof or hereto; (e) unless otherwise stated, the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereto”

 

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refer to the Plan in its entirety rather than to a particular portion of the Plan; (f) captions and headings to Articles are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the interpretation hereof; (g) the rules of construction set forth in section 102 of the Bankruptcy Code shall apply; and (h) any immaterial effectuating provisions may be interpreted by the Reorganized Debtors in a manner that is consistent with the overall purpose and intent of the Plan all without further Bankruptcy Court order.

 

  C. Computation of Time

The provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) shall apply in computing any period of time prescribed or allowed herein.

 

  D. Governing Law

Unless a rule of law or procedure is supplied by federal law (including the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules) or unless otherwise specifically stated, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws, shall govern the rights, obligations, construction and implementation of the Plan, any agreements, documents, instruments or contracts executed or entered into in connection with the Plan (except as otherwise set forth in those agreements, in which case the governing law of such agreement shall control); provided, however, that corporate governance matters relating to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall be governed by the laws of the state of incorporation of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable.

 

  E. Reference to Monetary Figures

All references in the Plan to monetary figures shall refer to currency of the United States of America, unless otherwise expressly provided.

 

  F. Reference to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan to the contrary, references in the Plan to the Debtors or to the Reorganized Debtors shall mean the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, to the extent the context requires.

 

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ARTICLE II

TREATMENT OF UNCLASSIFIED CLAIMS

In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Claims and Priority Tax Claims have not been classified and, thus, are excluded from the Classes of Claims and Interests set forth in Article III and shall have the following treatment:

 

  A. Administrative Claims

1. Administrative Claims. Except with respect to Administrative Claims that are Claims for Accrued Professional Compensation, each holder of an Allowed Administrative Claim shall receive, in full satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge of and in exchange for its Administrative Claim, on the latest of (i) the first Distribution Date, (ii) the date on which its Administrative Claim becomes an Allowed Administrative Claim, (iii) the date on which its Administrative Claim becomes payable under any agreement with the Debtors relating thereto, (iv) in respect of liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business, the date upon which such liabilities are payable in the ordinary course of the Debtors’ business, consistent with past practice, or (v) such other date as may be agreed upon between the holder of such Allowed Administrative Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, Cash equal to the unpaid portion of its Allowed Administrative Claim.

2. Professional Compensation

 

  (a) Claims for Accrued Professional Compensation

Professionals or other Persons asserting a Claim for Accrued Professional Compensation for services rendered before the Effective Date must file and serve on the Debtors and such other Persons who are designated by the Bankruptcy Rules, the Confirmation Order, the Interim Compensation Order or other order of the Bankruptcy Court an application for final allowance of such Claim for Accrued Professional Compensation no later than 30 days after the Effective Date. Objections to any Claim for Accrued Professional Compensation must be filed and served on the Reorganized Debtors, the Creditors’ Committee, the Office of the U.S. Trustee and the requesting party no later than 50 days after the Effective Date.

 

  (b) Post-Effective Date Fees and Expenses

Upon the Effective Date, any requirement that Professionals comply with sections 327 through 331 and 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code in seeking retention or compensation for services rendered after such date shall terminate, and the Reorganized Debtors may employ and pay any Professional for services rendered or expenses incurred after the Effective Date in the ordinary course of business without any further notice to any party or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

  B. Priority Tax Claims

The legal and equitable rights of the holders of Priority Tax Claims are Unimpaired by the Plan. Unless the holder of such Claim and the Debtors agree to a different treatment, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall have its Claim Reinstated.

 

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ARTICLE I

CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS

 

  A. The Debtors

There are a total of three Debtors. Each Debtor has been assigned a letter below for the purposes of classifying and treating Claims against and Interests in each Debtor for balloting purposes. The Claims against and Interests in each Debtor, in turn, have been assigned to separate numbered Classes with respect to each Debtor, based on the type of Claim or Interest involved. Accordingly, the classification of any particular Claim or Interest in any of the Debtors depends on the particular Debtor against which such Claim is asserted (or in which such Interest is held) and the type of Claim or Interest in question. The letters applicable to the three Debtors are as follows:

 

Letter

  

                                 Debtor Name

A    Central European Distribution Corporation
B    CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc.
C    CEDC Finance Corporation LLC

 

  B. Classification of Claims and Interests

Pursuant to section 1122 of the Bankruptcy Code, set forth below is a designation of Classes of Claims and Interests. A Claim or Interest is placed in a particular Class for the purposes of voting on the Plan and receiving distributions pursuant to the Plan only to the extent that such Claim or Interest has not been paid, released, withdrawn or otherwise settled before the Effective Date. The categories of Claims and Interests set forth below classify all Claims against and Interests in the Debtors for all purposes of this Plan. A Claim or Interest shall be deemed classified in a particular Class only to the extent the Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of that Class and shall be deemed classified in a different Class to the extent that any remainder of such Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of such different Class. The treatment with respect to each Class of Claims and Interests provided for in Article III shall be in full and complete satisfaction, release and discharge of such Claims and Interests.

 

Class

  

Designation

  

Impairment

  

Entitled to Vote

Class 1

  

Priority Non-Tax Claims

  

Unimpaired

  

No (deemed to accept)

Class 2

  

Existing 2016 Notes Claims

  

Impaired

  

Yes

Class 3

  

RTL Credit Facility Claims

  

Impaired

  

Yes

Class 4

  

Other Secured Claims

  

Unimpaired

  

No (deemed to accept)

Class 5

  

Unsecured Notes Claims

  

Impaired

  

Yes

Class 6

  

General Unsecured Claims

  

Unimpaired

  

No (deemed to accept)

Class 7

  

Intercompany Claims

  

Impaired

  

No (deemed to reject)

Class 8

  

Subordinated 510(b) Claims

  

Impaired

  

No (deemed to reject)

Class 9

  

Existing Common Stock

  

Impaired

  

No (deemed to reject)

Class 10

  

Intercompany Interests

  

Unimpaired

  

No (deemed to accept)

 

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  C. Treatment of Claims and Interests

 

1. Class 1A, 1B, and 1C – Priority Non-Tax Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Classes 1A, 1B, and 1C are Unimpaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Priority Non-Tax Claim is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan and shall be conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan.

2. Distribution. Unless the holder of such Claim and the Debtors agree to a different treatment, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Priority Non-Tax Claim shall have its Claim Reinstated.

 

2. Class 2A, 2B, and 2C – Existing 2016 Notes Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Classes 2A, 2B, and 2C are Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claim is entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. All Existing 2016 Notes Claims are Allowed Claims.

2. Distribution. On the Effective Date, except to the extent that holders of Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims and the Debtors agree to less favorable treatment, the holders of Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims shall receive the treatment provided below, depending upon whether they elect to participate in the Cash Option or the New Notes Option; provided, however, that an election of the New Notes Option will be deemed with respect to (i) any Existing 2016 Notes for which the respective holders did not elect to participate in the Cash Option and (ii) any Existing 2016 Notes that are not accepted for exchange in the Cash Option.

 

  (a) Cash Option

If holders of Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims elect to participate in the Cash Option, each such holder shall receive its portion of the Cash Option Consideration equal to the sum of

 

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(a) such holder’s 8.875% Bid Price multiplied by the total principal amount of such holder’s Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes accepted for exchange in the Cash Option, divided by €1,000 and converted using the Exchange Rate, plus (b) such holder’s 9.125% Bid Price multiplied by the total principal amount of such holder’s Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes accepted for exchange in the Cash Option and divided by $1,000, plus (c) the full amount of the aggregate unpaid interest that has accrued on such holder’s accepted Existing 2016 Notes in accordance with the terms of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture from December 2, 2012 to March 15, 2013 and converted using the Exchange Rate for interest accrued on Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes. In determining which Existing 2016 Notes shall be accepted for exchange in the Cash Option, the Debtors shall use and holders of Existing 2016 Notes Claims must comply with the Dutch auction procedures described in Article V.Q of the Plan.

 

  (b) New Notes Option

If holders of Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims elect (or are deemed to elect pursuant to the terms hereof) to exchange their Existing 2016 Notes pursuant to the New Notes Option, such holders shall receive their Pro Rata shares of (A) the New Secured Notes, (B) the New Convertible Secured Notes, and (C) any Cash from the RTL New Equity Infusion not otherwise distributed pursuant to the Cash Option.

 

3. Class 3A – RTL Credit Facility Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Class 3A is Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed RTL Credit Facility Claim is entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. All RTL Credit Facility Claims are Allowed Claims.

2. Distribution. On the Effective Date, except to the extent that a holder of an RTL Credit Facility Claim and the Debtors agree to less favorable treatment, each holder of an Allowed RTL Credit Facility Claim shall receive its share of the RTL Investment New Common Stock Allocation as set forth in the RTL Investment Agreement.

 

4. Class 4A, 4B, and 4C – Other Secured Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Classes 4A, 4B, and 4C, which consist of separate subclasses for each Other Secured Claim, are Unimpaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Other Secured Claim is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan and shall be conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan.

2. Distribution. Unless the holder of such Claim and the Debtors agree to a less favorable treatment, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Other Secured Claim shall have its Claim Reinstated.

 

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5. Class 5A – Unsecured Notes Claims.

1. Allowance, Impairment and Voting. Class 5A is Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Unsecured Notes Claim is entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. All Unsecured Notes Claims are Allowed Claims.

2. Distribution. On the Effective Date, after giving effect to the RTL Offer, each holder of an Unsecured Notes Claim shall be entitled to receive (i) if Class 5A votes to accept the Plan in accordance with section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, its Pro Rata share of Cash in the amount of $16.9 million (the “Unsecured Notes Claims Consideration”) or (ii) if Class 5A does not vote to accept the Plan in accordance with section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holders of Unsecured Notes Claims shall not receive or retain any property under the Plan on account of such Claims.

 

6. Class 6A, 6B, and 6C – General Unsecured Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Classes 6A, 6B, and 6C are Unimpaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan and shall be conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan.

2. Distribution. Unless the holder of such Claim and the Debtors agree to different treatment, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim shall have its Claim Reinstated; provided, however, that all Allowed General Unsecured Claims arising from the rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases as set forth in Article VI of the Plan shall be paid the full amount of such Allowed Claim in Cash.

 

7. Class 7A, 7B, and 7C – Intercompany Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Classes 7A, 7B, and 7C are Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Intercompany Claim is conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan and is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

2. Distribution. On the Effective Date, all net Allowed Intercompany Claims (taking into account any setoffs of Intercompany Claims) held by the Debtors between and among the Debtors or between one or more Debtors and any Affiliate of one of the Debtors that is not itself a Debtor shall, at the election of the Reorganized Debtors, be either (a) Reinstated, (b) released, waived, and discharged, (c) treated as a dividend, or (d) contributed to capital or exchanged for equity.

 

8. Class 8A – Subordinated 510(b) Claims.

1. Impairment and Voting. Class 8A is Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of a Subordinated 510(b) Claim is conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan and is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. All Subordinated 510(b) Claims are Disputed Claims.

 

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2. Distribution. The holders of Subordinated 510(b) Claims shall not receive or retain any property under the Plan on account of such Subordinated 510(b) Claims and the obligations of the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors on account of Subordinated 510(b) Claims shall be discharged.

 

9. Class 9A – Existing Common Stock.

1. Impairment and Voting. Class 9A is Impaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Interest in Existing Common Stock is conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan and is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

2. Distribution. On the Effective Date, Existing Common Stock shall be deemed automatically cancelled without further action by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors and the obligations of the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors thereunder shall be discharged. Holders of Existing Common Stock shall receive no property under the Plan on account of such Interests.

 

10. Class 10B and 10C – Intercompany Interests.

1. Impairment and Voting. Class 10B and 10C are Unimpaired by the Plan. Each holder of an Allowed Intercompany Interest is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan and shall be conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan.

2. Distribution. Class 10B and 10C Claims shall be Reinstated and rendered Unimpaired in accordance with section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

ARTICLE II

ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS

 

  A. Acceptance or Rejection of the Plan

1. Voting Classes

Classes 2, 3, and 5 are Impaired under the Plan and are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

2. Presumed Acceptance of the Plan

Classes 1, 4, 6, and 10 are Unimpaired under the Plan and are, therefore, conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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3. Presumed Rejection of the Plan

Classes 7, 8 and 9 are Impaired under the Plan and holders of Class 7 Claims (to the extent released, waived, or discharged pursuant to Article III.C.7 of the Plan), Class 8 Claims, and Class 9 Interests shall not receive or retain any property under the Plan on account of such Claims and Interests and are, therefore, conclusively presumed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

  B. Confirmation Pursuant to Section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code

The Debtors shall seek Confirmation of the Plan pursuant to section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to rejecting Classes of Claims and Interests. The Debtors reserve the right to modify the Plan in accordance with Article XI hereof, to the extent, if any, that Confirmation pursuant to section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code requires modification.

ARTICLE III

MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN

 

  A. Sources of Consideration for Plan Distributions

1. Cash Consideration

All Cash consideration necessary for the Reorganized Debtors to make payments or distributions pursuant hereto shall be obtained from the RTL New Equity Infusion, from RTL to fund distributions, if any, to holders of Unsecured Notes Claims under Article III.C.5 (provided that any Cash provided by RTL for payments to holders of Unsecured Notes Claims but not distributed pursuant to Article VII of the Plan shall be returned to RTL), and other Cash on hand of the Debtors, including Cash derived from business operations. Further, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, will be entitled to transfer funds from Non-Debtor Affiliates as they determine to be necessary or appropriate to enable the Reorganized Debtors to satisfy their obligations under the Plan. Except as set forth herein, any changes in intercompany account balances resulting from such transfers will be accounted for and settled in accordance with the Debtors’ historical intercompany account settlement practices and will not violate or otherwise be affected by the terms of the Plan.

2. New Securities

On the Effective Date, Reorganized CEDC shall issue (i) shares of New Common Stock for distribution to RTL on account of the RTL Investment in accordance with the RTL Investment New Common Stock Allocation and (ii) the New Notes in partial exchange for the Existing 2016 Notes. All of the shares of New Common Stock issued pursuant to the Plan shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Additionally, the Reorganized

 

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CEDC or New CEDC, as the case may be, shall be authorized, without the need for further stockholder action, to issue the shares of New Common Stock necessary to satisfy any conversion of the New Convertible Secured Notes implemented pursuant to the terms of those securities after the Effective Date. Each distribution and issuance referred to in Article VII shall be governed by the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan applicable to such distribution or issuance and by the terms and conditions of the instruments evidencing or relating to such distribution or issuance, which terms and conditions shall bind each Person receiving such distribution or issuance.

 

  B. Cancellation of Securities and Agreements

Except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Plan, on the Effective Date: (1) all indentures, notes, bonds, purchase rights, instruments, guarantees, certificates, warrants, options, puts, agreements (including registration rights agreements), and other documents evidencing the RTL Credit Facility, the Existing 2013 Notes, the RTL Notes, the Existing Common Stock, the RTL Put Right, and any other indebtedness of or Interests in the Debtors (except as provided in Article III.C.10) shall be deemed cancelled, and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder and in any way related thereto shall be fully satisfied, released, and discharged, and (2)(i) all indentures, notes, bonds, purchase rights, instruments, guarantees, certificates, warrants, options, puts, agreements (including registration rights agreements), and other documents evidencing the Existing 2013 Notes, shall be deemed cancelled, and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder and in any way related thereto shall be fully satisfied, released, and discharged, and (ii) the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee shall mark the Global Notes (as defined in the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture) cancelled and deliver such cancelled Global Notes to Reorganized CEDC, and (3)(1) all indentures, notes, bonds, purchase rights, instruments, guarantees, certificates, and other documents evidencing the Existing 2016 Notes shall be deemed cancelled, and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder and in any way related thereto shall be fully satisfied, released, and discharged and (ii) the Custodian (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture) shall mark the Global Dollar Note (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture) and the Global Euro Note (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture), as applicable, as cancelled and deliver such cancelled Global Dollar Note and Global Euro Note, as applicable, to Reorganized CEDC FinCo; provided, however, notwithstanding Confirmation or the occurrence of the Effective Date, any such indenture or agreement that governs the rights of the holder of a Claim shall continue in effect solely for purposes of (a) allowing holders of Existing 2016 Notes Claims, RTL Credit Facility Claims, and the Unsecured Notes Claims (as applicable) to receive distributions under the Plan as provided herein, and (b) allowing the Indenture Trustees, if applicable, to make distributions under the Plan as provided herein; provided further, however, that the preceding proviso shall not affect the discharge of Claims or Interests pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, the Confirmation Order or the Plan, or result in any expense or liability to the Reorganized Debtors, except to the extent set forth in or provided for under this Plan; provided further, however, that the cancellation of indentures, notes, instruments, guarantees, certificates, and other documents hereunder shall not itself alter the obligations or rights among third parties (apart from the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and the Non-Debtor Affiliates). Upon

 

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cancellation of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture and the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture, all duties and responsibilities of the Indenture Trustees under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture and the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture, as applicable, shall be discharged except to the extent required in order to effectuate the Plan.

 

  C. Section 1145 Exemption

The issuance of the New Common Stock and New Notes distributed to creditors on account of their Claims shall be authorized under section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code as of the Effective Date without further act or action by any person, unless required by provision of the relevant corporate documents or applicable law, regulation, order or rule, and shall thereby be exempt from the requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any state or local laws requiring registration for the offer and sale of a security; and all documents evidencing the same shall be executed and delivered as provided for in the Plan or the Plan Supplement.

 

  D. Governance Documents and Corporate Existence

On the Effective Date, the Corporate Governance Documents of the Debtors shall be amended in a form as may be required to be consistent with the provisions of the Plan and the Bankruptcy Code (including, without limitation, section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code), shall be included in the Plan Supplement, shall contain certain minority stockholder protections that are effective if and when the New Convertible Secured Notes are converted, including but not limited to registration rights, preemptive rights and, subject to appropriate ownership levels, and shall be otherwise reasonably acceptable to RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Corporate Governance Documents or elsewhere in the Plan Supplement, each Debtor, as Reorganized, shall continue to exist after the Effective Date as a separate corporate entity or limited liability company, as the case may be, with all the powers of a corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, pursuant to the applicable law in the jurisdiction in which each applicable Debtor is incorporated. After the Effective Date, each Reorganized Debtor may amend and restate its Corporate Governance Documents as permitted by the laws of its respective states, provinces, or countries of formation and its respective charters and bylaws.

 

  E. Reorganized Debtors’ Boards of Directors

The identity of the members of the new board of each of the Reorganized Debtors shall be determined by RTL in its sole discretion, and will be identified in the Plan Supplement or in a filing with the Bankruptcy Court at or prior to the Confirmation Hearing.

 

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  F. Employee Benefits

Except as otherwise provided herein, on and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may: (1) honor, in the ordinary course of business, any contracts, agreements, policies, programs and plans for, among other things, compensation (other than equity based compensation related to Interests), health care benefits, disability benefits, deferred compensation benefits, travel benefits, savings, severance benefits, retirement benefits, welfare benefits, workers’ compensation insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance for the directors, officers and employees of any of the Debtors who served in such capacity at any time and (2) honor, in the ordinary course of business, Claims of employees employed as of the Effective Date for accrued vacation time arising before the Petition Date; provided, however, that the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’ performance under any employment agreement will not entitle any person to any benefit or alleged entitlement under any policy, program or plan that has expired or been terminated before the Effective Date, or restore, reinstate or revive any such benefit or alleged entitlement under any such policy, program or plan. Nothing herein shall limit, diminish or otherwise alter the Reorganized Debtors’ defenses, claims, Causes of Action or other rights with respect to any such contracts, agreements, policies, programs and plans.

 

  G. Management Incentive Plan

On or after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may implement a management incentive plan for management, selected employees and directors of the Reorganized Debtors, providing incentive compensation in the form of, among other things, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units phantom stock awards, performance awards and/or other stock-based awards in Reorganized CEDC in an aggregate amount equal to up to 5% of the New Common Stock, on a fully diluted basis (the “Management Incentive Plan”). Reorganized CEDC shall be authorized to adopt the Management Incentive Plan without the need for any further stockholder action. The specific form of and terms applicable to awards granted under the Management Incentive Plan shall be determined by the new board of Reorganized CEDC; provided that the aggregate price paid for all repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired New Common Stock issued pursuant to the Management Incentive Plan may not exceed $3.0 million in each twelve-month period from the date of issuance of the New Notes (with any unused amounts in any preceding twelve-month period being carried over to the succeeding twelve-month period). Current directors N. Scott Fine and Markus Sieger shall be paid performance bonuses of $1.0 million and $250,000 in cash, respectively, on the Effective Date.

 

  H. Vesting of Assets in the Reorganized Debtors

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or any agreement, instrument or other document incorporated therein, on the Effective Date, all property in each Estate and all Causes of Action (except those released pursuant to the Releases by the Debtors) shall vest in each respective Reorganized Debtor, free and clear of all Liens, Claims, charges or other encumbrances. On and

 

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after the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the Reorganized Debtors may operate its business and may use, acquire or dispose of property and compromise or settle any Claims, Interests or Causes of Action without supervision or approval by the Bankruptcy Court and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules.

 

  I. Restructuring Transactions

On the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Reorganized Debtors may take all actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, approved by, contemplated by or necessary to effectuate the Plan, including: (1) the execution and delivery of appropriate agreements or other documents of merger, consolidation, restructuring, conversion, disposition, transfer, dissolution or liquidation containing terms that are consistent with the terms of the Plan and that satisfy the applicable requirements of applicable law and any other terms to which the applicable Persons may agree; (2) the execution and delivery of appropriate instruments of transfer, assignment, assumption or delegation of any asset, property, right, liability, debt or obligation on terms consistent with the terms of the Plan and having other terms for which the applicable Persons agree; (3) the filing of appropriate certificates or articles of incorporation or amendments thereof, reincorporation, merger, consolidation, conversion or dissolution pursuant to applicable state law; and (4) all other actions that the applicable Persons determine to be necessary or appropriate, including making filings or recordings that may be required by applicable law. On the Effective Date, pursuant to section 1123(a)(5)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code, at the direction of the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2016 Notes represented by the Existing 2016 Notes Steering Committee, CEDC shall transfer (by way of merger, consolidation, share exchange, sale of assets, or otherwise) to a newly-formed Delaware corporation (“New CEDC”) all or substantially all of its assets and all Claims and Interests that are Reinstated and/or Unimpaired, and in consideration of such transfer, New CEDC shall make the distributions as specified in Article III.C of the Plan.

 

  J. Covenant Amendments and Supplemental Indenture

On and after the Confirmation Date, the following actions shall be deemed authorized and approved in all respects, without the need for further approval or agreement under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, by the directors or officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee, any security agent under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, or otherwise and pursuant to entry of the Confirmation Order: (i) the Supplemental Indenture shall be and shall be deemed to be executed and effective in all regards and in accordance with its terms; (ii) CEDC FinCo shall deliver notice to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee that it designates all Non-Debtor Affiliates as Unrestricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture) under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture; and (iii) upon designation of such Non-Debtor Affiliates as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the guarantees by such Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Existing 2016 Notes shall be automatically released pursuant to section 10.4(3) of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture and all liens on assets of such

 

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Non-Debtor Affiliates designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries that secure the Existing 2016 Notes shall be automatically released pursuant to section 11.9(2) of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.

 

  K. Corporate Action

Upon the Effective Date, all actions contemplated by the Plan shall be deemed authorized and approved in all respects, including (1) selection of the directors and officers of the Reorganized Debtors; (2) the distribution of the New Common Stock as provided herein; and (3) all other actions contemplated by the Plan (whether to occur before, on or after the Effective Date). All matters provided for in the Plan involving the corporate structure of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, and any corporate action required by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have occurred and shall be in effect, without any requirement of further action by the directors or officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors.

On or (as applicable) before the Effective Date, the appropriate officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall be authorized and directed to issue, execute and deliver the agreements, documents, securities, certificates of incorporation, operating agreements and instruments contemplated by the Plan (or necessary or desirable to effect the transactions contemplated by the Plan) in the name of and on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors. The authorizations and approvals contemplated by this Article V shall be effective notwithstanding any requirements under non-bankruptcy law.

 

  L. Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions

On and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors and the officers and members of the board of directors thereof are authorized to issue, execute, deliver, file or record such contracts, securities, instruments, releases and other agreements or documents and take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan and the securities issued pursuant to the Plan in the name of and on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors, without the need for any approvals, authorization or consents except for those expressly required pursuant to the Plan.

 

  M. Section 1146 Exemption from Certain Taxes and Fees

Pursuant to section 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, any transfers of property in contemplation of, in connection with, or pursuant to the Plan shall not be subject to any stamp tax or other similar tax or governmental assessment in the United States, and the Confirmation Order shall direct and be deemed to direct the appropriate state or local governmental officials or agents to forgo the collection of any such tax or governmental assessment and to accept for filing and recordation instruments or other documents pursuant to such transfers of property without the payment of any such tax or governmental assessment. Such exemption specifically applies,

 

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without limitation, to (1) the creation of any mortgage, deed of trust, lien or other security interest; (2) the making or assignment of any lease or sublease; (3) any restructuring transaction authorized by Article V hereof; or (4) the making or delivery of any deed or other instrument of transfer under, in furtherance of or in connection with the Plan, including: (a) any merger agreements; (b) agreements of consolidation, restructuring, disposition, liquidation or dissolution; (c) deeds; or (d) assignments executed in connection with any transaction occurring under the Plan.

 

  N. D&O Liability Insurance Policies and Indemnification Provisions

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, as of the Effective Date, the D&O Liability Insurance Policies and Indemnification Provisions belonging or owed to directors, officers, and employees of the Debtors (or the Estates) who served or were employed at any time by the Debtors shall be deemed to be, and shall be treated as though they are, executory contracts and the Debtors shall assume (and assign to the Reorganized Debtors if necessary to continue the D&O Liability Insurance Policies in full force) all of the D&O Liability Insurance Policies and Indemnification Provisions pursuant to section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the Debtors’ foregoing assumption of each of the D&O Liability Insurance Policies and Indemnification Provisions. On or before the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall obtain reasonably sufficient tail coverage (i.e., D&O insurance coverage that extends beyond the end of the policy period) under a directors and officers’ liability insurance policy for the current and former directors, officers and managers for a period of six (6) years.

 

  O. Preservation of Causes of Action

In accordance with section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and except where such Causes of Action have been expressly released (including, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the Releases by the Debtors provided by Article IX.B hereof), the Reorganized Debtors shall retain and may enforce all rights to commence and pursue, as appropriate, any and all Causes of Action, whether arising before or after the Petition Date, and the Reorganized Debtors’ rights to commence, prosecute or settle such Causes of Action shall be preserved notwithstanding the occurrence of the Effective Date. The Reorganized Debtors may pursue such Causes of Action, as appropriate, in accordance with the best interests of the Reorganized Debtors. No Person may rely on the absence of a specific reference in the Plan or the Disclosure Statement to any Cause of Action against them as any indication that the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, will not pursue any and all available Causes of Action against them. Except with respect to Causes of Action as to which the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors have released any Person or Person on or before the Effective Date (including pursuant to the Releases by the Debtors or otherwise), the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, expressly reserve all rights to prosecute any and all Causes of Action against any Person, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan. Unless any Causes of Action against a Person are expressly waived, relinquished, exculpated, released, compromised or settled in the Plan or a Bankruptcy Court

 

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order, the Reorganized Debtors expressly reserve all Causes of Action, for later adjudication, and, therefore, no preclusion doctrine, including the doctrines of res judicata, collateral estoppel, issue preclusion, claim preclusion, estoppel (judicial, equitable or otherwise) or laches, shall apply to such Causes of Action upon, after or as a consequence of the Confirmation or Consummation.

 

  P. Single Satisfaction of Claims

Holders of Allowed Claims may assert such Claims against each Debtor obligated with respect to such Claim, and such Claims shall be entitled to share in the recovery provided for the applicable Class of Claims against each obligated Debtor based upon the full Allowed amount of the Claim. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no case shall the aggregate value of all property received or retained under the Plan on account of Allowed Claims exceed 100% of the underlying Allowed Claim.

 

  Q. Dutch Auction Procedure

The Debtors shall use a pure reverse Dutch auction procedure to determine which Existing 2016 Notes will be accepted for exchange in the Cash Option. The Ballots will, among other options, provide the holders of Existing 2016 Notes with the option to elect to participate in the Cash Option. The auction will stay open through the Auction Closing Date, and Ballots indicating any such election are due by the Voting Deadline as provided herein.

The Debtors will accept for purchase the Existing 2016 Notes that elect to participate in the Cash Option in the order of the lowest to the highest Bid Prices (as determined based upon each Bid Price’s percentage of the respective Existing 2016 Note’s principal amount) until reaching the Clearing Price. In addition, holders of Existing 2016 Notes that elect to participate in the Cash Option will be subject to proration. The Debtors will first accept for exchange all Existing 2016 Notes with a Bid Price less than the Clearing Price, and thereafter, Existing 2016 Notes with a Bid Price equal to the Clearing Price on a Pro Rata basis. In all cases, appropriate adjustments will be made to avoid purchases of Existing 2016 Notes in principal amounts other than integral multiples of $1,000 or €1,000, as applicable. All Existing 2016 Notes not accepted in the Cash Option as a result of proration will not participate in the Cash Option and will be deemed to have elected to participate in the New Notes Option. In addition, any Existing 2016 Notes for which the respective holders did not elect to participate in the Cash Option will be deemed to have elected the New Notes Option.

To receive payment of Cash pursuant to the Cash Option, the holder of record on the Distribution Date must have been the holder of record as of the Voting Record Date. Furthermore, the ability to participate in the Cash Option is subject to the applicable custodian or nominee complying with any requests of the applicable clearing houses, including, without limitation, confirmation of record holders or surrender of notes by any deadline. Any failure on a holder’s ability to present Existing 2016 Notes for the Cash Option will result in such holder

 

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receiving the New Notes Option. Therefore, to receive the Cash Option, the holder as of the Voting Record Date cannot trade its Existing 2016 Notes prior to the Distribution Date. Subject to the foregoing, if holders of Allowed Existing 2016 Notes Claims elect to participate in the Cash Option by indicating as such on their Ballot and submitting such Ballot by the Voting Deadline as provided herein, each such holder shall receive, subject to the foregoing, its portion of the Cash Option Consideration equal to (a) such holder’s 8.875% Bid Price multiplied by the total principal amount of such holder’s Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes accepted for exchange in the Cash Option, divided by €1,000 and converted using the Exchange Rate, plus (b) such holder’s 9.125% Bid Price multiplied by the total amount of such holder’s Existing 9.125% 2016 Notes accepted for exchange in the Cash Option and divided by $1,000, plus (c) the full amount of the aggregate unpaid interest that has accrued on such holder’s accepted Existing 2016 Notes in accordance with the terms of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture from December 2, 2012 to March 15, 2013 and converted using the Exchange Rate for interest accrued on Existing 8.875% 2016 Notes.

ARTICLE IV

TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES

 

  A. Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

Except as otherwise provided herein, or in any contract, instrument, release, indenture or other agreement or document entered into in connection with the Plan, each of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases shall be deemed assumed as of the Effective Date, unless such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease: (1) was assumed or rejected previously by the Debtors; (2) expired or terminated pursuant to its own terms before the Effective Date; (3) is the subject of a motion to reject filed on or before the Effective Date; or (4) is identified as an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to be rejected pursuant to the Plan Supplement before the Effective Date.

Entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute a Bankruptcy Court order approving the assumptions or rejections of such Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases as set forth in the Plan, all pursuant to sections 365(a) and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code. Unless otherwise indicated, all assumptions or rejections of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases pursuant to the Plan are effective as of the Effective Date. Each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease assumed pursuant to the Plan or by Bankruptcy Court order but not assigned to a third party before the Effective Date shall revest in and be fully enforceable by the applicable contracting Reorganized Debtor in accordance with its terms, except as such terms may have been modified by such order. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, reserve the right to alter, amend, modify or supplement the list of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases identified in the Plan Supplement at any time before the Effective Date. After the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall have the right to terminate, amend or modify any intercompany contracts, leases or other agreements without approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

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  B. Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases

All Proofs of Claim with respect to Claims arising from the rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases, if any, must be filed with the Bankruptcy Court within 30 days after the date of entry of an order of the Bankruptcy Court (including the Confirmation Order) approving such rejection. Any Claims arising from the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease not filed with the Bankruptcy Court within such time will be automatically disallowed, forever barred from assertion and shall not be enforceable against the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates or their property without the need for any objection by the Reorganized Debtors or further notice to, or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court. All Allowed Claims arising from the rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases shall be classified as Class 6 General Unsecured Claims against the applicable Debtor and shall be treated in accordance with Article III of the Plan.

 

  C. Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

Any monetary amounts by which any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to be assumed under the Plan is in default shall be satisfied, under section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, by Cure. If there is a dispute regarding (i) the nature or amount of any Cure, (ii) the ability of the Reorganized Debtors to provide “adequate assurance of future performance” (within the meaning of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code) under the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to be assumed or (iii) any other matter pertaining to assumption, Cure shall occur following the entry of a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court resolving the dispute and approving the assumption.

Assumption of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to the Plan or otherwise shall result in the full release and satisfaction of any Claims or defaults, whether monetary or nonmonetary, including defaults of provisions restricting the change in control or ownership interest composition or other bankruptcy related defaults, arising under any assumed Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease at any time before the effective date of the assumption.

 

  D. Insurance Policies

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, as of the Effective Date, the Debtors shall assume (and assign to the Reorganized Debtors if necessary to continue the Insurance Policies in full force) all of the Insurance Policies pursuant to section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the Debtors’ foregoing assumption of each of the Insurance Policies.

 

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  E. Reservation of Rights.

Neither the exclusion nor inclusion of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List, nor anything contained in the Plan, shall constitute an admission by the Debtors that any such contract or lease is in fact an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or that any Reorganized Debtor has any liability thereunder. If there is a dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or unexpired at the time of assumption or rejection, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall have 45 days following entry of a Final Order resolving such dispute to alter their treatment of such contract or lease.

 

  F. Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date.

Contracts and leases entered into after the Petition Date by any Debtor, including any Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases assumed by such Debtor, will be performed by the Debtor or Reorganized Debtor in the ordinary course of its business. Accordingly, such contracts and leases (including any assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases) will survive and remain unaffected by entry of the Confirmation Order.

ARTICLE V

PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS

 

  A. Record Date for Distributions

As of the entry of the Confirmation Order, the various transfer registers for each of the Classes of Claims or Interests as maintained by the Debtors or their respective agents shall be deemed closed, and there shall be no further changes made to reflect any new record holders of any Claims or Interests. The Debtors shall have no obligation to recognize any transfer of Claims or Interests occurring on or after the Distribution Record Date.

 

  B. Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter (or if a Claim is not an Allowed Claim on the Effective Date, on the date that such a Claim becomes an Allowed Claim, on the next Distribution Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter), each holder of an Allowed Claim against the Debtors shall receive the full amount of the distributions that the Plan provides for Allowed Claims in the applicable Class and in the manner provided herein. In the event that any payment or act under the Plan is required to be made or performed on a date that is not a Business Day, then the making of such payment or the performance of such act may be completed on the next succeeding Business Day, but shall be deemed to have been completed as of the required date. If and to the extent that there are Disputed Claims, distributions on account of any such Disputed Claims shall be made pursuant to the provisions set forth in Article VIII hereof. Except as otherwise provided herein, holders of Claims shall not be entitled to interest, dividends or accruals on the distributions provided for herein, regardless of whether such distributions are delivered on or at any time after the Effective Date.

 

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  C. Disbursing Agent

Except as otherwise provided herein, all distributions under the Plan shall be made by the Reorganized Debtors as Disbursing Agent or such other Person designated by the Reorganized Debtors as a Disbursing Agent on the Effective Date.

 

  D. Rights and Powers of Disbursing Agent

1. Powers of the Disbursing Agent

The Disbursing Agent shall be empowered to: (a) affect all actions and execute all agreements, instruments and other documents necessary to perform its duties under the Plan; (b) make all distributions contemplated hereby; (c) employ professionals to represent it with respect to its responsibilities; and (d) exercise such other powers as may be vested in the Disbursing Agent by order of the Bankruptcy Court, pursuant to the Plan, or as deemed by the Disbursing Agent to be necessary and proper to implement the provisions hereof.

2. Expenses Incurred On or After the Effective Date

Except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the amount of any reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Disbursing Agent on or after the Effective Date (including taxes) and any reasonable compensation and expense reimbursement claims (including reasonable attorney fees and expenses) made by the Disbursing Agent shall be paid in Cash by the Reorganized Debtors in their reasonable discretion.

 

  E. Distributions on Account of Claims Allowed After the Effective Date

1. Payments and Distributions on Disputed Claims

Distributions made after the Effective Date to holders of Disputed Claims that are not Allowed Claims as of the Effective Date but which later become Allowed Claims shall be deemed to have been made on the Effective Date.

2. Special Rules for Distributions to Holders of Disputed Claims

Notwithstanding any provision otherwise in the Plan and except as may be agreed to by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, on the one hand, and the holder of a Disputed Claim, on the other hand, no partial payments and no partial distributions shall be made with respect to any Disputed Claim until all Disputed Claims held by the holder of such Disputed Claim have become Allowed Claims or have otherwise been resolved by settlement or Final Order.

 

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  F. Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions

1. Delivery of Distributions in General

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, distributions to holders of Allowed Claims shall be made to holders of record as of the Distribution Record Date by the Disbursing Agent: (a) to the signatory set forth on any of the Proof of Claim filed by such holder or other representative identified therein (or at the last known addresses of such holder if no Proof of Claim is filed or if the Debtors have been notified in writing of a change of address); (b) at the addresses set forth in any written notices of address changes delivered to the Disbursing Agent after the date of any related Proof of Claim; (c) at the addresses reflected in the Schedules if no Proof of Claim has been filed and the Disbursing Agent has not received a written notice of a change of address; (d) on any counsel that has appeared in the Chapter 11 Cases on the holder’s behalf or (e) at the addresses reflected in the Debtors’ books and records. Distributions under the Plan on account of Allowed Claims shall not be subject to levy, garnishment, attachment or like legal process, so that each holder of an Allowed Claim shall have and receive the benefit of the distributions in the manner set forth in the Plan. None of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and the applicable Disbursing Agent shall incur any liability whatsoever on account of any distributions under the Plan except for gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud.

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, (i) all distributions to holders of Existing 2016 Notes shall be governed by the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, and shall be deemed completed when made to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture Trustee, who shall in turn make distributions in accordance with the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture and (ii) all distributions to holders of Existing 2013 Notes shall be governed by the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture, and shall be deemed completed when made to the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture Trustee, who shall in turn make distributions in accordance with the Existing 2013 Notes Indenture.

2. Undeliverable Distributions and Unclaimed Property

In the event that any distribution to any holder is returned as undeliverable, no distribution to such holder shall be made unless and until the Disbursing Agent has determined the then current address of such holder, at which time such distribution shall be made as soon as practicable after such distribution has become deliverable or has been claimed to such holder without interest; provided, however, that such distributions shall be deemed unclaimed property under section 347(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and forfeited at the expiration of six months from the applicable Distribution Date. After such date, all “unclaimed property” or interests in property shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors (notwithstanding any applicable federal or state escheat, abandoned or unclaimed property laws to the contrary), and the Claim of any holder to such property shall be discharged and forever barred.

 

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  G. Withholding and Reporting Requirements

In connection with the Plan and all instruments issued in connection therewith, the Disbursing Agent shall comply with all applicable withholding and reporting requirements imposed by any federal, state or local taxing authority, and all distributions under the Plan shall be subject to any such withholding or reporting requirements.

 

  H. Setoffs

Except as set forth herein, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors may withhold (but not set off except as set forth below) from the distributions called for under the Plan on account of any Allowed Claim an amount equal to any claims, equity interests, rights and Causes of Action of any nature that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may hold against the holder of any such Allowed Claim. In the event that any such claims, equity interests, rights and Causes of Action of any nature that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may hold against the holder of any such Allowed Claim are adjudicated by Final Order or otherwise resolved, the Debtors may, pursuant to section 558 of the Bankruptcy Code or applicable non-bankruptcy law, set off against any Allowed Claim and the distributions to be made pursuant hereto on account of such Allowed Claim (before any distribution is made on account of such Allowed Claim) the amount of any adjudicated or resolved claims, equity interests, rights and Causes of Action of any nature that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may hold against the holder of any such Allowed Claim, but only to the extent of such adjudicated or resolved amount. Neither the failure to effect such a setoff nor the allowance of any Claim under the Plan shall constitute a waiver or release by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors of any such claims, equity interests, rights and Causes of Action that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may possess against any such holder, except as specifically provided herein.

 

  I. Claims Paid or Payable by Third Parties

1. Claims Paid by Third Parties

The Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall reduce in part or in full a Claim to the extent that the holder of such Claim receives payment in part or in full on account of such Claim from a party other than the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors. To the extent a holder of a Claim receives a distribution on account of such Claim from a party other than the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, such holder shall, within two weeks of receipt thereof, repay or return the distribution to the applicable Reorganized Debtor, to the extent the holder’s total recovery on account of such Claim from the third party and under the Plan exceeds the amount of such Claim as of the date of any such distribution under the Plan.

2. Insurance Claims

No distributions under the Plan shall be made on account of Allowed Claims until the holder of such Allowed Claim has exhausted all remedies with respect to the Debtors’ Insurance Policies. To the extent that one or more of the Debtors’ insurers agrees to satisfy in full a Claim

 

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(if and to the extent adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction), then immediately upon such insurers’ agreement, such Claim may be expunged without a Claims objection having to be filed and without any further notice to or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

3. Applicability of Insurance Policies

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, distributions to holders of Allowed Claims shall be made in accordance with the provisions of any applicable Insurance Policy. Nothing contained in the Plan shall constitute or be deemed a waiver of any Cause of Action that the Debtors or any Person may hold against any other Person, including insurers under any policies of insurance, nor shall anything contained herein constitute or be deemed a waiver by such insurers of any defenses, including coverage defenses, held by such insurers.

 

  J. Allocation of Distributions Between Principal and Unpaid Interest

To the extent that any Claim entitled to a distribution under the Plan is comprised of indebtedness and accrued but unpaid interest thereon, such distribution shall, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, be allocated on the Debtors’ books and records to the principal amount of the Claim first and then, to the extent the consideration exceeds the principal amount of the Claim, to the accrued but unpaid interest.

ARTICLE VI

PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING CONTINGENT,

UNLIQUIDATED AND DISPUTED CLAIMS

 

  A. Prosecution of Objections to Claims

The Debtors (before the Effective Date) or the Reorganized Debtors (on or after the Effective Date), as applicable, shall have the exclusive authority to file, settle, compromise, withdraw or litigate to judgment any objections to Claims as permitted under the Plan. From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may settle or compromise any Disputed Claim without approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The Debtors reserve all rights to resolve any Disputed Claim outside the Bankruptcy Court under applicable governing law.

 

  B. Allowance of Claims

Except as expressly provided herein or in any order entered in the Chapter 11 Cases before the Effective Date (including the Confirmation Order), the Reorganized Debtors after the Effective Date will have and retain any and all rights and defenses held by the Debtors with respect to any Claim as of the Petition Date. All claims of any Person against any Debtor shall be disallowed unless and until such Person pays, in full, the amount it owes each such Debtor.

 

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  C. Distributions After Allowance

On the Distribution Date following the date that the order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court allowing any Disputed Claim becomes a Final Order, the Disbursing Agent shall provide to the holder of such Claim the distribution (if any) to which such holder is entitled under the Plan as of the Effective Date, without any interest to be paid on account of such Claim.

 

  D. Estimation of Claims

The Debtors (before the Effective Date) or Reorganized Debtors (on or after the Effective Date) may, at any time, and from time to time, request that the Bankruptcy Court estimate any Disputed Claim pursuant to section 502(c) of the Bankruptcy Code regardless of whether an objection was previously filed with the Bankruptcy Court with respect to such Claim, or whether the Bankruptcy Court has ruled on any such objection, and the Bankruptcy Court will retain jurisdiction to estimate any Claim at any time during litigation concerning any objection to any Claim, including during the pendency of any appeal relating to any such objection. In the event that the Bankruptcy Court estimates any Disputed Claim, that estimated amount will constitute either the Allowed amount of such Claim or a maximum limitation on such Claim against any party or Person, as determined by the Bankruptcy Court. If the estimated amount constitutes a maximum limitation on such Claim, the Debtors (before the Effective Date) or the Reorganized Debtors (after the Effective Date), may elect to pursue any supplemental proceedings to object to any ultimate distribution on such Claim. All of the objection, estimation, settlement and resolution procedures set forth in the Plan are cumulative and not necessarily exclusive of one another. Claims may be estimated and subsequently compromised, objected to, settled, withdrawn or resolved by any mechanism approved by the Bankruptcy Court.

 

  E. Deadline to File Objections to Claims

Any objections to Claims, if any, shall be filed no later than the Claims Objection Bar Date; provided, however, that the Debtors’ failure to file an objection by the Claims Objection Bar Date shall not cause any Claim to be deemed an Allowed Claim nor shall it prejudice the Debtors’ right ability to resolve any Disputed Claim outside the Bankruptcy Court under applicable governing law.

ARTICLE VII

SETTLEMENT, RELEASE, INJUNCTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS

 

  A. Compromise and Settlement of Claims, Interests and Controversies

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controversies relating to the contractual, legal and subordination rights that a holder of a Claim or Interest may have with respect to any Allowed Claim or Interest, or any distribution to be made on account of such Allowed Claim or Interest. The entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the compromise or settlement of all such Claims, Interests and controversies, as well as a finding by the Bankruptcy Court that such compromise or settlement is in the best interests of the Debtors, their Estates and holders of Claims and Interests and is fair, equitable and reasonable. In accordance with the provisions of the Plan, pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 9019(a), without any further notice to or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may compromise and settle Claims against them and Causes of Action against other Persons.

 

  B. Releases by the Debtors

Pursuant to section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and to the extent allowed by applicable law, and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or the Plan Supplement, for good and valuable consideration, including the service of the Released Parties to facilitate the expeditious reorganization of the Debtors and the implementation of the restructuring contemplated by the Plan, on and after the Effective Date, the Released Parties are deemed released and discharged by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, and Non-Debtor Affiliates from any and all claims, obligations, rights, suits, damages, Causes of Action, remedies and liabilities whatsoever, including any derivative claims, asserted or assertable on behalf of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their Estates and Non-Debtor Affiliates, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereinafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise, that the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, or the Non-Debtor Affiliates would have been legally entitled to assert in their own right (whether individually or collectively) or on behalf of the holder of any Claim or Interest or other Person, based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors, the Chapter 11 Cases, the purchase, sale or rescission of the purchase or sale of any security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the subject matter of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any Claim or Interest that is treated in the Plan, the business or contractual arrangements between any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor, Estate or Non-Debtor Affiliate and any Released Party, the restructuring of Claims and Interests before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, the negotiation, formulation or preparation of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan Supplement, RTL Investment Agreement or related agreements, instruments or other documents, or upon any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date; provided, however, that nothing in this Article IX.B shall be construed to release any party or entity from gross negligence, intentional fraud, willful misconduct, or criminal conduct, as determined by a Final Order.; provided further, that notwithstanding any language to the contrary contained in the Disclosure Statement, the Plan and/or the Confirmation Order, no provision shall preclude the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from enforcing its police and

 

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regulatory powers; and provided further, that notwithstanding any language to the contrary contained in the Disclosure Statement, the Plan and/or the Confirmation Order, no provision shall release any non-Debtor from liability in connection with any legal action or claim brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

  C. Releases by Holders of Claims

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, as of the Effective Date, each holder of a Claim who affirmatively votes to accept this Plan and does not elect to opt out of the releases contained in this Section IX.C by making such election on its timely submitted ballot shall be deemed to have conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably and forever, released and discharged the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their Estates, Non-Debtor Affiliates and the Released Parties from any and all Claims, Interests, obligations, rights, suits, damages, Causes of Action, remedies and liabilities whatsoever, including any derivative Claims, assertable on behalf of a Debtor, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise, that such Person would have been legally entitled to assert (whether individually or collectively), based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors, the Debtors’ restructuring, the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases, the purchase, sale or rescission of the purchase or sale of any security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, including (without limitation) any tender rights provided under any applicable law, rule, or regulation, the subject matter of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any Claim that is treated in the Plan, the business or contractual arrangements between the Debtors and any Released Party, the restructuring of Claims and Interests before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, the negotiation, formulation or preparation of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the RTL Investment Agreement, the Plan Supplement or related agreements, instruments or other documents, upon any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event or other occurrence taking place on or before the Confirmation Date; provided, however, that nothing in this Article IX.B shall be construed to release any party or entity from gross negligence, intentional fraud, willful misconduct or criminal conduct, as determined by a Final Order; provided further, however that this Article IX.C shall not release the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their Estates, Non-Debtor Affiliates and the Released Parties from any Cause of Action held by a governmental entity existing as of the Effective Date based on (i) the Internal Revenue Code or other domestic state, city, or municipal tax code, (ii) the environmental laws of the United States or any domestic state, city, or municipality, (iii) any criminal laws of the United States or any domestic state, city, or municipality, (iv) the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (as now in effect or hereafter amended), the Securities Act of 1933 (as now in effect or hereafter amended), or other securities laws of the United States or any domestic state, city or municipality, (v) the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or (vi) the laws and regulations of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the United States Department of Homeland Security. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture, the Existing 2016 Notes, or the instruments, guarantees, certificates, and other documents

 

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related thereto, votes by holders of Existing 2016 Notes Claims to accept this Plan and not opt out of the releases contained in this Article IX.C shall constitute agreement by such holders to have conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably and forever, released and discharged the Non-Debtor Affiliates from any and all Claims, Interests, obligations, rights, suits, damages, Causes of Action, remedies and liabilities whatsoever, whether known or unknown, direct or indirect, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereafter arising, that relate to guarantees of the Existing 2016 Notes, and any collateral of Non-Debtor Affiliates securing the Existing 2016 Notes except as otherwise set forth in the Plan.

 

  D. Exculpation

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or Plan Supplement, no Exculpated Party shall have or incur, and each Exculpated Party is hereby released and exculpated from, any Exculpated Claim, obligation, cause of action or liability for any Exculpated Claim, except for gross negligence, intentional fraud or willful misconduct (to the extent such duty is imposed by applicable non-bankruptcy law), but in all respects such Persons shall be entitled to reasonably rely upon the advice of counsel with respect to their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Plan. The Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors (and each of their respective Affiliates, agents, directors, officers, employees, advisors and attorneys) have, and upon Confirmation of the Plan shall be deemed to have, participated in good faith and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code with regard to the solicitation and distribution of the Plan securities pursuant to the Plan, and, therefore, are not, and on account of such distributions shall not be, liable at any time for the violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation governing the solicitation of acceptances or rejections of the Plan or such distributions made pursuant to the Plan.

 

  E. Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests

Pursuant to section 1141(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, the distributions, rights and treatment that are provided in the Plan shall be in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge, effective as of the Effective Date, of all Claims, Interests and Causes of Action of any nature whatsoever, including any interest accrued on Claims or Interests from and after the Petition Date, whether known or unknown, against, liabilities of, Liens on, obligations of, rights against and Interests in, the Debtors or any of their assets or properties, regardless of whether any property shall have been distributed or retained pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claims and Interests, including demands, liabilities and Causes of Action that arose before the Effective Date, any contingent or non-contingent liability on account of representations or warranties issued on or before the Effective Date, and all debts of the kind specified in sections 502(g), 502(h) or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code, in each case whether or not: (1) a Proof of Claim or Interest based upon such Claim, debt, right or Interest is filed or deemed filed pursuant to section 501 of the Bankruptcy Code; (2) a Claim or Interest based upon such Claim, debt, right or Interest is Allowed pursuant to section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code; or (3) the holder of such a Claim or Interest has accepted the Plan.

 

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Except as otherwise provided herein, any default by the Debtors or their Affiliates with respect to any Claim or Interest that existed before or on account of the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases shall be deemed cured on the Effective Date. The Confirmation Order shall be a judicial determination of the discharge of all Claims and Interests subject to the Effective Date occurring, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan.

 

  F. Injunction

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE PLAN, THE PLAN SUPPLEMENT OR RELATED DOCUMENTS, OR FOR OBLIGATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE PLAN, ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE HELD, HOLD OR MAY HOLD CLAIMS OR INTERESTS THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX.B OR ARTICLE IX.C, DISCHARGED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX.E, OR ARE SUBJECT TO EXCULPATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX.D, ARE PERMANENTLY ENJOINED, FROM AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE, FROM TAKING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS: (1) COMMENCING OR CONTINUING IN ANY MANNER ANY ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS; (2) ENFORCING, ATTACHING, COLLECTING OR RECOVERING BY ANY MANNER OR MEANS ANY JUDGMENT, AWARD, DECREE OR ORDER AGAINST SUCH PERSONS ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS; (3) CREATING, PERFECTING OR ENFORCING ANY ENCUMBRANCE OF ANY KIND AGAINST SUCH PERSONS OR THE PROPERTY OR ESTATES OF SUCH PERSONS ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS; AND (4) COMMENCING OR CONTINUING IN ANY MANNER ANY ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS RELEASED, SETTLED OR DISCHARGED PURSUANT TO THE PLAN.

THE RIGHTS AFFORDED IN THE PLAN AND THE TREATMENT OF ALL CLAIMS AND INTERESTS HEREIN SHALL BE IN EXCHANGE FOR AND IN COMPLETE SATISFACTION OF ALL CLAIMS AND INTERESTS OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING ANY INTEREST ACCRUED ON CLAIMS FROM AND AFTER THE PETITION DATE, AGAINST THE DEBTORS OR ANY OF THEIR ASSETS, PROPERTY OR ESTATES. ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE, ALL SUCH CLAIMS AGAINST THE DEBTORS SHALL BE FULLY RELEASED AND DISCHARGED, AND THE INTERESTS SHALL BE CANCELLED.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR HEREIN OR IN OBLIGATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT HERETO FROM AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE, ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE DEBTORS SHALL BE FULLY RELEASED AND DISCHARGED, AND ALL INTERESTS SHALL BE CANCELLED, AND THE DEBTORS’ LIABILITY WITH RESPECT THERETO SHALL BE EXTINGUISHED COMPLETELY,

 

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INCLUDING ANY LIABILITY OF THE KIND SPECIFIED UNDER SECTION 502(G) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE. ALL PERSONS SHALL BE PRECLUDED FROM ASSERTING AGAINST THE DEBTORS, THE DEBTORS’ ESTATES, THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS, EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AND EACH OF THEIR ASSETS AND PROPERTIES, ANY OTHER CLAIMS OR INTERESTS BASED UPON ANY DOCUMENTS, INSTRUMENTS OR ANY ACT OR OMISSION, TRANSACTION OR OTHER ACTIVITY OF ANY KIND OR NATURE THAT OCCURRED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

 

  G. Temporary Injunction with Respect to Existing 2016 Notes Claims

To the extent such Claims are not otherwise released pursuant to Article IX.C of this Plan, the Confirmation Order approving this Plan shall act as a temporary injunction against the enforcement of any default against the Debtors or any Non-Debtor Affiliate obligated under the Existing 2016 Notes. Holders of Existing 2016 Note Claims shall be enjoined from commencing or continuing any action, employment of process, or act to collect, offset, or recover any Claim relating to the Existing 2016 Notes so long as the Debtors continue to provide or cause to be provided such treatment to holders of Existing 2016 Notes Claims as provided under the Plan. The temporary injunction will expire automatically if the Reorganized Debtors default under the Plan by failing to provide or cause to be provided such treatment to holders of Existing 2016 Notes Claims as provided under the Plan and fail to cure such default within 30 days after receipt by the Debtors of written notice of such default from the trustee(s) of the New Notes.

 

  H. Term of Injunctions or Stays

Unless otherwise provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation Order, all injunctions or stays in effect in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 105 or 362 of the Bankruptcy Code or any order of the Bankruptcy Court, and extant on the Confirmation Date (excluding any injunctions or stays contained in the Plan or the Confirmation Order) shall remain in full force and effect until the Effective Date. All injunctions or stays contained in the Plan or the Confirmation Order shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

 

  I. Release of Liens

Except as otherwise provided herein or in any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document created pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date and concurrently with the applicable distributions made pursuant to the Plan and, in the case of a Secured Claim, satisfaction in full of the portion of the Secured Claim that is Allowed as of the Effective Date, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges or other security interests against any property of the Estates shall be fully released and discharged, and all of the right, title and interest of any holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges or other security interests shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors and their successors and assigns. For the avoidance of doubt, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges or other security interests against any property of the

 

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Estates shall be fully released and discharged on the Effective Date without any further action of any party, including, but not limited to, further order of the Bankruptcy Court or filing updated schedules or statements typically filed pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code.

ARTICLE VIII

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN AND THE

EFFECTIVE DATE

 

  A. Conditions Precedent to Confirmation

It shall be a condition to Confirmation hereof that the following provisions, terms and conditions shall have been satisfied or waived pursuant to the provisions of Article X.C.

1. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2016 Notes represented by the Existing 2013 Notes Steering Committee approving the RTL Investment Agreement.

2. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees approving the Disclosure Statement with respect to the Plan as containing adequate information within the meaning of section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code.

3. The Confirmation Order (a) shall be, in form and substance, reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees, (b) shall include a finding by the Bankruptcy Court that the New Common Stock (except New Common Stock issued in exchange for the RTL New Equity Infusion) and New Notes to be issued on the Effective Date will be authorized and exempt from registration under applicable securities law pursuant to section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, (c) shall approve the amendments and modifications of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture as provided in Article V.J of the Plan and (d) shall not be subject to any stay or subject to an unresolved request for revocation under section 1144 of the Bankruptcy Code.

4. The Plan and the Plan Supplement, including any schedules, documents, supplements and exhibits thereto shall, in form and substance, be reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

5. RTL shall be satisfied, in its sole discretion, that neither RTL nor any of its affiliates will be required, as a result of the Plan and/or the transactions contemplated by the RTL Investment Agreement, to make any mandatory tender offer(s) under the Polish Securities Laws or any applicable rule of regulation of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

 

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  B. Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date

It shall be a condition to the Effective Date that the following provisions, terms and conditions shall have been satisfied or waived pursuant to the provisions of Article X.C.

1. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered one or more orders (which may include the Confirmation Order) authorizing the assumption and rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases by the Debtors as contemplated herein in form and substance acceptable to the Debtors.

2. The Confirmation Order, in form and substance, reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees, shall have been entered by the Bankruptcy Court and shall not be subject to any stay subject to an unresolved request for revocation under section 1144 of the Bankruptcy Code.

3. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered a Final Order (which may be the Confirmation Order) approving and authorizing the amendment and modification of the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture as provided in Article V.J hereof.

4. All of the schedules, documents, supplements and exhibits to the Plan shall have been filed in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

5. All conditions to the consummation of the RTL New Equity Infusion, including (without limitation) all conditions set forth in the RTL Investment Agreement, shall have been satisfied or waived by RTL.

6. All conditions to the consummation of the RTL Offer (other than the occurrence of the Effective Date) shall have been satisfied or waived, and the RTL Offer shall close simultaneously with the occurrence of the Effective Date.

7. All authorizations, consents, and regulatory approvals required, if any, in connection with the consummation of the Plan shall have been obtained.

8. All actions, documents, certificates, and agreements necessary to implement this Plan shall have been effected or executed and delivered to the required parties and, to the extent required, filed with the applicable governmental units in accordance with applicable laws.

 

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  C. Waiver of Conditions

The conditions to Confirmation of the Plan and to Consummation of the Plan set forth in this Article X may be waived at any time upon receipt of written waivers from each of the Debtors, RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

 

  D. Effect of Failure of Conditions

If the Consummation of the Plan does not occur, the Plan shall be null and void in all respects and nothing contained in the Plan or the Disclosure Statement shall: (1) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims against or Interests in the Debtors; (2) prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors, any holders of Claims or any other Person; or (3) constitute an admission, acknowledgment, offer or undertaking by the Debtors, any holders or any other Person in any respect.

ARTICLE IX

MODIFICATION, REVOCATION OR WITHDRAWAL OF THE PLAN

 

  A. Modification and Amendments

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein and with the consent of RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees, the Debtors reserve the right to modify the Plan as to material terms and seek Confirmation consistent with the Bankruptcy Code and, as appropriate, not re-solicit votes on such modified Plan. Subject to certain restrictions and requirements set forth in section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3019 and those restrictions on modifications set forth in the Plan, and with the consent of RTL, and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees, the Debtors expressly reserve their rights to alter, amend or modify materially the Plan with respect to the Debtors one or more times, after Confirmation, and, to the extent necessary, may initiate proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court to so alter, amend or modify the Plan or remedy any defect or omission, or reconcile any inconsistencies in the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order, in such matters as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of the Plan.

 

  B. Effect of Confirmation on Modifications

Entry of a Confirmation Order shall mean that all modifications or amendments to the Plan occurring after the solicitation thereof are approved pursuant to section 1127(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and do not require additional disclosure or re-solicitation under Bankruptcy Rule 3019.

 

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  C. Revocation or Withdrawal of the Plan

The Debtors reserve the right to revoke or withdraw the Plan before the Effective Date. If the Debtors revoke or withdraw the Plan, or if Confirmation or Consummation does not occur, then: (1) the Plan shall be null and void in all respects; (2) any settlement or compromise embodied in the Plan (including the fixing or limiting to an amount certain of any Claim or Interest or Class of Claims or Interests), assumption or rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases effected by the Plan, and any document or agreement executed pursuant to the Plan, shall be deemed null and void; and (3) nothing contained in the Plan shall: (a) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims or Interests; (b) prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors or any other Person; or (c) constitute an admission, acknowledgement, offer or undertaking of any sort by the Debtors or any other Person.

ARTICLE X

RETENTION OF JURISDICTION

Notwithstanding the entry of the Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date, on and after the Effective Date, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain such jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases and all matters arising out of or related to the Chapter 11 Cases and the Plan including jurisdiction to:

1. allow, disallow, determine, liquidate, classify, estimate or establish the priority, secured or unsecured status, or amount of any Claim or Interest, including the resolution of any request for payment of any Administrative Claim and the resolution of any and all objections to the secured or unsecured status, priority, amount or allowance of Claims;

2. decide and resolve all matters related to the granting and denying, in whole or in part, any applications for allowance of compensation or reimbursement of expenses to Professionals authorized pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or the Plan;

3. resolve any matters related to: (a) the assumption, assumption and assignment or rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to which the Debtors are party or with respect to which a Debtor may be liable in any manner and to hear, determine and, if necessary, liquidate, any Claims arising therefrom, including Claims based on the Debtors’ rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases as set forth in Article VI, Cure Claims pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code or any other matter related to such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease; (b) any potential contractual obligation under any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that is assumed; (c) the Reorganized Debtors amending, modifying or supplementing, after the Effective Date, pursuant to Article VI, any Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases the list of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to be assumed or rejected or otherwise; and (d) any dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or expired.

4. ensure that distributions to holders of Allowed Claims are accomplished pursuant to the provisions of the Plan;

 

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5. adjudicate, decide or resolve any motions, adversary proceedings, contested or litigated matters and any other matters, and grant or deny any applications involving a Debtor that may be pending on the Effective Date;

6. adjudicate, decide or resolve any and all matters related to any Cause of Action;

7. adjudicate, decide or resolve any and all matters related to section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code;

8. resolve any avoidance or recovery actions under sections 105, 502(d), 542 through 551 and 553 of the Bankruptcy Code;

9. resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes or Causes of Action that may arise in connection with the Consummation, interpretation or enforcement of the Plan or any Person’s obligations incurred in connection with the Plan;

10. issue injunctions, enter and implement other orders or take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate to restrain interference by any Person with Consummation or enforcement of the Plan;

11. resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes or Causes of Action with respect to the discharge, releases, injunctions, exculpations, indemnifications and other provisions contained in Article IX and enter such orders as may be necessary or appropriate to implement such releases, injunctions and other provisions;

12. enter and implement such orders as are necessary or appropriate if the Confirmation Order is for any reason modified, stayed, reversed, revoked or vacated;

13. adjudicate any and all disputes arising from or relating to distributions under the Plan;

14. consider any modifications of the Plan, cure any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistency in any Bankruptcy Court order, including the Confirmation Order;

15. determine requests for the payment of Claims entitled to priority pursuant to section 507 of the Bankruptcy Code;

16. hear and determine disputes arising in connection with the interpretation, implementation or enforcement of the Plan or the Confirmation Order, including disputes arising under agreements, documents or instruments executed in connection with the Plan;

17. hear and determine matters concerning state, local and federal taxes in accordance with sections 346, 505 and 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

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18. hear and determine all disputes involving the existence, nature or scope of the Debtors’ discharge, including any dispute relating to any liability arising out of the termination of employment or the termination of any employee or retiree benefit program, regardless of whether such termination occurred before or after the Effective Date;

19. determine any other matters that may arise in connection with or relate to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order;

20. enforce all orders previously entered by the Bankruptcy Court;

21. hear any other matter not inconsistent with the Bankruptcy Code; and

22. enter an order concluding or closing the Chapter 11 Cases.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

  A. Immediate Binding Effect

Subject to Article X.B, and notwithstanding Bankruptcy Rules 3020(e), 6004(h) or 7062 or any other Bankruptcy Rule, upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, the terms of the Plan and the Plan Supplement shall be immediately effective and enforceable and deemed binding upon the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and any and all holders of Claims or Interests (irrespective of whether such Claims or Interests are deemed to have accepted the Plan), all Persons that are parties to or are subject to the settlements, compromises, releases, discharges and injunctions described in the Plan, each Person acquiring property under the Plan, and any and all non-Debtor parties to Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases with the Debtors.

 

  B. Additional Documents

On or before the Effective Date, the Debtors may file with the Bankruptcy Court such agreements and other documents as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan. The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and all holders of Claims receiving distributions pursuant to the Plan and all other parties in interest shall, from time to time, prepare, execute and deliver any agreements or documents and take any other actions as may be necessary or advisable to effectuate the provisions and intent of the Plan.

 

  C. Dissolution of Creditors’ Committee

On the Effective Date, the Creditors’ Committee, if any, shall dissolve and members thereof shall be released and discharged from all rights and duties from or related to the Chapter 11 Cases.

 

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  D. Reservation of Rights

None of the Plan, any statement or provision contained in the Plan or any action taken or not taken by any Debtor with respect to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Plan Supplement shall be or shall be deemed to be an admission or waiver of any rights of any Debtor with respect to the holders of Claims or Interests before the Effective Date.

 

  E. Successors and Assigns

The rights, benefits and obligations of any Person named or referred to in the Plan shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit of, any heir, executor, administrator, successor or assign, affiliate, officer, director, manager, agent, representative, attorney, beneficiaries or guardian, if any, of each Person.

 

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  F. Service of Documents

After the Effective Date, any pleading, notice or other document required by the Plan to be served or delivered shall be served as follows:

1. If to the Reorganized Debtors, to:

Central European Distribution Corporation

3000 Atrium Way

Suite 265

Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054

Attn: General Counsel

with copies to:

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP

4 Times Square

New York, New York 10036

Attn:    Jay M. Goffman

            Mark A. McDermott

2. After the Effective Date, the Debtors may, in their sole discretion, notify Persons that, in order to continue receiving documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002, such Persons must file a renewed request to receive documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002. After the Effective Date, the Debtors are authorized to limit the list of Persons receiving documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002 to those Persons who have filed such renewed requests.

 

  G. Entire Agreement

Except as otherwise indicated, the Plan and the Plan Supplement supersede all previous and contemporaneous negotiations, promises, covenants, agreements, understandings and representations on such subjects, all of which have become merged and integrated into the Plan.

 

  H. Severability of Plan Provisions

If, before Confirmation of the Plan, any term or provision of the Plan is held by the Bankruptcy Court or any other court exercising jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the Bankruptcy Court or other court exercising jurisdiction shall have the power to alter and interpret such term or provision to make it valid or enforceable to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the original purpose of the term or provision held to be invalid, void or unenforceable, and such term or provision shall then be applicable as altered or interpreted. Notwithstanding any such holding, alteration or interpretation, the remainder of the terms and provisions of the Plan will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated by such holding, alteration or interpretation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any provision of the Plan is materially altered or rendered unenforceable, the Plan shall not be confirmed without the written consent of RTL and a majority in principal amount of the Existing 2013 Notes or the Existing 2016 Notes, as applicable, represented by the Steering Committees.

 

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  I. Exhibits

All exhibits and documents included in the Plan Supplement are incorporated into and are a part of the Plan as if set forth in full in the Plan. After the exhibits and documents are filed, copies of such exhibits and documents shall be available upon request to the Debtors’ counsel, by contacting Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP, 4 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, at the Bankruptcy Court’s website at https://ecf.deb.uscourts.gov or at the website of GCG, Inc. at www.gcginc.com/cases/CEDC (to be activated in the event that the Debtors file the Chapter 11 Cases). To the extent any exhibit or document is inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the non-exhibit or non-document portion of the Plan shall control.

 

  J. Votes Solicited in Good Faith

Upon entry of the Confirmation Order, the Debtors will be deemed to have solicited votes on the Plan in good faith and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code and any applicable non-bankruptcy law, and pursuant to section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors and their respective Affiliates, agents, representatives, members, principals, shareholders, officers, directors, employees, advisors and attorneys will be deemed to have participated in good faith and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code in the offer, issuance, sale and purchase of Plan securities offered and sold under the Plan, and, therefore, will have no liability for the violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation governing the solicitation of votes on the Plan or the offer, issuance, sale or purchase of the New Common Stock offered and sold under the Plan.

 

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  K. Conflicts

Except as set forth in the Plan, to the extent that any provision of the Disclosure Statement or any other order (other than the Confirmation Order) referenced in the Plan (or any exhibits, schedules, appendices, supplements or amendments to any of the foregoing), conflict with or are in any way inconsistent with any provision of the Plan, the Plan shall govern and control; provided, however, that if there is a conflict between this Plan and a Plan Supplement document, the Plan Supplement document shall govern and control.

Dated: March 18May 8, 2013

 

Respectfully submitted,
Central European Distribution Corporation
By:  

/s/ N. Scott Fine

Name:   N. Scott Fine
Title:   Vice Chairman and Lead Director
Sarah EAnthony W. PierceClark (I.D. No. 46482051)

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM, LLP

One Rodney Square
P.O. Box 636
Wilmington, Delaware 19899-0636
(302) 651-3000
(302) 651-3001
– and –
Jay M. Goffman
Mark A. McDermott

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM, LLP

Four Times Square
New York, New York 10036-6522
(212) 735-3000
(212) 735-2000
Proposed Counsel for Debtors and Debtors in Possession

 

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EX-3.1 4 d551595dex31.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

Exhibit 3.1

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

of

Central European Distribution Corporation

The Corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 4, 1997. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) and so amended shall read as follows:

ARTICLE 1

Name

The name of this corporation is Central European Distribution Corporation (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE 2

Registered Office and Agent

The registered office of the Corporation shall be located at 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19808. The registered agent of the Corporation at such address shall be Corporation Service Company.

ARTICLE 3

Purpose and Powers

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL. The Corporation shall have all power necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion, or attainment of such acts and activities.

ARTICLE 4

Capital Stock

4.1 Authorized Shares. The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 100,000, consisting of:

90,000 shares of common stock having a par value of $0.01 per share (“Common Stock” and each share thereof, a “Common Share”); and

10,000 shares of preferred stock having a par value of $0.01 per share (“Preferred Stock” and each share thereof, a “Preferred Share”).


4.2 Common Stock.

4.2.1 Relative Rights. The Common Stock shall be subject to all of the rights, privileges, preferences and priorities of the Preferred Stock as set forth in the certificate(s) of designation filed to establish the respective series of Preferred Stock. Subject to applicable law and except as otherwise expressly provided in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “Certificate”), each Common Share shall have the same relative rights as and be identical in all respects to each other Common Share.

4.2.2 Dividends.

(a) Whenever there shall have been paid, or declared and set aside for payment, to the holders of the shares of any class of stock having preference over the Common Stock as to the payments of dividends, the full amount of dividends and of sinking fund or retirement payments, if any, to which such holders are respectively entitled in preference to the Common Stock, then dividends may be paid on the Common Stock and on any class or series of stock entitled to participate therewith as to dividends, out of any assets legally available for the payment of dividends thereon, but only when and as declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors” and each member thereof, from time to time, a “Director”).

(b) The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend declared thereon, which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to the date fixed for payment of such dividend.

4.2.3 Dissolution, Liquidation, or Winding Up. In the event of any dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of Common Stock, and holders of any class or series of stock entitled to participate therewith, in whole or in part, as to the distribution of assets in such event, shall become entitled to participate in the distribution of any assets of the Corporation remaining after the Corporation shall have paid, or provided for payment of, all debts and liabilities of the Corporation and after the Corporation shall have paid, or set aside for payment, to the holders of any class of stock having preferences over the Common Stock in the event of dissolution, liquidation, or winding up the full preferential amounts (if any) to which they are entitled.

4.2.4 Voting Rights. Each holder of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to attend all special and annual meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation (the “Stockholders”) and, to cast one (1) vote for each share of Common Stock held of record upon any matter or thing (including without limitation, the election of one or more Directors) properly considered and acted upon by the Stockholders.

4.3 Blank Check Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors is authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by the DGCL and the provisions of this Certificate, to provide by resolution or resolutions from time to time, and by filing a certificate(s) pursuant to the DGCL, for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, to establish the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the voting powers (if any),

 

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designations, powers, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other rights, if any, of the shares of each such series, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and rights, including, without limitation, dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights (if any), redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, as shall be stated and expressed in such resolutions. The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, without the separate vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock as a class, unless a vote of any such holders is required pursuant to the terms of any certificate of designation. In case the number of shares of any series shall be decreased in accordance with the foregoing sentence, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status that they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series.

4.4 Restriction on Issuance of Non-Voting Equity Securities. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation shall not issue any class of non-voting equity securities unless and solely to the extent permitted by Section 1123(a)(6) of Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) as in effect on the date of the filing of this Certificate with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; provided, that the foregoing restriction (a) will have no further force and effect beyond that required under Section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) will only have such force and effect for so long as Section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code is in effect and applicable to the Corporation and (c) in all events may be amended or eliminated in accordance with applicable law as from time to time may be in effect.

ARTICLE 5

Board of Directors

5.1 Composition of the Board of Directors. The number of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by or in the manner provided in the bylaws of the Corporation (the “By-Laws”). Upon the filing in the Office of the Secretary of the State of Delaware of this Certificate, the following persons, having the indicated mailing addresses, shall serve as the Directors until the next annual meeting of the Stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualify:

 

Name

  

Mailing Address

Roustam Tariko    c/o Central European Distribution Corporation 3000 Atrium Way, Suite 265 Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054
N. Scott Fine    c/o Central European Distribution Corporation 3000 Atrium Way, Suite 265 Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054
Judge Joseph Farnan, Jr.    c/o Central European Distribution Corporation 3000 Atrium Way, Suite 265 Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054
Alessandro Picchi    c/o Central European Distribution Corporation 3000 Atrium Way, Suite 265 Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054
Jose Aragon    c/o Central European Distribution Corporation 3000 Atrium Way, Suite 265 Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054
Pavel Merkul    c/o Central European Distribution Corporation 3000 Atrium Way, Suite 265 Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054
Eberhard von Löhneysen    c/o Central European Distribution Corporation 3000 Atrium Way, Suite 265 Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054

 

 

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5.2 Tenure. The terms of all other Directors expire at the next annual Stockholders’ meeting following their election, or upon such Director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

5.3 Election. Subject to Sections 5.2 and 6.1.3, any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors, including any vacancy created by an increase in the number of Directors, shall be filled by the vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, whether or not a quorum, or by the sole remaining Director, and any Director so chosen shall hold office until the next election of Directors and until such Director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified, or until such Director’s earlier resignation or removal. Subject to Section 6.1.2, a Director may be removed with or without cause, but in any case such removal shall only be effective if accomplished by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority of the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors cast at a meeting of the Stockholders called for that purpose, notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law. Unless and except to the extent that the By-Laws shall otherwise require, the election of Directors need not be by written ballot.

5.4 Management of the Business and Affairs of the Corporation. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Certificate, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

5.5 Limitation of Liability. No Director shall be liable to the Corporation or any of the Stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a Director, provided, that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a Director (a) for any breach of such Director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or the Stockholders; (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (c) under Section 174 of the DGCL; or (d) for any transaction from which such Director derived an improper personal benefit. Any repeal or modification of this Section 5.5 shall be prospective only and shall not adversely affect any right or protection of, or any limitation on the liability of, a Director existing at, or arising out of facts or incidents occurring prior to, the effective date of such repeal or modification.

 

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ARTICLE 6

Minority Stockholder Protections

6.1 Minority Stockholder Right to Nominate a Director

6.1.1 Minority Stockholder Nomination Right. During the period beginning with the Conversion Threshold Date and ending at the earlier to occur of (i) the End Date (as defined in Section 6.2) and (ii) such time as the RTL Group collectively beneficially owns less than thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding Common Shares (such period, the “Protected Period”), in any election of Directors, the Minority Stockholders shall have the right to select one (1) nominee (a “Minority Nominee”) for election to the Board of Directors, which Minority Nominee may be nominated only by Minority Stockholders representing both (x) at least fifty percent (50%) of the Minority Shares then outstanding and (y) at least ten percent (10%) of the Common Shares then outstanding (the “Requesting Stockholder Group” and each Minority Stockholder who is part of the Requesting Stockholder Group, a “Requesting Stockholder”) in compliance with the procedures established by this Section 6.1.

6.1.2 Minority Nomination Requirements.

(a) For a nomination of a Minority Nominee to be properly brought before an annual meeting of the Stockholders, the Requesting Stockholder Group must have given timely and proper notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation, in accordance with, and containing all information and the completed questionnaire provided for in, this Section 6.1 (a “Minority Nomination Notice”). To be timely, the Minority Nomination Notice shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 60th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day before the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of the Stockholders; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date (or if there was no preceding year annual meeting), the Minority Nomination Notice to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day before such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th day before such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. A Minority Nomination Notice to the Secretary of the Corporation shall set forth: (i) with respect to such Minority Nominee (A) the name, age, business address, residence address and telephone number of such Minority Nominee, (B) the principal occupation or employment of such Minority Nominee, (C) the class and number of shares of stock of the Corporation that are owned (beneficially and of record) by or on behalf of such Minority Nominee as of the date of the applicable Minority Nomination Notice, (D) a description of such Minority Nominee’s qualifications to be a Director and (E) a statement as to whether such Minority Nominee would be an independent director, and the basis therefor, under the Corporate Governance Requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market (the “NASDAQ”), whether or not the Common Stock is then listed on NASDAQ or the Corporation is exempt from the requirement for its board of directors to have a majority of Independent Directors (the “Independence Requirements”) and (ii) as to each Requesting Stockholder, (A) the name and address of such Requesting Stockholder and any beneficial owners and/or holders of record of such Requesting Stockholder’s shares of stock, (B) the class and number of shares of stock of the Corporation that are owned (beneficially and of record) by or on behalf of such Requesting Stockholder as of the date of the applicable Minority

 

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Nomination Notice, and (C) a representation and agreement that such Requesting Stockholder will notify the Corporation in writing of the class and number of shares of stock of the Corporation that are owned (beneficially and of record) by or on behalf of the Requesting Stockholder as of the record date for the meeting, not later than the close of business on the third business day following the later of the record date or the date of Public Disclosure of the record date.

(b) A Minority Nomination Notice shall also include a completed questionnaire (in the form provided by the Secretary of the Corporation upon request by the Requesting Stockholder Group) signed by such Minority Nominee with respect to information of the type required by the Corporation’s Questionnaires for Directors and Officers of the Corporation in connection with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Various Reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(c) No person proposed to be nominated by the Requesting Stockholder Group shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless such person (i) satisfies the Independence Requirements and (ii) is nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6.1. At each annual or special meeting of the Stockholders at which Directors are to be elected during the Protected Period, the Corporation shall include a Minority Nominee nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6.1.2 in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board of Directors and in the Corporation’s notice of such meeting; provided, that the Board of Directors may refuse to include any Minority Nominee who is manifestly unsuitable to serve as a Director by reason of prior criminal or civil misconduct or demonstrable lack of qualification; provided, further, that if the Board of Directors refuses to include a Minority Nominee pursuant to the immediately preceding proviso, the Corporation shall take such action as may be necessary to enable the Requesting Stockholder Group sufficient time to propose an alternative Minority Nominee for election at the annual meeting of Stockholders with respect to which the initial Minority Nominee was to have been proposed for election.

(d) If the Requesting Stockholder Group does not give timely and proper notice of its intention to nominate a Minority Nominee at an annual meeting to the Secretary of the Corporation in accordance with, and containing all information and the completed questionnaire provided for in, this Section 6.1.2, or if a qualified representative of the Requesting Stockholder Group does not appear at the meeting to nominate such Minority Nominee for election as a Director of the Corporation, then, in any such case, such proposed nomination shall not be made, notwithstanding the fact that proxies in respect of such nomination may have been solicited or obtained. The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that the nomination was not properly made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.1.2, and, if the chairman should so determine, he or she shall declare to the meeting that such nomination was not properly made and shall be disregarded.

(e) The requirements of this Section 6.1.2 shall apply to the nomination by the Requesting Stockholder Group of a Minority Nominee for election as a Director without regard to whether such nomination also is intended to be included in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act, or whether such nomination is presented to Stockholders by means of a proxy solicitation by any person other than by or on behalf of the Board of Directors.

 

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6.1.3 Term. A Director nominated in accordance with this Section 6.1 (a “Minority Director”) shall serve in such capacity until his or her earlier death, disability, resignation or removal, where removal of such a Minority Director may be made (a) with cause (which shall include, without limitation, any failure by such Minority Director to satisfy the Independence Requirements) by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors, or (b) with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority of Minority Shares then outstanding.

6.1.4 Vacancies. If any Minority Director ceases to serve on the Board of Directors (whether by reason of death, resignation or removal in accordance with Section 6.1.3), the Minority Stockholders shall have the right to nominate a successor Minority Director to fill such vacancy in accordance with this Section 6.1.

6.2 Jurisdiction of Incorporation. Until such time as (a) all of the New Secured Notes and all of the New Convertible Secured Notes have been redeemed, repaid or converted in their entirety, as applicable, and (b) no Minority Shares remain outstanding (the “End Date”), the Corporation shall remain incorporated and domiciled in and subject to the laws of the State of Delaware.

6.3 Listing. If requested in writing by Minority Stockholders holding Minority Shares constituting at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding Common Shares, the Corporation shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Common Stock to, as promptly as practicable, be listed on the NASDAQ, or, at the Corporation’s option, any other U.S. national securities exchange reasonably acceptable to a majority of such requesting Minority Stockholders on which the Corporation is eligible to list.

6.4 Registration Rights.

6.4.1 Right to Piggyback. Each Minority Stockholder who (a) upon the initial conversion by such Minority Stockholder of its New Convertible Secured Notes held at least one percent (1%) of the then outstanding Common Shares and (b) at the time of the applicable Piggyback Offering (as defined below), holds at least one percent (1%) of the then outstanding Common Shares (an “Eligible Minority Stockholder”) shall be entitled on not more than three (3) occasions to include its Minority Shares in a Piggyback Offering, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 6.4.

6.4.2 Notice of Piggyback Offering. Whenever the Corporation proposes to engage in a Piggyback Offering, it shall send prompt written notice to each Eligible Minority Stockholder of its intention to effect such Piggyback Offering. In the case of a Piggyback Offering that is a Public Offering under a shelf registration statement, such notice shall be sent no fewer than ten (10) Business Days prior to the expected date of commencement of marketing efforts for such Piggyback Offering. In the case of a Piggyback Offering that is a Public

 

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Offering under a registration statement that is not a shelf registration statement, such notice shall be given no fewer than ten (10) Business Days prior to the expected date of filing of such registration statement. The Corporation shall, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.4.3 and 6.4.4 below, include in such Piggyback Offering, as applicable, all Registrable Minority Shares with respect to which the Corporation has received written requests for inclusion therein within seven (7) Business Days after sending the Corporation’s notice and shall file any post effective amendment or prospectus supplement necessary to include such Registrable Minority Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Corporation may determine not to proceed with any Piggyback Offering upon written notice to the Eligible Minority Stockholders requesting to include their Registrable Minority Shares in such Piggyback Offering.

6.4.3 Priority on Primary Piggyback Offerings.

(a) If a Piggyback Offering is an underwritten primary registration on behalf of the Corporation, and the managing underwriters for such Piggyback Offering advise the Corporation that in their reasonable opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such Piggyback Offering exceeds the number which can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Corporation, the Corporation shall include in such Piggyback Offering the number which can be so sold in the following order of priority: (i) first, the securities the Corporation proposes to sell, (ii) second, the Registrable Minority Shares requested to be included in such Piggyback Offering by any Eligible Minority Stockholders and any Common Shares requested to be included in such Piggyback Offering by any RTL Group Member (pro rata among such Eligible Minority Stockholders and such RTL Group Members on the basis of the number of Common Shares requested to be included thereby) and (iii) third, other securities requested to be included in such Piggyback Offering. If, as a result of the proration provisions of this Section 6.4.3(a), the number of Registrable Minority Shares a given Eligible Minority Stockholder actually includes in a given Piggyback Offering is less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the total number of Registrable Minority Shares that such Eligible Minority Stockholder elected to include as set forth in its written request delivered to the Corporation pursuant to Section 6.4.2, then that offering shall not count as one of the three offerings referred to in Section 6.4.1 with respect to such Eligible Minority Stockholder.

(b) If, as a result of the proration provisions of this Section 6.4.3, any Eligible Minority Stockholder shall not be entitled to include in a Piggyback Offering all Registrable Minority Shares that it has requested be included, such Eligible Minority Stockholder may elect to withdraw its request to include Registrable Minority Shares in such Piggyback Offering or may reduce the number it requests to be included; provided, however, that (i) such request must be made in writing prior to the execution of the underwriting agreement and (ii) such withdrawal shall be irrevocable and, after making such withdrawal, such Eligible Minority Stockholder shall no longer have any right to include in such Piggyback Offering the Registrable Minority Shares as to which such withdrawal was made.

 

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6.4.4 Priority on Secondary Piggyback Offerings.

(a) If a Piggyback Offering is an underwritten secondary registration on behalf of Other Holders, and the managing underwriters advise the Corporation that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such Piggyback Offering exceeds the number which can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Other Holders and the Corporation, the Corporation shall include in such registration the number that can be so sold in the following order of priority: (i) first, the securities requested to be included therein by the Other Holders requesting such registration (pro rata among such Other Holders on the basis of the number of Common Shares such Other Holders request to be included in such Piggyback Offering), and (ii) second, the Registrable Minority Shares requested to be included therein by any Eligible Minority Stockholders and Common Shares requested to be included therein by any RTL Group Member that are not being sold pursuant to clause (i) (pro rata among such Eligible Minority Stockholders and RTL Group Members, if any, on the basis of the number of Registrable Minority Shares and Common Shares they request to be included in such Piggyback Offering), and (iii) third, other securities requested to be included in such registration. If, as a result of the proration provisions of this Section 6.4.4(a), the number of Registrable Minority Shares a given Eligible Minority Stockholder actually includes in a given Piggyback Offering is less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the total number of Registrable Minority Shares that such Eligible Minority Stockholder elected to include as set forth in its written request delivered to the Corporation pursuant to Section 6.4.2, then that offering shall not count as one of the three offerings referred to in Section 6.4.1 with respect to such Eligible Minority Stockholder.

(b) If, as a result of the proration provisions of this Section 6.4.4, any Eligible Minority Stockholder shall not be entitled to include all Registrable Minority Shares in a Piggyback Offering that it has requested be included, such Eligible Minority Stockholder may elect to withdraw its request to include Registrable Minority Shares in such Piggyback Offering or may reduce the number it requests to be included; provided, however, that (i) such request must be made in writing prior to the execution of the underwriting agreement and (ii) such withdrawal shall be irrevocable and, after making such withdrawal, such Eligible Minority Stockholder shall no longer have any right to include in such Piggyback Offering the Registrable Minority Shares as to which such withdrawal was made.

6.4.5 Selection of Underwriters. If any Piggyback Offering is an underwritten primary registration on behalf of the Corporation, the Corporation will have the sole right to select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) for the offering. If any Piggyback Offering is an underwritten secondary registration on behalf of Other Holders, the Corporation or the Other Holders, in accordance with any agreement governing such registration, will have the sole right to select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) for the offering.

6.4.6 Registration Expenses. All Registration Expenses shall be borne by the Corporation. Eligible Minority Stockholders whose shares are included in a Piggyback Offering shall bear all underwriting fees, discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to all shares of Common Stock registered by such Stockholders and legal expenses not included within the definition of Registration Expenses relating to Registrable Securities registered pro rata on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities sold by each such Eligible Minority Stockholder.

 

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6.4.7 Participation in Underwritten Offering/Sale of Registrable Securities.

(a) It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Corporation to include Registrable Minority Shares of any Eligible Minority Stockholder in any registration statement or prospectus, as the case may be, for a Piggyback Offering that such Eligible Minority Stockholder shall timely furnish to the Corporation (as a condition precedent to its participation in such Piggyback Offering) such information as the Corporation may reasonably request pursuant to applicable law, rule or regulation (i) for the purpose of including such Eligible Minority Stockholder’s Registrable Minority Shares in the registration statement or prospectus and (ii) to enable the Corporation to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to any registration statement or a supplement to any prospectus.

(b) No Eligible Minority Stockholder may participate in any Public Offering pursuant to this Article 6 unless such Eligible Minority Stockholder (i) agrees to sell its securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements in customary form; (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements and (iii) agrees to standard indemnification obligations (which shall be several but not joint) in favor of the Corporation and its controlling persons, solely with respect to any information concerning such Eligible Minority Stockholder supplied by such Eligible Minority Stockholder for inclusion in any registration statement, prospectus and/or any supplement or amendment to the foregoing.

6.4.8 Holdback Agreements. In connection with any underwritten public offering of Common Stock (a “Corporation Underwritten Offering”), if requested by the managing underwriter for such offering, each Minority Stockholder that owns one percent (1%) or more of the outstanding Common Shares agrees to enter into a lock-up agreement containing customary restrictions on transfers of equity securities of the Corporation (except with respect to such securities as are proposed to be offered pursuant to such offering), or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities (other than any New Convertible Secured Notes), without prior written consent from such managing underwriter, during the seven (7) days prior to and the ninety (90)-day period (or, in the case of the Corporation’s initial public offering, one hundred eighty (180)-day period) beginning on the date of pricing of such public offering (subject to extension in connection with any earnings release or other release of material information pursuant to FINRA Rule 2711(f) to the extent applicable) (the “Lock-Up Period”); provided, that such Eligible Minority Stockholders shall not be subject to the provisions hereof unless the Corporation’s directors, officers, Stockholders who beneficially own 1% or more of the outstanding Common Shares and any other Stockholders participating in such offering shall have signed lock-up agreements with the managing underwriter containing substantially similar terms and if any such Person shall be subject to a shorter Lock-Up Period, receives more advantageous terms relating to the Lock-Up Period or receives a waiver of its Lock-Up Period from the Corporation or an underwriter, then Eligible Minority Stockholders shall receive such shorter period, more advantageous terms and the

 

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benefit of that waiver. For the avoidance of doubt, the requirements of this Section 6.4.8 shall apply to any Person who becomes a Minority Stockholder that owns one percent (1%) or more of the outstanding Common Shares at any time during the Lock-Up Period, including through the conversion of New Convertible Secured Notes.

6.5 Approval of the Minority Stockholders for Certain Transactions. During the period beginning on the first date on which any New Convertible Secured Notes are converted into Common Shares pursuant to their terms and ending at such time as the RTL Group collectively owns less than thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding Common Shares, and to the extent any Minority Shares are outstanding at such time, the Corporation shall not take the following actions without the prior affirmative vote of (x) Stockholders holding at least a majority of the then outstanding Common Shares and (y) Minority Stockholders holding at least a majority of the then issued and outstanding Minority Shares:

(a) undertaking, committing to undertake, authorizing or entering into an agreement to effectuate a merger or consolidation of the Corporation;

(b) purchasing or acquiring any assets material to the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (including through the issuance of additional Common Shares as purchase price for such purchase or acquisition);

(c) selling, conveying, transferring or otherwise disposing, in one transaction or in a series of related transactions, by the Corporation of any asset or property material to the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

ARTICLE 7

TRANSFERS OF SHARES

7.1 Tag-Along Rights

7.1.1 If during the Protected Period (as defined in Section 6.1.1), any RTL Group Member proposes to effect a Transfer (other than an Excluded Transfer), whether in one transaction or a series of related transactions, (a) of Common Shares constituting more than thirty percent (30%) of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Shares or (b) resulting in the RTL Group collectively owning less than fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding Common Shares (each, a “Tag-Along Transfer”), such RTL Group Member shall promptly give written notice to the Corporation such that the Corporation shall give written notice (the “Transfer Notice”) to each Minority Stockholder and the trustee under the New Convertible Secured Notes Indenture at least twenty (20) days prior to the closing of such Tag-Along Transfer. The Transfer Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed Tag-Along Transfer including, the total number of Common Shares to be Transferred pursuant thereto (the “Transfer Shares”), the identity of the prospective transferee(s) (the “Tag Purchaser”), the purchase price of each such Transfer Share to be sold and the date such proposed sale is expected to be consummated.

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receipt of the Transfer Notice (the “Response Deadline”), to participate in such proposed Transfer on the same terms and conditions as set forth in the Transfer Notice including, the making of all representations, warranties and covenants and the granting of all indemnifications and similar agreements and arrangements agreed to by such RTL Group Member in the executed agreement (or substantially final draft agreement) effectuating such Tag-Along Transfer (the “Sale Agreement”) (including participation in any escrow arrangements to the extent of their respective “proportional share”); provided, that any failure by any Minority Stockholder to timely deliver such written notice prior to the Response Deadline shall constitute an irrevocable waiver of such Minority Stockholder’s right to sell its Minority Shares in such Tag-Along Transfer. Each Minority Stockholder electing to participate in the Tag-Along Transfer described in the Transfer Notice (each, a “Participant”) shall indicate in its irrevocable notice of election to such RTL Group Member the maximum number of Common Shares it desires to Transfer pursuant thereto, which shall not exceed such Participant’s “pro rata portion” of the Transfer Shares. Each such Participant shall be entitled to Transfer up to a number of Common Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) equal to such Participant’s “pro rata portion” of the Transfer Shares as set forth in the Transfer Notice. For purposes of this Section 7.1: (a) “pro rata portion” shall mean for each Participant a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Common Shares held by such Participant immediately prior to the Transfer proposed in the Transfer Notice and the denominator of which is the total number of Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Transfer proposed in the Transfer Notice; and (b) “proportional share” shall mean for each Participant a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Minority Shares sold by such Participant in the Tag-Along Transfer and the denominator of which is the total number of Transfer Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 7.1, if the Transfer Shares constitute more than a majority of the then outstanding Common Shares, each Participant shall have the right to elect to either (x) include up to its “pro rata portion” of the Transfer Shares or (y) include all (but not less than all) of its Minority Shares, in each case, in such Tag-Along Transfer.

7.1.3 Each Participant shall effect its participation in the Tag-Along Transfer by delivering to such RTL Group Member (to hold in trust as agent for such Participant), at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date scheduled for the consummation of such Tag-Along Transfer as set forth in the Transfer Notice, (a) one or more certificates or other instruments, as applicable, in proper form for Transfer, which represent the number of Common Shares which such Participant has elected to Transfer in its irrevocable notice in accordance with Section 7.1.2 (but subject to the limitations set forth in Section 7.1.2), (b) a joinder or other similar agreement pursuant to which such Participant shall agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in the Sale Agreement to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such RTL Group Member, and (c) executed copies (or signature pages thereof) of such other agreements, documents or certificates as such RTL Group Member and/or the Tag Purchaser shall reasonably request. Such certificate or certificates or other instruments, as applicable, shall be delivered by such RTL Group Member to the Tag Purchaser on the date scheduled for the consummation of the Tag-Along Transfer pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Sale Agreement and the Tag Purchaser shall remit to each such Participant its “proportional share” of the net sale proceeds (taking into account any transaction costs and expenses incurred by such RTL Group Member in connection with such Tag-Along Transfer and any transaction costs and expenses incurred by such RTL Group Member on behalf of the Corporation in connection with such Tag-Along Transfer) to which such Participant is entitled by reason of its participation in such sale.

 

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7.1.4 The exercise or non-exercise of the rights of any Minority Stockholder hereunder to participate in one or more Tag-Along Transfers shall not adversely affect such Minority Stockholder’s rights to participate in subsequent Tag-Along Transfers subject to this Section 7.1.

7.1.5 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 7.1 to the contrary, there shall be no liability on the part of the Corporation or any RTL Group Member (or any of its Affiliates or Transferees) to any Minority Stockholder in the event no shares of Common Stock are sold notwithstanding the delivery of any Transfer Notice pursuant to Section 7.1.1 or the compliance with any other provision in this Section 7.1.

7.1.6 For convenience of administration, any RTL Group Member may Transfer its Common Shares in any Tag-Along Transfer without offering the Minority Stockholders the opportunity to participate in such Tag-Along Transfer in compliance with this Section 7.1, so long as such RTL Group Member (a) provides each Minority Stockholder and the trustee under the New Convertible Secured Notes Indenture with (i) written notice of such Tag-Along Transfer within ten (10) Business Days after the consummation thereof and (ii) fifteen (15) Business Days after delivery of such notice to decide whether to Transfer to such RTL Group Member its “pro rata portion” of the total number of Common Shares Transferred by such RTL Group Member in such Tag-Along Transfer, and (b) within twenty (20) Business Days after delivery of such notice to the Minority Stockholders, purchases from each Minority Stockholder the Common Shares each such Minority Stockholder elects to sell to such RTL Group Member pursuant to this Section 7.1.6 on the same terms and conditions (including with respect to price, the making of all representations, warranties and covenants and the granting of all indemnifications and similar agreements and arrangements (including participation in any escrow arrangements to the extent of its “proportional share”)) as such RTL Group Member Transferred its Common Shares to the Tag Purchaser.

7.1.7 Excluded Transfers. The provisions in this Section 7.1 shall not apply to any Transfer of Common Shares by any RTL Group Member (a) as required by any governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such RTL Group Member, (b) to any Affiliate of such RTL Group Member, (c) in connection with a Public Offering or (d) any Sale of the Business effected pursuant to Section 7.2 (each of the foregoing Transfers described in clauses (a) through (d), an “Excluded Transfer”).

7.2 Drag-Along Rights.

7.2.1 At the written request of any RTL Group Member at least twenty (20) days prior to the closing of a Transfer by the RTL Group of Common Shares constituting more than a majority of the then outstanding Common Shares (a “Sale of the Business”), the Corporation shall notify each Minority Stockholder of such Sale of the Business and each Minority Stockholder agrees to vote its shares of voting securities of the Corporation for, consent to, and raise no objection to such Sale of the Business and shall take all other actions necessary or reasonably required to cause the consummation of such Sale of the Business on the terms

 

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proposed by such RTL Group Member, which shall control all decisions in connection therewith (including the hiring or termination of any investment bank or professional advisor). Without limiting the foregoing, (a) if such Sale of the Business is structured as a sale of assets or a merger or consolidation, then each Stockholder shall vote, or cause to be voted, all of its shares of voting securities of the Corporation over which such Person has the power to vote or direct the voting and which are entitled to vote on such Sale of the Business at a special or annual meeting of Stockholders or by written consent in lieu of a meeting in favor of such transaction and shall irrevocably waive any dissenter’s rights, appraisal rights or similar rights which such Stockholder may be entitled under applicable law in connection therewith and (b) if such Sale of the Business is structured as or involves a sale or redemption of Equity Securities, then each Stockholder shall agree to sell such Stockholder’s “pro rata portion” of the Equity Securities being sold in such Sale of the Business on the economic terms and conditions approved by such RTL Group Member. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Stockholder be obligated to participate in a Sale of the Business (i) at a price lower than fair market value for such holder’s Common Stock established by an independent internationally recognized investment banking firm in a written fairness opinion or (ii) for consideration other than cash. Each Stockholder (other than RTL and its Affiliates) (such Stockholders, the “Proxy Stockholders”) shall irrevocably constitute and appoint RTL and any designee of RTL, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, at any time from the Initial Conversion Date until such time as this provision shall be terminated pursuant to Section 7.5 (the “Term”), as its true and lawful attorney and proxy, and in its name, place and stead, to vote each of such Proxy Stockholders’ shares of Common Stock (in each case whether shares of Common Stock are currently owned or may be acquired in the future by the Proxy Stockholder) as its proxy, at every regular, special, adjourned or postponed meeting of Stockholders, including the right to sign its name (as Stockholder) to any consent, certificate or other document relating to the Corporation that the laws of the State of Delaware may permit or require with respect to any matter to be voted on by the Stockholders. The foregoing proxy and power of attorney are irrevocable, are coupled with an interest throughout the Term and shall survive and not be affected by the death, dissolution, termination, bankruptcy or incapacity of any of the Proxy Stockholder. The Proxy Stockholders shall not (A) grant any proxy or enter into or agree to be bound by any voting trust with respect to any Equity Securities or enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any Person that is inconsistent with the terms of this Section 7.2 or any other provisions of this Article 7 including agreements or arrangements with respect to the acquisition, Transfer or voting of any Equity Securities (including the entrance into a voting trust, the grant of a proxy or the entry into any other voting or similar agreement or arrangement) or (B) act, for any reason, as a member of a group or in concert with any other Stockholders (current or future owners of Equity Securities) in connection with the acquisition, Transfer or voting of any Equity Securities in any manner which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 7.2 or any other provisions of this Article 7.

7.2.2 The Corporation and each of the Stockholders shall cooperate fully with the applicable RTL Group Member and the purchaser in any such Sale of the Business and execute and deliver all documents (including purchase agreements, if applicable) and instruments as such RTL Group Member and such purchaser request to effect such Sale of the Business including, the making of all representations, warranties and covenants and the granting of all indemnifications and similar agreements and arrangements agreed to by such RTL Group

 

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Member (including, participating in any escrow arrangements to the extent of their respective “proportional share”); the applicable RTL Group Member agrees that upon such Sale of the Business each Stockholder shall receive its “proportional share” of the net proceeds (taking into account any transaction costs and expenses incurred by such RTL Group Member in connection with such Sale of the Business and any transaction costs and expenses incurred by such RTL Group Member on behalf of the Corporation in connection with such Sale of the Business) and, subject to the foregoing and as otherwise provided in this Section 7.2, such sale shall be on the same terms and conditions as afforded to such RTL Group Member. For purposes of this Section 7.2: (a) “pro rata portion” shall mean for each Stockholder a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Common Shares held by such Stockholder immediately prior to such Sale of Business and the denominator of which is the total number of Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to such Sale of the Business; and (b) “proportional share” shall mean for each Stockholder a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Common Shares sold by such Stockholder in the Sale of the Business and the denominator of which is the total number of Common Shares sold in the Sale of the Business.

7.2.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Certificate, no Stockholder shall have any rights under Section 7.1 if any RTL Group Member exercises its rights under this Section 7.2 with respect to a Sale of the Business; provided, that if such Sale of the Business constitutes a Transfer by the RTL Group of Common Shares constituting more than a majority of the then outstanding Common Shares, each Minority Stockholder shall have the right to elect to sell, in lieu of its “pro rata portion” of the Common Shares being sold pursuant to the Sale of the Business, all (but not less than all) of its Common Shares in such Sale of the Business.

7.2.4 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 7.2 to the contrary, there shall be no liability on the part of the Corporation or any RTL Group Member (or its Affiliates and Transferees) to any other Stockholder in the event a Sale of the Business is not consummated notwithstanding the delivery of any written request by an RTL Group Member pursuant to Section 7.2.1 or the compliance with any other provision in this Section 7.2.

7.3 Preemptive Rights.

7.3.1 From the Initial Conversion Date, if the Corporation shall decide to undertake an issuance of New Common Securities (any such issuance being hereby expressly consented to by each Stockholder in its capacity as such), the Corporation shall at such time deliver to each Stockholder of record as of a record date established by the Board of Directors a written notice describing the amount, type and terms (including the exercise price and expiration date thereof in the case of any options) of such New Common Securities, the purchase price per New Common Security (the “New Common Securities Price”) to be paid by the purchasers of such New Common Securities and the other material terms upon which the Corporation has decided to issue the New Common Securities including, the expected timing of such issuance which will in no event be more than sixty (60) days or less than thirty (30) days after the date upon which such notice is given (the “Preemptive Notice”). Each Stockholder shall have fifteen (15) days from the date on which the Preemptive Notice is given (or such longer period as may be established by the Board of Directors) to agree by written notice to the Corporation (a “Preemptive Exercise Notice”) to purchase up to its “pro rata portion” of such New Common

 

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Securities for the New Common Securities Price and upon the general terms specified in the Preemptive Notice and stating therein the quantity of New Common Securities to be purchased by any Stockholder, including any Excess New Common Securities such Stockholder wishes to purchase if such securities are available. In the event that in connection with such a proposed issuance of New Common Securities, any Stockholder shall for any reason fail or refuse to give such written notice to the Corporation within such fifteen (15) day period (or such longer period as may be established by the Board of Directors), such Stockholder shall, for all purposes of this Section 7.3, be deemed to have refused (in that particular instance only) to purchase any of such New Common Securities and to have waived (in that particular instance only) all of its rights under this Section 7.3 to purchase any of such New Common Securities. For purposes of this Section 7.3, a Stockholder’s “pro rata portion” shall mean, at any time, the quotient obtained by dividing the number of Common Shares owned of record by such Stockholder at such time by the aggregate number of Common Shares outstanding at such time. In the event that any Stockholder does not elect to purchase all of its respective “pro rata portion”, the New Common Securities which were available for purchase by all such non-electing Stockholders (the “Excess New Common Securities”) shall automatically be deemed to be accepted for purchase by the Stockholders who indicated in their Preemptive Exercise Notice a desire to participate in the purchase of New Common Securities in excess of their “pro rata portion”. Unless otherwise agreed by all of the Stockholders participating in the purchase, each Stockholder who indicated in its Preemptive Exercise Notice that it desired to purchase more than its “pro rata portion” shall purchase a number of Excess New Common Securities equal to the lesser of (x) the number of Excess New Common Securities indicated in the Preemptive Exercise Notice, if any, and (y) an amount equal to the product of (A) the number of Excess New Common Securities and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Common Shares owned of record at such time by such Stockholder and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Common Shares owned of record at such time by all Stockholders participating in such purchase of Excess New Common Securities.

7.3.2 The Corporation shall be free to issue any New Common Securities (including any Excess New Common Securities) that are not acquired by the Stockholders entitled to subscribe for and purchase such New Common Securities to any Person; provided, that (x) the price per New Common Security at which such New Common Securities are being issued to and purchased by such Person is not less than the New Common Securities Price and (y) the other terms and conditions pursuant to which such Person purchases such New Common Securities are not more favorable than the terms set forth in the Preemptive Notice. Any New Common Securities not issued or sold within one hundred fifty (150) days after the date of the Preemptive Notice shall again be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.3.

7.3.3 For convenience of administration, the Corporation may issue New Common Securities to RTL or any of its Affiliates without offering the other Stockholders the opportunity to participate in such sale in compliance with this Section 7.3, so long as RTL or such Affiliate (a) provides each such other Stockholder with (i) written notice of such issuance within sixty (60) Business Days after such issuance and (ii) at least fifteen (15) days after delivery of such notice to decide whether to purchase up to its “pro rata portion” of such New Common Securities from RTL or such Affiliate, as applicable, and (b) within thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice to the Stockholders, sells to each Stockholder that elects to purchase

 

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New Common Securities pursuant to this Section 7.3.3 the number of New Common Securities so elected on the same terms and conditions (including price) as RTL or such Affiliate, as applicable, purchased such New Common Securities from the Corporation.

7.4 Legend. A statement shall be set forth on the face or back of each certificate representing shares of each class or series of capital stock of the Corporation to the effect that: (a) such shares and the ownership thereof are subject to restrictions on Transfer set forth in this Certificate; and (b) the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder of the Corporation who so requests a copy of this Certificate.

7.5 Termination of Rights. The rights set forth in this Article 7 (other than the legend requirements set forth in Section 7.4 above, to the extent still applicable) shall terminate automatically upon the occurrence of the End Date; provided, that the rights set forth in Section 7.3 shall continue in perpetuity unless terminated by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Minority Shares entitled to vote thereon.

ARTICLE 8

Certain Definitions

For purposes of this Certificate:

Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person that (either directly or indirectly) controls, is controlled by, or is under direct or indirect common control with the specified Person. The term “control” (including the correlative terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) includes, without limitation, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Business Day” shall mean any day, other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks located in New York, New York are authorized or required by applicable law to close.

Common Securities” shall mean all Common Shares (including without limitation any shares authorized pursuant to Article 4 but not yet issued or outstanding) or options, warrants or other equity securities exercisable or convertible into Common Securities.

Conversion Threshold Date” shall mean the date on which sufficient New Convertible Secured Notes have been converted pursuant to their terms into Common Shares to constitute in the aggregate at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding Common Shares on such date (after giving effect to such conversion).

Effective Date” shall mean the effective date of the restructuring transactions described in the Amended and Restated Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation Statement and Disclosure Statement, dated as of March 8, 2013, as amended by the Supplement No. 1 dated as of March 18, 2013, in each case, filed by the Corporation with the SEC.

Equity Securities” shall mean all shares of capital stock of the Corporation (including without limitation any shares authorized pursuant to Article 6 but not yet issued or outstanding) or options, warrants or other equity securities exercisable or convertible into shares of capital stock of the Corporation.

 

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Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Initial Conversion Date” shall mean first date on which any New Convertible Secured Notes are converted or are convertible into Common Shares pursuant to their terms.

Minority Shares” shall mean any outstanding Common Shares not owned by the RTL Group.

Minority Stockholder” shall mean any holder of Minority Shares.

New Common Securities” shall mean any Common Securities of the Corporation, whether authorized now or in the future; provided, that “New Common Securities” shall not include (a) Common Securities issued (i) upon the exercise or conversion of any warrant, option, or convertible security issued by the Corporation in a transaction subject to Section 7.3 or covered by an exception set forth in Section 7.3, (ii) to any employee, director, or consultant of the Corporation pursuant to an employee incentive plan or similar arrangement approved by the Board of Directors (such Common Securities not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the Common Securities outstanding at the time of such issuance); (iii) upon the direct or indirect conversion, exchange or exercise of any securities issued by the Corporation on or prior to the Effective Date, (iv) in connection with any subdivision of securities (including any stock dividend or stock split), any combination of securities (including any reverse stock split) or any recapitalization, reorganization or reclassification of the Corporation; (v) as consideration for the acquisition of another Person or all or substantially all of the assets of another Person (whether by merger, recapitalization, business combination or otherwise); or (vi) to any third party lenders as “equity kickers” in connection with what is primarily a loan transaction pursuant to any agreement or arrangement approved by the Board of Directors; (b) Common Securities sold in a Public Offering; (c) any issuance of Common Shares representing less than five percent (5%) of the Common Securities then outstanding; provided, that any issuance effected pursuant to this clause (c), taken together with all other issuances effected pursuant to this clause (c), shall not, in aggregate, exceed five percent (5%) of the Common Securities outstanding at any time; or (d) Common Securities issued upon the exercise or conversion of any Common Securities described in the foregoing.

New Convertible Secured Notes” shall mean those 10% convertible junior secured notes due 2018 issued by CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation, pursuant to the New Convertible Secured Notes Indenture.

New Convertible Secured Notes Indenture” shall mean that certain Indenture, dated as of May 31, 2013, by and among (a) CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc., as the issuer, (b) the Corporation, as parent, (c) the entities listed on Schedule 1 thereof, as guarantors, (d) U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, (e) Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as registrar, transfer agent, paying agent and conversion agent, (f) Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as Polish security agent, and (g) TMF Trustee Limited, as security agent.

 

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New Secured Notes” shall mean those 10% senior secured notes due 2018 issued by CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation, pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of May 31, 2013, by and among (a) CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc., as the issuer, (b) the Corporation, as parent, (c) the entities listed on Schedule 1 thereof, as guarantors, (d) U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, (e) Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as registrar, transfer agent and paying agent, (f) Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as Polish security agent, and (g) TMF Trustee Limited, as security agent.

Other Holders” shall mean holders of the Corporation’s securities that are not Eligible Minority Stockholders.

Person” shall mean shall mean any individual, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, joint venture, corporation, unincorporated organization, association, company, trust, group or any governmental or political subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality thereof.

Piggyback Offering” shall mean an offering of Common Shares pursuant to a registration statement in any Public Offering (including an “at-the-market offering” or a “registered direct offering”), whether for the account of the Corporation or for the account of Other Holders.

Plan” shall mean the Plan of Reorganization of the Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries and Affiliates under chapter 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532.

Public Disclosure” shall mean disclosure made in a press release reported by Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Reuters or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

Public Offering” shall mean any underwritten offering by the Corporation of Common Stock to the public pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC under the Securities Act (or the closing of another transaction that results in any Common Stock being publicly traded and widely held by the public); provided, however, that a Public Offering shall not include an offering made in connection with a business acquisition or combination or an employee benefit plan.

Registrable Minority Shares” shall mean Minority Shares, but only prior to (a) their initial transfer or sale pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and (b) the date that is three years after the date the Common Stock is initially listed on a national securities exchange.

Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses (other than underwriting discounts and commissions) arising from or incident to the registration of Registrable Minority Shares in compliance with Section 6.4, including, without limitation, (a) SEC, stock exchange, FINRA and other registration and filing fees, (b) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with complying

 

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with any securities or blue sky laws (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Common Shares), (c) all printing, messenger and delivery expenses, (d) the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Corporation and of its independent public accountants and any other accounting and legal fees, charges and expenses incurred by the Corporation (including, without limitation, any expenses arising from any special audits or “comfort letters” required in connection with or incident to any registration), (e) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Minority Shares on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ (or any other national securities exchange) or the quotation of Registrable Minority Shares on any inter-dealer quotation system, (f) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any road show for underwritten offerings and (g) fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel to the Eligible Minority Stockholders, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any expenses of one counsel to the Eligible Minority Stockholders in connection with the filing or amendment of any registration statement or prospectus under Section 6.4.

RTL” shall mean Roust Trading Ltd.

RTL Group” shall mean, collectively, RTL and each Stockholder who is an Affiliate of RTL.

RTL Group Member” shall mean each member of the RTL Group.

SEC” shall mean, at any time, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at such time administering the Securities Act.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

Transfer” shall mean any direct or indirect sale, transfer or other disposition of Common Stock whether voluntary or involuntary, whether of record, constructively or beneficially and whether by operation of law or otherwise.

ARTICLE 9

Indemnification

9.1 Right to Indemnification of Directors and Officers. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (an “Indemnified Person”) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that such person, or a person for whom such person is the legal representative, is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation or, while a Director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in such Proceeding. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.4 of this Article 9, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify an Indemnified Person in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Indemnified Person only if the commencement of such Proceeding (or part thereof) by such Indemnified Person was authorized in advance by the Board of Directors.

 

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9.2 Prepayment of Expenses of Directors and Officers. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an Indemnified Person in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Indemnified Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 9 or otherwise.

9.3 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article 9 shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of this Certificate, the By-Laws, agreement, vote of Stockholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise.

9.4 Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer or employee of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, organization or other enterprise shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, organization or other enterprise.

9.5 Insurance. The Board of Directors may, to the full extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists, or may hereafter be amended from time to time, authorize an appropriate officer or officers to purchase and maintain at the Corporation’s expense insurance: (a) to indemnify the Corporation for any obligation which it incurs as a result of the indemnification of Directors, officers and employees under the provisions of this Article 9; and (b) to indemnify or insure Directors, officers and employees against liability in instances in which they may not otherwise be indemnified by the Corporation under the provisions of this Article 9.

9.6 Amendment or Repeal. Neither any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article 9 nor any amendment to the DGCL that does not have retroactive application shall adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

ARTICLE 10

Amendment of By-Laws

The Board of Directors or the Stockholders may from time to time adopt, or amend or repeal the By-Laws. Such action by the Board of Directors shall require the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Directors then in office at a duly constituted meeting of the Board of Directors called for such a purpose. Such action by the Stockholders shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon at a duly constituted meeting of stockholders called for such a purpose.

 

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ARTICLE 11

Stockholder Matters

11.1 Consent in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Stockholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such holders, unless such consent is unanimous.

11.2 Call of Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President of the Corporation, and shall be called by the President or the Secretary of the Corporation at the request in writing of a Stockholder or Stockholders possessing at least ten percent (10%) of the voting power of the issued and outstanding voting stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of Directors. Such request shall include a statement of the purpose or purposes of a proposed meeting.

11.3 Corporate Opportunities.

11.3.1 Because the RTL Group Members are substantial Stockholders and in recognition of the fact that RTL Group Members may engage in the same or similar activities or lines of business as the Corporation and may thereby be interested in the same corporate opportunities as the Corporation, and in recognition of the benefits to be derived by the Corporation through its continued contractual, corporate and business relations with RTL (including the service of RTL Group Members as officers and directors of the Corporation), the provisions of this Section 11.3 are set forth pursuant to Section 122(17) of the DGCL to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation as they may involve the RTL Group, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its officers, Directors and Stockholders in connection therewith.

11.3.2 RTL shall have no duty not to (a) engage in, acquire or possess an interest in any other business venture of any kind, nature or description, independently or with others, whether or not such ventures are competitive with or in the same or similar lines of business as the Corporation or (b) engage in business or other dealing with persons or entities transacting business with the Corporation. To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the DGCL, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation to participate in any such venture or business of RTL and acknowledges that no RTL Group Member shall be liable to the Corporation or its Stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of RTL’s participation in any such venture.

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the Corporation. To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the DGCL, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation in any such corporate opportunity and acknowledges that no RTL Group Member shall be liable to the Corporation or its Stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty as a Stockholder by reason of the fact that RTL pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, directs such corporate opportunity to another person or does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation.

11.3.4 In the event that any RTL Group Member serving as an officer or director of the Corporation acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may constitute a corporate opportunity for both such RTL Group Member and the Corporation, such officer or Director shall have no duty to offer or communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation except as provided below. To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the DGCL, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation in any such corporate opportunity and acknowledges that such officer or Director shall not be liable to the Corporation or its Stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty by reason of the fact that RTL pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, directs such corporate opportunity to another person or does not communicate or offer information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation, provided, however, that any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a RTL Group Member in writing solely in his or her capacity as an officer or Director of the Corporation shall belong to the Corporation.

11.3.5 Any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Section 11.3.

ARTICLE 12

Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation

Except as set forth in this Article 12 or as otherwise specifically required by law, no amendment of any provisions of this Certificate shall be made unless such amendment has been first proposed by the Board of Directors upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Directors then in office at a duly constituted meeting of the Board of Directors called for such purpose and thereafter approved by the Stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the holders of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon; provided, however, that (i) during the Protected Period, any amendment or modification to Section 6.1 or Section 6.5 must also be approved by the affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding Minority Shares and (ii) until the End Date, (A) any amendment or modification to Section 6.3, Section 6.4, Section 6.5, Section 7.1, Section 7.2, Section 7.3, Section 11.2 or Article 12 must also be approved by the affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding Minority Shares and (B) any amendment or modification to Section 6.2 must also be approved by either (x) a majority in outstanding principal amount of New Convertible Secured Notes (other than those owned by RTL, any Affiliate of RTL or the Corporation) or (y) the affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding Minority Shares; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Certificate, at any time prior to the End Date during which (1) there are

 

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no Minority Shares outstanding or (2) the amount of Minority Shares outstanding represent both (A) less than one percent (1%) of the then outstanding Common Shares and (B) conversion of a principal amount of New Convertible Secured Notes constituting less than five percent (5%) of the aggregate principal amount of New Convertible Secured Notes initially issued, then any provision of this Certificate that may only be amended or modified with the approval of the affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding Minority Shares may be amended or modified without such approval but, in lieu thereof, shall require the approval of a majority in outstanding principal amount of New Convertible Secured Notes (other than those owned by RTL, any Affiliate of RTL or the Corporation).

ARTICLE 13

Specific Performance

Minority Stockholders shall be entitled to seek specific performance to prevent breaches by the Corporation of their rights under Article 6 and Article 7 (provided, that only Eligible Minority Stockholders shall be so entitled with respect to Section 6.4) to the extent that (i) irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of such rights were not complied with in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached and (ii) an award of money damages would be inadequate in such event.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been executed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on this 5th day of June, 2013.

 

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Brian Morrissey

  Name:   Brian Morrissey
  Title:   Secretary

[Signature Page to CEDC A&R Certificate of Incorporation]

EX-3.2 5 d551595dex32.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS Amended and Restated By-Laws

Exhibit 3.2

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

(the “Corporation”)

(Effective June     , 2013)

 

  1. Office

1.1 Registered Office. The initial registered office of the Corporation shall be in Wilmington, Delaware, and the initial registered agent in charge thereof shall be Corporation Service Company, 1013 Centre Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19805.

1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may from time to time determine or as may be necessary or useful in connection with the business of the Corporation.

 

  2. Meetings of Stockholders

2.1 Place of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation (the “Stockholders”) shall be held at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

2.2 Annual Meetings. The Corporation shall hold annual meetings of the Stockholders, either within or without the State of Delaware, on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

2.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, and, at any time when there is more than one Stockholder, shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation at the request in writing of Stockholders possessing at least ten percent (10%) percent of the voting power of the issued and outstanding voting stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, at such times and at such place either within or without the State of Delaware as may be stated in the call or in waiver of notice thereof.

2.4 Notice of Meetings.

2.4.1 Written notice stating the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which the Stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting and, in the case of a special meeting,


the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given to each Stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting (except to the extent that such notice is waived or is not required as provided in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware General Corporation Law”) or these Bylaws). Such notice shall be given in accordance with, and shall be deemed effective as set forth in, Section 222 (or any successor section) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

2.4.2 Whenever the giving of any notice is required by statute, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (which shall include any amendments thereto and shall be hereinafter referred to as so amended as the “Certificate of Incorporation”) or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof, in writing and delivered to the Corporation, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the event as to which such notice is required, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a Stockholder at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of (i) notice of such meeting, except when such Stockholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting, and (ii) in the case of a special meeting, of consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless such Stockholder objects to considering the matter at the beginning of the meeting.

2.4.3 Any meeting of the Stockholders may be adjourned from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place (if any) thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which Stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At such an adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted on the original date of the meeting. If, however, the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date for the adjourned meeting is made or is required, then, a notice of the adjourned meeting will be given on the new record date as provided in this Section 2.4 to each Stockholder of record entitled to notice of such meeting.

2.5 Business at Special Meetings. Business transacted at any special meeting of the Stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the Corporation’s notice of meeting (except to the extent that such notice is waived or is not required as provided in the Delaware General Corporation Law or these Bylaws).

2.6 List of Stockholders. After the record date for a meeting of Stockholders has been fixed, at least ten (10) days before such meeting, the officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall make a list of all Stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each Stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each Stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any Stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting, on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of meeting, or during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. Such list shall also, for the duration of the meeting, be produced and kept open to the examination of any Stockholder who is present at the time and place of the meeting.

 

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2.7 Quorum at Meetings. Stockholders may take action on a matter at a meeting only if a quorum exists with respect to that matter. Except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at the meeting, and who are present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Stockholders for the transaction of business. Where a separate vote by a class or classes is required, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes, who are present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action on that matter. Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting (other than solely to object (a) to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting, or (b) in the case of a special meeting, to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice), it is deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for the adjourned meeting. The holders of a majority of the voting shares represented at a meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn such meeting from time to time.

2.8 Voting and Proxies. Unless otherwise provided in the Delaware General Corporation Law or in the Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to the other provisions of these Bylaws, each Stockholder shall be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter for each share of the Corporation’s capital stock that has voting power and that is held by such Stockholder. A Stockholder may vote either in person or by proxy; provided, that any and all proxies are executed in writing by the Stockholder or his duly authorized attorney-in-fact.

2.9 Required Vote. When a quorum is present at any meeting of Stockholders, all matters shall be determined, adopted and approved by the affirmative vote (which need not be by ballot) of the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote with respect to the matter, unless the proposed action is one upon which, by express provision of statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation, a different vote is specified and required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Where a separate vote by a class or classes (including, for these purposes, Minority Stockholders (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation)) is required, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of such class or classes present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class, unless the proposed action is one upon which, by express provision of statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation, a different vote is specified and required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Notwithstanding the foregoing, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.

2.10 Action by Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Stockholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such Stockholders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such Stockholders, unless such consent is unanimous.

 

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  3. Directors

3.1 Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things, subject to any limitation set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation or as otherwise may be provided in the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Board of Directors shall annually elect a Chairman of the Board from among its members. The Board of Directors shall designate, when present, either the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer to preside at its meetings. If neither the Chairman of the Board nor the Chief Executive Officer is present, the Board of Directors may designate another officer or director to preside at such meeting. The Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer may be the same person.

3.2 Number and Election. The total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Directors shall be elected at annual meetings of the Stockholders, except as provided in Section 3.3 hereof, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be Stockholders.

3.3 Vacancies. Subject to the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors shall be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, whether or not a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by the sole remaining director so elected. Each director so chosen shall hold office until the next election, and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal. In the event that one or more directors resigns from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, subject to the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office until the next election, and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified, or until the director’s earlier resignation or removal.

 

  3.4 Meetings.

3.4.1 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.

3.4.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer on one day’s notice to each director, either personally or by telephone, express delivery service (so that the scheduled delivery date of the notice is at least one day in advance of the meeting), electronic transmission, or facsimile transmission. The notice need not describe the purpose of a special meeting.

 

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3.4.3 Telephone Meetings. Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board by any communication by means of which all participating directors can simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

3.4.4 Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings and transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

3.4.5 Waiver of Notice of Meeting. A director may waive any notice required by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a director’s attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to the director of the meeting unless the director at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

3.5 Quorum and Vote at Meetings. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a quorum of the Board of Directors consists of the presence of a majority of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors then in office. The affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

3.6 Committees of Directors. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate from among its members one or more committees. The Board of Directors may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate members of any such committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Such committees shall have and may exercise such powers as shall be conferred or authorized by the resolution appointing them. A majority of any such committee may determine its action and fix the time and place of its meetings, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide. The Board of Directors shall have power at any time to change the membership of any such committee, to fill vacancies in it, or to dissolve it.

3.7 Compensation of Directors. As expressly provided by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, the directors may, as such, receive remuneration for their services; and the Board of Directors may at any time and from time to time by resolution provide that a specified sum shall be paid to any director of the Corporation, either as such director’s annual remuneration as such director or member of any committee of the Board of Directors or as remuneration for such director’s attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or any such committee. The Board of Directors may also likewise provide that the Corporation shall reimburse each director for any expenses paid by such director on account of such director’s attendance at any meeting. Nothing in this Section 3.7 shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving remuneration therefor.

 

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  4. Officers

4.1 Positions. The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer and a Secretary, and such other officers, which may include a President, as the Board of Directors from time to time may appoint, including one or more Vice Presidents. Each such officer shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be set forth below and/or such other powers and duties as from time to time may be specified by the Board of Directors or by any officer(s) authorized by the Board of Directors to prescribe the duties of such other officers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except that in no event shall the Chief Executive Officer and the Secretary be the same person. Each of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and/or the President (if there be one) may execute bonds, mortgages and other documents, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise executed and except where the authorization therefor shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

4.2 Chairman of the Board. Subject to Section 3.1, the Chairman of the Board shall (when present) preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and Stockholders and shall ensure that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.

4.3 Chief Executive Officer. Subject to the authority of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall have such executive responsibility and authority for management of the business, affairs and operations of the Corporation as may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as, from time to time, may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

4.4 President. Subject to the authority of the Board of Directors, the President of the Corporation, if any, shall have such executive responsibility and authority for management of the business, affairs and operations of the Corporation as may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as, from time to time, may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

4.5 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation shall have general charge and supervision of the financial affairs of the Corporation, including budgetary, accounting and statistical methods, and shall approve payment, or designate others serving under him to approve for payment, all vouchers and warrants for disbursements of funds, and, in general, shall perform such other duties as are incident to the office of a chief financial officer of a corporation, including those duties customarily performed by persons occupying such office, and shall perform such other duties as, from time to time, may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President.

4.6 Vice President. In the absence of the President or in the event of the President’s failure or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the President. The Vice

 

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President or Vice Presidents, in general, shall perform such other duties as are incident to the office of a vice president of a corporation, including those duties customarily performed by persons occupying such office, and shall perform such other duties as, from time to time, may be assigned to him or her or them by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. The Board of Directors may designate one or more Vice Presidents as Executive Vice Presidents or Senior Vice Presidents.

4.7 Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the Stockholders, and shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Stockholders and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for the standing committees, when required. The Secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation, and the Secretary shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by such officer’s signature. The Secretary may also attest all instruments signed by the President, the Chief Financial Officer or any Vice President. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and, in general, shall perform all duties as are incident to the office of a secretary of a corporation, including those duties customarily performed by persons occupying such office, and shall perform such other duties as, from time to time, may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or any Vice President.

4.8 Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify or until their earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors.

4.9 Vacancies. If the office of any officer or agent becomes vacant by reason of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or otherwise, the directors may choose a successor, who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred.

4.10 Duties of Officers May Be Delegated. In case of the absence or disability of any officer of the Corporation, or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board of Directors may delegate, for the time being, the powers or duties, or any of them, of such officer to any other officer, or to any director.

 

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  5. Capital Stock

5.1 Uncertificated Stock; Form; Signatures. Except as otherwise provided in a resolution approved by the Board of Directors, all shares in the Corporation issued after the date hereof shall be uncertificated shares. In the event the Board of Directors elects to provide in a resolution that certificates shall be issued to represent any shares in the Corporation, every Stockholder shall be entitled to have a certificate signed, in the name of the Corporation, by the President or a Vice President and the Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such Stockholder. No certificate representing shares will be issued until such shares are fully paid. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

5.2 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificate

5.2.1. If a Stockholder claims that a stock certificate representing shares issued and recorded by the Corporation has been lost or destroyed, a new certificate will be issued to said Stockholder; provided, that said Stockholder presents an affidavit claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. At the discretion of the Board of Directors, said Stockholder may be required to deposit a bond or other indemnity in such amount and with such sureties, if any, as the Board of Directors may require to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss or destruction of such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.

5.3 Record Date.

5.3.1 Actions by Stockholders. In order that the Corporation may determine the Stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Stockholders, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining Stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Stockholders shall be the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of Stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting, unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

5.3.2 In order that the Corporation may determine the Stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining Stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by the Delaware General Corporation

 

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Law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in the manner prescribed by Section 213(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the record date for determining Stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

5.3.3 Payments. In order that the Corporation may determine the Stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the Stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining Stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

5.4 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to all rights as to such shares, including the right to receive dividends and to vote such shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to any interest in such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not the Corporation shall have the express or other notice thereof, except as may otherwise be required by law.

 

  6. Indemnification

6.1 Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than those by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 6.3, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or testifies in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in nature (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful.

 

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6.2 Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 6.3, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or testifies in, any threatened, pending or completed action or suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal administrative or investigative in nature, by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

6.3 Authorization of Indemnification. Any indemnification under this Section 6 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 6.1 or Section 6.2, as the case may be. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iv) by the Stockholders. Such determination shall be made, with respect to former directors and officers, by any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the Corporation. To the extent, however, that a present or former director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.

 

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6.4 Good Faith Defined. For purposes of any determination under Section 6.3, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful, if such person’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the Corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or another enterprise. The provisions of this Section 6.4 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 6.1 or Section 6.2, as the case may be.

6.5 Indemnification by a Court. Notwithstanding any contrary determination in the specific case under Section 6.3, and notwithstanding the absence of any determination thereunder, any director or officer may apply to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or any other court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible under Section 6.1 or Section 6.2. The basis of such indemnification by a court shall be a determination by such court that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 6.1 or Section 6.2, as the case may be. Neither a contrary determination in the specific case under Section 6.3 nor the absence of any determination thereunder shall be a defense to such application or create a presumption that the director or officer seeking indemnification has not met any applicable standard of conduct. Notice of any application for indemnification pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall be given to the Corporation promptly upon the filing of such application. If successful, in whole or in part, the director or officer seeking indemnification shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such application.

6.6 Expenses Payable in Advance. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a present or former director or officer in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors in the specific case, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Section 6. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Corporation deems appropriate.

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seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of the Stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the Corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in Section 6.1 and Section 6.2 shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Section 6 shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not specified in Section 6.1 or Section 6.2 but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or otherwise.

6.8 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Section 6, references to “the Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. The term “another enterprise” as used in this Section 6 shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent. For purposes of this Section 6, references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the corporation” as referred to in this Section 6.

6.9 Limitation on Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 6 to the contrary, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification (which shall be governed by Section 6.5), the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) or advance expenses in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors.

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remaining provisions of this Section 6 (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Section 6 containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Section 6 (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Section 6 containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

6.11 Repeal by Stockholders. Any repeal or modification of this Section 6 by the Stockholders shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

6.12 Survival of Indemnification. The indemnification and advance payment of expenses and rights thereto provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 6 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer or employee and shall inure to the benefit of the personal representatives, heirs, executors and administrators of such person.

6.13 Insurance. The Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person or incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, and related expenses, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

  7. General Provisions

7.1 Inspection of Books and Records. Any Stockholder, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the Corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its Stockholders, and its other books and records, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as a Stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the Stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the Corporation at its registered office or at its principal place of business.

7.2 Dividends. The Board of Directors may declare dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

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7.3 Reserves. The directors of the Corporation may set apart, out of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends, a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve.

7.4 Execution of Instruments. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, and promissory notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

7.5 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

7.6 Seal. The corporate seal shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall approve. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced.

7.7 Pronouns. All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or entity may require.

7.8 Amendments. The Board of Directors or the Stockholders may from time to time adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation. Such action by the Board of Directors shall require the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the directors then in office at a duly constituted meeting of the Board of Directors called for such purpose. Such action by the Stockholders shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon at a duly constituted meeting of Stockholders called for such purpose.

 

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EX-4.1 6 d551595dex41.htm INDENTURE Indenture

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.

as the Issuer,

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

as the Parent,

The entities listed on Schedule I hereto

as the Guarantors,

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee,

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

as Registrar, Transfer Agent and Paying Agent,

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH

as Polish Security Agent,

and

TMF TRUSTEE LIMITED

as Security Agent

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of June 5, 2013

 

 

Senior Secured Notes due 2018

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I   
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE   

Section 1.1

 

Definitions

     1   

Section 1.2

 

Other Definitions

     34   

Section 1.3

 

Rules of Construction

     35   

Section 1.4

 

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

     35   
ARTICLE II   
THE NOTES   

Section 2.1

 

Form and Dating

     36   

Section 2.2

 

Execution and Authentication

     36   

Section 2.3

 

Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent

     38   

Section 2.4

 

Paying Agent to Hold Assets

     39   

Section 2.5

 

List of Holders

     39   

Section 2.6

 

Transfer and Exchange

     39   

Section 2.7

 

Replacement Notes

     42   

Section 2.8

 

Outstanding Notes

     43   

Section 2.9

 

Acts by Holders

     43   

Section 2.10

 

Temporary Notes

     44   

Section 2.11

 

Cancellation

     44   

Section 2.12

 

Defaulted Interest

     44   

Section 2.13

 

CUSIPs, ISINs and Common Codes

     45   

Section 2.14

 

Deposit of Moneys

     45   

Section 2.15

 

Certain Matters Relating to Global Notes

     45   
ARTICLE III   
REDEMPTION   

Section 3.1

 

Redemption

     46   

Section 3.2

 

Notices to Trustee

     46   

Section 3.3

 

Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed

     46   

Section 3.4

 

Notice of Redemption

     46   

Section 3.5

 

Effect of Notice of Redemption

     48   

Section 3.6

 

Deposit of Redemption Price

     48   

Section 3.7

 

Notes Redeemed in Part

     48   

Section 3.8

 

Mandatory Redemption

     49   

 

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ARTICLE IV   
COVENANTS   

Section 4.1

 

Payment of Notes

     49   

Section 4.2

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency

     49   

Section 4.3

 

Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock

     50   

Section 4.4

 

Limitation on Restricted Payments

     55   

Section 4.5

 

Corporate Existence

     59   

Section 4.6

 

Payment of Taxes and Other Claims

     59   

Section 4.7

 

Maintenance of Properties and Insurance

     59   

Section 4.8

 

Compliance with Laws

     60   

Section 4.9

 

Limitation on Liens

     60   

Section 4.10

 

Waiver of Stay; Extension or Usury Laws

     61   

Section 4.11

 

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries

     61   

Section 4.12

 

Asset Sales

     63   

Section 4.13

 

Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates

     64   

Section 4.14

 

Reports

     66   

Section 4.15

 

Limitation on Business Activities

     67   

Section 4.16

 

Change of Control

     68   

Section 4.17

 

Withholding Tax Gross Up on Non-U.S. Guarantees

     69   

Section 4.18

 

Payment of Non-Income Taxes and Similar Charges

     70   

Section 4.19

 

Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default

     70   

Section 4.20

 

Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets

     71   

Section 4.21

 

Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions

     73   

Section 4.22

 

Additional Security and Guarantees

     73   

Section 4.23

 

Delivery of Security

     75   

Section 4.24

 

Impairment of Security Interest

     76   

Section 4.25

 

Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries

     77   

Section 4.26

 

Amendments to or Prepayments of the Intercompany Loans

     78   

Section 4.27

 

Limitations on Activities of the Issuer

     79   

Section 4.28

 

Limitations on Activities of Jelegat Holdings Limited

     80   

Section 4.29

 

Listing

     81   

Section 4.30

 

Payments for Consent

     81   
ARTICLE V   
SUCCESSOR COMPANY   
ARTICLE VI   
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES   

Section 6.1

 

Events of Default

     82   

Section 6.2

 

Acceleration

     85   

Section 6.3

 

Other Remedies

     85   

 

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Section 6.4

 

The Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities

     86   

Section 6.5

 

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

     86   

Section 6.6

 

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

     86   

Section 6.7

 

Waiver of Past Defaults

     86   

Section 6.8

 

Control by Majority

     86   

Section 6.9

 

Limitation on Suits

     87   

Section 6.10

 

Rights of Holders to Receive Payment

     87   

Section 6.11

 

Collection Suit by Trustee

     87   

Section 6.12

 

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

     87   

Section 6.13

 

Priorities

     88   

Section 6.14

 

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

     88   

Section 6.15

 

Undertaking for Costs

     89   
ARTICLE VII   
TRUSTEE, SECURITY AGENT AND POLISH SECURITY AGENT   

Section 7.1

 

Duties of Trustee and Agents

     89   

Section 7.2

 

Rights of Trustee and Agents

     90   

Section 7.3

 

Individual Rights of Trustee and Agents

     94   

Section 7.4

 

Trustee and Agents’ Disclaimer

     94   

Section 7.5

 

Notice of Default

     94   

Section 7.6

 

Compensation and Indemnity

     95   

Section 7.7

 

Replacement of Trustee

     96   

Section 7.8

 

Successor Trustee or Agent by Merger, etc

     98   

Section 7.9

 

Eligibility; Disqualification

     98   

Section 7.10

 

Limitation on Duty of Trustee in Respect of Collateral

     98   

Section 7.11

 

Appointment of Co-Trustee

     98   

Section 7.12

 

Preferential Collection of Claims against the Issuer

     99   

Section 7.13

 

Reports by Trustee to the Holders

     100   
ARTICLE VIII   
DEFEASANCE AND SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE   

Section 8.1

 

Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

     100   

Section 8.2

 

Legal Defeasance and Discharge

     100   

Section 8.3

 

Covenant Defeasance

     101   

Section 8.4

 

Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance

     101   

Section 8.5

 

Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture

     103   

Section 8.6

 

Survival of Certain Obligations

     103   

Section 8.7

 

Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee

     104   

Section 8.8

 

Application of Trust Moneys

     104   

Section 8.9

 

Repayment to the Issuer; Unclaimed Money

     104   

Section 8.10

 

Reinstatement

     105   

 

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ARTICLE IX   
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS   

Section 9.1

  

Amendment, Supplement and Waiver

     105   

Section 9.2

  

Revocation and Effect of Consents

     108   

Section 9.3

  

Notation on or Exchange of Notes

     108   

Section 9.4

  

Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc

     108   
ARTICLE X   
GUARANTEES   

Section 10.1

  

Guarantees

     109   

Section 10.2

  

Limitation on Guarantees

     110   

Section 10.3

  

Limitation on Polish Guarantors

     111   

Section 10.4

  

No Subrogation

     112   

Section 10.5

  

Release

     113   
ARTICLE XI   
SECURITY AND SECURITY AGENTS   

Section 11.1

  

Collateral and Security Documents

     113   

Section 11.2

  

Responsibilities of Security Agents

     116   

Section 11.3

  

Security Agents’ Individual Capacity

     116   

Section 11.4

  

Trustee May Perform

     116   

Section 11.5

  

Fees, etc

     116   

Section 11.6

  

Indemnification: Disclaimers, etc

     117   

Section 11.7

  

Illegality; No inconsistency

     117   

Section 11.8

  

Rights of Trustee, the Security Agents and the Paying Agents

     117   

Section 11.9

  

Release of Collateral

     118   

Section 11.10

  

Authorization of Actions to be Taken by the Security Agents under the Security Documents

     120   

Section 11.11

  

Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Security Agents under the Security Documents

     120   

Section 11.12

  

Trustee’s and Security Agents’ Compensation Not Prejudiced

     120   

Section 11.13

  

Creation of Parallel Obligations

     120   

Section 11.14

  

Flagged Security

     122   
ARTICLE XII   
MISCELLANEOUS   

Section 12.1

  

Notices

     122   

Section 12.2

  

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

     125   

 

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Section 12.3

  

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

     125   

Section 12.4

  

Rules by Trustee, Paying Agents, Registrar

     126   

Section 12.5

  

Legal Holidays

     126   

Section 12.6

  

Governing Law

     126   

Section 12.7

  

Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process

     126   

Section 12.8

  

No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

     127   

Section 12.9

  

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

     127   

Section 12.10

  

Judgment Currency

     127   

Section 12.11

  

Calculations

     127   

Section 12.12

  

Additional Information

     128   

Section 12.13

  

Successors

     128   

Section 12.14

  

Counterpart Originals

     128   

Section 12.15

  

Severability

     128   

Section 12.16

  

Table of Contents, Headings, etc

     128   

Section 12.17

  

Waiver of Jury Trial

     128   

Section 12.18

  

USA PATRIOT Act Section 326 Customer Identification Program

     128   

Section 12.19

  

Communication by Holders with Other Holders

     129   

Section 12.20

  

Trust Indenture Act Controls

     129   

SCHEDULE 1 LIST OF INITIAL GUARANTORS

EXHIBIT A FORM OF 10% SENIOR SECURED NOTE

EXHIBIT B FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

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CROSS REFERENCE TABLE

 

TIA Section

  

Indenture Section

310

   (a)(1)    7.9
   (a)(2)    7.9
   (a)(3)    N.A.
   (a)(4)    N.A.
   (b)    7.7, 7.9
   (c)    N.A.
311    (a)    7.12
   (b)    7.12
   (c)    N.A.
312    (a)    2.05
   (b)    12.19
   (c)    12.19
313    (a)    7.13
   (b)(1)    7.13, 12.1
   (b)(2)    7.13, 12.1
   (c)    7.13, 12.1
   (d)    7.13
314    (a)    4.14, 4.19, 12.3
   (b)    11.1
   (c)(1)    12.3
   (c)(2)    12.3
   (c)(3)    N.A.
   (d)    N.A.
   (e)    11.1, 11.9
   (f)    N.A.
315    (a)    7.1, 7.2
   (b)    7.5, 12.1
   (c)    6.4
   (d)    7.1
   (e)    6.15
316    (a)(last sentence)    2.9
   (a)(1)(A)    6.8
   (a)(1)(B)    6.7
   (a)(2)    N.A.
   (b)    6.10
   (c)    2.9, 2.12
317    (a)(1)    6.11
   (a)(2)    6.12
   (b)    2.4
318    (a)    12.21
318    (b)    N.A.
318    (c)    12.21

N.A. Means Not Applicable.

Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purposes, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of June 5, 2013 among (i) CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “Issuer”), (ii) CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware, as a Guarantor (the “Parent”), (iii) the entities listed on Schedule I hereto (as “Initial Guarantors”), (iv) U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Trustee”), (v) DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS (as, “Paying Agent”, “Registrar” and “Transfer Agent”), (vii) DEUTSCHE BANK AG, London Branch (as “Polish Security Agent”) and (viii) TMF TRUSTEE LIMITED (as “Security Agent”).

The Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this indenture (this “Indenture”) to provide for the creation and issuance of its (i) $465,000,000 Senior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “Original Notes”) issued on the Issue Date and in accordance with this Indenture and (ii) Additional Notes (as defined herein) that may be issued from time to time subsequent to the Issue Date (all such notes referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) being referred to collectively as the “Notes”); and, to provide therefor, the Issuer, the Parent and each of the other Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture. Except as otherwise provided herein, $465,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes shall be initially issued on the Issue Date.

Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Indenture, unless otherwise specifically indicated herein, the term “consolidated”, with respect to any Person, refers to such Person consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries, and excludes from such consolidation any Unrestricted Subsidiary as if such Unrestricted Subsidiary were not an Affiliate of such Person. As used in this Indenture, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated, amalgamated or otherwise combined with or into, all or substantially all of its assets are transferred to, or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging, consolidating, amalgamating or otherwise combining with or into, transferring assets to, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and

(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person existing at the time such asset is acquired,


provided that Indebtedness which is redeemed, defeased, retired or otherwise repaid at the time of or immediately upon consummation of such asset acquisition or the transactions by which such Person is merged or consolidated with or into the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary transferring assets to, or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary shall not constitute Acquired Debt.

Additional Notes” means any additional principal amounts of Notes issued from time to time under the terms of this Indenture after the Issue Date.

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition: (i) the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings; and (ii) “Affiliate” shall include funds advised by the specified Person.

Affiliate Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13 (Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates).

Agent” means the Paying Agent, each Authenticating Agent, each Transfer Agent, the Registrar, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent and their respective successors, and “Agents” means all of them.

Agent Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15 (Certain Matters Relating to Global Notes).

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer, redemption or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the relevant Clearing System that apply to such transfer, redemption or exchange.

Asset Sale” means:

(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole or of the assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by the provisions of Section 4.16 (Change of Control) and/or the provisions of Section 4.20 (Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets) and not by the provisions of Section 4.12 (Asset Sales); and

(2) the issuance of Equity Interests in any of the Parent’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:

(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $20.0 million;

(2) a transfer or other disposition of assets between or among the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(3) an issuance or sale of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent to the Parent or to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent;

(4) any sale or other disposition of inventory or of damaged, worn-out or obsolete assets in the ordinary course of business;

(5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;

(6) any Restricted Payment that does not violate Section 4.4 (Limitation on Restricted Payments) or a Permitted Investment;

(7) dispositions by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the waiver, compromise, settlement, release or surrender of any right, claim or receivable in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings;

(8) the sale or other disposition of assets received by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the waiver, compromise, settlement, release or surrender of any right or claim of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, provided, however that the net cash proceeds of such sale or disposition are applied in accordance with Section 4.12 (Asset Sales);

(9) dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens;

(10) the licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property or other intangibles and licenses, leases or subleases of other property that do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(11) foreclosure, condemnation or similar action with respect to any property or other assets;

(12) a disposition pursuant to the terms of a binding agreement in effect on the Effective Date or in effect at the time a Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified after the Effective Date to the extent such modification with respect to such asset disposition is not materially less favorable to the Holders than the relevant agreement referred to in this clause (12);

 

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(13) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of equipment, inventory, property or other assets in the ordinary course of business; and

(14) the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business.

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

Authenticating Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

Bankruptcy Custodian” means any receiver, manager, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

Bankruptcy Law” means (a) Title 11, United States Code (b) the Federal Law of the Russian Federation No. 127-FZ of 26 October 2002 “On Insolvency (Bankruptcy)”, as amended or (c) any similar federal, state or foreign law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors.

Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” have a corresponding meaning.

Board of Directors” means:

(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;

(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership;

(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and

(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

 

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Unless otherwise stated herein, all references to the “Board of Directors” shall be to the Board of Directors of the Parent.

Book Entry Interest” means a beneficial interest in a Global Note held through and shown on, and transferred only through, records maintained in book entry form by a Depositary.

Borrowing Base” means an amount equal to 50% of the sum of: (a) the net book value of the accounts receivable of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (b) the Inventory of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries (determined as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent are publicly available, it being understood that the accounts receivable and inventory of an acquired business may be included if such acquisition has been completed on or prior to the date of determination).

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which banks and financial institutions in New York, England or the jurisdiction of the exchange on which the Notes will be listed are authorized or required by law to close.

Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP (as in effect on the Effective Date for purposes of determining whether a lease is a Capital Lease Obligation), and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.

Capital Markets Debt” means debt securities substantially similar to the Notes, other than with respect to interest, maturity and redemption provisions.

Capital Stock” means:

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person,

but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.

 

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Cash Equivalents” means:

(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any state thereof, any European Union Member State (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States or such European Union Member State is pledged in support of those securities) in each case denominated in U.S. dollars, pounds sterling or euros and having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition;

(2) certificates of deposit, time deposits and other bank deposits in U.S. dollars, pounds sterling or euro with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of a European Union Member State or the United States of America or any other state thereof or, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary any such Investment in the direct obligations of any state or country in which such Restricted Subsidiary is organized or has operations; provided that such bank or trust company has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of $500.0 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and whose long-term debt is rated “A-1” or higher by Moody’s or “A+” or higher by S&P or the equivalent rating category of another internationally recognized rating agency;

(3) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (1) and (2) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (2) above;

(4) commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s or S&P and, in each case, maturing within six months after the date of acquisition; and

(5) money market funds (i) denominated in U.S. dollar, euro or pound sterling that are rated “A3” or higher by Moody’s or “AAA” or higher by S&P; or (ii) at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (4) of this definition.

CEDC FinCo Exchange Offer” means the offer of Original Notes and Convertible PIK Notes in exchange for Existing Notes pursuant to Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation Statement and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation and CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc. dated March 8, 2013, as amended;

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) the Parent consolidates with, or merges with or into, another Person or sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Parent, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding Voting Stock of the Parent is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other

 

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than any such transaction where (i) the outstanding Voting Stock of the Parent is converted into or exchanged for (1) Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee corporation or its parent corporation; and/or (2) cash, securities or other property in any amount which could be paid by the Parent as a Restricted Payment under this Indenture; (ii) the Beneficial Owners of the Voting Stock of the Parent immediately before such transaction own, directly or indirectly, immediately after such transaction, at least a majority of the voting power of all Voting Stock of the surviving or transferee corporation or its parent corporation immediately after such transaction, as applicable; and (iii) immediately after such transaction, no “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than Roustam Tariko or Related Parties is the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee corporation or its parent corporation, as applicable, or has, directly or indirectly, the right to elect or designate a majority of the board of directors of the surviving or transferee corporation or its parent corporation, as applicable;

(2) the consummation of any transaction, whether as a result of the issuance of securities of the Parent, any merger or consolidation, purchase or otherwise, the result of which is that any “person” or “group” of related persons (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act but excluding any Person that was a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Parent prior to such transaction) other than Roustam Tariko or Related Parties has become, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner of more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Parent on a fully-diluted basis, after giving effect to the conversion and exercise of all outstanding warrants, options and other securities of the Parent convertible into or exercisable for Voting Stock of the Parent (whether or not such securities are then currently convertible or exercisable);

(3) the consummation of any transaction pursuant to which the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consolidates with, or merges with or into (or otherwise combines with), Roust Trading Limited or any of its Affiliates (other than the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries);

(4) the consummation of any transaction pursuant to which the Parent (or any Restricted Subsidiary) sells, conveys, transfers, or otherwise disposes of the Russian Alcohol Group to Roust Trading Limited or any of its Affiliates (other than the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries);

(5) the consummation of any transaction that results in the reincorporation of the Parent and/or the Issuer in any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware;

(6) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Parent are not Continuing Directors; or

(7) the adoption by the shareholders of the Parent of a plan for the liquidation or dissolution of the Parent.

 

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Change of Control Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.16 (Change of Control).

Change of Control Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.16 (Change of Control).

Change of Control Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.16 (Change of Control).

Clearing System” means DTC, or its successor, acting directly, or through a custodian, nominee or depositary.

Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Collateral” means the property and assets, including the Specified Intellectual Property Rights securing the Notes and/or the Guarantees as such may be amended, modified, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication:

(1) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(2) the Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such Fixed Charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(3) the amount of minority interest expense deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income; plus

(4) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus

(5) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business,

in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent will be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated EBITDA of the Parent only to the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Parent by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders (but only to the extent that the foregoing restricts the ability of the Parent to procure that an amount of cash equal to the amount of such Net Income for such period is transferable to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent).

Consolidated Leverage Ratio” as of any date of determination means the ratio of (a) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to such date of determination (the “Reference Period”); provided, however, that:

(1) if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is an incurrence of Indebtedness, the amount of such Indebtedness shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the application of the net proceeds thereof;

(2) if the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary has repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged any Indebtedness that was outstanding as of the end of such Reference Period or if any Indebtedness is to be repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged on the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, including any discharge of Indebtedness pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization (other than, in each case, Indebtedness incurred under any revolving credit agreement unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and the related commitment terminated), the aggregate amount of Indebtedness shall be calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to such repayment, repurchase, defeasance or discharge and Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated as if the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary had not earned the interest income, if any, actually earned during the Reference Period in respect of cash used to repay, repurchase, defease or otherwise discharge such Indebtedness;

(3) if since the beginning of the Reference Period the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Sale, Consolidated EBITDA for the Reference Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) directly attributable to the assets which are the subject of such Asset Sale for the Reference Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) directly attributable thereto for the Reference Period;

(4) if since the beginning of the Reference Period the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any Restricted Subsidiary (or any Person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or that is merged with or into the Parent) or an acquisition of assets which constitutes all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business, Consolidated EBITDA for the Reference Period shall be

 

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calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the incurrence of any Indebtedness) as if such Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of the Reference Period; and

(5) if since the beginning of the Reference Period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such Reference Period) shall have incurred any Indebtedness or made any Asset Sale, any Investment or acquisition of assets that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (3) or (4) above if made by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary during the Reference Period, Indebtedness, Consolidated EBITDA and Fixed Charges for the Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Incurrence of Indebtedness, Asset Sale, Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of the Reference Period.

For purposes of this definition, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the Parent. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be determined after giving effect to any Currency Agreement then in effect that effectively converts the amount of such Indebtedness from one currency to another currency.

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:

(1) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;

(2) solely for purposes of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments, the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, but only to the extent that the foregoing restricts the ability of the Parent to procure that an amount of cash equal to the amount of such Net Income for such period is transferable to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent;

(3) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded;

 

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(4) notwithstanding clause (1) above, the Net Income of any Unrestricted Subsidiary will be excluded, whether or not distributed to the specified Person or one of its Subsidiaries;

(5) any currency translation gains and losses related to currency re-measurements of Indebtedness, any net loss or gain resulting from hedging transactions for currency exchange risk will be excluded, and any amortization of deferred charges resulting from the application of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. APB 14-1, Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement) will be excluded;

(6) any expenses, charges or other costs related to the offering of the Notes and the Convertible PIK Notes (including, in each case, amortization of any such expenses, charges or other costs that have been capitalized and any other expenses or costs relating to the CEDC FinCo Exchange offer or the Plan of Reorganization or any other plan of reorganization) and any other issuance of Equity Interests of the Parent or debt financing will be excluded;

(7) any adjustments to the initial purchase price allocation for acquisitions done after the initial assessment period to the extent such items were included in Consolidated Net Income will be excluded;

(8) any gain or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset which is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business will be excluded;

(9) any item classified as a restructuring, direct acquisition related expense, extraordinary or other non-operating gain or loss, including the costs of and accounting for, financial instruments and any loss, charge, cost, expense or reserve in respect of any restructuring including the CEDC FinCo Exchange Offer , the Plan of Reorganization or any plan of reorganization, including any costs and expenses relating to legal, financial and other advisors, auditors and accountants, printer fees and expenses and any transaction (including any financing or disposition) or litigation related thereto) will be excluded;

(10) any impairment loss relating to goodwill or other intangible assets will be excluded;

(11) any premium, penalty, or fee paid in relation to any repayment, prepayment, redemption or purchase of debt will be excluded;

(12) any noncash compensation charge or expense arising from any grant of stock, stock options or other equity based awards will be excluded; and

(13) any capitalized, accrued or accreting or pay-in-kind interest on Subordinated Shareholder Funding will be excluded.

 

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Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Parent who:

(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the Effective Date; or

(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.

Convertible PIK Notes” means the $200 million aggregate principal amount of 10% Convertible Junior Secured Notes due 2018 issued by the Issuer on the Issue Date and any Convertible PIK Notes issued as pay-in-kind interest on the Convertible PIK Notes.

Convertible PIK Notes Guarantees” means the guarantees of the Convertible PIK Notes by the Guarantors.

Convertible PIK Notes Indenture” means the indenture, dated the Effective Date, among the Issuer, the Guarantors, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Transfer Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch as Polish Security Agent and TMF Trustee Limited as security agent, relating to the Convertible PIK Notes.

Copecresto Subsidiaries” means Copecresto Enterprises Limited, Lugano Holdings Limited, OOO Parliament Production, OOO Parliament Distribution and Ardy Investments Limited.

“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3 (Covenant Defeasance).

Credit Facilities” means one or more debt facilities or commercial paper facilities or credit facility documentation, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale or factoring of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables), bank guarantees or letters of credit or overdrafts, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise), refinanced, increased or extended in whole or in part from time to time, and whether or not with the original arranging agent, administrative agent and lenders or another arranging or administrative agent or agents or other banks or other institutional lenders and whether provided under any existing credit facility or one or more other credit agreements or financing agreements (without limitation as to amount outstanding or committed, or the maturity, terms, conditions, covenants, or other provisions thereof or parties thereto) and in each case including all agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with the foregoing (including any letters of credit issued pursuant thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement, patent and trademark security agreement, mortgages or letter of credit applications and other Guarantees, pledges, agreements, security agreements and collateral documents), save that the RTL Credit Facility shall not be deemed a Credit Facility.

 

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Custodian” means in the case of any Global Note held through DTC, the Registrar, as custodian for DTC with respect to such Global Note.

Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement with respect to currency values.

Cyprus Guarantors” means, collectively Jelegat Holdings Limited, Latchey Limited and Pasalba Ltd.

Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

Definitive Notes” means any definitive Note issued in accordance with Section 2.6(b)(3) (Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes) registered in the Register, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

“Depositary” means, with respect to any Global Note, the Person specified in Section 2.3 hereof as the Depositary with respect to such Global Note, and any and all successors thereto appointed as Depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

“Disqualified Stock” means any Equity Interests that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case, at the option of the holder of the Equity Interests), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Equity Interests, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Equity Interests have the right to require the Parent to repurchase such Equity Interests upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Equity Interests provided that the Parent may not repurchase or redeem any such Equity Interests pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.4 (Limitation on Restricted Payments). The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.

dollar”, “U.S. dollar” or “$” means the currency of the United States of America.

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

Effective Date” means June 5, 2013.

Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

 

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Equity Offering” means any primary public or private offering of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent.

euro” or “” means the single currency of the participating European Union Member States.

European Union Member State” means any country that is a member state of the European Union as of the Issue Date, but not including any country which becomes a member of the European Union after the Issue Date.

Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Existing Guarantees” means those Guarantees of the Existing Notes.

Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under any Credit Facilities or under the Notes or the Convertible PIK Notes) in existence on the Effective Date and until such amounts are repaid.

Existing Notes” means the euro denominated senior secured notes and the U.S. dollar denominated senior secured notes issued under the indenture, dated December 2, 2009, among, inter alios, the Issuer, the Parent, the guarantors named therein, and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as trustee as such indenture has been amended and supplemented. The Existing Notes will be cancelled as of the Effective Date in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization.

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to a willing seller in an arm’s-length transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party. Unless otherwise provided in this Indenture, a determination in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Parent as to Fair Market Value shall be conclusive.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness, including any discharge of Indebtedness pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization, (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.

 

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In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:

(1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including any related financing transactions and including increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period;

(2) the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded;

(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date;

(4) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such four-quarter period;

(5) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter period; and

(6) if any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as at the Calculation Date in excess of twelve months).

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition or other Investment and the amount of income or earnings relating thereto, the pro forma calculations shall be made in compliance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, and will be as determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the Parent, provided that such adjustments are set forth in an Officers’ Certificate signed by such Officer which states: (i) the amount of such adjustment or adjustments; (ii) that such adjustment or adjustments is based on the reasonable good faith beliefs of such Officer at the time of such execution; and (iii) that any related incurrence of Indebtedness is permitted pursuant to this Indenture. In addition, for purposes of this definition, in determining the amount of Indebtedness outstanding on any date of determination, pro forma effect shall be given to any incurrence, repayment, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition, retirement or discharge of Indebtedness on such date.

 

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Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations in respect of interest rates; plus

(2) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus

(3) any interest on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus

(4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Parent (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent; times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. This definition includes “grossed up” preferred dividends as Fixed Charges; plus

(5) any expenses, charges or other costs related to the offering of the Notes (or any amortization thereof) and included in such period in computing Fixed Charges; minus

(6) any amortization of deferred charges resulting from the application of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. APB 14-1— Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement).

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles applicable in the United States as in effect from time to time.

Global Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 (Form and Dating).

Government Securities” means direct obligations of, obligations fully guaranteed by, or participations in pools consisting solely of obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the government of the United States or any European Union Member State, whose long-term debt is rated “A-1” or higher by Moody’s or “A+” or higher by S&P or the equivalent rating category of another internationally recognized rating agency, the payment of which is secured by the full faith and credit of the United States or the applicable European Union Member State, as the case may be.

 

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Guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.

Guarantors” means each of:

(1) the Initial Guarantors; and

(2) any other Subsidiary of the Parent that issues a Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture,

and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

(1) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;

(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and

(3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity or raw materials prices.

Holder” means, with respect to any Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the register maintained by the Registrar under this Indenture.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person (in each case, excluding accrued expenses and trade payables and without double-counting):

(1) the principal amount of indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;

(2) the principal component of obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments;

(3) the principal component of obligations of such Person in respect of banker’s acceptances and letters of credit (other than obligations with respect to letters of credit entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such letters are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than within 20 Business Days following payment on the letter of credit);

(4) Capital Lease Obligations or Attributable Debt;

 

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(5) the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property due more than six months after such property is acquired;

(6) the principal component of all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of (a) the Fair Market Value of such asset at such date of determination; and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Persons;

(7) the principal component of Indebtedness of other Persons to the extent Guaranteed by such Person; or

(8) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, net obligations of such Person under Hedging Obligations (the amount of any such obligations to be equal at any time to the termination value of such agreement or arrangement giving rise to such obligation that would be payable by such Person at such time),

if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than Attributable Debt and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. Indebtedness shall not include Subordinated Shareholder Funding but shall include any interest not paid within contractual grace periods.

Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a Book Entry Interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

Initial Guarantors” means each of:

(1) the Parent and CEDC Finance Corporation, LLC;

(2) the Polish Guarantors;

(3) Bols Hungary Kft.;

(4) the RAG Guarantors; and

(5) the Cyprus Guarantors.

Intellectual Property Rights” means the trademarks related to the Soplica brand owned by CEDC International Sp. z o.o. and registered in Poland as of the Issue Date and registered in the European Union under trademark numbers 004575304 and 003801362.

Intercompany Borrowers” means CEDC International Sp. z o.o. and Jelegat Holdings Limited.

Intercompany Loans” means one or more loans between the Intercompany Borrowers, as borrowers, and the Issuer, as lender, of the proceeds received by the Issuer from the issuance of the Existing Notes, as such loans may be amended or repaid such that (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Intercompany Loans will reflect the aggregate principal

 

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amount of the Notes and the Convertible PIK Notes and (ii) the terms of the Intercompany Loans (e.g., interest rate and maturity) will reflect those of the Notes and the Convertible PIK Notes. The Proceeds Loan shall be considered an Intercompany Loan.

Intra-Group Liabilities” means any amounts owed by the Luxembourg Guarantor to its direct and indirect holding companies and the subsidiaries thereof that are not Luxembourg On-Loans.

Intercreditor Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement, dated the Effective Date, among the Trustee, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent, the Issuer, the Initial Guarantors and the trustee, the Polish security agent and security agent under the Convertible PIK Notes Indenture.

Inventory” means inventory, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, payroll, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent, the Parent will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Parent’s Investments in such Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.4 (Limitation on Restricted Payments). The acquisition by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.4 (Limitation on Restricted Payments). Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.

“Issue Date” means the date which the Global Note is executed and authenticated by the Authenticating Agent.

Issuer Order” means a written order or request signed in the name of a Guarantor or the Issuer by an Officer or a member of the Board of Directors.

Issuer Permitted Liens” means:

(1) Liens relating to bank deposits or to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(2) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty or that are being contrasted in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor;

(3) Liens created for the benefit of or to secure the Notes or any Note Guarantee the Convertible PIK Notes, the Convertible PIK Notes Guarantees or any other Capital Markets Debt; and

(4) Liens granted to the Trustee or other agent for its compensation and indemnities pursuant to this Indenture or any Security Document (or to any trustee or other agent in respect of other Capital Markets Debt pursuant to any indenture or security document relating thereto).

Legal Defeasance” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge).

Legend” means the legend initially set forth on the Notes in the form set forth in Section 2.6(e) (Legends) hereof.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.

Luxembourg Guarantors” means, collectively, Lion/Rally Lux 1 S.A., Lion/Rally Lux 2 S.à r.l. and Lion/Rally Lux 3 S.à r.l.

Luxembourg On-Loans” means the aggregate of all amounts borrowed under this Indenture, which have been on-lent to the relevant Luxembourg Guarantor and/or its direct and indirect subsidiaries and which remains due and payable or have not been repaid by such Luxembourg Guarantor and/or its Subsidiaries.

Maturity Date” means April 30, 2018.

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

Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:

(1) any gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such gain or loss, realized in connection with: (a) any Asset Sale by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its

 

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Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

(2) any extraordinary gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain or loss.

Net Proceeds” means (1) the aggregate cash proceeds and (2) the Fair Market Value of any non-cash consideration, in each case received by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale, as and when the same is received), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and disposition of non-cash consideration, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale and disposition of non-cash consideration, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.

Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness:

(1) as to which neither the Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender; provided, however, that the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary may be pledged or otherwise subject to security arrangements to secure Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity.

Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 (Form and Dating).

Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

Offering Memorandum and Disclosure Statement” means the Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization dated March 8, 2013, relating to the Notes, as amended and supplemented.

Office” means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any time its business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 800 Nicollet Mall,

 

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55402, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Issuer).

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, any managing director or director, any supervisory or managing board member, chairman, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, chief accounting officer, any president, vice president, treasurer or secretary or person in any equivalent position.

Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by any two Officers.

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and/or the Security Agent (as applicable), which meets the requirements of Section 12.3 (Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion) hereof and any other relevant provisions of this Indenture. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Parent, any Subsidiary of the Parent, the Trustee or the Security Agent.

Participant” means a Person who has an account with DTC.

Paying Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 (Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent).

Payor” shall mean the Issuer, a Guarantor or a successor of any thereof.

Permitted Business” means (i) the production and bottling of vodka and other alcoholic beverages and sales thereof; (ii) the importing, exporting, transportation, distribution and sale of beverages (including alcoholic beverages), cigars and cigarettes and other consumer goods; (iii) any other business in which the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is engaged in on the Effective Date; and (iv) any activity or business that is a reasonable extension or expansion of, or reasonably related to, the businesses described in the preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii).

Permitted Collateral Liens” means:

(1) Liens securing (i) the Notes, (ii) the Guarantees of the Notes and the Proceeds Loan and (ii) the Convertible PIK Notes (including any additional Convertible PIK Notes issued as pay-in-kind interest on the Convertible PIK Notes) and the Convertible PIK Note Guarantees;

(2) Liens securing Indebtedness under Credit Facilities permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (1)(x) of Section 4.3(b) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock), provided, that, with respect to any such Indebtedness which is secured by inventory or receivables, the book value (including VAT) of such receivables and inventory shall not exceed 150% of the principal amount of any such Indebtedness and Hedging Obligations related thereto permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (9) of Section 4.3(b) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock);

 

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(3) Liens existing on the Issue Date, including any Liens with respect to Existing Notes and Existing Guarantees which are in the process of being released;

(4) any extension, renewal or replacement, in whole or in part, of any Lien described in the foregoing clauses (1) through (3) and clause below; provided that any such extension, renewal or replacement will be no more restrictive in any material respect than the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced and will not extend in any material respect to any additional property or assets;

(5) Liens described in clauses (4), (5), (6), (9), (10), (11), (14), (23), (24), (27) and (28) of the definition of Permitted Liens; and

(6) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness that has been secured by a Permitted Collateral Lien, provided that (i) any such Lien will not extend to or cover any assets not securing the Indebtedness so refinanced; and (ii) the Indebtedness so refinanced will have been permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock).

Permitted Investments” means:

 

  (1) any Investment in the Parent or in a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (2) any Investment in cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

  (3) any Investment in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:

(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent; or

(b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from: (a) an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.12 (Asset Sales); or (b) any other disposition of property or assets or the issuance or sale of Equity Interests not constituting an Asset Sale;

(5) any Investment to the extent made in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent;

(6) any Investments received in compromise, satisfaction or resolution of: (a) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any Person; or (b) judgments, Liens or security interests, litigation, arbitration or other disputes or pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon bankruptcy or insolvency of any Persons who are not Affiliates;

 

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(7) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations;

(8) loans or advances to employees of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2.5 million at any one time outstanding;

(9) Investments in the Notes and the Guarantees;

(10) Investments existing on the Effective Date (including Investments pursuant to a contractual commitment in existence on the Effective Date) and any amendment, modification, restatement, supplement, extension, renewal, refunding, replacement or refinancing, in whole or in part, thereof;

(11) any Investment to the extent such Investment consists of prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers’ compensation, performance and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(12) any Investment held by a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such Investment was not acquired in contemplation of the acquisition of such Person (or in respect of which a binding commitment to make such Investment exists on the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) and any extension, modification or renewal of such Investment or commitment; and

(13) any other Investment which, when taken together with all other Investments pursuant to this clause (13) and then outstanding, will not exceed the greater of (i) 3.0% of the total assets of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (ii) $90 million (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).

Permitted Liens” means:

(1) Liens on Inventory, accounts receivable, bank accounts, plant, property and equipment, in each case not constituting Collateral and securing Indebtedness incurred under Credit Facilities permitted under clause (i) of Section 4.3(b) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock);

(2) Liens in favor of the Parent or the Guarantors;

(3) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (13) of Section 4.3(b) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock);

(4) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged, consolidated, amalgamated or otherwise combined with or into the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination, were not incurred in contemplation of such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination, and do not extend to any assets other than

 

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those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, and any modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that to the extent such Lien is modified, replaced, renewed, extended or refinanced in connection with any refinancing of the obligations secured by such Liens (if such obligations constitute Indebtedness) the Indebtedness being refinanced is permitted under Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) and the Liens so modified, replaced, renewed, extended or refinanced shall not extend in any material respect to any additional property or assets;

(5) Liens on property (including Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition of the property (or in the case of an acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent, Liens on property (including Capital Stock) owned by such Person existing at the time of acquisition of such Person’s Capital Stock) by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to, and not incurred in contemplation of, such acquisition, and any modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that to the extent such Lien is modified, replaced, renewed, extended or refinanced in connection any refinancing of the obligations secured by such Liens (if such obligations constitute Indebtedness), the Indebtedness being refinanced is permitted under Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) and the Liens so modified, replaced, renewed, extended or refinanced shall not extend in any material respect to any additional property or assets;

(6) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(7) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (iv) of Section 4.3(b) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) covering only the assets acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness;

(8) Liens existing on the Effective Date (other than any Liens securing the RTL Credit Facility), and any modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that to the extent such Lien is modified, replaced, renewed, extended or refinanced in connection with any refinancing of the obligations secured by such Liens (if such obligations constitute Indebtedness), the Indebtedness being refinanced is permitted under Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) and the Liens so modified, replaced, renewed, extended or refinanced shall not extend in any material respect to any additional property or assets;

(9) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings instituted within a reasonable period of time and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;

 

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(10) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlord’s and mechanics’ Liens or other similar Liens, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(11) survey exceptions, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other similar restrictions as to the use of real property that were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and that do not in the aggregate materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

(12) Permitted Collateral Liens and liens to secure the Intercompany Loans and the RAG On-Loans;

(13) Liens securing Hedging Obligations permitted to be incurred by clause (ix) of Section 4.3(b) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock);

(14) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;

(15) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

(16) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;

(17) Liens on assets of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent that is not a Guarantor to secure Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary that is otherwise permitted under this Indenture;

(18) leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(19) banker’s Liens, rights of setoff and similar Liens with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents on deposit in one or more bank accounts in the ordinary course of business;

(20) Liens arising from U.S. Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings (or similar filings in other applicable jurisdictions) regarding operating leases entered into by the Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(21) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness that was previously so secured; provided that any such Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets that secured (or under the agreements pursuant to which such Lien arose, could have secured) the Indebtedness being refinanced (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions thereof);

(22) Liens on the funds or securities deposited for the purpose of defeasing or redeeming any Indebtedness on or prior to its maturity date, to the extent such defeasance or redemption is permitted under this Indenture;

(23) Liens incurred or deposits made in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, other types of social security and other types of related statutory obligations;

(24) rights of set-off under contracts that do not relate to Indebtedness for borrowed money;

(25) Liens in favor of customs or revenue authorities to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;

(26) Liens resulting from escrow arrangements unrelated to Indebtedness for borrowed money entered into in connection with a disposition of assets and from escrow arrangements in relation to the Lion Payment;

(27) any retention of title reserved by any seller of goods or any Lien imposed, reserved or granted over goods supplied by such seller;

(28) Liens arising out of or in connection with pre-judgment legal process or a judgment or a judicial award relating to security for costs;

(29) Liens on and pledges of Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary securing any Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(30) Liens on the assets or property of a Restricted Subsidiary to secure Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary owing to and held by the Parent, any other Guarantor or the Issuer;

(31) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to obligations that do not exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding; and

(32) Liens on assets or property of the Copecresto Subsidiaries (other than Parliament Distribution or any other Copecresto Subsidiary that owns the “Parliament” trademark) securing Indebtedness consisting of local lines of credit or working capital facilities.

 

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Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge (“refinance”) other Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness save that the Intercompany Loans may be refunded or refinanced in connection with any permitted refinancing of the Notes or Convertible PIK Notes)); provided that:

(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith);

(2) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Guarantees, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes or the Guarantees on terms not materially less favorable to the Holders of Notes or the Guarantees as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged;

(3) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Parent or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is a borrower on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and

(4) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness issued to refinance the Convertible PIK Notes shall (i) accrue interest (whether in cash, payment-in-kind or otherwise) at a rate no greater than interest rate payable on the Convertible PIK Notes and (ii) not be redeemable while any Notes remain outstanding.

Person” means any individual, corporation, company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.

Plan of Reorganization” means the prepackaged plan of reorganization of the Parent, the Issuer and CEDC Finance Corporation LLC, as confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on May 13, 2013.

Polish Collateral” means (i) financial and registered pledges of shares in Polish Guarantors; (ii) financial and registered pledges of rights under Specified Bank Accounts of the Polish Guarantors; (iii) mortgages over certain real property and fixtures of CEDC International Sp. z o.o.; (iv) security over certain intellectual property rights owned or used by CEDC International Sp. z o.o. (related to the Bols, Żubrówka and Soplica brand[s] and registered in Poland and the European Union); and (v) subject to Section 11.14 any other Collateral established or granted in connection with this Indenture, securing the Notes, the Parallel Obligations and the Guarantees, governed in principle by Polish law (as determined in good faith by the Parent) and subject to any increase, amendment, modification, restatement, supplementation or replacement from time to time.

 

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Polish Guarantors” means CEDC International Sp. z o.o, and PWW Sp. z o.o.

Polish Security Agent” means Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (or, if applicable, such other person as may from time to time hold the whole or any part of the security granted with respect to the Polish Collateral under the Security Documents) as Polish Security Agent under the Security Documents.

Proceeds Loan” means the loan between Jelegat Holdings Limited, as borrower, and the Issuer, as lender, made out of the proceeds of the issuance of the Existing Notes, as such loan may be amended on the Issue Date to reflect the issuance of the Notes and the Convertible PIK Notes and the cancellation of Existing Notes.

RAG Guarantors” means the Russian Guarantors, the Luxembourg Guarantors, and Pasalba Limited.

RAG Intercompany Borrowers” means the borrowers under the RAG On-Loans.

RAG On-Loans” means the loans between the Russian Alcohol Guarantors, as borrowers, and Jelegat Holdings Limited, as lender, made out of the proceeds of an Intercompany Loan.

RAG Security Documents” means each of the documents entered into by the RAG Intercompany Borrowers creating or evidencing a Lien on property or assets of each of the RAG Intercompany Borrowers for the benefit of Jelegat Holdings Limited and any related intercreditor agreement, in each case as amended, modified, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

RAG Transaction Documents” means the RAG On-Loans and the RAG Security Documents.

Record Date” means the Record Dates specified in the Notes.

Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture and Paragraph 7 (Optional Redemption) of any such Note.

Redemption Price” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture and Paragraph 7 (Optional Redemption) of any such Note.

Registrar” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 (Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent).

Related Party” means (i) the spouse or immediate family member of Roustim Tariko, or any direct descendent of Roustim Tariko, his spouse or any of their immediate family

 

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members; (ii) the estate, executors, administrators or similar Persons for any Person specified in clause (i) of this definition; or (iii) any Person controlled by or any trust for the benefit of, any Person specified in clauses (i) or (ii) including Roust Trading Ltd, or any Affiliate of Roustam Tariko or any Person specified in (i) and (ii).

“Reporting Covenant Reversion Date” means 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on October 15, 2013.

Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Restructuring Transactions” means the Restructuring Transactions described in the Offering Memorandum and Disclosure Statement.

RTL Credit Facility” means the $50 million secured credit facility provided by Roust Trading Limited to the Parent pursuant to the facility agreement dated 1 March 2013.

Russian Alcohol Finance Limited” means a Cyprus corporation currently named Jelegat Holdings Limited.

Russian Alcohol Guarantors” means Bravo Premium LLC, JSC Distillery Topaz, JSC “Russian Alcohol Group”, Limited Liability Company “The Trading House Russian Alcohol”, Sibirsky LVZ, OOO First Tula Distillery and Mid-Russian Distilleries.

Russian Guarantors” means, collectively, OOO Glavspirttirest and the Russian Alcohol Guarantors.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group.

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act.

Secured Parties” means the Trustee, the Agents and the Holders.

Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.

Security Agent” means TMF Trustee Limited (or, if applicable, such other person as may from time to time hold the whole or any part of the security granted under the Security Documents with respect to the Collateral (other than the Polish Collateral)) as Security Agent under the Security Documents.

Security Documents” means each of the documents entered into by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries creating or evidencing a Lien on property or assets of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary for the benefit of the Holders and the Trustee and any intercreditor agreement, in each case as amended, modified, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time, including the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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Senior Secured Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, the principal amount of any Indebtedness for borrowed money that is secured by a Lien.

Share Capital” means:

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Share Capital, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Share Capital.

Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof.

Specified Bank Account” means any bank account of the relevant Guarantor or the Issuer having at least $10.0 million (or, if in a currency other than U.S. dollars, the U.S. dollar equivalent thereof) in deposits, measured as of the Effective Date, and thereafter as of the last day of each fiscal quarter after the Effective Date.

Specified Intellectual Property Rights” means any material intellectual property rights relating to the brands owned or used by the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time, as determined by the directors of the Parent acting in good faith.

Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled and required to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of the Effective Date, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

Steb Credit Facility” means the facility agreement between Jelegat Holdings Limited and Steb Holdings Ltd., dated June 5, 2013, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

Subordinated Shareholder Funding” means collectively, any funds provided to the Parent by (or any other debt obligations of the Issuer for borrowed money owed to), any Affiliate of the Parent, in exchange for or pursuant to any security, instrument or agreement other than Capital Stock, together with any such security or instrument or agreement and any other

 

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security or instrument other than Capital Stock issued in payment of any obligation under any Subordinated Shareholder Funding, provided that such Subordinated Shareholder Funding:

(a) does not (including upon the happening of any event) mature or require any amortization or other payment of principal prior to the first anniversary of the maturity of the Notes (other than through conversion or exchange of any such security or instrument for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent or for any other security or instrument meeting the requirements of the definition);

(b) does not (including upon the happening of any event) require the payment of cash interest prior to the first anniversary of the maturity of the Notes;

(c) does not (including upon the happening of any event) provide for the acceleration of its maturity nor confers on its shareholders any right (including upon the happening of any event) to declare a default or event of default or take any enforcement action, in each case prior to the first anniversary of the maturity of the Notes;

(d) is not secured by a Lien on any assets of the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary and is not guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Parent;

(e) is subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Notes in the event of any Default, bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation, winding up or other disposition of assets of the Issuer and other restrictions, on payment and enforcement;

(f) does not (including upon the happening of any event) restrict the payment of amounts due in respect of the Notes or compliance by the Issuer with its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture;

(g) does not (including upon the happening of an event) constitute Voting Stock; and

(h) is not (including upon the happening of any event) mandatorily convertible or exchangeable, or convertible or exchangeable at this option of the holder thereof), in whole or in part, prior to the date on which the Notes mature, other than into or for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

 

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(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person; or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).

Subsidiary Guarantor” means any Guarantor other than the Parent.

Tax” or “Taxes” means any tax, contribution, special contribution or defense, impost, withholding, levy or charge in the nature of tax in any jurisdiction together with any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not.

Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

Trust Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the trust and agency department of the Trustee, including any director, associate director or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Parent that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Parent as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.25 (Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries) pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:

(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;

(2) except as permitted by Section 4.13 (Limitation of Transactions with Affiliates), is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Parent;

(3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests; or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and

(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

 

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Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying: (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness; by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” of any specified Person means a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary) will at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person.

Section 1.2 Other Definitions.

 

Term

   Section  

Agreed Jurisdictions

     11.13   

Amendment

     4.24   

Authenticating Agent

     2.2   

Authorized Agent

     12.7   

Default Interest Payment Date

     2.12   

Defeasance Trust

     8.4   

Term

   Section  

Defeasor

     8.1   

Event of Default

     6.1   

Guarantees

     10.1   

incur

     4.3   

Judgment Currency

     12.10   

Legal Defeasance

     8.2   

Losses

     11.6   

Obligations

     10.1   

Parallel Obligations

     11.13   

Payment Default

     6.1   

Permitted Debt

     4.3   

Principal Obligations

     11.13   

Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction

    
 
Paragraph 2
of the Notes
  
  

Restricted Payments

     4.4   

Successor

     4.20   

Tax Jurisdiction

     4.17   

Transfer Agent

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Section 1.3 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time;

(c) “or” is not exclusive;

(d) “including” or “include” means including or include without limitation;

(e) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular;

(f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

(g) unsecured or unguaranteed Debt shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to secured or guaranteed Debt merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured or unguaranteed Debt; and

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

Section 1.4 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Commission” means the SEC.

(b) “indenture securities” means the Notes.

(c) “indenture security holder” means a Holder.

(d) “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

(e) “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

(f) “obligor” on the indenture securities means the Issuer, Parent and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

 

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ARTICLE II

THE NOTES

Section 2.1 Form and Dating. The Notes and the notation relating to the Trustee’s (or Authenticating Agent’s) certificate of authentication thereof, shall be substantially in the form contained in Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or usage. The Issuer and the Trustee shall approve the form of the Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement on them not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes, annexed hereto as Exhibits, shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Issuer, each Guarantor, the Trustee, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent, the Paying Agent, each other Paying Agent, the Registrar and the Transfer Agent, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. The Notes will initially be represented by the Global Notes.

As long as the Notes are in global form, the Paying Agent shall be responsible for:

(i) effecting payments due on the Global Notes (following receipt of payment thereof from the Issuer); and

(ii) arranging on behalf of and at the expense of the Issuer for notices to be communicated to Holders in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

Each reference in this Indenture to the performance of duties set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above by the Trustee includes performance of such duties by the Paying Agent.

The Notes shall be initially issued as one or more global notes, in registered global form without interest coupons (the “Global Notes”), substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, with such applicable legends and other text as are provided in Exhibit A hereto, except as otherwise permitted herein. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Registrar (following receipt by the Registrar of all information required hereunder), as hereinafter provided (or by the issue of a further Global Note), in consequence of the issue of Definitive Notes or additional Notes, as hereinafter provided. The Global Notes and Definitive Notes shall collectively be referred to herein as the “Notes.

Section 2.2 Execution and Authentication. An Officer (whom shall have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate actions) shall sign the Notes for the Issuer by manual or facsimile signature.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note was an Officer at the time of such execution but no longer holds that office or position at the time the Trustee (or the Authenticating Agent) authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on such signature as authentic and shall be under no obligation to make any investigation in relation thereto.

 

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A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee, or, as the case may be, an Authenticating Agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

Except as otherwise provided herein, the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be outstanding at any time under this Indenture is not limited in amount. The Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate such Notes which shall consist of (i) Original Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $465,000,000 and (ii) Additional Notes from time to time for issuance after the Issue Date to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder (including, without limitation, under Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) hereof), in each case upon receipt by the Trustee and the Authenticating Agent of an Issuer Order in the form of an Officer’s Certificate. Additional Notes will be treated as the same series of Notes as the Original Notes for all purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation, for purposes of waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Such Issuer Order shall specify the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be authenticated, the series and type of Notes, the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated, the issue price and the date from which interest on such Notes shall accrue, whether the Notes are to be Original Notes or Additional Notes, and in the case of Additional Notes, that the issuance of such Notes does not contravene any provision of this Indenture, whether the Notes are to be issued as Definitive Notes or Global Notes and whether or not the Notes shall bear the Legend, or such other information as the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent may reasonably request. In addition, such Issuer Order shall include (a) a statement that the Persons signing the Issuer Order have (i) read and understood the provisions of this Indenture relevant to the statements in the Issuer Order and (ii) made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable them to make such statements, (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation on which the statements set forth in the Issuer Order are based and (c) that based upon (a) and (b) all conditions precedent relating to the Issuer Order have been complied with in accordance with Sections 12.2 (Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent) and 12.3 (Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion) hereof. In authenticating the Notes and accepting the responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to the Notes, the Trustee and the Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Authenticating Agent stating that the form and terms thereof have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, do not give rise to a Default and that the issuance of such Notes has been duly authorized by the Issuer and constitute a legal valid binding obligation of the Issuer. Upon receipt of an Issuer Order, the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate Notes in substitution of Notes originally issued to reflect any name change of the Issuer.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent (“Authenticating Agent”) reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate Notes. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment, an Authenticating Agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such

 

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Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Issuer and Affiliates of the Issuer. The Trustee hereby appoints the Registrar as Authenticating Agent for the Notes. The Registrar accepts such appointment and the Issuer hereby confirms that it is acceptable for the purpose of this Section 2.2.

The Notes shall be issuable only in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof.

Section 2.3 Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent. The Issuer shall maintain one or more paying agents (each, a “Paying Agent”) for the Notes in the City of New York (the “Paying Agent”). Also, if for so long as the Notes are listed on the Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange and its rules so require, then the Issuer shall maintain a paying agent in Dublin. At the offices of such Paying Agents, notices and demands in respect of such Notes and this Indenture may be served. In the event that Definitive Notes are issued, (x) the Definitive Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange, (y) the Definitive Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment and (z) notices and demands in respect of the Definitive Notes and this Indenture may be served at an office of any of the Registrars or the Paying Agent, as applicable, in the City of New York. The Issuer initially appoints Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Paying Agent. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas hereby accepts that appointment.

The Issuer shall maintain a registrar (the “Registrar”) with offices in the City of New York and a transfer agent in the City of New York (the “Transfer Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Registrar shall provide the Issuer a current copy of such register from time to time upon request of the Issuer. The Issuer, upon notice to the Trustee, may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional Paying Agents reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The Issuer initially appoints Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Registrar in the City of New York. The Registrar and the Transfer Agent in New York will maintain a register reflecting ownership of Definitive Notes outstanding from time to time and will make payments on and facilitate transfer of Definitive Notes on the behalf of the Issuer.

Upon notice to the Trustee, the Issuer may change the Paying Agent, the Registrar or the Transfer Agent without prior notice to the Holders. The Issuer, any Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar for the Notes.

The Issuer initially appoints DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas will act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

Claims against the Issuer for payment of principal and interest on the Notes will become void unless presentment for payment is made (where so required herein) within, in the case of principal, a period of ten years or, in the case of interest, a period of five years, in each case from the applicable original date of payment therefor.

 

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The Agents shall act solely as agents of the Issuer and shall have no fiduciary or other obligation towards, or have any relationship of trust or agency, for or with any person other than the Issuer.

The obligations of the Agents are several and not joint or joint and several. The Agents shall only be obliged to perform the duties set out in this Indenture and shall have no implied duties.

Section 2.4 Paying Agent to Hold Assets. Each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee or Affiliate of the Trustee or any successor to the Trustee or Agents named herein) shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all assets held by such Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes, and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any Default by the Issuer or any Guarantor in making any such payment. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and account for any assets disbursed and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any Payment Default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and to account for any assets distributed. Upon distribution to the Trustee of all assets that shall have been delivered by the Issuer to such Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 2.4, such Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such assets. If the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the assets held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders.

Section 2.5 List of Holders. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, or to the extent otherwise required under the TIA, the Issuer, on its own behalf, shall furnish or cause the Registrar to furnish to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders and the Issuer shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).

Section 2.6 Transfer and Exchange. (a) The Global Notes initially shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for credit to an account of an Agent Member, (ii) be delivered to the Registrar as Custodian for the Depositary and (iii) bear the legends as set forth in Section 2.6(h) (Legends).

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.

(i) The Global Notes cannot be transferred to any Person other than to another nominee of the Depositary, or to its successor Clearing System or its nominee approved by the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee.

(ii) All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Issuer for Definitive Notes (A) if the Depositary notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to act as a Clearing System in respect of such Notes and a successor Clearing System is not appointed by the Issuer within 120 days; or (B) if the owner of a Book Entry Interest requires such exchange in writing delivered through the Depositary following an Event of Default for

 

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which the Trustee is taking action under Article VI (Default and Remedies). Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events, Definitive Notes shall be issued in the name or names and issued in any approved denominations, as the Depositary shall instruct the Issuer based on the instructions received by the Depositary from the holders of Book Entry Interests.

(iii) Global Notes may also be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Section 2.7 (Replacement Notes) and Section 2.10 (Temporary Notes). Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to Section 2.7 (Replacement Notes) or Section 2.10 (Temporary Notes) hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note, other than as provided in this Section 2.6(b) (Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes).

(c) General Provisions Applicable to Transfers and Exchanges of the Notes. Transfers of Book Entry Interests in the Global Notes (other than transfers of Book Entry Interests in connection with which the transferor takes delivery thereof in the form of a Book Entry Interest in the same Global Note) shall require compliance with this Section 2.6(c), as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs of this Section 2.6, as applicable.

In connection with all transfers and exchanges of Book Entry Interests (other than transfers of Book Entry Interests in connection with which the transferor takes delivery thereof in the form of a Book Entry Interest in the same Global Note), the Paying Agent must receive: (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary, to debit from the transferor a Book Entry Interest in an amount equal to the Book Entry Interest to be transferred or exchanged; (ii) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary, as applicable, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary, as applicable, to credit or cause to be credited a Book Entry Interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the Book Entry Interest to be transferred or exchanged; and (iii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase.

In connection with a transfer or exchange of a Book Entry Interest for a Definitive Note, the Paying Agent or the Registrar must receive: (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary, as applicable, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary, as applicable, to debit from the transferor a Book Entry Interest in an amount equal to the Book Entry Interest to be transferred or exchanged; (ii) a written order from a Participant directing the Registrar to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the Book Entry Interest to be transferred or exchanged; and (iii) instructions containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to above.

In connection with any transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes, the Holder of such Notes shall present or surrender to the applicable Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, in

 

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connection with a transfer or exchange of a Definitive Note for a Book Entry Interest, the Paying Agent must receive a written order directing the Depositary, as applicable, to credit the account of the transferee in an amount equal to the Book Entry Interest to be transferred or exchanged.

Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of Book Entry Interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture, the Paying Agent or Registrar, as specified in this Section 2.6, shall endorse the relevant Global Note(s) with any increase or decrease and instruct the Depositary, as applicable, to reflect such increase or decrease in its systems.

(d) Transfer of Definitive Notes. Any Holder of an Definitive Note may transfer such Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of Definitive Notes if the transfer complies with Section 2.6(c) (General Provisions Applicable to Transfers and Exchanges of the Notes).

(e) Legends.

(i) The following legend shall appear on the face of all Notes issued under this Indenture, unless the Issuer determines otherwise in compliance with applicable law:

“THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE ISSUER, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY PAYING AGENT WITH THE APPLICABLE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CERTIFICATIONS (GENERALLY, AN INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM W-9 (OR SUCCESSOR APPLICABLE FORM) IN THE CASE OF A PERSON THAT IS A “UNITED STATES PERSON” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7701(A)(30) OF THE CODE OR AN APPLICABLE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM W-8 (OR SUCCESSOR APPLICABLE FORM) IN THE CASE OF A PERSON THAT IS NOT A “UNITED STATES PERSON” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7701(A)(30) OF THE CODE) MAY RESULT IN U.S. FEDERAL WITHHOLDING TAX OR U.S. FEDERAL BACKUP WITHHOLDING FROM PAYMENTS TO THE HOLDER IN RESPECT OF THIS NOTE.”

(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (i) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.6(b) OF THE INDENTURE; AND (ii) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 2.6(b) AND 2.6(f) OF THE INDENTURE TO THE U.S. REGISTRAR FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE.”

 

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(f) Cancellation. At such time as all Book Entry Interests have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or all Global Notes have been redeemed or repurchased, the Global Notes shall be returned to the Registrar for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.11 (Cancellation) hereof.

(g) General Provisions Relating to Registration of Transfers and Exchanges. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Authentication Agent shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Issuer’s order in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2 (Execution and Authentication) hereof.

(i) No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any taxes, duties or governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such taxes, duties or governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10 (Temporary Notes), 4.12 (Asset Sales), 4.16 (Change of Control) and 9.3 (Notation on or Exchange of Notes) hereof).

(ii) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors, evidencing the same debt and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

(iii) The Issuer shall not be required to register the transfer of or, to exchange, Definitive Notes during (A) a period beginning at the opening of business 15 calendar days before any Redemption Date and ending at the close of business on the Redemption Date; (B) a period beginning at the opening of 15 calendar days immediately prior to the date fixed for selection of Notes to be redeemed in part, and ending at the close of business on the date on which such Notes are selected; or (C) which the Holder has tendered (and not withdrawn) for repurchase in connection with a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer.

As soon as practicable after delivering any Global Note or Definitive Note, the Registrar shall supply to the Trustee and the Agents all relevant details of the Notes delivered.

Section 2.7 Replacement Notes. If a mutilated Definitive Note is surrendered to a Registrar, if a mutilated Global Note is surrendered to the Issuer or if a Holder claims that a Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuer shall (at its own expense) issue and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate a replacement Note in such form as the Note being replaced if the requirements of the Trustee, the Registrar, the Issuer and the Guarantors are met. If required by the Trustee, the Registrar, the Issuer or the Guarantors, such Holder must provide an indemnity bond or other indemnity, sufficient in the judgment of the

 

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Issuer, the Guarantors, the Registrar and the Trustee, to protect the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Registrar and any Agent from any loss, fee, expense or liability which any of them may suffer when such Note is replaced and evidence to their reasonable satisfaction of apparent loss, destruction or theft of such Note may be required by the Issuer, the Trustee or any such Agent. The Issuer, the Trustee and the Registrar may charge such Holder of the Notes for their out-of-pocket expenses in replacing a Note, including properly incurred fees and expenses of counsel and any applicable Taxes thereon. Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Issuer. If any mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer may, in its sole discretion, instead of issuing a replacement Note, pay such Note. If after delivery of any such new Note, a bona fide purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such new Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer, the Trustee or any Agent shall be entitled to recover such new Note from the person to whom it was delivered or any transferee thereof, except a bona fide purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon any security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Issuer, the Trustee or any Agent in connection therewith. The provisions of this Section 2.7 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, destroyed, lost, stolen or taken Notes.

Section 2.8 Outstanding Notes. Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes that have been authenticated by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent except those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the Global Note effected in accordance with the provisions hereof and those described in this Section 2.8 as not outstanding. Subject to Section 2.9 (Acts by Holders), a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or any of its Affiliates holds the Note.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7 (Replacement Notes) (other than a mutilated Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it, and upon which it shall be entitled to rely without liability, that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.7 (Replacement Notes).

If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.1 (Payment of Notes) hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

If on a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date the Paying Agents hold cash in U.S. dollars sufficient to pay all of the principal and interest due on the Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date, such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on such Notes cease to accrue.

Section 2.9 Acts by Holders. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, the Notes owned by the Issuer, any Guarantor or by any Affiliate of the Parent, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Trust Officer knows (as provided in Section 7.2 (Rights of Trustee and Agents)) are so owned shall be disregarded.

 

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The Issuer shall notify the Trustee, in writing, when the Issuer, the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent repurchases or otherwise acquires Notes of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes so repurchased or otherwise acquired. The Trustee may require an Officers’ Certificate, which shall be promptly provided, listing Notes owned by the Issuer, the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent.

Section 2.10 Temporary Notes. In the event that Definitive Notes become issuable under this Indenture, until permanent Definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee or the relevant Authenticating Agent shall authenticate temporary Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Issuer Order pursuant to Section 2.2 (Execution and Authentication). The Issuer Order shall specify the amount of temporary Definitive Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the temporary Definitive Notes are to be authenticated. Temporary Definitive Notes shall be substantially in the form of permanent Definitive Notes but may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Definitive Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Trustee or the relevant Authenticating Agent shall authenticate, upon receipt of an Issuer Order pursuant to Section 2.2 (Execution and Authentication), permanent Definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Definitive Notes.

Section 2.11 Cancellation. The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee or the Paying Agent for cancellation. The Registrar or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee or the Paying Agent, and no one else, shall cancel and, at the written direction of the Issuer, shall dispose of (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation, in accordance with its current standards; provided, that the Issuer shall not require the Trustee or the Paying Agent to destroy cancelled Notes. Upon completion of any disposal, the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as applicable, shall (at the Issuer’s expense) upon written request deliver a certificate of such disposal to the Issuer, unless the Issuer directs the Trustee or Paying Agent, as applicable, in writing to deliver (at the Issuer’s expense) the cancelled Notes to the Issuer. Subject to Section 2.6 (Transfer and Exchange), the Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. If the Issuer shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are surrendered to the Registrar or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.11.

Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest. If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on the defaulted interest at the rate specified in paragraph (b) of Section 4.1 (Payment of Notes), to the Holder thereof on a subsequent special record date, which date shall be the fifteenth day next preceding the date fixed by the Issuer for the payment of defaulted interest (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day). The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee and Paying Agents in writing of the amount of defaulted

 

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interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (a “Default Interest Payment Date”), and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agents an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee or the Paying Agents for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as in this Section 2.12; provided, however, that in no event shall the Issuer deposit monies proposed to be paid in respect of defaulted interest later than 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day prior to the proposed Default Interest Payment Date with respect to defaulted interest to be paid on the Note. At least 15 days before the subsequent special record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Holder at its registered address, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice that states the subsequent special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest, and interest payable on such defaulted interest, if any, to be paid.

Section 2.13 CUSIPs, ISINs and Common Codes. The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use a “CUSIP”, an “ISIN” or “Common Code”, and if so, they shall be used in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made by the Trustee, any of the Agents or the Issuer as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP, ISIN and/or Common Code printed in the notice or on the Notes, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in any CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code.

Section 2.14 Deposit of Moneys. Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding each interest payment date, Maturity Date or any other payment date, the Issuer shall have deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent in immediately available funds, U.S. dollars, without deduction and sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such interest payment date, Maturity Date or any other payment date, as the case may be, on all Notes then outstanding. Subject to actual receipt of the full amount of such funds as provided by this Section 2.14 by the designated Paying Agent, such Paying Agent shall make payments on the Notes in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. The Issuer shall no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day prior to the day on which the Paying Agent is to receive payment, procure that the bank effecting payment for it confirms via fax message to the Paying Agent the payment instructions relating to such payment. A Paying Agent shall not be obliged to pay the Holders of the Notes (or make any other payment) unless and until such time as it has confirmed receipt of funds from the Issuer sufficient to make the relevant payment. Without prejudice to the above, if a Paying Agent makes any payment prior to the receipt of funds, the Issuer shall reimburse such Paying Agent, plus any interest. The relevant Paying Agent shall pay the Issuer any excess cash remaining on deposit after all payments have been made with respect to a given interest payment date or Maturity Date.

Section 2.15 Certain Matters Relating to Global Notes. Members of, or direct or indirect participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture or any Global Note with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Notes, and the Depositary may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner

 

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of the Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary, as between the Depositary, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of any Holder.

The Holder of an interest in any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including DTC and its Agent Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder of such interest in a Global Note is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION

Section 3.1 Redemption. The Notes may be redeemed, as a whole or from time to time in part, upon the terms and at the Redemption Prices set forth in each of the Notes. Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of this Article III.

Section 3.2 Notices to Trustee. If the Issuer elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Paragraph 7 (Optional Redemption) of such Notes, it shall notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent in writing of the Redemption Date and the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date (or such shorter period as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall determine). The Issuer shall give notice of redemption as required under the relevant paragraph of the Notes pursuant to which such Notes are being redeemed.

Section 3.3 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed. If fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee or the Registrar (as applicable) shall select Notes for redemption on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion will deem to be fair and appropriate, and as required by law or mandatory requirements, rules or regulations of the relevant Clearing Systems; provided, however, that no Notes of $2,000 in aggregate principal amount or less shall be redeemed in part, provided further, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the principal amount of a Note not redeemed to less than $1.00. Neither the Trustee nor the applicable Registrar (as applicable) shall be liable for selections made by it pursuant to this Section 3.3.

Section 3.4 Notice of Redemption. If the Notes, or any portion thereof, are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange, the Issuer shall provide notice of any redemption to the Irish Stock Exchange and confirm the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, if any, that will remain outstanding following such redemption. At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date so long as the Notes are in global form, the Issuer (a) shall notify the Trustee and Paying Agents at least five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as allowed by the Trustee and Paying Agent) before notice of redemption is required to be mailed or caused to be mailed to Holders pursuant to this Section 3.4 but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date and (b) shall notify the Holders in accordance with Section 12.1(b) (Notices). At the

 

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Issuer’s request made at least 35 days before the Redemption Date (or such shorter period as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall determine), the Paying Agent shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuer’s name and at the Issuer’s expense; provided, however, that the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee (in advance) an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth in full the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the following items.

Each notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

(a) the Redemption Date and the record date;

(b) the Redemption Prices and the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to be paid (subject to the right of holders of record of Definitive Notes on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date);

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

(d) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to a Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any;

(e) that, unless the Issuer defaults in making the redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the holders of such Notes is to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Notes redeemed;

(f) (i) if any Global Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, on and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the portion called for redemption, and upon surrender of such Global Note, the Global Note with a notation on Schedule A thereof adjusting the principal amount thereof to be equal to the unredeemed portion, will be returned and (ii) if any Definitive Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed, and that, after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Definitive Note, a new Definitive Note or Notes in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the holder thereof, upon cancellation of the original Note;

(g) if fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the identification of the particular Notes (or portion thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be outstanding after such partial redemption;

(h) the paragraph of the terms of the Notes pursuant to which the Notes are being redeemed; and

(i) the CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code number, and that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes being redeemed.

 

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Section 3.5 Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is given in accordance with Section 3.4 (Notice of Redemption), Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. Upon surrender to the applicable Registrar or Paying Agent, such Notes called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price (which shall include accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the Redemption Date) but (in the case of Definitive Notes) installments of interest, the maturity of which is on or prior to the Redemption Date, shall be payable to holders of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates.

Section 3.6 Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent cash in U.S. dollars sufficient to pay the Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Issuer any cash in U.S. dollars so deposited which is not required for that purpose upon the written request of the Issuer.

If the Issuer complies with the preceding paragraph, then, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, then interest on the Notes or portions of Notes to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the applicable Redemption Date, whether or not such Notes are presented for payment. With respect to Definitive Notes, if a Definitive Note is redeemed on or after an interest Record Date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest, shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such Record Date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Issuer to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the Redemption Date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.1 (Payment of Notes).

Section 3.7 Notes Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender and cancellation of a Definitive Note that is redeemed in part, the Issuer shall execute and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent shall authenticate for the Holder of the Notes (at the Issuer’s expense) a new Definitive Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Definitive Note surrendered and canceled, provided, however, that each such Definitive Note shall be in a principal amount at maturity of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof. Upon surrender of a Global Note that is redeemed in part, the relevant Paying Agent shall promptly forward such Global Note to the Trustee who shall make a notation on Schedule A thereof to reduce the principal amount of such Global Note to an amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Global Note surrendered, provided, however, that each such Global Note shall be in a principal amount at maturity of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof.

 

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Section 3.8 Mandatory Redemption. Except as set forth in Section 3.8(a), the Issuer is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

(a) Within 30 days of the receipt by the Parent, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale, the Issuer shall give notice of redemption of a principal amount of the Notes equal to the Net Proceeds from the Asset Sale, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed to the applicable redemption date. The redemption notice shall provide for redemption upon not less than 30 and not more than 60 days from the date the redemption notice is given.

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS

Section 4.1 Payment of Notes. (a) The Issuer shall pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in the manner provided in such Notes and this Indenture. An installment of principal of or interest on the Notes shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day immediately preceding each interest payment date, the Maturity Date or other payment date money deposited by the Issuer in immediately available, freely transferable, cleared funds and designated for, and sufficient to pay the installment in full and is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

(b) The Issuer shall pay, to the extent such payments are lawful, interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the rate then borne by the Notes plus 1.0% per annum. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

Section 4.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency (which office may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-Registrar) required under Section 2.3 (Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section 12.1(a) (Notices). The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in New York, New York for such purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. The Issuer hereby initially designates the office of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as its office or agency at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York, 10005 as required under Section 2.3 (Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent) hereof.

 

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Section 4.3 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock. (a) The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur”), with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Parent shall not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that, any Guarantor (other than the Parent) may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) that is expressly subordinated to both the Notes and the Convertible PIK Notes if (i) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Parent’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which publicly available financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued, as the case may be, would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if such Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock or preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-fiscal quarter period and (ii) if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the Parent’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which publicly available financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such preferred stock is issued, as the case may be, would have been equal to or less than 4.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if such Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock or the preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-fiscal quarter period.

(b) Section 4.3(a) shall not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):

(i) the incurrence by any of the Parent’s Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness under or in the form of Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (i) not to exceed the greater of (x) the sum of (a) $100 million and (b) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness outstanding under any Credit Facilities in existence on March 8, 2013, and (y) the Borrowing Base of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; provided that the total Indebtedness incurred under this clause (i) by Restricted Subsidiaries that on the date of such incurrence are not Guarantors shall not exceed $50.0 million at any time;

(ii) Existing Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (i) and (iii) of this Section 4.3(b));

(iii) (A) the incurrence by the Issuer and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the Guarantees thereof to be issued on the Issue Date (for the avoidance of doubt, no Additional Notes may be issued in reliance on this clause (3)) and (B) the incurrence by the Issuer and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Convertible PIK Notes and the Convertible PIK Notes Guarantees to be issued on or about the Issue Date);

 

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(iv) the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation, lease, repair or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether through the direct ownership, lease or purchase of assets or the purchase or ownership of ordinary shares of any Person owning such assets (including any Indebtedness deemed to be incurred in connection with such purchase) in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (iv), not to exceed $25.0 million at any time outstanding;

(v) the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness between or among the Parent and a Restricted Subsidiary (provided that the Intercompany Loans may be refunded or refinanced to the extent required in connection with any permitted refinancing of the Notes or the Convertible PIK Notes)) that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred under Section 4.3(a) or clauses (ii), (iii), (v) or (vi);

(vi) Indebtedness of a Person incurred and outstanding on the date on which such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or is merged, consolidated, amalgamated or otherwise combined with, or all or substantially all of its assets are transferred to, the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness incurred in contemplation of, or in connection with, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary of or was otherwise acquired by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent); provided, however, that either (a) the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of such Indebtedness, when taken together with all other Indebtedness of the Parent and any Restricted Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to clause (a) of this proviso to clause (vi) and outstanding on the date of such incurrence, does not exceed $50.0 million or (b) on the date that such Person is acquired by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary or merged, consolidated, amalgamated or otherwise combined with the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the Parent would have been able to incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.3(a) after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (vi) or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio improves;

 

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(vii) the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness between or among the Parent and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:

(1) if any Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the payee is not the Issuer or a Guarantor, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations then due with respect to the Notes, in the case of the Issuer, or the Guarantee, in the case of a Guarantor; and

(2) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent, will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (vii);

(viii) the issuance by any of the Parent’s Restricted Subsidiaries to the Parent or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that:

(1) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent; and

(2) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a Person that is not either the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent,

will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred stock by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (viii);

(ix) the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations that are not entered into for speculative purposes;

(x) any guarantee of the Notes or of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture;

(xi) the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, bankers’ acceptances, performance bonds, completion guarantees and warranties and surety bonds in the ordinary course of business (including guarantees or indemnities related thereto);

(xii) the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five Business Days;

 

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(xiii) Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of advance or extended payment terms in the ordinary course of business;

(xiv) Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to bank or insurance company bonds or guarantees and VAT guarantees issued in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that, upon valid demand being made under such reimbursement obligations, such demands are satisfied within 90 days of the date of such demand;

(xv) Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries owed on a short-term basis to banks or other financial institutions (including overdraft facilities) incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries maintained with such banks or financial institutions and which arises in connection with ordinary banking arrangements to manage cash balances of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(xvi) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods purchased in the ordinary course of business;

(xvii) the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary disposed of, or incurred or assumed by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Capital Stock for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided that the maximum liability of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds, including the Fair Market Value of non-cash proceeds (measured at the time received and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;

(xviii) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(xix) the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness not otherwise permitted to have been incurred under this Indenture in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) which, when taken together with all other Indebtedness of the Parent and any Restricted Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to this clause (xix) and outstanding on the date of such incurrence, does not exceed $15.0 million at any time outstanding; and

(xx) the incurrence of Indebtedness represented by the issuance of additional Convertible PIK Notes as pay-in-kind interest on the Convertible PIK Notes in accordance with the Convertible PIK Notes Indenture.

 

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The Parent shall not incur, and shall not permit any Guarantor to incur, any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Parent or such Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the applicable Guarantee; provided, however, that no Indebtedness shall be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Parent solely by virtue of being unsecured or by virtue of being secured on a junior or second Lien basis or by virtue of not being Guaranteed.

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.3, in the event that an item or portion of an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (i) through (xix) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.3(a), the Issuer, the Parent and any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent shall be permitted to classify such item or portion of an item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, and later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section 4.3, except that all Indebtedness outstanding on the Effective Date under any Credit Facilities shall be deemed initially incurred under clause (i) of Section 4.3(b). The accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms (including any payment-in-kind interest on the Convertible PIK Notes), the reclassification of preferred stock as Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for purposes of this Section 4.3. For the avoidance of doubt, any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 4.3 may also include (without double-counting) any “parallel debt” or similar obligations created in respect thereto.

For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term Indebtedness, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a non-U.S. dollar currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-dominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-dominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced; provided, further, that if and for so long as any such Indebtedness is subject to an agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates with respect to the currency in which such Indebtedness is denominated covering principal and interest on such Indebtedness, the amount of such Indebtedness, will be deemed to be the amount of the principal payment required to be made under such agreement or arrangement determined in U.S. dollars in accordance with the first clause of this sentence. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.3, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur pursuant to this Section 4.3 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being

 

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refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be:

(i) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount;

(ii) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness;

(iii) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of:

(1) the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of determination; and

(2) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person;

(iv) the greater of the liquidation preference or the maximum fixed redemption or repurchase price of the Disqualified Stock, in the case of Disqualified Stock; and

(v) the Attributable Debt related thereto, in the case of any lease that is part of a sale and leaseback transaction.

In each case above, Indebtedness permitted to be incurred also is permitted to include any “parallel debt” or similar obligations created in respect thereof.

Section 4.4 Limitation on Restricted Payments. (a) The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Parent’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination involving the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Parent’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent and other than dividends or distributions payable to the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent);

(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination involving the Parent) any Equity Interests of the Parent or any direct or indirect parent of the Parent, in each case held by Persons other than the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(iii) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes, any Guarantee or the Intercompany Loans (excluding any Indebtedness between or among the Parent and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the Convertible PIK Notes and Convertible PIK Notes Guarantees), except a payment, purchase, redemption, defeasance, or other acquisition or retirement of interest or principal no more than 90 days prior to the original Stated Maturity thereof or the scheduled payment date of any sinking fund payment in respect therefor; or

(iv) make any Restricted Investment

(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), save that, the Parent may make the payment of a dividend on common stock of the Parent and execute any share buybacks if at the time of and after giving effect to such dividend or share buyback:

(i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and will be continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;

(ii) after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-fiscal quarter period, (a) the Parent would have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.3(a) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock); and (b) the Parent’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the four fiscal quarters prior to such Restricted Payment being made was equal to or less than 2.0 to 1.0; and

(iii) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment is less than the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Parent for the most recent four fiscal quarters ending on the Parent’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which publicly available financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (the “Restricted Payment Period”) (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit); plus

(2) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Parent during the Restricted Payment Period (i) as a contribution to its common equity capital; (ii) from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Parent (other than Disqualified Stock); or (iii) from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Parent that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Parent or an employee stock ownership plan, option plan or similar trust to the extent such sale to an employee stock ownership plan, option plan or similar trust

 

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is financed by loans from or guaranteed by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary unless such loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to the date of determination) (less the amount of any cash, or the Fair Market Value of any other property, distributed by the Parent upon such conversion or exchange, and increased, without duplication, by the amount of such cash or property received by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary upon such conversion or exchange); plus

(3) the amount equal to the net reduction in Restricted Investments made by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Person during the Restricted Payment Period resulting from:

(A) repurchases or redemptions of such Restricted Investments by such Person, proceeds realized upon the sale of such Restricted Investment to an unaffiliated purchaser, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets (including by way of dividend or distribution) by such Person to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary not to exceed, in the case of any Person, the amount of Restricted Investments previously made by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person; or

(B) the redesignation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries (valued in each case as provided in the definition of “Investments”) not to exceed, in the case of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, the amount of Investments previously made by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary, which amount in each case under this clause (3) was included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; provided, however, that no amount will be included under this clause (3) to the extent it is already included in Consolidated Net Income; plus

(4) 100% of any cash dividends received by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent after the Effective Date from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Parent, to the extent that such dividends were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Parent for such period.

(b) The provisions of Section 4.4(a) shall not prohibit:

(i) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent) of, Equity Interests of the Parent (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the substantially concurrent contribution of common equity capital to the Parent;

(ii) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of the Parent or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or any Guarantee with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;

 

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(iii) the payment of any dividend (or, in the case of any partnership, limited liability company or other Person, any similar payment) by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;

(iv) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent held by any current or former officer, director or employee of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, equity incentive plan, shareholders’ agreement or similar agreement; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed $3.0 million in any twelve-month period from the Effective Date;

(v) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options, warrants, or convertible or exchangeable securities to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options, warrants, or convertible or exchangeable securities;

(vi) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Capital Stock of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent representing fractional shares of such Capital Stock in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, permitted under this Indenture;

(vii) cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in connection with stock dividends, splits or combinations, the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of the Parent;

(viii) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Indebtedness of the Parent or any Guarantor which is contractually subordinated to the Notes or Guarantees (i) to the extent that the purchase price is not greater than 101% of the principal amount of such Indebtedness in the event of a Change of Control (plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon) or (ii) to the extent that the purchase price is not greater than 100% of the principal amount thereof in accordance with provisions similar to those provided in Section 4.12 (Asset Sales), in each case to the extent required by any agreement or instrument pursuant to which such contractually subordinated Indebtedness was issued; provided that, prior to or simultaneously with such purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement, a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, as provided in such covenant with respect to the Notes has been made and the repurchase or redemption of all Notes validly tendered for payment and not withdrawn in connection with such Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as the case may be, has been completed;

(ix) the purchase, redemption, acquisition, cancellation or other retirement for a nominal value per right of any rights granted to all the holders of Equity Interests of the Parent pursuant to any shareholders’ rights plan adopted for the purpose of protecting shareholders from unfair takeover tactics; provided that any such purchase, redemption,

 

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acquisition , cancellation or other retirement of such rights shall not be for the purpose of evading the limitations of this Section 4.4 (all as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) and, provided, further, that the aggregate price paid for all such purchased, redeemed, acquired, cancelled or retired rights shall not exceed $2.0 million in the aggregate; and

(x) any of the transactions contemplated in the Restructuring Transactions as described in the Offering Memorandum and Disclosure Statement.

The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment (other than cash). If the Fair Market Value exceeds $40.0 million, any determination thereof must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an independent accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of international standing.

For the avoidance of doubt, dividends funded in whole or in part through the reduction or offset of one or more Intercompany Loans, paid to or from the Parent, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, shall not be counted to increase Consolidated Net Income, or as net cash proceeds received by the Parent, as a contribution to its common equity or otherwise, or as a net reduction in Restricted Investments, or as a cash dividend deemed received from one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries, for purposes of computing amounts available to make Restricted Payments pursuant to section 4.4 hereof.

Section 4.5 Corporate Existence. Except as otherwise permitted by Article V (Successor Company) hereof, the Parent shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate, partnership, limited liability or other existence of each of the Parent’s Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of each such Person; provided that the Parent shall not be required to preserve the corporate, partnership, limited liability or other existence of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors or a senior executive officer of the Parent shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Section 4.6 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Parent shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or upon the income, profits or property of it or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Parent shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.

Section 4.7 Maintenance of Properties and Insurance. The Parent shall cause all material properties owned by or leased by it or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries useful and necessary to the conduct of its business or the business of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to be

 

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improved or maintained and kept in normal condition, repair and working order and shall cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in its judgment may be necessary, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.7 shall prevent the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from discontinuing the use, operation or maintenance of any of such properties, or disposing of any of them, if such discontinuance or disposal is, as determined by the Parent, the Restricted Subsidiary concerned or an Officer (or other agent employed by the Parent or of any of its Subsidiaries) of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries having managerial responsibility for any such property, desirable or appropriate in the conduct of the business of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Section 4.8 Compliance with Laws. The Parent shall comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders of the relevant jurisdiction in which they are incorporated or organized and/or in which they carry on business, all political subdivisions thereof, and of any relevant governmental regulatory authority, in respect of the conduct of their respective businesses and the ownership of their respective properties, except for such non-compliances as would not in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

Section 4.9 Limitation on Liens. The Issuer will not, and the Parent will not cause or permit the Issuer to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind against or upon any of its property other than Issuer Permitted Liens.

The Parent shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind against or upon any property or assets of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting Collateral, whether owned on the Effective Date or acquired after the Effective Date other than Permitted Collateral Liens.

The Parent shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit or suffer to exist any Liens (other than Permitted Liens) of any kind against or upon any property or assets of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not constituting Collateral, whether owned on the Effective Date or acquired after the Effective Date securing Indebtedness unless contemporaneously with the incurrence of such Liens provision is made to secure the Indebtedness due under the Notes (including any Additional Notes) or, in respect of Liens on any Guarantor’s property or assets, any Guarantee of such Guarantor, equally and ratably with the Indebtedness secured by such Lien for so long as such Indebtedness is so secured.

Any such Lien in favor of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged concurrently with (i) the release of the Lien which gave rise to the Lien in favor of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes (other than as a consequence of an enforcement action with respect to the assets subject to such Lien), (ii) upon the full and final payment of all amounts payable by the Issuer and the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture and the Guarantees or (iii) upon legal defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the Notes as provided in Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge) and Section 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture).

 

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Section 4.10 Waiver of Stay; Extension or Usury Laws. Each of the Issuer and the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Issuer and/or any Guarantor, as the case may be, from paying all or any portion of the principal of and/or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture, and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) each of the Issuer and/or any Guarantor hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

Section 4.11 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. (a) The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

(i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(ii) make loans or advances to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

(iii) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,

provided that (x) the priority of any preferred stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common Capital Stock and (y) the subordination of (including but not limited to, the application of any standstill requirements to) loans or advances made to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary to other Indebtedness incurred by the parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, shall not be deemed to constitute such an encumbrance or restriction.

(b) The provisions of Section 4.11(a) shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(i) agreements and instruments as in effect on the Effective Date (including the Existing Notes and the indenture governing the Existing Notes, the Existing Guarantees and any security documents related to the foregoing) and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements or instruments with, as applicable, the same or different counterparties; provided that the amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive or materially less favorable to the Holders of the Notes, in each case, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the Effective Date;

 

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(ii) this Indenture, the Notes (including any Additional Notes), the Guarantees, the Security Documents, the Convertible PIK Notes Indenture, the Convertible PIK Notes (including any Convertible PIK Notes issued as pay-in-kind interest), the Convertible PIK Notes Guarantees and any security documents relating to the Convertible PIK Notes;

(iii) any applicable law, rule, regulation or order;

(iv) any instrument or agreement of or relating to a Person or property or asset acquired by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in effect at the time of such acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired and its Subsidiaries; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred and was not incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition;

(v) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts, leases, and licenses and similar contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(vi) purchase money obligations for property acquired and Capital Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the nature described in clause (iii) of Section 4.11(a);

(vii) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending the sale or other disposition;

(viii) solely with respect to clause (iii) of Section 4.11(a), Liens permitted to be incurred under Section 4.9 (Limitation on Liens) that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;

(ix) customary provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into with the approval of the Parent’s Board of Directors, which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements;

(x) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(xi) net worth provisions in leases and other agreements entered into by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(xii) any agreement or instrument relating to (a) Indebtedness of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred under clause (I) of Section 4.3(b)

 

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(Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) if the encumbrances or restrictions contained in the relevant agreement, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Holders of the Notes than is customary in comparable financings or agreements (as to which a determination in good faith by the Board of Directors shall be conclusive) or (b) Capital Markets Debt permitted to be incurred under Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) ( if the encumbrances or restrictions contained in the relevant agreement, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Holders of the Notes than those contained in this Indenture (as to which a determination in good faith by the Board of Directors shall be conclusive) and (y) either (i) the Board of Directors has determined in good faith that such encumbrance or restriction will not materially adversely affect the ability of the Issuer to make payments of principal and interest on the Notes when due or (ii) such encumbrance or restriction applies only if a default occurs in respect of a payment or financial covenant relating to such Indebtedness;

(xiii) any encumbrances or restrictions with respect to this Indenture, the Notes, any Guarantee, the Security Documents, the Convertible PIK Notes Indenture, the Convertible PIK Notes (including any Convertible PIK Notes issued as pay-in-kind interest), the Convertible PIK Notes Guarantees or any security documents relating to the Convertible PIK Notes and any Security Documents relating to the Intercompany Loans; and

(xiv) any encumbrance or restriction applicable to a Restricted Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary that is not created in contemplation thereof shall not be deemed to be so created, provided that such restriction apply only to such Restricted Subsidiary, and provided, further, that the exception provided by this clause (14) shall not apply to any encumbrance or restriction contained in any Indebtedness that refunds, refinances, replaces, defeases or discharges any Indebtedness which was in existence at the time such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary.

Section 4.12 Asset Sales. (a) The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

(i) the Parent (or a Restricted Subsidiary) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (determined at the time of entering into an agreement to effect such Asset Sale with the Fair Market Value of consideration other than cash and Cash Equivalents determined by an independent investment banking firm of international standing) of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and

(ii) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision (but not for purposes of the definition of Net Proceeds), each of the following will be deemed to be cash:

(1) any liabilities, as shown on the Parent’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes, any Guarantee or the Intercompany Loan) that are assumed in connection with the transfer of any such assets pursuant to an agreement that releases the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability in respect of those liabilities; and

 

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(2) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents within 90 days, to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received in that conversion.

The Issuer shall apply the Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale to redeem Senior Secured Notes and Notes as set forth in Section 3.8 (Mandatory Redemption).

(b) Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.

Section 4.13 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates. (a) The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Parent (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”) or series of transactions having a value greater than $2.5 million, unless:

(i) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Parent or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that reasonably could be obtained at the time of such transaction in arm’s-length dealings in a comparable transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate; and

(ii) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $20.0 million, the Parent shall have received an opinion as to the fairness to the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view or that such Affiliate Transaction is not materially less favorable than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an arms-length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of international standing.

(b) The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.13(a):

(i) any employment agreement, employee benefit plan, officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and compensation (including bonuses and equity compensation) paid to and other benefits (including retirement, health and other benefit plans) and indemnification arrangements provided on behalf of directors, officers and employees of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(ii) transactions between or among or primarily for the benefit of the Parent and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(iii) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Parent) that is an Affiliate of the Parent solely because the Parent owns, directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;

(iv) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment agreements and other compensation arrangements, options to purchase Equity Interests of the Parent, restricted share plans, long-term incentive plans, share appreciation rights plans, participation plans or similar employee benefits plans and/or indemnity provided on behalf of directors, officers and employees approved by the Board of Directors;

(v) Guarantees issued by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock);

(vi) the performance of obligations of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary under the terms of any agreement to which the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party on the Effective Date, as these agreements may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time; provided, however, that any future amendment, modification, supplement, extension or renewal entered into after the Effective Date shall be permitted to the extent that its terms, taken as a whole, are not more materially disadvantageous to the Holders than the terms of the agreements in effect on the Effective Date;

(vii) any issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent to Affiliates of the Parent;

(viii) any Restricted Payment that does not violate the provisions of Section 4.4 (Limitation on Restricted Payments) of this Indenture or Permitted Investments;

(ix) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $2.5 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;

(x) the entering into of a tax sharing agreement, or payments pursuant thereto, between the Parent and/or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any other Person with which the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiaries are required or permitted to file a consolidated tax return or with which the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiaries are part of a consolidated group for tax purposes, on the other hand, provided that any payments by the Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries required under such agreement are not in excess of the tax liabilities that would have been payable by them on a stand-alone basis;

 

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(xi) transactions contemplated by supply, purchase or sale agreements with suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services (other than the Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries) in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture that are in the aggregate fair to the Parent or the Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors or senior management of the Parent, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated Person;

(xii) any of the transactions contemplated in the Restructuring Transactions; and

(xiii) the granting and performance of SEC registration rights for securities of the Parent.

Section 4.14 Reports. (a) The Parent shall provide the Trustee (and if the Parent is subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, file with or furnish to the SEC) annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K (or any successor form), in each case containing the information required to be contained therein, in accordance with the requirements for filing such reports prescribed by the SEC that would be applicable to the Parent if the Parent were subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as such requirements may be modified by the SEC from time to time. The Parent shall also publish such reports on its website (without password restriction) at the time it delivers such reports to the Trustee. If the Parent is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the requirement to provide any such report to the Trustee and publish such reports on the Parent’s website shall be deemed satisfied if such report has been filed with the SEC through the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system (or any successor method of filing). As soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are filed it shall hold a public investor call to discuss the contents of such reports.

(b) In addition to the foregoing, if the Parent is subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Parent shall provide the Trustee, within 10 days after it files with, or furnishes to, the SEC copies of any other information, documents and reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which it is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 of 15(d) of the Exchange Act or is required to furnish to the SEC pursuant to this Indenture. The requirement to provide any such report to the Trustee shall be deemed satisfied if such report has been filed with the SEC through the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system (or any successor method of filing).

(c) If the Parent has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by Section 4.14(a) shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the Notes and footnotes thereto, to the extent permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, and in the “Operating Review and Financial Prospects” of the financial condition and results of operations of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Parent.

 

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(d) The Parent, the Issuer and the Guarantors agree that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, at any time they are not required to file the reports required by the preceding paragraphs with the SEC, they will furnish to the Trustee and to the Holders of Notes and bona fide prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. In addition, for so long as the Notes are listed on the Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange and the rules of the exchange so require, all such reports will be available at the office of the Irish paying agent if any. The rules of the Irish Stock Exchange do not currently require an Irish paying agent.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.14 or this Indenture, the documents and reports referred to in Section 4.14(a) to Section 4.14(d) that the Parent would have been required to provide to the Trustee (or file with or furnish to the SEC) on any date on or before the Reporting Covenant Reversion Date will not be required to be provided to the Trustee (or filed with or furnished to the SEC) by the Company on any date before the Reporting Covenant Reversion Date. In respect of the Parent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2013, and June 30, 2013, the requirement to provide reports to the Trustee for any periods prior to the Reporting Covenant Reversion Date shall be deemed satisfied if such report has been filed with the SEC through the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system (or any successor method of filing) or otherwise published as required by Section 4.14(a) prior to the Reporting Covenant Reversion Date.

(f) On or before August 14, 2013, the Parent shall deliver to the Trustee (and at the same time make available on its website, without any password) a summary of the trading performance of Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the financial quarter that ends on June 30, 2013, such summary to include, but not limited to, preliminary and unaudited figures for: (i) a simplified profit and loss (including a segment breakdown); (ii) cash-on-hand; (iii) third party debt balances; (iv) capital expenditures; and (v) a qualitative commentary in a form substantially similar to the summary provided under the heading “Q1 2013 Trading Update” in the Parent’s Form 12b-25, filed with the Commission on May 13, 2013, and expanded to include a discussion of the operating expenses.

(g) If the Parent is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the reports required to be provided under Section 4.14(a) shall not be required to contain any exhibits or comply with (i) Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC, (ii) Sections 302, 404 or 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or related Items 307 and 308 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC; and (iii) such reports shall not be required to contain separate financial statements contemplated by Rule 3-09, Rule 3-10 or Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.

Section 4.15 Limitation on Business Activities. The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than a Permitted Business, except to such extent as would not be material to the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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Section 4.16 Change of Control. If a Change of Control occurs, the Issuer must offer to repurchase all the Notes pursuant to an offer on the terms set forth in this Indenture (“Change of Control Offer”). In the Change of Control Offer, the Issuer shall offer a payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”), subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Issuer and the Parent shall mail a notice to each Holder (with a copy to the Trustee and the related Paying Agent) describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the date (the “Change of Control Payment Date”) specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures required by this Indenture and described in such notice. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of this Indenture, compliance by the Issuer and the Parent with the applicable securities laws and regulations shall not be deemed to be a breach of their obligations under the Change of Control provisions of this Indenture.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer shall, to the extent lawful:

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

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

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

The Paying Agents shall promptly pay (by wire transfer of immediately available funds, by mail or otherwise) to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate, or cause an authentication agent appointed by it, to authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any. The Issuer shall publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date. To the extent payments are made to the Holders by the Parent or any other Guarantor in respect of the Change of Control Offer, the amount of the Intercompany Loans may be correspondingly reduced in accordance with their terms and may be deemed repaid proportionally by the obligors thereon to the Issuer to the extent of such reduction.

The provisions described above that require the Issuer to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control shall be applicable whether or not any other provisions of this Indenture are applicable. Except as described above with respect to a Change of Control, this Indenture does not contain provisions that permit the Holders of the Notes to require that the Issuer repurchase or redeem the Notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction.

 

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The Issuer shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, or (2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to Section 3.1 (Redemption) unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price. A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control (and shall satisfy the Issuer’s obligation to make such an offer upon such Change of Control) if a definitive agreement is in place at the time of the making of the Change of Control Offer that would, upon consummation, result in a Change of Control, and such Change of Control Offer is otherwise made by the Issuer or such third party in compliance with the provisions of this Section 4.16.

Section 4.17 Withholding Tax Gross Up on Non-U.S. Guarantees. All payments made by any of the non-U.S. Guarantors with respect to any Guarantee shall be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future Taxes unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required by law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of any jurisdiction in which any non-U.S. Guarantor (including any successor entity), is then incorporated, engaged in business or resident for tax purposes or any jurisdiction by or through which payment is made or any political subdivision thereof or therein (each, a “Tax Jurisdiction”), shall at any time be required to be made from, or any Taxes are imposed directly on any Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes on, any payments made by any of the non-U.S. Guarantors with respect to any Guarantee, including payments of principal, redemption price, purchase price, interest or premium, the relevant non-U.S. Guarantor shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received and retained in respect of such payments by each Holder (including such additional amounts) after such withholding, deduction or imposition will equal the respective amounts that would have been received and retained in respect of such payments in the absence of such withholding, deduction or imposition; provided, however, that no such additional amounts shall be payable with respect to:

(i) any Taxes that would not have been imposed but for the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes being a citizen or resident or national of, incorporated in or carrying on a business, in the relevant Tax Jurisdiction in which such Taxes are imposed other than by the mere acquisition, holding, ownership or disposition of such Note or enforcement or exercise of any rights thereunder or the receipt of payments in respect thereof or any other connection with respect to the Notes;

(ii) any Taxes that are imposed or withheld as a result of the failure of the Holder of the Notes or beneficial owner of the Notes to comply with any written request, made to that Holder or beneficial owner in writing at least 90 days before any such withholding or deduction would be payable, by any of the non-U.S. Guarantors (or their agents) to provide timely or accurate information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of such Holder or beneficial owner or to make any valid or timely declaration or similar claim or satisfy any certification, information or other reporting requirement, that is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the relevant Tax Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such Taxes;

 

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(iii) any Note presented for payment (where Notes are in the form of Definitive Registered Notes and presentation is required) more than 30 days after the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the Holder (except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such additional amounts had the note been presented on the last day of such 30 day period);

(iv) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax or assessment;

(v) any Taxes withheld, deducted or imposed on a payment to an individual and that are required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26 and 27 November 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive;

(vi) any Note presented for payment by or on behalf of a Holder of Notes who would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting the relevant Note to another Paying Agent in a European Union Member State; or

(vii) any Taxes imposed under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder or official governmental interpretations thereof (collectively, “FATCA”), to the extent that such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the failure by a Holder of Notes to (i) comply with applicable reporting and other requirements under FATCA and/or (ii) provide, upon reasonable demand by any Paying Agent, and at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, any form, document or certification required under FATCA, which, if provided, would establish that the payments are exempt from withholding under FATCA; or

(viii) any combination of clauses (i) through (vii) above.

Section 4.18 Payment of Non-Income Taxes and Similar Charges. The Payor shall pay any present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes, or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which arise in any jurisdiction from the execution, delivery or registration of the Notes or any other document or instrument referred to therein (other than a transfer of the Notes), or the receipt of any payments with respect to the Notes or any Guarantee, excluding any such taxes, charges or similar levies imposed by any jurisdiction outside the United States, United Kingdom or Luxembourg or any other jurisdiction in which a Paying Agent is located, other than those resulting from, or required to be paid in connection with, the enforcement of the Notes or any Guarantee or any other such document or instrument following the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Notes.

Section 4.19 Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default. The Parent shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year or at any time at the request of the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate (the signatories to which shall be two of the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer) stating whether or not to the knowledge of such Officers, the Parent and its Restricted

 

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Subsidiaries have complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture that if not complied with, would, with the giving of notice, lapse of time or otherwise, constitute an Event of Default, and, if an Event of Default has occurred during such period, specifying all such Events of Default and the nature thereof of which such Officer has knowledge. Upon becoming aware of, and as of such time that the Parent should reasonably have become aware of, a Default or an Event of Default, the Parent shall also deliver to the Trustee promptly and in any event within 14 days of the occurrence of such Default, written notice of such events that would constitute a Default or an Event of Default, as the case may be, their status and what action the Parent is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.19, the Parent shall, at the Trustee’s request, furnish the Trustee with evidence, in such form as the Trustee may require, as to compliance with any condition thereto relating to any action required or permitted to be taken by the Parent under this Indenture. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.19 or this Indenture, the Parent will have no obligation to deliver an Officer’s Certificate or written notice of Default or Event of Default, as referred to in the preceding sentences, relating to the breach of a covenant contained in Sections 4.14 or 4.19 of this Indenture that occurred prior to the Reporting Covenant Reversion Date.

Section 4.20 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets. (a) Neither the Parent nor the Issuer may, directly or indirectly: (i) merge, consolidate, amalgamate or otherwise combine with or into another Person (whether or not the Parent or the Issuer (as applicable) is the surviving corporation); or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:

(i) either: (a) the Parent or the Issuer (as applicable) is the surviving Person; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination (if other than the Parent or the Issuer (as applicable)) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of any European Union Member State, Switzerland, Norway, Canada, the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;

(ii) the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination (if other than the Parent or the Issuer (as applicable)) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Issuer or the Parent (as applicable) under the Notes or the Parent’s Guarantee, respectively, this Indenture and the Security Documents pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

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(iv) the Parent, the Issuer (as applicable) or the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination (if other than the Parent or the Issuer (as applicable)), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made:

(1) (unless the transaction involves a merger with a corporation having no Indebtedness, material assets, material contractual obligations or material liabilities, in which the Parent survived), on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, (i) will be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.3(a) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) or (ii) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio remains the same or improves as a result of the transaction; and

(2) furnishes to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the transaction complies with this Indenture.

In addition, neither the Parent nor the Issuer shall, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets of it and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person.

(b) A Guarantor (other than the Parent) shall not:

(i) directly or indirectly merge, consolidate, amalgamate or otherwise combine with or into another Person (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving corporation) or in respect of the Russian Guarantors only, enter into any merger (sliyaniye obschestva), company accession (prisoedinyeniye obschestva), company division (razdelyeniye obschestva), company separation (vydelyeniye obschestva), company transformation (preobrazovaniye obschestva) or other company reorganisation (reorganisatsiya obschestva); or

(ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (including by way of liquidation or similar transaction), taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person; unless

(1) in the case of CEDC International Sp. z o.o. (“CEDC International”) (i) CEDC International is the surviving entity or (ii) the Person formed by surviving such merger is incorporated in the same jurisdiction as the Guarantor subject to the merger, in the United States or in the European Union;

(2) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exist and is continuing; and

(3) either:

(A) if such entity remains (or its successor will remain) a Guarantor, (A) such Guarantor is the surviving Person; or (B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such Guarantor or another Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other distribution has been made if not a Guarantor assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under this Indenture and its Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto; or

 

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(B) the merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other combination or sale or disposition of all or substantially all of its assets complies with Section 4.12 (Asset Sales).

(c) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section 4.20:

(i) any Guarantor may merge, consolidate, amalgamate or otherwise combine with or into an Affiliate primarily for the purpose of reincorporating such Guarantor under the laws of any European Union Member State, Switzerland, Norway, Canada, Russia, Cyprus, Luxembourg, the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia (except that the Parent may so reincorporate only in any state of the United States or any European Union Member State); and

(ii) a Restricted Subsidiary may merge, consolidate, amalgamate or otherwise combine with or into or sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of assets to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

(d) Any successor entity (if other than a Guarantor or the Issuer, as the case may be) will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the non-surviving Guarantor or the Issuer, as the case may be, under the Indenture, the Notes, the non-surviving Guarantor’s Guarantee, the Intercompany Loans and the Security Documents (and other relevant agreements hereunder), in each case, to the extent a party thereto, and upon such substitution, the predecessor Person shall be released.

Section 4.21 Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction; provided that any Guarantor may enter into a sale and leaseback transaction if:

(i) that Guarantor, as applicable, could have (a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such sale and leaseback transaction under the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test in Section 4.3(a) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) (without regard to any limitations under Section 4.3(a) that such Indebtedness be expressly subordinated to the Notes), and (b) incurred a Lien to secure such Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.9 (Limitation on Liens);

(ii) the net cash proceeds of that sale and leaseback transaction are at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the property that is the subject of that sale and leaseback transaction; and

(iii) the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary applies the net proceeds of such transaction in compliance with Section 3.8 (Mandatory Redemption).

Section 4.22 Additional Security and Guarantees. (a) If the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary acquires or creates another Significant Subsidiary, then (i) such Significant Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor within 20 Business Days of having been acquired or

 

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created, (ii) the parent of such Significant Subsidiary shall have executed one or more Security Documents granting to the Security Agent or Polish Security Agent, as applicable, subject to Section 11.14, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes a first priority pledge of all shares in such Significant Subsidiary within such 20 Business Day period (subject to Permitted Collateral Liens) and (iii) the parent of such Significant Subsidiary shall have taken all reasonably required steps under applicable law and undertaken other customary procedures in connection with the granting of such security interests, provided, however, that no Significant Subsidiary will be required to become a Guarantor nor shall its shares be required to be so pledged to the extent and for so long as the incurrence of such Guarantee or granting of such pledge (x) would be reasonably likely to result in any violation of applicable law that cannot be avoided or otherwise prevented through measures reasonably available to the parent or such Significant Subsidiary, any liability for the officers, directors or shareholders of such Significant Subsidiary or any current or future cost, expense, liability or obligation (including any tax) other than de minimis costs and expenses, (y) would be prohibited by the terms of any agreement with holders of a direct or indirect minority interest in such Restricted Subsidiary, provided that the Parent or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary has used commercially reasonable efforts to obtain consent from the holders of the minority equity interest in such Restricted Subsidiary or (z) would be prohibited by any Acquired Debt in respect of such new Significant Subsidiary and such Acquired Debt is otherwise permitted to be incurred under this Indenture and provided that such Acquired Debt has not been incurred in contemplation of, or in connection with, the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which such Person becomes a Significant Subsidiary of or was otherwise acquired by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary. Each new Guarantor shall execute a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Copecresto Subsidiaries will not be required to become Guarantors, regardless of whether they become Significant Subsidiaries, provided that on each Guarantor Testing Date, the aggregate unconsolidated EBITDA provided by the Restricted Subsidiaries does not fall below the 85% threshold set forth in the following paragraph.

(b) After the Effective Date, the Parent shall cause one or more additional Restricted Subsidiaries (x) to become a Guarantor and (y) to execute a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto, so that Guarantees are provided by such Restricted Subsidiaries of the Parent whose aggregate unconsolidated EBITDA and assets, taken together with the unconsolidated EBITDA and assets of the Parent, comprise at least 85% of the Consolidated EBITDA and consolidated assets of the Parent, respectively, determined as of each date (the “Guarantor Testing Date”) on which the Parent is required to provide to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes (i) an annual report or (ii) a quarterly report in accordance with the provisions set out in Section 4.14 (Reports), in each case after giving pro forma effect to any sales or other distributions of assets not reflected therein, and in each case except to the extent that the incurrence of such Guarantees (x) would be reasonably likely to result in any violation of applicable law that cannot be avoided or otherwise prevented through measures reasonably available to Parent or such Significant Subsidiary, any liability for the officers, directors or shareholders of such Significant Subsidiary or any current or future cost, expense, liability or obligation (including any tax) other than de minimis costs and expenses, (y) would be prohibited by the terms of any agreement with holders of a minority equity interest in such Restricted Subsidiary, provided that the Parent or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary has used commercially reasonable efforts to obtain consent from the holders of the minority equity interest in such Restricted Subsidiary or (z) would be prohibited by any Acquired Debt in respect of such new

 

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Restricted Subsidiary and such Acquired Debt is otherwise permitted to be incurred under this Indenture and provided such Acquired Debt has not been incurred in contemplation of, or in connection with, the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary.

The Parent shall cause any Significant Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (other than a Copecresto Subsidiary) that guarantees any third-party interest bearing Indebtedness for borrowed money of any Guarantor or the Issuer to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto pursuant to which such Significant Subsidiary will, to the maximum extent permitted by law, guarantee payment of the Notes on substantially the same terms and conditions as those set forth in this Indenture; provided, however, that no Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to become a Guarantor to the extent and for so long as a consequence of the incurrence of such Guarantee would be reasonably likely to result in any violation of applicable law that cannot be avoided or otherwise prevented through measures reasonably available to the Parent or such Significant Subsidiary, any liability for the officers, directors or shareholders of such Significant Subsidiary or any current or future cost, expense, liability or obligation (including any tax) other than de minimis costs and expenses.

Section 4.23 Delivery of Security. (a) The Parent will use its reasonable efforts to deliver on the Effective Date or as soon as practicable thereafter (i) pledges (or charges) of shares in the Issuer and the U.S. Guarantors (other than the Parent), and, subject to filing, the Luxembourg Guarantors, and evidence of the deposit for filing, application for registration thereof or compliance with other similar requirements, (ii) financial pledges and executed registered pledge agreements, subject to registration, of the shares of the Polish Guarantors, (iii) pledges of, or in the applicable jurisdictions, assignments of rights under, each Specified Bank Account of the Issuer and each Guarantor (other than the Russian Guarantors) as of the Effective Date, and (iv) a pledge (or assignment) of the Intercompany Loan made by the Issuer to CEDC International Sp. z o.o. and, upon funding, pledges (or assignments) of the Intercompany Loan made by the Issuer to Jelegat Holdings Limited and the RAG On-Loans.

(b) The Parent shall use its reasonable efforts to, within 15 Business Days after the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, (i) deliver pledges of shares in the Cyprus Guarantors, and (ii) deliver pledge agreements, and evidence of the filing thereof for registration with the appropriate authority, over the Intellectual Property Rights.

(c) The Parent shall use its reasonable efforts to, within two months after the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, (i) deliver registered pledges of participatory interests of or shares in, as appropriate, the Russian Guarantors; (ii) deliver a registered business quota pledge of the Bols Hungary Kft; (iii) deliver assignment of rights under each non-Russian Specified Bank Account and withdrawal rights agreements for each Russian Specified Bank Account of the Russian Guarantors, and (iv) deliver mortgage agreements and evidence of filing motions with the appropriate Polish registry to register mortgages over the real property and fixtures of CEDC International production plants and (v) deliver pledges agreements and evidence of filing motions with the appropriate Polish registry to register registered pledges over shares in Polish Guarantors and registered pledges over rights under Specified Bank Accounts of the Polish Guarantors.

 

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(d) The Parent shall use its reasonable efforts to deliver within six months after the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, signed and registered mortgage agreements evidencing the creation of the mortgages over real property, land rights and fixtures (to the extent qualified as real property under Russian law) of the Siberian Distillery and First Kupazhniy Factory owned by the Russian Alcohol Guarantors.

(e) At any time that the Issuer or any Guarantor creates, acquires or otherwise owns or holds a Specified Bank Account after the Effective Date, the Parent shall use reasonable efforts to deliver pledges or, in the applicable jurisdictions, assignments of rights under each Specified Bank Account (or withdrawal rights agreements in the case of any Russian Specified Bank Account of a Russian Guarantor) as promptly as reasonably practicable.

(f) With respect to any security that may be required to be given in respect of Specified Bank Accounts that is not currently permitted by Existing Indebtedness, the Parent shall use reasonable efforts to obtain relevant consents or amendments to allow such security to be given upon or prior to the requirement so arising. In obtaining any consent or amendment required in respect of any such security agreed to be provided, no covenant herein shall require that the Parent or any of its subsidiaries pay any fee or other payment that is unduly burdensome, as determined in the good faith judgment of the senior officers or Board of Directors of the Parent.

(g) At any time that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary creates, acquires or otherwise owns Specified Intellectual Property Rights after the Effective Date, the Parent shall use reasonable efforts to deliver pledges or, in the applicable jurisdictions, assignments of rights relating to such Specified Intellectual Property Rights as promptly as reasonably practicable provided that the Parent shall not be required to deliver pledges or assignments of rights relating to Specified Intellectual Property Rights if (i) such a pledge or assignment would result in a violation of any applicable law or director’s duties or breach of any contract in existence on the date hereof or on the date that such Specified Intellectual Property Right is created or acquired and such breach cannot be avoided without unreasonable efforts; or (ii) the costs of granting such pledge or assignment would be disproportionate relative to the value of the such Specified Intellectual Property Right as determined by the directors of the Parent acting in good faith.

Section 4.24 Impairment of Security Interest. The Parent shall not and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to take or knowingly or negligently omit to take any action which action or omission would have the result of materially impairing the security interest with respect to the Collateral (it being understood that the incurrence of Liens on the Collateral permitted by the definition of Permitted Collateral Liens (including the release and re-taking of one or more Liens in connection with the incurrence of Permitted Collateral Liens) shall under no circumstances be deemed to materially impair the security interest with respect to the Collateral) for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes (including any Additional Notes), and the Parent shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, grant to any Person other than the Security Agent (or Polish Security Agent), for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes (including any Additional Notes) and the other beneficiaries described in the Security Documents, any interest in any of the Collateral; provided that the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Liens on the Collateral permitted by the definition of Permitted Collateral Liens; provided, further, however, that (a) nothing in this

 

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provision shall restrict the release or replacement of any Collateral in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and any intercreditor agreements, and (b) any Collateral or any Security Document relating to any Collateral may be amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced (i) if contemporaneously with any such action, the Parent delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate confirming that the Parent is solvent or an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, confirming that, after giving effect to any transactions related to such amendment, extension, renewal, restatement, supplement, modification or replacement (an “Amendment”), the Lien or Liens (other than in respect of Liens on assets that have been added to the Collateral as a result of such Amendment) created under any Security Document relating to any Collateral so amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented, modified or replaced are valid Liens enforceable in accordance with their terms against the grantor of the Liens and not otherwise subject to any limitation, imperfection or new hardening period, in equity or at law, that such Lien or Liens were not otherwise subject to immediately prior to such Amendment or (ii) to allow for the conversion of an entity the shares of which constitute Collateral to another form of Person (or to allow for conversion, recapitalization or similar transactions involving the shares or other Equity Interests of any such entity) if contemporaneously with any such action, the Parent delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, confirming that, after giving effect to any transactions related to such an Amendment, the Lien or Liens created in respect of such Collateral so amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented, modified or replaced are valid Liens enforceable in accordance with their terms against the grantor of the Liens. In the event that the Parent complies with the requirements of this Section 4.24, the Trustee and the Security Agent (including the Polish Security Agent) shall consent to any such Amendment without the need for instructions from Holders of the Notes.

Section 4.25 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The Board of Directors of the Parent may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default, provided that in no event shall the business operated on the Effective Date by any of the Parent and CEDC International Sp. z o.o. be transferred to or held by an Unrestricted Subsidiary. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and shall reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.4 (Limitation on Restricted Payments) or under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by the Parent; provided that this restriction shall not apply if the subsidiary has less than $1,000 of total assets. That designation shall only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of the Parent may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if that redesignation would not cause a Default.

Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Parent as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted under Section 4.4

 

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(Limitation on Restricted Payments). If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock), the Parent shall be in default under Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock). The Board of Directors of the Parent may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary provided that such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, and such designation shall only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock), calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

Section 4.26 Amendments to or Prepayments of the Intercompany Loans. Without the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, the Issuer and the Parent shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, (i) prepay or otherwise reduce or permit the prepayment or reduction of any Intercompany Loan; or (ii) amend, modify or alter the Intercompany Loans in any manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes; provided, that, without the consent of each Holder affected thereby, the Issuer and the Parent will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, amend, modify or alter any Intercompany Loan to:

(i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on such loan (other than as a result of a prepayment or reduction approved by the Holders of not less than a majority of Notes as contemplated by the paragraph above);

(ii) reduce the rate of interest on such loan to below the interest rate on the Notes;

(iii) change the currency for payment of principal or interest on such loan;

(iv) reduce the above-stated percentage of Notes the consent of whose Holders is necessary to modify or amend such loans;

(v) waive a default in the payment of any amount under such loan originally falling due prior to the Effective Date; or

(vi) sell or transfer such loan other than pursuant to its terms or as otherwise permitted by this Indenture.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Intercompany Loans and any RAG On-Loans may be amended to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes or additional Convertible PIK Notes, to cure any ambiguity, mistake, omission, defect or inconsistency and to provide for the assumption by a successor Person, and may be prepaid or reduced to facilitate or otherwise accommodate or reflect a repayment, redemption or repurchase of Notes or the Convertible PIK Notes; (ii) the Intercompany Loans and any RAG On-Loans may be novated or assigned to any

 

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Guarantor; (iii) the Intercompany Loans may be repaid or amended to reduce the principal amount of such loans provided that the aggregate principal amount of the Intercompany Loans is not reduced to an amount less than the aggregate principal amount of the Notes and the Convertible PIK Notes and (iv) the interest rate on the Intercompany Loans and any RAG On-Loans may be amended provided that the weighted average interest rates on all Intercompany Loans is not reduced to a rate less than the weighted average interest rate applicable to the Notes and the Convertible PIK Notes.

Section 4.27 Limitations on Activities of the Issuer. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Indenture to the contrary, the Issuer shall not engage in any business activity or undertake any other activity, except any activity (a) relating to the offering, sale or issuance of the Notes and the Additional Notes, if any, the Convertible PIK Notes (including any Convertible PIK Notes issued as pay-in-kind interest) and any Capital Markets Debt (including the Existing Notes), the incurrence of Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the Additional Notes, if any, the Convertible PIK Notes (including any Convertible PIK Notes issued as pay-in-kind interest) and any Capital Markets Debt, lending or otherwise advancing the proceeds thereof to any Guarantor and any other activities in connection therewith, (b) undertaken with the purpose of fulfilling any obligations under the Notes, the Additional Notes, this Indenture the Convertible PIK Notes Indenture, the Convertible PIK Notes (including any Convertible PIK Notes issued as pay-in-kind Interest) or any Capital Markets Debt or any security documents or other agreements relating to any of the foregoing, (c) directly related to the establishment and/or maintenance of the Issuer’s corporate existence, (d) performing any act incidental to or necessary in connection with any of the above or (e) other activities that are not specified in (a) through (d) above that are de minimis in nature.

The Issuer shall not (a) incur any Indebtedness other than the Indebtedness represented by the Notes and, subject to compliance with Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock), Additional Notes the Convertible PIK Notes (including any Convertible PIK Notes issued as pay-in-kind interest) and any Capital Markets Debt, (b) issue any Capital Stock other than the issuance of its ordinary shares to the Parent, any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent or otherwise in a de minimis amount to local residents to the extent required by applicable law or (c) make any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment, other than cash, Cash Equivalents and Intercompany Loans.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer may pay a dividend using amounts received from the repayment of Intercompany Loans pursuant to clause (iii) of the last paragraph of Section 4.26 (and not in connection with any repayment of Intercompany Loans in connection with a corresponding repayment, redemption or repurchase of any Notes).

The Issuer shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind (other than Issuer Permitted Liens) against or upon any of its property or assets, or any proceeds therefrom.

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The Issuer shall not merge, consolidate, amalgamate or otherwise combine with or into another Person except the Parent or a wholly owned Guarantor, or sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (other than any Issuer Permitted Collateral Lien, or any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment permitted by this Section 4.27) any material property or assets to any Person except the Parent or a wholly owned Guarantor, provided that, in the event it so combines with the Parent or a wholly owned Guarantor or so disposes of property or assets to the Parent or a wholly owned Guarantor, then immediately after such transaction the Parent or such wholly owned Guarantor shall (a) assume all of the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto and (b) deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate which complies with applicable provisions of this Indenture or investments in the Notes, the Guarantees, Existing Notes and the Existing Guarantees.

For so long as any Notes are outstanding, none of the Issuer, the Parent or any other Guarantor shall commence or take any action to cause a winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer.

Except as provided in this Indenture, the Issuer shall not, and the Parent shall procure that the Issuer does not, assign or novate its rights under the Intercompany Loans.

Section 4.28 Limitations on Activities of Jelegat Holdings Limited. The Parent and the Issuer shall procure that Jelegat Holdings Limited shall not, without the prior written consent of the Trustee acting on the instruction of Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding (a) sell, factor, discount, transfer, assign, lend or otherwise dispose of any of its right, title or interest in or to the RAG On-Loans, nor shall it create or permit to be outstanding any mortgage, pledge, Lien, charge, encumbrance or other security interest over the RAG On-Loans, other than in accordance with this Indenture; (b) engage in any business other than (i) making and performing its obligations under the RAG On-Loans; (ii) issuing and performing its obligations under the Proceeds Loan; (iii) entering into, exercising rights under, performing obligations under or enforcing the RAG Transaction Documents; (iv) activities directly related to the establishment and/or maintenance of the Jelegat Holdings Limited’s corporate existence; (v) making and performing its obligations under the Steb Credit Facility; or (vi) performing any act incidental to or necessary in connection with any of the above; or (vii) other activities that are not specified in (a) through (d) above that are de minimis in nature; (c) amend its constitutional documents (other than as reasonably appropriate to implement the provisions of this Indenture); (d) have any subsidiaries; (e) have any employees (for the avoidance of doubt, the Directors of Jelegat Holdings Limited do not constitute employees); (f) issue any shares (other than such shares as are in issue as at the Effective Date and other Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) issued to CEDC International sp z.o.o.) nor redeem or purchase any of its issued share capital; (g) amend any term or condition of any of the Proceeds Loan or the RAG On-Loans (save in accordance with the terms of this Indenture including amendments permitted under Section 4.26); (h) incur any Indebtedness for borrowed money or any guarantees other than in respect of the Proceeds Loan or any document entered into in connection with the Proceeds Loan or the sale thereof or pursuant to the terms of this Indenture; (i) enter into any reconstruction, amalgamation, merger or consolidation; (j) enter into any lease in respect of, or own premises; (k) agree to any amendment to any provision of or grant any waiver or consent under the RAG Transaction Documents to which it is a party or execute

 

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any agreement (save in accordance with the terms of this Indenture including amendments permitted under Section 4.26); or (l) otherwise than as contemplated in the RAG Transaction Documents, release from or terminate the appointment of a collateral manager under a collateral management agreement or a collateral administrator under a collateral administration agreement (including in each case any transactions entered into thereunder) or release any of them from any executory obligation thereunder.

Jelegat Holdings Limited shall pay its debts as they fall due (provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any interest payment on any RAG On-Loan originally due prior to the Effective Date). Jelegat Holdings Limited shall do all such things as are necessary to maintain its corporate existence.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the RAG On-Loans may be amended to provide for the issuance of additional PIK Notes or Senior Secured Notes, to cure any ambiguity, mistake, omission, defect or inconsistency and to provide for the assumption by a successor Person, and may be prepaid or reduced to facilitate or otherwise accommodate or reflect a repayment, redemption or repurchase of Notes or the Senior Secured Notes; (ii) the RAG On-Loans may be novated or assigned to any Guarantor; (iii) the RAG On-Loans may be repaid or amended to reduce the principal amount of such loans in an amount corresponding to a reduction in principal amount in the Intercompany Loans permitted under the final paragraph of Section 4.26; and (iv) the interest rate on the RAG On-Loans may be amended in a manner consistent with the amendment of the interest rate on the Intercompany Loans permitted under the final paragraph of Section 4.26.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.28, Jelegat Holdings Limited may pay a dividend using amounts received from the repayment of RAG On-Loans pursuant to clause (iii) of the last paragraph of Section 4.26 (and not in connection with any repayment of RAG On-Loans in connection with a corresponding repayment, redemption or repurchase of any Notes).

Section 4.29 Listing. The Parent shall use its reasonable efforts to list and maintain the listing of the Notes on the Irish Stock Exchange or another recognized stock exchange (such as the Luxembourg Stock Exchange); provided, however, that if the Parent is unable to list the Notes on the Irish Stock Exchange or if maintenance of such listing becomes unduly onerous, it will use its reasonable efforts to maintain a listing of such Notes on another recognized stock exchange.

Section 4.30 Payments for Consent. The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement, other than any Holder who waives the right to receive all or any part of such consideration.

 

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ARTICLE V

SUCCESSOR COMPANY

In the event of the merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other combination of the Issuer or any of the Guarantors with or into another Person (whether or not the Issuer or any such Guarantor, as the case may be, is the surviving company), or the sale, assignment, conveyance, lease, transfer or other disposition, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer or any such Guarantor in which a successor entity assumes the obligations of the Issuer or a Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.20 (Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets), then the successor entity to the Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, will succeed to and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the non-surviving Issuer or any such Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture, the Notes, the non-surviving Guarantor’s Guarantee, the Intercompany Loans and the Security Documents (and other relevant agreements related hereto), in each case to the extent party thereto, with the same effect as if such successor entity to the Issuer or any such Guarantor had been named herein as the Issuer or any such Guarantor, as the case may be, and thereafter (except in the case of a lease) the predecessor company will be relieved of all further obligations and covenants under all such documents and agreements.

ARTICLE VI

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

Section 6.1 Events of Default. When used herein with respect to the Notes, “Event of Default” means any one of the following events which shall have occurred and be continuing:

(i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on if any, with respect to, the Notes;

(ii) default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;

(iii) failure by the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions described in Section 4.20 (Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets);

(iv) failure by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 30 days after written notice to the Parent by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to comply with any of the other agreements in this Indenture or the Security Documents;

(v) default (after giving effect to any applicable grace period) under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created after the Effective Date, if that default:

(1) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “Payment Default”); or

 

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(2) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity,

and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more;

(vi) failure by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final judgments entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of $25.0 million (net of any amounts which are covered by enforceable insurance policies issued by solvent carriers), which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;

(vii) breach by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any material representation or warranty or agreement in the Security Documents, the repudiation by the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) of any of its obligations under the Security Documents or the unenforceability of the Security Documents against the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for any reason;

(viii) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Guarantee of the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), or any Person acting on behalf of any such Person, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Guarantee;

(ix) any Intercompany Loan ceases to be in full force and effect other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or is declared fully or partially void in a judicial proceeding or any Intercompany Borrower asserts that any Intercompany Loan is fully or partially invalid and (y) the Guarantee of the Parent is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or the Parent, or any Person acting on behalf of any the Parent, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Guarantee; or

(x) (i) any RAG On-Loan ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared fully or partially void in a judicial proceeding or any RAG Intercompany Borrower asserts that any RAG On-Loan is fully or partially invalid, (ii) the repudiation or disaffirmation by Jelegat Holdings Limited of its obligations under any of the Security Documents or the determination in a judicial proceeding that any of the Security

 

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Documents is unenforceable or invalid against Jelegat Holdings Limited for any reason, (iii) any Security Document ceases to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its respective terms or the terms of this Indenture), or ceases to be effective in all material respects to grant the Security Agent a perfected Lien on the RAG On-Loans with the priority purported to be created thereby or, (iv) the Issuer or Jelegat Holdings Limited amends any constitutional documents in any manner which adversely affects the enforceability, validity, perfection or priority of the Security Agent’s Lien on any RAG On-Loan or which adversely affects the value of any RAG On-Loan in any material respect;

(xi) (1) the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:

(A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding, or any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or consents to the filing of a petition, application, answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief;

(B) consents to the entry of an order or decree for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding, or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it;

(C) consents to the appointment of, or taking possession by, a custodian, receiver, liquidator, administrator, supervisor, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of it or for any substantial part of its property;

(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or

(E) admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; or

(2) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under Bankruptcy Law that:

(A) is for relief against the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) in an involuntary case;

(B) adjudges the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) bankrupt or insolvent, or seeks reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect to the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary);

 

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(C) appoints a custodian, receiver, liquidator, administrator, supervisor, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or for all or substantially all of the property of the Parent of any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary); or

(D) orders the winding-up or liquidation of the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary);

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the failure of the Issuer to comply with Sections 4.14(a) to 4.14(d) and 4.19 of this Indenture on or prior to the Reporting Covenant Reversion Date shall not constitute an Event of Default under clause (iv) above.

Section 6.2 Acceleration. (a) If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in clause (xi) of Section 6.1 (Events of Default)) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Issuer, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium and accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable immediately.

(b) In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes because an Event of Default described in clause (v) of Section 6.1 (Events of Default) has occurred and is continuing, the declaration of acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically annulled if the event of default or Payment Default triggering such Event of Default pursuant to clause (v) of Section 6.1 (Events of Default) shall be remedied or cured by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary or waived by the Holders of the relevant Indebtedness within 20 days after the declaration of acceleration with respect thereto and if (1) the annulment of the acceleration of the Notes would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (2) all existing Events of Default, except nonpayment of principal, premium or interest on the Notes that became due solely because of the acceleration of the Notes, have been cured or waived.

(c) If an Event of Default described in clause (xi) of Section 6.1 (Events of Default) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes will become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders.

Section 6.3 Other Remedies. If an Event of Default of which the Trustee has knowledge occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

 

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Section 6.4 The Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture and under the Guarantees may be prosecuted and enforced, at the expense of the Holders, by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name and as Trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

Section 6.5 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.7 (Replacement Notes), no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent or subsequent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 6.6 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Section 6.6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

Section 6.7 Waiver of Past Defaults. Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, interest and premium, if any, on the Notes. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification or other security satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses, liabilities and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

Section 6.8 Control by Majority. Subject to Section 2.9 (Acts by Holders), the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. Subject to Section 7.1 (Duties of Trustee and Agents), however, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with any law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Holder, or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to security and/or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability, fee and expense caused by taking or not taking such action.

 

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Section 6.9 Limitation on Suits. Subject to Section 6.10 (Rights of Holders to Receive Payment) of this Indenture, no Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

(i) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

(ii) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(iii) such Holders have offered the Trustee security and/or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense;

(iv) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and

(v) Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

Section 6.10 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture (including, without limitation, Section 8.9 (Repayment to the Issuer; Unclaimed Money) hereof), the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on a Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.11 Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default in payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest specified in clause (1) or clause (2) of Section 6.1 (Events of Default) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer, the Guarantors or any other obligor on the Notes for the whole amount of principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate per annum borne by the Notes and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity).

Section 6.12 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, advances or any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity), its agents, appointees and counsel, accountants and experts) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relating to the Issuer or the Guarantors, their

 

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creditors or their property or any other obligor on the Notes, its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any Bankruptcy Custodian in any such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and appointee and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity). To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and appointees and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity) hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties which the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

Section 6.13 Priorities. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, to the extent applicable, if the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article VI, or if it receives the proceeds of enforcement from the Security Agent or Polish Security Agent pursuant to Article XI (Security and Security Agent), it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

First: pari passu to the Trustee, the Agents and their agents and appointees and attorneys for amounts due under this Indenture, including (but not limited to) payment of all compensation, fees, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the Agents and the costs and expenses of collection;

Second: pari passu to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

Third: to the Issuer.

The Trustee, upon prior notice to the Issuer and Paying Agent, may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.13; provided that the failure to give any such notice shall not affect the establishment of such record date or payment date for Holders pursuant to this Section 6.13.

Section 6.14 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored by the Issuer severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

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Section 6.15 Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.15 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.10 (Rights of Holders to Receive Payment), or a suit by a Holder or Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

ARTICLE VII

TRUSTEE, SECURITY AGENT AND POLISH SECURITY AGENT

Section 7.1 Duties of Trustee and Agents. (a) If an Event of Default known to the Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care, skill and diligence in its exercise as a reasonably prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

(b) Subject to the foregoing,

(i) the Trustee and the Agents will perform only those duties as are specifically set forth herein and in the Security Documents, as applicable and no others and no implied covenants duties or obligations shall be read into this Indenture or any Security Document against the Trustee or the Agents; and

(ii) in the absence of bad faith on their part, the Trustee and the Agents may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions and such other documents delivered to them and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are required to be furnished to the Trustee or the Agents, the Trustee or the Agents, as applicable, shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but they need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or facts stated therein).

(c) None of the Trustee nor any Agent may be relieved from liability for its own gross negligence, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i) this subsection (c) does not limit the effect of Section 7.1(b);

(ii) none of the Trustee nor any Agent shall be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer of the Trustee or any Officer of any Agent (as applicable), unless it is proved that the Trustee or such Agent (as applicable) was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

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(iii) the Trustee and the Agents shall not be liable with respect to any action they take or omit to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by them hereunder.

(d) No provision of this Indenture or any Security Document shall require the Trustee or any Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or to take or omit to take any action under this Indenture or any Security Document or take any action at the request or direction of Holders if it does not receive such funds or an indemnity satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against such risk, liability, loss, fee or expense which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

(e) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture or any Security Document that in any way relates to the Trustee or any Agent is subject to subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.1, Section 7.2 and Section 7.6.

(f) None of the Trustee nor any Agent shall be liable for interest on any money received by it. Money held by the Trustee or any Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(g) Any provision hereof relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.1.

(h) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its rights to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by the Trustee in each of its capacities in which it may serve, and to each Agent, custodian and other person employed to act hereunder.

(i) Each Holder (by accepting the Notes) hereby instructs and authorizes the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent to enter into the Security Documents each is expressed to be a party to and to carry out the terms thereof.

(j) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary and whether or not expressly provided in any other provision of this Indenture, it is expressly acknowledged and agreed that the Intercreditor Agreements contain provisions that may limit or otherwise affect the ability of the Trustee to take any particular action and as a result, the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee hereunder are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and shall be construed accordingly.

Section 7.2 Rights of Trustee and Agents. Subject to Section 7.1 (Duties of Trustee and Agents): (a) The Trustee and each Agent may rely conclusively on and shall be protected from acting or refraining from acting in good faith based upon any document believed by them to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent order,

 

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approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security or other paper or document, but the Trustee or an Agent, as the case may be, in its discretion, may make reasonable further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters stated in such document and if the Trustee or an Agent as the case may be, shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, at reasonable times during normal business hours, personally or by agent or attorney at the cost of the Issuer and it shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be deemed to have notice or any knowledge of any matter (including without limitation Defaults or Events of Default) unless, in the case of the Trustee, (i) a Trust Officer assigned to and working in the Trustee’s Office has actual knowledge thereof or (ii) unless written notice thereof is received by the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.1 (Notices), and such notice clearly references the Notes, the Issuer or this Indenture.

(b) Before the Trustee or any Agent acts or refrains from acting pursuant to this Indenture or any Security Document, it may consult with counsel of its choice and require (at the Issuer’s expense) an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both, which shall conform to the provisions of Sections 12.2 (Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent) and 12.3 (Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion). Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion.

(c) The Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent may employ or retain such counsel, accountants, appraisers or other experts or advisers as they may reasonably require for the purpose of determining and discharging their rights and duties hereunder or under any Security Document and shall not be responsible for any misconduct on the part of any of them.

(d) The Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent shall not be liable for any action they take or omit to take in good faith which they reasonably believe to be authorized or within their rights or powers conferred upon them by this Indenture or any Security Document, as applicable; provided, however, that the conduct of the Trustee, the Security Agent or the Polish Security Agent (as the case may be) does not constitute willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.

(e) The Trustee or any Agent may consult with counsel or other professional advisors of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel, with respect to matters of law, or other professional advisors, with respect to other matters, shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder or under any Security Document in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel, with respect to matters of law, or other professional advisor, with respect to other matters.

(f) Except to the extent provided for in Section 9.1 (Amendment, Supplement and Waiver) and subject to Section 9.2 (Revocation and Effect of Consents) hereof, the Trustee may (but shall not be obligated to), without the consent of the Holders, give any consent, waiver or approval required by the terms hereof, but shall not without the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding (i) give

 

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any consent, waiver or approval or (ii) agree to any amendment or modification of this Indenture, in each case, that shall have a material adverse effect on the interest of any Holder. The Trustee shall be entitled to request and conclusively rely on an Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any consent, waiver, approval, amendment or modification shall have a material adverse effect on the interests of any Holder.

(g) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Issuer will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Issuer.

(h) The Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in them by this Indenture or the Security Documents (as the case may be) at the request or direction of any of the Holders or the Trustee, in the case of the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent, unless such Holders have provided to the Trustee, the Security Agent, or the Polish Security Agent (as the case may be) indemnity and/or security satisfactory to the Trustee, the Security Agent or the Polish Security Agent (as the case may be) against the losses, liabilities and expenses that might be incurred by any of them in compliance with such request or direction.

(i) None of the Trustee or the Security Agents shall have any duty to inquire as to the performance of the covenants in Article IV (Covenants) hereof. In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except: (i) any Event of Default occurring pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(i) or (ii) (Events of Default) hereof (but only so long as an Affiliate of the Trustee is the Paying Agent); and (ii) any Default or Event of Default of which it shall have received written notice pursuant to Section 12.1 (Notices) and such notice clearly references the Notes, the Issuer or this Indenture or of which a Trust Officer shall have obtained actual knowledge. Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Section 4.14 (Reports) is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including compliance with any of the covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

(j) The Trustee and the Security Agents shall not have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance, and shall not be responsible or liable for compliance with restrictions on transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase or repurchase, as applicable, of minimum denominations imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law or regulation with respect to any transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase or repurchase, as applicable, of any interest in any Notes.

(k) In no event shall the Trustee, the Security Agent or the Polish Security Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of their obligations hereunder or under the Security Documents arising out of, or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond their control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes, acts of God or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility; it being understood that the Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

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(l) Whether or not specifically referred to in any provision herein, the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee and the Polish Security Agent, including their right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by U.S. Bank National Association, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch in each of their capacities hereunder and by each agent, custodian and other person employed to act hereunder. Absent willful misconduct or gross negligence, each Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar shall not be liable for acting in good faith on instructions believed by it to be genuine and from the proper party.

(m) Neither the Trustee nor the Security Agent is required to give any bond or surety with respect to the performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers under this Indenture or the Notes.

(n) In the event the Trustee receives inconsistent or conflicting requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders, each representing less than the requisite majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may determine what action, if any, shall be taken and shall be held harmless and shall not incur any liability for its failure to act until such inconsistency or conflict is, in its reasonable opinion, resolved.

(o) The permissive right of the Trustee or any Agent to take the actions permitted by this Indenture or any Security Document shall not be construed as an obligation or duty to do so.

(p) Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture or any Security Document to the contrary, the Trustee and the Agents shall not in any event be liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits, business, goodwill or lost opportunity of any kind), whether or not foreseeable, even if the Trustee or Agent had been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of whether the claim for loss or damage is made in negligence, for breach of contract or otherwise.

(q) The Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

(r) The Trustee and any Agent may act through their attorneys and agents and shall not be under an obligation to monitor or supervise such attorneys’ or agents’ actions and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent; provided that such attorneys or agents have been appointed with due care.

(s) The Trustee will not be liable to any person if prevented or delayed in performing any of its obligations or discretionary functions under this Indenture or any Security Document by reason of any present or future law applicable to it, by any governmental or regulatory authority or by any circumstances beyond its control.

 

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

(u) If any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture or any Security Document, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee or the Security Agent, then the Trustee or the Security Agent (as applicable) may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred.

(v) Nothing in this Indenture or any Security Document shall require the Trustee or any Agent to take any action which may be inconsistent with, or in violation of any laws, rules or regulations in force in the jurisdiction where the Trustee or such Agent are located.

Section 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee and Agents. The Trustee or any Agent in its respective individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer, its Subsidiaries, or their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or an Agent. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.9 and 7.12.

Section 7.4 Trustee and Agents’ Disclaimer. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be responsible for and make no representation as to the validity, effectiveness, correctness or adequacy of this Indenture, any Security Document or Collateral, or the disclosure documents related to this Indenture or the Notes; neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Issuer or upon the Issuer’s direction under any provision hereof; neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Agent and neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be responsible for any statement or recital herein of any party other than itself, nor shall the Trustee or any Agent be responsible for any document issued in connection with the issuance of the Notes or any statement in the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement other than, in the case of the Trustee, the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

Section 7.5 Notice of Default. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and such event is known by the Trustee, the Trustee must deliver to each Holder, as their names and addresses appear on the list of Holders described in Section 2.5 (List of Holders), notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after the earlier of the Trustee having actual knowledge or receiving written notice of such Default or Event of Default, unless such Default has been cured, provided that except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice of Default or an Event of Default if and for so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that it is in the best interests of the Holders to withhold such notice.

 

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Section 7.6 Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer, failing which the Guarantors, shall pay to each of the Trustee and the Agents from time to time such compensation as the Issuer and the Trustee, or the Issuer and each relevant Agent, shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustee’s and the Agents’ compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer, failing which, the Guarantors, shall reimburse the Trustee and Agents upon request for all disbursements, expenses and advances (including properly incurred fees and expenses of counsel) incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for their services, except any such disbursements, expenses and advances as may be attributable to the Trustee’s or any Agent’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. Such expenses shall include the compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s and Agents’ accountants, experts and counsel and any taxes (other than taxed based on the income of the Trustee or franchise, doing business or other similar taxes imposed on the Trustee) or other expenses incurred by a trust created pursuant to Section 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) hereof.

The Issuer, failing which, the Guarantors jointly and severally, agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of each of the Trustee’s legal counsel and the Security Agent’s legal counsel in connection with its review, preparation and delivery of this Indenture, any Security Document and related documentation. The Issuer and the Guarantors, shall jointly and severally indemnify each of the Trustee and the Agent, any predecessor Trustee and any predecessor of the Agents (which, for purposes of this Section 7.6, include such Trustee’s and Agents’ affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents) and in any other capacity the Trustee may serve hereunder or under any Security Document for, and hold them harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, proceedings, demands, costs, expense or liability including taxes (other than, in the case of the Trustee only, taxes based on the income of the Trustee or franchise, doing business or other similar taxes imposed on the Trustee) incurred by the Trustee or an Agent without gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part in connection with acceptance of administration of this trust and performance of any provision under this Indenture and any Security Document, including the expenses and counsel fees and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability arising hereunder or thereunder and the Trustee or any Agent shall not be bound to take any steps hereunder unless it has been so indemnified and/or secured and/or pre-funded to its reasonable satisfaction. The Trustee and the Agents shall notify the Issuer promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee or such Agent for which it may seek indemnity. However, the failure by the Trustee or the Agent to so notify the Issuer shall not relieve the Issuer of its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Issuer shall defend the claim and the Trustee or such Agent shall cooperate in the defense (and may employ its own counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or any Agent (as the case may be)) at the Issuer’s expense provided, however, if in the judgment of the Trustee or an Agent (i) a conflict of interest exists by reason of common representation, (ii) there are legal defenses available to the Trustee and/or an Agent that are different from or are in addition to those available to the Issuer or (iii) if all parties commonly represented do not agree as to the action (or inaction) of counsel, then the Issuer shall not defend such claim. The Trustee or such Agent may have separate counsel and the Issuer shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Issuer need not pay for any settlement made without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

To secure the Issuer’s and Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.6, the Trustee and the Agents shall have a Lien prior to the Notes against all money or property held or collected by the Trustee and the Agents, in its capacity as Trustee or Agent, except money or property held to pay principal or premium, if any, or interest on particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

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When the Trustee or an Agent incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in clause (xii) of Section 6.1 (Events of Default), the expenses (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) and the compensation for the services shall be preferred over the status of the Holders in a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law and are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

The Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under this Section 7.6 and any claim arising hereunder shall survive the termination of this Indenture, the resignation or removal of any Trustee or Agent, the discharge of the Issuer’s obligations pursuant to Article VIII (Defeasance and Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture) and any rejection or termination under any Bankruptcy Law.

Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, the Trustee shall have absolute and uncontrolled discretion as to the exercise of the discretions vested in the Trustee by this Indenture but, whenever the Trustee is bound to act under this Indenture at the request or direction of the Holders, the Trustee shall nevertheless not be so bound unless first indemnified or secured to its satisfaction against all proceedings, claims and demands to which it may render itself liable and all costs, charges, expenses, fees and liabilities which it may incur by so doing.

Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to this Section 7.6.

The Issuer agrees to pay any and all stamp and other documentary taxes or duties which may be payable in connection with the execution, delivery, performance and enforcement of this Indenture by the Trustee and the Agents.

Section 7.7 Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign at any time without liability for so doing without stating a reason by so notifying the Issuer in writing not less than 30 days prior to the effective date of such resignation; provided, however, that this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees shall remain valid notwithstanding a material conflict of interest of the Trustee. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Issuer and the Trustee in writing not less than 30 days prior to the effective date of such removal and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Issuer’s consent (not be unreasonably withheld). A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.7. The Issuer shall remove the Trustee if:

(a) The Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.7;

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(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its respective property; or

(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting with respect to its duties hereunder.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed and the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Issuer shall notify each Holder of such event and shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may, with the Issuer’s consent, appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer. If the Issuer does not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer, after payment of all sums then owing to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity), all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the Lien provided in Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity). A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder.

The Issuer covenants that, in the event of the Trustee giving notice of its resignation pursuant to this Section 7.7, it shall use its best endeavors to procure a successor Trustee to be appointed. If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If the Trustee, within 90 days after becoming aware that a conflict of interest exists between such Trustee’s role as a trustee and any other capacity, shall not have eliminated such conflict of interest or resigned from office, the Issuer or any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed as provided in Section 310(b) of the TIA, any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

An Agent may resign its appointment hereunder at any time by giving to the Issuer at least 90 days’ written notice to that effect unless shorter notice is agreed by the Issuer, provided that (i) such resignation shall not take effect until a new Agent performing the functions set forth in this Indenture has been appointed; (ii) no such resignation shall take effect until notice thereof shall have been given to the Trustee, and (iii) no such notice shall be given so as to

 

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expire within a period commencing 45 days immediately preceding any due date for a payment in respect of the Notes and ending 15 days after such date. If the Issuer has not, within 45 days after notice of resignation of an Agent, appointed a successor Agent which accepts the appointment, the outgoing Agent may appoint a successor Agent on substantially the same terms and conditions as previously applied to it.

Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee or Agent pursuant to this Section 7.7, the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity) shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee or Agent, as the case may be, and the Issuer shall pay to any replaced or removed Trustee or Agent all amounts owed under Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity) upon such replacement or removal.

Section 7.8 Successor Trustee or Agent by Merger, etc. If the Trustee or any Agent consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall, if such resulting, surviving or transferee corporation is otherwise eligible hereunder, be the successor Trustee or Agent. In case any Notes shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee or Authenticating Agent then in office, any successor by consolidation, merger or conversion to such authenticating Trustee or Authenticating Agent may adopt such authentication and deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee or Authenticating Agent had itself authenticated such Notes.

Section 7.9 Eligibility; Disqualification. This Indenture shall always have a Trustee that satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5) in every respect. The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.

Section 7.10 Limitation on Duty of Trustee in Respect of Collateral. The Trustee shall not have or be in possession of any of the Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the Trustee (or any agent or bailee thereof) shall have in its possession or control any Collateral, the Trustee shall have the same duties as to such Collateral as the Security Agents pursuant to Section 11.1 (Collateral and Security Documents).

Section 7.11 Appointment of Co-Trustee. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Collateral may at the time be located, the Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments necessary to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Collateral, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Holders, such title to the Collateral, or any part hereof, and subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of

 

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eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 7.9 (Eligibility, Disqualification) and no notice to Holders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 7.9 (Eligibility, Disqualification) hereof.

(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

(A) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Collateral or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Trustee;

(B) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and

(C) the Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and the conditions of this Article VII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection or rights (including the rights to compensation, reimbursement and indemnification hereunder) to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee.

(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.

Section 7.12 Preferential Collection of Claims against the Issuer. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated.

 

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Section 7.13 Reports by Trustee to the Holders. Within 60 days after each April 15 beginning April 15, 2014, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of such April 15 that complies with TIA § 313(a) if and to the extent required thereby. The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b) and TIA § 313(c). A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with the Commission and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer agrees to notify promptly the Trustee in writing whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof and the Trustee shall comply with TIA § 313(d).

ARTICLE VIII

DEFEASANCE AND SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

Section 8.1 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Issuer (hereafter in this Article VIII, the “Defeasor”) may, at its option at any time, with respect to the Notes, elect to have either Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge) or 8.3 (Covenant Defeasance) be applied to all outstanding Notes and all obligations of the Guarantors with respect to the Guarantees upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article VIII.

Section 8.2 Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Defeasor’s exercise under Section 8.1 (Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance) of the option applicable to this Section 8.2, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and the Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have paid and discharged all the obligations relating to the outstanding Notes and the Guarantees and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.6 (Survival of Certain Obligations), Section 8.8 (Application of Trust Moneys) and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to below in this Section 8.2, and to have satisfied all of their other obligations under such Notes, the Guarantees and this Indenture and cured all then existing Events of Default (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due or on the Redemption Date solely out of the Defeasance Trust created pursuant to this Indenture; (b) the Issuer’s obligations with respect to Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, or, where relevant, registration of such Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust; (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and (d) this Article VIII and the obligations set forth in Section 8.6 (Survival of Certain Obligations) hereof.

 

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Subject to compliance with this Article VIII, the Defeasor may exercise its option under this Section 8.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.3 (Covenant Defeasance) with respect to the Notes.

Section 8.3 Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Defeasor’s exercise under Section 8.1 (Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance) of the option applicable to this Section 8.3, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall be released from any obligations under the covenants contained in Article IV (Covenants) (other than Sections 4.1 (Payment of Notes), 4.2 (Maintenance of Office or Agency), 4.5 (Corporate Existence), 4.6 (Payment of Taxes and Other Claims), 4.7 (Maintenance of Properties and Insurance), 4.8 (Compliance with Laws), 4.10 (Waiver of Stay; Extension or Usury Laws), 4.17 (Withholding Tax Gross-Up on Non-U.S. Guarantees), 4.18 (Payment of Non-Income Taxes and Similar Charges) and 4.19 (Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default), and clauses (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3) and (a)(4)(b), and clauses (b) and (c) of Section 4.20 (Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets)) hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes and the Guarantees on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, (i) with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Issuer and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and (ii) payment on the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(3) (Events of Default) (but only if such Event of Default is triggered solely by a failure to comply with the conditions set forth in clause (a)(4)(a) of Section 4.20 (Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets) or Section 6.1(4) (Events of Default) (insofar as they relate to Sections 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock), 4.4 (Limitation on Restricted Payments), 4.9 (Limitation on Liens), 4.11 (Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries), 4.12 (Asset Sales), 4.13 (Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates), 4.14 (Reports), 4.15 (Limitation on Business Activities), 4.16 (Change of Control), 4.21 (Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions), 4.22 (Additional Security and Guarantees), 4.23 (Delivery of Security and Guarantees), 4.24 (Impairment of Security Interest) or 4.25 (Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries) or clause (a)(4)(a) of Section 4.20 (Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets)).

Section 8.4 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. In order to exercise either of the defeasance options under Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge) or Section 8.3 (Covenant Defeasance) hereof, the Defeasor must comply with the following conditions:

(a) irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or its designee, in trust (the “Defeasance Trust”), for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash and non-callable Government Securities (with such cash and government securities) denominated in U.S. dollars in an amount corresponding to the Notes) in

 

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amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest and premium, if any, on, the outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Defeasor must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

(b) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Defeasor shall have delivered to the Trustee (1) an opinion of external U.S. counsel addressed to and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (i) the Defeasor has received from, or there has been published by, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) since the Effective Date, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel will confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred; and (iii) payments to and payments from the defeasance trust can be made free and exempt from any and all withholding and other taxes or whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the United Kingdom or any taxing authority thereof;

(c) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Defeasor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit in the Defeasance Trust (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit);

(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Parent or any other Guarantor is a party or by which the Parent or any other Guarantor is bound;

(f) the Defeasor and the Parent shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuer or any Guarantor with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Defeasor or any Guarantor or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Defeasor or any Guarantor or others; and

(g) the Defeasor and the Parent shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

 

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Section 8.5 Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture. This Indenture (and all Liens on Collateral created pursuant to the Security Documents) and the Guarantees shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all Notes issued hereunder when (a) either (i) all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment U.S. dollars has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuer, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (ii) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Defeasor, the Parent or any other Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash denominated in dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash in dollars, non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption; (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or any Guarantor is bound; (c) the Issuer, the Parent or any other Guarantor has paid, or caused to be paid, all sums payable under this Indenture; and (d) the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to give the notice of redemption and apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be. In addition, the Defeasor and the Parent must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Section 8.6 Survival of Certain Obligations. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and of the Notes referred to in Sections 8.1 (Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance), 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge), 8.3 (Covenant Defeasance), 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) or 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture), the respective obligations of the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee under Sections 2.2 (Execution and Authentication), 2.3 (Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent), 2.4 (Paying Agent to Hold Assets), 2.5 (List of Holders), 2.6 (Transfer and Exchange), 2.7 (Replacement Notes), 2.8 (Outstanding Notes), 2.9 (Acts by Holders), 2.10 (Temporary Notes), 2.11 (Cancellation), 2.12 (Defaulted Interest), 2.13 (CUSIPs, ISINs and Common Codes), 2.14 (Deposit of Moneys), 4.1 (Payment of Notes), 4.2 (Maintenance of Office or Agency), 4.5 (Corporate Existence), 4.6 (Payment of Taxes and Other Claims), 4.7 (Maintenance of Properties and Insurance), 4.8 (Compliance with Laws), 4.10 (Waiver of Stay; Extension or Usury Laws), 4.17 (Withholding Tax Gross Up on Non-U.S. Guarantees), 4.18 (Payment of Non-Income Taxes and Similar Charges), 4.19 (Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default), 6.10 (Rights of Holders to Receive Payment), Article VII (Trustee, Security Agent and Polish Security Agent) and Article VIII shall survive until the Notes are no longer outstanding, and thereafter the obligations of the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee under Article VII (Trustee, Security Agent and Polish Security Agent) and Article VIII shall survive. Nothing contained in this Article VIII shall abrogate any of the obligations or duties of the Trustee under this Indenture.

 

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Section 8.7 Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee. Subject to Section 8.9 (Repayment to Issuer; Unclaimed Money), after (i) the conditions of Section 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) or 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture) have been satisfied, (ii) the Issuer or the Guarantors have paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer and (iii) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent referred to in clause (i) above relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, the Trustee upon written request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of all obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors under this Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified in this Article VIII.

Section 8.8 Application of Trust Moneys. All cash in U.S. dollars deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) or 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture) in respect of Notes shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Issuer and the Guarantors shall jointly and severally pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash deposited pursuant to Section 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) or 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture) or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of outstanding Notes.

Section 8.9 Repayment to the Issuer; Unclaimed Money. The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay or return to the Issuer upon an Issuer Order any cash held by them at any time that are not required for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any or interest, if any, on the Notes for which cash has been deposited pursuant to Section 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) or 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture).

Any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent under this Article VIII in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, that has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer upon an Issuer Order or if then held by the Issuer shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer give notice to the Holders or cause to be published a notice in accordance with Section 12.1(b) (Notices) that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.

 

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Claims against the Issuer for the payment of principal or interest, if any, on the Notes will become void unless presentment for payment is made (where so required in this Indenture) within, in the case of principal, if any, a period of ten years, or, in the case of interest, a period of five years, in each case from the applicable original payment date therefor.

Section 8.10 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any cash in accordance with Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge), 8.3 (Covenant Defeasance), 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) or 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture) by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge), 8.3 (Covenant Defeasance), 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) or 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture) until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such cash in accordance with Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge), 8.3 (Covenant Defeasance), 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) or 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture); provided, however, that if the Issuer has made any payment of interest on, premium, if any, and principal, if any, of any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

Section 9.1 Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. (a) Except as provided in Sections 9.1(b) and 9.1(c), this Indenture, the Notes, any of the Security Documents or the Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), and, subject to Section 6.10 (Rights of Holders to Receive Payment), any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes, any of the Security Documents or the Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes).

(b) Without the consent of each Holder affected thereby, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not, with respect to any Notes issued thereunder and held by a non-consenting holder:

(i) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

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(Optional Redemption) of the Notes or, once an obligation to repurchase has arisen thereunder, as described in Section 4.16 (Change of Control) or Section 4.12 (Asset Sales);

(iii) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Note;

(iv) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;

(v) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults which require the consent of Holders of all of the then outstanding Notes;

(vi) impair the right of any Holder of Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium on, the Notes on or after the due date therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes;

(vii) change the ranking of the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security granted under the Security Documents;

(viii) release any Lien on the Collateral except as permitted by this Indenture and the Security Documents;

(ix) modify or release any of the Guarantees in any manner materially adverse to the Holders of the Notes other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or

(x) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.

(c) Notwithstanding Sections 9.1(a) and 9.1(b), without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Security Agent and/or the Polish Security Agent may amend or supplement (or take any other action or enter into any other document contemplated by Section 4.24 (Impairment of Security Interest), this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents:

(i) to cure any ambiguity, mistake, omission, defect or inconsistency;

(ii) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

(iii) to provide for the assumption by a successor Person of the Issuer’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of Notes and Guarantees pursuant to this Indenture;

(iv) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents of any such Holder in any respect;

 

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(v) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Guarantees, the Security Documents, the Intercompany Loans or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of the New Secured Notes” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the “Description of the Notes” in the Offering Memorandum was intended to be a verbatim or substantially verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Notes;

(vi) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture and to make such changes as may be required to the Security Documents (and any intercreditor agreement) to accommodate and implement such issuance of Additional Notes;

(vii) to allow any Subsidiary to execute a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto and/or a Guarantee with respect to the Notes or to further secure the Notes;

(viii) to enter into, amend or supplement any intercreditor agreement with the holder, and/or any agent in respect thereof, of any other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; provided that no such intercreditor agreement shall provide that the Notes or any Guarantee are subordinated to any such Indebtedness or subject to any payment blockage or enforcement standstill or that any Lien securing the Notes or the Guarantees ranks behind any Lien securing such Indebtedness;

(ix) evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture or Security Documents of a successor Trustee or Security Agent pursuant to the requirement thereof;

(x) in the event that the Notes are issued in certificated form, to make appropriate amendments to the Indenture to reflect an appropriate minimum denomination of certificated Notes and establish minimum redemption amounts for certificated Notes; or

(xi) to the extent necessary to provide for the granting of a security interest for the benefit of any Person (including any release and re-grant of a Lien) and as otherwise contemplated in Section 4.24 (Impairment of Security Interest); provided that, in each case, such amendment, supplement, modification, extension, renewal, restatement or replacement does not violate Section 4.24 (Impairment of Security Interest).

(d) At the request of the Parent, the Issuer or any Guarantor, the Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent are authorized to enter into one or more intercreditor agreements, and one or more amendments, extensions, renewals, restatements, supplements, modifications or replacements to any intercreditor agreement; provided that the terms thereof are not prohibited by any term of this Indenture.

(e) Each Holder of the Notes shall be deemed to agree to and accept the terms and conditions of any intercreditor agreement and the entry by the Trustee into any intercreditor agreement and the performance by the Trustee of its obligations and the exercise of its rights thereunder and in connection therewith.

 

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(f) The Trustee and/or Agents will be entitled to require, request, and rely absolutely on without further inquiry an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate.

Section 9.2 Revocation and Effect of Consents. Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date on which the Trustee receives written notice from the Issuer (or an agent employed by the Issuer to collate or tabulate consents from Holders of the Notes) certifying that the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Notes have consented (and not revoked such consent) to the amendment or waiver. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

The Issuer may fix a record date for determining which Holders must consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver. If the Issuer fixes a record date, the record date shall be fixed at (i) the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation pursuant to Section 2.5 (List of Holders) or (ii) such other date as the Issuer shall designate. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding Section 9.3 (Notation on or Exchange of Notes), those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent (or the appointment of a proxy) previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date.

Section 9.3 Notation on or Exchange of Notes. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Issuer in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver. Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 9.4 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. The Trustee shall execute any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX; provided, however, that the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver which adversely affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity and/or security reasonably satisfactory to it, and shall be fully protected in relying upon an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate each stating that the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that all conditions precedent thereto have been satisfied and that such amendment, supplement or waiver constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors (if applicable) enforceable against it or them in accordance with its terms. Any Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee.

 

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ARTICLE X

GUARANTEES

Section 10.1 Guarantees. Each of the Guarantors hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, on a senior basis to each Holder of a Note authenticated by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent and to the Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent and each of their successors and assigns the full and prompt performance of all of the Issuer’s obligations (including the Parallel Obligations) under this Indenture and the Notes including the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders, the Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent hereunder and under the Notes. The obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and Notes shall be referred to in this Article X as the “Obligations”.

The obligations of each of the Guarantors set forth in this Article X shall be referred to herein as the “Guarantees.” The Guarantees shall rank pari passu in right of payment to all existing and future senior Indebtedness of the Guarantors, and shall be senior in right of payment to all existing and future Indebtedness of the Guarantors that is expressly subordinated to the Guarantees.

Each Guarantor further agrees that the Obligations may be extended or renewed by the Trustee for and on behalf of itself and the Holders, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid amount of the Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on the Obligations then due and owing. Payments made under the Guarantees shall be made to the Trustee on behalf of the Holders, the Security Agent or the Polish Security Agent, as the case may be.

The Guarantors waive presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuer of any of the Obligations and also waive notice of protest for nonpayment. Each of the Guarantors waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (a) the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuer or any other person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (d) the release of any Liens on the Collateral held by any Holder, the Security Agent or the Polish Security Agent or the Trustee for the Obligations or any of them; or (e) any change in the ownership of the Issuer.

Each Guarantor further agrees that each Guarantee herein constitutes a Guarantee of payment when due (and not a Guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment of the Obligations.

The obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder shall, subject to this Article X and Article VIII (Defeasance and Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture), not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than payment of the Obligations in full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration

 

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or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall, subject to this Article X and Article VIII (Defeasance and Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture), not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of a Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Guarantor as a matter of law or equity. Each Guarantee is a confirming Guarantee and will remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all of the Obligations.

Subject to the provisions of Section 10.4 (Release) hereof, each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or otherwise.

Subject to the provisions of Section 10.3 (No Subrogation) hereof, in furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder has at law or in equity against the Guarantors, by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuer to pay any of the Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Trustee for and on behalf of itself and the Holders an amount equal to the unpaid amount of such Obligations then due and owing.

Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, but subject always to Sections 10.2 (Limitation of Guarantees) hereof, (x) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in this Indenture for the purposes of the Guarantees herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Obligations, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purposes of the Guarantees.

Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent and/or the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Article X.

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fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, voidable preference, a transaction under value or unlawful financial assistance or otherwise cause the Guarantor to be in breach of applicable capital preservation rules under relevant law or such Guarantee to be void, unenforceable or ultra vires or cause the directors or members of the supervisory board or analogous board or body of such Guarantor to be in breach of, or liable under, applicable corporate or commercial law.

(b) Limitation on Luxembourg Guarantors. Notwithstanding the foregoing and any other provision of this Indenture or the Security Documents to the contrary, the guarantee, indemnity and other obligations of each Luxembourg Guarantor under this Indenture shall be limited, in respect of obligations and liabilities of companies other than such Luxembourg Guarantor and its direct or indirect subsidiaries, to an aggregate amount not exceeding the greater of:

(i) any Luxembourg On-Loans increased by ninety-five percent (95%) of (i) the relevant Luxembourg Guarantor’s own funds (capitaux propres, as referred to in article 34 of the Luxembourg Act dated 19 December 2002 concerning the trade and companies register as well as the accounting and annual accounts of companies, as amended) on the date of payment under this Indenture, and (ii) the amount of any Intra-Group Liabilities outstanding at the same date; or

(ii) any Luxembourg On-Loans increased by ninety-five percent (95%) of (i) the relevant Luxembourg Guarantor’s own funds (capitaux propres; as referred to in article 34 of the Luxembourg Act dated 19 December 2002 concerning the trade and companies register as well as the accounting and annual accounts of companies, as amended) as at the date of this Indenture, and (ii) the amount of any Intra-Group Liabilities outstanding at the same date.

Section 10.3 Limitation on Polish Guarantors.

(a) The obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor incorporated in Poland (a “Polish Guarantor”) under this Indenture in terms of Guarantees, indemnity and other obligations in relation to the Principal Obligations as well as the Parallel Obligations of any Polish Guarantor in its capacity as Subsidiary Guarantor will be limited to an amount equivalent to (A) the value of all assets (aktywa) of the Polish Guarantor as such value is recorded in (a) its latest annual unconsolidated financial statements or, if they are more up-to date (b) its latest interim unconsolidated financial statements, less (B) the value of all liabilities (zobowiązania) of the Polish Guarantor (whether due or pending maturity), such existing on the Effective Date and/or taken up at any time following the execution hereof, to the extent not taken up in violation of the provisions of the Indenture and the Notes, as such value is recorded in the financial statements referred to in the point (A) above and used for the purpose of determination of the value of assets (aktywa) of the Polish Subsidiary Guarantor. The term “liabilities” shall at all times exclude the Polish Guarantor’s liabilities under the Indenture and the Notes in relation to the Principal Obligations and the Parallel Obligations, but shall include any other obligations (secured and unsecured) of the Polish Guarantor, including any other off-balance sheet obligations of the Polish Guarantor.

 

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(b) The limitation stipulated in point (a) above shall not apply if:

(i) Polish law is amended in such a manner that (A) a debtor whose liabilities exceed the value of its assets is no longer deemed insolvent (niewypłacalny) as provided for in Article 11 Sec. 2 of the Polish Bankruptcy and Restructuring Law dated 28 February 2003 (Journal of Laws No. 60, item 535, as amended; the “Polish Bankruptcy and Restructuring Law”) (as in force on the date of the Indenture and/or as amended or substituted for time to time) or that (ii) the insolvency (niewypłacalność) of a debtor within the meaning of Article 11 Sec. 2 of the Polish Bankruptcy and Restructuring Law (as in force on the date of the Indenture and/or as amended or substituted from time to time) no longer gives grounds for an immediate declaration of its bankruptcy (ogłoszenie upadłości) or no longer obliges the representatives of the Polish Guarantor to immediately file for the declaration of its bankruptcy; or

(ii) the aggregate value of the liabilities of the Polish Guarantor (other than those under the Indenture and the Notes) exceeds the aggregate value of the assets of such Polish Guarantor, thus resulting in the Polish Guarantor’s insolvency within the meaning of Article 11 Sec. 2 of the Polish Bankruptcy and Restructuring Law.

(c) The obligations under this Indenture in terms of Guarantees, indemnity and other obligations in relation to the Principal Obligations as well as the Parallel Obligations of any Polish Guarantor being a limited liability company (“Sp. z o.o.”), in its capacity as a Subsidiary Guarantor, may be further limited by operation of Article 189 par. 2 of the Polish Commercial Companies Code dated September 15, 2000 (Journal of Laws No. 94, item 1037) aimed at preservation of share capital. Furthermore, the Guarantees do not apply to any liability of any Polish Guarantor being a joint stock company (S.A.) to the extent that it would result in the Guarantees constituting unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of Article 345 of the Polish Commercial Companies Code. Each Guarantor will comply in all material respects with all legislation in relation to financial assistance or analogous process including in relation to the payment of any amounts due hereunder. Nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to imply that any Polish Guarantor grants any guarantee in violation of the prohibition of any financial assistance as referred to under Article 345 of the Polish Commercial Companies Code. Nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to imply that any Polish Guarantor guarantees and/or otherwise directly or indirectly finances acquisition of shares issued by it.

Section 10.4 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by any Guarantor hereunder, such Guarantor shall not be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Trustee, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent or any Holder against the Issuer or any collateral security or Guarantee or right of offset held by the Trustee, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent or any Holder for the payment of the Obligations nor shall such Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Issuer in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Trustee, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent and the Holders by the Issuer on account of the Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to a Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Trustee, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent and the Holders, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Obligations.

 

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Section 10.5 Release. The Guarantee of a Guarantor will be automatically and unconditionally released without further action on the part of any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee (and thereupon shall terminate and be discharged and be of no further force and effect):

(i) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor (including by way of merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Issuer, the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent, if the sale or other disposition complies with Section 4.12(a) (Asset Sales) (in which case the Guarantee of each Subsidiary of that Guarantor also shall be released);

(ii) in connection with any sale or other disposition of the Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Issuer, the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent, following which such Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, if the sale or other disposition complies with Section 4.12(a) (Asset Sales) (in which case the Guarantee of each subsidiary of that Guarantor also shall be released);

(iii) if the Parent designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.25 (Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries) (in which case the Guarantee of each subsidiary of that Guarantor also shall be released);

(iv) in accordance with the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (as in effect on the Effective Date or as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified after the Effective Date) upon the occurrence of an enforcement action; or

(v) upon legal defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the Notes in accordance with Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge) or Section 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture).

The Trustee is hereby authorized, without the consent of any Holder, to take all necessary actions (including directing the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent) to effectuate any release in accordance with this Section 10.4. At the request and expense of the Issuer, the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent, the Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent shall, at the Issuer’s cost, execute and deliver any document reasonably requested to evidence such release and discharge.

ARTICLE XI

SECURITY AND SECURITY AGENTS

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Guarantees, the Parent will deliver the security as and to the extent required by Section 4.23 (Delivery of Security and Guarantees). At the time of execution of the relevant Security Documents, the Parent also shall cause to be delivered an Opinion of Counsel addressed to and reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the Security Agent and, in addition, in respect of the Polish Collateral, the Polish Security Agent, covering the enforceability of such Security Documents and certain other matters required in this Indenture.

(b) The Trustee shall, and by accepting a Note each Holder shall be deemed to, irrevocably appoint the Security Agent, and, in respect of the Polish Collateral, the Polish Security Agent, to act as its agent in connection with the Collateral and the Security Documents and authorize the Security Agent, and, in respect of the Polish Collateral, the Polish Security Agent, (acting only at the direction of the Trustee) to perform such duties and exercise such rights, powers and discretions as are specifically delegated to the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent under the Security Documents or by the terms hereof and together with all rights, powers and discretions as are reasonably incidental thereto or necessary to give effect to the trusts hereby created and each Holder by accepting a Note shall be deemed to irrevocably authorize the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent on its behalf to release any existing security being held in favor of the Holders, to enter into any and each Security Document and to deal with any formalities in relation to the perfection of any security created by such Security Documents (including, inter alia, entering into such other documents as may be necessary to such perfection).

(c) Each of the Security Agent and, in respect of the Polish Collateral, the Polish Security Agent agrees that it shall hold the Collateral on trust for the Holders and the Trustee on the terms contained in this Indenture. Each Holder by accepting a Note shall be deemed to agree that the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent shall have only those duties, obligations and responsibilities and such rights and protections as expressly specified in this Indenture or in the Security Documents (and no others shall be implied).

(d) Each of the Security Agent and, in respect of the Polish Collateral, the Polish Security Agent agrees that it will hold the security interests in Collateral created under any Security Document to which it is a party as contemplated by this Indenture, and any and all proceeds thereof, for the benefit of, among others, the Trustee and the Holders, without limiting the Security Agent’s or the Polish Security Agent’s rights to act in preservation of the security interest in the Collateral. The Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent will take action or refrain from taking action in connection with the Security Documents only as directed by the Trustee.

(e) Each Holder, by accepting a Note, shall be deemed to have agreed to all the terms and provisions of the Security Documents. Without prejudice to any automatic release of the Liens granted under the Security Documents, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent shall (upon direction of the Issuer) release the Liens on the Collateral if and when required by this Indenture.

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acts or omission of the other. The provisions of this Article XI apply to the Polish Security Agent only insofar as they relate to the Polish Collateral. The provisions of this Article XI apply to the Security Agent insofar as they relate to all the Collateral (other than the Polish Collateral).

(g) Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the Security Agents shall have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto and the Security Agents shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral. The Security Agents shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Security Agents in good faith.

(h) Upon qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, the Issuer will comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(b). Promptly after qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act to the extent required by the TIA, the Issuer shall deliver the opinion(s) required by Section 314(b)(1) of the TIA. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Indenture, upon qualification of this Indenture under the TIA, to the extent required by the TIA, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee on or prior to each anniversary of the Effective Date, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of such date, stating either that (i) in the opinion of such counsel, all action has been taken with respect to any filing, re-filing, recording or re-recording with respect to the Collateral as is necessary to maintain the Liens on the Collateral in favor of the Holders or (ii) in the opinion of such counsel, that no such action is necessary to maintain such Liens.

(i) The Issuer will cause Section 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, relating to reports, and Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act, relating to the release of property and to the substitution therefor of any property to be pledged as collateral for the Notes, to be complied with, upon qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required by Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act may be made by an Officer of the Issuer except in cases where Section 314(d) requires that such certificate or opinion be made by an independent engineer, appraiser or other expert, who shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11.2(d), the Issuer will not be required to comply with all or any portion of Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act if it determines, in good faith based on written advice of counsel, that under the terms of Section 314(d) and/or any interpretation or guidance as to the meaning thereof of the Commission and its staff, including “no action” letters or exemptive orders, all or any portion of Section 314(d) is inapplicable, whereupon the Issuer shall provide to the Trustee and the Security Agent an Officers’ Certificate certifying that the Issuer reasonably believes, based on the written advice of counsel (a copy of which shall be attached thereto), that the Issuer is not required to comply with all or any portion of Section 314(d). Upon qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall comply with the other applicable provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as they relate to Collateral.

 

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Section 11.2 Responsibilities of Security Agents. The obligations of the Security Agents under this Indenture shall be to:

(a) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, take such action as requested by written instructions of the Trustee under this Indenture, provided that such action does not contradict applicable law or subject the Security Agents to any liability under applicable laws. In this regard, the Security Agents shall be entitled to rely and act upon, and shall be fully protected in relying and acting upon, any note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, request, demand, direction, instruction, waiver, receipt, agreement, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or written document or written communication reasonably believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel and other experts retained or employed by the Security Agents in its reasonable discretion;

(b) remit according to the written instructions of the Trustee any proceeds recovered from enforcement of the Security Documents; and

(c) take such other actions requested by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture;

subject in each case to indemnification or security to its satisfaction.

The Security Agents shall be deemed to have actual, constructive, direct or indirect knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default only upon receipt by the Security Agents of a written notice or a certificate from the Trustee, stating that an Event of Default has occurred. The Security Agents shall have no obligation whatsoever either prior to or after receiving such written notice or certificate to inquire whether an Event of Default has in fact occurred and shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any notice or certificate so furnished to it.

Section 11.3 Security Agents’ Individual Capacity. The Security Agents may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with the Issuer or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from the Issuer for services in connection with this Indenture and otherwise without having to account for the same to the Trustee or to the Holders from time to time.

Section 11.4 Trustee May Perform. If the Security Agents shall refuse or be incapable of performing any right or remedy provided for herein or in this Indenture, the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to take such actions, or cause such actions to be taken, on behalf of the Security Agents as appropriate to protect the interests of the Trustee, the Security Agents or the Holders from time to time hereunder, and shall be entitled, in addition to the rights of the Security Agents to all of the immunity, indemnity and reimbursement provisions hereof and thereof to which the Security Agents would be entitled, regardless of any prior act or omission by the Security Agents.

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time in writing between the Polish Security Agent and the Issuer, and the Security Agent and the Issuer (as applicable). The Issuer agrees to pay the fees, expenses and other amounts payable to each Security Agent under this Indenture, in addition to any other fees, expenses and other amounts payable that may arise under the Security Documents.

Section 11.6 Indemnification: Disclaimers, etc. (a) The Issuer shall be liable for and shall reimburse and indemnify each of the Security Agents and hold each of the Security Agents and its respective officers, directors, agents, employees and representatives harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, costs, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, disbursements or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) (collectively, “Losses”) arising from or in connection with or related to this Indenture or being Security Agents hereunder (including but not limited to Losses incurred by each of the Security Agents in connection with its successful defense, in whole or in part, of any claim of gross negligence or willful misconduct on their part), provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall require each of the Security Agents or its respective officers, directors, agents, employees or representatives to be indemnified for Losses caused by their or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(b) No provision of this Indenture and the Security Documents shall require any Security Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or under the Security Documents or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to it.

(c) The Security Agents shall have no liability (whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) for losses in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, performance by the Security Agents under any of the Security Documents and/or the relationship established by this Indenture, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith, unless it is determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that is binding on the Security Agents that such losses were the result of acts or omission on the part of the Security Agents or their respective officers, directors, agents, employees and representatives constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(d) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Article XI, the Security Agents and the Issuer agree that the Trustee shall have no liability to the Security Agents or the Issuer (whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) hereunder except in its capacity as Trustee under, and as provided for in, this Indenture.

Section 11.7 Illegality; No inconsistency. Nothing in this Indenture or the Security Documents shall require either the Polish Security Agent or the Security Agent to take any action which may be inconsistent with, or in violation of any laws, rules or regulations in force in the jurisdiction where it is located.

Section 11.8 Rights of Trustee, the Security Agents and the Paying Agents. The Trustee, the Security Agents and the Paying Agents may continue to make payments on the Notes (and each of the Security Agents may pay any monies received by it in respect of the Security Documents to the Trustee or as the Trustee may direct or to a Paying Agent for

 

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distribution to Holders) and shall not be charged with the knowledge of existence of facts that prohibit the making of any such payments unless, not less than two Business Days prior to the date of such payment, a Trust Officer of the Trustee (in the case of the Trustee) or an officer of the Polish Security Agent or the Security Agent (as applicable) within the department of the Polish Security Agent or the Security Agent (as applicable) responsible for administering the security created by the Security Documents receives notice in writing satisfactory to it that payments may not be made under this Article XI.

Section 11.9 Release of Collateral. (a) Liens on Collateral securing the Notes and the Guarantees (other than the Intercompany Loans) shall, subject to Section 11.9(d) below, be automatically and unconditionally released:

(i) in connection with any sale or other disposition of Collateral if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.12(a) (Asset Sales) and, if the Collateral is stock of a Guarantor, in connection with any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other combination in which such Guarantor is not the surviving corporation if the transaction does not violate Section 4.20 (Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets);

(ii) if the Collateral is an asset of a Guarantor (or one of its Subsidiaries) that is to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, upon designation of the Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.25 (Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries);

(iii) if the Collateral is an asset of a Guarantor (or one of its Subsidiaries) that is to be released from its Guarantee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, upon release of the Guarantor from its Guarantee;

(iv) in accordance with the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (as in effect on the Effective Date or as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified after the Effective Date) upon the occurrence of an enforcement action;

(v) upon legal defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the Notes in accordance with Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge) or Section 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture);

(vi) if the Collateral is a Specified Bank Account, upon the written request of the Parent, if the Parent certifies in such request that as of the last day of the then most recent fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date, such account did not have at least $10.0 million (or, if in a currency other than U.S. dollars, the U.S. dollar equivalent thereof) in deposits; and

(vii) as described in Article IX (Amendments, Supplements and Waiver).

(b) The Security Agents are authorized to release and each Holder, by accepting a Note, is deemed to authorize the Security Agents to release (and the Security Agents will, at the request of the Parent or Issuer, release) the security interest in all or any portion of the Collateral in connection with the granting of any Permitted Collateral Lien as contemplated in Section 4.9 (Limitation on Liens). The Issuer or the relevant Guarantor shall re-grant to the

 

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Security Agents or the Trustee and the Security Agents, immediately after such Permitted Collateral Lien is granted, a security interest in such released Collateral; provided that: (i) the release and re-taking of any security interest in the Collateral in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.9(b) shall only be undertaken to the extent necessary, as determined in good faith by the Issuer or the relevant Guarantor (which determination shall be conclusive) to be required to grant the Permitted Collateral Lien; and (ii) the Issuer or the relevant Guarantor shall provide the Security Agents or the Trustee with an Opinion of Counsel regarding the validity and enforceability of any security interest securing the Notes that is re-taken, which opinion may be subject to exceptions, limitations and exclusions reasonably determined by such counsel to be necessary or appropriate, including in light of applicable law.

(c) The Trustee and/or the Security Agents are hereby authorized, without the consent of any Holder, to take all necessary actions to effectuate any release in accordance with this Section 11.9. The Trustee and/or the Security Agents are hereby authorized, without the consent of any Holder, to take all necessary actions to effectuate any amendment, extension, renewal, restatement, supplement, modification or replacement of the Indenture (and release or cancel or otherwise terminate any Security Document replaced or restated pursuant thereto) in compliance with Section 4.24 (Impairment of Security Interest). At the request and expense of the Issuer or any Guarantor, the Trustee and/or the Security Agents shall execute any document reasonably requested to evidence such release and discharge.

(d) To the extent a proposed release of Collateral is not automatic and requires the action by the Trustee or the Security Agents, the Issuer and each Guarantor will furnish to the Trustee and the Security Agents, prior to each proposed release of such Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents and this Indenture:

(i) an Officers’ Certificate requesting such release;

(ii) an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, in compliance with Sections 12.2 and 12.3 to the effect that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture and the Security Documents to such release have been complied with;

(iii) a form of such release (which release shall be in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and Security Agents and shall provide that the requested release is without recourse or warranty to the Trustee and Security Agents); and

(iv) upon qualification of the Indenture under the TIA subject to and only to the extent applicable pursuant to Section 11.1(i), any other documents or instruments required to be delivered pursuant to TIA § 314(d).

(e) Upon compliance by the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, with the conditions precedent set forth above, and upon delivery by the Issuer or such Guarantor to the Trustee and Security Agent of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such conditions precedent have been complied with, the Trustee or the Security Agent shall promptly cause to be released and reconveyed to the Issuer, or the Guarantors, as the case may be, the released Collateral.

 

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(f) For purposes of the TIA and otherwise under this Indenture, the release of any Collateral from the terms of the Security Documents will not be deemed to impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof or affect the Lien of this Indenture or the Security Documents if and to the extent the Collateral is released pursuant to this Indenture and the Security Documents or upon the termination of this Indenture.

Section 11.10 Authorization of Actions to be Taken by the Security Agents under the Security Documents. (a) The Security Agents will distribute all funds distributed under the Security Documents and received by the Security Agents for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents and in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents.

(b) The Security Agents will have power to institute and maintain such suits and proceedings as they may deem necessary or expedient to prevent any impairment of the secured assets pursuant to the Security Documents by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of any of the Security Documents or this Indenture and such suits and proceedings as the Security Agents may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Trustee and the Holders under each of the Security Documents and this Indenture (including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with such enactment, rule or order would impair the security interest hereunder or under the Security Documents or be prejudicial to the Trustee, the Holders or the Security Agents).

Section 11.11 Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Security Agents under the Security Documents. Each of the Security Agents are each authorized to receive any funds as agent for the benefit of itself and for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders distributed under any of the Security Documents.

Section 11.12 Trustee’s and Security Agents’ Compensation Not Prejudiced. Nothing in this Article shall apply to the claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity) or to those of the Security Agents under Sections 11.5 (Fees, etc.) and 11.6 (Indemnification: Disclaimers, etc.).

Section 11.13 Creation of Parallel Obligations. (a) Each Holder, by accepting a Note, acknowledges, agrees and confirms that the Security Agents and any other agent under the Security Documents shall have the right to enforce the Parallel Obligations (as defined in Section 11.13(b) (1)) as third-party beneficiaries to this Indenture, subject to any intercreditor agreements permitted under this Indenture.

 

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(b) For the purposes of (i) creating a Lien over the Collateral in or subject to the laws of Poland, Hungary, The Netherlands and Austria (and such other jurisdictions as the Security Agents and the Issuer (each acting reasonably) agree) (together, the “Agreed Jurisdictions”) and (ii) ensuring the continued validity of each such Lien, each of the Security Agents, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and each Holder by acceptance of the Notes agrees that:

(i) the Issuer and each Guarantor shall be irrevocably and unconditionally obligated to pay to the Security Agents amounts equal to, and in the currency of, its Principal Obligations (as defined in Section 11.13(e)) as and when the same fall due for payment under the Notes and this Indenture in so far as it relates to the Notes (“Parallel Obligations”) provided that the total amount of the Parallel Obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors shall never exceed the total amount of the Principal Obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors;

(ii) the rights of the Holders to receive payment of the Principal Obligations are several from the rights of the Security Agents to receive payments of the Parallel Obligations;

(iii) the Security Agents shall have their own independent right to demand payment of the Parallel Obligations by the Issuer and each of the Guarantors upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an unremedied and unwaived Event of Default, provided that the Trustee or the Holders have already declared the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on all of the Notes to be due and payable in accordance with Section 6.2 (Acceleration) and such declaration of acceleration has not been annulled, waived or rescinded pursuant to Section 6.2 (Acceleration);

(iv) any payment by the Issuer or any Guarantor of its Parallel Obligations to the Security Agents in accordance with this Section 11.13 (whether through payment by the Issuer, the Guarantors or through any Lien held by the Security Agents securing the Parallel Obligations or otherwise) shall be a good discharge of the corresponding Principal Obligations owed by it and, similarly, any payment by the Issuer or any Guarantor in respect of its Principal Obligations (whether through payment by the Issuer, the Guarantors or through enforcement of any Lien held by the Security Agents securing the Principal Obligations or otherwise) shall discharge its corresponding Parallel Obligations owed to the Security Agents under this Section 11.13;

(v) nothing in this Section 11.13 shall in any way limit the Security Agents’ right to act in the protection or preservation of, the rights under, or to enforce any, Security Document as contemplated by this Indenture or the relevant Security Document; and

(vi) the Security Agents may not assign, transfer or dispose of the Parallel Obligations other than to successor Security Agents appointed in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

(c) Without limiting or affecting the Security Agents’ rights against the Issuer and the Guarantors (whether under this Section 11.13 or under any other provision of this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents and subject to the following paragraph), the Security Agents agree with the Trustee and each Holder (on a several basis) that they will not exercise their respective rights in respect of the Parallel Obligations except with the consent of the Trustee.

 

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(d) Nothing in this Section 11.13 shall in any way negate or affect the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors to the Holders under this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents provided that, for the avoidance of any doubt, clause (4) of Section 11.13(b) above shall discharge the corresponding Principal Obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors.

(e) For the purposes of this Section 11.13, “Principal Obligations” means, in respect of each Agreed Jurisdiction and in relation to the Issuer or any Guarantor, any sums owing by it under the Notes and this Indenture in so far as it relates to the Notes (whether to the Holders, the Trustee or the Security Agents).

(f) For purposes of this Section 11.13, the Security Agents act in their own name and stead and not as agents or trustees of any Holder, and each Guarantee of, and the security granted under the Security Documents to the Security Agents to secure the Parallel Obligations is granted to the Security Agents in their capacity as direct creditors in respect of the Parallel Obligations, and not as trustees or agents for the Holders. Each of the Security Agents undertakes to pay to the Holders an amount equal to any amount collected or received by it from the Issuer and/or the Guarantors which it has applied in reduction of the Parallel Obligations as if the corresponding Principal Obligations had not been discharged pursuant to Section 11.13(b)(4) hereof.

Section 11.14 Flagged Security. (a) Neither Security Agent shall be required to accept any security or its perfection if it is of a type or in a jurisdiction which such Security Agent determines does not meet or comply with its internal regulations or policies or with any law or regulation, or which might impose liabilities on such Security Agent (such security being the “Flagged Security”).

(b) The Issuer shall ensure that any Flagged Security is granted to the other of the Security Agent or Polish Security Agent, as applicable, or if such Flagged Security is not acceptable to either of the Security Agents, to such other security agent (which shall be a reputable institution that customarily performs security agency roles in financing transactions) nominated by it and approved by the Trustee (the “Additional Security Agent”). The Additional Security Agent shall be appointed on the same terms, and have the same rights, protections, duties and obligations, as the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent, and references to the Security Agents shall include the Additional Security Agent.

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.1 Notices. (a) All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given under this Indenture shall be in English and in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i) on the date of confirmation of receipt, if delivered personally, (ii) on the date of confirmation of receipt (or the first Business Day following such receipt if the date is not a Business Day) of transmission by facsimile or (iii) on the date of confirmation of receipt (or the first Business Day following such receipt if the date is not a Business Day), if delivered by overnight courier service guaranteeing next day delivery, in each case when received at the

 

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following addresses until such time as the parties hereto designate a different or additional address or addresses or facsimile number:

if to the Issuer, Parent and/or any Guarantors:

Central European Distribution Corporation

3000 Atrium Way, Suite 265

Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 U.S.A.

Facsimile: +48 22 455 1810

Attention: Ryan Lee, Chief Financial Officer

with a copy to:

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom (UK) LLP

40 Bank Street

London E14 5DS

United Kingdom

Attention: Scott Simpson, Esq.

if to the Trustee:

U.S. Bank National Association

100 Wall Street, Suite 1600

New York

New York 10005

if to the Polish Security Agent:

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

Winchester House

1 Great Winchester Street

London, EC2N 2DB

United Kingdom

Facsimile: +44 (0) 207 547 6149

Attention: Trust and Security Services

if to the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust & Agency Services

60 Wall Street,

Mailstop NYC60-2710

New York, NY 10005

United States of America

Facsimile: +1 732 578 4635

Attention: Corporate Teams Deal Manager - CEDC

 

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with a copy to:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

c/o Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

Trust & Agency Services

100 Plaza One

Mail Stop JCY03-0699

Jersey City, NJ 07311

Facsimile: +1 732 578 4635

Attention: Corporates Team Deal Manager - CEDC

if to the Security Agent:

TMF Trustee Limited

Fifth Floor 6 St. Andrew Street

London, EC4A 3AE England

Facsimile: +44 (0) 207 367 8959

Attention: The Directors

Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to such Person by first-class mail or other equivalent means at such Person’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed.

Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

(b) Notices regarding the Notes will be sent to the Trustee. Notices to Holders will be validly given if mailed to them at their respective addresses in the register of Holders, if any, maintained by the Registrar. In addition, so long as any of the Notes are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange and the rules of such stock exchange so require, notices will be published in a leading newspaper having general circulation in Ireland or, if in the opinion of the Trustee such publication is not practicable, in an English language newspaper having general circulation in Europe. For so long as any Notes are represented by Global Notes, all notices to Holders will be delivered to DTC, as appropriate, each of which will give notice of such notice to the Holders of the Book-Entry Interests. In the case of Definitive Notes, all notices to Holders will be validly given if mailed to them at their respective addresses in the register of the Holders, if any, maintained by the Registrar. Each such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such publication or, if published more than once on different dates, on the first date on which publication is made; provided that, if notices are mailed, such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the later of such publication and the seventh day after being so mailed. Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to such Person by first-class mail or other equivalent means and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

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Section 12.2 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Issuer or any Guarantor to the Trustee or any Agent to take any action under this Indenture or any Security Document, the Issuer or any Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee or such Agent their request:

(a) an Officers’ Certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.3 (Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion)) or such Agent, stating that, in the opinion of the signers thereof, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied or complied with; and

(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.3 (Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion)) or such Agent, stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture or such Security Document, as applicable and relating to the proposed action have been satisfied or complied with.

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

Any certificate of an Officer of the Issuer or any Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless such Officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that such Opinion of Counsel with respect to the matters upon which his certificate is based are erroneous. Any Opinion of Counsel may be based, and may state that it is so based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Issuer or any Guarantor stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

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

Section 12.3 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture or any Security Document shall include:

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(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, such Person has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such Person to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Section 12.4 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agents, Registrar. The Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.

Section 12.5 Legal Holidays. If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment may be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

Section 12.6 Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 12.7 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Issuer and the Guarantors irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of and venue in any U.S. federal or New York state court located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, County and State of New York, United States of America, in any legal action, suit or proceeding based on or arising out of or under or in connection with this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees and any related documents, and irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such legal action, suit or proceeding may be determined in any such court. Each of the Issuer and the Guarantors, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrevocably and fully waives the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such legal action, suit or proceeding and hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, New York, 10011, USA (the “Authorized Agent”), as its authorized agent upon whom process may be served in any such legal action, suit or proceeding. The Issuer and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably authorize and direct their Authorized Agent to accept such service. The Issuer and the Guarantors further agree that service of process upon their Authorized Agent and written notice of such service to the Issuer and the Guarantors, as the case may be, as set forth above, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, in any such suit or proceeding. Nothing herein shall affect the right of any person to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. The Issuer and the Guarantors agree that a final action in any such suit or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other lawful manner.

The Issuer and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably waive, to the extent permitted by law, any immunity to jurisdiction to which it may otherwise be entitled (including, without limitation, immunity to pre-judgment attachment, post-judgment attachment and execution) in any legal suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or based on this Indenture, the Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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The provisions of this Section 12.7 are intended to be effective upon the execution of this Indenture and the Notes without any further action by the Issuer and the Guarantors, or the Trustee and the introduction of a true copy of this Indenture into evidence shall be conclusive and final evidence as to such matters.

Section 12.8 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of any of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 12.9 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. No director or member of a supervisory board or analogous board or body, and no officer, employee, incorporator or shareholder of the Issuer, the Parent or any other Guarantor shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer, the Parent or any other Guarantor under the Notes, this Indenture, the Guarantees, the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under U.S. federal securities laws.

Section 12.10 Judgment Currency. U.S. dollars is the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by the Issuer or any Guarantor under the Notes, any Guarantee thereof and this Indenture. Any amount received or recovered in currency other than U.S. dollars in respect of the Notes, whether as a result of any judgment or order or the enforcement thereof or the liquidation of the Issuer or any Guarantor, shall constitute a discharge of the Issuer’s or the Guarantor’s obligation under this Indenture or the Notes, as the case may be, only to the extent of the U.S. dollar amount which the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in other currency in accordance with normal banking procedures on the first Business Day following that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not possible to make that purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is possible to do so). If that U.S. dollar amount is less than the U.S. dollar amount expressed to be due to the recipient under any Note, the Issuer and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, shall indemnify and hold harmless the recipient from and against all loss or damage arising out of, or as a result of, such deficiency. This indemnity shall constitute an obligation separate and independent from the other obligations contained in this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by any Holder or the Trustee from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order for a liquidated sum in respect of an amount due hereunder or under any judgment or order.

Section 12.11 Calculations. Except as otherwise set forth in this Indenture, the Issuer will be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Indenture and the Notes. These calculations include, but are not limited to, accrued interest payable on the Notes. The Issuer will make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on holders of Notes. The Issuer will provide a schedule of

 

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its calculations to the Trustee and the Agents, and the Trustee and the Agents are entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Issuer’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Issuer’s calculations to any Holder of Notes upon the request of that Holder.

Section 12.12 Additional Information. Copies of this Indenture, the form of Notes and Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents (when available) will be made available without charge by writing to Central European Distribution Corporation, Two Bala Plaza, Suite 300, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004, Attention: Company Secretary.

Section 12.13 Successors. All agreements of the Issuer and the Guarantors in this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Security Agents in this Indenture and the Security Documents shall bind their successors.

Section 12.14 Counterpart Originals. All parties hereto may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy or counterpart shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent one and the same agreement.

Section 12.15 Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the provisions hereof shall be enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.

Section 12.16 Table of Contents, Headings, etc. The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 12.17 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 12.18 USA PATRIOT Act Section 326 Customer Identification Program. The parties hereto acknowledge that in order to help the United States government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, pursuant to Federal regulations that became effective on October 1, 2003 (Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act) all financial institutions are required to obtain, verify, record and update information that identifies each person establishing a relationship or opening an account. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide to the Trustee and Agents such information as each may request, from time to time, in order for the Trustee and Agents to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, including but not limited to the name, address, tax identification number and other information that will allow it to identify the individual or entity who is establishing the relationship or opening the account and may also ask for formation documents such as articles of incorporation or other identifying documents to be provided.

 

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Section 12.19 Communication by Holders with Other Holders. Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuer, the Trustee, the Agent, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

Section 12.20 Trust Indenture Act Controls. If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by, or with another provision (an “incorporated provision”) included in this Indenture by operation of, Sections 310 to 318 of the TIA, inclusive, such imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control.

 

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SCHEDULE I TO THE INDENTURE

INITIAL GUARANTORS

 

     

Name

  

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation

1

   Bols Hungary Kft.    Hungary

2

   Bravo Premium LLC    Russia

3

   CEDC Finance Corporation, LLC    United States of America

4

   Central European Distribution Corporation    United States of America

5

   CEDC International Sp. z o.o.    Poland

6

   Jelegat Holdings Limited    Cyprus

7

   JSC “Distillery Topaz”    Russia

8

   JSC “Russian Alcohol Group”    Russia

9

   Latchey Limited    Cyprus

10

   Limited Liability Company “The Trading House Russian Alcohol”    Russia

11

   Lion/Rally Lux 1 S.A.    Luxembourg

12

   Lion/Rally Lux 2 S.à.r.l.    Luxembourg

13

   Lion/Rally Lux 3 S.à.r.l.    Luxembourg

14

   Mid-Russian Distilleries    Russia

15

   OOO “First Tula Distilleries”    Russia

16

   OOO “Glavspirttirest”    Russia

17

   Pasalba Limited    Cyprus

18

   ZAO Sibirsky LVZ    Russia

 

Sch. I-1


EXHIBIT A

TO THE INDENTURE

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE ISSUER, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY PAYING AGENT WITH THE APPLICABLE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CERTIFICATIONS (GENERALLY, AN INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM W-9 (OR SUCCESSOR APPLICABLE FORM) IN THE CASE OF A PERSON THAT IS A “UNITED STATES PERSON” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7701(A)(30) OF THE CODE OR AN APPLICABLE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM W-8 (OR SUCCESSOR APPLICABLE FORM) IN THE CASE OF A PERSON THAT IS NOT A “UNITED STATES PERSON” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7701(A)(30) OF THE CODE) MAY RESULT IN U.S. FEDERAL WITHHOLDING TAX OR U.S. FEDERAL BACKUP WITHHOLDING FROM PAYMENTS TO THE HOLDER IN RESPECT OF THIS NOTE.

[in the case of Global Notes, insert:

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (A) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.6(b) OF THE INDENTURE AND (B) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 2.6(b) AND 2.6(f) OF THE INDENTURE TO THE U.S. REGISTRAR FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE.]

 

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CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Senior Secured Note due 2018

CUSIP:

ISIN:

 

No.            

   $        

CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “Issuer”, which term includes any successor corporation), for value received promises to pay Cede & Co. or registered assigns upon surrender hereof the principal sum of $        , subject to such changes as shall be indicated on Schedule A hereof, on April 30, 2018.

Interest Payment Dates: April 30 and October 31, commencing October 31, 2013.

Record Dates: April 15 and October 15 immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

 

CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
, as the Issuer

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-

mentioned Indenture.

Authenticated By:

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

By:

  Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Registrar
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Exh. A-3


[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Senior Secured Note due 2018

(1) Interest. CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Dollar Note at the rate and in the manner specified below. Interest on the Dollar Notes will accrue at the rates per annum and for the periods included in the table below

 

Period

   Interest Rate  

From June 1, 2013 to but excluding April 30, 2014

     8.0

From April 30, 2014 to but excluding April 30, 2015

     9.0

From April 30, 2015 to but excluding April 30, 2018

     10

and will be payable semiannually in arrears on April 30 and October 31, commencing on October 31, 2013. The Issuer will make each interest payment to the Holders of record on the immediately preceding April 15 and October 15. Interest on the Notes will accrue from (and including) June 1, 2013. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. If the due date for any payment in respect of any Note is not a Business Day at the place in which such payment is due to be paid, the Holder thereof will not be entitled to payment of the amount due until the next succeeding Business Day at such place, and will not be entitled to any further interest or other payment as a result of any such delay.

The Issuer shall pay, to the extent such payments are lawful, interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the rate then borne by the Notes plus 1.0% per annum. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

If any definitive registered Notes are issued in the future, principal of, or premium and interest on any such definitive registered Notes will be payable at the office of one or more Paying Agents (as defined below) in New York as maintained for such purposes. In addition, interest on the definitive registered Notes may be paid by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto as shown on the register for the definitive registered Notes.

(2) Withholding Tax Gross Up on Non-U.S. Guarantees. All payments made by any of the non-U.S. Guarantors with respect to any Guarantee will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future Taxes unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required by law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of any jurisdiction in which any non-U.S. Guarantor (including any successor entity), is then incorporated, engaged in business or resident for tax purposes or any jurisdiction by or through which payment is made or any political subdivision thereof or therein (each, a “Tax

 

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Jurisdiction”), will at any time be required to be made from, or any Taxes are imposed directly on any Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes on, any payments made by any of the non-U.S. Guarantors with respect to any Guarantee, including payments of principal, redemption price, purchase price, interest or premium, the relevant non-U.S. Guarantor, will pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received and retained in respect of such payments by each Holder (including such additional amounts) after such withholding, deduction or imposition will equal the respective amounts that would have been received and retained in respect of such payments in the absence of such withholding, deduction or imposition; provided, however, that no such additional amounts will be payable with respect to:

(A) any Taxes that would not have been imposed but for the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes being a citizen or resident or national of, incorporated in or carrying on a business, in the relevant Tax Jurisdiction in which such Taxes are imposed other than by the mere acquisition, holding, ownership or disposition of such Note or enforcement or exercise of any rights thereunder or the receipt of payments in respect thereof or any other connection with respect to the Notes;

(B) any Taxes that are imposed or withheld as a result of the failure of the Holder of the Notes or beneficial owner of the Notes to comply with any written request, made to that Holder or beneficial owner in writing at least 90 days before any such withholding or deduction would be payable, by any of the non-U.S. Guarantors (or their agents) to provide timely or accurate information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of such Holder or beneficial owner or to make any valid or timely declaration or similar claim or satisfy any certification, information or other reporting requirement, that is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the relevant Tax Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such Taxes;

(C) any Note presented for payment (where Notes are in the form of Definitive Notes and presentation is required) more than 30 days after the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the Holder (except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such additional amounts had the note been presented on the last day of such 30 day period);

(D) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax or assessment;

(E) any Taxes withheld, deducted or imposed on a payment to an individual and that are required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26 and 27 November 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive;

(F) any Note presented for payment by or on behalf of a Holder of Notes who would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting the relevant Note to another Paying Agent in a European Union Member State;

 

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(G) any Taxes imposed under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder or official governmental interpretations thereof (collectively, “FATCA”), to the extent that such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the failure by a Holder of Notes to (i) comply with applicable reporting and other requirements under FATCA and/or (ii) provide, upon reasonable demand by the Paying Agent, and at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, any form, document or certification required under FATCA, which, if provided, would establish that the payments are exempt from withholding under FATCA; or

(H) any combination of items (A) through (G) above.

(3) Method of Payment. The Issuer shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Issuer shall pay principal and interest in U.S. dollars. Principal of, premium and interest on Notes held in global form will be payable at the corporate office of the Paying Agent. The Paying Agent will, in turn, make such payments to DTC, which will in turn distribute such payments in accordance with its procedures. Principal of, or premium and interest on any Definitive Notes will be payable at the corporate trust office or agency of the Paying Agent in New York, as maintained for such purposes. In addition, interest on the Definitive Notes may be paid by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto as shown on the register for the Definitive Notes. If, for so long as the Notes are listed on the Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange, the rules of such stock exchange so require, the Issuer shall maintain one or more paying agents for the Notes in Dublin, Ireland where the Notes may be presented for payment. Currently the rules of the Irish Stock Exchange do not require an Irish paying agent. Immediately available funds for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note due on any interest payment date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date or any other payment date will be made available to the Paying Agent prior to 10.00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day immediately preceding each interest payment date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date or any other payment date to permit the Paying Agent to pay such funds to the holders on such respective dates.

(4) Paying Agent and Registrars. Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. In the event that a Paying Agent or Registrar is replaced, the Issuer will provide notice thereof in accordance with Section 12.1 of the Indenture. The Issuer, any Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar for the Notes. The Issuer may change Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders but with notice to the Trustee.

(5) Indenture. The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated June 5, 2013 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch as Polish Security Agent, and TMF Trustee Limited as Security Agent. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer designated as its Senior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred

 

Exh. A-6


to the Indenture for a statement of them. The Notes are senior obligations of the Issuer. The Notes are not limited in aggregate principal amount and Additional Notes may be issued from time to time under the Indenture, in each case subject to the terms of the Indenture; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Notes that will be issued on the Issue Date will not exceed $465 million. Each Holder of the Notes, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture and the Security Documents, as the same may be amended from time to time.

In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the Notes and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control and govern.

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, each Guarantor has unconditionally guaranteed such obligations on a senior basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

(6) Ranking. The Notes will be senior obligations of the Issuer and rank senior in right of payment to all existing and future Indebtedness of the Issuer that is expressly subordinated to the Notes. In addition, the Notes have the benefit of the Guarantees and the Security Documents.

(7) Optional Redemption. The Issuer may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the periods indicated below, subject to the rights of holders of New Senior Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date:

 

Period

   Percentage  

Issue Date to but excluding April 30, 2014

     104.000

May 1, 2014 through April 30, 2015

     103.000

May 1, 2015 through April 30, 2016

     102.000

May 1, 2016 through April 29, 2018

     101.000   

Unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date.

(8) Mandatory Redemption. Within 30 days of the receipt by the Parent, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale, the Issuer shall give notice of redemption of the maximum principal amount of the Notes that can be redeemed with 100% of such Net Proceeds, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed to the applicable redemption date. The redemption notice shall provide for redemption upon not less than 30 and not more than 60 days from the date the redemption notice is given.

 

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(9) Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be given at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date in accordance with Section 12.1 of the Indenture.

No Notes in denominations of $2,000 or less may be redeemed in part. If fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee or the Registrar (as applicable) shall select Notes for redemption on a pro rata basis by lot or by such other method as required by law or mandatory requirements, rules or regulations of the Clearing Systems; provided that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Note not redeemed to less than $1.00. In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided in the Indenture, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption. The Trustee or the Registrar (as applicable) shall not be liable for any such selections.

Except as set forth in the Indenture, if monies sufficient to pay the Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed shall have been deposited with the Paying Agents prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, then, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, interest on the Notes or portions of Notes to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the applicable Redemption Date, whether or not such Notes are presented for payment, and the only right of the holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the Redemption price.

(10) Change of Control. If a Change of Control occurs, the Issuer must offer to repurchase all the Notes pursuant to an offer on the terms set forth in the Indenture (“Change of Control Offer”). In the Change of Control Offer, the Issuer will offer a payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”), subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Issuer and the Parent will mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the date (the “Change of Control Payment Date”) specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of the Indenture, compliance by the Issuer and the Parent with the applicable securities laws and regulations will not be deemed to be in breach of their obligations under the Change of Control provisions of the Indenture.

(11) Denominations; Form. The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof.

(12) Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of this Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes, subject to the terms of the Indenture.

 

Exh. A-8


(13) Unclaimed Funds. Any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, that has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer upon an Issuer Order or if then held by the Issuer shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, shall thereupon cease. Claims against the Issuer for the payment of principal or interest, if any, on the Notes will become void unless presentment for payment is made (where so required in this Indenture) within, in the case of principal, if any, a period of ten years, or, in the case of interest, a period of five years, in each case from the applicable original payment date therefor.

(14) Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The Issuer and the Guarantors may be discharged from their obligations under the Indenture and the Notes except for certain provisions thereof (“Legal Defeasance”), and may be discharged from their obligations to comply with certain covenants contained in the Indenture (“Covenant Defeasance”), in each case upon satisfaction of certain conditions specified in the Indenture.

(15) Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Notes, any of the Security Documents or the Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), and, subject to certain exceptions, any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Notes, any of the Security Documents or the Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), provided, however, that if any amendment, waiver or other modification will only affect the Notes, only the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (and not the consent of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Notes), shall be required. Without the consent of each Holder of the then outstanding principal amount of Notes, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not: (A) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; (B) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Note or reduce the premium payable upon the redemption or repurchase of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed or repurchased; (C) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any note; (D) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes; (E) make any change in the provisions of the Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults which require the consent of each Holder of the then outstanding principal amount of Notes outstanding; (F) impair the right of any Holder of Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium on, the Notes on or after the due date therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes; (G) change the ranking of the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security granted under the Security Documents; (H) release any Lien on the Collateral except as permitted by the Indenture and the Security Documents; (I) modify or release any of the Guarantees in any manner materially adverse to the Holders of the Notes other than in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; or (J) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.

 

Exh. A-9


Without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and/or the Security Agent may amend or supplement the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents to cure any ambiguity, mistake, omission, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption by a successor Person of the Issuer’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of Notes and Guarantees pursuant to the Indenture, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents of any such Holder in any respect, to conform the text of the Indenture, the Guarantees, the Security Documents, the Intercompany Loans or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of New Secured Notes” in the Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation Statement and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization (as amended and supplemented) dated March 8, 2013 relating to the offering of the Notes, to the extent that such provision in such “Description of New Secured Notes” was intended to be a verbatim or substantially verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Notes, to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture and to make such changes as may be required to the Security Documents (and any intercreditor agreement) to accommodate and implement such issuance of Additional Notes, to allow any Subsidiary to execute a supplemental indenture and/or a Guarantee with respect to the Notes or to further secure the Notes, to enter into, amend or supplement any intercreditor agreement with the holder, and/or any agent in respect thereof, of any other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under the Indenture; provided that no such intercreditor agreement shall provide that the Notes or any Guarantee are subordinated to any such Indebtedness or subject to any payment blockage or enforcement standstill or that any Lien securing the Notes or the Guarantees ranks behind any Lien securing such Indebtedness, to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under the Indenture or Security Documents of a successor Trustee or Security Agent pursuant to the requirement thereof, or to the extent necessary to provide for the granting of a security interest for the benefit of any Person (including any release and re-grant of a Lien) and as otherwise contemplated by the Indenture provided that, in each case, such amendment, supplement, modification, extension, renewal, restatement or replacement does not violate such covenant.

(16) Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries to incur additional Indebtedness, make certain distributions and Restricted Payments, create certain Liens, enter into certain transactions with Affiliates and third parties, make certain Asset Sales, and consummate certain mergers and consolidations or sales of all or substantially all assets. The limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions specified in the Indenture. The Issuer must annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.

(17) Successors. When a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the predecessor will be released from those obligations.

 

Exh. A-10


(18) Events of Default and Remedies. If an Event of Default specified in clause (xi) of Section 6.1 of the Indenture occurs and is continuing, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest, except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal, interest or premium, if any.

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any Holders of Notes unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, when due, no Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes unless: (A) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing; (B) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy; (C) such Holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense; (D) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and (E) Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes.

(19) Trustee Dealings with the Issuer. The Trustee or any Agent in its respective individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer, its Subsidiaries, or their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or an Agent. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.

(20) No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Issuer, the Parent or any other Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer, the Parent or any other Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Guarantees, the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the U.S. federal securities laws.

 

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(21) Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or Authenticating Agent signs the certificate of authentication on this Note.

(22) Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Indenture are used herein as defined therein.

(23) ISIN and CUSIP Numbers. The Issuer will cause ISIN and CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

(24) Governing Law. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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[In the case of Global Notes, insert:

SCHEDULE A

SCHEDULE OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

The initial principal amount at maturity of this Note shall be $        . The following decreases/increases in the principal amount at maturity of this Note have been made:

 

Date of

Decrease/Increase

 

Decrease in

Principal

Amount at

Maturity

 

Increase in

Principal

Amount at

Maturity

 

Total Principal

Amount at

Maturity

Following such

Decrease/Increase

 

Notation Made

by or on Behalf

of Paying

Agent

       
       
       
       

 

Sch. A-1


OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.16 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

 

¨

Section 4.16

If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to 4.16 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

  $         
Date:   Your Signature:                                              
  (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
  Tax Identification No.:                                  

Signature Guarantee*:

 

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint                              agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

Date:                      Your Signature:

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

 

Sch. A-3


EXHIBIT B

TO THE INDENTURE

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

This Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [                    ] (this “Supplemental Indenture”), among [name of additional Guarantor] (the “Additional Guarantor”), CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc. (together with its successors and assigns, the “Issuer”), Central European Distribution Corporation (the “Parent”), the entities listed on Schedule I hereto as the existing Guarantors (the “Guarantors”, to the extent then a Guarantor), U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as Polish Security Agent and TMF Trustee Limited as Security Agent each under the Indenture referred to below.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Parent, the other Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Transfer Agents, the Paying Agent, the Polish Security Agent, and the Security Agent have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of [                    ] (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $465,000,000 of Senior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that Persons are required to become Guarantors under certain conditions and circumstances;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Indenture, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent, the Paying Agent, the Polish Security Agent and the Security Agent are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, to add Guarantees with respect to the Notes;

WHEREAS, each party hereto has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture and has done all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement in accordance with its terms;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Additional Guarantor, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent, the Paying Agent, the Polish Security Agent and the Security Agent mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

 

Sch. B-1


ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the term “Holders” in this Supplemental Indenture shall refer to the term “Holders” as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee, the Polish Security Agent and the Security Agent acting on behalf or for the benefit of such holders. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

ARTICLE II

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND; GUARANTEE

Section 2.1 Agreement to Be Bound. The Additional Guarantor hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Guarantor and as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture. The Additional Guarantor agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Guarantor and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.

Section 2.2 Guarantee. Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Additional Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably Guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each of the other Guarantors, on a senior secured basis to each Holder of a Note authenticated by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent and to the Trustee, Polish Security Agent and Security Agent and each of their successors and assigns the full and prompt performance, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, of all of the Issuer’s obligations (including the Parallel Obligations) under the Indenture and the Notes, including the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders, the Trustee, the Polish Security Agent and the Security Agent under the Indenture and the Notes pursuant to Article X of the Indenture.

ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 3.1 Notices. All notices and other communications to the Additional Guarantor shall be given as provided in the Indenture to the Additional Guarantor, at its address set forth below, with a copy to the Issuer as provided in the Indenture for notices to the Issuer.

Section 3.2 Parties. Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders, the Trustee, the Polish Security Agent and the Security Agent, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.

 

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Section 3.3 Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

Section 3.4 Severability Clause. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.

Section 3.5 Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. None of the Trustee, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent or any other Agent makes any representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 3.6 Counterparts. The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

Section 3.7 Headings. The headings of the Articles and the sections of this Supplemental Indenture are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.

Section 3.8 Successors. All covenants and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 3.9 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for the convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section 3.10 Trustee, Security Agent and Polish Security Agent. The Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals have been made solely by the Issuer and the Guarantors. The Issuer and the Guarantors shall reimburse the Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent to the same extent as under Section 7.6 of the Indenture for any disbursements, expenses and advances (including reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) incurred by the Trustee, the Security Agent and/or the Polish Security Agent arising out of or in connection with its execution and performance of this Supplemental Indenture. This provision shall survive the final payment in full of the Notes and the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the Security Agent and/or the Polish Security Agent.

 

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

 

[NAME OF ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR], as
a Guarantor

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION
INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
as the Issuer

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION
CORPORATION,
as the Parent

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as

     Trustee

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY

    AMERICAS

By:   Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Registrar, Transfer Agent, and Paying Agent
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON

     BRANCH, as Polish Security Agent

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
TMF TRUSTEE LIMITED, as Security Agent
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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SCHEDULE I

TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

GUARANTORS

 

NAME

 

JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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EX-4.2 7 d551595dex42.htm INDENTURE Indenture

Exhibit 4.2

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.

as the Issuer,

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

as the Parent,

The entities listed on Schedule I hereto

as the Guarantors,

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee,

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

as Registrar, Transfer Agent, Paying Agent, and Conversion Agent,

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH

as Polish Security Agent,

and

TMF TRUSTEE LIMITED

as Security Agent

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of June 5, 2013

 

 

10% Convertible Junior Secured Notes due 2018

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

  

  

Section 1.1

  Definitions      1   

Section 1.2

  Other Definitions      34   

Section 1.3

  Rules of Construction      34   

Section 1.4

  Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act      35   

ARTICLE II

 

THE NOTES

  

  

Section 2.1

  Form and Dating      35   

Section 2.2

  Execution and Authentication      36   

Section 2.3

  Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent      38   

Section 2.4

  Paying Agent to Hold Assets      38   

Section 2.5

  List of Holders      39   

Section 2.6

  Transfer and Exchange      39   

Section 2.7

  Replacement Notes      42   

Section 2.8

  Outstanding Notes      43   

Section 2.9

  Acts by Holders      43   

Section 2.10

  Temporary Notes      43   

Section 2.11

  Cancellation      44   

Section 2.12

  Defaulted Interest      44   

Section 2.13

  CUSIPs, ISINs and Common Codes      45   

Section 2.14

  Deposit of Moneys      45   

Section 2.15

  Certain Matters Relating to Global Notes      45   

ARTICLE III

 

REDEMPTION

  

  

Section 3.1

  Redemption      46   

Section 3.2

  Notices to Trustee      46   

Section 3.3

  Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed      46   

Section 3.4

  Notice of Redemption      46   

Section 3.5

  Effect of Notice of Redemption      47   

Section 3.6

  Deposit of Redemption Price      47   

Section 3.7

  Notes Redeemed in Part      48   

Section 3.8

  Mandatory Redemption      48   

 

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ARTICLE IV

 

COVENANTS

  

  

Section 4.1

  Payment of Notes      49   

Section 4.2

  Maintenance of Office or Agency      49   

Section 4.3

  Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock      49   

Section 4.4

  Limitation on Restricted Payments      55   

Section 4.5

  Corporate Existence      59   

Section 4.6

  Payment of Taxes and Other Claims      59   

Section 4.7

  Maintenance of Properties and Insurance      59   

Section 4.8

  Compliance with Laws      59   

Section 4.9

  Limitation on Liens      59   

Section 4.10

  Waiver of Stay; Extension or Usury Laws      60   

Section 4.11

  Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries      60   

Section 4.12

  Asset Sales      63   

Section 4.13

  Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates      63   

Section 4.14

  Reports      65   

Section 4.15

  Limitation on Business Activities      67   

Section 4.16

  Change of Control      67   

Section 4.17

  Withholding Tax Gross Up on Non-U.S. Guarantees      68   

Section 4.18

  Payment of Non-Income Taxes and Similar Charges      70   

Section 4.19

  Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default      70   

Section 4.20

  Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets      70   

Section 4.21

  Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions      73   

Section 4.22

  Additional Security and Guarantees      73   

Section 4.23

  Delivery of Security      74   

Section 4.24

  Impairment of Security Interest      76   

Section 4.25

  Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries      76   

Section 4.26

  Amendments to or Prepayments of the Intercompany Loans      77   

Section 4.27

  Limitations on Activities of the Issuer      78   

Section 4.28

  Limitations on Activities of Jelegat Holdings Limited      79   

Section 4.29

  Listing      80   

Section 4.30

  Payments for Consent      81   

ARTICLE V

 

SUCCESSOR COMPANY

 

ARTICLE VI

 

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

  

  

  

  

Section 6.1

  Events of Default      81   

Section 6.2

  Acceleration      84   

Section 6.3

  Other Remedies      85   

 

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Section 6.4

  The Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities      85   

Section 6.5

  Rights and Remedies Cumulative      85   

Section 6.6

  Delay or Omission Not Waiver      85   

Section 6.7

  Waiver of Past Defaults      85   

Section 6.8

  Control by Majority      86   

Section 6.9

  Limitation on Suits      86   

Section 6.10

  Rights of Holders to Receive Payment      86   

Section 6.11

  Collection Suit by Trustee      86   

Section 6.12

  Trustee May File Proofs of Claim      87   

Section 6.13

  Priorities      87   

Section 6.14

  Restoration of Rights and Remedies      88   

Section 6.15

  Undertaking for Costs      88   

ARTICLE VII

 

TRUSTEE, SECURITY AGENT AND POLISH SECURITY AGENT

  

  

Section 7.1

  Duties of Trustee and Agents      88   

Section 7.2

  Rights of Trustee and Agents      90   

Section 7.3

  Individual Rights of Trustee and Agents      93   

Section 7.4

  Trustee and Agents’ Disclaimer      93   

Section 7.5

  Notice of Default      93   

Section 7.6

  Compensation and Indemnity      94   

Section 7.7

  Replacement of Trustee      95   

Section 7.8

  Successor Trustee or Agent by Merger, etc.      97   

Section 7.9

  Eligibility; Disqualification      97   

Section 7.10

  Limitation on Duty of Trustee in Respect of Collateral      97   

Section 7.11

  Appointment of Co-Trustee      98   

Section 7.12

  Preferential Collection of Claims against the Issuer      99   

Section 7.13

  Reports by Trustee to the Holders      99   

ARTICLE VIII

 

DEFEASANCE AND SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

  

  

Section 8.1

  Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance      99   

Section 8.2

  Legal Defeasance and Discharge      99   

Section 8.3

  Covenant Defeasance      100   

Section 8.4

  Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance      101   

Section 8.5

  Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture      102   

Section 8.6

  Survival of Certain Obligations      102   

Section 8.7

  Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee      103   

Section 8.8

  Application of Trust Moneys      103   

Section 8.9

  Repayment to the Issuer; Unclaimed Money      103   

Section 8.10

  Reinstatement      104   

 

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ARTICLE IX

 

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

  

  

Section 9.1

  Amendment, Supplement and Waiver      104   

Section 9.2

  Revocation and Effect of Consents      107   

Section 9.3

  Notation on or Exchange of Notes      107   

Section 9.4

  Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.      107   

ARTICLE X

 

GUARANTEES

  

  

Section 10.1

  Guarantees      108   

Section 10.2

  Limitation on Guarantees      110   

Section 10.3

  Limitation on Polish Guarantors      110   

Section 10.4

  No Subrogation      111   

Section 10.5

  Release      112   

ARTICLE XI

 

SECURITY AND SECURITY AGENTS

  

  

Section 11.1

  Collateral and Security Documents      113   

Section 11.2

  Responsibilities of Security Agents      115   

Section 11.3

  Security Agents’ Individual Capacity      115   

Section 11.4

  Trustee May Perform      115   

Section 11.5

  Fees, etc.      116   

Section 11.6

  Indemnification: Disclaimers, etc.      116   

Section 11.7

  Illegality; No inconsistency      116   

Section 11.8

  Rights of Trustee, the Security Agents and the Paying Agents      117   

Section 11.9

  Release of Collateral      117   

Section 11.10

  Authorization of Actions to be Taken by the Security Agents under the Security Documents      119   

Section 11.11

  Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Security Agents under the Security Documents      119   

Section 11.12

  Trustee’s and Security Agents’ Compensation Not Prejudiced      119   

Section 11.13

  Creation of Parallel Obligations      119   

Section 11.14

  Flagged Security      121   

ARTICLE XII

 

CONVERSION OF NOTES

  

  

Section 12.1

  Conversion of Notes      121   

Section 12.2

  Fractional Shares      123   

 

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Section 12.3

  Cancellation of Converted Notes      123   

Section 12.4

  Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion Provisions      123   

Section 12.5

  Conversion Procedures      123   

Section 12.6

  Lock-Up Periods      124   

ARTICLE XIII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

  

  

Section 13.1

  Notices      124   

Section 13.2

  Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent      127   

Section 13.3

  Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion      127   

Section 13.4

  Rules by Trustee, Paying Agents, Registrar      128   

Section 13.5

  Legal Holidays      128   

Section 13.6

  Governing Law      128   

Section 13.7

  Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process      128   

Section 13.8

  No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements      129   

Section 13.9

  No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders      129   

Section 13.10

  Judgment Currency      129   

Section 13.11

  Calculations      129   

Section 13.12

  Additional Information      130   

Section 13.13

  Successors      130   

Section 13.14

  Counterpart Originals      130   

Section 13.15

  Severability      130   

Section 13.16

  Table of Contents, Headings, etc.      130   

Section 13.17

  Waiver of Jury Trial      130   

Section 13.18

  USA PATRIOT Act Section 326 Customer Identification Program      130   

Section 13.19

  Communication by Holders with Other Holders      131   

Section 13.20

  Trust Indenture Act Controls      131   

SCHEDULE 1 LIST OF INITIAL GUARANTORS

EXHIBIT A FORM OF 10% CONVERTIBLE JUNIOR SECURED NOTE

EXHIBIT B FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

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CROSS REFERENCE TABLE

 

TIA Section

   Indenture
Section
 
310    (a)(1)      7.9   
   (a)(2)      7.9   
   (a)(3)      N.A.   
   (a)(4)      N.A.   
   (b)      7.7, 7.9   
   (c)      N.A.   
311    (a)      7.12   
   (b)      7.12   
   (c)      N.A.   
312    (a)      2.05   
   (b)      13.19   
   (c)      13.19   
313    (a)      7.13   
   (b)(1)      7.13, 13.1   
   (b)(2)      7.13, 13.1   
   (c)      7.13, 13.1   
   (d)      7.13   
314    (a)      4.14, 4.19, 13.3   
   (b)      11.1   
   (c)(1)      13.3   
   (c)(2)      13.3   
   (c)(3)      N.A.   
   (d)      N.A.   
   (e)      11.1, 11.9   
   (f)      N.A.   
315    (a)      7.1, 7.2   
   (b)      7.5, 13.1   
   (c)      6.4   
   (d)      7.1   
   (e)      6.15   
316    (a)(last sentence)      2.9   
   (a)(1)(A)      6.8   
   (a)(1)(B)      6.7   
   (a)(2)      N.A.   
   (b)      6.10   
   (c)      2.9, 2.12   
317    (a)(1)      6.11   
   (a)(2)      6.12   
   (b)      2.4   
318    (a)      13.21   
318    (b)      N.A.   
318    (c)      13.21   


N.A. Means Not Applicable.

Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purposes, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of June 5, 2013 among (i) CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “Issuer”), (ii) CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware, as a Guarantor (the “Parent”), (iii) the entities listed on Schedule I hereto (as “Initial Guarantors”), (iv) U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Trustee”), (v) DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS (as, “Paying Agent”, “Registrar”, “Transfer Agent” and “Conversion Agent”), (vii) DEUTSCHE BANK AG, London Branch (as “Polish Security Agent”) and (viii) TMF TRUSTEE LIMITED (as “Security Agent”).

The Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this indenture (this “Indenture”) to provide for the creation and issuance of its (i) $200,000,000 10% Convertible Junior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “Original Notes”) issued on the Issue Date in accordance with this Indenture and ii) any PIK Notes issued in accordance with this Indenture (the “Notes”); and, to provide therefor, the Issuer, the Parent and each of the other Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.

Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Indenture, unless otherwise specifically indicated herein, the term “consolidated”, with respect to any Person, refers to such Person consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries, and excludes from such consolidation any Unrestricted Subsidiary as if such Unrestricted Subsidiary were not an Affiliate of such Person. As used in this Indenture, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated, amalgamated or otherwise combined with or into, all or substantially all of its assets are transferred to, or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging, consolidating, amalgamating or otherwise combining with or into, transferring assets to, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and

(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person existing at the time such asset is acquired,

provided that Indebtedness which is redeemed, defeased, retired or otherwise repaid at the time of or immediately upon consummation of such asset acquisition or the transactions by which such Person is merged or consolidated with or into the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary transferring assets to, or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary shall not constitute Acquired Debt.


Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition: (i) the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings; and (ii) “Affiliate” shall include funds advised by the specified Person.

Affiliate Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13 (Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates).

Agent” means the Paying Agent, each Authenticating Agent, each Transfer Agent, the Registrar, the Conversion Agent, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent and their respective successors, and “Agents” means all of them.

Agent Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15 (Certain Matters Relating to Global Notes).

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer, redemption or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the relevant Clearing System that apply to such transfer, redemption or exchange.

Asset Sale” means:

(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole or of the assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by the provisions of Section 4.16 (Change of Control) and/or the provisions of Section 4.20 (Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets) and not by the provisions of Section 4.12 (Asset Sales); and

(2) the issuance of Equity Interests in any of the Parent’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:

(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $20.0 million;

(2) a transfer or other disposition of assets between or among the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(3) an issuance or sale of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent to the Parent or to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent;

(4) any sale or other disposition of inventory or of damaged, worn-out or obsolete assets in the ordinary course of business;

(5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;

(6) any Restricted Payment that does not violate Section 4.4 (Limitation on Restricted Payments) or a Permitted Investment;

(7) dispositions by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the waiver, compromise, settlement, release or surrender of any right, claim or receivable in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings;

(8) the sale or other disposition of assets received by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the waiver, compromise, settlement, release or surrender of any right or claim of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, provided, however that the net cash proceeds of such sale or disposition are applied in accordance with Section 4.12 (Asset Sales);

(9) dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens;

(10) the licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property or other intangibles and licenses, leases or subleases of other property that do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(11) foreclosure, condemnation or similar action with respect to any property or other assets;

(12) a disposition pursuant to the terms of a binding agreement in effect on the Effective Date or in effect at the time a Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified after the Effective Date to the extent such modification with respect to such asset disposition is not materially less favorable to the Holders than the relevant agreement referred to in this clause (12);

(13) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of equipment, inventory, property or other assets in the ordinary course of business; and

(14) the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business.

Attributable Debt” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction including

 

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any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that if such sale and leaseback transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capital Lease Obligation.”

Authenticating Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

Bankruptcy Custodian” means any receiver, manager, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

Bankruptcy Law” means (a) Title 11, United States Code (b) the Federal Law of the Russian Federation No. 127-FZ of 26 October 2002 “On Insolvency (Bankruptcy)”, as amended or (c) any similar federal, state or foreign law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors.

Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” have a corresponding meaning.

Board of Directors” means:

(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;

(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership;

(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and

(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

Unless otherwise stated herein, all references to the “Board of Directors” shall be to the Board of Directors of the Parent.

Book Entry Interest” means a beneficial interest in a Global Note held through and shown on, and transferred only through, records maintained in book entry form by a Depositary.

 

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Borrowing Base” means an amount equal to 50% of the sum of: (a) the net book value of the accounts receivable of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (b) the Inventory of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries (determined as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent are publicly available, it being understood that the accounts receivable and inventory of an acquired business may be included if such acquisition has been completed on or prior to the date of determination).

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which banks and financial institutions in New York, England or the jurisdiction of the exchange on which the Notes will be listed are authorized or required by law to close.

Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP (as in effect on the Effective Date for purposes of determining whether a lease is a Capital Lease Obligation), and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.

Capital Markets Debt” means debt securities substantially similar to the Notes, other than with respect to interest, maturity and redemption provisions.

Capital Stock” means:

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person,

but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.

Cash Equivalents” means:

(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any state thereof, any European Union Member State (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States or such European Union Member State is pledged in support of those securities) in each case denominated in U.S. dollars, pounds sterling or euros and having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition;

 

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(2) certificates of deposit, time deposits and other bank deposits in U.S. dollars, pounds sterling or euro with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of a European Union Member State or the United States of America or any other state thereof or, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary any such Investment in the direct obligations of any state or country in which such Restricted Subsidiary is organized or has operations; provided that such bank or trust company has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of $500.0 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and whose long-term debt is rated “A-1” or higher by Moody’s or “A+” or higher by S&P or the equivalent rating category of another internationally recognized rating agency;

(3) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (1) and (2) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (2) above;

(4) commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s or S&P and, in each case, maturing within six months after the date of acquisition; and

(5) money market funds (i) denominated in U.S. dollar, euro or pound sterling that are rated “A3” or higher by Moody’s or “AAA” or higher by S&P; or (ii) at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (4) of this definition.

CEDC FinCo Exchange Offer” means the offer of Original Notes and Senior Secured Notes in exchange for Existing Notes pursuant to Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation Statement and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Central European Distribution Corporation and CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc. dated March 8, 2013, as amended.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) the Parent consolidates with, or merges with or into, another Person or sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Parent, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding Voting Stock of the Parent is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where (i) the outstanding Voting Stock of the Parent is converted into or exchanged for (1) Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee corporation or its parent corporation; and/or (2) cash, securities or other property in any amount which could be paid by the Parent as a Restricted Payment under this Indenture; (ii) the Beneficial Owners of the Voting Stock of the Parent immediately before such transaction own, directly or indirectly, immediately after such transaction, at least a majority of the voting power of all Voting Stock of the surviving or transferee corporation or its parent corporation immediately after such transaction, as

 

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applicable; and (iii) immediately after such transaction, no “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than Roustam Tariko or Related Parties is the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee corporation or its parent corporation, as applicable, or has, directly or indirectly, the right to elect or designate a majority of the board of directors of the surviving or transferee corporation or its parent corporation, as applicable;

(2) the consummation of any transaction, whether as a result of the issuance of securities of the Parent, any merger or consolidation, purchase or otherwise, the result of which is that any “person” or “group” of related persons (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act but excluding any Person that was a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Parent prior to such transaction) other than Roustam Tariko or Related Parties has become, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner of more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Parent on a fully-diluted basis, after giving effect to the conversion and exercise of all outstanding warrants, options and other securities of the Parent convertible into or exercisable for Voting Stock of the Parent (whether or not such securities are then currently convertible or exercisable);

(3) the consummation of any transaction pursuant to which the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consolidates with, or merges with or into (or otherwise combines with), Roust Trading Limited or any of its Affiliates (other than the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries);

(4) the consummation of any transaction pursuant to which the Parent (or any Restricted Subsidiary) sells, conveys, transfers, or otherwise disposes of the Russian Alcohol Group to Roust Trading Limited or any of its Affiliates (other than the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries);

(5) the consummation of any transaction that results in the reincorporation of the Parent and/or the Issuer in any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware;

(6) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Parent are not Continuing Directors; or

(7) the adoption by the shareholders of the Parent of a plan for the liquidation or dissolution of the Parent.

Change of Control Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.16 (Change of Control).

Change of Control Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.16 (Change of Control).

Change of Control Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.16 (Change of Control).

 

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Clearing System” means DTC, or its successor, acting directly, or through a custodian, nominee or depositary.

Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Collateral” means the property and assets, including the Specified Intellectual Property Rights securing the Notes and/or the Guarantees as such may be amended, modified, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication:

(1) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(2) the Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such Fixed Charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(3) the amount of minority interest expense deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income; plus

(4) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus

(5) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business,

in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent will be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated EBITDA of the Parent only to the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Parent by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders (but only to the extent that the foregoing restricts the ability of the Parent to procure that an amount of cash equal to the amount of such Net Income for such period is transferable to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent).

 

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Consolidated Leverage Ratio” as of any date of determination means the ratio of (a) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to such date of determination (the “Reference Period”); provided, however, that:

(1) if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is an incurrence of Indebtedness, the amount of such Indebtedness shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the application of the net proceeds thereon;

(2) if the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary has repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged any Indebtedness that was outstanding as of the end of such Reference Period or if any Indebtedness is to be repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged on the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, including any discharge of Indebtedness pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization (other than, in each case, Indebtedness incurred under any revolving credit agreement unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and the related commitment terminated), the aggregate amount of Indebtedness shall be calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to such repayment, repurchase, defeasance or discharge and Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated as if the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary had not earned the interest income, if any, actually earned during the Reference Period in respect of cash used to repay, repurchase, defease or otherwise discharge such Indebtedness;

(3) if since the beginning of the Reference Period the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Sale, Consolidated EBITDA for the Reference Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) directly attributable to the assets which are the subject of such Asset Sale for the Reference Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) directly attributable thereto for the Reference Period;

(4) if since the beginning of the Reference Period the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any Restricted Subsidiary (or any Person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or that is merged with or into the Parent) or an acquisition of assets which constitutes all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business, Consolidated EBITDA for the Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the incurrence of any Indebtedness) as if such Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of the Reference Period; and

(5) if since the beginning of the Reference Period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such Reference Period) shall have incurred any Indebtedness or made any Asset Sale, any Investment or acquisition of assets that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (3) or (4) above if made by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary during the Reference Period, Indebtedness,

 

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Consolidated EBITDA and Fixed Charges for the Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Incurrence of Indebtedness, Asset Sale, Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of the Reference Period.

For purposes of this definition, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the Parent. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be determined after giving effect to any Currency Agreement then in effect that effectively converts the amount of such Indebtedness from one currency to another currency.

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:

(1) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;

(2) solely for purposes of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments, the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, but only to the extent that the foregoing restricts the ability of the Parent to procure that an amount of cash equal to the amount of such Net Income for such period is transferable to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent;

(3) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded;

(4) notwithstanding clause (1) above, the Net Income of any Unrestricted Subsidiary will be excluded, whether or not distributed to the specified Person or one of its Subsidiaries;

(5) any currency translation gains and losses related to currency re-measurements of Indebtedness, any net loss or gain resulting from hedging transactions for currency exchange risk will be excluded, and any amortization of deferred charges resulting from the application of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. APB 14-1, Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement) will be excluded;

 

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(6) any expenses, charges or other costs related to the offering of the Notes and the Senior Secured Notes (including, in each case, amortization of any such expenses, charges or other costs that have been capitalized and any other expenses or costs relating to the CEDC FinCo Exchange offer or the Plan of Reorganization or any other plan of reorganization) and any other issuance of Equity Interests of the Parent or debt financing will be excluded;

(7) any adjustments to the initial purchase price allocation for acquisitions done after the initial assessment period to the extent such items were included in Consolidated Net Income will be excluded;

(8) any gain or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset which is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business will be excluded;

(9) any item classified as a restructuring, direct acquisition related expense, extraordinary or other non-operating gain or loss, including the costs of and accounting for, financial instruments and any loss, charge, cost, expense or reserve in respect of any restructuring including the CEDC FinCo Exchange Offer, the Plan of Reorganization or any plan of reorganization, including any costs and expenses relating to legal, financial and other advisors, auditors and accountants, printer fees and expenses and any transaction (including any financing or disposition) or litigation related thereto) will be excluded;

(10) any impairment loss relating to goodwill or other intangible assets will be excluded;

(11) any premium, penalty, or fee paid in relation to any repayment, prepayment, redemption or purchase of debt will be excluded;

(12) any noncash compensation charge or expense arising from any grant of stock, stock options or other equity based awards will be excluded; and

(13) any capitalized, accrued or accreting or pay-in-kind interest on Subordinated Shareholder Funding will be excluded.

Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Parent who:

(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the Issue Date; or

(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.

Conversion Agent” means any Person authorized by the Issuer to convert Notes in accordance with Article 12. The Issuer has initially appointed Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as its Conversion Agent pursuant to Section 2.3.

 

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Copecresto Subsidiaries” means Copecresto Enterprises Limited, Lugano Holdings Limited, OOO Parliament Production, OOO Parliament Distribution and Ardy Investments Limited.

Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3 (Covenant Defeasance).

Credit Facilities” means one or more debt facilities or commercial paper facilities or credit facility documentation, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale or factoring of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables), bank guarantees or letters of credit or overdrafts, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise), refinanced, increased or extended in whole or in part from time to time, and whether or not with the original arranging agent, administrative agent and lenders or another arranging or administrative agent or agents or other banks or other institutional lenders and whether provided under any existing credit facility or one or more other credit agreements or financing agreements (without limitation as to amount outstanding or committed, or the maturity, terms, conditions, covenants, or other provisions thereof or parties thereto) and in each case including all agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with the foregoing (including any letters of credit issued pursuant thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement, patent and trademark security agreement, mortgages or letter of credit applications and other Guarantees, pledges, agreements, security agreements and collateral documents), save that the RTL Credit Facility shall not be deemed a Credit Facility.

Custodian” means in the case of any Global Note held through DTC, the Registrar, as custodian for DTC with respect to such Global Note.

Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement with respect to currency values.

Cyprus Guarantors” means, collectively, Latchey Limited, Jelegat Holdings Limited and Pasalba Ltd.

Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

Definitive Notes” means any definitive Note issued in accordance with Section 2.6(b)(3) (Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes) registered in the Register, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

Depositary” means, with respect to any Global Note, the Person specified in Section 2.3 hereof as the Depositary with respect to such Global Note, and any and all successors thereto appointed as Depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

 

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Disqualified Stock” means any Equity Interests that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case, at the option of the holder of the Equity Interests), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Equity Interests, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Equity Interests have the right to require the Parent to repurchase such Equity Interests upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Equity Interests provided that the Parent may not repurchase or redeem any such Equity Interests pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.4 (Limitation on Restricted Payments). The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.

dollar”, “U.S. dollar” or “$” means the currency of the United States of America.

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

Effective Date” means June 5, 2013.

Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

Equity Offering” means any primary public or private offering of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent.

euro” or “” means the single currency of the participating European Union Member States.

European Union Member State” means any country that is a member state of the European Union as of the Issue Date, but not including any country which becomes a member of the European Union after the Issue Date.

Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Existing Guarantees” means those Guarantees of the Existing Notes.

Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under any Credit Facilities or under the Notes or the Senior Secured Notes) in existence on the Effective Date and until such amounts are repaid.

 

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Existing Notes” means the euro denominated senior secured notes and the U.S. dollar denominated senior secured notes issued under the indenture, dated December 2, 2009, among, inter alios, the Issuer, the Parent, the guarantors named therein, and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch as trustee, as such indenture has been amended and supplemented. The Existing Notes will be cancelled as of the Effective Date in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization.

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to a willing seller in an arm’s-length transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party. Unless otherwise provided in this Indenture, a determination in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Parent as to Fair Market Value shall be conclusive.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness, including any discharge of Indebtedness pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.

In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:

(1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including any related financing transactions and including increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period;

(2) the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded;

(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date;

(4) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such four-quarter period;

 

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(5) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter period; and

(6) if any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as at the Calculation Date in excess of twelve months).

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition or other Investment and the amount of income or earnings relating thereto, the pro forma calculations shall be made in compliance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, and will be as determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the Parent, provided that such adjustments are set forth in an Officers’ Certificate signed by such Officer which states: (i) the amount of such adjustment or adjustments; (ii) that such adjustment or adjustments is based on the reasonable good faith beliefs of such Officer at the time of such execution; and (iii) that any related incurrence of Indebtedness is permitted pursuant to this Indenture. In addition, for purposes of this definition, in determining the amount of Indebtedness outstanding on any date of determination, pro forma effect shall be given to any incurrence, repayment, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition, retirement or discharge of Indebtedness on such date.

Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations in respect of interest rates; plus

(2) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus

(3) any interest on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus

(4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests

 

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of the Parent (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent; times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. This definition includes “grossed up” preferred dividends as Fixed Charges; plus

(5) any expenses, charges or other costs related to the offering of the Notes (or any amortization thereof) and included in such period in computing Fixed Charges; minus

(6) any amortization of deferred charges resulting from the application of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. APB 14-1— Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement).

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles applicable in the United States as in effect from time to time.

Global Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 (Form and Dating).

Government Securities” means direct obligations of, obligations fully guaranteed by, or participations in pools consisting solely of obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the government of the United States or any European Union Member State whose long-term debt is rated “A-1” or higher by Moody’s or “A+” or higher by S&P or the equivalent rating category of another internationally recognized rating agency, the payment of which is secured by the full faith and credit of the United States or the applicable European Union Member State, as the case may be.

Guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.

Guarantors” means each of:

(1) the Initial Guarantors; and

(2) any other Subsidiary of the Parent that issues a Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture,

and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

(1) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;

 

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(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and

(3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity or raw materials prices.

Holder” means, with respect to any Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the register maintained by the Registrar under this Indenture.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person (in each case, excluding accrued expenses and trade payables and without double-counting):

(1) the principal amount of indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;

(2) the principal component of obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments;

(3) the principal component of obligations of such Person in respect of banker’s acceptances and letters of credit (other than obligations with respect to letters of credit entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such letters are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than within 20 Business Days following payment on the letter of credit);

(4) Capital Lease Obligations or Attributable Debt;

(5) the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property due more than six months after such property is acquired;

(6) the principal component of all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of (a) the Fair Market Value of such asset at such date of determination; and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Persons;

(7) the principal component of Indebtedness of other Persons to the extent Guaranteed by such Person; or

(8) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, net obligations of such Person under Hedging Obligations (the amount of any such obligations to be equal at any time to the termination value of such agreement or arrangement giving rise to such obligation that would be payable by such Person at such time),

if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than Attributable Debt and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. Indebtedness shall not include Subordinated Shareholder Funding but shall include any interest not paid within contractual grace periods.

 

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Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a Book Entry Interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

Initial Guarantors” means each of:

(1) the Parent and CEDC Finance Corporation, LLC;

(2) the Polish Guarantors;

(3) Bols Hungary Kft.;

(4) the RAG Guarantors; and

(5) the Cyprus Guarantors.

Intellectual Property Rights” means the trademarks related to the Soplica brand owned by CEDC International Sp. z o.o. and registered in Poland as of the Issue Date and registered in the European Union under trademark numbers 004575304 and 003801362.

Intercompany Borrowers” means CEDC International Sp. z o.o. and Jelegat Holdings Limited.

Intercompany Loans” means one or more loans between the Intercompany Borrowers, as borrowers, and the Issuer, as lender, of the proceeds received by the Issuer from the issuance of the Existing Notes, as such loans may be amended or repaid such that (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Intercompany Loans will reflect the aggregate principal amount of the Notes and the Senior Secured Notes and (ii) the terms of the Intercompany Loans (e.g., interest rate and maturity) will reflect those of the Notes and the Senior Secured Notes. The Proceeds Loan shall be considered an Intercompany Loan.

Intra-Group Liabilities” means any amounts owed by the Luxembourg Guarantor to its direct and indirect holding companies and the subsidiaries thereof that are not Luxembourg On-Loans.

Intercreditor Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement, dated the Effective Date, among the Trustee, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent, the Issuer, the Initial Guarantors and the trustee, the Polish security agent and security agent under the Senior Secured Notes Indenture.

Inventory” means inventory, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, payroll, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the

 

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Parent sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent, the Parent will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Parent’s Investments in such Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.4 (Limitation on Restricted Payments). The acquisition by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.4 (Limitation on Restricted Payments). Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.

Issue Date” means the date which the Global Note is executed and authenticated by the Authenticating Agent.

Issuer Order” means a written order or request signed in the name of a Guarantor or the Issuer by an Officer or a member of the Board of Directors.

Issuer Permitted Liens” means:

(1) Liens relating to bank deposits or to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(2) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty or that are being contrasted in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor;

(3) Liens created for the benefit of or to secure the Notes, any Note Guarantee, the Senior Secured Notes or any other Capital Markets Debt; and

(4) Liens granted to the Trustee or other agent for its compensation and indemnities pursuant to this Indenture or any Security Document (or to any trustee or other agent in respect of other Capital Markets Debt pursuant to any indenture or security document relating thereto).

Legal Defeasance” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge).

Legend” means the legend initially set forth on the Notes in the form set forth in Section 2.6(e) (Legends) hereof.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed,

 

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recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.

Luxembourg Guarantors” means, collectively, Lion/Rally Lux 1 S.A., Lion/Rally Lux 2 S.à r.l. and Lion/Rally Lux 3 S.à r.l.

Luxembourg On-Loans” means the aggregate of all amounts borrowed under this Indenture, which have been on-lent to the relevant Luxembourg Guarantor and/or its direct and indirect subsidiaries and which remains due and payable or have not been repaid by such Luxembourg Guarantor and/or its Subsidiaries.

Maturity Date” means April 30, 2018.

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

Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:

(1) any gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such gain or loss, realized in connection with: (a) any Asset Sale by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

(2) any extraordinary gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain or loss.

Net Proceeds” means (i) the aggregate cash proceeds and (ii) the Fair Market Value of any non-cash consideration, in each case received by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale, as and when the same is received), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and disposition of non-cash consideration, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale and disposition of non-cash consideration, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.

Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness:

(1) as to which neither the Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a

 

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guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender; provided, however, that the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary may be pledged or otherwise subject to security arrangements to secure Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity.

Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 (Form and Dating).

Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

Offering Memorandum and Disclosure Statement” means the Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization, dated March 8, 2013, relating to the Notes, as amended and supplemented.

Office” means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any time its business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 800 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Issuer).

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, any managing director or director, any supervisory or managing board member, chairman, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, chief accounting officer, any president, vice president, treasurer or secretary or person in any equivalent position.

Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by any two Officers.

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and/or the Security Agent (as applicable), which meets the requirements of Section 13.3 (Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion) hereof and any other relevant provisions of this Indenture. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Parent, any Subsidiary of the Parent, the Trustee or the Security Agent.

Participant” means a Person who has an account with DTC.

Paying Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 (Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent).

Payor” shall mean the Issuer, a Guarantor or a successor of any thereof.

 

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Permitted Business” means (i) the production and bottling of vodka and other alcoholic beverages and sales thereof; (ii) the importing, exporting, transportation, distribution and sale of beverages (including alcoholic beverages), cigars and cigarettes and other consumer goods; (iii) any other business in which the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is engaged in on the Effective Date; and (iv) any activity or business that is a reasonable extension or expansion of, or reasonably related to, the businesses described in the preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii).

Permitted Collateral Liens” means:

(1) Liens securing (i) the Notes, the Guarantees of the Notes and the Proceeds Loan, and (ii) the Senior Secured Notes, including any Senior Secured Notes Guarantee;

(2) Liens securing Indebtedness under Credit Facilities permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (1)(x) of Section 4.3(b) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock), provided that, with respect to any such Indebtedness which is secured by inventory or receivables, the book value (including VAT) of such receivables and inventory shall not exceed 150% of the principal amount of any such Indebtedness and Hedging Obligations related thereto permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (9) of Section 4.3(b) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock);

(3) Liens existing on the Issue Date, including any Liens with respect to Existing Notes and Existing Guarantees which are in the process of being released;

(4) any extension, renewal or replacement, in whole or in part, of any Lien described in the foregoing clauses (1) through (3) and clause below; provided that any such extension, renewal or replacement will be no more restrictive in any material respect than the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced and will not extend in any material respect to any additional property or assets;

(5) Liens described in clauses (4), (5), (6), (9), (10), (11), (14), (23), (24), (27) and (28) of the definition of Permitted Liens; and

(6) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness that has been secured by a Permitted Collateral Lien, provided that (i) any such Lien will not extend to or cover any assets not securing the Indebtedness so refinanced; and (ii) the Indebtedness so refinanced will have been permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock).

Permitted Investments” means:

(1) any Investment in the Parent or in a Restricted Subsidiary;

(2) any Investment in cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

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(3) any Investment in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:

(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent ; or

(b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from: (a) an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.12 (Asset Sales); or (b) any other disposition of property or assets or the issuance or sale of Equity Interests not constituting an Asset Sale;

(5) any Investment to the extent made in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent;

(6) any Investments received in compromise, satisfaction or resolution of: (a) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any Person; or (b) judgments, Liens or security interests, litigation, arbitration or other disputes or pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon bankruptcy or insolvency of any Persons who are not Affiliates;

(7) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations;

(8) loans or advances to employees of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2.5 million at any one time outstanding;

(9) Investments in the Notes and the Guarantees;

(10) Investments existing on the Effective Date (including Investments pursuant to a contractual commitment in existence on the Effective Date) and any amendment, modification, restatement, supplement, extension, renewal, refunding, replacement or refinancing, in whole or in part, thereof;

(11) any Investment to the extent such Investment consists of prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers’ compensation, performance and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(12) any Investment held by a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such Investment was not acquired in contemplation of the acquisition of such Person (or in respect of which a binding commitment to make such Investment exists on the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) and any extension, modification or renewal of such Investment or commitment; and

(13) any other Investment which, when taken together with all other Investments pursuant to this clause (13) and then outstanding, will not exceed the greater of (i) 3.0% of the total assets of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (ii) $90 million (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).

 

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Permitted Liens” means:

(1) Liens on Inventory, accounts receivable, bank accounts, plant, property and equipment, in each case not constituting Collateral and securing Indebtedness incurred under Credit Facilities permitted under clause (i) of Section 4.3(b) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock);

(2) Liens in favor of the Parent or the Guarantors;

(3) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (13) of Section 4.3(b) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock);

(4) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged, consolidated, amalgamated or otherwise combined with or into the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination, were not incurred in contemplation of such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination, and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, and any modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that to the extent such Lien is modified, replaced, renewed, extended or refinanced in connection with any refinancing of the obligations secured by such Liens (if such obligations constitute Indebtedness) the Indebtedness being refinanced is permitted under Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) and the Liens so modified, replaced, renewed, extended or refinanced shall not extend in any material respect to any additional property or assets;

(5) Liens on property (including Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition of the property (or in the case of an acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent, Liens on property (including Capital Stock) owned by such Person existing at the time of acquisition of such Person’s Capital Stock) by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to, and not incurred in contemplation of, such acquisition, and any modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that to the extent such Lien is modified, replaced, renewed, extended or refinanced in connection any refinancing of the obligations secured by such Liens (if such obligations constitute Indebtedness), the Indebtedness being refinanced is permitted under Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) and the Liens so modified, replaced, renewed, extended or refinanced shall not extend in any material respect to any additional property or assets;

 

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(6) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(7) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (iv) of Section 4.3(b) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) covering only the assets acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness;

(8) Liens existing on the Effective Date (other than any Liens securing the RTL Credit Facility), and any modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that to the extent such Lien is modified, replaced, renewed, extended or refinanced in connection with any refinancing of the obligations secured by such Liens (if such obligations constitute Indebtedness), the Indebtedness being refinanced is permitted under Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) and the Liens so modified, replaced, renewed, extended or refinanced shall not extend in any material respect to any additional property or assets;

(9) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings instituted within a reasonable period of time and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;

(10) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlord’s and mechanics’ Liens or other similar Liens, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(11) survey exceptions, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other similar restrictions as to the use of real property that were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and that do not in the aggregate materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

(12) Permitted Collateral Liens and liens to secure the Intercompany Loans and the RAG On-Loans;

(13) Liens securing Hedging Obligations permitted to be incurred by clause (ix) of Section 4.3(b) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock);

(14) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;

(15) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

 

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(16) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;

(17) Liens on assets of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent that is not a Guarantor to secure Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary that is otherwise permitted under this Indenture;

(18) leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(19) banker’s Liens, rights of setoff and similar Liens with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents on deposit in one or more bank accounts in the ordinary course of business;

(20) Liens arising from U.S. Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings (or similar filings in other applicable jurisdictions) regarding operating leases entered into by the Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(21) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness that was previously so secured; provided that any such Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets that secured (or under the agreements pursuant to which such Lien arose, could have secured) the Indebtedness being refinanced (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions thereof);

(22) Liens on the funds or securities deposited for the purpose of defeasing or redeeming any Indebtedness on or prior to its maturity date, to the extent such defeasance or redemption is permitted under this Indenture;

(23) Liens incurred or deposits made in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, other types of social security and other types of related statutory obligations;

(24) rights of set-off under contracts that do not relate to Indebtedness for borrowed money;

(25) Liens in favor of customs or revenue authorities to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;

(26) Liens resulting from escrow arrangements unrelated to Indebtedness for borrowed money entered into in connection with a disposition of assets and from escrow arrangements in relation to the Lion Payment;

 

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(27) any retention of title reserved by any seller of goods or any Lien imposed, reserved or granted over goods supplied by such seller;

(28) Liens arising out of or in connection with pre-judgment legal process or a judgment or a judicial award relating to security for costs;

(29) Liens on and pledges of Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary securing any Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(30) Liens on the assets or property of a Restricted Subsidiary to secure Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary owing to and held by the Parent, any other Guarantor or the Issuer;

(31) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to obligations that do not exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding; and

(32) Liens on assets or property of the Copecresto Subsidiaries (other than Parliament Distribution, or any other Copecresto Subsidiary that owns the “Parliament” trademark) securing Indebtedness consisting of local lines of credit or working capital facilities.

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge (“refinance”) other Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness save that the Intercompany Loans may be refunded or refinanced in connection with any permitted refinancing of the Notes or the Senior Secured Notes); provided that:

(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith);

(2) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Guarantees, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes or the Guarantees on terms not materially less favorable to the Holders of Notes or the Guarantees as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged;

(3) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Parent or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is a borrower on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and

 

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(4) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness issued to refinance the Notes shall (i) accrue interest (whether in cash, payment-in-kind or otherwise) at a rate no greater than interest rate payable on the Notes and (ii) not be redeemable while any Notes remain outstanding.

Person” means any individual, corporation, company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.

Plan of Reorganization” means the prepackaged plan of reorganization of the Parent, the Issuer and CEDC Finance Corporation LLC, as confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on May 13, 2013.

Polish Collateral” means (i) financial and registered pledges of shares in Polish Guarantors; (ii) financial and registered pledges of rights under Specified Bank Accounts of the Polish Guarantors; (iii) mortgages over certain real property and fixtures of CEDC International Sp. z o.o.; (iv) security over certain intellectual property rights owned or used by CEDC International Sp. z o.o. (related to the Bols, Żubrówka and Soplica brand[s] and registered in Poland and the European Union); and (v) subject to Section 11.14 any other Collateral established or granted in connection with this Indenture, securing the Notes, the Parallel Obligations and the Guarantees, governed in principle by Polish law (as determined in good faith by the Parent) and subject to any increase, amendment, modification, restatement, supplementation or replacement from time to time.

Polish Guarantors” means CEDC International Sp. z o.o, and PWW Sp. z o.o.

Polish Security Agent” means Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (or, if applicable, such other person as may from time to time hold the whole or any part of the security granted with respect to the Polish Collateral under the Security Documents) as Polish Security Agent under the Security Documents.

Proceeds Loan” means the loan between Jelegat Holdings Limited, as borrower, and the Issuer, as lender, made out of the proceeds of the issuance of the Existing Notes, as such loan may be amended on the Issue Date to reflect the issuance of the Notes and the Senior Secured Notes and the cancellation of Existing Notes .

RAG Guarantors” means the Russian Guarantors, the Luxembourg Guarantors, and Pasalba Limited.

RAG Intercompany Borrowers” means the borrowers under the RAG On-Loans.

RAG On-Loans” means the loans between the Russian Alcohol Guarantors, as borrowers, and Jelegat Holdings Limited, as lender, made out of the proceeds of an Intercompany Loan.

RAG Security Documents” means each of the documents entered into by the RAG Intercompany Borrowers creating or evidencing a Lien on property or assets of each of the RAG Intercompany Borrowers for the benefit of Jelegat Holdings Limited and any related intercreditor agreement, in each case as amended, modified, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

 

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RAG Transaction Documents” means the RAG On-Loans and the RAG Security Documents.

Record Date” means the Record Dates specified in the Notes.

Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture and Paragraph 7 (Optional Redemption) of any such Note; provided that there may not be a Redemption Date within the period that commences on the Initial Conversion Date and ends on the 30th day following the Initial Conversion Date.

Redemption Price” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture and Paragraph 7 (Optional Redemption) of any such Note.

Registrar” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 (Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent).

Related Party” means (i) the spouse or immediate family member of Roustim Tariko, or any direct descendent of Roustim Tariko, his spouse or any of their immediate family members; (ii) the estate, executors, administrators or similar Persons for any Person specified in clause (i) of this definition; or (iii) any Person controlled by or any trust for the benefit of, any Person specified in clauses (i) or (ii), including Roust Trading Ltd or any Affiliate of Roustim Tariko or any Person specified in (i) and (ii).

Reporting Covenant Reversion Date” means 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on October 15, 2013.

Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Restructuring Transactions” means the Restructuring Transactions described in the Offering Memorandum and Disclosure Statement.

RTL Credit Facility” means the $50 million secured credit facility provided by Roust Trading Limited to the Parent pursuant to the facility agreement dated 1 March 2013.

Russian Alcohol Finance Limited” means a Cyprus corporation currently named Jelegat Holdings Limited.

Russian Alcohol Guarantors” means Bravo Premium LLC, JSC Distillery Topaz, JSC “Russian Alcohol Group”, Limited Liability Company “The Trading House Russian Alcohol”, Sibirsky LVZ, OOO First Tula Distillery and Mid-Russian Distilleries.

 

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Russian Guarantors” means, collectively, OOO Glavspirttirest and the Russian Alcohol Guarantors.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group.

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act.

Secured Parties” means the Trustee, the Agents and the Holders.

Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.

Security Agent” means TMF Trustee Limited (or, if applicable, such other person as may from time to time hold the whole or any part of the security granted under the Security Documents with respect to the Collateral (other than the Polish Collateral)) as Security Agent under the Security Documents.

Security Documents” means each of the documents entered into by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries creating or evidencing a Lien on property or assets of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary for the benefit of the Holders and the Trustee and any intercreditor agreement, in each case as amended, modified, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time, including the Intercreditor Agreement.

Senior Secured Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, the principal amount of any Indebtedness for borrowed money that is secured by a Lien.

Senior Secured Notes” means the Senior Secured Notes due 2018 issued by the Issuer on the Issue Date in an aggregate principal amount up to $465 million.

Senior Secured Notes Guarantees” means the guarantees of the Senior Secured Notes by the Guarantors.

Senior Secured Notes Indenture” means the indenture, dated the Issue Date, among the Issuer, the Guarantors, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as transfer agent, paying agent and registrar, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as Polish security agent, and TMF Trustee Limited, as security agent, relating to the Senior Secured Notes.

Share Capital” means:

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and

 

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(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Share Capital, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Share Capital.

Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof.

Specified Bank Account” means any bank account of the relevant Guarantor or the Issuer having at least $10.0 million (or, if in a currency other than U.S. dollars, the U.S. dollar equivalent thereof) in deposits, measured as of the Issue Date, and thereafter as of the last day of each fiscal quarter after the Issue Date.

Specified Intellectual Property Rights” means any material intellectual property rights relating to the brands owned or used by the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time, as determined by the directors of the Parent acting in good faith.

Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled and required to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of the Effective Date, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

Steb Credit Facility” means the facility agreement between Jelegat Holdings Limited and Steb Holdings Ltd., dated June 5, 2013, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

Subordinated Shareholder Funding” means collectively, any funds provided to the Parent by (or any other debt obligations of the Issuer for borrowed money owed to), any Affiliate of the Parent, in exchange for or pursuant to any security, instrument or agreement other than Capital Stock, together with any such security or instrument or agreement and any other security or instrument other than Capital Stock issued in payment of any obligation under any Subordinated Shareholder Funding, provided that such Subordinated Shareholder Funding:

(a) does not (including upon the happening of any event) mature or require any amortization or other payment of principal prior to the first anniversary of the maturity of the Notes (other than through conversion or exchange of any such security or instrument for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent or for any other security or instrument meeting the requirements of the definition);

(b) does not (including upon the happening of any event) require the payment of cash interest prior to the first anniversary of the maturity of the Notes;

(c) does not (including upon the happening of any event) provide for the acceleration of its maturity nor confers on its shareholders any right (including upon the happening of any event) to declare a default or event of default or take any enforcement action, in each case prior to the first anniversary of the maturity of the Notes;

 

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(d) is not secured by a Lien on any assets of the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary and is not guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Parent;

(e) is subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Notes in the event of any Default, bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation, winding up or other disposition of assets of the Issuer and other restrictions, on payment and enforcement;

(f) does not (including upon the happening of any event) restrict the payment of amounts due in respect of the Notes or compliance by the Issuer with its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture;

(g) does not (including upon the happening of an event) constitute Voting Stock; and

(h) is not (including upon the happening of any event) mandatorily convertible or exchangeable, or convertible or exchangeable at this option of the holder thereof), in whole or in part, prior to the date on which the Notes mature, other than into or for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person; or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).

Subsidiary Guarantor” means any Guarantor other than the Parent.

Tax” or “Taxes” means any tax, contribution, special contribution or defense, impost, withholding, levy or charge in the nature of tax in any jurisdiction together with any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not.

Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

 

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Trust Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the trust and agency department of the Trustee, including any director, associate director or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Parent that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Parent as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.25 (Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries) pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:

(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;

(2) except as permitted by Section 4.13 (Limitation of Transactions with Affiliates), is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Parent;

(3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests; or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and

(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying: (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness; by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” of any specified Person means a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary) will at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

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Section 1.2 Other Definitions.

 

Term

   Section

“Agreed Jurisdictions”

   11.13

“Amendment”

   4.24

“Authenticating Agent”

   2.2

“Authorized Agent”

   13.7

“Cash Interest”

   Exhibit A

“Conversion Shares”

   13.1

“Default Interest Payment Date”

   2.12

“Defeasance Trust”

   8.4

“Defeasor”

   8.1

“Event of Default”

   6.1

“Guarantees”

   10.1

“incur”

   4.3

“Initial Conversion Date”

   13.1

“Judgment Currency”

   13.10

“Legal Defeasance”

   8.2

“Losses”

   11.6

“Obligations”

   10.1

“Parallel Obligations”

   11.13

“Payment Default”

   6.1

“Permitted Debt”

   4.3

“PIK Notes”

   2.1

“PIK Interest”

   Exhibit A

“Principal Obligations”

   11.13

“Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”

   Exhibit A

“Restricted Payments”

   4.4

“Successor”

   4.20

“Tax Jurisdiction”

   4.17

“Transfer Agent”

   2.3

Section 1.3 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time;

(c) “or” is not exclusive;

(d) “including” or “include” means including or include without limitation;

 

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(e) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular;

(f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

(g) unsecured or unguaranteed Debt shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to secured or guaranteed Debt merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured or unguaranteed Debt; and

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

Section 1.4 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Commission” means the SEC.

(b) “indenture securities” means the Notes and PIK Notes.

(c) “indenture security holder” means a Holder.

(d) “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

(e) “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

(f) “obligor” on the indenture securities means the Issuer, Parent and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

ARTICLE II

THE NOTES

Section 2.1 Form and Dating. The Notes and the notation relating to the Trustee’s (or Authenticating Agent’s) certificate of authentication thereof, shall be substantially in the form contained in Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or usage. The Issuer and the Trustee shall approve the form of the Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement on them not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes, annexed hereto as Exhibits, shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Issuer, each Guarantor, the Trustee, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent, the Paying Agent, each other Paying Agent, the Registrar and the Transfer Agent, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. The Notes will initially be represented by the Global Notes.

 

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As long as the Notes are in global form, the Paying Agent shall be responsible for:

(i) effecting payments due on the Global Notes (following receipt of payment thereof from the Issuer); and

(ii) arranging on behalf of and at the expense of the Issuer for notices to be communicated to Holders in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

Each reference in this Indenture to the performance of duties set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above by the Trustee includes performance of such duties by the Paying Agent.

The Notes shall be initially issued as one or more global notes, in registered global form without interest coupons (the “Global Notes”), substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, with such applicable legends and other text as are provided in Exhibit A hereto, except as otherwise permitted herein. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Registrar (following receipt by the Registrar of all information required hereunder), as hereinafter provided (or by the issue of a further Global Note), in consequence of the issue of Definitive Notes or additional Notes, as hereinafter provided. The Global Notes and Definitive Notes shall collectively be referred to herein as the “Notes.”

In connection with the payment of PIK Interest or any partial PIK Interest in respect of the Notes, the Issuer may, upon compliance with the conditions set forth in the Notes, without the consent of the Holders and without regard to any restrictions or limitations set forth in Section 4.3 hereof, elect to issue additional Notes (“PIK Notes”); under this Indenture on the same terms and conditions as the Original Notes (in each case, a “PIK Payment”). Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “Notes” for all purposes of this Indenture include any PIK Notes that are actually issued, and references to “principal amount” of the Notes include any increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Notes as a result of a PIK Payment.

Section 2.2 Execution and Authentication. An Officer (whom shall have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate actions) shall sign the Notes for the Issuer by manual or facsimile signature.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note was an Officer at the time of such execution but no longer holds that office or position at the time the Trustee (or the Authenticating Agent) authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on such signature as authentic and shall be under no obligation to make any investigation in relation thereto.

A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee, or, as the case may be, an Authenticating Agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

 

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Except as otherwise provided herein, the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be outstanding at any time under this Indenture is not limited in amount. The Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate such Notes which shall consist of (i) Original Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $200,000,000 and (ii) PIK Notes from time to time for issuance after the Issue Date to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder (including, without limitation, under Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) hereof), in each case upon receipt by the Trustee and the Authenticating Agent of an Issuer Order in the form of an Officer’s Certificate. PIK Notes will be treated as the same series of Notes as the Original Notes for all purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation, for purposes of waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Such Issuer Order shall specify the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be authenticated, the series and type of Notes, the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated, the issue price and the date from which interest on such Notes shall accrue, whether the Notes are to be Original Notes, PIK Notes, whether the Notes are to be issued as Definitive Notes or Global Notes and whether or not the Notes shall bear the Legend, or such other information as the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent may reasonably request. In addition, such Issuer Order shall include (a) a statement that the Persons signing the Issuer Order have (i) read and understood the provisions of this Indenture relevant to the statements in the Issuer Order and (ii) made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable them to make such statements, (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation on which the statements set forth in the Issuer Order are based and (c) that based upon (a) and (b) all conditions precedent relating to the Issuer Order have been complied with in accordance with Sections 13.2 (Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent) and 13.3 (Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion) hereof. In authenticating the Notes and accepting the responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to the Notes, the Trustee and the Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Authenticating Agent stating that the form and terms thereof have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, do not give rise to a Default and that the issuance of such Notes has been duly authorized by the Issuer and constitute a legal valid binding obligation of the Issuer. Upon receipt of an Issuer Order, the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate Notes in substitution of Notes originally issued to reflect any name change of the Issuer.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent (“Authenticating Agent”) reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate Notes. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment, an Authenticating Agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Issuer and Affiliates of the Issuer. The Trustee hereby appoints the Registrar as Authenticating Agent for the Notes. The Registrar accepts such appointment and the Issuer hereby confirms that it is acceptable for the purpose of this Section 2.2.

The Notes shall be issuable only in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof, other than any increase in the principal amount of the PIK Notes as a result of PIK Interest (or partial PIK Interest) which may be made in integral multiples of $1.00.

 

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Section 2.3 Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent. The Issuer shall maintain one or more paying agents (each, a “Paying Agent”) for the Notes in the City of New York (the “Paying Agent”). Also, if for so long as the Notes are listed on the Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange and its rules so require, then the Issuer shall maintain a paying agent in Dublin. At the offices of such Paying Agents, notices and demands in respect of such Notes and this Indenture may be served. In the event that Definitive Notes are issued, (x) the Definitive Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange, (y) the Definitive Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment and (z) notices and demands in respect of the Definitive Notes and this Indenture may be served at an office of any of the Registrars or the Paying Agent, as applicable, in the City of New York. The Issuer initially appoints Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Paying Agent and Conversion Agent. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas hereby accepts that appointment.

The Issuer shall maintain a registrar (the “Registrar”) with offices in the City of New York and a transfer agent in the City of New York (the “Transfer Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Registrar shall provide the Issuer a current copy of such register from time to time upon request of the Issuer. The Issuer, upon notice to the Trustee, may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional Paying Agents reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The Issuer initially appoints Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Registrar in the City of New York. The Registrar and the Transfer Agent in New York will maintain a register reflecting ownership of Definitive Notes outstanding from time to time and will make payments on and facilitate transfer of Definitive Notes on the behalf of the Issuer.

Upon notice to the Trustee, the Issuer may change the Paying Agent, the Registrar or the Transfer Agent without prior notice to the Holders. The Issuer, any Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar for the Notes.

The Issuer initially appoints DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas will act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

Claims against the Issuer for payment of principal and interest on the Notes will become void unless presentment for payment is made (where so required herein) within, in the case of principal, a period of ten years or, in the case of interest, a period of five years, in each case from the applicable original date of payment therefor.

The Agents shall act solely as agents of the Issuer and shall have no fiduciary or other obligation towards, or have any relationship of trust or agency, for or with any person other than the Issuer.

The obligations of the Agents are several and not joint or joint and several. The Agents shall only be obliged to perform the duties set out in this Indenture and shall have no implied duties.

Section 2.4 Paying Agent to Hold Assets. Each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee or Affiliate of the Trustee or any successor to the Trustee or Agents named herein) shall

 

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hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all assets held by such Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes, and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any Default by the Issuer or any Guarantor in making any such payment. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and account for any assets disbursed and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any Payment Default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and to account for any assets distributed. Upon distribution to the Trustee of all assets that shall have been delivered by the Issuer to such Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 2.4, such Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such assets. If the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the assets held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders.

Section 2.5 List of Holders. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, or to the extent otherwise required under the TIA, the Issuer, on its own behalf, shall furnish or cause the Registrar to furnish to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders and the Issuer shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).

Section 2.6 Transfer and Exchange. (a) The Global Notes initially shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for credit to an account of an Agent Member, (ii) be delivered to the Registrar as Custodian for the Depositary and (iii) bear the legends as set forth in Section 2.6(h) (Legends).

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.

(i) The Global Notes cannot be transferred to any Person other than to another nominee of the Depositary, or to its successor Clearing System or its nominee approved by the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee.

(ii) All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Issuer for Definitive Notes (A) if the Depositary notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to act as a Clearing System in respect of such Notes and a successor Clearing System is not appointed by the Issuer within 120 days; or (B) if the owner of a Book Entry Interest requires such exchange in writing delivered through the Depositary following an Event of Default for which the Trustee is taking action under Article VI (Default and Remedies). Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events, Definitive Notes shall be issued in the name or names and issued in any approved denominations, as the Depositary shall instruct the Issuer based on the instructions received by the Depositary from the holders of Book Entry Interests.

(iii) Global Notes may also be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Section 2.7 (Replacement Notes) and Section 2.10 (Temporary Notes). Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to Section 2.7 (Replacement Notes) or Section 2.10 (Temporary

 

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Notes) hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note, other than as provided in this Section 2.6(b) (Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes).

(c) General Provisions Applicable to Transfers and Exchanges of the Notes. Transfers of Book Entry Interests in the Global Notes (other than transfers of Book Entry Interests in connection with which the transferor takes delivery thereof in the form of a Book Entry Interest in the same Global Note) shall require compliance with this Section 2.6(c), as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs of this Section 2.6, as applicable.

In connection with all transfers and exchanges of Book Entry Interests (other than transfers of Book Entry Interests in connection with which the transferor takes delivery thereof in the form of a Book Entry Interest in the same Global Note), the Paying Agent must receive: (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary, to debit from the transferor a Book Entry Interest in an amount equal to the Book Entry Interest to be transferred or exchanged; (ii) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary, as applicable, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary, as applicable, to credit or cause to be credited a Book Entry Interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the Book Entry Interest to be transferred or exchanged; and (iii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase.

In connection with a transfer or exchange of a Book Entry Interest for a Definitive Note, the Paying Agent or the Registrar must receive: (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary, as applicable, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary, as applicable, to debit from the transferor a Book Entry Interest in an amount equal to the Book Entry Interest to be transferred or exchanged; (ii) a written order from a Participant directing the Registrar to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the Book Entry Interest to be transferred or exchanged; and (iii) instructions containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to above.

In connection with any transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes, the Holder of such Notes shall present or surrender to the applicable Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, in connection with a transfer or exchange of a Definitive Note for a Book Entry Interest, the Paying Agent must receive a written order directing the Depositary, as applicable, to credit the account of the transferee in an amount equal to the Book Entry Interest to be transferred or exchanged.

Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of Book Entry Interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture, the Paying Agent, as specified in this Section 2.6, shall endorse the relevant Global Note(s) with any increase or decrease and instruct the Depositary, as applicable, to reflect such increase or decrease in its systems.

 

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(d) Transfer of Definitive Notes. Any Holder of an Definitive Note may transfer such Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of Definitive Notes if the transfer complies with Section 2.6(c) (General Provisions Applicable to Transfers and Exchanges of the Notes).

(e) Legends.

(i) The following legend shall appear on the face of all Notes issued under this Indenture, unless the Issuer determines otherwise in compliance with applicable law:

“THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE ISSUER, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY PAYING AGENT WITH THE APPLICABLE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CERTIFICATIONS (GENERALLY, AN INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM W-9 (OR SUCCESSOR APPLICABLE FORM) IN THE CASE OF A PERSON THAT IS A “UNITED STATES PERSON” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7701(A)(30) OF THE CODE OR AN APPLICABLE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM W-8 (OR SUCCESSOR APPLICABLE FORM) IN THE CASE OF A PERSON THAT IS NOT A “UNITED STATES PERSON” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7701 (A)(30) OF THE CODE) MAY RESULT IN U.S. FEDERAL WITHHOLDING TAX OR U.S. FEDERAL BACKUP WITHHOLDING FROM PAYMENTS TO THE HOLDER IN RESPECT OF THIS NOTE.”

(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (i) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.6(b) OF THE INDENTURE; AND (ii) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 2.6(b) AND 2.6(f) OF THE INDENTURE TO THE U.S. REGISTRAR FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE.”

(f) Cancellation. At such time as all Book Entry Interests have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or all Global Notes have been redeemed or repurchased, the Global Notes shall be returned to the Registrar for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.11 (Cancellation) hereof.

 

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(g) General Provisions Relating to Registration of Transfers and Exchanges. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Authentication Agent shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Issuer’s order in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2 (Execution and Authentication) hereof.

(i) No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any taxes, duties or governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such taxes, duties or governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10 (Temporary Notes), 4.12 (Asset Sales), 4.16 (Change of Control) and 9.3 (Notation on or Exchange of Notes) hereof).

(ii) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors, evidencing the same debt and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

(iii) The Issuer shall not be required to register the transfer of or, to exchange, Definitive Notes during (A) a period beginning at the opening of business 15 calendar days before any Redemption Date and ending at the close of business on the Redemption Date; (B) a period beginning at the opening of 15 calendar days immediately prior to the date fixed for selection of Notes to be redeemed in part, and ending at the close of business on the date on which such Notes are selected; or (C) which the Holder has tendered (and not withdrawn) for repurchase in connection with a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer.

As soon as practicable after delivering any Global Note or Definitive Note, the Registrar shall supply to the Trustee and the Agents all relevant details of the Notes delivered.

Section 2.7 Replacement Notes. If a mutilated Definitive Note is surrendered to a Registrar, if a mutilated Global Note is surrendered to the Issuer or if a Holder claims that a Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuer shall (at its own expense) issue and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate a replacement Note in such form as the Note being replaced if the requirements of the Trustee, the Registrar, the Issuer and the Guarantors are met. If required by the Trustee, the Registrar, the Issuer or the Guarantors, such Holder must provide an indemnity bond or other indemnity, sufficient in the judgment of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Registrar and the Trustee, to protect the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Registrar and any Agent from any loss, fee, expense or liability which any of them may suffer when such Note is replaced and evidence to their reasonable satisfaction of apparent loss, destruction or theft of such Note may be required by the Issuer, the Trustee or any such Agent. The Issuer, the Trustee and the Registrar may charge such Holder of the Notes for their out-of-pocket expenses in replacing a Note, including properly incurred fees and expenses of counsel and any applicable Taxes thereon. Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Issuer. If any mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer may, in its sole discretion, instead of issuing a replacement Note, pay such Note. If after delivery of any such new Note, a bona fide purchaser

 

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of the original Note in lieu of which such new Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer, the Trustee or any Agent shall be entitled to recover such new Note from the person to whom it was delivered or any transferee thereof, except a bona fide purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon any security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Issuer, the Trustee or any Agent in connection therewith. The provisions of this Section 2.7 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, destroyed, lost, stolen or taken Notes.

Section 2.8 Outstanding Notes. Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes that have been authenticated by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent except those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the Global Note effected in accordance with the provisions hereof and those described in this Section 2.8 as not outstanding. Subject to Section 2.9 (Acts by Holders), a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or any of its Affiliates holds the Note.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7 (Replacement Notes) (other than a mutilated Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it, and upon which it shall be entitled to rely without liability, that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.7 (Replacement Notes).

If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.1 (Payment of Notes) hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

If on a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date the Paying Agents hold cash in U.S. dollars sufficient to pay all of the principal and interest due on the Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date, such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on such Notes cease to accrue.

Section 2.9 Acts by Holders. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, the Notes owned by the Issuer, any Guarantor or by any Affiliate of the Parent, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Trust Officer knows (as provided in Section 7.2 (Rights of Trustee and Agents)) are so owned shall be disregarded.

The Issuer shall notify the Trustee, in writing, when the Issuer, the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent repurchases or otherwise acquires Notes of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes so repurchased or otherwise acquired. The Trustee may require an Officers’ Certificate, which shall be promptly provided, listing Notes owned by the Issuer, the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent.

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prepare and the Trustee or the relevant Authenticating Agent shall authenticate temporary Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Issuer Order pursuant to Section 2.2 (Execution and Authentication). The Issuer Order shall specify the amount of temporary Definitive Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the temporary Definitive Notes are to be authenticated. Temporary Definitive Notes shall be substantially in the form of permanent Definitive Notes but may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Definitive Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Trustee or the relevant Authenticating Agent shall authenticate, upon receipt of an Issuer Order pursuant to Section 2.2 (Execution and Authentication), permanent Definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Definitive Notes.

Section 2.11 Cancellation. The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee or the Paying Agent for cancellation. The Registrar or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee or the Paying Agent, and no one else, shall cancel and, at the written direction of the Issuer, shall dispose of (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation, in accordance with its current standards; provided that the Issuer shall not require the Trustee or the Paying Agent to destroy cancelled Notes. Upon completion of any disposal, the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as applicable, shall (at the Issuer’s expense) upon written request deliver a certificate of such disposal to the Issuer, unless the Issuer directs the Trustee or Paying Agent, as applicable, in writing to deliver (at the Issuer’s expense) the cancelled Notes to the Issuer. Subject to Section 2.6 (Transfer and Exchange), the Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. If the Issuer shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are surrendered to the Registrar or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.11.

Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest. If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on the defaulted interest at the rate specified in paragraph (b) of Section 4.1 (Payment of Notes), to the Holder thereof on a subsequent special record date, which date shall be the fifteenth day next preceding the date fixed by the Issuer for the payment of defaulted interest (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day). The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee and Paying Agents in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (a “Default Interest Payment Date”), and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agents an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee or the Paying Agents for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as in this Section 2.12; provided, however, that in no event shall the Issuer deposit monies proposed to be paid in respect of defaulted interest later than 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day prior to the proposed Default Interest Payment Date with respect to defaulted interest to be paid on the Note. At least 15 days before the subsequent special record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Holder at its registered address, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice that states the subsequent special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest, and interest payable on such defaulted interest, if any, to be paid.

 

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Section 2.13 CUSIPs, ISINs and Common Codes. The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use a “CUSIP”, an “ISIN” or “Common Code”, and if so, they shall be used in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made by the Trustee, any of the Agents or the Issuer as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP, ISIN and/or Common Code printed in the notice or on the Notes, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in any CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code.

Section 2.14 Deposit of Moneys. Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding each interest payment date, Maturity Date or any other payment date, the Issuer shall have deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent in immediately available funds, U.S. dollars, without deduction and sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such interest payment date, Maturity Date or any other payment date, as the case may be, on all Notes then outstanding. Subject to actual receipt of the full amount of such funds as provided by this Section 2.14 by the designated Paying Agent, such Paying Agent shall make payments on the Notes in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. The Issuer shall no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day prior to the day on which the Paying Agent is to receive payment, procure that the bank effecting payment for it confirms via fax message to the Paying Agent the payment instructions relating to such payment. A Paying Agent shall not be obliged to pay the Holders of the Notes (or make any other payment) unless and until such time as it has confirmed receipt of funds from the Issuer sufficient to make the relevant payment. Without prejudice to the above, if a Paying Agent makes any payment prior to the receipt of funds, the Issuer shall reimburse such Paying Agent, plus any interest. The relevant Paying Agent shall pay the Issuer any excess cash remaining on deposit after all payments have been made with respect to a given interest payment date or Maturity Date.

Section 2.15 Certain Matters Relating to Global Notes. Members of, or direct or indirect participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture or any Global Note with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Notes, and the Depositary may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary, as between the Depositary, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of any Holder.

The Holder of an interest in any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including DTC and its Agent Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder of such interest in a Global Note is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

 

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ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION

Section 3.1 Redemption. The Notes may be redeemed, as a whole or from time to time in part, upon the terms and at the Redemption Prices set forth in each of the Notes. Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of this Article III.

Section 3.2 Notices to Trustee. If the Issuer elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Paragraph 7 (Optional Redemption) of such Notes, it shall notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent in writing of the Redemption Date and the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date (or such shorter period as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall determine). The Issuer shall give notice of redemption as required under the relevant paragraph of the Notes pursuant to which such Notes are being redeemed.

Section 3.3 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed. If fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee or the Registrar (as applicable) shall select Notes for redemption on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion will deem to be fair and appropriate, and as required by law or mandatory requirements, rules or regulations of the relevant Clearing Systems; provided, however, that no Notes of $2,000 in aggregate principal amount or less shall be redeemed in part, provided further, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the principal amount of a Note not redeemed to less than $1.00. Neither the Trustee nor the applicable Registrar (as applicable) shall be liable for selections made by it pursuant to this Section 3.3.

Section 3.4 Notice of Redemption. If the Notes, or any portion thereof, are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange, the Issuer shall provide notice of any redemption to the Irish Stock Exchange and confirm the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, if any, that will remain outstanding following such redemption. At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date so long as the Notes are in global form, the Issuer (a) shall notify the Trustee and Paying Agents at least five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as allowed by the Trustee and Paying Agent) before notice of redemption is required to be mailed or caused to be mailed to Holders pursuant to this Section 3.4 but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date and (b) shall notify the Holders in accordance with Section 13.1(b) (Notices). At the Issuer’s request made at least 35 days before the Redemption Date (or such shorter period as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall determine), the Paying Agent shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuer’s name and at the Issuer’s expense; provided, however, that the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee (in advance) an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth in full the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the following items.

Each notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

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(b) the Redemption Prices and the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to be paid (subject to the right of holders of record of Definitive Notes on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date);

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

(d) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to a Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any;

(e) that, unless the Issuer defaults in making the redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the holders of such Notes is to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Notes redeemed;

(f) (i) if any Global Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, on and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the portion called for redemption, and upon surrender of such Global Note, the Global Note with a notation on Schedule A thereof adjusting the principal amount thereof to be equal to the unredeemed portion, will be returned and (ii) if any Definitive Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed, and that, after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Definitive Note, a new Definitive Note or Notes in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the holder thereof, upon cancellation of the original Note;

(g) if fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the identification of the particular Notes (or portion thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be outstanding after such partial redemption;

(h) the paragraph of the terms of the Notes pursuant to which the Notes are being redeemed; and

(i) the CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code number, and that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes being redeemed.

Section 3.5 Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is given in accordance with Section 3.4 (Notice of Redemption), Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. Upon surrender to the applicable Registrar or Paying Agent, such Notes called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price (which shall include accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the Redemption Date) but (in the case of Definitive Notes) installments of interest, the maturity of which is on or prior to the Redemption Date, shall be payable to holders of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates.

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unpaid interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Issuer any cash in U.S. dollars so deposited which is not required for that purpose upon the written request of the Issuer.

If the Issuer complies with the preceding paragraph, then, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, then interest on the Notes or portions of Notes to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the applicable Redemption Date, whether or not such Notes are presented for payment. With respect to Definitive Notes, if a Definitive Note is redeemed on or after an interest Record Date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest, shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such Record Date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Issuer to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the Redemption Date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.1 (Payment of Notes).

Section 3.7 Notes Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender and cancellation of a Definitive Note that is redeemed in part, the Issuer shall execute and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent shall authenticate for the Holder of the Notes (at the Issuer’s expense) a new Definitive Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Definitive Note surrendered and canceled, provided, however, that each such Definitive Note shall be in a principal amount at maturity of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof. Upon surrender of a Global Note that is redeemed in part, the relevant Paying Agent shall promptly forward such Global Note to the Trustee who shall make a notation on Schedule A thereof to reduce the principal amount of such Global Note to an amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Global Note surrendered, provided, however, that each such Global Note shall be in a principal amount at maturity of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof.

Section 3.8 Mandatory Redemption. Except as set forth in Section 3.8(a), the Issuer is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

(a) Within 30 days of the receipt by the Parent, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale, and subject to the prior application of Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale to redeem Senior Secured Notes pursuant to the Senior Secured Notes Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Issuer shall give notice of redemption of the maximum principal amount of the Notes that can be redeemed with 100% of such Net Proceeds less the aggregate amount paid in connection with the mandatory redemption of the Senior Secured Notes required by the indenture governing the Senior Secured Notes (as in effect on the Effective Date) with respect to such Asset Sale, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed to the applicable redemption date. The redemption notice shall provide for redemption upon not less than 30 and not more than 60 days from the date the redemption notice is given.

 

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ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS

Section 4.1 Payment of Notes. (a) The Issuer shall pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in the manner provided in such Notes and this Indenture. An installment of principal of or interest on the Notes shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day immediately preceding each interest payment date, the Maturity Date or other payment date money deposited by the Issuer in immediately available, freely transferable, cleared funds and designated for, and sufficient to pay the installment in full and is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

(b) The Issuer shall pay, to the extent such payments are lawful, interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the rate then borne by the Notes plus 1.0% per annum. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

Section 4.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. (a) The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency (which office may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-Registrar) required under Section 2.3 (Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section 13.1(a) (Notices). The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in New York, New York for such purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. The Issuer hereby initially designates the office of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as its office or agency at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, as required under Section 2.3 (Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent) hereof.

Section 4.3 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock. (a) The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur”), with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Parent shall not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that, any Guarantor (other than the Parent) may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) that is expressly subordinated to both the Notes and the Senior Secured Notes, if (i) the

 

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Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Parent’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which publicly available financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued, as the case may be, would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if such Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock or preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-fiscal quarter period and (ii) if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the Parent’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which publicly available financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such preferred stock is issued, as the case may be, would have been equal to or less than 4.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if such Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock or the preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-fiscal quarter period.

(b) Section 4.3(a) shall not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):

(i) the incurrence by any of the Parent’s Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness under or in the form of Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (i) not to exceed the greater of (x) the sum of (a) $100 million and (b) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness outstanding under any Credit Facilities in existence on March 8, 2013, and (y) the Borrowing Base of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; provided that the total Indebtedness incurred under this clause (i) by Restricted Subsidiaries that on the date of such incurrence are not Guarantors shall not exceed $50.0 million at any time;

(ii) Existing Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (i) and (iii) of this Section 4.3(b));

(iii) (A) the incurrence by the Issuer and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the Guarantees thereof to be issued on the Issue Date and (B) the incurrence by the Issuer and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Senior Secured Notes and the Senior Secured Notes Guarantees to be issued on or about the Issue Date;

(iv) the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation, lease, repair or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether through the direct ownership, lease or purchase of assets or the purchase or ownership of ordinary shares of any Person owning such assets (including any Indebtedness deemed to be incurred in connection with such purchase) in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (iv), not to exceed $25.0 million at any time outstanding;

 

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(v) the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness between or among the Parent and a Restricted Subsidiary (provided that the Intercompany Loans may be refunded or refinanced to the extent required in connection with any permitted refinancing of the Notes or the Senior Secured Notes)) that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred under Section 4.3(a) or clauses (ii), (iii), (v) or (vi);

(vi) Indebtedness of a Person incurred and outstanding on the date on which such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or is merged, consolidated, amalgamated or otherwise combined with, or all or substantially all of its assets are transferred to, the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness incurred in contemplation of, or in connection with, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary of or was otherwise acquired by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent); provided, however, that either (a) the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of such Indebtedness, when taken together with all other Indebtedness of the Parent and any Restricted Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to clause (a) of this proviso to clause (vi) and outstanding on the date of such incurrence, does not exceed $50.0 million or (b) on the date that such Person is acquired by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary or merged, consolidated, amalgamated or otherwise combined with the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the Parent would have been able to incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.3(a) after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (vi) or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio improves;

(vii) the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness between or among the Parent and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:

(1) if any Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the payee is not the Issuer or a Guarantor, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations then due with respect to the Notes, in the case of the Issuer, or the Guarantee, in the case of a Guarantor; and

(2) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent, will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (vii);

 

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(viii) the issuance by any of the Parent’s Restricted Subsidiaries to the Parent or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that:

(1) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent; and

(2) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a Person that is not either the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent,

will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred stock by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (viii);

(ix) the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations that are not entered into for speculative purposes;

(x) any guarantee of the Notes or of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture;

(xi) the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, bankers’ acceptances, performance bonds, completion guarantees and warranties and surety bonds in the ordinary course of business (including guarantees or indemnities related thereto);

(xii) the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five Business Days;

(xiii) Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of advance or extended payment terms in the ordinary course of business;

(xiv) Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to bank or insurance company bonds or guarantees and VAT guarantees issued in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that, upon valid demand being made under such reimbursement obligations, such demands are satisfied within 90 days of the date of such demand;

(xv) Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries owed on a short-term basis to banks or other financial institutions (including overdraft facilities) incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries maintained with such banks or financial institutions and which arises in connection with ordinary banking arrangements to manage cash balances of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

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(xvii) the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary disposed of, or incurred or assumed by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Capital Stock for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided that the maximum liability of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds, including the Fair Market Value of non-cash proceeds (measured at the time received and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;

(xviii) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(xix) the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness not otherwise permitted to have been incurred under this Indenture in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) which, when taken together with all other Indebtedness of the Parent and any Restricted Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to this clause (xix) and outstanding on the date of such incurrence, does not exceed $15.0 million at any time outstanding; and

(xx) the incurrence of Indebtedness represented by the issuance of PIK Notes.

The Parent shall not incur, and shall not permit any Guarantor to incur, any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Parent or such Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the applicable Guarantee; provided, however, that no Indebtedness shall be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Parent solely by virtue of being unsecured or by virtue of being secured on a junior or second Lien basis or by virtue of not being Guaranteed.

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.3, in the event that an item or portion of an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (i) through (xix) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.3(a), the Issuer, the Parent and any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent shall be permitted to classify such item or portion of an item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, and later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section 4.3, except that all Indebtedness outstanding on the Effective Date under any Credit Facilities shall be deemed initially incurred under clause (i) of Section 4.3(b). The accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms (including any payment-in-kind interest on the Notes), the reclassification of preferred stock as Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock shall

 

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not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for purposes of this Section 4.3. For the avoidance of doubt, any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 4.3 may also include (without double-counting) any “parallel debt” or similar obligations created in respect thereto.

For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term Indebtedness, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a non-U.S. dollar currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-dominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-dominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced; provided, further, that if and for so long as any such Indebtedness is subject to an agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates with respect to the currency in which such Indebtedness is denominated covering principal and interest on such Indebtedness, the amount of such Indebtedness, will be deemed to be the amount of the principal payment required to be made under such agreement or arrangement determined in U.S. dollars in accordance with the first clause of this sentence. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.3, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur pursuant to this Section 4.3 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be:

(i) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount;

(ii) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness;

(iii) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of:

(1) the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of determination; and

(2) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person;

(iv) the greater of the liquidation preference or the maximum fixed redemption or repurchase price of the Disqualified Stock, in the case of Disqualified Stock; and

 

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(v) the Attributable Debt related thereto, in the case of any lease that is part of a sale and leaseback transaction.

In each case above, Indebtedness permitted to be incurred also is permitted to include any “parallel debt” or similar obligations created in respect thereof.

Section 4.4 Limitation on Restricted Payments. (a) The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Parent’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination involving the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Parent’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent and other than dividends or distributions payable to the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent);

(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination involving the Parent) any Equity Interests of the Parent or any direct or indirect parent of the Parent, in each case held by Persons other than the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(iii) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes, any Guarantee or the Intercompany Loans (excluding any Indebtedness between or among the Parent and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding Senior Secured Notes and Senior Secured Notes Guarantees), except a payment, purchase, redemption, defeasance, or other acquisition or retirement of interest or principal no more than 90 days prior to the original Stated Maturity thereof or the scheduled payment date of any sinking fund payment in respect therefor; or

(iv) make any Restricted Investment

(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), save that, the Parent may make the payment of a dividend on common stock of the Parent and execute any share buybacks if at the time of and after giving effect to such dividend or share buyback:

(i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and will be continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;

(ii) after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-fiscal quarter period, (a) the Parent would have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional

 

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Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.3(a) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock); and (b) the Parent’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the four fiscal quarters prior to such Restricted Payment being made was equal to or less than 2.0 to 1.0; and

(iii) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment is less than the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Parent for the most recent four fiscal quarters ending on the Parent’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which publicly available financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (the “Restricted Payment Period”) (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit); plus

(2) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Parent during the Restricted Payment Period (i) as a contribution to its common equity capital; (ii) from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Parent (other than Disqualified Stock); or (iii) from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Parent that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Parent or an employee stock ownership plan, option plan or similar trust to the extent such sale to an employee stock ownership plan, option plan or similar trust is financed by loans from or guaranteed by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary unless such loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to the date of determination) (less the amount of any cash, or the Fair Market Value of any other property, distributed by the Parent upon such conversion or exchange, and increased, without duplication, by the amount of such cash or property received by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary upon such conversion or exchange); plus

(3) the amount equal to the net reduction in Restricted Investments made by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Person during the Restricted Payment Period resulting from:

(A) repurchases or redemptions of such Restricted Investments by such Person, proceeds realized upon the sale of such Restricted Investment to an unaffiliated purchaser, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets (including by way of dividend or distribution) by such Person to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary not to exceed, in the case of any Person, the amount of Restricted Investments previously made by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person; or

(B) the redesignation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries (valued in each case as provided in the definition of “Investments”) not to exceed, in the case of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, the amount of Investments previously made by the Parent or any

 

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Restricted Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary, which amount in each case under this clause (3) was included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; provided, however, that no amount will be included under this clause (3) to the extent it is already included in Consolidated Net Income; plus

(4) 100% of any cash dividends received by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent after the Effective Date from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Parent, to the extent that such dividends were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Parent for such period.

(b) The provisions of Section 4.4(a) shall not prohibit:

(i) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent) of, Equity Interests of the Parent (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the substantially concurrent contribution of common equity capital to the Parent;

(ii) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of the Parent or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or any Guarantee with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;

(iii) the payment of any dividend (or, in the case of any partnership, limited liability company or other Person, any similar payment) by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;

(iv) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent held by any current or former officer, director or employee of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, equity incentive plan, shareholders’ agreement or similar agreement; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed $3.0 million in any twelve-month period from the Effective Date;

(v) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options, warrants, or convertible or exchangeable securities to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options, warrants, or convertible or exchangeable securities;

(vi) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Capital Stock of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent representing fractional shares of such Capital Stock in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, permitted under this Indenture;

 

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(vii) cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in connection with stock dividends, splits or combinations, the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of the Parent;

(viii) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Indebtedness of the Parent or any Guarantor which is contractually subordinated to the Notes or Guarantees (i) to the extent that the purchase price is not greater than 101% of the principal amount of such Indebtedness in the event of a Change of Control (plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon) or (ii) to the extent that the purchase price is not greater than 100% of the principal amount thereof in accordance with provisions similar to those provided in Section 4.12 (Asset Sales), in each case to the extent required by any agreement or instrument pursuant to which such contractually subordinated Indebtedness was issued; provided that, prior to or simultaneously with such purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement, a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, as provided in such covenant with respect to the Notes has been made and the repurchase or redemption of all Notes validly tendered for payment and not withdrawn in connection with such Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as the case may be, has been completed;

(ix) the purchase, redemption, acquisition, cancellation or other retirement for a nominal value per right of any rights granted to all the holders of Equity Interests of the Parent pursuant to any shareholders’ rights plan adopted for the purpose of protecting shareholders from unfair takeover tactics; provided that any such purchase, redemption, acquisition, cancellation or other retirement of such rights shall not be for the purpose of evading the limitations of this Section 4.4 (all as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) and, provided, further, that the aggregate price paid for all such purchased, redeemed, acquired, cancelled or retired rights shall not exceed $2.0 million in the aggregate; and

(x) any of the transactions contemplated in the Restructuring Transactions as described in the Offering Memorandum and Disclosure Statement.

The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment (other than cash). If the Fair Market Value exceeds $40.0 million, any determination thereof must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an independent accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of international standing.

For the avoidance of doubt, dividends funded in whole or in part through the reduction or offset of one or more Intercompany Loans, paid to or from the Parent, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, shall not be counted to increase Consolidated Net Income, or as net cash proceeds received by the Parent, as a contribution to its common equity or otherwise, or as a net reduction in Restricted Investments, or as a cash dividend deemed received from one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries, for purposes of computing amounts available to make Restricted Payments pursuant to section 4.4 hereof.

 

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Section 4.5 Corporate Existence. Except as otherwise permitted by Article V (Successor Company) hereof, the Parent shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate, partnership, limited liability or other existence of each of the Parent’s Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of each such Person; provided that the Parent shall not be required to preserve the corporate, partnership, limited liability or other existence of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors or a senior executive officer of the Parent shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Section 4.6 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Parent shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or upon the income, profits or property of it or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Parent shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.

Section 4.7 Maintenance of Properties and Insurance. The Parent shall cause all material properties owned by or leased by it or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries useful and necessary to the conduct of its business or the business of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to be improved or maintained and kept in normal condition, repair and working order and shall cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in its judgment may be necessary, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.7 shall prevent the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from discontinuing the use, operation or maintenance of any of such properties, or disposing of any of them, if such discontinuance or disposal is, as determined by the Parent, the Restricted Subsidiary concerned or an Officer (or other agent employed by the Parent or of any of its Subsidiaries) of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries having managerial responsibility for any such property, desirable or appropriate in the conduct of the business of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Section 4.8 Compliance with Laws. The Parent shall comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders of the relevant jurisdiction in which they are incorporated or organized and/or in which they carry on business, all political subdivisions thereof, and of any relevant governmental regulatory authority, in respect of the conduct of their respective businesses and the ownership of their respective properties, except for such non-compliances as would not in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

Section 4.9 Limitation on Liens. The Issuer will not, and the Parent will not cause or permit the Issuer to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind against or upon any of its property other than Issuer Permitted Liens.

 

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The Parent shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind against or upon any property or assets of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting Collateral, whether owned on the Effective Date or acquired after the Effective Date other than Permitted Collateral Liens.

The Parent shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit or suffer to exist any Liens (other than Permitted Liens) of any kind against or upon any property or assets of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not constituting Collateral, whether owned on the Effective Date or acquired after the Effective Date securing Indebtedness unless contemporaneously with the incurrence of such Liens provision is made to secure the Indebtedness due under the Notes or, in respect of Liens on any Guarantor’s property or assets, any Guarantee of such Guarantor, equally and ratably with the Indebtedness secured by such Lien for so long as such Indebtedness is so secured.

Any such Lien in favor of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged concurrently with (i) the release of the Lien which gave rise to the Lien in favor of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes (other than as a consequence of an enforcement action with respect to the assets subject to such Lien), (ii) upon the full and final payment of all amounts payable by the Issuer and the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture and the Guarantees or (iii) upon legal defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the Notes as provided in Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge) and Section 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture).

Section 4.10 Waiver of Stay; Extension or Usury Laws. Each of the Issuer and the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Issuer and/or any Guarantor, as the case may be, from paying all or any portion of the principal of and/or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture, and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) each of the Issuer and/or any Guarantor hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

Section 4.11 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. (a) The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

(i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(ii) make loans or advances to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

(iii) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,

provided that (x) the priority of any preferred stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common Capital Stock and (y) the subordination of (including but not limited to, the application of any standstill requirements to) loans or advances made to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary to other Indebtedness incurred by the parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, shall not be deemed to constitute such an encumbrance or restriction.

(b) The provisions of Section 4.11(a) shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(i) agreements and instruments as in effect on the Effective Date (including the Existing Notes and the indenture governing the Existing Notes, the Existing Guarantees and any security documents related to the foregoing) and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements or instruments with, as applicable, the same or different counterparties; provided that the amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive or materially less favorable to the Holders of the Notes, in each case, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the Effective Date;

(ii) this Indenture, the Notes (including any PIK Notes), the Guarantees, the Security Documents, the Senior Secured Notes Indenture, the Senior Secured Notes, the Senior Secured Notes Guarantees and any security documents relating to the Senior Secured Notes;

(iii) any applicable law, rule, regulation or order;

(iv) any instrument or agreement of or relating to a Person or property or asset acquired by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in effect at the time of such acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired and its Subsidiaries; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred and was not incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition;

(v) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts, leases, and licenses and similar contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(vi) purchase money obligations for property acquired and Capital Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the nature described in clause (iii) of Section 4.11(a);

 

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(vii) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending the sale or other disposition;

(viii) solely with respect to clause (iii) of Section 4.11(a), Liens permitted to be incurred under Section 4.9 (Limitation on Liens) that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;

(ix) customary provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into with the approval of the Parent’s Board of Directors, which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements;

(x) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(xi) net worth provisions in leases and other agreements entered into by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(xii) any agreement or instrument relating to (a) Indebtedness of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred under clause (i) of Section 4.3(b) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) if the encumbrances or restrictions contained in the relevant agreement, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Holders of the Notes than is customary in comparable financings or agreements (as to which a determination in good faith by the Board of Directors shall be conclusive) or (b) Capital Markets Debt permitted to be incurred under Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) (if the encumbrances or restrictions contained in the relevant agreement, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Holders of the Notes than those contained in this Indenture (as to which a determination in good faith by the Board of Directors shall be conclusive) and (y) either (i) the Board of Directors has determined in good faith that such encumbrance or restriction will not materially adversely affect the ability of the Issuer to make payments of principal and interest on the Notes when due or (ii) such encumbrance or restriction applies only if a default occurs in respect of a payment or financial covenant relating to such Indebtedness;

(xiii) any encumbrances or restrictions with respect to this Indenture, the Notes, PIK Notes, any Guarantee, the Security Documents, the Senior Secured Notes Indenture, the Senior Secured Notes, the Senior Secured Notes Guarantees or any security documents relating to the Senior Secured Notes and any Security Documents relating to the Intercompany Loans; and

(xiv) any encumbrance or restriction applicable to a Restricted Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary that is not created in contemplation thereof shall not be deemed to be so created, provided that such restriction apply only to such Restricted Subsidiary, and provided, further, that the exception provided by this

 

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clause (14) shall not apply to any encumbrance or restriction contained in any Indebtedness that refunds, refinances, replaces, defeases or discharges any Indebtedness which was in existence at the time such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary.

Section 4.12 Asset Sales. (a) The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

(i) the Parent (or a Restricted Subsidiary) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (determined at the time of entering into an agreement to effect such Asset Sale with the Fair Market Value of consideration other than cash and Cash Equivalents determined by an independent investment banking firm of international standing) of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and

(ii) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision (but not for purposes of the definition of Net Proceeds), each of the following will be deemed to be cash:

(1) any liabilities, as shown on the Parent’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes, any Guarantee or the Intercompany Loan) that are assumed in connection with the transfer of any such assets pursuant to an agreement that releases the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability in respect of those liabilities; and

(2) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents within 90 days, to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received in that conversion.

(b) The Issuer shall apply the Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale to redeem Senior Secured Notes and Notes as set forth in Section 3.8 (Mandatory Redemption).

(c) Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.

Section 4.13 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates. (a) The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Parent (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”) or series of transactions having a value greater than $2.5 million, unless:

(i) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Parent or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that reasonably could be obtained at the time of such transaction in arm’s-length dealings in a comparable transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate; and

 

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(ii) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $20.0 million, the Parent shall have received an opinion as to the fairness to the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view or that such Affiliate Transaction is not materially less favorable than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an arms-length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of international standing.

(b) The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.13(a):

(i) any employment agreement, employee benefit plan, officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and compensation (including bonuses and equity compensation) paid to and other benefits (including retirement, health and other benefit plans) and indemnification arrangements provided on behalf of directors, officers and employees of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(ii) transactions between or among or primarily for the benefit of the Parent and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(iii) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Parent) that is an Affiliate of the Parent solely because the Parent owns, directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;

(iv) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment agreements and other compensation arrangements, options to purchase Equity Interests of the Parent, restricted share plans, long-term incentive plans, share appreciation rights plans, participation plans or similar employee benefits plans and/or indemnity provided on behalf of directors, officers and employees approved by the Board of Directors;

(v) Guarantees issued by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock);

(vi) the performance of obligations of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary under the terms of any agreement to which the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party on the Effective Date, as these agreements may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time; provided, however, that any future amendment, modification, supplement, extension or renewal entered into after the Effective Date shall be permitted to the extent that its terms, taken as a whole, are not more materially disadvantageous to the Holders than the terms of the agreements in effect on the Effective Date;

 

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(vii) any issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent to Affiliates of the Parent;

(viii) any Restricted Payment that does not violate the provisions of Section 4.4 (Limitation on Restricted Payments) of this Indenture or Permitted Investments;

(ix) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $2.5 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;

(x) the entering into of a tax sharing agreement, or payments pursuant thereto, between the Parent and/or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any other Person with which the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiaries are required or permitted to file a consolidated tax return or with which the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiaries are part of a consolidated group for tax purposes, on the other hand, provided that any payments by the Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries required under such agreement are not in excess of the tax liabilities that would have been payable by them on a stand-alone basis;

(xi) transactions contemplated by supply, purchase or sale agreements with suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services (other than the Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries) in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture that are in the aggregate fair to the Parent or the Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors or senior management of the Parent, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated Person;

(xii) any of the transactions contemplated in the Restructuring Transactions; and

(xiii) the granting and performance of SEC registration rights for securities of the Parent.

Section 4.14 Reports. (a) The Parent shall provide the Trustee (and if the Parent is subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, file with or furnish to the SEC) annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K (or any successor form), in each case containing the information required to be contained therein, in accordance with the requirements for filing such reports prescribed by the SEC that would be applicable to the Parent if the Parent were subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as such requirements may be modified by the SEC from time to time. The Parent shall also publish such reports on its website (without password restriction) at the time it delivers such reports to the Trustee. If the Parent is subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the requirement to provide any such report to the Trustee and publish such reports on the Parent’s website shall be deemed satisfied if such report has been filed with the SEC through the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system (or any successor method of filing). As soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are filed it shall hold a public investor call to discuss the contents of such reports.

 

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(b) In addition to the foregoing, if the Parent is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Parent shall provide the Trustee, within 10 days after it files with, or furnishes to, the SEC copies of any other information, documents and reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which it is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 of 15(d) of the Exchange Act or is required to furnish to the SEC pursuant to this Indenture. The requirement to provide any such report to the Trustee shall be deemed satisfied if such report has been filed with the SEC through the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system (or any successor method of filing).

(c) If the Parent has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by Section 4.14(a) shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the Notes and footnotes thereto, to the extent permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, and in the “Operating Review and Financial Prospects” of the financial condition and results of operations of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Parent.

(d) The Parent, the Issuer and the Guarantors agree that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, at any time they are not required to file the reports required by the preceding paragraphs with the SEC, they will furnish to the Trustee and to the Holders of Notes and bona fide prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. In addition, for so long as the Notes are listed on the Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange and the rules of the exchange so require, all such reports will be available at the office of the Irish paying agent. The rules of the Irish Stock Exchange do not currently require an Irish paying agent.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.14 or this Indenture, the documents and reports referred to in Section 4.14(a) to Section 4.14(d) that the Parent would have been required to provide to the Trustee (or file with or furnish to the SEC) on any date on or before the Reporting Covenant Reversion Date will not be required to be provided to the Trustee (or filed with or furnished to the SEC) by the Issuer on any date before the Reporting Covenant Reversion Date. In respect of the Parent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2013, and June 30, 2013, the requirement to provide reports to the Trustee for any periods prior to the Reporting Covenant Reversion Date shall be deemed satisfied if such report has been filed with the SEC through the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system (or any successor method of filing) or otherwise published as required by Section 4.14(a) prior to the Reporting Covenant Reversion Date.

(f) On or before August 14, 2013, the Parent shall deliver to the Trustee (and at the same time make available on its website, without any password) a summary of the trading performance of Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the financial quarter that ends on June 30, 2013, such summary to include, but not limited to, preliminary and unaudited figures for: (i) a simplified profit and loss (including a segment breakdown); (ii) cash-on-hand; (iii) third party debt balances; (iv) capital expenditures; and (v) a qualitative commentary in a form substantially similar to the summary provided under the heading “Q1 2013 Trading Update” in the Parent’s Form 12b-25, filed with the Commission on May 13, 2013, and expanded to include a discussion of the operating expenses.

 

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(g) If the Parent is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the reports required to be provided under Section 4.14(a) shall not be required to contain any exhibits or comply with (i) Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC, (ii) Sections 302, 404 or 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or related Items 307 and 308 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC; and (iii) such reports shall not be required to contain separate financial statements contemplated by Rule 3-09, Rule 3-10 or Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.

Section 4.15 Limitation on Business Activities. The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than a Permitted Business, except to such extent as would not be material to the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Section 4.16 Change of Control. If a Change of Control occurs, the Issuer must offer to repurchase all the Notes pursuant to an offer on the terms set forth in this Indenture (“Change of Control Offer”). In the Change of Control Offer, the Issuer shall offer a payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”), subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Issuer and the Parent shall mail a notice to each Holder (with a copy to the Trustee and the related Paying Agent) describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the date (the “Change of Control Payment Date”) specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures required by this Indenture and described in such notice. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of this Indenture, compliance by the Issuer and the Parent with the applicable securities laws and regulations shall not be deemed to be a breach of their obligations under the Change of Control provisions of this Indenture.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer shall, to the extent lawful:

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

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

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

The Paying Agents shall promptly pay (by wire transfer of immediately available funds, by mail or otherwise) to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate, or cause an authentication

 

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agent appointed by it, to authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any. The Issuer shall publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date. To the extent payments are made to the Holders by the Parent or any other Guarantor in respect of the Change of Control Offer, the amount of the Intercompany Loans may be correspondingly reduced in accordance with their terms and may be deemed repaid proportionally by the obligors thereon to the Issuer to the extent of such reduction.

The provisions described above that require the Issuer to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control shall be applicable whether or not any other provisions of this Indenture are applicable. Except as described above with respect to a Change of Control, this Indenture does not contain provisions that permit the Holders of the Notes to require that the Issuer repurchase or redeem the Notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction.

The Issuer shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, or (2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to Section 3.1 (Redemption) unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price. A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control (and shall satisfy the Issuer’s obligation to make such an offer upon such Change of Control) if a definitive agreement is in place at the time of the making of the Change of Control Offer that would, upon consummation, result in a Change of Control, and such Change of Control Offer is otherwise made by the Issuer or such third party in compliance with the provisions of this Section 4.16.

Section 4.17 Withholding Tax Gross Up on Non-U.S. Guarantees. All payments made by any of the non-U.S. Guarantors with respect to any Guarantee shall be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future Taxes unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required by law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of any jurisdiction in which any non-U.S. Guarantor (including any successor entity), is then incorporated, engaged in business or resident for tax purposes or any jurisdiction by or through which payment is made or any political subdivision thereof or therein (each, a “Tax Jurisdiction”), shall at any time be required to be made from, or any Taxes are imposed directly on any Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes on, any payments made by any of the non-U.S. Guarantors with respect to any Guarantee, including payments of principal, redemption price, purchase price, interest or premium, the relevant non-U.S. Guarantor shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received and retained in respect of such payments by each Holder (including such additional amounts) after such withholding, deduction or imposition will equal the respective amounts that would have been received and retained in respect of such payments in the absence of such withholding, deduction or imposition; provided, however, that no such additional amounts shall be payable with respect to:

 

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(i) any Taxes that would not have been imposed but for the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes being a citizen or resident or national of, incorporated in or carrying on a business, in the relevant Tax Jurisdiction in which such Taxes are imposed other than by the mere acquisition, holding, ownership or disposition of such Note or enforcement or exercise of any rights thereunder or the receipt of payments in respect thereof or any other connection with respect to the Notes;

(ii) any Taxes that are imposed or withheld as a result of the failure of the Holder of the Notes or beneficial owner of the Notes to comply with any written request, made to that Holder or beneficial owner in writing at least 90 days before any such withholding or deduction would be payable, by any of the non-U.S. Guarantors (or their agents) to provide timely or accurate information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of such Holder or beneficial owner or to make any valid or timely declaration or similar claim or satisfy any certification, information or other reporting requirement, that is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the relevant Tax Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such Taxes;

(iii) any Note presented for payment (where Notes are in the form of Definitive Registered Notes and presentation is required) more than 30 days after the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the Holder (except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such additional amounts had the note been presented on the last day of such 30 day period);

(iv) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax or assessment;

(v) any Taxes withheld, deducted or imposed on a payment to an individual and that are required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26 and 27 November 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive;

(vi) any Note presented for payment by or on behalf of a Holder of Notes who would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting the relevant Note to another Paying Agent in a European Union Member State; or

(vii) any Taxes imposed under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder or official governmental interpretations thereof (collectively, “FATCA”), to the extent that such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the failure by a Holder of Notes to (i) comply with applicable reporting and other requirements under FATCA and/or (ii) provide, upon reasonable demand by any Paying Agent, and at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, any form, document or certification required under FATCA, which, if provided, would establish that the payments are exempt from withholding under FATCA; or

(viii) any combination of clauses (i) through (vii) above.

 

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Section 4.18 Payment of Non-Income Taxes and Similar Charges. The Payor shall pay any present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes, or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which arise in any jurisdiction from the execution, delivery or registration of the Notes or any other document or instrument referred to therein (other than a transfer of the Notes), or the receipt of any payments with respect to the Notes or any Guarantee, excluding any such taxes, charges or similar levies imposed by any jurisdiction outside the United States, United Kingdom or Luxembourg or any other jurisdiction in which a Paying Agent is located, other than those resulting from, or required to be paid in connection with, the enforcement of the Notes or any Guarantee or any other such document or instrument following the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Notes.

Section 4.19 Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default. The Parent shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year or at any time at the request of the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate (the signatories to which shall be two of the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer) stating whether or not to the knowledge of such Officers, the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries have complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture that if not complied with, would, with the giving of notice, lapse of time or otherwise, constitute an Event of Default, and, if an Event of Default has occurred during such period, specifying all such Events of Default and the nature thereof of which such Officer has knowledge. Upon becoming aware of, and as of such time that the Parent should reasonably have become aware of, a Default or an Event of Default, the Parent shall also deliver to the Trustee promptly and in any event within 14 days of the occurrence of such Default, written notice of such events that would constitute a Default or an Event of Default, as the case may be, their status and what action the Parent is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.19, the Parent shall, at the Trustee’s request, furnish the Trustee with evidence, in such form as the Trustee may require, as to compliance with any condition thereto relating to any action required or permitted to be taken by the Parent under this Indenture. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.19 or this Indenture, the Parent will have no obligation to deliver an Officer’s Certificate or written notice of Default or Event of Default, as referred to in the preceding sentences, relating to the breach of a covenant contained in Sections 4.14 or 4.19 of this Indenture that occurred prior to the Reporting Covenant Reversion Date.

Section 4.20 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets. (a) Neither the Parent nor the Issuer may, directly or indirectly: (i) merge, consolidate, amalgamate or otherwise combine with or into another Person (whether or not the Parent or the Issuer (as applicable) is the surviving corporation); or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:

(i) either: (a) the Parent or the Issuer (as applicable) is the surviving Person; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination (if other than the Parent or the Issuer (as applicable)) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of any European Union Member State, Switzerland, Norway, Canada, the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;

 

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(ii) the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination (if other than the Parent or the Issuer (as applicable)) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Issuer or the Parent (as applicable) under the Notes or the Parent’s Guarantee, respectively, this Indenture and the Security Documents pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

(iii) prior to or immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists and is continuing; and

(iv) the Parent, the Issuer (as applicable) or the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination (if other than the Parent or the Issuer (as applicable)), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made:

(1) (unless the transaction involves a merger with a corporation having no Indebtedness, material assets, material contractual obligations or material liabilities, in which the Parent survived), on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, (i) will be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.3(a) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) or (ii) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio remains the same or improves as a result of the transaction; and

(2) furnishes to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the transaction complies with this Indenture.

In addition, neither the Parent nor the Issuer shall, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets of it and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person.

(b) A Guarantor (other than the Parent) shall not:

(i) directly or indirectly merge, consolidate, amalgamate or otherwise combine with or into another Person (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving corporation) or in respect of the Russian Guarantors only, enter into any merger (sliyaniye obschestva), company accession (prisoedinyeniye obschestva), company division (razdelyeniye obschestva), company separation (vydelyeniye obschestva), company transformation (preobrazovaniye obschestva) or other company reorganisation (reorganisatsiya obschestva); or

(ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (including by way of liquidation or similar transaction), taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person; unless

 

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(1) in the case of CEDC International Sp. z o.o. (“CEDC International”) (i) CEDC International is the surviving entity or (ii) the Person formed by surviving such merger is incorporated in the same jurisdiction as the Guarantor subject to the merger, in the United States or in the European Union;

(2) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exist and is continuing; and

(3) either:

(A) if such entity remains (or its successor will remain) a Guarantor, (A) such Guarantor is the surviving Person; or (B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such Guarantor or another Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other distribution has been made if not a Guarantor assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under this Indenture and its Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto; or

(B) the merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other combination or sale or disposition of all or substantially all of its assets complies with Section 4.12 (Asset Sales).

(c) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section 4.20:

(i) any Guarantor may merge, consolidate, amalgamate or otherwise combine with or into an Affiliate primarily for the purpose of reincorporating such Guarantor under the laws of any European Union Member State, Switzerland, Norway, Canada, Russia, Cyprus, Luxembourg, the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia (except that the Parent may so reincorporate only in any state of the United States or any European Union Member State); and

(ii) a Restricted Subsidiary may merge, consolidate, amalgamate or otherwise combine with or into or sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of assets to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

(d) Any successor entity (if other than a Guarantor or the Issuer, as the case may be) will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the non-surviving Guarantor or the Issuer, as the case may be, under the Indenture, the Notes, the non-surviving Guarantor’s Guarantee, the Intercompany Loans and the Security Documents (and other relevant agreements hereunder), in each case, to the extent a party thereto, and upon such substitution, the predecessor Person shall be released.

 

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Section 4.21 Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction; provided that any Guarantor may enter into a sale and leaseback transaction if:

(i) that Guarantor, as applicable, could have (a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such sale and leaseback transaction under the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test in Section 4.3(a) (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock) (without regard to any limitations under Section 4.3(a) that such Indebtedness be expressly subordinated to the Notes), and (b) incurred a Lien to secure such Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.9 (Limitation on Liens);

(ii) the net cash proceeds of that sale and leaseback transaction are at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the property that is the subject of that sale and leaseback transaction; and

(iii) the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary applies the net proceeds of such transaction in compliance with Section 3.8 (Mandatory Redemption).

Section 4.22 Additional Security and Guarantees. (a) If the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary acquires or creates another Significant Subsidiary, then (i) such Significant Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor within 20 Business Days of having been acquired or created, (ii) the parent of such Significant Subsidiary shall have executed one or more Security Documents granting to the Security Agent or Polish Security Agent, as applicable, subject to Section 11.14, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes a first priority pledge of all shares in such Significant Subsidiary within such 20 Business Day period (subject to Permitted Collateral Liens) and (iii) the parent of such Significant Subsidiary shall have taken all reasonably required steps under applicable law and undertaken other customary procedures in connection with the granting of such security interests, provided, however, that no Significant Subsidiary will be required to become a Guarantor nor shall its shares be required to be so pledged to the extent and for so long as the incurrence of such Guarantee or granting of such pledge: (x) would be reasonably likely to result in any violation of applicable law that cannot be avoided or otherwise prevented through measures reasonably available to the parent or such Significant Subsidiary, any liability for the officers, directors or shareholders of such Significant Subsidiary or any current or future cost, expense, liability or obligation (including any tax) other than de minimis costs and expenses, (y) would be prohibited by the terms of any agreement with holders of a direct or indirect minority interest in such Restricted Subsidiary, provided that the Parent or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary has used commercially reasonable efforts to obtain consent from the holders of the minority equity interest in such Restricted Subsidiary or (z) would be prohibited by any Acquired Debt in respect of such new Significant Subsidiary and such Acquired Debt is otherwise permitted to be incurred under this Indenture and provided that such Acquired Debt has not been incurred in contemplation of, or in connection with, the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which such Person becomes a Significant Subsidiary of or was otherwise acquired by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary. Each new Guarantor shall execute a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Copecresto Subsidiaries will not be required to become Guarantors, regardless of whether they become Significant Subsidiaries, provided that on each Guarantor Testing Date, the aggregate unconsolidated EBITDA provided by the Restricted Subsidiaries does not fall below the 85% threshold set forth in the following paragraph.

 

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(b) After the Effective Date, the Parent shall cause one or more additional Restricted Subsidiaries (x) to become a Guarantor and (y) to execute a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto, so that Guarantees are provided by such Restricted Subsidiaries of the Parent whose aggregate unconsolidated EBITDA and assets, taken together with the unconsolidated EBITDA and assets of the Parent, comprise at least 85% of the Consolidated EBITDA and consolidated assets of the Parent, respectively, determined as of each date (the “Guarantor Testing Date”) on which the Parent is required to provide to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes (i) an annual report or (ii) a quarterly report in accordance with the provisions set out in Section 4.14 (Reports), in each case after giving pro forma effect to any sales or other distributions of assets not reflected therein, and in each case except to the extent that the incurrence of such Guarantees (x) would be reasonably likely to result in any violation of applicable law that cannot be avoided or otherwise prevented through measures reasonably available to Parent or such Significant Subsidiary, any liability for the officers, directors or shareholders of such Significant Subsidiary or any current or future cost, expense, liability or obligation (including any tax) other than de minimis costs and expenses, (y) would be prohibited by the terms of any agreement with holders of a minority equity interest in such Restricted Subsidiary, provided that the Parent or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary has used commercially reasonable efforts to obtain consent from the holders of the minority equity interest in such Restricted Subsidiary or (z) would be prohibited by any Acquired Debt in respect of such new Restricted Subsidiary and such Acquired Debt is otherwise permitted to be incurred under this Indenture and provided such Acquired Debt has not been incurred in contemplation of, or in connection with, the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary.

The Parent shall cause any Significant Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (other than a Copecresto Subsidiary) that guarantees any third-party interest bearing Indebtedness for borrowed money of any Guarantor or the Issuer to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto pursuant to which such Significant Subsidiary will, to the maximum extent permitted by law, guarantee payment of the Notes on substantially the same terms and conditions as those set forth in this Indenture; provided, however, that no Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to become a Guarantor to the extent and for so long as a consequence of the incurrence of such Guarantee would be reasonably likely to result in any violation of applicable law that cannot be avoided or otherwise prevented through measures reasonably available to the Parent or such Significant Subsidiary, any liability for the officers, directors or shareholders of such Significant Subsidiary or any current or future cost, expense, liability or obligation (including any tax) other than de minimis costs and expenses.

Section 4.23 Delivery of Security. (a) The Parent will use its reasonable efforts to deliver on the Effective Date or as soon as practicable thereafter (i) pledges (or charges) of shares in the Issuer and the U.S. Guarantors (other than the Parent), and, subject to filing, the Luxembourg Guarantors, and evidence of the deposit for filing, application for registration thereof or compliance with other similar requirements, (ii) financial pledges and executed registered pledge agreements, subject to registration, of the shares of the Polish Guarantors, (iii) pledges of, or in the applicable jurisdictions, assignments of rights under, each Specified Bank Account of the Issuer and each Guarantor (other than the Russian Guarantors) as of the Effective Date, and (iv) a pledge (or assignment) of the Intercompany Loan made by the Issuer to CEDC International Sp. z o.o. and, upon funding, pledges (or assignments) of the Intercompany Loan made by the Issuer to Jelegat Holdings Limited and the RAG On-Loans.

 

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(b) The Parent shall use its reasonable efforts to, within 15 Business Days after the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, (i) deliver pledges of shares in the Cyprus Guarantors, and (ii) deliver pledge agreements, and evidence of the filing thereof for registration with the appropriate authority, over the Intellectual Property Rights.

(c) The Parent shall use its reasonable efforts to, within two months after the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, (i) deliver registered pledges of participatory interests of or shares in, as appropriate, the Russian Guarantors; (ii) deliver a registered business quota pledge of the Bols Hungary Kft; (iii) deliver assignment of rights under each non-Russian Specified Bank Account and withdrawal rights agreements for each Russian Specified Bank Account of the Russian Guarantors, and (iv) deliver mortgage agreements and evidence of filing motions with the appropriate Polish registry to register mortgages over the real property and fixtures of CEDC International production plants and (v) deliver pledges agreements and evidence of filing motions with the appropriate Polish registry to register registered pledges over shares in Polish Guarantors and registered pledges over rights under Specified Bank Accounts of the Polish Guarantors.

(d) The Parent shall use its reasonable efforts to deliver within six months after the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, signed and registered mortgage agreements evidencing the creation of the mortgages over real property, land rights and fixtures (to the extent qualified as real property under Russian law) of the Siberian Distillery and First Kupazhniy Factory owned by the Russian Alcohol Guarantors.

(e) At any time that the Issuer or any Guarantor creates, acquires or otherwise owns or holds a Specified Bank Account after the Effective Date, the Parent shall use reasonable efforts to deliver pledges or, in the applicable jurisdictions, assignments of rights under each Specified Bank Account (or withdrawal rights agreements in the case of any Russian Specified Bank Account of a Russian Guarantor) as promptly as reasonably practicable.

(f) With respect to any security that may be required to be given in respect of Specified Bank Accounts that is not currently permitted by Existing Indebtedness, the Parent shall use reasonable efforts to obtain relevant consents or amendments to allow such security to be given upon or prior to the requirement so arising. In obtaining any consent or amendment required in respect of any such security agreed to be provided, no covenant herein shall require that the Parent or any of its subsidiaries pay any fee or other payment that is unduly burdensome, as determined in the good faith judgment of the senior officers or Board of Directors of the Parent.

(g) At any time that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary creates, acquires or otherwise owns Specified Intellectual Property Rights after the Effective Date, the Parent shall use reasonable efforts to deliver pledges or, in the applicable jurisdictions, assignments of rights relating to such Specified Intellectual Property Rights as promptly as reasonably practicable provided that the Parent shall not be required to deliver pledges or assignments of rights relating to Specified Intellectual Property Rights if (i) such a pledge or assignment would result in a violation of any applicable law or director’s duties or breach of any contract in existence on the date hereof or on the date that such Specified Intellectual Property Right is created or acquired and such breach cannot be avoided without unreasonable efforts; or (ii) the costs of granting such pledge or assignment would be disproportionate relative to the value of the such Specified Intellectual Property Right as determined by the directors of the Parent acting in good faith.]

 

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Section 4.24 Impairment of Security Interest. The Parent shall not and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to take or knowingly or negligently omit to take any action which action or omission would have the result of materially impairing the security interest with respect to the Collateral (it being understood that the incurrence of Liens on the Collateral permitted by the definition of Permitted Collateral Liens (including the release and re-taking of one or more Liens in connection with the incurrence of Permitted Collateral Liens) shall under no circumstances be deemed to materially impair the security interest with respect to the Collateral) for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and the Parent shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, grant to any Person other than the Security Agent (or Polish Security Agent), for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and the other beneficiaries described in the Security Documents, any interest in any of the Collateral; provided that the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Liens on the Collateral permitted by the definition of Permitted Collateral Liens; provided, further, however, that (a) nothing in this provision shall restrict the release or replacement of any Collateral in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and any intercreditor agreements, and (b) any Collateral or any Security Document relating to any Collateral may be amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced (i) if contemporaneously with any such action, the Parent delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate confirming that the Parent is solvent or an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, confirming that, after giving effect to any transactions related to such amendment, extension, renewal, restatement, supplement, modification or replacement (an “Amendment”), the Lien or Liens (other than in respect of Liens on assets that have been added to the Collateral as a result of such Amendment) created under any Security Document relating to any Collateral so amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented, modified or replaced are valid Liens enforceable in accordance with their terms against the grantor of the Liens and not otherwise subject to any limitation, imperfection or new hardening period, in equity or at law, that such Lien or Liens were not otherwise subject to immediately prior to such Amendment or (ii) to allow for the conversion of an entity the shares of which constitute Collateral to another form of Person (or to allow for conversion, recapitalization or similar transactions involving the shares or other Equity Interests of any such entity) if contemporaneously with any such action, the Parent delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, confirming that, after giving effect to any transactions related to such an Amendment, the Lien or Liens created in respect of such Collateral so amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented, modified or replaced are valid Liens enforceable in accordance with their terms against the grantor of the Liens. In the event that the Parent complies with the requirements of this Section 4.24, the Trustee and the Security Agent (including the Polish Security Agent) shall consent to any such Amendment without the need for instructions from Holders of the Notes.

Section 4.25 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The Board of Directors of the Parent may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default, provided that in no event shall the business operated on the Effective Date by any of the Parent and CEDC International Sp. z o.o. be transferred to or held by an Unrestricted Subsidiary. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated

 

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as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and shall reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.4 (Limitation on Restricted Payments) or under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by the Parent; provided that this restriction shall not apply if the subsidiary has less than $1,000 of total assets. That designation shall only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of the Parent may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if that redesignation would not cause a Default.

Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Parent as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted under Section 4.4 (Limitation on Restricted Payments). If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock), the Parent shall be in default under Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock). The Board of Directors of the Parent may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary provided that such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, and such designation shall only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock), calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

Section 4.26 Amendments to or Prepayments of the Intercompany Loans. Without the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, the Issuer and the Parent shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, (i) prepay or otherwise reduce or permit the prepayment or reduction of any Intercompany Loan; or (ii) amend, modify or alter the Intercompany Loans in any manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes; provided, that, without the consent of each Holder affected thereby, the Issuer and the Parent will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, amend, modify or alter any Intercompany Loan to:

(i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on such loan (other than as a result of a prepayment or reduction approved by the Holders of not less than a majority of Notes as contemplated by the paragraph above);

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(iii) change the currency for payment of principal or interest on such loan;

(iv) reduce the above-stated percentage of Notes the consent of whose Holders is necessary to modify or amend such loans;

(v) waive a default in the payment of any amount under such loan originally falling due prior to the Effective Date; or

(vi) sell or transfer such loan other than pursuant to its terms or as otherwise permitted by this Indenture.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Intercompany Loans and any RAG On-Loans may be amended to provide for the issuance of additional PIK Notes or Senior Secured Notes, to cure any ambiguity, mistake, omission, defect or inconsistency and to provide for the assumption by a successor Person, and may be prepaid or reduced to facilitate or otherwise accommodate or reflect a repayment, redemption or repurchase of Notes or the Senior Secured Notes; (ii) the Intercompany Loans and any RAG On-Loans may be novated or assigned to any Guarantor; (iii) the Intercompany Loans may be repaid or amended to reduce the principal amount of such loans provided that the aggregate principal amount of the Intercompany Loans is not reduced to an amount less than the aggregate principal amount of the Notes and the Senior Secured Notes and (iv) the interest rate on the Intercompany Loans and any RAG On-Loans may be amended provided that the weighted average interest rates on all Intercompany Loans is not reduced to a rate less than the weighted average interest rate applicable to the Notes and the Senior Secured Notes.

Section 4.27 Limitations on Activities of the Issuer. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Indenture to the contrary, the Issuer shall not engage in any business activity or undertake any other activity, except any activity (a) relating to the offering, sale or issuance of the Notes (including any PIK Notes) and the Senior Secured Notes and any Capital Markets Debt (including the Existing Notes), the incurrence of Indebtedness represented by the Notes (including any PIK Notes), the Senior Secured Notes and any Capital Markets Debt, lending or otherwise advancing the proceeds thereof to any Guarantor and any other activities in connection therewith, (b) undertaken with the purpose of fulfilling any obligations under the Notes (including any PIK Notes), the Senior Secured Notes or any Capital Markets Debt or any security documents or other agreements relating to any of the foregoing, (c) directly related to the establishment and/or maintenance of the Issuer’s corporate existence, (d) performing any act incidental to or necessary in connection with any of the above or (e) other activities that are not specified in (a) through (d) above that are de minimis in nature.

The Issuer shall not (a) incur any Indebtedness other than the Indebtedness represented by the Notes (including any PIK Notes) and, subject to compliance with Section 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock), the Senior Secured Notes and any Capital Markets Debt, (b) issue any Capital Stock other than the issuance of its ordinary shares to the Parent, any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent or otherwise in a de minimis amount to local residents to the extent required by applicable law or (c) make any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment, other than cash, Cash Equivalents and Intercompany Loans.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer may pay a dividend using amounts received from the repayment of Intercompany Loans pursuant to clause (iii) of the last paragraph of Section 4.26 (and not in connection with any repayment of Intercompany Loans in connection with a corresponding repayment, redemption or repurchase of any Notes).

The Issuer shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind (other than Issuer Permitted Liens) against or upon any of its property or assets, or any proceeds therefrom.

The Issuer shall at all times remain a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent.

The Issuer shall not merge, consolidate, amalgamate or otherwise combine with or into another Person except the Parent or a wholly owned Guarantor, or sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (other than any Issuer Permitted Collateral Lien, or any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment permitted by this Section 4.27) any material property or assets to any Person except the Parent or a wholly owned Guarantor, provided that, in the event it so combines with the Parent or a wholly owned Guarantor or so disposes of property or assets to the Parent or a wholly owned Guarantor, then immediately after such transaction the Parent or such wholly owned Guarantor shall (a) assume all of the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto and (b) deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate which complies with applicable provisions of this Indenture or investments in the Notes, the Guarantees, Existing Notes and the Existing Guarantees.

For so long as any Notes are outstanding, none of the Issuer, the Parent or any other Guarantor shall commence or take any action to cause a winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer.

Except as provided in this Indenture, the Issuer shall not, and the Parent shall procure that the Issuer does not, assign or novate its rights under the Intercompany Loans.

Section 4.28 Limitations on Activities of Jelegat Holdings Limited. The Parent and the Issuer shall procure that Jelegat Holdings Limited shall not, without the prior written consent of the Trustee acting on the instruction of Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding (a) sell, factor, discount, transfer, assign, lend or otherwise dispose of any of its right, title or interest in or to the RAG On-Loans, nor shall it create or permit to be outstanding any mortgage, pledge, Lien, charge, encumbrance or other security interest over the RAG On-Loans, other than in accordance with this Indenture; (b) engage in any business other than (i) making and performing its obligations under the RAG On-Loans; (ii) issuing and performing its obligations under the Proceeds Loan; (iii) entering into, exercising rights under, performing obligations under or enforcing the RAG Transaction Documents; (iv) activities directly related to the establishment and/or maintenance of the Jelegat Holdings Limited’s corporate existence; (v) making and performing its obligations under the Steb Credit Facility; or (vi) performing any act incidental to or necessary in connection with any of the above; or (vii) other activities that are not specified in (a) through (d) above that are de minimis in nature; (c) amend its constitutional documents (other than as reasonably appropriate

 

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to implement the provisions of this Indenture); (d) have any subsidiaries; (e) have any employees (for the avoidance of doubt, the Directors of Jelegat Holdings Limited do not constitute employees); (f) issue any shares (other than such shares as are in issue as at the Effective Date and other Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) issued to CEDC International sp z.o.o.) nor redeem or purchase any of its issued share capital; (g) amend any term or condition of any of the Proceeds Loan or the RAG On-Loans (save in accordance with the terms of this Indenture including amendments permitted under Section 4.26); (h) incur any Indebtedness for borrowed money or any guarantees other than in respect of the Proceeds Loan or any document entered into in connection with the Proceeds Loan or the sale thereof or pursuant to the terms of this Indenture; (i) enter into any reconstruction, amalgamation, merger or consolidation; (j) enter into any lease in respect of, or own premises; (k) agree to any amendment to any provision of or grant any waiver or consent under the RAG Transaction Documents to which it is a party or execute any agreement (save in accordance with the terms of this Indenture including amendments permitted under Section 4.26); or (l) otherwise than as contemplated in the RAG Transaction Documents, release from or terminate the appointment of a collateral manager under a collateral management agreement or a collateral administrator under a collateral administration agreement (including in each case any transactions entered into thereunder) or release any of them from any executory obligation thereunder.

Jelegat Holdings Limited shall pay its debts as they fall due (provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any interest payment or any RAG On-Loan originally due prior to the Effective Date). Jelegat Holdings Limited shall do all such things as are necessary to maintain its corporate existence.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the RAG On-Loans may be amended to provide for the issuance of additional PIK Notes or Senior Secured Notes, to cure any ambiguity, mistake, omission, defect or inconsistency and to provide for the assumption by a successor Person, and may be prepaid or reduced to facilitate or otherwise accommodate or reflect a repayment, redemption or repurchase of Notes or the Senior Secured Notes; (ii) the RAG On-Loans may be novated or assigned to any Guarantor; (iii) the RAG On-Loans may be repaid or amended to reduce the principal amount of such loans in an amount corresponding to a reduction in principal amount in the Intercompany Loans permitted under the final paragraph of Section 4.26; and (iv) the interest rate on the RAG On-Loans may be amended in a manner consistent with the amendment of the interest rate on the Intercompany Loans permitted under the final paragraph of Section 4.26.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.28, Jelegat Holdings Limited may pay a dividend using amounts received from the repayment of RAG On-Loans pursuant to clause (iii) of the last paragraph of Section 4.26 (and not in connection with any repayment of RAG On-Loans in connection with a corresponding repayment, redemption or repurchase of any Notes).

Section 4.29 Listing. The Parent shall use its reasonable efforts to list and maintain the listing of the Notes on the Irish Stock Exchange; provided, however, that if the Parent is unable to list the Notes on the Irish Stock Exchange or if maintenance of such listing becomes unduly onerous, it will use its reasonable efforts to maintain a listing of such Notes on another recognized stock exchange.

 

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Section 4.30 Payments for Consent. The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement, other than any Holder who waives the right to receive all or any part of such consideration.

ARTICLE V

SUCCESSOR COMPANY

In the event of the merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other combination of the Issuer or any of the Guarantors with or into another Person (whether or not the Issuer or any such Guarantor, as the case may be, is the surviving company), or the sale, assignment, conveyance, lease, transfer or other disposition, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer or any such Guarantor in which a successor entity assumes the obligations of the Issuer or a Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.20 (Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets), then the successor entity to the Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, will succeed to and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the non-surviving Issuer or any such Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture, the Notes, the non-surviving Guarantor’s Guarantee, the Intercompany Loans and the Security Documents (and other relevant agreements related hereto), in each case to the extent party thereto, with the same effect as if such successor entity to the Issuer or any such Guarantor had been named herein as the Issuer or any such Guarantor, as the case may be, and thereafter (except in the case of a lease) the predecessor company will be relieved of all further obligations and covenants under all such documents and agreements.

ARTICLE VI

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

Section 6.1 Events of Default. When used herein with respect to the Notes, “Event of Default” means any one of the following events which shall have occurred and be continuing:

(i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on if any, with respect to, the Notes;

(ii) default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;

(iii) failure by the Parent to comply with its obligation to convert the Notes in accordance with this Indenture upon exercise of a Holder’s conversion right, and that failure continues for a period of 15 days;

 

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(iv) failure by the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions described in Section 4.20 (Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets);

(v) failure by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 30 days after written notice to the Parent by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to comply with any of the other agreements in this Indenture or the Security Documents;

(vi) default (after giving effect to any applicable grace period) under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created after the Effective Date, if that default:

(1) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “Payment Default”); or

(2) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity,

and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more;

(vii) failure by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final judgments entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of $25.0 million (net of any amounts which are covered by enforceable insurance policies issued by solvent carriers), which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;

(viii) breach by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any material representation or warranty or agreement in the Security Documents, the repudiation by the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) of any of its obligations under the Security Documents or the unenforceability of the Security Documents against the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for any reason;

(ix) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Guarantee of the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), or any Person acting on behalf of any such Person, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Guarantee;

 

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(x) any Intercompany Loan ceases to be in full force and effect other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or is declared fully or partially void in a judicial proceeding or any Intercompany Borrower asserts that any Intercompany Loan is fully or partially invalid and (y) the Guarantee of the Parent is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or the Parent, or any Person acting on behalf of any the Parent, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Guarantee; or

(xi) (i) any RAG On-Loan ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared fully or partially void in a judicial proceeding or any RAG Intercompany Borrower asserts that any RAG On-Loan is fully or partially invalid, (ii) the repudiation or disaffirmation by Jelegat Holdings Limited of its obligations under any of the Security Documents or the determination in a judicial proceeding that any of the Security Documents is unenforceable or invalid against Jelegat Holdings Limited for any reason, (iii) any Security Document ceases to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its respective terms or the terms of this Indenture), or ceases to be effective in all material respects to grant the Security Agent a perfected Lien on the RAG On-Loans with the priority purported to be created thereby or, (iv) the Issuer or Jelegat Holdings Limited amends any constitutional documents in any manner which adversely affects the enforceability, validity, perfection or priority of the Security Agent’s Lien on any RAG On-Loan or which adversely affects the value of any RAG On-Loan in any material respect;

(xii) (1) the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:

(A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding, or any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or consents to the filing of a petition, application, answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief;

(B) consents to the entry of an order or decree for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding, or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it;

(C) consents to the appointment of, or taking possession by, a custodian, receiver, liquidator, administrator, supervisor, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of it or for any substantial part of its property;

(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or

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(2) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under Bankruptcy Law that:

(A) is for relief against the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) in an involuntary case;

(B) adjudges the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) bankrupt or insolvent, or seeks reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect to the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary);

(C) appoints a custodian, receiver, liquidator, administrator, supervisor, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or for all or substantially all of the property of the Parent of any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary); or

(D) orders the winding-up or liquidation of the Parent or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries which together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary);

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the failure of the Issuer to comply with Sections 4.14(a) to 4.14(d) and 4.19 of this Indenture on or prior to the Reporting Covenant Reversion Date shall not constitute an Event of Default under clause (v) above.

Section 6.2 Acceleration. (a) If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in clause (xii) of Section 6.1 (Events of Default)) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Issuer, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium and accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable immediately.

(b) In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes because an Event of Default described in clause (vi) of Section 6.1 (Events of Default) has occurred and is continuing, the declaration of acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically annulled if the event of default or Payment Default triggering such Event of Default pursuant to clause (vi) of Section 6.1 (Events of Default) shall be remedied or cured by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary or waived by the Holders of the relevant Indebtedness within 20 days after the declaration of acceleration with respect thereto and if (1) the annulment of the acceleration of the Notes would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (2) all existing Events of Default, except nonpayment of principal, premium or interest on the Notes that became due solely because of the acceleration of the Notes, have been cured or waived.

 

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(c) If an Event of Default described in clause (xii) of Section 6.1 (Events of Default) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes will become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders.

Section 6.3 Other Remedies. If an Event of Default of which the Trustee has knowledge occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

Section 6.4 The Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture and under the Guarantees may be prosecuted and enforced, at the expense of the Holders, by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name and as Trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

Section 6.5 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.7 (Replacement Notes), no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent or subsequent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 6.6 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Section 6.6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

Section 6.7 Waiver of Past Defaults. Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, interest and premium, if any, on the Notes. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification or other security satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses, liabilities and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

Section 6.8 Control by Majority. Subject to Section 2.9 (Acts by Holders), the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. Subject to Section 7.1 (Duties of Trustee and Agents), however, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with any law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Holder, or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to security and/or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability, fee and expense caused by taking or not taking such action.

Section 6.9 Limitation on Suits. Subject to Section 6.10 (Rights of Holders to Receive Payment) of this Indenture, no Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

(i) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

(ii) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(iii) such Holders have offered the Trustee security and/or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense;

(iv) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and

(v) Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

Section 6.10 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture (including, without limitation, Section 8.9 (Repayment to the Issuer; Unclaimed Money) hereof), the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on a Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.11 Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default in payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest specified in clause (1) or clause (2) of Section 6.1 (Events of Default) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer, the Guarantors or any other obligor on the Notes for the whole amount of principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on

 

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overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate per annum borne by the Notes and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity).

Section 6.12 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, advances or any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity), its agents, appointees and counsel, accountants and experts) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relating to the Issuer or the Guarantors, their creditors or their property or any other obligor on the Notes, its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any Bankruptcy Custodian in any such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and appointee and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity). To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and appointees and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity) hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties which the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

Section 6.13 Priorities. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, to the extent applicable, if the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article VI, or if it receives the proceeds of enforcement from the Security Agent or Polish Security Agent pursuant to Article XI (Security and Security Agent), it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

First: pari passu to the Trustee, the Agents and their agents and appointees and attorneys for amounts due under this Indenture, including (but not limited to) payment of all compensation, fees, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the Agents and the costs and expenses of collection;

Second: pari passu to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

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The Trustee, upon prior notice to the Issuer and Paying Agent, may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.13; provided that the failure to give any such notice shall not affect the establishment of such record date or payment date for Holders pursuant to this Section 6.13.

Section 6.14 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored by the Issuer severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 6.15 Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.15 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.10 (Rights of Holders to Receive Payment), or a suit by a Holder or Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

ARTICLE VII

TRUSTEE, SECURITY AGENT AND POLISH SECURITY AGENT

Section 7.1 Duties of Trustee and Agents. (a) If an Event of Default known to the Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care, skill and diligence in its exercise as a reasonably prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

(b) Subject to the foregoing,

(i) the Trustee and the Agents will perform only those duties as are specifically set forth herein and in the Security Documents, as applicable, and no others and no implied covenants duties or obligations shall be read into this Indenture or any Security Document against the Trustee or the Agents; and

(ii) in the absence of bad faith on their part, the Trustee and the Agents may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions and such other documents delivered to them and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of any

 

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such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are required to be furnished to the Trustee or the Agents, the Trustee or the Agents, as applicable, shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but they need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or facts stated therein).

(c) None of the Trustee nor any Agent may be relieved from liability for its own gross negligence, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i) this subsection (c) does not limit the effect of Section 7.1(b);

(ii) none of the Trustee nor any Agent shall be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer of the Trustee or any Officer of any Agent (as applicable), unless it is proved that the Trustee or such Agent (as applicable) was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(iii) the Trustee and the Agents shall not be liable with respect to any action they take or omit to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by them hereunder.

(d) No provision of this Indenture or any Security Document shall require the Trustee or any Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or to take or omit to take any action under this Indenture or any Security Document or take any action at the request or direction of Holders if it does not receive such funds or an indemnity satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against such risk, liability, loss, fee or expense which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

(e) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture or any Security Document that in any way relates to the Trustee or any Agent is subject to subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.1, Section 7.2 and Section 7.6.

(f) None of the Trustee nor any Agent shall be liable for interest on any money received by it. Money held by the Trustee or any Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(g) Any provision hereof relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.1.

(h) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its rights to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by the Trustee in each of its capacities in which it may serve, and to each Agent, custodian and other person employed to act hereunder.

(i) Each Holder (by accepting the Notes) hereby instructs and authorizes the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent to enter into the Security Documents each is expressed to be a party to and to carry out the terms thereof.

 

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(j) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary and whether or not expressly provided in any other provision of this Indenture, it is expressly acknowledged and agreed that the Intercreditor Agreement contains provisions that may limit or otherwise affect the ability of the Trustee to take any particular action and as a result, the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee hereunder are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and shall be construed accordingly.

Section 7.2 Rights of Trustee and Agents. Subject to Section 7.1 (Duties of Trustee and Agents): (a) The Trustee and each Agent may rely conclusively on and shall be protected from acting or refraining from acting in good faith based upon any document believed by them to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security or other paper or document, but the Trustee or an Agent, as the case may be, in its discretion, may make reasonable further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters stated in such document and if the Trustee or an Agent as the case may be, shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, at reasonable times during normal business hours, personally or by agent or attorney at the cost of the Issuer and it shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be deemed to have notice or any knowledge of any matter (including without limitation Defaults or Events of Default) unless, in the case of the Trustee, (i) a Trust Officer assigned to and working in the Trustee’s Office has actual knowledge thereof or (ii) unless written notice thereof is received by the Trustee pursuant to Section 13.1 (Notices), and such notice clearly references the Notes, the Issuer or this Indenture.

(b) Before the Trustee or any Agent acts or refrains from acting pursuant to this Indenture or any Security Document, it may consult with counsel of its choice and require (at the Issuer’s expense) an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both, which shall conform to the provisions of Sections 13.2 (Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent) and 13.3 (Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion). Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion.

(c) The Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent may employ or retain such counsel, accountants, appraisers or other experts or advisers as they may reasonably require for the purpose of determining and discharging their rights and duties hereunder or under any Security Document and shall not be responsible for any misconduct on the part of any of them.

(d) The Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent shall not be liable for any action they take or omit to take in good faith which they reasonably believe to be authorized or within their rights or powers conferred upon them by this Indenture or any Security Document, as applicable; provided, however, that the conduct of the Trustee, the Security Agent or the Polish Security Agent (as the case may be) does not constitute willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.

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or other professional advisors, with respect to other matters, shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder or under any Security Document in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel, with respect to matters of law, or other professional advisor, with respect to other matters.

(f) Except to the extent provided for in Section 9.1 (Amendment, Supplement and Waiver) and subject to Section 9.2 (Revocation and Effect of Consents) hereof, the Trustee may (but shall not be obligated to), without the consent of the Holders, give any consent, waiver or approval required by the terms hereof, but shall not without the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding (i) give any consent, waiver or approval or (ii) agree to any amendment or modification of this Indenture, in each case, that shall have a material adverse effect on the interest of any Holder. The Trustee shall be entitled to request and conclusively rely on an Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any consent, waiver, approval, amendment or modification shall have a material adverse effect on the interests of any Holder.

(g) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Issuer will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Issuer.

(h) The Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in them by this Indenture or the Security Documents (as the case may be) at the request or direction of any of the Holders or the Trustee, in the case of the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent, unless such Holders have provided to the Trustee, the Security Agent, or the Polish Security Agent (as the case may be) indemnity and/or security satisfactory to the Trustee, the Security Agent or the Polish Security Agent (as the case may be) against the losses, liabilities and expenses that might be incurred by any of them in compliance with such request or direction.

(i) None of the Trustee or the Security Agents shall have any duty to inquire as to the performance of the covenants in Article IV (Covenants) hereof. In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except: (i) any Event of Default occurring pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(i) or (ii) (Events of Default) hereof (but only so long as an Affiliate of the Trustee is the Paying Agent); and (ii) any Default or Event of Default of which it shall have received written notice pursuant to Section 13.1 (Notices) and such notice clearly references the Notes, the Issuer or this Indenture or of which a Trust Officer shall have obtained actual knowledge. Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Section 4.14 (Reports) is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including compliance with any of the covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

(j) The Trustee and the Security Agents shall not have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance, and shall not be responsible or liable for compliance with restrictions on transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase or repurchase, as applicable, of minimum denominations imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law or regulation with respect to any transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase or repurchase, as applicable, of any interest in any Notes.

 

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(k) In no event shall the Trustee, the Security Agent or the Polish Security Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of their obligations hereunder or under the Security Documents arising out of, or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond their control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes, acts of God or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility; it being understood that the Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

(l) Whether or not specifically referred to in any provision herein, the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee and the Polish Security Agent, including their right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by U.S. Bank National Association, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch in each of their capacities hereunder and by each agent, custodian and other person employed to act hereunder. Absent willful misconduct or gross negligence, each Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar shall not be liable for acting in good faith on instructions believed by it to be genuine and from the proper party.

(m) Neither the Trustee nor the Security Agent is required to give any bond or surety with respect to the performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers under this Indenture or the Notes.

(n) In the event the Trustee receives inconsistent or conflicting requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders, each representing less than the requisite majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may determine what action, if any, shall be taken and shall be held harmless and shall not incur any liability for its failure to act until such inconsistency or conflict is, in its reasonable opinion, resolved.

(o) The permissive right of the Trustee or any Agent to take the actions permitted by this Indenture or any Security Document shall not be construed as an obligation or duty to do so.

(p) Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture or any Security Document to the contrary, the Trustee and the Agents shall not in any event be liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits, business, goodwill or lost opportunity of any kind), whether or not foreseeable, even if the Trustee or Agent had been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of whether the claim for loss or damage is made in negligence, for breach of contract or otherwise.

(q) The Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

 

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(r) The Trustee and any Agent may act through their attorneys and agents and shall not be under an obligation to monitor or supervise such attorneys’ or agents’ actions and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent; provided that such attorneys or agents have been appointed with due care.

(s) The Trustee will not be liable to any person if prevented or delayed in performing any of its obligations or discretionary functions under this Indenture or any Security Document by reason of any present or future law applicable to it, by any governmental or regulatory authority or by any circumstances beyond its control.

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

(u) If any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture or any Security Document, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee or the Security Agent, then the Trustee or the Security Agent (as applicable) may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred.

(v) Nothing in this Indenture or any Security Document shall require the Trustee or any Agent to take any action which may be inconsistent with, or in violation of any laws, rules or regulations in force in the jurisdiction where the Trustee or such Agent are located.

Section 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee and Agents. The Trustee or any Agent in its respective individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer, its Subsidiaries, or their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or an Agent. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.9 and 7.12.

Section 7.4 Trustee and Agents’ Disclaimer. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be responsible for and make no representation as to the validity, effectiveness, correctness or adequacy of this Indenture, any Security Document or Collateral, or the disclosure documents related to this Indenture or the Notes; neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Issuer or upon the Issuer’s direction under any provision hereof; neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Agent and neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be responsible for any statement or recital herein of any party other than itself, nor shall the Trustee or any Agent be responsible for any document issued in connection with the issuance of the Notes or any statement in the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement other than, in the case of the Trustee, the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

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addresses appear on the list of Holders described in Section 2.5 (List of Holders), notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after the earlier of the Trustee having actual knowledge or receiving written notice of such Default or Event of Default, unless such Default has been cured, provided that except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice of Default or an Event of Default if and for so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that it is in the best interests of the Holders to withhold such notice.

Section 7.6 Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer, failing which the Guarantors, shall pay to each of the Trustee and the Agents from time to time such compensation as the Issuer and the Trustee, or the Issuer and each relevant Agent, shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustee’s and the Agents’ compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer, failing which, the Guarantors, shall reimburse the Trustee and Agents upon request for all disbursements, expenses and advances (including properly incurred fees and expenses of counsel) incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for their services, except any such disbursements, expenses and advances as may be attributable to the Trustee’s or any Agent’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. Such expenses shall include the compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s and Agents’ accountants, experts and counsel and any taxes (other than taxed based on the income of the Trustee or franchise, doing business or other similar taxes imposed on the Trustee) or other expenses incurred by a trust created pursuant to Section 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) hereof.

The Issuer, failing which, the Guarantors jointly and severally, agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of each of the Trustee’s legal counsel and the Security Agent’s legal counsel in connection with its review, preparation and delivery of this Indenture, any Security Document and related documentation. The Issuer and the Guarantors shall jointly and severally indemnify each of the Trustee and the Agent, any predecessor Trustee and any predecessor of the Agents (which, for purposes of this Section 7.6, include such Trustee’s and Agents’ affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents) and in any other capacity the Trustee may serve hereunder or under any Security Document for, and hold them harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, proceedings, demands, costs, expense or liability including taxes (other than, in the case of the Trustee only, taxes based on the income of the Trustee or franchise, doing business or other similar taxes imposed on the Trustee) incurred by the Trustee or an Agent without gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part in connection with acceptance of administration of this trust and performance of any provision under this Indenture and any Security Document, including the expenses and counsel fees and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability arising hereunder or thereunder and the Trustee or any Agent shall not be bound to take any steps hereunder unless it has been so indemnified and/or secured and/or pre-funded to its reasonable satisfaction. The Trustee and the Agents shall notify the Issuer promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee or such Agent for which it may seek indemnity. However, the failure by the Trustee or the Agent to so notify the Issuer shall not relieve the Issuer of its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Issuer shall defend the claim and the Trustee or such Agent shall cooperate in the defense (and may employ its own counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or any Agent (as the case may be)) at the Issuer’s expense provided, however, if in the judgment of the Trustee or an Agent (i) a conflict of interest exists by reason of common representation, (ii) there are legal defenses available to the Trustee

 

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and/or an Agent that are different from or are in addition to those available to the Issuer or (iii) if all parties commonly represented do not agree as to the action (or inaction) of counsel, then the Issuer shall not defend such claim. The Trustee or such Agent may have separate counsel and the Issuer shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Issuer need not pay for any settlement made without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

To secure the Issuer’s and Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.6, the Trustee and the Agents shall have a Lien prior to the Notes against all money or property held or collected by the Trustee and the Agents, in its capacity as Trustee or Agent, except money or property held to pay principal or premium, if any, or interest on particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

When the Trustee or an Agent incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in clause (xii) of Section 6.1 (Events of Default), the expenses (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) and the compensation for the services shall be preferred over the status of the Holders in a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law and are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

The Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under this Section 7.6 and any claim arising hereunder shall survive the termination of this Indenture, the resignation or removal of any Trustee or Agent, the discharge of the Issuer’s obligations pursuant to Article VIII (Defeasance and Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture) and any rejection or termination under any Bankruptcy Law.

Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, the Trustee shall have absolute and uncontrolled discretion as to the exercise of the discretions vested in the Trustee by this Indenture but, whenever the Trustee is bound to act under this Indenture at the request or direction of the Holders, the Trustee shall nevertheless not be so bound unless first indemnified or secured to its satisfaction against all proceedings, claims and demands to which it may render itself liable and all costs, charges, expenses, fees and liabilities which it may incur by so doing.

Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to this Section 7.6.

The Issuer agrees to pay any and all stamp and other documentary taxes or duties which may be payable in connection with the execution, delivery, performance and enforcement of this Indenture by the Trustee and the Agents.

Section 7.7 Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign at any time without liability for so doing without stating a reason by so notifying the Issuer in writing not less than 30 days prior to the effective date of such resignation; provided, however, that this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees shall remain valid notwithstanding a material conflict of interest of the Trustee. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Issuer and the Trustee in writing not less than 30 days prior to the effective date of such removal and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Issuer’s consent (not be unreasonably withheld). A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.7. The Issuer shall remove the Trustee if:

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(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its respective property; or

(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting with respect to its duties hereunder.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed and the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Issuer shall notify each Holder of such event and shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may, with the Issuer’s consent, appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer. If the Issuer does not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer, after payment of all sums then owing to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity), all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the Lien provided in Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity). A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder.

The Issuer covenants that, in the event of the Trustee giving notice of its resignation pursuant to this Section 7.7, it shall use its best endeavors to procure a successor Trustee to be appointed. If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If the Trustee, within 90 days after becoming aware that a conflict of interest exists between such Trustee’s role as a trustee and any other capacity, shall not have eliminated such conflict of interest or resigned from office, the Issuer or any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed as provided in Section 310(b) of the TIA, any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

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An Agent may resign its appointment hereunder at any time by giving to the Issuer at least 90 days’ written notice to that effect unless shorter notice is agreed by the Issuer, provided that (i) such resignation shall not take effect until a new Agent performing the functions set forth in this Indenture has been appointed; (ii) no such resignation shall take effect until notice thereof shall have been given to the Trustee, and (iii) no such notice shall be given so as to expire within a period commencing 45 days immediately preceding any due date for a payment in respect of the Notes and ending 15 days after such date. If the Issuer has not, within 45 days after notice of resignation of an Agent, appointed a successor Agent which accepts the appointment, the outgoing Agent may appoint a successor Agent on substantially the same terms and conditions as previously applied to it.

Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee or Agent pursuant to this Section 7.7, the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity) shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee or Agent, as the case may be, and the Issuer shall pay to any replaced or removed Trustee or Agent all amounts owed under Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity) upon such replacement or removal.

Section 7.8 Successor Trustee or Agent by Merger, etc. If the Trustee or any Agent consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall, if such resulting, surviving or transferee corporation is otherwise eligible hereunder, be the successor Trustee or Agent. In case any Notes shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee or Authenticating Agent then in office, any successor by consolidation, merger or conversion to such authenticating Trustee or Authenticating Agent may adopt such authentication and deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee or Authenticating Agent had itself authenticated such Notes.

Section 7.9 Eligibility; Disqualification. This Indenture shall always have a Trustee that satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5) in every respect. The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.

Section 7.10 Limitation on Duty of Trustee in Respect of Collateral. The Trustee shall not have or be in possession of any of the Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the Trustee (or any agent or bailee thereof) shall have in its possession or control any Collateral, the Trustee shall have the same duties as to such Collateral as the Security Agents pursuant to Section 11.1 (Collateral and Security Documents).

 

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Section 7.11 Appointment of Co-Trustee. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Collateral may at the time be located, the Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments necessary to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Collateral, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Holders, such title to the Collateral, or any part hereof, and subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 7.9 (Eligibility, Disqualification) and no notice to Holders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 7.9 (Eligibility, Disqualification) hereof.

(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

(A) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Collateral or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Trustee;

(B) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and

(C) the Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and the conditions of this Article VII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection or rights (including the rights to compensation, reimbursement and indemnification hereunder) to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee.

 

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(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.

Section 7.12 Preferential Collection of Claims against the Issuer. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated.

Section 7.13 Reports by Trustee to the Holders. Within 60 days after each April 15 beginning April 15, 2014, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of such April 15 that complies with TIA § 313(a) if and to the extent required thereby. The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b) and TIA § 313(c). A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with the Commission and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer agrees to notify promptly the Trustee in writing whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof and the Trustee shall comply with TIA § 313(d).

ARTICLE VIII

DEFEASANCE AND SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

Section 8.1 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Issuer (hereafter in this Article VIII, the “Defeasor”) may, at its option at any time, with respect to the Notes, elect to have either Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge) or 8.3 (Covenant Defeasance) be applied to all outstanding Notes and all obligations of the Guarantors with respect to the Guarantees upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article VIII.

Section 8.2 Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Defeasor’s exercise under Section 8.1 (Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance) of the option applicable to this Section 8.2, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and the Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have paid and discharged all the obligations relating to the outstanding Notes and the Guarantees and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.6 (Survival of Certain Obligations), Section 8.8 (Application of Trust Moneys) and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to below in this Section 8.2, and to have satisfied all of their other obligations under such Notes, the Guarantees and this Indenture and cured all then existing Events of Default (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due or on the Redemption Date solely out of the Defeasance Trust

 

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created pursuant to this Indenture; (b) the Issuer’s obligations with respect to Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, or, where relevant, registration of such Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust; (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and (d) this Article VIII and the obligations set forth in Section 8.6 (Survival of Certain Obligations) hereof.

Subject to compliance with this Article VIII, the Defeasor may exercise its option under this Section 8.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.3 (Covenant Defeasance) with respect to the Notes.

Section 8.3 Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Defeasor’s exercise under Section 8.1 (Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance) of the option applicable to this Section 8.3, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall be released from any obligations under the covenants contained in Article IV (Covenants) (other than Sections 4.1 (Payment of Notes), 4.2 (Maintenance of Office or Agency), 4.5 (Corporate Existence), 4.6 (Payment of Taxes and Other Claims), 4.7 (Maintenance of Properties and Insurance), 4.8 (Compliance with Laws), 4.10 (Waiver of Stay; Extension or Usury Laws), 4.17 (Withholding Tax Gross-Up on Non-U.S. Guarantees), 4.18 (Payment of Non-Income Taxes and Similar Charges) and 4.19 (Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default), and clauses (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3) and (a)(4)(b), and clauses (b) and (c) of Section 4.20 (Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets)) hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes and the Guarantees on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, (i) with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Issuer and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and (ii) payment on the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(3) (Events of Default) (but only if such Event of Default is triggered solely by a failure to comply with the conditions set forth in clause (a)(4)(a) of Section 4.20 (Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets) or Section 6.1(4) (Events of Default) (insofar as they relate to Sections 4.3 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock), 4.4 (Limitation on Restricted Payments), 4.9 (Limitation on Liens), 4.11 (Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries), 4.12 (Asset Sales), 4.13 (Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates), 4.14 (Reports), 4.15 (Limitation on Business Activities), 4.16 (Change of Control), 4.21 (Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions), 4.22 (Additional Security and Guarantees), 4.23 (Delivery of Security and Guarantees), 4.24 (Impairment of Security Interest) or 4.25 (Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries) or clause (a)(4)(a) of Section 4.20 (Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets)).

 

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Section 8.4 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. In order to exercise either of the defeasance options under Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge) or Section 8.3 (Covenant Defeasance) hereof, the Defeasor must comply with the following conditions:

(a) irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or its designee, in trust (the “Defeasance Trust”), for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash and non-callable Government Securities (with such cash and government securities) denominated in U.S. dollars in an amount corresponding to the Notes) in amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest and premium, if any, on, the outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Defeasor must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

(b) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Defeasor shall have delivered to the Trustee (1) an opinion of external U.S. counsel addressed to and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (i) the Defeasor has received from, or there has been published by, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) since the Effective Date, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel will confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred; and (iii) payments to and payments from the defeasance trust can be made free and exempt from any and all withholding and other taxes or whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the United Kingdom or any taxing authority thereof;

(c) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Defeasor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit in the Defeasance Trust (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit);

(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Parent or any other Guarantor is a party or by which the Parent or any other Guarantor is bound;

(f) the Defeasor and the Parent shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuer or any Guarantor with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Defeasor or any Guarantor or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Defeasor or any Guarantor or others; and

 

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(g) the Defeasor and the Parent shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

Section 8.5 Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture. This Indenture (and all Liens on Collateral created pursuant to the Security Documents) and the Guarantees shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all Notes issued hereunder when (a) either (i) all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment U.S. dollars has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuer, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (ii) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Defeasor, the Parent or any other Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash denominated in dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash in dollars, non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption; (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or any Guarantor is bound; (c) the Issuer, the Parent or any other Guarantor has paid, or caused to be paid, all sums payable under this Indenture; and (d) the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to give the notice of redemption and apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be. In addition, the Defeasor and the Parent must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Section 8.6 Survival of Certain Obligations. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and of the Notes referred to in Sections 8.1 (Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance), 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge), 8.3 (Covenant Defeasance), 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) or 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture), the respective obligations of the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee under Sections 2.2 (Execution and Authentication), 2.3 (Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent), 2.4 (Paying Agent to Hold Assets), 2.5 (List of Holders), 2.6 (Transfer and Exchange), 2.7 (Replacement Notes), 2.8 (Outstanding Notes), 2.9 (Acts by Holders), 2.10 (Temporary Notes), 2.11 (Cancellation), 2.12 (Defaulted Interest), 2.13 (CUSIPs, ISINs and Common Codes), 2.14 (Deposit of Moneys), 4.1 (Payment of Notes), 4.2 (Maintenance of Office or Agency), 4.5 (Corporate Existence), 4.6 (Payment of Taxes and Other Claims), 4.7 (Maintenance of Properties and Insurance), 4.8 (Compliance with Laws), 4.10 (Waiver of Stay; Extension or Usury Laws), 4.17 (Withholding Tax Gross Up on Non-U.S. Guarantees), 4.18 (Payment of Non-Income Taxes and Similar Charges), 4.19 (Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default), 6.10 (Rights of Holders to Receive Payment), Article VII (Trustee, Security Agent and Polish Security Agent) and Article VIII shall survive until the Notes are no longer outstanding,

 

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and thereafter the obligations of the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee under Article VII (Trustee, Security Agent and Polish Security Agent) and Article VIII shall survive. Nothing contained in this Article VIII shall abrogate any of the obligations or duties of the Trustee under this Indenture.

Section 8.7 Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee. Subject to Section 8.9 (Repayment to Issuer; Unclaimed Money), after (i) the conditions of Section 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) or 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture) have been satisfied, (ii) the Issuer or the Guarantors have paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer and (iii) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent referred to in clause (i) above relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, the Trustee upon written request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of all obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors under this Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified in this Article VIII.

Section 8.8 Application of Trust Moneys. All cash in U.S. dollars deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) or 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture) in respect of Notes shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Issuer and the Guarantors shall jointly and severally pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash deposited pursuant to Section 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) or 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture) or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of outstanding Notes.

Section 8.9 Repayment to the Issuer; Unclaimed Money. The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay or return to the Issuer upon an Issuer Order any cash held by them at any time that are not required for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any or interest, if any, on the Notes for which cash has been deposited pursuant to Section 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) or 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture).

Any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent under this Article VIII in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, that has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer upon an Issuer Order or if then held by the Issuer shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer give notice to the Holders or cause to be published a

 

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notice in accordance with Section 13.1(b) (Notices) that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.

Claims against the Issuer for the payment of principal or interest, if any, on the Notes will become void unless presentment for payment is made (where so required in this Indenture) within, in the case of principal, if any, a period of ten years, or, in the case of interest, a period of five years, in each case from the applicable original payment date therefor.

Section 8.10 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any cash in accordance with Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge), 8.3 (Covenant Defeasance), 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) or 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture) by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge), 8.3 (Covenant Defeasance), 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) or 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture) until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such cash in accordance with Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge), 8.3 (Covenant Defeasance), 8.4 (Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance) or 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture); provided, however, that if the Issuer has made any payment of interest on, premium, if any, and principal, if any, of any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

Section 9.1 Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. (a) Except as provided in Sections 9.1(b) and 9.1(c), this Indenture, the Notes, any of the Security Documents or the Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), and, subject to Section 6.10 (Rights of Holders to Receive Payment), any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes, any of the Security Documents or the Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes).

(b) Without the consent of each Holder affected thereby, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not, with respect to any Notes issued thereunder and held by a non-consenting holder:

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(ii) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Note or reduce the premium payable upon the redemption or repurchase of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed or repurchased pursuant to Paragraph 7 (Optional Redemption) of the Notes or, once an obligation to repurchase has arisen thereunder, as described in Section 4.16 (Change of Control) or Section 4.12 (Asset Sales);

(iii) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Note;

(iv) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;

(v) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults which require the consent of Holders of all of the then outstanding Notes;

(vi) impair the right of any Holder of Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium on, the Notes on or after the due date therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes;

(vii) change the ranking of the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security granted under the Security Documents;

(viii) release any Lien on the Collateral except as permitted by this Indenture and the Security Documents;

(ix) modify or release any of the Guarantees in any manner materially adverse to the Holders of the Notes other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

(x) make any change that adversely affects the conversion rights of any Notes; or

(xi) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.

(c) Notwithstanding Sections 9.1(a) and 9.1(b), without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Security Agent and/or the Polish Security Agent may amend or supplement (or take any other action or enter into any other document contemplated by Section 4.24 (Impairment of Security Interest), this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents:

(i) to cure any ambiguity, mistake, omission, defect or inconsistency;

(ii) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

(iii) to provide for the assumption by a successor Person of the Issuer’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of Notes and Guarantees pursuant to this Indenture;

 

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(iv) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents of any such Holder in any respect;

(v) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Guarantees, the Security Documents, the Intercompany Loans or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of the New Secured Notes” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the “Description of the Notes” in the Offering Memorandum was intended to be a verbatim or substantially verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Notes;

(vi) to provide for the issuance of PIK Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture and to make such changes as may be required to the Security Documents (and any intercreditor agreement) to accommodate and implement such issuance of PIK Notes.

(vii) to allow any Subsidiary to execute a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto and/or a Guarantee with respect to the Notes or to further secure the Notes;

(viii) to enter into, amend or supplement any intercreditor agreement with the holder, and/or any agent in respect thereof, of any other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; provided that no such intercreditor agreement shall provide that the Notes or any Guarantee are subordinated to any such Indebtedness or subject to any payment blockage or enforcement standstill or that any Lien securing the Notes or the Guarantees ranks behind any Lien securing such Indebtedness;

(ix) evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture or Security Documents of a successor Trustee or Security Agent pursuant to the requirement thereof;

(x) in the event that the Notes are issued in certificated form, to make appropriate amendments to the Indenture to reflect an appropriate minimum denomination of certificated Notes and establish minimum redemption amounts for certificated Notes; or

(xi) to the extent necessary to provide for the granting of a security interest for the benefit of any Person (including any release and re-grant of a Lien) and as otherwise contemplated in Section 4.24 (Impairment of Security Interest); provided that, in each case, such amendment, supplement, modification, extension, renewal, restatement or replacement does not violate Section 4.24 (Impairment of Security Interest).

(d) At the request of the Parent, the Issuer or any Guarantor, the Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent are authorized to enter into one or more intercreditor agreements, and one or more amendments, extensions, renewals, restatements, supplements, modifications or replacements to any intercreditor agreement; provided that the terms thereof are not prohibited by any term of this Indenture.

 

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(e) Each Holder of the Notes shall be deemed to agree to and accept the terms and conditions of any intercreditor agreement and the entry by the Trustee into any intercreditor agreement and the performance by the Trustee of its obligations and the exercise of its rights thereunder and in connection therewith.

(f) The Trustee and/or Agents will be entitled to require, request, and rely absolutely on without further inquiry an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate.

Section 9.2 Revocation and Effect of Consents. Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date on which the Trustee receives written notice from the Issuer (or an agent employed by the Issuer to collate or tabulate consents from Holders of the Notes) certifying that the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Notes have consented (and not revoked such consent) to the amendment or waiver. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

The Issuer may fix a record date for determining which Holders must consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver. If the Issuer fixes a record date, the record date shall be fixed at (i) the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation pursuant to Section 2.5 (List of Holders) or (ii) such other date as the Issuer shall designate. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding Section 9.3 (Notation on or Exchange of Notes), those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent (or the appointment of a proxy) previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date.

Section 9.3 Notation on or Exchange of Notes. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Issuer in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver. Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 9.4 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. The Trustee shall execute any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX; provided, however, that the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver which adversely affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity and/or security reasonably satisfactory to it, and shall be fully protected in relying upon an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate each stating that the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that all conditions precedent thereto have been satisfied and that such amendment, supplement or waiver

 

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constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors (if applicable) enforceable against it or them in accordance with its terms. Any Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee.

ARTICLE X

GUARANTEES

Section 10.1 Guarantees. Each of the Guarantors hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, on a senior basis to each Holder of a Note authenticated by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent and to the Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent and each of their successors and assigns the full and prompt performance of all of the Issuer’s obligations (including the Parallel Obligations) under this Indenture and the Notes including the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders, the Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent hereunder and under the Notes. The obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and Notes shall be referred to in this Article X as the “Obligations”.

The obligations of each of the Guarantors set forth in this Article X shall be referred to herein as the “Guarantees.” The Guarantees shall rank pari passu in right of payment to all existing and future senior Indebtedness of the Guarantors, and shall be senior in right of payment to all existing and future Indebtedness of the Guarantors that is expressly subordinated to the Guarantees.

Each Guarantor further agrees that the Obligations may be extended or renewed by the Trustee for and on behalf of itself and the Holders, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid amount of the Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on the Obligations then due and owing. Payments made under the Guarantees shall be made to the Trustee on behalf of the Holders, the Security Agent or the Polish Security Agent, as the case may be.

The Guarantors waive presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuer of any of the Obligations and also waive notice of protest for nonpayment. Each of the Guarantors waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (a) the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuer or any other person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (d) the release of any Liens on the Collateral held by any Holder, the Security Agent or the Polish Security Agent or the Trustee for the Obligations or any of them; or (e) any change in the ownership of the Issuer.

Each Guarantor further agrees that each Guarantee herein constitutes a Guarantee of payment when due (and not a Guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment of the Obligations.

 

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The obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder shall, subject to this Article X and Article VIII (Defeasance and Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture), not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than payment of the Obligations in full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall, subject to this Article X and Article VIII (Defeasance and Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture), not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of a Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Guarantor as a matter of law or equity. Each Guarantee is a confirming Guarantee and will remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all of the Obligations.

Subject to the provisions of Section 10.4 (Release) hereof, each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or otherwise.

Subject to the provisions of Section 10.3 (No Subrogation) hereof, in furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder has at law or in equity against the Guarantors, by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuer to pay any of the Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Trustee for and on behalf of itself and the Holders an amount equal to the unpaid amount of such Obligations then due and owing.

Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, but subject always to Sections 10.2 (Limitation of Guarantees) hereof, (x) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in this Indenture for the purposes of the Guarantees herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Obligations, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purposes of the Guarantees.

Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent and/or the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Article X.

 

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Section 10.2 Limitation on Guarantees. (a) The obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee will be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, voidable preference, a transaction under value or unlawful financial assistance or otherwise cause the Guarantor to be in breach of applicable capital preservation rules under relevant law or such Guarantee to be void, unenforceable or ultra vires or cause the directors or members of the supervisory board or analogous board or body of such Guarantor to be in breach of, or liable under, applicable corporate or commercial law.

(b) Limitation on Luxembourg Guarantors. Notwithstanding the foregoing and any other provision of this Indenture or the Security Documents to the contrary, the guarantee, indemnity and other obligations of each Luxembourg Guarantor under this Indenture shall be limited, in respect of obligations and liabilities of companies other than such Luxembourg Guarantor and its direct or indirect subsidiaries, to an aggregate amount not exceeding the greater of:

(i) any Luxembourg On-Loans increased by ninety-five percent (95%) of (i) the relevant Luxembourg Guarantor’s own funds (capitaux propres, as referred to in article 34 of the Luxembourg Act dated 19 December 2002 concerning the trade and companies register as well as the accounting and annual accounts of companies, as amended) on the date of payment under this Indenture, and (ii) the amount of any Intra-Group Liabilities outstanding at the same date; or

(ii) any Luxembourg On-Loans increased by ninety-five percent (95%) of (i) the relevant Luxembourg Guarantor’s own funds (capitaux propres; as referred to in article 34 of the Luxembourg Act dated 19 December 2002 concerning the trade and companies register as well as the accounting and annual accounts of companies, as amended) as at the date of this Indenture, and (ii) the amount of any Intra-Group Liabilities outstanding at the same date.

Section 10.3 Limitation on Polish Guarantors.

(a) The obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor incorporated in Poland (a “Polish Guarantor”) under this Indenture in terms of Guarantees, indemnity and other obligations in relation to the Principal Obligations as well as the Parallel Obligations of any Polish Guarantor in its capacity as Subsidiary Guarantor will be limited to an amount equivalent to (A) the value of all assets (aktywa) of the Polish Guarantor as such value is recorded in (a) its latest annual unconsolidated financial statements or, if they are more up-to date (b) its latest interim unconsolidated financial statements, less (B) the value of all liabilities (zobowiązania) of the Polish Guarantor (whether due or pending maturity), such existing on the Effective Date and/or taken up at any time following the execution hereof, to the extent not taken up in violation of the provisions of the Indenture and the Notes, as such value is recorded in the financial statements referred to in the point (A) above and used for the purpose of determination of the value of assets (aktywa) of the Polish Subsidiary Guarantor. The term “liabilities” shall at all times exclude the Polish Guarantor’s liabilities under the Indenture and the Notes in relation to the Principal Obligations and the Parallel Obligations, but shall include any other obligations (secured and unsecured) of the Polish Guarantor, including any other off-balance sheet obligations of the Polish Guarantor.

 

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(b) The limitation stipulated in point (a) above shall not apply if:

(i) Polish law is amended in such a manner that (A) a debtor whose liabilities exceed the value of its assets is no longer deemed insolvent (niewypłacalny) as provided for in Article 11 Sec. 2 of the Polish Bankruptcy and Restructuring Law dated 28 February 2003 (Journal of Laws No. 60, item 535, as amended; the “Polish Bankruptcy and Restructuring Law”) (as in force on the date of the Indenture and/or as amended or substituted for time to time) or that (ii) the insolvency (niewypłacalność) of a debtor within the meaning of Article 11 Sec. 2 of the Polish Bankruptcy and Restructuring Law (as in force on the date of the Indenture and/or as amended or substituted from time to time) no longer gives grounds for an immediate declaration of its bankruptcy (ogłoszenie upadłości) or no longer obliges the representatives of the Polish Guarantor to immediately file for the declaration of its bankruptcy; or

(ii) the aggregate value of the liabilities of the Polish Guarantor (other than those under the Indenture and the Notes) exceeds the aggregate value of the assets of such Polish Guarantor, thus resulting in the Polish Guarantor’s insolvency within the meaning of Article 11 Sec. 2 of the Polish Bankruptcy and Restructuring Law.

(c) The obligations under this Indenture in terms of Guarantees, indemnity and other obligations in relation to the Principal Obligations as well as the Parallel Obligations of any Polish Guarantor being a limited liability company (“Sp. z o.o.”), in its capacity as a Subsidiary Guarantor, may be further limited by operation of Article 189 par. 2 of the Polish Commercial Companies Code dated September 15, 2000 (Journal of Laws No. 94, item 1037) aimed at preservation of share capital. Furthermore, the Guarantees do not apply to any liability of any Polish Guarantor being a joint stock company (S.A.) to the extent that it would result in the Guarantees constituting unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of Article 345 of the Polish Commercial Companies Code. Each Guarantor will comply in all material respects with all legislation in relation to financial assistance or analogous process including in relation to the payment of any amounts due hereunder. Nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to imply that any Polish Guarantor grants any guarantee in violation of the prohibition of any financial assistance as referred to under Article 345 of the Polish Commercial Companies Code. Nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to imply that any Polish Guarantor guarantees and/or otherwise directly or indirectly finances acquisition of shares issued by it.

Section 10.4 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by any Guarantor hereunder, such Guarantor shall not be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Trustee, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent or any Holder against the Issuer or any collateral security or Guarantee or right of offset held by the Trustee, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent or any Holder for the payment of the Obligations nor shall such Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Issuer in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Trustee, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent and the Holders by the Issuer on account of the Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to a Guarantor on account of such

 

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subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Trustee, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent and the Holders, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Obligations.

Section 10.5 Release. The Guarantee of a Guarantor will be automatically and unconditionally released without further action on the part of any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee (and thereupon shall terminate and be discharged and be of no further force and effect):

(i) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor (including by way of merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Issuer, the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent, if the sale or other disposition complies with Section 4.12(a) (Asset Sales) (in which case the Guarantee of each Subsidiary of that Guarantor also shall be released);

(ii) in connection with any sale or other disposition of the Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Issuer, the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent, following which such Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, if the sale or other disposition complies with Section 4.12(a) (Asset Sales) (in which case the Guarantee of each subsidiary of that Guarantor also shall be released);

(iii) if the Parent designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.25 (Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries) (in which case the Guarantee of each subsidiary of that Guarantor also shall be released);

(iv) in accordance with the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (as in effect on the Effective Date or as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified after the Effective Date) upon the occurrence of an enforcement action; or

(v) upon legal defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the Notes in accordance with Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge) or Section 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture).

The Trustee is hereby authorized, without the consent of any Holder, to take all necessary actions (including directing the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent) to effectuate any release in accordance with this Section 10.4. At the request and expense of the Issuer, the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent, the Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent shall, at the Issuer’s cost, execute and deliver any document reasonably requested to evidence such release and discharge.

 

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ARTICLE XI

SECURITY AND SECURITY AGENTS

Section 11.1 Collateral and Security Documents. (a) To secure the full and punctual payment when due and the full and punctual performance of the Notes and the Guarantees, the Parent will deliver the security as and to the extent required by Section 4.23 (Delivery of Security and Guarantees). At the time of execution of the relevant Security Documents, the Parent also shall cause to be delivered an Opinion of Counsel addressed to and reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the Security Agent and, in addition, in respect of the Polish Collateral, the Polish Security Agent, covering the enforceability of such Security Documents and certain other matters required in this Indenture.

(b) The Trustee shall, and by accepting a Note each Holder shall be deemed to, irrevocably appoint the Security Agent, and, in respect of the Polish Collateral, the Polish Security Agent, to act as its agent in connection with the Collateral and the Security Documents and authorize the Security Agent, and, in respect of the Polish Collateral, the Polish Security Agent, (acting only at the direction of the Trustee) to perform such duties and exercise such rights, powers and discretions as are specifically delegated to the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent under the Security Documents or by the terms hereof and together with all rights, powers and discretions as are reasonably incidental thereto or necessary to give effect to the trusts hereby created and each Holder by accepting a Note shall be deemed to irrevocably authorize the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent on its behalf to release any existing security being held in favor of the Holders, to enter into any and each Security Document and to deal with any formalities in relation to the perfection of any security created by such Security Documents (including, inter alia, entering into such other documents as may be necessary to such perfection).

(c) Each of the Security Agent and, in respect of the Polish Collateral, the Polish Security Agent agrees that it shall hold the Collateral on trust for the Holders and the Trustee on the terms contained in this Indenture. Each Holder by accepting a Note shall be deemed to agree that the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent shall have only those duties, obligations and responsibilities and such rights and protections as expressly specified in this Indenture or in the Security Documents (and no others shall be implied).

(d) Each of the Security Agent and, in respect of the Polish Collateral, the Polish Security Agent agrees that it will hold the security interests in Collateral created under any Security Document to which it is a party as contemplated by this Indenture, and any and all proceeds thereof, for the benefit of, among others, the Trustee and the Holders, without limiting the Security Agent’s or the Polish Security Agent’s rights to act in preservation of the security interest in the Collateral. The Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent will take action or refrain from taking action in connection with the Security Documents only as directed by the Trustee.

(e) Each Holder, by accepting a Note, shall be deemed to have agreed to all the terms and provisions of the Security Documents. Without prejudice to any automatic release of the Liens granted under the Security Documents, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent shall (upon direction of the Issuer) release the Liens on the Collateral if and when required by this Indenture.

 

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(f) The Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent are, for the purposes of this Article XI, collectively the “Security Agents”. The rights, duties and acts of the Security Agents are several and not joint or joint and several. Neither shall be liable or responsible for the acts or omission of the other. The provisions of this Article XI apply to the Polish Security Agent only insofar as they relate to the Polish Collateral. The provisions of this Article XI apply to the Security Agent insofar as they relate to all the Collateral (other than the Polish Collateral).

(g) Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the Security Agents shall have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto and the Security Agents shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral. The Security Agents shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Security Agents in good faith.

(h) Upon qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, the Issuer will comply with the provisions of TIA §314(b). Promptly after qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act to the extent required by the TIA, the Issuer shall deliver the opinion(s) required by Section 314(b)(1) of the TIA. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Indenture, upon qualification of this Indenture under the TIA, to the extent required by the TIA, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee on or prior to each anniversary of the Effective Date, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of such date, stating either that (i) in the opinion of such counsel, all action has been taken with respect to any filing, re-filing, recording or re-recording with respect to the Collateral as is necessary to maintain the Liens on the Collateral in favor of the Holders or (ii) in the opinion of such counsel, that no such action is necessary to maintain such Liens.

(i) The Issuer will cause Section 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, relating to reports, and Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act, relating to the release of property and to the substitution therefor of any property to be pledged as collateral for the Notes, to be complied with, upon qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required by Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act may be made by an Officer of the Issuer except in cases where Section 314(d) requires that such certificate or opinion be made by an independent engineer, appraiser or other expert, who shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11.2(d), the Issuer will not be required to comply with all or any portion of Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act if it determines, in good faith based on written advice of counsel, that under the terms of Section 314(d) and/or any interpretation or guidance as to the meaning thereof of the Commission and its staff, including “no action” letters or exemptive orders, all or any portion of Section 314(d) is inapplicable, whereupon the Issuer shall provide to the Trustee and the Security Agent an

 

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Officers’ Certificate certifying that the Issuer reasonably believes, based on the written advice of counsel (a copy of which shall be attached thereto), that the Issuer is not required to comply with all or any portion of Section 314(d). Upon qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall comply with the other applicable provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as they relate to Collateral.

Section 11.2 Responsibilities of Security Agents. The obligations of the Security Agents under this Indenture shall be to:

(a) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, take such action as requested by written instructions of the Trustee under this Indenture, provided that such action does not contradict applicable law or subject the Security Agents to any liability under applicable laws. In this regard, the Security Agents shall be entitled to rely and act upon, and shall be fully protected in relying and acting upon, any note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, request, demand, direction, instruction, waiver, receipt, agreement, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or written document or written communication reasonably believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel and other experts retained or employed by the Security Agents in its reasonable discretion;

(b) remit according to the written instructions of the Trustee any proceeds recovered from enforcement of the Security Documents; and

(c) take such other actions requested by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture;

subject in each case to indemnification or security to its satisfaction.

The Security Agents shall be deemed to have actual, constructive, direct or indirect knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default only upon receipt by the Security Agents of a written notice or a certificate from the Trustee, stating that an Event of Default has occurred. The Security Agents shall have no obligation whatsoever either prior to or after receiving such written notice or certificate to inquire whether an Event of Default has in fact occurred and shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any notice or certificate so furnished to it.

Section 11.3 Security Agents’ Individual Capacity. The Security Agents may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with the Issuer or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from the Issuer for services in connection with this Indenture and otherwise without having to account for the same to the Trustee or to the Holders from time to time.

Section 11.4 Trustee May Perform. If the Security Agents shall refuse or be incapable of performing any right or remedy provided for herein or in this Indenture, the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to take such actions, or cause such actions to be taken, on behalf of the Security Agents as appropriate to protect the interests of the Trustee, the Security Agents or the Holders from time to time hereunder, and shall be entitled, in addition to the rights of the Security Agents to all of the immunity, indemnity and reimbursement provisions hereof and thereof to which the Security Agents would be entitled, regardless of any prior act or omission by the Security Agents.

 

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Section 11.5 Fees, etc. For services rendered as Security Agents under this Indenture, the Security Agents shall be entitled to such compensation as is agreed to from time to time in writing between the Polish Security Agent and the Issuer, and the Security Agent and the Issuer (as applicable). The Issuer agrees to pay the fees, expenses and other amounts payable to each Security Agent under this Indenture, in addition to any other fees, expenses and other amounts payable that may arise under the Security Documents.

Section 11.6 Indemnification: Disclaimers, etc. (a) The Issuer shall be liable for and shall reimburse and indemnify each of the Security Agents and hold each of the Security Agents and its respective officers, directors, agents, employees and representatives harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, costs, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, disbursements or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) (collectively, “Losses”) arising from or in connection with or related to this Indenture or being Security Agents hereunder (including but not limited to Losses incurred by each of the Security Agents in connection with its successful defense, in whole or in part, of any claim of gross negligence or willful misconduct on their part), provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall require each of the Security Agents or its respective officers, directors, agents, employees or representatives to be indemnified for Losses caused by their or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(b) No provision of this Indenture and the Security Documents shall require any Security Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or under the Security Documents or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to it.

(c) The Security Agents shall have no liability (whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) for losses in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, performance by the Security Agents under any of the Security Documents and/or the relationship established by this Indenture, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith, unless it is determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that is binding on the Security Agents that such losses were the result of acts or omission on the part of the Security Agents or their respective officers, directors, agents, employees and representatives constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(d) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Article XI, the Security Agents and the Issuer agree that the Trustee shall have no liability to the Security Agents or the Issuer (whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) hereunder except in its capacity as Trustee under, and as provided for in, this Indenture.

Section 11.7 Illegality; No inconsistency. Nothing in this Indenture or the Security Documents shall require either the Polish Security Agent or the Security Agent to take any action which may be inconsistent with, or in violation of any laws, rules or regulations in force in the jurisdiction where it is located.

 

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Section 11.8 Rights of Trustee, the Security Agents and the Paying Agents. The Trustee, the Security Agents and the Paying Agents may continue to make payments on the Notes (and each of the Security Agents may pay any monies received by it in respect of the Security Documents to the Trustee or as the Trustee may direct or to a Paying Agent for distribution to Holders) and shall not be charged with the knowledge of existence of facts that prohibit the making of any such payments unless, not less than two Business Days prior to the date of such payment, a Trust Officer of the Trustee (in the case of the Trustee) or an officer of the Polish Security Agent or the Security Agent (as applicable) within the department of the Polish Security Agent or the Security Agent (as applicable) responsible for administering the security created by the Security Documents receives notice in writing satisfactory to it that payments may not be made under this Article XI.

Section 11.9 Release of Collateral. (a) Liens on Collateral securing the Notes and the Guarantees (other than the Intercompany Loans) shall, subject to Section 11.9(d) below, be automatically and unconditionally released:

(i) in connection with any sale or other disposition of Collateral if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.12(a) (Asset Sales) and, if the Collateral is stock of a Guarantor, in connection with any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other combination in which such Guarantor is not the surviving corporation if the transaction does not violate Section 4.20 (Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets);

(ii) if the Collateral is an asset of a Guarantor (or one of its Subsidiaries) that is to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, upon designation of the Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.25 (Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries);

(iii) if the Collateral is an asset of a Guarantor (or one of its Subsidiaries) that is to be released from its Guarantee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, upon release of the Guarantor from its Guarantee;

(iv) in accordance with the Security Documents and Intercreditor Agreement (as in effect on the Effective Date or as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified after the Effective Date) upon the occurrence of an enforcement action;

(v) upon legal defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the Notes in accordance with Section 8.2 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge) or Section 8.5 (Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture);

(vi) if the Collateral is a Specified Bank Account, upon the written request of the Parent, if the Parent certifies in such request that as of the last day of the then most recent fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date, such account did not have at least $10.0 million (or, if in a currency other than U.S. dollars, the U.S. dollar equivalent thereof) in deposits; and

 

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(vii) as described in Article IX (Amendments, Supplements and Waiver).

(b) The Security Agents are authorized to release and each Holder, by accepting a Note, is deemed to authorize the Security Agents to release (and the Security Agents will, at the request of the Parent or Issuer, release) the security interest in all or any portion of the Collateral in connection with the granting of any Permitted Collateral Lien as contemplated in Section 4.9 (Limitation on Liens). The Issuer or the relevant Guarantor shall re-grant to the Security Agents or the Trustee and the Security Agents, immediately after such Permitted Collateral Lien is granted, a security interest in such released Collateral; provided that: (i) the release and re-taking of any security interest in the Collateral in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.9(b) shall only be undertaken to the extent necessary, as determined in good faith by the Issuer or the relevant Guarantor (which determination shall be conclusive) to be required to grant the Permitted Collateral Lien; and (ii) the Issuer or the relevant Guarantor shall provide the Security Agents or the Trustee with an Opinion of Counsel regarding the validity and enforceability of any security interest securing the Notes that is re-taken, which opinion may be subject to exceptions, limitations and exclusions reasonably determined by such counsel to be necessary or appropriate, including in light of applicable law.

(c) The Trustee and/or the Security Agents are hereby authorized, without the consent of any Holder, to take all necessary actions to effectuate any release in accordance with this Section 11.9. The Trustee and/or the Security Agents are hereby authorized, without the consent of any Holder, to take all necessary actions to effectuate any amendment, extension, renewal, restatement, supplement, modification or replacement of the Indenture (and release or cancel or otherwise terminate any Security Document replaced or restated pursuant thereto) in compliance with Section 4.24 (Impairment of Security Interest). At the request and expense of the Issuer or any Guarantor, the Trustee and/or the Security Agents shall execute any document reasonably requested to evidence such release and discharge.

(d) To the extent a proposed release of Collateral is not automatic and requires the action by the Trustee or the Security Agents, the Issuer and each Guarantor will furnish to the Trustee and the Security Agents, prior to each proposed release of such Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents and this Indenture:

(i) an Officers’ Certificate requesting such release;

(ii) an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, in compliance with Sections 13.2 and 13.3 to the effect that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture and the Security Documents to such release have been complied with;

(iii) a form of such release (which release shall be in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and Security Agents and shall provide that the requested release is without recourse or warranty to the Trustee and Security Agents); and

(iv) upon qualification of the Indenture under the TIA subject to and only to the extent applicable pursuant to Section 11.1(i), any other documents or instruments required to be delivered pursuant to TIA §314(d).

 

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(e) Upon compliance by the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, with the conditions precedent set forth above, and upon delivery by the Issuer or such Guarantor to the Trustee and Security Agent of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such conditions precedent have been complied with, the Trustee or the Security Agent shall promptly cause to be released and reconveyed to the Issuer, or the Guarantors, as the case may be, the released Collateral.

(f) For purposes of the TIA and otherwise under this Indenture, the release of any Collateral from the terms of the Security Documents will not be deemed to impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof or affect the Lien of this Indenture or the Security Documents if and to the extent the Collateral is released pursuant to this Indenture and the Security Documents or upon the termination of this Indenture.

Section 11.10 Authorization of Actions to be Taken by the Security Agents under the Security Documents. (a) The Security Agents will distribute all funds distributed under the Security Documents and received by the Security Agents for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents and in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents.

(b) The Security Agents will have power to institute and maintain such suits and proceedings as they may deem necessary or expedient to prevent any impairment of the secured assets pursuant to the Security Documents by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of any of the Security Documents or this Indenture and such suits and proceedings as the Security Agents may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Trustee and the Holders under each of the Security Documents and this Indenture (including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with such enactment, rule or order would impair the security interest hereunder or under the Security Documents or be prejudicial to the Trustee, the Holders or the Security Agents).

Section 11.11 Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Security Agents under the Security Documents. Each of the Security Agents are each authorized to receive any funds as agent for the benefit of itself, and for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders distributed under any of the Security Documents.

Section 11.12 Trustee’s and Security Agents’ Compensation Not Prejudiced. Nothing in this Article shall apply to the claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.6 (Compensation and Indemnity) or to those of the Security Agents under Sections 11.5 (Fees, etc.) and 11.6 (Indemnification: Disclaimers, etc.).

Section 11.13 Creation of Parallel Obligations. (a) Each Holder, by accepting a Note, acknowledges, agrees and confirms that the Security Agents and any other agent under the Security Documents shall have the right to enforce the Parallel Obligations (as defined in Section 11.13(b)(1)) as third-party beneficiaries to this Indenture, subject to any intercreditor agreements permitted under this Indenture.

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Security Agents and the Issuer (each acting reasonably) agree) (together, the “Agreed Jurisdictions”) and (ii) ensuring the continued validity of each such Lien, each of the Security Agents, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and each Holder by acceptance of the Notes agrees that:

(i) the Issuer and each Guarantor shall be irrevocably and unconditionally obligated to pay to the Security Agents amounts equal to, and in the currency of, its Principal Obligations (as defined in Section 11.13(e)) as and when the same fall due for payment under the Notes and this Indenture in so far as it relates to the Notes (“Parallel Obligations”) provided that the total amount of the Parallel Obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors shall never exceed the total amount of the Principal Obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors;

(ii) the rights of the Holders to receive payment of the Principal Obligations are several from the rights of the Security Agents to receive payments of the Parallel Obligations;

(iii) the Security Agents shall have their own independent right to demand payment of the Parallel Obligations by the Issuer and each of the Guarantors upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an unremedied and unwaived Event of Default, provided that the Trustee or the Holders have already declared the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on all of the Notes to be due and payable in accordance with Section 6.2 (Acceleration) and such declaration of acceleration has not been annulled, waived or rescinded pursuant to Section 6.2 (Acceleration);

(iv) any payment by the Issuer or any Guarantor of its Parallel Obligations to the Security Agents in accordance with this Section 11.13 (whether through payment by the Issuer, the Guarantors or through any Lien held by the Security Agents securing the Parallel Obligations or otherwise) shall be a good discharge of the corresponding Principal Obligations owed by it and, similarly, any payment by the Issuer or any Guarantor in respect of its Principal Obligations (whether through payment by the Issuer, the Guarantors or through enforcement of any Lien held by the Security Agents securing the Principal Obligations or otherwise) shall discharge its corresponding Parallel Obligations owed to the Security Agents under this Section 11.13;

(v) nothing in this Section 11.13 shall in any way limit the Security Agents’ right to act in the protection or preservation of, the rights under, or to enforce any, Security Document as contemplated by this Indenture or the relevant Security Document; and

(vi) the Security Agents may not assign, transfer or dispose of the Parallel Obligations other than to successor Security Agents appointed in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

(c) Without limiting or affecting the Security Agents’ rights against the Issuer and the Guarantors (whether under this Section 11.13 or under any other provision of this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents and subject to the following paragraph), the Security Agents agree with the Trustee and each Holder (on a several basis) that they will not exercise their respective rights in respect of the Parallel Obligations except with the consent of the Trustee.

 

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(d) Nothing in this Section 11.13 shall in any way negate or affect the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors to the Holders under this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents provided that, for the avoidance of any doubt, clause (4) of Section 11.13(b) above shall discharge the corresponding Principal Obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors.

(e) For the purposes of this Section 11.13, “Principal Obligations” means, in respect of each Agreed Jurisdiction and in relation to the Issuer or any Guarantor, any sums owing by it under the Notes and this Indenture in so far as it relates to the Notes (whether to the Holders, the Trustee or the Security Agents).

(f) For purposes of this Section 11.13, the Security Agents act in their own name and stead and not as agents or trustees of any Holder, and each Guarantee of, and the security granted under the Security Documents to the Security Agents to secure the Parallel Obligations is granted to the Security Agents in their capacity as direct creditors in respect of the Parallel Obligations, and not as trustees or agents for the Holders. Each of the Security Agents undertakes to pay to the Holders an amount equal to any amount collected or received by it from the Issuer and/or the Guarantors which it has applied in reduction of the Parallel Obligations as if the corresponding Principal Obligations had not been discharged pursuant to Section 11.13(b)(4) hereof.

Section 11.14 Flagged Security. (a) Neither Security Agent shall be required to accept any security or its perfection if it is of a type or in a jurisdiction which such Security Agent determines does not meet or comply with its internal regulations or policies or with any law or regulation, or which might impose liabilities on such Security Agent (such security being the “Flagged Security”).

(b) The Issuer shall ensure that any Flagged Security is granted to the other of the Security Agent or Polish Security Agent, as applicable, or if such Flagged Security is not acceptable to either of the Security Agents, to such other security agent (which shall be a reputable institution that customarily performs security agency roles in financing transactions) nominated by it and approved by the Trustee (the “Additional Security Agent”). The Additional Security Agent shall be appointed on the same terms, and have the same rights, protections, duties and obligations, as the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent, and references to the Security Agents shall include the Additional Security Agent.

ARTICLE XII

CONVERSION OF NOTES

Section 12.1 Conversion of Notes. (a) From December 1, 2014 (the “Initial Conversion Date”) to the Maturity Date, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert its Notes for the number of shares of Common Stock (the “Conversion

 

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Shares”) equal to the product of (A) the Share Amount times (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be converted by such holder and the denominator of which is (x) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued on the Issue Date plus (y) the aggregate principal amount of PIK Interest which has been paid and/or would have been paid if no Notes had been redeemed or converted prior to such conversion date. For the purposes of this Section 12.1, the “Share Amount” shall be the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Percentage (as set forth below) times (x) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such conversion divided by (y) 100% minus the Conversion Percentage (set forth below):

 

Period

   Conversion
Percentage
 

From the Initial Conversion Date through and including December 31, 2015

     20

From January 1, 2016 through and including December 31, 2016

     25

From January 1, 2017 through and including December 31, 2017

     30

From January 1, 2018 through and including the April 30, 2018

     35

any conversion must be with respect to Notes with a minimum aggregate principal amount of $100,000 and in integral denominations of $1.00, provided that the unconverted portion of such principal amount is U.S. $2,000.

(b) Subject to Clause 12.6 below, upon conversion of a Note, the Parent shall deliver the Conversion Shares directly to the Holder on the third business day following such conversion. The delivery of Conversion Shares by the Parent to the Holder exercising its conversion rights pursuant to this Article XII shall be deemed to satisfy in full the Issuer and each Guarantor’s obligation to pay the principal amount of the Note and any accrued and unpaid interest through the conversion date. Accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the conversion date will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. Except as otherwise stated herein, any Holder who has converted its Notes will not receive any separate cash payment for accrued and unpaid interest, if any.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 12.1(b), if Notes are converted after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a regular record date for the payment of interest, Holders of such Notes at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such record date will receive the interest payable on such Notes on the corresponding interest payment date notwithstanding the conversion. Notes surrendered for conversion between the period from 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any regular record date to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately following interest payment date, must be accompanied by funds equal to the amount of interest payable on the Notes so converted; provided that no such payment need be made:

(i) for conversions following the record date immediately preceding the maturity date; or

(ii) to the extent of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to such Note.

 

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(d) The Parent shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of any Conversion Shares, unless such tax is due because the Holder requests any shares to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name, in which case the Holder shall pay any such tax, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the Holder has paid to the Issuer the amount of any such tax, or has established to the satisfaction of the Issuer that such tax has been paid.

Section 12.2 Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of Notes. The Parent shall round down the number of shares of Common Stock to be received to the nearest whole number.

Section 12.3 Cancellation of Converted Notes. All Notes delivered for conversion shall be delivered to the Conversion Agent and canceled by the Trustee or Paying Agent as provided in Section 2.11 of this Indenture.

Section 12.4 Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion Provisions. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Common Stock, or of any other securities or property or cash, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Notes; and it or they do not make any representation with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Issuer or Parent to make or calculate any shares or cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or share certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Note for the purpose of conversion or for any calculation or determination in connection therewith, including, without limitation, the amount of Common Stock or other property to be delivered upon conversion; and neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Issuer to comply with any of the covenants of the Issuer contained in this Article XII.

Section 12.5 Conversion Procedures. (a) Before any Holder of a Note shall be entitled to convert the same, such Holder shall (1) complete and sign the Conversion Notice on the back of the Note, or a facsimile of the Conversion Notice; (2) deliver the Conversion Notice, which is irrevocable, and the Note to the Conversion Agent; (3) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents; (4) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes; and (5) if required, pay funds equal to interest payable on the next interest payment date. A Note shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the close of business on the date that the Holder has complied with the requirements set forth in this Section 12.5. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Notes may be converted only during business hours on a day that is a Business Day.

(b) If a Holder of Notes has tendered Notes under Section 4.16, such Holder may convert those Notes only if that Holder first withdraws such tender in accordance with this Indenture.

(c) If the Redemption Date for Notes called for redemption is after the 30th day following the Initial Conversion Date, such Notes called for redemption may be converted up to and including the earlier of (a) the 30th day following the delivery of the applicable redemption notice to the Holder and (b) the Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, provided that, with

 

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respect to this clause (c), if the applicable redemption notice is delivered prior to the Initial Conversion Date, then such Notes called for redemption may be converted from the Initial Conversion Date up to and including the 30th day following the Initial Conversion Date.

(d) If more than one Note shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the Conversion Shares with respect to such Notes, if any, that shall be deliverable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of all such Notes (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted hereby) so surrendered.

(e) In case any Note shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee or Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder of the Note so surrendered, without charge to such Holder, a new Note or Notes in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of such surrendered Note.

(f) Upon the conversion of an interest in a Global Note, the Trustee, or the Authenticating Agent at the direction of the Trustee, shall make a notation on such Global Note as to the reduction in the principal amount represented thereby. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee and Conversion Agent in writing of any conversion of Notes effected through any Conversion Agent other than the initial Conversion Agent.

Section 12.6 Lock-Up Periods. In connection with any underwritten public offering of Common Stock and to the extent requested by the managing underwriter of such offering, the Parent shall not be obliged to deliver Conversion Shares to any Holder that has exercised its option to convert its Notes for Common Stock in accordance with this Article XII during any Lockup Period (as defined below) until the first Business Day after such Lockup Period. A “Lockup Period” for a given offering shall begin on the first day of the “Road Show” for such offering (as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act) and shall end 90 days (or, in the case of the Parent’s initial public offering, 180 days) after the pricing date for such offering; provided, that in no case shall a Lockup Period for a given offering end later than the end of a similar lockup period agreed to by any holder of 1% or more of the Common Stock or any officer or director of the Parent; provided, further, that in the event that any officer or director of the Parent or holder of 1% or more of the Common Stock does not sign a lockup agreement with the managing underwriter of a given offering, then there shall be no Lockup Period in effect for such offering pursuant to this Section 12.6. The Parent shall give the Conversion Agent notice of the commencement of any Lock Up Period.

ARTICLE XIII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 13.1 Notices. (a) All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given under this Indenture shall be in English and in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i) on the date of confirmation of receipt, if delivered personally, (ii) on the date of confirmation of receipt (or the first Business Day following such receipt if the date is not a Business Day) of transmission by facsimile or (iii) on the date of confirmation of receipt (or the first Business Day following such receipt if the date is not a Business Day), if delivered by

 

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overnight courier service guaranteeing next day delivery, in each case when received at the following addresses until such time as the parties hereto designate a different or additional address or addresses or facsimile number:

if to the Issuer, Parent and/or any Guarantors:

Central European Distribution Corporation

3000 Atrium Way, Suite 265

Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 U.S.A.

Facsimile: +48 22 455 1810

Attention: Ryan Lee, Chief Financial Officer

with a copy to:

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom (UK) LLP

40 Bank Street

London E14 5DS

United Kingdom

Attention: Scott Simpson, Esq.

if to the Trustee:

U.S. Bank National Association

100 Wall Street, Suite 1600

New York

New York 10005

if to the Polish Security Agent:

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

Winchester House

1 Great Winchester Street

London, EC2N 2DB

United Kingdom

Facsimile: +44 (0) 207 547 6149

Attention: Trust and Security Services

if to the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent, Registrar or Conversion Agent:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust & Agency Services

60 Wall Street, Mailstop NYC60-2710

New York, NY 10005

United States of America

Facsimile: +1 732 578 4635

Attention: Corporates Teams Deal Manager - CEDC

 

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with a copy to:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

c/o Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

Trust & Agency Services

100 Plaza One

Mail Stop JCY03-0699

Jersey City, NJ 07311

Facsimile: +1 732 578 4635

Attention: Corporate Teams Deal Manager - CEDC

if to the Security Agent:

TMF Trustee Limited

Fifth Floor, 6 St. Andrew Street

London, EC4A 3AE England

Facsimile: +44 (0) 207 367 8959

Attention: The Directors

Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to such Person by first-class mail or other equivalent means at such Person’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed.

Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

(b) Notices regarding the Notes will be sent to the Trustee. Notices to Holders will be validly given if mailed to them at their respective addresses in the register of Holders, if any, maintained by the Registrar. In addition, so long as any of the Notes are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange and the rules of such stock exchange so require, notices will be published in a leading newspaper having general circulation in Ireland or, if in the opinion of the Trustee such publication is not practicable, in an English language newspaper having general circulation in Europe. For so long as any Notes are represented by Global Notes, all notices to Holders will be delivered to DTC, as appropriate, each of which will give notice of such notice to the Holders of the Book-Entry Interests. In the case of Definitive Notes, all notices to Holders will be validly given if mailed to them at their respective addresses in the register of the Holders, if any, maintained by the Registrar. Each such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such publication or, if published more than once on different dates, on the first date on which publication is made; provided that, if notices are mailed, such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the later of such publication and the seventh day after being so mailed. Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to such Person by first-class mail or other equivalent means and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

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Section 13.2 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Issuer or any Guarantor to the Trustee or any Agent to take any action under this Indenture or any Security Document, the Issuer or any Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee or such Agent their request:

(a) an Officers’ Certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 13.3 (Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion)) or such Agent, stating that, in the opinion of the signers thereof, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied or complied with; and

(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 13.3 (Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion)) or such Agent, stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture or such Security Document, as applicable, and relating to the proposed action have been satisfied or complied with.

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

Any certificate of an Officer of the Issuer or any Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless such Officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that such Opinion of Counsel with respect to the matters upon which his certificate is based are erroneous. Any Opinion of Counsel may be based, and may state that it is so based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Issuer or any Guarantor stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

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

Section 13.3 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture or any Security Document shall include:

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(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, such Person has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such Person to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Section 13.4 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agents, Registrar. The Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.

Section 13.5 Legal Holidays. If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment may be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

Section 13.6 Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 13.7 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Issuer and the Guarantors irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of and venue in any U.S. federal or New York state court located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, County and State of New York, United States of America, in any legal action, suit or proceeding based on or arising out of or under or in connection with this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees and any related documents, and irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such legal action, suit or proceeding may be determined in any such court. Each of the Issuer and the Guarantors, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrevocably and fully waives the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such legal action, suit or proceeding and hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, New York, 10011, USA (the “Authorized Agent”), as its authorized agent upon whom process may be served in any such legal action, suit or proceeding. The Issuer and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably authorize and direct their Authorized Agent to accept such service. The Issuer and the Guarantors further agree that service of process upon their Authorized Agent and written notice of such service to the Issuer and the Guarantors, as the case may be, as set forth above, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, in any such suit or proceeding. Nothing herein shall affect the right of any person to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. The Issuer and the Guarantors agree that a final action in any such suit or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other lawful manner.

The Issuer and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably waive, to the extent permitted by law, any immunity to jurisdiction to which it may otherwise be entitled (including, without limitation, immunity to pre-judgment attachment, post-judgment attachment and execution) in any legal suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or based on this Indenture, the Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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The provisions of this Section 13.7 are intended to be effective upon the execution of this Indenture and the Notes without any further action by the Issuer and the Guarantors, or the Trustee and the introduction of a true copy of this Indenture into evidence shall be conclusive and final evidence as to such matters.

Section 13.8 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of any of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 13.9 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. No director or member of a supervisory board or analogous board or body, and no officer, employee, incorporator or shareholder of the Issuer, the Parent or any other Guarantor shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer, the Parent or any other Guarantor under the Notes, this Indenture, the Guarantees, the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under U.S. federal securities laws.

Section 13.10 Judgment Currency. U.S. dollars is the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by the Issuer or any Guarantor under the Notes, any Guarantee thereof and this Indenture. Any amount received or recovered in currency other than U.S. dollars in respect of the Notes, whether as a result of any judgment or order or the enforcement thereof or the liquidation of the Issuer or any Guarantor, shall constitute a discharge of the Issuer’s or the Guarantor’s obligation under this Indenture or the Notes, as the case may be, only to the extent of the U.S. dollar amount which the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in other currency in accordance with normal banking procedures on the first Business Day following that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not possible to make that purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is possible to do so). If that U.S. dollar amount is less than the U.S. dollar amount expressed to be due to the recipient under any Note, the Issuer and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, shall indemnify and hold harmless the recipient from and against all loss or damage arising out of, or as a result of, such deficiency. This indemnity shall constitute an obligation separate and independent from the other obligations contained in this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by any Holder or the Trustee from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order for a liquidated sum in respect of an amount due hereunder or under any judgment or order.

Section 13.11 Calculations. Except as otherwise set forth in this Indenture, the Issuer will be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Indenture and the Notes. These calculations include, but are not limited to, accrued interest payable on the Notes and the amount of Conversion Shares. The Issuer will make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on holders of Notes. The

 

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Issuer will provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee and the Agents, and the Trustee and the Agents are entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Issuer’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Issuer’s calculations to any Holder of Notes upon the request of that Holder.

Section 13.12 Additional Information. Copies of this Indenture, the form of Notes and Guarantees the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents (when available) will be made available without charge by writing to Central European Distribution Corporation, Two Bala Plaza, Suite 300, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004, Attention: Company Secretary.

Section 13.13 Successors. All agreements of the Issuer and the Guarantors in this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Security Agents in this Indenture and the Security Documents shall bind their successors.

Section 13.14 Counterpart Originals. All parties hereto may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy or counterpart shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent one and the same agreement.

Section 13.15 Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the provisions hereof shall be enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.

Section 13.16 Table of Contents, Headings, etc. The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 13.17 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 13.18 USA PATRIOT Act Section 326 Customer Identification Program. The parties hereto acknowledge that in order to help the United States government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, pursuant to Federal regulations that became effective on October 1, 2003 (Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act) all financial institutions are required to obtain, verify, record and update information that identifies each person establishing a relationship or opening an account. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide to the Trustee and Agents such information as each may request, from time to time, in order for the Trustee and Agents to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, including but not limited to the name, address, tax identification number and other information that will allow it to identify the individual or entity who is establishing the relationship or opening the account and may also ask for formation documents such as articles of incorporation or other identifying documents to be provided.

 

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Section 13.19 Communication by Holders with Other Holders. Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuer, the Trustee, the Agent, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

Section 13.20 Trust Indenture Act Controls. If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by, or with another provision (an “incorporated provision”) included in this Indenture by operation of, Sections 310 to 318 of the TIA, inclusive, such imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control.

 

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SCHEDULE I TO THE INDENTURE

INITIAL GUARANTORS

 

    

Name

  

Jurisdiction of Incorporation

1

   Bols Hungary Kft.    Hungary

2

   Bravo Premium LLC    Russia

3

   CEDC Finance Corporation, LLC    United States of America

4

   Central European Distribution Corporation    United States of America

5

   CEDC International Sp. z o.o.    Poland

6

   Jelegat Holdings Limited    Cyprus

7

   JSC “Distillery Topaz”    Russia

8

   JSC “Russian Alcohol Group”    Russia

9

   Latchey Limited    Cyprus

10

   Limited Liability Company “The Trading House Russian Alcohol”    Russia

11

   Lion/Rally Lux 1 S.A.    Luxembourg

12

   Lion/Rally Lux 2 S.à.r.l.    Luxembourg

13

   Lion/Rally Lux 3 S.à.r.l.    Luxembourg

14

   Mid-Russian Distilleries    Russia

15

   OOO “First Tula Distilleries”    Russia

16

   OOO “Glavspirttirest”    Russia

17

   Pasalba Limited    Cyprus

18

   ZAO Sibirsky LVZ    Russia

 

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EXHIBIT A

TO THE INDENTURE

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE ISSUER, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY PAYING AGENT WITH THE APPLICABLE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CERTIFICATIONS (GENERALLY, AN INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM W-9 (OR SUCCESSOR APPLICABLE FORM) IN THE CASE OF A PERSON THAT IS A “UNITED STATES PERSON” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7701(A)(30) OF THE CODE OR AN APPLICABLE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM W-8 (OR SUCCESSOR APPLICABLE FORM) IN THE CASE OF A PERSON THAT IS NOT A “UNITED STATES PERSON” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7701 (A)(30) OF THE CODE) MAY RESULT IN U.S. FEDERAL WITHHOLDING TAX OR U.S. FEDERAL BACKUP WITHHOLDING FROM PAYMENTS TO THE HOLDER IN RESPECT OF THIS NOTE.

[in the case of Global Notes, insert:

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (A) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.6(b) OF THE INDENTURE AND (B) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 2.6(b) AND 2.6(f) OF THE INDENTURE TO THE U.S. REGISTRAR FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE.]

 

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CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.

10% Convertible Junior Secured Note due 2018

CUSIP:

ISIN:

No.         $

CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “Issuer”, which term includes any successor corporation), for value received promises to pay Cede & Co. or registered assigns upon surrender hereof the principal sum of $        , subject to such changes as shall be indicated on Schedule A hereof, on April 30, 2018.

Interest Payment Dates: April 30 and October 31, commencing October 31, 2013.

Record Dates: April 15 and October 15 immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

 

CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC., as the Issuer

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Authenticated By:

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

By:   Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Registrar
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.

10% Convertible Junior Secured Note due 2018

(1) Interest. CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate and in the manner specified below. Interest on the Notes will accrue at the rate of 10 percent per annum and will be payable semiannually in arrears on April 30 and October 31, commencing on October 31, 2013. Interest will be payable, at the election of the Issuer (made by delivering an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee and Paying Agent at least three (3) Business Days prior to the beginning of each such interest period), (1) entirely in cash (“Cash Interest”), or (2) by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Notes or by issuing Notes (“PIK Interest”) or (3) with a 25%/75%, 50%/50% or 75%/25% combination of Cash Interest and PIK Interest. In the absence of an interest payment election made by the Issuer as set forth in the preceding sentence, interest on the Notes shall be payable in PIK Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer shall pay the first interest payment in PIK Interest. The Issuer will make each interest payment to the Holders of record on the immediately preceding April 15 and October 15. Interest on the Notes will accrue from (and including) June 1, 2013. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. If the due date for any payment in respect of any Note is not a Business Day at the place in which such payment is due to be paid, the Holder thereof will not be entitled to payment of the amount due until the next succeeding Business Day at such place, and will not be entitled to any further interest or other payment as a result of any such delay.

Any PIK Interest on the Notes will be payable (x) with respect to Notes represented by one or more global Notes registered in the name of, or held by, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its nominee on the relevant Interest Payment Date, by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding global Note by an amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable interest period (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar) as provided in writing by the Issuer to the Trustee and the Paying Agent and (y) with respect to Notes represented by certificated Notes, by issuing Notes in certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable interest period (rounded down to the nearest whole dollar), and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent will, at the written request of the Issuer, authenticate and deliver such PIK Notes in certificated form for original issuance to the holders on the relevant record date, as shown by the records of the register of Holders. Following an increase in the principal amount of any outstanding global Notes as a result of a PIK Payment, such global Note will bear interest on such increased principal amount from and after the date of such PIK Payment. Any PIK Notes issued in certificated form will be dated as of the applicable interest payment date and will bear interest from and after such date. All Notes issued pursuant to a PIK Payment will mature on April 30, 2018 and will be governed by, and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of, the Indenture and shall have the same rights and benefits as the Notes issued on the Issue Date. Any certificated PIK Notes will be issued with the description “PIK” on the face of such PIK Note.

 

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The Issuer shall pay, to the extent such payments are lawful, interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the rate then borne by the Notes plus 1.0% per annum. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

If any definitive registered Notes are issued in the future, principal of, or premium and interest on any such definitive registered Notes will be payable at the office of one or more Paying Agents (as defined below) in New York as maintained for such purposes. In addition, interest on the definitive registered Notes may be paid by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto as shown on the register for the definitive registered Notes.

(2) Withholding Tax Gross Up on Non-U.S. Guarantees. All payments made by any of the non-U.S. Guarantors with respect to any Guarantee will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future Taxes unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required by law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of any jurisdiction in which any non-U.S. Guarantor (including any successor entity), is then incorporated, engaged in business or resident for tax purposes or any jurisdiction by or through which payment is made or any political subdivision thereof or therein (each, a “Tax Jurisdiction”), will at any time be required to be made from, or any Taxes are imposed directly on any Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes on, any payments made by any of the non-U.S. Guarantors with respect to any Guarantee, including payments of principal, redemption price, purchase price, interest or premium, the relevant non-U.S. Guarantor, will pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received and retained in respect of such payments by each Holder (including such additional amounts) after such withholding, deduction or imposition will equal the respective amounts that would have been received and retained in respect of such payments in the absence of such withholding, deduction or imposition; provided, however, that no such additional amounts will be payable with respect to:

(A) any Taxes that would not have been imposed but for the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes being a citizen or resident or national of, incorporated in or carrying on a business, in the relevant Tax Jurisdiction in which such Taxes are imposed other than by the mere acquisition, holding, ownership or disposition of such Note or enforcement or exercise of any rights thereunder or the receipt of payments in respect thereof or any other connection with respect to the Notes;

(B) any Taxes that are imposed or withheld as a result of the failure of the Holder of the Notes or beneficial owner of the Notes to comply with any written request, made to that Holder or beneficial owner in writing at least 90 days before any such withholding or deduction would be payable, by any of the non-U.S. Guarantors (or their agents) to provide timely or accurate information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of such Holder or beneficial owner or to make any valid or timely declaration or similar claim or satisfy any certification, information or other reporting requirement, that is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the relevant Tax Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such Taxes;

 

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(C) any Note presented for payment (where Notes are in the form of Definitive Notes and presentation is required) more than 30 days after the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the Holder (except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such additional amounts had the note been presented on the last day of such 30 day period);

(D) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax or assessment;

(E) any Taxes withheld, deducted or imposed on a payment to an individual and that are required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26 and 27 November 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive;

(F) any Note presented for payment by or on behalf of a Holder of Notes who would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting the relevant Note to another Paying Agent in a European Union Member State;

(G) any Taxes imposed under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder or official governmental interpretations thereof (collectively, “FATCA”), to the extent that such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the failure by a Holder of Notes to (i) comply with applicable reporting and other requirements under FATCA and/or (ii) provide, upon reasonable demand by the Paying Agent, and at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, any form, document or certification required under FATCA, which, if provided, would establish that the payments are exempt from withholding under FATCA; or

(H) any combination of items (A) through (G) above.

(3) Method of Payment. The Issuer shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Issuer shall pay principal and interest in U.S. dollars. Principal of, premium and interest on Notes held in global form will be payable at the corporate office of the Paying Agent. The Paying Agent will, in turn, make such payments to DTC, which will in turn distribute such payments in accordance with its procedures. Principal of, or premium and interest on any Definitive Notes will be payable at the corporate trust office or agency of the Paying Agent in New York, as maintained for such purposes. In addition, interest on the Definitive Notes may be paid by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto as shown on the register for the Definitive Notes. If, for so long as the Notes are listed on the Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange, the rules of such stock exchange so require, the Issuer shall maintain one or more paying agents for the Notes in Dublin, Ireland where the Notes may be presented for payment. Currently the rules of the Irish Stock Exchange do not require an Irish paying agent. Immediately available funds for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note due on any interest payment date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date or any other payment date will be made available to the Paying Agent prior to 10.00 a.m. New York

 

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City time on the Business Day immediately preceding each interest payment date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date or any other payment date to permit the Paying Agent to pay such funds to the holders on such respective dates.

(4) Paying Agent, Transfer Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrars. Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas will act as Paying Agent, Transfer Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar. In the event that a Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar is replaced, the Issuer will provide notice thereof in accordance with Section 13.1 of the Indenture. The Issuer, any Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar for the Notes. The Issuer may change Paying Agent, Transfer Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders but with notice to the Trustee.

(5) Indenture. The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated June 5, 2013 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Paying Agent, Registrar, Transfer Agent and Conversion Agent, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch as Polish Security Agent and TMF Trustee Limited as Security Agent. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer designated as its 10% Convertible Junior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of them. The Notes are senior obligations of the Issuer. The Notes are not limited in aggregate principal amount and PIK Notes may be issued from time to time under the Indenture, in each case subject to the terms of the Indenture; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Notes that will be issued on the Issue Date will not exceed $200 million. Each Holder of the Notes, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture and the Security Documents, as the same may be amended from time to time.

In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the Notes and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control and govern.

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, each Guarantor has unconditionally guaranteed such obligations on a senior basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

(6) Ranking. The Notes will be senior obligations of the Issuer and rank senior in right of payment to all existing and future Indebtedness of the Issuer that is expressly subordinated to the Notes. In addition, the Notes have the benefit of the Guarantees and the Security Documents.

(7) Optional Redemption. The Issuer may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed to the applicable redemption date; provided that any redemption pursuant to this paragraph must be

 

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in minimum increments of at least $20 million in principal amount (or, if there is less than $150 million aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding, the difference between such amount outstanding and $130 million), and provided, further, that any redemption pursuant to this paragraph that would result in there being less than $130 million aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding, must be of all remaining Notes. Any payment of accrued interest pursuant an Optional Redemption shall be made in cash only.

Unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date.

(8) Mandatory Redemption. Within 30 days of the receipt by the Parent, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale, and subject to the prior application of Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale to redeem Senior Secured Notes pursuant to the Senior Secured Notes Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Issuer shall give notice of redemption of the maximum principal amount of the Notes that can be redeemed with 100% of such Net Proceeds less the aggregate amount paid in connection with the mandatory redemption of the Senior Secured Notes required by the indenture governing the Senior Secured Notes (as in effect on the Effective Date) with respect to such Asset Sale, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed to the applicable redemption date. The redemption notice shall provide for redemption upon not less than 30 and not more than 60 days from the date the redemption notice is given.

(9) Selection. If fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee or the Registrar (as the case may be) will select Notes for redemption on a pro rata basis by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion will deem to be fair and appropriate and as required by law or mandatory requirements, rules or regulations of the relevant clearing systems. The Trustee or the Registrar (as the case may be) will not be liable for selections made by it in accordance with this paragraph.

Notes in a principal amount of $1.00 or less cannot be redeemed in part. Notices of redemption will be transmitted at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. Any such redemption or notice may be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent at the Issuer’s discretion.

Except as set forth in the Indenture, if monies sufficient to pay the Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed shall have been deposited with the Paying Agents prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, then, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, interest on the Global Notes or portions of Notes to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the applicable Redemption Date, whether or not such Notes are presented for payment, and the only right of the Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price.

(10) If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that Note will state the portion of the principal amount of that Note that is to be

 

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redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note will be issued in the name of the Holder of Notes upon cancellation of the original Note. Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the redemption price.

(11) Change of Control. If a Change of Control occurs, the Issuer must offer to repurchase all the Notes pursuant to an offer on the terms set forth in the Indenture (“Change of Control Offer”). In the Change of Control Offer, the Issuer will offer a payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”), subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Issuer and the Parent will mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the date (the “Change of Control Payment Date”) specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of the Indenture, compliance by the Issuer and the Parent with the applicable securities laws and regulations will not be deemed to be in breach of their obligations under the Change of Control provisions of the Indenture. Any payment of accrued interest pursuant a Change of Control Payment shall be made in cash only.

(12) Conversion. From December 1, 2014 (the “Initial Conversion Date”) to the Maturity Date, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert its Notes for the number of Common Stock (the “Conversion Shares”) equal to the product of (A) the Share Amount times (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be converted by such holder and the denominator of which is (x) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued on the Issue Date plus (y) the aggregate principal amount of payment-in-kind interest has been paid and/or which would have been paid if no Notes had been redeemed or converted prior to such conversion date. For the purposes of this paragraph, the “Share Amount” shall be the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Percentage (as set forth below) times (x) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such conversion divided by (y) 100% minus the Conversion Percentage (set forth below):

 

Period

   Conversion
Percentage
 

From the Initial Conversion Date through and including December 31, 2015

     20

From January 1, 2016 through and including December 31, 2016

     25

From January 1, 2017 through and including December 31, 2017

     30

From January 1, 2018 through and including the April 30, 2018

     35

any conversion must be with respect to Notes with a minimum aggregate principal amount of $100,000 and in integral denominations of $1.00.

 

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(13) Denominations; Form. The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof.

(14) Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of this Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes, subject to the terms of the Indenture.

(15) Unclaimed Funds. Any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, that has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer upon an Issuer Order or if then held by the Issuer shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, shall thereupon cease. Claims against the Issuer for the payment of principal or interest, if any, on the Notes will become void unless presentment for payment is made (where so required in this Indenture) within, in the case of principal, if any, a period of ten years, or, in the case of interest, a period of five years, in each case from the applicable original payment date therefor.

(16) Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The Issuer and the Guarantors may be discharged from their obligations under the Indenture and the Notes except for certain provisions thereof (“Legal Defeasance”), and may be discharged from their obligations to comply with certain covenants contained in the Indenture (“Covenant Defeasance”), in each case upon satisfaction of certain conditions specified in the Indenture.

(17) Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Notes, any of the Security Documents or the Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), and, subject to certain exceptions, any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Notes, any of the Security Documents or the Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), provided, however, that if any amendment, waiver or other modification will only affect the Notes, only the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (and not the consent of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Notes), shall be required. Without the consent of each Holder of the then outstanding principal amount of Notes, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not: (A) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; (B) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Note or reduce the premium payable upon the redemption or repurchase of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed or repurchased; (C) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any note; (D) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes; (E) make any change in the provisions of the Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults which require the consent of each Holder of the then outstanding principal amount of Notes outstanding; (F) impair the right of any Holder of Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium on, the Notes on or

 

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after the due date therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes; (G) change the ranking of the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security granted under the Security Documents; (H) release any Lien on the Collateral except as permitted by the Indenture and the Security Documents; (I) modify or release any of the Guarantees in any manner materially adverse to the Holders of the Notes other than in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; or (J) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.

Without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and/or the Security Agent may amend or supplement the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents to cure any ambiguity, mistake, omission, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption by a successor Person of the Issuer’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of Notes and Guarantees pursuant to the Indenture, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents of any such Holder in any respect, to conform the text of the Indenture, the Guarantees, the Security Documents, the Intercompany Loans or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of New Secured Notes” in the Offering Memorandum, Consent Solicitation Statement and Disclosure Statement Soliciting Acceptances of a Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization (as amended and supplemented) dated March 8, 2013 relating to the offering of the Notes, to the extent that such provision in such “Description of New Secured Notes” was intended to be a verbatim or substantially verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Notes, to provide for the issuance of PIK Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture and to make such changes as may be required to the Security Documents (and any intercreditor agreement) to accommodate and implement such issuance of PIK Notes, to allow any Subsidiary to execute a supplemental indenture and/or a Guarantee with respect to the Notes or to further secure the Notes, to enter into, amend or supplement any intercreditor agreement with the holder, and/or any agent in respect thereof, of any other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under the Indenture; provided that no such intercreditor agreement shall provide that the Notes or any Guarantee are subordinated to any such Indebtedness or subject to any payment blockage or enforcement standstill or that any Lien securing the Notes or the Guarantees ranks behind any Lien securing such Indebtedness, to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under the Indenture or Security Documents of a successor Trustee or Security Agent pursuant to the requirement thereof, or to the extent necessary to provide for the granting of a security interest for the benefit of any Person (including any release and re-grant of a Lien) and as otherwise contemplated by the Indenture provided that, in each case, such amendment, supplement, modification, extension, renewal, restatement or replacement does not violate such covenant.

(18) Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries to incur additional Indebtedness, make certain distributions and Restricted Payments, create certain Liens, enter into certain transactions with Affiliates and third parties, make certain Asset Sales, and consummate certain mergers and consolidations or sales of all or substantially all assets. The limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions specified in the Indenture. The Issuer must annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.

 

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(19) Successors. When a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the predecessor will be released from those obligations.

(20) Events of Default and Remedies. If an Event of Default specified in clause (xii) of Section 6.1 of the Indenture occurs and is continuing, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest, except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal, interest or premium, if any.

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any Holders of Notes unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, when due, no Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes unless: (A) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing; (B) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy; (C) such Holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense; (D) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and (E) Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes.

(21) Trustee Dealings with the Issuer. The Trustee or any Agent in its respective individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer, its Subsidiaries, or their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or an Agent. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.

(22) No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Issuer, the Parent or any other Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer, the Parent or any other Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Guarantees, the Security Documents or for

 

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any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the U.S. federal securities laws.

(23) Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or Authenticating Agent signs the certificate of authentication on this Note.

(24) Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Indenture are used herein as defined therein.

(25) ISIN and CUSIP Numbers. The Issuer will cause ISIN and CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

(26) Governing Law. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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[In the case of Global Notes, insert:

SCHEDULE A

SCHEDULE OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

The initial principal amount at maturity of this Note shall be $            . The following decreases/increases in the principal amount at maturity of this Note have been made:

 

Date of

Decrease/Increase

 

Decrease in

Principal Amount

at Maturity

 

Increase in

Principal Amount

at Maturity

 

Total Principal

Amount at Maturity
Following such

Decrease/Increase

 

Notation Made by

or on Behalf of

Paying Agent

       
       
       
       
       

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.16 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

 

¨

Section 4.16

If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant 4.16 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

   $
Date:    Your Signature:                                                                                       
   (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
   Tax Identification No.:                                                                            

Signature Guarantee*:

 

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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CONVERSION NOTICE

The undersigned Holder of this Note hereby irrevocably exercises the option to convert this Note, or any portion of the principal amount hereof (which is U.S. $100,000 or an integral multiple of U.S. $1.00 in excess thereof, provided that the unconverted portion of such principal amount is U.S. $2,000 or any integral multiple of U.S. $1.00 in excess thereof) below designated, into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that such shares, and any Notes representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be delivered to and be registered in the name of the undersigned unless a different name has been indicated below. If shares of Common Stock or Notes are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto. Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor Institution with membership in an approved signature guarantee program pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Any amount required to be paid by the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Note.

Dated:

 

 

Signature(s)

Signature(s) guaranteed by:

Dated:

 

 

Signature(s)

 

If shares or Notes are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the Holder, please print such Person’s name and address:

 

(Name)

 

 

(Address)

 

Social Security or other Identification Number, if any

If only a portion of the Notes is to be converted, please indicate:

 

1. Principal amount to be converted: U.S. $

 

2. Principal amount and denomination of Notes representing unconverted principal amount to be issued:

Amount: U.S. $         Denominations: U.S. $        

(U.S. $100,000 or any integral multiple of U.S. $1.00 in excess thereof, provided that the unconverted portion of such principal amount is U.S. $2,000).

 

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Notes surrendered for conversion between the period from 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any regular record date to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately following interest payment date, must be accompanied by funds equal to the amount of interest payable on the Notes so converted; provided that no such payment need be made:

(i) for conversions following the record date immediately preceding the maturity date; or

(ii) to the extent of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to such Note.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint                      agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                      Your Signature:                                                                                               

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

 

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EXHIBIT B

TO THE INDENTURE

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

This Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [                    ] (this “Supplemental Indenture”), among [name of additional Guarantor] (the “Additional Guarantor”), CEDC Finance Corporation International, Inc. (together with its successors and assigns, the “Issuer”), Central European Distribution Corporation (the “Parent”), the entities listed on Schedule I hereto as the existing Guarantors (the “Guarantors”, to the extent then a Guarantor), U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Registrar, Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Conversion Agent, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as Polish Security Agent and TMF Trustee Limited as Security Agent each under the Indenture referred to below.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Parent, the other Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Transfer Agents, the Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent, the Polish Security Agent, and the Security Agent have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of [                    ] (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000 of 10% Convertible Junior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that Persons are required to become Guarantors under certain conditions and circumstances;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Indenture, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent, the Paying Agent, the Polish Security Agent and the Security Agent are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, to add Guarantees with respect to the Notes;

WHEREAS, each party hereto has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture and has done all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement in accordance with its terms;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Additional Guarantor, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent, the Paying Agent, the Polish Security Agent and the Security Agent mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

 

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ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the term “Holders” in this Supplemental Indenture shall refer to the term “Holders” as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee, the Polish Security Agent and the Security Agent acting on behalf or for the benefit of such holders. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

ARTICLE II

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND; GUARANTEE

Section 2.1. Agreement to Be Bound. The Additional Guarantor hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Guarantor and as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture. The Additional Guarantor agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Guarantor and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.

Section 2.2. Guarantee. Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Additional Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably Guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each of the other Guarantors, on a senior secured basis to each Holder of a Note authenticated by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent and to the Trustee, Polish Security Agent and Security Agent and each of their successors and assigns the full and prompt performance, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, of all of the Issuer’s obligations (including the Parallel Obligations) under the Indenture and the Notes, including the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders, the Trustee, the Polish Security Agent and the Security Agent under the Indenture and the Notes pursuant to Article X of the Indenture.

ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 3.1. Notices. All notices and other communications to the Additional Guarantor shall be given as provided in the Indenture to the Additional Guarantor, at its address set forth below, with a copy to the Issuer as provided in the Indenture for notices to the Issuer.

Section 3.2. Parties. Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders, the Trustee, the Polish Security Agent and the Security Agent, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.

 

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Section 3.3. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

Section 3.4. Severability Clause. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.

Section 3.5. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. None of the Trustee, the Security Agent, the Polish Security Agent or any other Agent makes any representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 3.6. Counterparts. The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

Section 3.7. Headings. The headings of the Articles and the sections in this Supplemental Indenture are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.

Section 3.8. Successors. All covenants and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 3.9. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for the convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section 3.10. Trustee, Security Agent and Polish Security Agent. The Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals have been made solely by the Issuer and the Guarantors. The Issuer and the Guarantors shall reimburse the Trustee, the Security Agent and the Polish Security Agent to the same extent as under Section 7.6 of the Indenture for any disbursements, expenses and advances (including reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) incurred by the Trustee, the Security Agent and/or the Polish Security Agent arising out of or in connection with its execution and performance of this Supplemental Indenture. This provision shall survive the final payment in full of the Notes and the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the Security Agent and/or the Polish Security Agent.

 

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

 

[NAME OF ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR],
as a Guarantor

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC., as the Issuer

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, as the Parent

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Exh. B-4


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Registrar, Transfer Agent, Paying Agent, and Conversion Agent

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH,
as Polish Security Agent

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

TMF TRUSTEE LIMITED,
as Security Agent

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Exh. B-5


SCHEDULE I

TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE GUARANTORS

 

NAME

 

JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION

 
 

 

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