0001047469-20-001324.txt : 20200309 0001047469-20-001324.hdr.sgml : 20200309 20200309170622 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001047469-20-001324 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-1 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 61 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200309 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200309 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Amcor plc CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001748790 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES [3990] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: Y9 FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-1 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-237037 FILM NUMBER: 20698747 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 83 TOWER ROAD NORTH CITY: WARMLEY, BRISTOL STATE: X0 ZIP: BS30 8XP BUSINESS PHONE: 44 117 9753200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 83 TOWER ROAD NORTH CITY: WARMLEY, BRISTOL STATE: X0 ZIP: BS30 8XP FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ARCTIC JERSEY Ltd DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20180801 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMCOR LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000869428 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES [3990] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: C3 FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-1 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-237037-01 FILM NUMBER: 20698743 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 679 VICTORIA STREET CITY: ABBOTSFORD VICTORIA STATE: C3 ZIP: 3067 BUSINESS PHONE: 61392269000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: GPO BOX 1643N STREET 2: MELBOURNE, VICTORIA CITY: AUSTRALIA STATE: C3 ZIP: 3001 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BEMIS CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000011199 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CONVERTED PAPER & PAPERBOARD PRODS (NO CONTAINERS/BOXES) [2670] IRS NUMBER: 430178130 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-1 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-237037-02 FILM NUMBER: 20698744 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2301 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE CITY: NEENAH STATE: WI ZIP: 54956 BUSINESS PHONE: (920) 727-4100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2301 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE CITY: NEENAH STATE: WI ZIP: 54956 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001804850 IRS NUMBER: 954559504 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-1 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-237037-03 FILM NUMBER: 20698745 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2801 SW 149TH AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 350 CITY: MIRAMAR STATE: FL ZIP: 33027 BUSINESS PHONE: 9544994803 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2801 SW 149TH AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 350 CITY: MIRAMAR STATE: FL ZIP: 33027 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Amcor UK Finance PLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001805005 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-1 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-237037-04 FILM NUMBER: 20698746 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 83 TOWER NORTH ROAD CITY: WARMLEY, BRISTOL STATE: X0 ZIP: BS30 8XP BUSINESS PHONE: 441179753200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 83 TOWER NORTH ROAD CITY: WARMLEY, BRISTOL STATE: X0 ZIP: BS30 8XP S-1 1 a2240897zs-1.htm S-1

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020

Registration No. 333-            


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



Bemis Company, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant issuer and guarantor as specified in its charter)



Missouri
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  2670
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  43-0178130
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

2301 Industrial Drive,
Neenah, Wisconsin 54956
United States of America
+1 920 527 5500

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)



Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.
(Exact name of registrant issuer and guarantor as specified in its charter)



Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  3990
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  95-4559504
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

2801 SW 149th Avenue, Suite 350,
Miramar, Florida 33027
United States of America
+1 954 499 4800

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)



See Table of Additional Registrant Guarantors Below



Robert Mermelstein
President
Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.
2801 SW 149th Avenue, Suite 350,
Miramar, Florida 33027
United States of America
+1 954 499 4800

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

with copies to:
Mimma Barila
Sidley Austin
Level 10, 7 Macquarie Place
Sydney, New South Wales 2000
Australia
+61 2 8214 2200



Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement is declared effective.

             If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box:    ý

             If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    o

             If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    o

             If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    o

             Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer ý   Smaller reporting company o

Emerging growth company o

             If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.    o

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

               
 
Title of Each Class of Securities
to be Registered

  Amount to be
Registered

  Proposed maximum
offering price per
note

  Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price(1)

  Amount of
registration fee

 

4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 of Bemis Company, Inc. 

  $346,652,000   100%   $346,652,000   $44,995.43
 

Guarantees of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021(2)

        —(3)
 

3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Bemis Company, Inc. 

  $293,200,000   100%   $293,200,000   $38,057.36
 

Guarantees of 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026(2)

        —(3)
 

3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. 

  $591,266,000   100%   $591,266,000   $76,746.33
 

Guarantees of 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026(2)

        —(3)
 

4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. 

  $497,508,000   100%   $497,508,000   $64,576.54
 

Guarantees of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028(2)

              —(3)

 

(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(f) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(2)
Bemis Company, Inc. fully and unconditionally guarantees the 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 and the 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 and Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. fully and unconditionally guarantees the 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 and the 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026.

See inside facing page for additional registrant guarantors, all of which are guarantors of each series of notes.

(3)
In accordance with Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act, no separate registration fee for the guarantees is payable.



             The registrants hereby amend this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrants shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.


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TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANT GUARANTORS

Exact Name of Additional
Registrant as Specified in its Charter*
  State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization
  I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.
Amcor plc   Jersey (Channel Islands)   98-1455367
Amcor UK Finance PLC   England and Wales   Not Applicable
Amcor Pty Ltd   Australia   Not Applicable

*
The address for the principal executive office of Amcor plc and Amcor UK Finance PLC is 83 Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol BS30 8XP, United Kingdom and the telephone number of that principal executive office is +44 117 9753200. The address for Amcor Pty Ltd's principal executive office is Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia and the telephone number of Amcor Pty Ltd's principal executive office is +61 3 9226 9000. The primary standard industrial classification code number of each additional registrant is 3990.

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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED March 9, 2020

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

LOGO

Bemis Company, Inc.   Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

OFFERS TO EXCHANGE
Any and all outstanding $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 of Bemis Company, Inc.
for
Up to $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 of Bemis Company, Inc. that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933
and
Any and all outstanding $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Bemis Company, Inc.
for
Up to $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Bemis Company, Inc. that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

 

OFFERS TO EXCHANGE
Any and all outstanding $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.
for
Up to $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933
and
Any and all outstanding $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.
for
Up to $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

These exchange offers will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                    , 2020, unless extended.

            This prospectus relates to the separate Exchange Offers (as defined below) being made by Bemis Company, Inc. ("Bemis") and Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. ("AFUI," and, together with Bemis, the "Issuers"), as applicable. Bemis has issued $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 (the "Existing 2021 Notes") and $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the "Existing Bemis 2026 Notes" and, together with the Existing 2021 Notes, the "Existing Bemis Notes") and AFUI has issued $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the "Existing AFUI 2026 Notes") and $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (the "Existing 2028 Notes" and, together with the Existing AFUI 2026 Notes, the "Existing AFUI Notes"), in each case in private placement transactions. Amcor plc, Amcor Pty Ltd (formerly known as Amcor Limited) , AFUI and Amcor UK Finance PLC ("Amcor UK") each fully and unconditionally guarantee the Existing 2021 Notes and the Existing Bemis 2026 Notes; Amcor plc, Amcor Pty Ltd , Bemis and Amcor UK each fully and unconditionally guarantee the Existing AFUI 2026 Notes and the Existing 2028 Notes.

            Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus, Bemis is offering to exchange up to $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of a new issue of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 (the "New 2021 Notes") and up to $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of a new issue of 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the "New Bemis 2026 Notes" and, together with the New 2021 Notes, the "New Bemis Notes") and the respective related guarantees as described below, for an equal principal amount of the corresponding series of Existing 2021 Notes and Existing Bemis 2026 Notes and the respective related guarantees. AFUI is offering to exchange up to $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of a new issue of 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the "New AFUI 2026 Notes") and up to $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of a new issue of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (the "New 2028 Notes" and, together with the New AFUI 2026 Notes, the "New AFUI Notes" and, together with the New Bemis Notes, the "New Notes") and the respective related guarantees as described below, for an equal principal amount of the corresponding series of Existing AFUI 2026 Notes and Existing 2028 Notes and the respective related guarantees. We refer to (i) each offer to exchange as an "Exchange Offer" and collectively as the "Exchange Offers"; (ii) the Existing Bemis Notes and the Existing AFUI Notes, collectively, as the "Existing Notes"; and (iii) the New Notes together with the Existing Notes as the "Notes."

            The New Notes will be unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the applicable Issuer and will rank equally with the applicable Issuer's existing and future unsubordinated debt. The New Bemis Notes will be guaranteed on a joint and several basis (the "Bemis Guarantees") by Amcor plc, Amcor Pty Ltd, AFUI and Amcor UK (each, a "Bemis Guarantor" and collectively, the "Bemis Guarantors"). The New AFUI Notes will be guaranteed on a joint and several basis (the "AFUI Guarantees" and, together with the Bemis Guarantees, the "Guarantees") by Amcor plc, Amcor Pty Ltd, Bemis and Amcor UK (each, an "AFUI Guarantor" and collectively, the "AFUI Guarantors" and, together with the Bemis Guarantors, the "Guarantors"). The Guarantees will be unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Guarantors and will rank equally with all existing and future unsubordinated debt of each Guarantor.

    Each Issuer will exchange New Notes of each series issued by it for any and all of the outstanding Existing Notes of the corresponding series that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to the expiration or termination of the applicable Exchange Offer being made by this prospectus.

    You may withdraw, no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date (as defined herein) of the applicable Exchange Offer, any Existing Notes that you have tendered in the applicable Exchange Offer.

    Each Exchange Offer is subject to certain customary conditions that may be waived by the applicable Issuer.

    The terms of each series of New Notes are substantially identical to those of the corresponding series of Existing Notes, except that the New Notes of each series are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the transfer restrictions, registration rights and related additional interest provisions applicable to the corresponding series of Existing Notes will not apply to the New Notes of such series. Each series of New Notes will also have a separate CUSIP number from that of the Existing Notes of the corresponding series.

    The exchange of Existing Notes for New Notes will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See "Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations" for more information.

    Neither the Issuers nor the Guarantors will receive any proceeds from the Exchange Offers.

    If you do not exchange your Existing Notes for New Notes in the Exchange Offers, your Existing Notes will remain outstanding and will continue to accrue interest but will remain subject to restrictions on transfers.

            Each broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account pursuant to an Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Notes. By so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of New Notes received in exchange for Existing Notes where such Existing Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. Each Issuer and the applicable Guarantors have agreed that, starting on the date of completion of an applicable Exchange Offer and ending on the close of business 180 days after such completion, they will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See "Plan of Distribution".

            No public market exists for the New Notes or the Existing Notes. Neither the New Notes nor the Existing Notes will be listed on any securities exchange or included in any quotation system.

            Exchanging your outstanding Existing Notes for New Notes involves risks, including those described in the "Risk Factors" section beginning on page 23 of this prospectus.

            Except where the context indicates otherwise, references to the Notes, include the related Guarantees (as defined herein).

            There are no guaranteed delivery procedures available in connection with the Exchange Offers. Accordingly, holders of Existing Notes must deliver or cause their Existing Notes and all other required documentation to be delivered to the Exchange Agent in accordance with the procedures described in this prospectus prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date for the related Exchange Offer.

            Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

   

The date of this prospectus is                    , 2020.


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        You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We have not authorized any person to provide you with different or inconsistent information. If any person provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not making any offer to exchange, nor are we soliciting any offer to tender or exchange, Existing Notes for New Notes in any jurisdiction where or to any person to whom the offer or exchange is not permitted. You should assume that the information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus and that the information in any document incorporated by reference into this prospectus was accurate only as of the date of such document. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

        We are not providing you with any legal, business, regulatory, accounting, tax or other advice in this prospectus. You should consult with your own advisors to assist you in making your investment decision and to advise you whether you are legally permitted to exchange your outstanding Existing Notes for New Notes in the Exchange Offers.

        This prospectus incorporates important business and financial information about us that is not included in or delivered with this prospectus. We will provide this information to you at no charge upon written or oral request directed to: Amcor plc, Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia, Attention: Investor Relations, Telephone: +61 3 9226 9000.

        This prospectus contains descriptions of certain provisions of some of the documents relating to the New Notes and the Exchange Offers, including each indenture governing the Existing Notes of a particular series, which indenture will also govern the New Notes of that series. These summaries are not and do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the provisions of such documents, copies of which have been filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or as exhibits to documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and which may be obtained as described under "Where You Can Find More Information" and "Incorporation by Reference."

        Unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise, references in this prospectus to "Amcor," "we," "us" and "our" and similar expressions refer to, collectively, Amcor plc and its subsidiaries, including Bemis, AFUI, Amcor Pty Ltd and Amcor UK.

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ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

        AFUI is a corporation formed in the United States under Delaware law. Bemis is a corporation formed in the United States under Missouri law. Amcor Pty Ltd is an entity organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia, Amcor plc is a company organized under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey and Amcor UK is a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales. The directors and officers of Bemis are primarily resident in the United States and the directors and officers of AFUI are primarily resident in the United States and Switzerland but most of the directors and officers of Amcor plc, Amcor Pty Ltd and Amcor UK reside outside the United States, principally in Australia, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. A substantial portion of the assets of these entities, and the assets of the directors and officers are located outside the United States. Therefore, you may not be able to effect service of process within the United States upon these entities or persons so that you may enforce judgments of United States courts against them in the United States based on the civil liability provisions of the United States federal securities laws. In addition, there are doubts as to the enforceability in Australia, Jersey or England and Wales in original actions or in actions for enforcement of judgments of United States courts, of civil liabilities based on United States federal securities laws. Also, judgments of United States courts (whether or not such judgments relate to United States federal securities laws) may or will not be enforceable in Australia, Jersey or the United Kingdom in certain other circumstances, including, among others, where the relevant proceedings were not commenced within the relevant limitation period, where such judgments are contrary to local public policy, statute, rules of natural justice or general principles of fairness or are obtained by fraud, are obtained in circumstances where the judgment debtor did not receive notice of the proceedings in sufficient time to enable the judgment debtor to defend, are not for a fixed or readily ascertainable sum, are not between identical parties and in the same interest, are rendered by a court that did not have jurisdiction according to the private international law rules of the local court, are subject to appeal, dismissal, reversal, setting aside or stay of execution or otherwise not final and conclusive, involve multiple or punitive damages, are in respect of taxes or any revenue law (including for any fiscal penalty) or fine or other penalty or foreign governmental interests or where there has been a prior judgment in another court between the same parties concerning the same issues as are dealt with in the judgment.

        Each of (i) the Indentures (as defined herein), (ii) the New Notes and (iii) the Guarantees will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. Each of the Issuers and Guarantors, as applicable, has appointed CT Corporation as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any action or proceeding arising out of or based upon the Indentures, the New Notes or the Guarantees that may be instituted in any United States federal or state court having subject matter jurisdiction in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and has irrevocably submitted to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

        This prospectus, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, contain certain estimates, predictions, and other "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). Forward-looking statements are generally identified with words like "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "target," "may," "will," "plan," "project," "should," "continue," "outlook," "approximately," "would," "could," or the negative thereof or other similar expressions, or discussion of future goals or aspirations, which are predictions of or indicate future events and trends and which do not relate to historical matters. Such statements are based on information available to us as of the time of such statements and relate to, among other things, expectations of the business environment in which we operate, projections of future performance (financial and otherwise), including those of acquired companies, perceived opportunities in the market and statements regarding our strategy and vision.

        Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which may cause actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from anticipated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those expected include, but are not limited to:

    we are exposed to changes in consumer demand patterns and customer requirements in numerous industries;

    the loss of key customers, a reduction in their production requirements or consolidation among key customers which could have a significant adverse impact on our sales revenue and profitability;

    significant competition in the industries and regions in which we operate, which could adversely affect our business;

    the failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisition of Bemis;

    the failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of Bemis in the expected time frame may adversely affect our future results;

    we may be unable to expand our current business effectively through either organic growth, including by product innovation, or acquisitions;

    challenges to or the loss of our intellectual property rights which could have an adverse impact on our ability to compete effectively;

    challenging current and future global economic conditions which have had, and may continue to have, a negative impact on our business operations and financial results;

    our international operations subject us to various risks that could adversely affect our business operations and financial results;

    price fluctuations or shortages in the availability of raw materials, energy and other inputs which could adversely affect our business;

    we are subject to production, supply and other commercial risks, including counterparty credit risks, which may be exacerbated in times of economic downturn;

    a failure in our information technology systems which could negatively affect our business;

    if we are unable to attract and retain key personnel, we may be adversely affected;

    we are subject to costs and liabilities related to current and future environmental and health and safety laws and regulations that could adversely affect our business;

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    we are subject to the risk of labor disputes, which could adversely affect our business;

    our financing agreements will need to be renegotiated if the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") ceases to exist;

    we are exposed to foreign exchange rate risk;

    an increase in interest rates could reduce our reported results of operations;

    a downgrade in our credit rating could increase our borrowing costs and negatively affect our financial condition and results of operations;

    failure to hedge effectively against adverse fluctuations in interest rates and foreign exchange rates could negatively impact our results of operations;

    a significant write-down of goodwill and/or other intangible assets would have a material adverse effect on our reported results of operations and net worth;

    significant demands have been placed on our financial controls and reporting systems as a result of the acquisition of Bemis;

    if we fail to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting in the future, we may not be able to accurately report our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, which may adversely affect investor confidence in us and, as a result, the value of our common stock;

    our insurance policies, including our use of a captive insurance company, may not provide adequate protection against all of the risks we face;

    litigation or regulatory developments which could adversely affect our business operations and financial performance;

    changing government regulations in environmental, health, and safety matters which may adversely affect our company;

    our success is dependent on our ability to develop and successfully introduce new products and to develop, acquire and retain intellectual property rights;

    the impact of the recent 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak or other similar outbreaks on our business; and

    other risks and factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2019, our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our Current Reports on Form 8-K (including our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 9, 2020).

        You are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made and, other than as required by law, we do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any of these forward-looking statements after the date they are made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

        All forward-looking statements, express or implied, included in this prospectus and the documents we incorporate by reference and attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. This cautionary statement should also be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue.

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SUMMARY

        This summary highlights information about us, the New Notes being offered by this prospectus and the Exchange Offers being made hereby. This summary is not complete and does not contain all of the information that you should consider prior to deciding whether or not to exchange your Existing Notes for New Notes. For a more complete understanding of Amcor, the New Notes and the Exchange Offers being made hereby, we encourage you to read this prospectus, as well as the documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus, in their entirety.


Overview

        Amcor plc was incorporated on July 31, 2018 under the name "Arctic Jersey Limited" as a limited company under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey, in order to effect the acquisition of Bemis (the "Bemis Acquisition"), a global manufacturer of flexible packaging products, by Amcor Pty Ltd (then known as Amcor Limited). On October 10, 2018, Arctic Jersey Limited was renamed "Amcor plc" and became a public limited company incorporated under the Laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey. Upon incorporation and until the completion of the Bemis Acquisition, Amcor plc was a subsidiary of Amcor Pty Ltd.

        On June 11, 2019, the Bemis Acquisition was completed pursuant to the definitive merger agreement (the "Agreement") between Amcor Pty Ltd and Bemis dated August 6, 2018. In accordance with the terms of the Agreement, Bemis's shareholders received 5.1 shares of Amcor plc for each share of Bemis stock and Amcor Pty Ltd's shareholders received one Amcor plc CHESS Depositary Instrument ("CDI") for each share of Amcor Pty Ltd's stock issued and outstanding and Bemis and Amcor Pty Ltd became wholly-owned subsidiaries of Amcor plc. Upon completion of the transaction, Amcor plc's shares were registered with the SEC and traded on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") under the symbol "AMCR" and the CDI's representing Amcor plc's shares on the Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX") are traded under the symbol "AMC." In addition, Amcor Pty Ltd's shares were delisted from the ASX and Bemis's shares were delisted from the NYSE. In order to satisfy certain regulatory approvals in connection with the Bemis Acquisition, the company was required to divest three of Bemis's medical packaging facilities located in the United Kingdom and Ireland ("EC Remedy") and three Amcor medical packaging facilities in the United States ("U.S. Remedy"). The company completed the sale of U.S. Remedy in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019 and, on August 8, 2019, the company completed the sale of EC Remedy (together with the sale of U.S. Remedy, the "Remedy Sales").

        Amcor is a global packaging company with total sales of approximately $9.5 billion in fiscal year 2019 (including only 20 days of Bemis's sales from June 11, 2019 to June 30, 2019). Pro forma the Bemis Acquisition and the Remedy Sales, Amcor had total sales of approximately $13 billion in fiscal year 2019. We employ approximately 50,000 people across approximately 250 sites in more than 40 countries, and are a leader in developing and producing a broad range of packaging products including flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons and closures. In fiscal year 2019, the majority of sales were made to the defensive food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical device home and personal care, and other consumer goods end markets. As a result of the Bemis Acquisition, Amcor gained Bemis's significant positions in consumer packaging in North America and Brazil.

        Amcor has a long history of growth in its core businesses, which has been derived from both organic and acquisition sources. Amcor's inorganic growth through acquisitions has facilitated its expansion into new geographies and industries. In the last ten years, Amcor has completed several acquisitions ranging from small business to larger-scale company acquisitions. The transactions which have had a material impact on Amcor's business portfolio in recent years include the acquisitions of Alcan Packaging in February 2010, Ball Plastics Packaging in August 2010, Alusa in June 2016 and the Bemis Acquisition. In an effort to enhance shareholder value, the company also demerged its

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Australasia and Packaging Distribution business in December 2013 to enable Amcor to increase its focus and better pursue its growth agenda and strategic priorities.

Business Strategy

Strategy

        Our strategy consists of three components: a focused portfolio, differentiated capabilities, and our aspiration to be THE leading global packaging company. To fulfill our aspiration, we are determined to win for our customers, employees, shareholders and the environment.

Focused portfolio

        Our portfolio of businesses share some important characteristics:

    a focus on primary packaging for fast-moving consumer goods,

    good industry structure,

    attractive relative growth, and

    multiple paths for us to win from our leadership position, scale and other competitive advantages.

        These criteria have led us to the focused portfolio of strong businesses we have today across flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons, and closures.

Differentiated capabilities

        'The Amcor Way' describes the capabilities deployed consistently across Amcor that enable us to get leverage across our portfolio: Talent, Commercial Excellence, Operational Leadership, Innovation, and Cash and Capital Discipline.

Segment Information

Flexibles Segment

        The Flexibles Segment develops and supplies flexible packaging globally. With approximately 43,000 employees at 190 facilities in 38 countries as of June 30, 2019, the Flexibles Segment is one of the world's largest suppliers of plastic, aluminum and fiber based flexible packaging. In fiscal year 2019, Flexibles accounted for approximately 70% of our consolidated net sales. Pro forma the Bemis Acquisition and the Remedy Sales, in fiscal year 2019, Flexibles accounted for approximately 78% of our consolidated net sales.

Rigid Packaging Segment

        The Rigid Packaging Segment is one of the world's largest manufacturers of rigid plastic containers and related products. As of June 30, 2019, the Rigid Packaging Segment employed approximately 6,000 employees at 60 facilities in 12 countries. In fiscal year 2019, Rigid Packaging accounted for approximately 30% of our consolidated net sales. Pro forma the Bemis Acquisition and the Remedy Sales, in fiscal year 2019, Rigid Packaging accounted for approximately 22% of our consolidated net sales.

Corporate Information

        Amcor plc's principal executive offices are located at 83 Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol BS30 8XP, United Kingdom and its telephone number is +44 117 9753200. Bemis is a Missouri

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corporation and a 100%-owned subsidiary of Amcor plc. Bemis' principal executive offices are located at 2301 Industrial Drive, Neenah, WI 54956, United States and its telephone number is +1 920 527 5500. AFUI is a Delaware corporation and a 100%-owned subsidiary of Amcor plc. AFUI's principal executive offices are located at 2801 SW 149th Avenue, Suite 350, Miramar, FL 33027, United States and its telephone number is +1 954 499 4800. Our website is www.amcor.com. Information contained on or accessible through our website is not a part of this prospectus, other than documents that Amcor plc files with the SEC and incorporates by reference into this prospectus. Additional information about us is included in documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus. See "Where You Can Find More Information" and "Incorporation By Reference."

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Summary Description of the Exchange Offers

        The following is a description of some of the terms of the Exchange Offers. The following information is provided solely for your convenience, is not complete and does not contain all of the information that you need to consider in deciding whether or not to exchange your Existing Notes for New Notes. You should read the information appearing in this prospectus under the captions "Risk Factors," "The Exchange Offers," "Description of the New Notes," "Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations" and "Plan of Distribution," as well as the other information contained in and incorporated by reference into this prospectus, for additional information concerning the terms of the Exchange Offers and the New Notes and the risks of investing in the New Notes.

Background; Existing Notes

  In connection with the completion of certain private exchange offers, on June 13, 2019, Bemis issued $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 (the "Existing 2021 Notes") and $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the "Existing Bemis 2026 Notes") and AFUI issued $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the "Existing AFUI 2026 Notes") and $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (the "Existing 2028 Notes"), each of which series of notes was not registered under the Securities Act, and which, collectively, we refer to in this prospectus as the "Existing Notes."

 

Accordingly, in connection with the issuance of each series of Existing Notes, on June 13, 2019, the applicable Issuer and the applicable Guarantors entered into a registration rights agreement (each a "Registration Rights Agreement" and, collectively, the "Registration Rights Agreements") with the dealer managers for the private exchange offers, with respect to such series of Existing Notes. We are making the Exchange Offers in order to satisfy our obligations under the Registration Rights Agreements.

The Exchange Offers

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, Bemis is offering to exchange up to $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 that have been registered under the Securities Act (the "New 2021 Notes") for an equal principal amount of the Existing 2021 Notes (CUSIPs: 081437AM7; 081437AN5; U07321AG4; and U07321AH2) and up to $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 that have been registered under the Securities Act (the "New Bemis 2026 Notes") for an equal principal amount of the Existing Bemis 2026 Notes (CUSIPs: 081437AP0; 081437AQ8; and U07321AJ8).

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On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, AFUI is offering to exchange up to $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 that have been registered under the Securities Act (the "New AFUI 2026 Notes") for an equal principal amount of the Existing AFUI 2026 Notes (CUSIPs: 02343UAC9; 02343UAD7; U02411AC7; and U02411AD5) and up to $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 that have been registered under the Securities Act (the "New 2028 Notes" and, together with the New 2021 Notes, the New Bemis 2026 Notes and the New AFUI 2026 Notes, the "New Notes") for an equal principal amount of the Existing 2028 Notes (CUSIPs: 02343UAE5; U02411AE3; and U02411AF0).

 

The terms of each series of New Notes are substantially identical to those of the corresponding series of Existing Notes, except that the New Notes have been registered under the Securities Act, will not be subject to the transfer restrictions applicable to the Existing Notes, will not be entitled to the payment of additional interest provided for in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement, will not be entitled to registration rights or (subject to possible limited exceptions) other rights under the applicable Registration Rights Agreement, and the first interest payment date for and date from which interest will accrue on the New Notes of a series will be different from these applicable to the Existing Notes of that series. Each series of New Notes will also have a separate CUSIP number from that of the Existing Notes of the corresponding series. We sometimes refer to the New Notes and Existing Notes as, collectively, the "Notes" or, individually, a "Note." Except where the context indicates otherwise, references to the Notes, include the related Guarantees.

 

The Existing Bemis Notes were issued and the New Bemis Notes will be issued under an indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the "Bemis Notes Indenture"), among Bemis, as issuer, the Bemis Guarantors, as guarantors, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the "Trustee"). The Existing AFUI Notes were issued and the New AFUI Notes will be issued under an indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the "AFUI Notes Indenture"), among AFUI, as issuer, the AFUI Guarantors, as guarantors, and the Trustee. We refer to the Bemis Notes Indenture and the AFUI Notes Indenture together, as the "Indentures" and each, an "Indenture". The New Notes of a particular series and any Existing Notes of that series that remain outstanding after the related Exchange Offer will constitute a single series of notes under the Indenture for that series.

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Expiration Date

 

Each Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on            , 2020 (which is the 21st business day following the date of this prospectus), unless extended or terminated in the applicable Issuer's sole and absolute discretion (which right is subject to applicable law). The term "Expiration Date" means            , 2020, except that if an Issuer, in its sole and absolute discretion, extends the period of time during which an applicable Exchange Offer is open, "Expiration Date" shall mean, with respect to that Exchange Offer, the latest date to which that Exchange Offer has been extended. For further information, see "The Exchange Offers—Terms of the Exchange Offers; Period for Tendering Existing Notes."

Settlement Date

 

The settlement date for each Exchange Offer (the "Settlement Date") will be promptly following the Expiration Date for such Exchange Offer and is expected to be within two business days after such Expiration Date.

Representations by Tendering Holders

 

By tendering your Existing Notes, you will acknowledge, represent and warrant to and agree with the applicable Issuer, the applicable Guarantors, the Exchange Agent and the Trustee that, among other things:

 

you are not an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors;

 

any New Notes you receive in the Exchange Offers will be acquired by you in the ordinary course of your business;

 

you have no arrangement or understanding with any person to engage in, and you are not engaged in and do not intend to engage in, the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the New Notes in violation of the Securities Act;

 

you are not a broker-dealer that will receive New Notes in the Exchange Offers in exchange for Existing Notes that you purchased from the applicable Issuer for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act; and

 

if you are a broker-dealer that will receive New Notes for your own account in the Exchange Offers in exchange for Existing Notes that you acquired as a result of your market-making or other trading activities, you acknowledge that you will deliver (or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, make available) a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act to purchasers in connection with any resale of the New Notes you receive. For further information, see "Plan of Distribution."

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By tendering your Existing Notes, you will be deemed to make these and other acknowledgements, representations, warranties and agreements. For further information, see "The Exchange Offers—Representations, Warranties and Covenants by Tendering Owners" and "The Exchange Offers—Resales of New Notes."

Conditions to the Exchange Offers

 

Each Exchange Offer is subject to certain customary conditions, which may be waived by the applicable Issuer. No Exchange Offer is conditioned on the completion of any other Exchange Offer. In addition, an Issuer may amend the terms of an Exchange Offer without a corresponding amendment being made to the terms of any other Exchange Offer. For further information, see "The Exchange Offers—Conditions to the Exchange Offers."

Procedures for Tendering the Existing Notes

 

The Existing Notes are currently in book-entry form and represented by global Existing Notes (the "Global Existing Notes") registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") or its nominee. Accordingly, you must tender your Existing Notes pursuant to DTC's Automated Tender Offer Program ("ATOP") for which the Exchange Offers are eligible and comply with the other procedures described in this prospectus.

 

If you wish to tender your Existing Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer, you must, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date (i) transmit your acceptance of the applicable Exchange Offer (or cause same to be transmitted) through ATOP, (ii) transfer or cause your Existing Notes to be transferred through ATOP to the Exchange Agent's account at DTC established for purposes of the applicable Exchange Offer and (iii) cause DTC to transmit to the Exchange Agent an electronic confirmation of such transfer (a "Book-Entry Confirmation") that includes a message (an "Agent's Message") stating (i) the aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes that the applicable DTC participant has tendered on your behalf pursuant to the applicable Exchange Offer, (ii) that DTC has received from the tendering DTC participant an express acknowledgment that such participant has received a copy of this prospectus and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in this prospectus and (iii) that the applicable Issuer may enforce such agreement against the tendering DTC participant. An Agent's Message in respect of a tender of Existing Notes must be received by the Exchange Agent prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date for such tender to be valid. There is no letter of transmittal for Existing Notes tendered in connection with the Exchange Offers.

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You may tender any or all of your Existing Notes; provided that Existing Notes may only be tendered in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and, if any Existing Note is tendered in part, the untendered portion of such Existing Note must be a minimum denomination of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. For further information, see "The Exchange Offers—Procedures for Tendering Existing Notes" and "The Exchange Offers—Book-Entry Transfers."

 

If you are the beneficial owner of Existing Notes in book-entry form that are held through or registered in the name of a broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or nominee and you wish to tender those Existing Notes in an Exchange Offer, you must promptly instruct such broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or nominee, as the case may be, to tender those Existing Notes on your behalf prior to the expiration of the applicable Exchange Offer or, if you are a direct participant in DTC, you may give those instructions directly to DTC. So long as the Existing Notes of a particular series are in book-entry form represented by one or more Global Existing Notes, this is the only manner in which you will be able to tender your Existing Notes of that series.

Withdrawal; Non-Acceptance

 

You may withdraw, no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date of an Exchange Offer, any Existing Notes that you have tendered in that Exchange Offer by following the procedures described in this prospectus. Any Existing Notes which have been tendered for exchange but which are withdrawn or otherwise are not exchanged for any reason will be credited to the accounts at DTC of the applicable DTC participants without cost to the holders of such Existing Notes promptly after withdrawal of such Existing Notes or expiration or termination of the applicable Exchange Offer, as the case may be. For further information, see "The Exchange Offers—Withdrawal Rights."

No Guaranteed Delivery

 

There are no guaranteed delivery procedures available in connection with the Exchange Offers. Accordingly, holders of Existing Notes must deliver or cause their Existing Notes and all other required documentation to be delivered to the Exchange Agent in accordance with the procedures described in this prospectus prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date for the related Exchange Offer.

No Appraisal or Dissenters' Rights

 

Holders of the Existing Notes do not have any appraisal or dissenters' rights in connection with the Exchange Offers.

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Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations

 

The exchange of the Existing Notes for New Notes in the Exchange Offers will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For further information regarding some of the U.S. federal tax considerations that you should take into account in deciding whether or not to exchange Existing Notes for New Notes, see "Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations."

Use of Proceeds

 

Neither the Issuers nor the Guarantors will receive any proceeds from the Exchange Offers.

Exchange Agent

 

Global Bondholder Services Corporation is the exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") for the Exchange Offers. You can find the address and telephone number of the Exchange Agent under the caption "The Exchange Offers—Exchange Agent."

Resales of New Notes

 

Based on interpretations by the staff of the SEC contained in no-action letters issued to third parties, we believe that, except as provided in the next sentence and in the second succeeding paragraph, the New Notes you receive in the Exchange Offers may be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred by you without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act unless:

 

(1)

 

you are an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Issuers or the Guarantors or a broker-dealer tendering Existing Notes acquired directly from the applicable Issuer for your own account;

 

(2)

 

the New Notes you receive in the Exchange Offers will not be acquired by you in the ordinary course of your business; or

 

(3)

 

you have an arrangement or understanding with any person to engage in, or you are engaged in or intend to engage in, the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the New Notes in violation of the Securities Act.

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However, if you are a broker-dealer holding Existing Notes acquired for your own account as a result of market-making or other trading activities and who receives New Notes in exchange for such Existing Notes pursuant to any Exchange Offer (a "participating broker-dealer"), you may be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and you must (and must acknowledge that you will) deliver (or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, make available) a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act to purchasers and other transferees in connection with any resale or other transfer of such New Notes. However, by so acknowledging and delivering a prospectus, a participating broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. A participating broker-dealer may use this prospectus, as amended or supplemented from time to time, in connection with resales and other transfers of New Notes received for its own account in exchange for such Existing Notes in any Exchange Offer for a period of 180 days (subject to our right to suspend the use of the prospectus under certain circumstances) after the Settlement Date of such Exchange Offer so long as such participating broker-dealer has notified the applicable Issuer or Amcor plc in writing that it will be using this prospectus for such purpose. For further information, see "Plan of Distribution."

 

If you fall into one or more of categories (1) through (3) of the second preceding paragraph, if you are participating in an Exchange Offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the New Notes to be acquired in that Exchange Offer, or if you are a broker-dealer that will receive New Notes in an Exchange Offer in exchange for Existing Notes that you acquired from the applicable Issuer for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act, (i) you will not be able to rely on the interpretations of the SEC staff enunciated in the no-action letters mentioned above or in other interpretive letters of similar effect, (ii) you may not tender your Existing Notes in the applicable Exchange Offer, (iii) in the absence of an applicable exemption, you must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any offer, sale or other transfer of Notes, and (iv) any registration statement used in connection with such offer, sale or other transfer of Notes must contain the selling security holder information required by Item 507 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. Failure to comply with such registration and prospectus delivery requirements may result in liability under the Securities Act and we will not be responsible for, or indemnify you against, any such liability.

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Registration Rights Agreements

 

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement with respect to a particular series of Existing Notes, the applicable Issuer and the applicable Guarantors agreed, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, that (1) the applicable Issuer and applicable Guarantors shall (i) not later than 270 days following June 13, 2019, prepare and use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement relating to an offer to exchange the Existing Notes of that series for New Notes of the corresponding series and (ii) within 365 days of June 13, 2019, use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective or (2) if a change in law applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC do not permit the applicable Issuer and applicable Guarantors to effect or complete such offer or for any other reason such offer is not consummated by July 17, 2020, they will use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC and cause to be declared effective within 90 days after July 17, 2020, a shelf registration statement with respect to resales of the Existing Notes of that series and to keep such shelf registration statement continuously effective for no longer than a year. If the applicable Issuer and the applicable Guarantors fail to satisfy certain of their registration obligations under such Registration Rights Agreement, the applicable Issuer will be required to pay additional interest to holders of the Existing Notes of the applicable series (other than any such Existing Notes that cease to be Registrable Securities (as defined in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement)). No additional interest will be payable on New Notes of any series.

Risk Factors

 

An investment in the New Notes involves risks, and you should carefully consider the matters discussed under "Risk Factors" in this prospectus and in the reports Amcor plc files with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, that are incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus and which may be obtained as described below under "Where You Can Find More Information" and "Incorporation by Reference" before making a decision to exchange Existing Notes for New Notes.

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Consequences of Not Exchanging Existing Notes

        If you do not exchange your Existing Notes for New Notes in the Exchange Offers, your Existing Notes will remain outstanding and will continue to accrue interest but will remain subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in the applicable Indenture and in the legend on the certificates evidencing the Existing Notes, as well as the restrictions on transfer arising under the Securities Act and any other applicable laws, and you will not be entitled to receive any additional interest on your Existing Notes and will not be entitled (subject to possible limited exceptions) to any registration rights or other rights under the applicable Registration Rights Agreement. In general, you may offer or sell your Existing Notes only if:

    they are offered and sold pursuant to a registration statement which is effective under, and otherwise in compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of, the Securities Act, or

    they are offered and sold under an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act,

subject, in each of the foregoing cases, to compliance with the securities laws of any other applicable jurisdiction and with the procedures specified in the applicable Indenture, including the delivery of any certificate, opinion of counsel or other information that may be required by the applicable Indenture or by the Issuers. The Issuers do not intend to register the Existing Notes under the Securities Act or to make a prospectus available to enable you to sell or otherwise transfer your Existing Notes.

        In addition, the Exchange Offers may have a material adverse effect on the market price and liquidity of any Existing Notes that remain outstanding following the Exchange Offers. See "Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Exchange Offer—If you choose not to exchange your Existing Notes in the Exchange Offers, the transfer restrictions currently applicable to your Existing Notes will remain in force and the market price and liquidity of your Existing Notes may decline."

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Summary Description of the New Notes

        The following is a description of some of the terms of the New Notes. The following information is provided solely for your convenience, is not complete and does not contain all of the detailed information that you need to consider in deciding whether or not to exchange your Existing Notes for New Notes. You should read the information appearing in this prospectus under the captions "Risk Factors," "Description of the New Notes" and "Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations," as well as the other information contained in and incorporated by reference into this prospectus relating to the Exchange Offers, for additional information concerning the terms of the New Notes and the risks of investing in the New Notes.

Issuer of the New Bemis Notes

  Bemis Company, Inc., a Missouri corporation.

Guarantors of the New Bemis Notes

 

Amcor plc, Amcor Pty Ltd, AFUI and Amcor UK. See "Description of the New Notes—Guarantees."

Issuer of the New AFUI Notes

 

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Guarantors of the New AFUI Notes

 

Amcor plc, Amcor Pty Ltd, Bemis and Amcor UK. See "Description of the New Notes—Guarantees."

Guarantees

 

Payment of the principal and premium, if any, and interest on the applicable series of New Notes, as well as payment of all other amounts due under the applicable Indenture, will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the applicable Guarantors. See "Description of the New Notes—Guarantees."

New Notes

 

Up to $639,852,000 aggregate principal amount of notes that have been registered under the Securities Act to be issued by Bemis (the "New Bemis Notes"), consisting of:

 

(i)

 

up to $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due October 15, 2021 (the "New 2021 Notes");

 

(ii)

 

up to $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due September 15, 2026 (the "New Bemis 2026 Notes");

 

Up to $1,088,774,000 aggregate principal amount of New Notes to be issued by AFUI (the "New AFUI Notes"), consisting of:

 

(i)

 

up to $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due April 28, 2026 (the "New AFUI 2026 Notes"); and

 

(ii)

 

up to $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due May 15, 2028 (the "New 2028 Notes").

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Each series of New Notes will be issued under the same Indenture under which the Existing Notes of the corresponding series were issued, and the New Notes of a series and any Existing Notes of that series that remain outstanding after the related Exchange Offer is consummated will constitute a single series of debt securities under the related Indenture for all purposes. Any Existing Notes that are exchanged for New Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offers will be cancelled and, as a result, the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of each series will not increase as a result of the Exchange Offers.

Interest

 

The New 2021 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 4.500% per annum from the most recent date to which interest will have been paid on the Existing 2021 Notes. Interest on the New 2021 Notes will be payable semiannually, on April 15 and October 15.

 

The New Bemis 2026 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 3.100% per annum from the most recent date to which interest will have been paid on the Existing Bemis 2026 Notes. Interest on the New 2021 Notes will be payable semiannually, on March 15 and September 15.

 

The New AFUI 2026 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 3.625% per annum from the most recent date to which interest will have been paid on the Existing AFUI 2026 Notes. Interest on the New 2021 Notes will be payable semiannually, on April 28 and October 28.

 

The New 2028 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 4.500% per annum from the most recent date to which interest will have been paid on the Existing 2028 Notes. Interest on the New 2021 Notes will be payable semiannually, on May 15 and November 15.

Maturity Dates

 

New 2021 Notes: October 15, 2021

 

New Bemis 2026 Notes: September 15, 2026

 

New AFUI 2026 Notes: April 28, 2026

 

New 2028 Notes: May 15, 2028

Ranking

 

The New Notes and the Guarantees of each series will:

 

be general senior unsecured obligations of the applicable Issuer and the applicable Guarantors, respectively;

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rank equally in right of payment with all existing and future unsecured indebtedness of the applicable Issuer and each applicable Guarantor that is not subordinated in right of payment to the New Notes and the Guarantees of such series, as applicable;

 

rank senior in right of payment to all existing and future unsecured indebtedness of the applicable Issuer and each applicable Guarantor that is subordinated in right of payment to the New Notes and the Guarantees of such series, as applicable;

 

be effectively subordinated to any existing and future secured indebtedness of the applicable Issuer and each applicable Guarantor to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and

 

be structurally subordinated to any existing and future indebtedness of any subsidiaries of the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors, whether or not secured, that do not guarantee the New Notes of such series.

 

As of December 31, 2019, (i) the Issuers and the Guarantors had US$6.1 billion in aggregate principal amount of total indebtedness, other than intercompany indebtedness (of which none was secured) and (ii) the subsidiaries of Amcor plc, other than the Issuers, that will not guarantee the New Notes (the "non-guarantor subsidiaries"), including joint ventures, had US$84 million of total indebtedness (of which none was secured). For our fiscal half year 2020, the non-guarantor subsidiaries, including joint ventures, represented 93% of Amcor's sales revenue.

Additional Amounts

 

In the event that certain taxes are payable in respect of payments on a series of New Notes and Guarantees, the applicable Issuer and applicable Guarantors will, subject to certain exceptions, pay such additional amounts as will result, after deduction or withholding of such taxes, in the payment of the amounts which would have been payable in respect of such series of New Notes and Guarantees, respectively, had no such withholding or deduction been required. See "Description of the New Notes—Payment of Additional Amounts."

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Optional Redemption

 

The Notes of a particular series may be redeemed at the option of the applicable Issuer at any time, in whole or in part, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) the principal amount thereof and (2) a make-whole amount plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, if any; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the applicable Issuer redeems the Notes of such series on or after the date that is three months prior to the Maturity Date of the such Notes, the redemption price for such Notes will equal 100% of the principal amount of such Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. See "Description of the New Notes—Optional redemption."

Optional Redemption for Tax Reasons

 

The Notes of a particular series may be redeemed at the option of the applicable Issuer in whole, but not in part, at the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, in certain circumstances in which the applicable Issuer or any applicable Guarantor would become obligated to pay additional amounts under the terms of the Notes of such series. See "Description of the New Notes—Redemption for changes in withholding taxes."

Change of Control

 

Under certain circumstances, upon a change of control of Amcor plc that is accompanied by a ratings downgrade of the Notes of a particular series such that the Notes of such series cease to have an investment grade rating by two rating agencies, each holder of such Notes may require the applicable Issuer to repurchase such holder's Notes, in whole or in part, at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the purchase date, as described under "Description of the New Notes—Certain Covenants—Offer to repurchase upon Change of Control Triggering Event."

Further Issues

 

Each Issuer may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the applicable series of Notes, create and issue additional notes having the same terms and conditions as the applicable series of Notes. Such additional notes shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the outstanding applicable series of Notes, provided that any additional notes shall be fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with the outstanding applicable series of Notes.

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Form and Denomination

 

The New Notes will be issued only in fully registered form without coupons and in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

DTC Eligibility

 

The New Notes will be represented by global certificates ("Global New Notes") deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC or its nominee and registered in DTC's name or in the name of its nominee. Beneficial interests in the Global New Notes will be shown on, and transfers will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC or its nominee and such interests may not be exchanged for New Notes in definitive certificated form except under the limited circumstances described under "Book-Entry, Delivery and Form."

Same Day Settlement

 

Beneficial interest in the New Notes will trade in DTC's same-day funds settlement system until maturity. Therefore, secondary market trading activity in such interests will be settled in immediately available funds.

Restrictive Covenants

 

Each Issuer has agreed in the applicable Indenture to observe certain covenants, including, among other things, a covenant limiting the incurrence of liens. See "Description of the New Notes—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Liens."

New Notes Trustee

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.

Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas is the paying agent, transfer agent and registrar under each Indenture. The address of the paying agent, transfer agent and registrar is 60 Wall Street, 24th Floor, MS 2405, New York, New York 10005.

No Listing or Existing Trading Market

 

The Issuers do not intend to apply to list any of the New Notes on any securities exchange or for quotation on any automated quotation system. In addition, each series of New Notes constitutes a new issue of securities, for which there is no existing trading market. The Issuers cannot provide you with any assurance regarding whether trading markets for any series of the New Notes will develop, the ability of holders of the New Notes to sell their notes or the prices at which holders may be able to sell their New Notes. If no active trading markets develop, you may be unable to resell the New Notes at their fair market value or at all.

Governing Law

 

The Indentures are, and the New Notes and the Guarantees will be governed by New York law.

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Risk Factors

 

An investment in the New Notes involves risks, and you should carefully consider the matters discussed under "Risk Factors" in this prospectus and in the reports Amcor plc files with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, that are incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus and which may be obtained as described below under "Where You Can Find More Information" and "Incorporation by Reference" before making a decision to exchange your Existing Notes for New Notes.

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RISK FACTORS

        Investing in the New Notes involves risks. You should carefully read and consider the risks described below as well as the risks described in the sections entitled "Business" and "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2019 and the section entitled "Item 8.01 Other Events—Part II—Supplemental Risk Factor" in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 9, 2020, each of which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. You should also carefully read and consider the sections entitled "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2019 and in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2019 and other information contained in the documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including the risks and uncertainties described above under "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" before making a decision to exchange Existing Notes for New Notes. Each of these risks could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and prospects and could result in a partial or complete loss of your investment. Certain capitalized terms used in this "Risk Factors" section and not defined previously in this prospectus are defined under the caption "Description of the New Notes."

Risks Related to the Exchange Offer

If you choose not to exchange your Existing Notes in the Exchange Offers, the transfer restrictions currently applicable to your Existing Notes will remain in force and the market price and liquidity of your Existing Notes may decline.

        If you do not exchange your Existing Notes for New Notes in the applicable Exchange Offer, then your Existing Notes will remain outstanding and will continue to accrue interest but will remain subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the applicable Indenture and in the legend on the certificates evidencing the Existing Notes, as well as the restrictions on transfer arising under the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws, and you will not be entitled to receive any additional interest on your Existing Notes and will not (subject to possible limited exceptions) be entitled to any registration rights or other rights under the applicable Registration Rights Agreement for your Existing Notes. In general, you may offer or sell your Existing Notes only if:

    they are offered and sold pursuant to a registration statement which is effective under, and otherwise in compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of, the Securities Act, or

    they are offered and sold under an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act,

subject, in each of the foregoing cases, to compliance with the securities laws of any other applicable jurisdiction and with the procedures specified in the applicable Indenture, including the delivery of any certificate, opinion of counsel or other information that may be required by that Indenture or by the Issuers. The Issuers do not intend to register the Existing Notes under the Securities Act or to make a prospectus available to enable you to sell or otherwise transfer your Existing Notes.

        Any Existing Notes of a particular series exchanged for New Notes of that series in the applicable Exchange Offer will be cancelled and, as a result, the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Existing Notes of that series will be reduced, which may have a material adverse effect on the market price and liquidity of any Existing Notes of that series that remain outstanding after that Exchange Offer and may increase the volatility of the market price of such Existing Notes.

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You must follow the Exchange Offer procedures carefully in order to receive the New Notes.

        If you do not follow the procedures described in this prospectus, you will not receive any New Notes. The New Notes of a particular series will be issued to you in exchange for Existing Notes of the corresponding series only if you properly tender the Existing Notes and deliver all other required documentation (including the Agent's Message, Book-Entry Confirmation related to such tender) to the Exchange Agent in the manner and at the address specified in this prospectus prior to the expiration of the applicable Exchange Offer. If you want to tender your Existing Notes in exchange for New Notes, you should allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery. No one is under any obligation to notify you of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of your Existing Notes for exchange or if your Existing Notes or any other required documentation are received by the Exchange Agent. If you are the beneficial holder of Existing Notes that are held through a broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or nominee and you wish to tender such Existing Notes in any Exchange Offer, you should promptly contact the entity through which you hold your Existing Notes and instruct that entity to tender on your behalf. There are no guaranteed delivery procedures available in connection with any of the Exchange Offers. Accordingly, you must deliver your Existing Notes and all other required documentation to the Exchange Agent in accordance with the procedures described in this prospectus prior to the expiration of the applicable Exchange Offer.

Certain persons who participate in the Exchange Offers must deliver a prospectus in connection with resales of the New Notes.

        If you are participating in any Exchange Offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the New Notes to be acquired in that Exchange Offer, if you are a broker-dealer who will receive New Notes in any Exchange Offer in exchange for Existing Notes that you acquired from the applicable Issuer for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any other available exemption under the Securities Act, or if you fall into one or more of categories (1) through (3) appearing in the first paragraph under "The Exchange Offers—Resales of New Notes," you will not be permitted to tender your Existing Notes in the related Exchange Offer and, in the absence of an applicable exemption, you must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any offer, sale or other transfer of your New Notes. Failure to comply with such registration and prospectus delivery requirements may result in liability under the Securities Act and neither the Issuers nor the Guarantors will be responsible for, or indemnify you against, any such liability.

        In addition, a broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account in any Exchange Offer in exchange for Existing Notes that it acquired for its own account as a result of its market making or other trading activities (a "participating broker-dealer") must deliver (or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, make available) a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act to purchasers and other transferees in connection with any resale or other transfer of New Notes received in exchange for such Existing Notes in the Exchange Offer. Although participating broker-dealers (and not any other broker-dealers) are permitted to use this prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, in connection with the resale or other transfer of any such New Notes, they may do so only if they notify the applicable Issuer or Amcor plc in writing and may only use this prospectus for such purpose for a period of 180 days (subject to our right to suspend use of the prospectus under certain circumstances) after the Settlement Date of the applicable Exchange Offer.

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Risks Related to the New Notes

Since the Issuers and the Guarantors conduct their operations through other subsidiaries, your right to receive payments on the New Notes and Guarantees is dependent on the payment of dividends, interest payments on intercompany loans or other intercompany transfers to the applicable Issuers or Guarantors from their respective subsidiaries.

        The Issuers and Guarantors conduct their operations through their subsidiaries. Their principal source of income is dividends and interest on intercompany loans they make to their subsidiaries and other intercompany transfers, and their ability to meet their financial obligations is dependent on the level of dividends, loan repayments and other intercompany transfers of funds they receive from their subsidiaries. In addition, the ability of the directors of a subsidiary of the Issuers or Guarantors to declare dividends or the amount of dividends they may pay will depend on that subsidiary's operating results and will be subject to applicable laws which may limit such payments. Therefore, your right to receive payments on the New Notes and Guarantees is dependent on the payment of dividends, interest payments on intercompany loans or other intercompany transfers to the applicable Issuer or Guarantors from their respective subsidiaries.

Your right to receive payment under the New Notes will structurally rank behind the creditors of Amcor plc's subsidiaries (other than the Issuers) that are not guaranteeing the New Notes.

        The New Notes of each series will be guaranteed by Amcor plc, the parent company of the Issuers, and certain of Amcor plc's subsidiaries. However, a significant majority of Amcor plc's current and future subsidiaries will not guarantee the New Notes. In the event that any subsidiary of Amcor plc, other than the Issuers, that does not guarantee the New Notes (such subsidiaries, the "non-guarantor subsidiaries") becomes insolvent, liquidates, reorganizes, dissolves or otherwise winds up, the assets of such subsidiary will be used to satisfy the claims of its creditors. Because the non-guarantor subsidiaries have no direct obligations in respect of the New Notes of any series, you will not have a direct claim against any non-guarantor subsidiary and any claims to enforce payment on your New Notes (including through Amcor plc's Guarantee of the New Notes) will be structurally subordinated to all of the claims of the creditors of the non-guarantor subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2019, the non-guarantor subsidiaries, including joint ventures, had US$84 million of total indebtedness (of which none was secured). For our fiscal half year 2020, the non-guarantor subsidiaries, including joint ventures, represented 93% of Amcor's sales revenue.

Because the New Notes and the Guarantees are unsecured, your right to receive payment will be effectively subordinated in right of payment to the applicable Issuer's and the applicable Guarantors' secured indebtedness, and thereby may be adversely affected.

        The New Notes and the Guarantees will be unsecured obligations of each applicable Issuer and each applicable Guarantor, respectively, and be effectively subordinated to any of the applicable Issuer's or the applicable Guarantor's secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets that secure such indebtedness. Although the Issuers and the Guarantors did not have any secured indebtedness as of December 31, 2019, they may incur such secured indebtedness in the future In addition, to the extent that the Issuers or the Guarantors have granted, or in the future may grant, security interests over their assets, the secured lenders will be entitled to exercise the remedies available to them under applicable laws. Depending on the relevant circumstances and applicable laws, if an Issuer defaults on the applicable New Notes or the Guarantors default on the applicable Guarantees, or after the bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of any of them, then any assets that are secured will be used to satisfy the obligations they secure before such assets are available for payments on the applicable New Notes or the applicable Guarantees. There can be no assurance that there will be sufficient assets to pay amounts due on the New Notes or the Guarantees. As a result, you may receive a lower amount proportionately than the lenders of our secured indebtedness. If there

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is not enough collateral to satisfy the secured indebtedness owed by the applicable Issuer or any Guarantor then, subject to the provisions of applicable laws, the amounts remaining unpaid on such secured indebtedness would share equally with all unsubordinated unsecured indebtedness of such Issuer or such Guarantor (including amounts owing under the applicable New Notes and the applicable Guarantees).

If either Issuer defaults on its New Notes, or any Guarantor defaults on its Guarantee, your right to receive payments on the applicable New Notes or Guarantee may be adversely affected by United States, United Kingdom, Jersey and Australian insolvency laws.

        Bemis is incorporated in Missouri in the United States, AFUI is incorporated in Delaware in the United States and the Guarantors are incorporated under the laws of Jersey, Australia, the United States, and England and Wales and, therefore, insolvency proceedings with respect to the Issuers and Guarantors could proceed under, and be governed by, among others, Jersey, Australian, United States or English insolvency law, as the case may be, and such proceedings may adversely affect your right to receive payments on the applicable New Notes or Guarantees if either Issuer or any Guarantor defaults on its obligations under the applicable series of New Notes or Guarantees, respectively. An insolvency proceeding relating to an Issuer or a Guarantor, even if brought in the United States, may involve proceedings in other jurisdictions. The procedural and substantive provisions of insolvency laws of jurisdictions outside of the United States may differ materially from comparable provisions of United States federal bankruptcy law or the insolvency laws of other jurisdictions with which the holders of the New Notes may be familiar, and may not be as favorable to investors as the laws of the United States or other jurisdictions with which investors are familiar. In particular, the procedures for reorganization (e.g. administration under the Australian Act or under the United Kingdom's Insolvency Act 1986 or analogous procedure under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991) may be significantly different from Chapter 11 under the United States Bankruptcy Code. The treatment and ranking of holders of the New Notes and the Guarantees, of the Issuers' and the Guarantors' other creditors and the shareholders of the applicable Issuer and the applicable Guarantors under Jersey, Australian and United Kingdom insolvency law, as the case may be, may be different than the resulting treatment and ranking if the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors were subject to the bankruptcy laws of the United States or other jurisdictions and it is not possible to predict with any certainty the outcome of insolvency or similar proceedings.

        Fraudulent conveyance laws or similar provisions or principles have been enacted or exist for the protection of creditors in a number of jurisdictions, including the United States, Jersey, Australia and the United Kingdom, and Guarantees of the New Notes by the applicable Guarantors may be subject to claims that they should be subordinated or avoided in favor of direct or other creditors of such Guarantors. To the extent that the Guarantee of a Guarantor is voided as a fraudulent conveyance, a preference, a transaction at an undervalue or a fraudulent transaction or otherwise held to be unenforceable or capable of being set aside, your claim against that Guarantor could be lost or limited, and you could be required to return payments previously received from that Guarantor. In particular:

        Under Jersey law, if a liquidator were to be appointed to Amcor plc (being a Guarantor incorporated under the laws of Jersey), or Amcor plc was declared to be "en désastre," the liquidator or the Viscount of Jersey, as the case may be, has the power to investigate past transactions entered into by Amcor plc and may seek various court orders, including orders to void certain transactions entered into prior to the winding-up of Amcor plc and for the repayment of money. These transactions are generally known as "voidable transactions" or "vulnerable transactions" and include transactions at an undervalue, preferences, extortionate credit transactions or dispositions with the intention of defrauding creditors.

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Amcor Pty Ltd, the liquidator would have the power to investigate the validity of past transactions and may seek various court orders, including orders to void certain transactions entered into prior to the winding up of Amcor Pty Ltd and for the repayment of money. These include transactions entered into within a specified period of the winding up that a court considers uncommercial transactions or transactions entered into when winding up was imminent that had the effect of preferring a creditor or creditors or otherwise defeating, delaying or interfering with the rights of creditors.

        Further, in England, if a liquidator or administrator were appointed in respect of Amcor UK (being a Guarantor incorporated in England), the liquidator or administrator would also have the power to investigate past transactions and can apply to the court to reverse or set aside certain transactions, or grant other relief that the court considers appropriate. These transactions include, broadly, transactions entered into for no consideration or at an undervalue and transactions which were intended to prefer one or more creditors over one or more other creditors.

        In addition to the matters described above, under the laws of the jurisdictions where the Guarantors are organized, the Guarantees given by those other Guarantors may be set aside, subordinated or otherwise avoided by the application of fraudulent conveyance, financial assistance, bankruptcy, insolvency and administration, statutory management, equitable subordination principles or other similar provisions or principles existing under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction, including as a result of the application of laws in relation to the duties of directors to act in good faith and for proper purposes. In addition, other debts and liabilities of the applicable Guarantors and of the applicable Issuer, such as certain employee entitlements or amounts owed to tax authorities, may rank ahead of claims under the New Notes and the Guarantees in the event of administration or insolvency or statutory management or similar proceedings. If one or more of the Guarantees are set aside or otherwise avoided, your claim against the applicable Guarantors giving those Guarantees could be lost or limited and it is possible that you will only have a claim against the applicable Issuer and any remaining Guarantors.

There is no established trading market for the New Notes, and one may not develop.

        Prior to this offering, there was no established trading market for the New Notes. There can be no assurance regarding the future development of a market for the New Notes, the ability of holders of the New Notes to sell their New Notes or the price at which such holders may be able to sell their New Notes. If such a market were to develop, the New Notes could trade at prices that may be higher or lower than the price you paid for the Existing Notes that you exchanged for such New Notes depending on many factors, including prevailing interest rates, our operating results and credit ratings and the market for similar securities. The condition of the financial markets and prevailing interest rates have fluctuated in the past and are likely to fluctuate in the future, which could have an adverse effect on the market prices of the New Notes. There can be no assurance as to the liquidity of any trading market for the New Notes or that an active public market for the New Notes will develop.

Service of process, enforcement of judgments and bringing of original actions in the United States may be difficult.

        The Issuers are each incorporated in the United States and the Guarantors are incorporated under the laws of Jersey, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, with substantially all of their respective properties and assets located outside of, and the majority of their respective directors and executive officers and the experts named in this prospectus not residents of, the United States. As a result, you may find it difficult to effect service of process within the United States upon such directors, executive officers or experts so that you may enforce judgments of United States courts against them in the United States based on the civil liability provisions of the United States federal securities laws. In addition, there may be doubts as to the enforceability in Australia, in original actions or in actions for

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enforcement of judgments of United States courts, of civil liabilities based solely on United States federal securities laws. See also "Enforceability of Civil Liabilities."

A lowering or withdrawal of the credit ratings assigned to Amcor plc's debt securities by rating agencies may adversely affect the market value of the New Notes, increase Amcor plc's future borrowing costs and reduce its access to capital.

        Any credit rating assigned to Amcor plc could be lowered or withdrawn entirely by any rating agency if, in that rating agency's judgment, future circumstances relating to the basis of the credit rating, such as adverse changes, so warrant. Real or anticipated changes in Amcor plc's credit ratings will generally affect the market value of the New Notes. Credit ratings are not recommendations to purchase, hold or sell the New Notes. Additionally, credit ratings may not reflect the potential effect of risks relating to the structure or marketing of the New Notes.

        Any future lowering of Amcor plc's credit ratings likely would make it more difficult or more expensive for it to obtain additional debt financing. If any credit rating initially assigned to the New Notes is subsequently lowered or withdrawn for any reason, you may not be able to resell your New Notes without a substantial discount.

The New Notes will initially be held in book-entry form, and therefore you must rely on the procedures of the relevant clearing systems to exercise any rights and remedies.

        The New Notes will initially only be issued in global certificated form and held through DTC. Interests in the Global Notes will trade in book-entry form only, and New Notes in definitive registered form will be issued in exchange for book-entry interests only in very limited circumstances. Owners of book-entry interests will not be considered owners or holders of New Notes. The nominee for DTC will be the sole registered holder of the Global Notes representing the corresponding New Notes. Payments of principal, interest and other amounts owing on or in respect of the Global Notes representing the corresponding New Notes will be made to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, which will make payments to DTC. Thereafter, these payments will be credited to participants' accounts that hold book-entry interests in the Global Notes representing the corresponding New Notes and credited by such participants to indirect participants. After payment to the nominee of DTC, neither we nor the Trustee or any paying agent for the New Notes will have any responsibility or liability for the payment of interest, principal or other amounts to the owners of book-entry interests. Accordingly, if you own a book-entry interest, you must rely on the procedures of DTC, and if you are not a participant in DTC, on the procedures of the participant through which you own your interest, to exercise any rights and obligations of a holder of New Notes under the applicable Indenture.

        Unlike the holders of the New Notes themselves, owners of book-entry interests will not have the direct right to act upon our solicitations for consents or our requests for waivers or other actions from holders of the New Notes. Instead, if you own a book-entry interest, you will be permitted to act only to the extent you have received appropriate proxies to do so from DTC. The procedures implemented for the granting of such proxies may not be sufficient to enable you to vote on a timely basis. Similarly, upon the occurrence of an event of default under the applicable Indenture with respect to the New Notes of a particular series, unless and until definitive registered New Notes of that series are issued in respect of all book-entry interests, if you own a book-entry interest, you will be restricted to acting through DTC. The procedures to be implemented through DTC may not be adequate to ensure the timely exercise of rights under the New Notes.

Redemption may adversely affect your return on the New Notes.

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of New Notes at times when prevailing interest rates are lower than when you invested. Should this occur, you may not be able to reinvest the redemption proceeds in a comparable security with an effective interest rate equal to or higher than that applicable to the New Notes being redeemed which may adversely affect your return on the New Notes.

The Issuers may not be able to repurchase the New Notes upon a change of control.

        In certain circumstances following a change of control, an Issuer may be required to offer to repurchase all of its outstanding New Notes of a particular series at 101% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. The source of funds for any such purchase of the New Notes will be Amcor plc's available cash or cash generated from the operations of its subsidiaries or other sources, including borrowings, sales of assets or sales of equity or debt securities. The applicable Issuer may not be able to repurchase the applicable New Notes upon a change of control because it may not have sufficient financial resources to purchase all of the applicable New Notes that are tendered following a change of control. A failure by an Issuer to repurchase the applicable New Notes upon a change of control could cause a default under the applicable Indenture and could lead to a cross default under Amcor plc's other outstanding indebtedness.

Delaware courts have held that a provision similar to the change of control put right that is in the Indentures may not be enforceable if it is used to improperly limit the ability of equity owners to effect a change of control.

        The Chancery Court of Delaware has held in published opinions that a provision in an indenture requiring a majority of the directors of the issuer be "continuing directors" could breach the fiduciary duties of the directors and be unenforceable if improperly used to prevent shareholders from effecting a change of control of a company. Under the continuing director provision of the Indentures, "continuing director" means, as of any date of determination, any member of the board of directors of Amcor plc who (i) was a member of such board of directors on the date of the issuance of the New Notes or (ii) 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.

        Under the line of Delaware cases noted above, a decision by a board of directors not to approve dissident shareholder nominees as continuing directors and to allow a change of control to occur may be subject to enhanced fiduciary duties typically applied in corporate change of control disputes. If the directors did not properly discharge those fiduciary duties, the change of control put right could be unenforceable by the holders of the New Notes. As a result, the ability of the holders of New Notes to enforce the continuing director provision in situations in which the provision acted to impede a change of control would be subject to the enhanced judicial scrutiny of the actions by Amcor plc's directors not to approve the director nominees whose election caused the provision to be invoked.

The Indentures allow us to undertake certain transactions that may have an adverse impact on the holders of the New Notes.

        Under the terms of each Indenture, we are permitted to undertake certain transactions that may not be favorable to, and may have an adverse impact on, the holders of the New Notes of the applicable series. For instance, in certain circumstances we may incur liens securing indebtedness of other creditors without providing equal security to the applicable New Notes. Additionally, among other exceptions from the covenant restricting secured indebtedness, we are permitted to incur secured indebtedness in a principal amount of up to 10% of our total tangible assets. As such, certain assets that may be owned by us from to time may be secured in favor of creditors other than holders of the applicable New Notes, which would give such creditors priority claims in respect of such assets.

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        Additionally, the terms of each Indenture permit us to incur an unlimited amount of secured indebtedness so long as the New Notes of the applicable series share equally in that security. In certain circumstances, such as a leveraged buyout or leveraged recapitalization, this may allow us to incur a substantial amount of secured indebtedness that, even if the applicable New Notes have the benefit of the same security, may have an adverse impact on the applicable New Notes.

        Finally, the terms of the Indentures generally permit us to enter into sale and leaseback transactions.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

        The Exchange Offers are intended to satisfy the obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors under the Registration Rights Agreements. Neither the Issuers nor the Guarantors will receive any proceeds from the issuance of the New Notes. In consideration for issuing the applicable series of New Notes as contemplated in this prospectus, the applicable Issuer, will receive, in exchange, an equal principal amount of the corresponding series of Existing Notes. The Existing Notes surrendered in exchange for the New Notes will be cancelled and cannot be reissued.

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THE EXCHANGE OFFERS

        In connection with the completion of certain private exchange offers, in June 2019, Bemis issued $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of Existing 2021 Notes and $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of Existing Bemis 2026 Notes and AFUI issued $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of Existing AFUI 2026 Notes and $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of Existing 2028 Notes, each of which series of notes was not registered under the Securities Act. The Existing Notes may not be reoffered, resold or otherwise transferred except pursuant to a registration statement which is effective under, and otherwise in compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of, the Securities Act, or under an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and subject, in each of the foregoing cases, to compliance with the securities laws of any other applicable jurisdiction and with the procedure specified in the applicable Indenture, including the delivery of any certificate, opinion of counsel or other information that may be required by the Indenture or by the applicable Issuer. Accordingly, in connection with the issuance of each series of Existing Notes, on June 13, 2019, the applicable Issuer and the applicable Guarantors entered into a Registration Rights Agreements with the dealer managers for the private exchange offers, with respect to such series of Existing Notes in which the applicable Issuers and the applicable Guarantors agreed, among other things and on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, that (1) the applicable Issuer and the applicable Guarantors shall (i) not later than 270 days following June 13, 2019, prepare and use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement relating to an offer to exchange the Existing Notes of the applicable series for New Notes of the corresponding series and (ii) within 365 days of June 13, 2019, use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective or (2) if a change in law applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC do not permit the applicable Issuer and applicable Guarantors to effect or complete such offer or for any other reason such offer is not consummated by July 17, 2020, they will use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC and cause to be declared effective within 90 days after July 17, 2020, a shelf registration statement with respect to resales of the Existing Notes of that series and to keep such shelf registration statement continuously effective for no longer than a year. The Exchange Offers are being made in order to satisfy the obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors under the Registration Rights Agreements.

Terms of the Exchange Offers; Period for Tendering Existing Notes

        On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus, Bemis is offering to exchange up to $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of New 2021 Notes for an equal principal amount of Existing 2021 Notes (CUSIPs: 081437AM7; 081437AN5; U07321AG4; and U07321AH2) and up to $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of New Bemis 2026 Notes for an equal principal amount of Existing Bemis 2026 Notes (CUSIPs: 081437AP0; 081437AQ8; and U07321AJ8).

        AFUI is offering to exchange up to $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of New AFUI 2026 Notes for an equal principal amount of Existing AFUI 2026 Notes (CUSIPs: 02343UAC9; 02343UAD7; U02411AC7; and U02411AD5) and up to $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of New 2028 Notes for an equal principal amount of Existing 2028 Notes (CUSIPs: 02343UAE5; U02411AE3; and U02411AF0).

        The applicable Issuer will accept for exchange the applicable Existing Notes which are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date of the related Exchange Offer, unless the applicable Issuer terminates such Exchange Offer. As used herein, with respect to each Exchange Offer, the term "Expiration Date" means             , 2020 (which is the 21st business day from and including the date of this prospectus), except that if an Issuer, in its sole and absolute discretion, extends the period of time during which an applicable Exchange Offer is open, "Expiration Date" shall mean, with respect to that Exchange Offer, the latest date to which that Exchange Offer has been extended. In exchange for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Existing

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Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn by the holder thereof prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date of the related Exchange Offer and accepted for exchange by the applicable Issuer, all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus, the tendering holder will receive $1,000 aggregate principal amount of the applicable series of New Notes.

        As of the date of this prospectus, (i) $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of Existing 2021 Notes, (ii) $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of Existing Bemis 2026 Notes, (iii) $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of Existing AFUI 2026 Notes and (iv) $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of Existing 2028 Notes are outstanding. This prospectus, together with the related documentation, is first being sent on the date hereof to all registered holders of Existing Notes whose names appear in the registry books maintained by the registrar for the Existing Notes.

        Each Issuer expressly reserves the right, at any time and from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion, to extend the period of time during which an applicable Exchange Offer is open by giving written notice of such extension to the registered holders of the applicable series of Existing Notes as described below, and to delay acceptance for exchange of any applicable series of Existing Notes. During any such extension or delay, all Existing Notes previously tendered will remain subject to the applicable Exchange Offer and may be accepted for exchange by the applicable Issuer.

        Each Issuer expressly reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to amend the terms of an applicable Exchange Offer and, upon the occurrence of any of the conditions to an applicable Exchange Offer specified under "—Conditions to the Exchange Offers," to not accept for exchange any of the applicable series of Existing Notes and to terminate the applicable Exchange Offer. The applicable Issuer will give prompt notice of any extension of an applicable Exchange Offer, any such amendment that such Issuer determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, to constitute a material change in such Exchange Offer, and of any such termination to registered holders of the applicable series of Existing Notes in such manner as the applicable Issuer may elect, which may include, without limitation, by means of a press release or other public announcement or by means of electronic notification through DTC's procedures; provided that, in the case of any extension of an Exchange Offer, the applicable Issuer will give such notice by means of a press release or other public announcement no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date of the applicable Exchange Offer.

        The tender of Existing Notes by you to an applicable Issuer as set forth in this prospectus and the applicable Issuer's acceptance of such Existing Notes will constitute a binding agreement between the applicable Issuer and you upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus.

Procedures for Tendering Existing Notes

        The Existing Notes are currently in book-entry form and represented by Global Existing Notes registered in the name of DTC or its nominee. Accordingly, you must tender your Existing Notes pursuant to DTC's ATOP procedures and the other procedures described in this prospectus.

        If you wish to tender your Existing Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer, you must, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date (i) transmit your acceptance of the applicable Exchange Offer (or cause same to be transmitted) through ATOP, (ii) transfer or cause your Existing Notes to be transferred through ATOP to the Exchange Agent's account at DTC established for purposes of the applicable Exchange Offer and (iii) cause DTC to transmit to the Exchange Agent an electronic confirmation of such transfer (a "Book-Entry Confirmation") that includes a message (an "Agent's Message") stating (i) the aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes that the applicable DTC participant has tendered on your behalf pursuant to the applicable Exchange Offer, (ii) that DTC has received from the tendering DTC participant an express acknowledgment that such participant has received a copy of this prospectus and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in this prospectus and (iii) that the applicable Issuer may enforce such agreement against the tendering DTC

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participant. An Agent's Message in respect of a tender of Existing Notes must be received by the Exchange Agent prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date for such tender to be valid. There is no letter of transmittal for Existing Notes tendered in connection with the Exchange Offers.

        You may tender any or all of your Existing Notes; provided that Existing Notes may only be tendered in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and, if any Existing Note is tendered in part, the untendered portion of such Existing Note must be a minimum denomination of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. For further information, see "—Book-Entry Transfers."

        To receive confirmation of a tender of Existing Notes, you should contact the Exchange Agent at the telephone number listed under "—Exchange Agent."

        If you are the beneficial owner of Existing Notes in book-entry form that are held through or registered in the name of a broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or nominee and you wish to tender those Existing Notes in an Exchange Offer, you must promptly instruct such broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or nominee, as the case may be, to tender those Existing Notes on your behalf prior to the expiration of the applicable Exchange Offer or, if you are a direct participant in DTC, you may give those instructions directly to DTC. So long as the Existing Notes of a particular series are in book-entry form represented by one or more Global Existing Notes, this is the only manner in which you will be able to tender your Existing Notes of that series.

        All Existing Notes delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated.

        The method of delivery of Existing Notes, Agent's Messages, Book-Entry Confirmations and all other required documents is at your risk and election, provided that Existing Notes must be tendered through DTC's ATOP procedures. In all cases, you should allow sufficient time to insure delivery to the Exchange Agent before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Expiration Date. You may request the broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or nominee through which you may hold Existing Notes to effect these transactions for you. No Existing Notes or other documents should be sent to us.

        Each Issuer in its sole and absolute discretion will make a final and binding determination on all questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of Existing Notes of the applicable series tendered for exchange. Each Issuer reserves the absolute right to reject any and all tenders of any applicable Existing Notes not properly tendered and to not accept any applicable Existing Notes which acceptance might, in the applicable Issuer's judgment or its counsel's, be unlawful. Each Issuer also reserves the right, in their sole and absolute discretion, to waive any defects or irregularities or conditions of any applicable Exchange Offer as to any applicable Existing Notes either before or after the expiration of the applicable Exchange Offer (including the right to waive the ineligibility of any holder or beneficial owner who seeks to tender Existing Notes in such Exchange Offer). The applicable Issuer's interpretation of the terms and conditions of an applicable Exchange Offer as to any particular tender of Existing Notes or holder or beneficial owner thereof either before or after the expiration of the applicable Exchange Offer will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Existing Notes for exchange must be cured within a reasonable period of time, as the applicable Issuer in its sole and absolute discretion may determine. The Issuers and the Guarantors are not, nor is the Exchange Agent or any other person, under any duty to notify you or any other person of any defect or irregularity with respect to your tender of Existing Notes for exchange, or if any Existing Notes, Agent's Messages, Book-Entry Confirmations or other documents are or are not received by the Exchange Agent, and no one will be liable for failing to provide such notification.

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Representations, Warranties and Covenants by Tendering Owners

        By tendering Existing Notes, a holder of Existing Notes, or the beneficial owner of Existing Notes on behalf of which that holder has tendered, will, subject to and effective upon acceptance for exchange of the Existing Notes tendered thereby by the applicable Issuer and that holder's ability to withdraw its tender, be deemed to:

    irrevocably sell, assign and transfer to, or upon the order of, the applicable Issuer all right, title and interest in and to, and any and all claims in respect of or arising or having arisen as a result of the holder's status as a holder of, all Existing Notes tendered thereby, such that thereafter the holder shall have no contractual or other rights or claims in law or equity against the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors, as the case may be, or any fiduciary, trustee or other person connected with the applicable Existing Notes arising under, from or in connection with such Existing Notes;

    waive any and all rights with respect to the Existing Notes tendered thereby, including, without limitation, any existing or past defaults and their consequences in respect of those Existing Notes;

    release and discharge the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors, as the case may be, and the Trustee from any and all claims that the holder may have, now or in the future, arising out of or related to the Existing Notes tendered thereby, including, without limitation, any claims that the holder is entitled to receive additional principal or interest payments with respect to such Existing Notes tendered thereby, or to participate in any repurchase, redemption or defeasance of the Existing Notes tendered thereby; and

    irrevocably constitute and appoint the Exchange Agent as the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of such holder with respect to such tendered Existing Notes (with full knowledge that Exchange Agent also acts as the agent of the applicable Issuer in connection with the applicable Exchange Offer), with full power of substitution and resubstitution, without limitation (such power of attorney being deemed to be an irrevocable power coupled with an interest) to (a) assign, transfer and deliver those Existing Notes, or cause those Existing Notes to be assigned, transferred and delivered, to the applicable Issuer and to deliver all accompanying evidences of transfer and authenticity, (b) present those Existing Notes for transfer on the books of the applicable Issuer, and (c) receive all benefits or otherwise exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of those Existing Notes.

        In addition, each holder of Existing Notes tendered in the Exchange Offers (or the beneficial owner of Existing Notes on behalf of which that holder has tendered), upon the submission of such tender, will be deemed to represent, warrant and acknowledge to, and agree with, as the case may be, the applicable Issuer, the applicable Guarantor, the Exchange Agent and the Trustee that:

    it has received this prospectus and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offers;

    it is not an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors;

    any New Notes received by it in the Exchange Offers will be acquired by it in the ordinary course of its business;

    it has no arrangement or understanding with any person to engage in, and it is not engaged in and does not intend to engage in, the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the New Notes in violation of the Securities Act;

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    it is not a broker-dealer that will receive New Notes in the Exchange Offers in exchange for Existing Notes that it purchased from the applicable Issuer for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act;

    if it is a broker-dealer that will receive New Notes for its own account in the Exchange Offers in exchange for Existing Notes that it acquired for its own account as a result of its market-making or other trading activities (such broker-dealer, a "participating broker-dealer"), it will deliver (or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, make available) a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act to purchasers in connection with any resale of the New Notes it receives in exchange for such Existing Notes pursuant to any Exchange Offer (provided, however, by so acknowledging and by delivering (or making available as aforesaid) a prospectus, it will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act);

    it is the beneficial owner (as defined herein) of, or a duly authorized representative of one or more beneficial owners of, the Existing Notes tendered thereby, and it has full power and authority to tender such Existing Notes and that the New Notes are being acquired for investment and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act, subject to any requirement of law that the disposition of its property be at all times within its control and subject to its ability to resell the New Notes pursuant to Rule 144A, Regulation S or any exemption from registration available under the Securities Act;

    each Exchange Offer is being made in reliance on interpretations by the staff of the SEC, as set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties and referred under "—Resales of New Notes" and, as a result, the Issuers believe that the New Notes received pursuant to the Exchange Offers in exchange for the Old Notes may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by a holder thereof, without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, unless (1) such holder is an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantor, (2) the New Notes received by such holder in the applicable Exchange Offer will not be acquired by such holder in the ordinary course of its business; (3) such holder has an arrangement or understanding with any person to engage in, or is engaged in or intends to engage in, the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the New Notes in violation of the Securities Act or (4) such holder is a broker-dealer and the New Notes received by such holder in the applicable Exchange Offer will be in exchange for Existing Notes that it purchased from the applicable Issuer for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act; provided, however, that if the holder or beneficial owner of the Existing Notes is a participating broker-dealer that receives New Notes in exchange for such Existing Notes in the Exchange Offers, it may be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and it must deliver (or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, make available) a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act to purchasers and other transferees in connection with any resale or other transfer of such New Notes and that it may use this prospectus, as amended or supplemented from time to time, in connection with resales and other transfers of New Notes received for its own account in any Exchange Offer in exchange for Existing Notes that it acquired for its own account as the result of market-making or other trading activities for a period of 180 days (subject to our right to suspend use of this prospectus in certain circumstances) after the Settlement Date of the applicable Exchange Offer, so long as it has notified the applicable Issuer or Amcor plc in writing that it will use this prospectus for such purpose;

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    if it falls into one or more of the categories set forth in clauses (1) through (4) of the immediately preceding bullet point, or, if it is participating in any Exchange Offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of any New Notes, (i) it will not be able to rely on the interpretations of the SEC staff set forth in the no-action letters mentioned above, (ii) it will not be entitled to tender Existing Notes in the applicable Exchange Offer, (iii) in the absence of an applicable exemption, it must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with such offer, sale or other transfer of the Existing Notes and (iv) any registration statement used in connection with such offer, sale or other transfer of Existing Notes must contain the selling security holder information required by Item 507 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, and that failure to comply with such registration and prospectus delivery requirements may result in liability under the Securities Act and neither the Issuers nor the Guarantors will be responsible for, or indemnify it, against any such liability;

    the Existing Notes being tendered thereby were owned as of the date of tender, free and clear of any liens, charges, claims, encumbrances, interests and restrictions of any kind, and the applicable Issuer will acquire good, indefeasible and unencumbered title to those Existing Notes, free and clear of all liens, charges, claims, encumbrances, interests and restrictions of any kind, when the applicable Issuer accepts the same;

    it will not sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise encumber or transfer Existing Notes tendered thereby from the date of such tender, and any purported sale, pledge, hypothecation or other encumbrance or transfer will be void and of no effect;

    neither the applicable Issuer, the applicable Guarantors, the Trustee or the Exchange Agent nor any of their respective affiliates, has made any recommendation or given any advice, legal, financial or otherwise, in connection with the Exchange Offers or given any assurance, guarantee or representation as to projected success, profitability, return, performance, result, effect, consequence or benefit of the Exchange Offers and that is has made its own decision with regard to the Exchange Offers;

    it acknowledges that the applicable Issuer, the applicable Guarantors, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent, and any of their respective affiliates will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing acknowledgements, representations and agreements and agrees that if any of the acknowledgements, representations and warranties made by its tendering of Existing Notes are, at any time prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offers no longer accurate, it shall promptly notify the applicable Issuer;

    if it is acquiring the New Notes as a fiduciary or agent for one or more beneficial owners, it represents that it has sole investment discretion with respect to each such beneficial owner and it has full power to make the foregoing representations, warranties, acknowledgments and agreements on behalf of such beneficial owner;

    in evaluating the applicable Exchange Offer and in making its decision whether to participate in the applicable Exchange Offer by the tender of Existing Notes, it has made its own independent appraisal of the matters referred to in this prospectus and in any related communications;

    it shall execute any further documents and give any further assurances that may be required in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case on and subject to the terms and conditions described or referred to in this prospectus; and

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      upon its successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy and personal and legal representatives.

Acceptance of Existing Notes for Exchange; Delivery of New Notes

        Upon satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions to an Exchange Offer, the applicable Issuer will accept, promptly after the expiration of such Exchange Offer, all Existing Notes of the applicable series validly tendered and not validly withdrawn and, promptly after acceptance of such Existing Notes, such Issuer will issue New Notes of such series in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes of such series so accepted. See "—Conditions to the Exchange Offers." For purposes of an Exchange Offer, the applicable Issuer will be deemed to have accepted validly tendered Existing Notes of the applicable series for exchange if and when such Issuer gives oral (confirmed in writing) or written notice to the Exchange Agent.

        A holder of Existing Notes accepted for exchange will receive New Notes of the applicable series in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Existing Notes. Persons who are the registered holders of the New Notes of a particular series at the close of business on the record date for the first interest payment date for the Notes of such series following the consummation of the applicable Exchange Offer will be entitled to receive interest accrued on such New Notes from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid on the Existing Notes of such series to but excluding such interest payment date; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if such record date occurs prior to the consummation of the applicable Exchange Offer, then the interest payable on such first interest payment date will instead be paid to the persons who were the registered holders of the Existing Notes of such series that were exchanged for such New Notes at the close of business on such record date. Interest will cease to accrue on Existing Notes that are exchanged for New Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offers and holders and beneficial owners of such Existing Notes will not be entitled to receive any payments in respect of accrued and unpaid interest on such Existing Notes except as described in the immediately preceding sentence.

        In all cases, issuance of New Notes for Existing Notes that are accepted for exchange will be made only after timely receipt by the Exchange Agent of:

    a Book-Entry Confirmation of the transfer of such Existing Notes into the Exchange Agent's account at DTC,

    an Agent's Message in respect of such Existing Notes, and

    all other required documents.

        There is no letter of transmittal for Existing Notes tendered in connection with the Exchange Offers.

        Any Existing Notes which have been tendered for exchange but which are not exchanged for any reason (including, without limitation, because the tender of those Existing Notes has been properly withdrawn, because the applicable Issuer does not accept those Existing Notes for exchange or terminates the related Exchange Offer), such Existing Notes will be credited to the accounts at DTC of the applicable DTC participants, without cost to such holders, promptly after withdrawal of such Existing Notes or expiration or termination of the applicable Exchange Offer, as the case may be.

Book-Entry Transfers

        For purposes of the Exchange Offers, the Exchange Agent will request that accounts be established with respect to each series of Existing Notes at DTC, unless the Exchange Agent has already established an account with DTC suitable for each Exchange Offer. Any financial institution that is a direct participant in DTC (a "DTC participant") may make book-entry delivery of Existing Notes by

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causing DTC to transfer such Existing Notes into the Exchange Agent's account at DTC in accordance with DTC's procedures for transfer and by causing DTC to deliver an Agent's Message and a Book-Entry Confirmation complying with the terms of the applicable Exchange Offer to the Exchange Agent through DTC.

        Any DTC participant wishing to tender Existing Notes in an Exchange Offer (whether on its own behalf or on behalf of the beneficial owner of Existing Notes) should transmit its acceptance to DTC sufficiently far in advance of the expiration of the applicable Exchange Offer so as to permit DTC to take the following actions prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. DTC will verify such acceptance, execute a book-entry transfer of the tendered Existing Notes into the Exchange Agent's account at DTC and then send to the Exchange Agent a Book-Entry Confirmation of such book-entry transfer. The Book-Entry Confirmation of such book-entry transfer will include an Agent's Message confirming that such DTC participant acknowledges and agrees (on behalf of itself and on behalf of any beneficial owner of the applicable Existing Notes) to be bound by the terms of this prospectus. All of the foregoing, together with any other required documents, must be delivered to and received by the Exchange Agent prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date.

Withdrawal Rights

        You may withdraw, no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date of an Exchange Offer, any Existing Notes that you have tendered in that Exchange Offer. For a withdrawal of tendered Existing Notes to be effective, the Exchange Agent must receive an electronic notice of withdrawal transmitted by DTC on behalf of the DTC participant that tendered such Existing Notes no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Expiration Date. The notice of withdrawal must:

    specify the name and DTC account number of the DTC participant that tendered such Existing Notes)

    identify the Existing Notes to be withdrawn (including the CUSIP numbers) and principal amount of such Existing Notes,

    specify the name and account number at DTC to which your withdrawn Existing Notes should be credited,

    be transmitted on behalf of the same DTC participant that tendered such Existing Notes, and

    contain a statement that the holder is withdrawing its election to have the Existing Notes exchanged.

        Properly withdrawn Existing Notes may be retendered by following the procedures described under "—Procedures for Tendering Existing Notes" above at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Expiration Date.

        All questions as to the validity, form and eligibility (including time of receipt) of such notices of withdrawal and all other documents submitted and procedures followed in connection therewith will be determined by the applicable Issuer in its sole and absolute discretion (which power may be delegated to the Exchange Agent), which determination shall be final and binding on all parties. Any Existing Notes so withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for exchange for purposes of the applicable Exchange Offer and no New Notes will be issued with respect thereto unless the Existing Notes so withdrawn are validly retendered and not validly withdrawn and are accepted by the applicable Issuer.

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Conditions to the Exchange Offers

        Notwithstanding any other term of an Exchange Offer, the applicable Issuer will not be required to accept for exchange, or issue any New Notes for, any Existing Notes in such Exchange Offer, and may terminate or amend such Exchange Offer before the acceptance of the applicable Existing Notes, if the applicable Issuer determines that such Exchange Offer violates any applicable law or applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC.

        The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of the Issuers and may be asserted by an Issuer regardless of the circumstances giving rise to any condition and any or all such conditions may be waived by the applicable Issuer at any time or from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion. An Issuer's failure at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights will not be deemed a waiver of any such right and each such right will be deemed an ongoing right which may be asserted at any time.

        In addition, an Issuer will not accept for exchange any Existing Notes tendered, and no New Notes will be issued in exchange for any such Existing Notes, if at such time any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is threatened or in effect. In any such event, the applicable Issuer must use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such stop order.

        No Exchange Offer is conditioned on the completion of any other Exchange Offer. In addition, an Issuer may amend the terms of an applicable Exchange Offer without amending the terms of any other applicable Exchange Offer.

No Guaranteed Delivery

        There are no guaranteed delivery procedures available in connection with the Exchange Offers. Accordingly, holders of Existing Notes must deliver or cause to be delivered their Existing Notes and all other required documentation to the Exchange Agent in accordance with the procedures described in this prospectus prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Expiration Date.

No Appraisal or Dissenters' Rights

        Holders of the Existing Notes do not have any appraisal or dissenters' rights in connection with the Exchange Offers.

Exchange Agent

        Each Issuer has appointed Global Bondholder Services Corporation as the Exchange Agent for its Exchange Offers. All required documents must be delivered to the address or the facsimile number set forth below, except that Existing Notes, Book-Entry Confirmations, Agent's Messages, notices of withdrawal and other electronic messages delivered through DTC must be delivered to the Exchange

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Agent through DTC's systems and procedures. Questions, requests for assistance, requests for additional copies of this prospectus should be directed to the Exchange Agent addressed as follows:

By Hand, Overnight Delivery or Mail
(Registered or Certified Mail Recommended):

Global Bondholder Services Corporation
65 Broadway, Suite 404
New York, New York 10006
Attention: Corporate Actions
  By Facsimile Transmission:
(For Eligible Institutions only):
(212) 430-3775/3779

To confirm receipt or for more information, call:
(212) 430-3774
Toll free: (866) 470-3700
or email:
contact@gbsc-usa.com

 

 

DELIVERY OF ANY REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO AN ADDRESS OR BY FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION TO A FACSIMILE NUMBER OTHER THAN AS SHOWN ABOVE, AND ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF EXISTING NOTES, BOOK-ENTRY CONFIRMATIONS, AGENT'S MESSAGES, NOTICES OF WITHDRAWAL AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS TRANSMITTED TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT OTHER THAN THROUGH DTC'S SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES, DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

Fees and Expenses

        The Issuers and the Guarantors will pay the Exchange Agent's reasonable and customary fees for its services, reimburse the Exchange Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the provision of these services and generally pay other registration expenses, including fees and expenses of the Trustee under the Indentures, SEC filing fees, and printing and distribution expenses. However, neither the Issuers nor the Guarantors will pay any discounts, fees or commissions, or make any other payments, to brokers, dealers or others soliciting acceptances of any Exchange Offer.

        Additional solicitations may be made by telephone, facsimile or in person by officers and employees of the Issuers, the Guarantors and their affiliates.

Transfer Taxes

        You will not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in connection with the tender of Existing Notes in any Exchange Offer unless you instruct the applicable Issuer to issue New Notes, or request that Existing Notes not tendered or accepted in the applicable Exchange Offer and be returned, to a person other than the tendering holder. In those cases, you will be responsible for the payment of any applicable transfer taxes.

Accounting Treatment

        We will record the New Notes at the same carrying value as the Existing Notes, as reflected in our accounting records on the date of the exchange. Accordingly, we will not recognize any gain or loss for accounting purposes. The expenses of the Exchange Offers will be amortized over the term of the New Notes.

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Consequences of Not Exchanging Existing Notes

        If you do not exchange your Existing Notes for New Notes in an Exchange Offer, your Existing Notes will remain outstanding and will continue to accrue interest but will remain subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in the applicable Indenture and in the legend on the certificates evidencing the Existing Notes, as well as the restrictions on transfer arising under the Securities Act and any other applicable laws, and you will not be entitled to receive any additional interest on your Existing Notes and will not be entitled to any registration rights or (subject to possible limited exceptions) other rights under the applicable Registration Rights Agreement. In general, you may offer or sell your Existing Notes only if:

    they are offered and sold pursuant to a registration statement which is effective under, and otherwise in compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of, the Securities Act, or

    they are offered and sold pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act,

subject, in each of the foregoing cases, in compliance with the securities laws of any other applicable jurisdiction and with the procedures specified in the applicable Indenture, including the delivery of any certificate, opinion of counsel or other information that may be required by the Indenture or by the applicable Issuer. The Issuers do not intend to register the Existing Notes under the Securities Act or to make a prospectus available to enable you to sell or otherwise transfer your Existing Notes.

        In addition, an Exchange Offer may have a material adverse effect on the market price and liquidity of any Existing Notes that are the subject of such Exchange Offer and that remain outstanding following such Exchange Offer. See "Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Exchange Offers—If you choose not to exchange your Existing Notes in the Exchange Offers, the transfer restrictions currently applicable to your Existing Notes will remain in force and the market price and liquidity of your Existing Notes may decline."

Resales of New Notes

        Based on interpretations by the staff of the SEC contained in no-action letters issued to third parties (for example, Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (June 5, 1991) and Shearman & Sterling (July 2, 1993)), the Issuers believe that, except as provided in the next sentence and in the second succeeding paragraph, the New Notes you receive in the Exchange Offers may be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred by you without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act unless:

    (1)
    you are an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors ;

    (2)
    the New Notes you receive in the Exchange Offers will not be acquired by you in the ordinary course of your business; or

    (3)
    you have an arrangement or understanding with any person to engage in, or you are engaged in or intend to engage in, the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the New Notes in violation of the Securities Act.

        However, if you are a broker-dealer holding Existing Notes acquired for your own account as a result of market-making or other trading activities and who receives New Notes in exchange for such Existing Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer (a "participating broker-dealer"), you may be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and you must (and, by tendering such Existing Notes, you will be deemed to acknowledge that you will) deliver (or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, make available) a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act to

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purchasers and other transferees in connection with any resale or other transfer of such New Notes. However, by so acknowledging and delivering a prospectus, a participating broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. A participating broker-dealer may use this prospectus, as amended or supplemented from time to time, in connection with resales or other transfers of New Notes received for its own account in an Exchange Offer in exchange for Existing Notes that it acquired for its own account as a result of market-making or other trading activities for a period of 180 days (subject to our right to suspend use of this prospectus under the circumstances described under "Plan of Distribution") after the Settlement Date of the applicable Exchange Offer so long as such participating broker-dealer has notified the applicable Issuer or Amcor plc in writing that it will be using this prospectus for such purpose. For further information, see "Plan of Distribution."

        If you fall into one or more of the categories set forth in clauses (1) through (3) of the second preceding paragraph, if you are participating in an Exchange Offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the New Notes to be acquired in the Exchange Offer, or if you are a broker-dealer that will receive New Notes in an Exchange Offer in exchange for Existing Notes that you acquired from the applicable Issuer for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act, (i) you will not be able to rely on the interpretations of the SEC staff enunciated in the no-action letters mentioned above or in other interpretive letters of similar effect, (ii) you will not be permitted to tender your Existing Notes in any Exchange Offer, (iii) in the absence of an applicable exemption, you must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any offer, sale or other transfer of Notes, and (iv) any registration statement used in connection with such offer, sale or other transfer of Notes must contain the selling security holder information required by Item 507 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. Failure to comply with such registration and prospectus delivery requirements may result in liability under the Securities Act and neither the Issuers nor the Guarantors will be responsible for, or indemnify you against, any such liability. Each broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account pursuant to an Exchange Offer will be deemed to acknowledge and agree that it will deliver (or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, make available) to purchasers and other transferees a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale or other transfer of New Notes received in the Exchange Offer as aforesaid, but only participating broker-dealers will be entitled, subject to the limitations described above, to use this prospectus, as amended or supplemented from time to time, in connection with resales or other transfers of New Notes received in any Exchange Offer.

        We do not intend to request the SEC to consider, and the SEC has not considered, the Exchange Offers in the context of a similar no-action letter. As a result, we cannot guarantee that the staff of the SEC would make a similar determination with respect to the Exchange Offers as in the circumstances described in the no action letters referred to above.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW NOTES

        The following summaries of certain provisions of the Indentures, the New Notes and the Guarantees do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the Indentures, the New Notes and the Guarantees, including the definitions therein of certain terms. The definitions of certain terms used below are set forth under "—Certain definitions." Capitalized terms used but not defined in this section have the meanings set forth in the applicable Indenture or set forth elsewhere in this prospectus. A copy of each Indenture (which includes the terms of the applicable Guarantees (as defined below)) has been filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and may be obtained as described under "Where You Can Find More Information" and "Incorporation by Reference."

General

        The New 2021 Notes and New Bemis 2026 Notes (collectively, the "New Bemis Notes") will be issued by Bemis Company, Inc. ("Bemis"), which is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Amcor plc ("Amcor plc" or the "Parent Guarantor"), under an indenture (the "Bemis Notes Indenture"), dated as of June 13, 2019, among Bemis, as issuer, Amcor plc, Amcor Pty Ltd (formerly known as Amcor Limited), Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. ("AFUI"), and Amcor UK Finance PLC ("Amcor UK" and, collectively with Amcor plc, Amcor Pty Ltd and AFUI, each, a "Bemis Guarantor" and, collectively, the "Bemis Guarantors"), as guarantors, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the "Trustee").

        The New AFUI 2026 Notes and New 2028 Notes (together, the "New AFUI Notes") will be issued by AFUI (together with Bemis, the "Issuers"), which is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Amcor plc, under an indenture (the "AFUI Notes Indenture" and, together with the Bemis Notes Indenture, the "Indentures"), dated as of June 13, 2019, among AFUI, as issuer, Amcor plc, Amcor Pty Ltd (formerly known as Amcor Limited), Bemis, and Amcor UK (each an "AFUI Guarantor" and, collectively, the "AFUI Guarantors"), as guarantors, and the Trustee, as trustee.

        The Bemis Guarantors and the AFUI Guarantors (collectively, the "Initial Guarantors") will provide Guarantees of the New Bemis Notes and New AFUI Notes, respectively, pursuant to the applicable Indenture. The terms of each Indenture include those stated in such Indenture and those made part of such Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act.

        For purposes of this "Description of the New Notes" section, (i) the term "2021 Notes" means the Existing 2021 Notes (as defined herein), the New 2021 Notes and any Additional 2021 Notes (as defined herein), (ii) the term "Bemis 2026 Notes" means the Existing Bemis 2026 Notes (as defined herein), the New Bemis 2026 Notes and any Additional Bemis 2026 Notes (as defined herein), (iii) the term "AFUI 2026 Notes" means the Existing AFUI 2026 Notes (as defined herein), the New AFUI 2026 Notes and any Additional AFUI 2026 Notes (as defined herein), (iv) the term "2028 Notes" means the Existing 2028 Notes (as defined herein), the New 2028 Notes and any Additional 2028 Notes (as defined herein), (v) the term "Existing Notes" means, collectively, the Existing 2021 Notes, the Existing Bemis 2026 Notes, the Existing AFUI 2026 Notes and the Existing 2028 Notes, (vi) the term "New Notes" means, collectively, the New 2021 Notes, the New Bemis 2026 Notes, the New AFUI 2026 Notes and the New 2028 Notes, (vii) the term "Additional Notes" means, collectively, any Additional 2021 Notes, any Additional Bemis 2026 Notes, any Additional AFUI 2026 Notes and any Additional 2028 Notes and (viii) the term "Notes" means, collectively, the Existing Notes and the New Notes.

        The New Notes of a particular series issued under an Indenture and any Existing Notes of that series that remain outstanding after the related Exchange Offer will constitute a single series of debts under such Indenture. Each Issuer may from time to time, without the consent of the holders of a series of Notes, issue additional Notes of such series as described below under "—Further Issues."

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There is no limit under either of the Indentures on the aggregate principal amount of any applicable series of Notes that an Issuer may issue.

        The New Notes will be issued in fully-registered, book-entry form in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. The New Notes will be held in global form by DTC, as depositary, and will be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC.

New 2021 Notes

    Title of the notes: 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 (the "New 2021 Notes")

    Total principal amount being issued: up to US$346,652,000

    Issuer: Bemis

    Maturity date: October 15, 2021

    Interest rate: 4.500%

    Date interest starts accruing: from the most recent date (on or prior to the date the New 2021 Notes are issued) to which interest will have been paid on the Existing 2021 Notes

    Interest payment dates: April 15 and October 15

    First interest payment date: the first interest payment date (as described above) occurring after the date that interest starts accruing on the New 2021 Notes

    Regular record dates for interest: April 1 and October 1

    Redemption: See "—Optional Redemption"

    Listing: the New 2021 Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange or included in any automated quotation system

New Bemis 2026 Notes

    Title of the notes: 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the "New Bemis 2026 Notes")

    Total principal amount being issued: up to US$293,200,000

    Issuer: Bemis

    Maturity date: September 15, 2026

    Interest rate: 3.100%

    Date interest starts accruing: from the most recent date (on or prior to the date the New Bemis 2026 Notes are issued) to which interest will have been paid on the Existing Bemis 2026 Notes, which is expected to be March 15, 2020

    Interest payment dates: March 15 and September 15

    First interest payment date: the first interest payment date (as described above) occurring after the date that interest starts accruing on the New Bemis 2026 Notes

    Regular record dates for interest: March 1 and September 1

    Redemption: See "—Optional Redemption"

    Listing: the New Bemis 2026 Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange or included in any automated quotation system

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New AFUI 2026 Notes

    Title of the notes: 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the "New AFUI 2026 Notes")

    Total principal amount being issued: up to US$591,266,000

    Issuer: AFUI

    Maturity date: April 28, 2026

    Interest rate: 3.625%

    Date interest starts accruing: from the most recent date (on or prior to the date the New AFUI 2026 Notes are issued) to which interest will have been paid on the Existing AFUI 2026 Notes

    Interest payment dates: April 28 and October 28

    First interest payment date: the first interest payment date (as described above) occurring after the date that interest starts accruing on the New AFUI 2026 Notes

    Regular record dates for interest: April 13 and October 13

    Redemption: See "—Optional Redemption"

    Listing: the New AFUI 2026 Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange or included in any automated quotation system

New 2028 Notes

    Title of the notes: 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (the "New 2028 Notes")

    Total principal amount being issued: up to US$497,508,000

    Issuer: AFUI

    Maturity date: May 15, 2028

    Interest rate: 4.500%

    Date interest starts accruing: from the most recent date (on or prior to the date the New 2028 Notes are issued) to which interest will have been paid on the Existing 2028 Notes

    Interest payment dates: May 15 and November 15

    First interest payment date: the first interest payment date (as described above) occurring after the date that interest starts accruing on the New 2028 Notes

    Regular record dates for interest: April 30 and October 31

    Redemption: See "—Optional Redemption"

    Listing: the New 2028 Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange or included in any automated quotation system

        For a full semi-annual interest period, Interest on the New Notes of each series will be paid on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

        The New Notes will not be entitled to the benefits of any sinking fund. The New Notes are subject to defeasance as described below under "—Defeasance and covenant defeasance."

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Further issues

        Each Indenture provides that the Notes of each series thereunder may be issued from time to time without limitation as to aggregate principal amount. Therefore, in the future, each Issuer may, without the consent of the holders of a series of Notes, create and issue under the applicable Indenture additional debt securities having the same terms and conditions as the Existing Notes and the New Notes of a particular series issued thereunder (except for the issue date and, under certain circumstances, the first date of interest accrual, the first interest payment date and terms relating to restrictions on transfer or registration rights) , provided that if such additional debt securities are not fungible with the Existing Notes of such series for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such additional debt securities will have a different CUSIP number from such Existing Notes. We refer to any such additional debt securities, as "Additional 2021 Notes" (in the case of the Existing 2021 Notes and the New 2021 Notes), "Additional Bemis 2026 Notes" (in the case of the Existing Bemis 2026 Notes and the New Bemis 2026 Notes), "Additional AFUI 2026 Notes" (in the case of the Existing AFUI 2026 Notes and the New AFUI 2026 Notes) and "Additional 2028 Notes" (in the case of the Existing 2028 Notes and the New 2028 Notes), and collectively, as the "Additional Notes." Any Additional Notes of a series will form a single series of debt securities with the Existing Notes and the New Notes of such series under the related Indenture.

Guarantees

Generally

        The Initial Guarantors of New Notes of a particular series and any future Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined below) of New Notes of such series (together, the "Guarantors") will fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee, on a joint and several basis, to each holder of a New Note of such series authenticated and delivered by the Trustee the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and any premium and interest on, such New Note (and any Additional Amounts (as hereinafter defined) payable in respect thereof) and all other amounts payable by the applicable Issuer under the applicable Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at stated maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such New Note and of such Indenture (such guarantee, a "Guarantee" and, collectively, the "Guarantees"). The obligations of the applicable Guarantors under their Guarantees will be limited as necessary to recognize certain defenses generally available to guarantors (including those that relate to fraudulent conveyance or transfer, voidable preference, financial assistance, corporate purpose or similar laws) under applicable law.

Additional Subsidiary Guarantors

        The Parent Guarantor has covenanted and agreed under each Indenture that it will cause each of its Subsidiaries (other than the Issuer under such Indenture and any Subsidiary that is already a Guarantor under such Indenture) that at any time has outstanding a guarantee with respect to any Specified Indebtedness, or is otherwise an obligor, a co-obligor or jointly liable with the applicable Issuer or any applicable Guarantor with respect to any Specified Indebtedness, to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture within 30 days of such Subsidiary guaranteeing, or otherwise becoming an obligor, a co-obligor or jointly liable with the applicable Issuer or any applicable Guarantor in respect of, such Specified Indebtedness, pursuant to which such Subsidiary will guarantee each series of New Notes issued under such Indenture on the same terms and subject to the same conditions and limitations as set forth in the applicable Indenture.

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Subsidiary is incorporated or organized, provided that such limitation shall also be contained in any other guarantee provided by such Subsidiary in respect of any Specified Indebtedness.

Release of Subsidiary Guarantors

        As more fully described in the applicable Indenture, any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor that provides a Guarantee in respect of Notes of any series (a "Subsidiary Guarantor") may be released at any time from its Guarantee without the consent of any holder of the applicable series of New Notes if, at such time, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and either (a) such Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer, or at the time of release will no longer be, a Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor or (b) such Subsidiary Guarantor shall not have outstanding a guarantee with respect to any Specified Indebtedness or otherwise be an obligor, co-obligor or jointly liable with respect to any Specified Indebtedness (or shall be released with respect to its Guarantee under the applicable Indenture simultaneously with its release under guarantees or other obligations with respect to all Specified Indebtedness).

Ranking

        The New Notes will be unsecured obligations of the applicable Issuer and will rank on a parity basis with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of such Issuer, and the Guarantees will be unsecured obligations of the applicable Guarantors and will rank on a parity basis with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of such Guarantors except, in each case, indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

        The New Notes will be effectively subordinated to any existing and future secured obligations of the applicable Issuer to the extent of the value of the assets securing such obligations, and since the applicable New Notes are unsecured obligations of the corresponding Issuer, in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency, each such Issuer's secured lenders will have a prior secured claim to any collateral securing the obligation owed to them. The Guarantees will be effectively subordinated to any existing and future secured obligations of the applicable Guarantors to the extent of the value of the assets securing such obligations, and since the applicable Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the corresponding Guarantor, in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency, each such Guarantor's secured lenders will have a prior secured claim to any collateral securing the obligation owed to them. As of December 31, 2019, the Issuers and the Guarantors had no secured indebtedness outstanding.

        The New Notes of each series and the related Guarantees will also be structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities, whether or not secured, of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor (other than the applicable Issuer) that does not guarantee such New Notes (including any Subsidiaries that the Parent Guarantor may in the future acquire or establish to the extent they do not guarantee such New Notes). The Parent Guarantor, Amcor Pty Ltd, AFUI and Amcor UK will be the initial Guarantors of the New Bemis Notes and the Parent Guarantor, Amcor Pty Ltd, Bemis and Amcor UK will be the initial Guarantors of the New AFUI Notes. See "—Guarantees."

Form and denomination of the New Notes

        The New Notes will be issued only in fully registered form, without interest coupons, and in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. New Notes will not be issued in bearer form.

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Registration of transfer and exchange

General

        Subject to the limitations applicable to Global Notes (as defined below), New Notes may be presented for exchange for other New Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount or for registration of transfer by the holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing and, if so required by the applicable Issuer, the applicable Guarantors or the Trustee, with the form of transfer thereon duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the applicable Issuer, the applicable Guarantors or the Registrar (as defined below) duly executed, at the office of the Registrar or at the office of any other transfer agent designated by such Issuer or such Guarantors for such purpose. No service charge will be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of New Notes, but the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors may require payment of a sum by the holder of a New Note sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

        Such transfer or exchange will be effected upon the Registrar or such transfer agent, as the case may be, being satisfied with the documents of title and identity of the person making the request. The Registrar may decline to accept any request for an exchange or registration of transfer of any New Note during the period of 15 days preceding the due date for any payment of interest on, principal of or any other payments on or in respect of the New Notes. Each Issuer and the applicable Guarantors have appointed the Trustee as Registrar (the "Registrar"). Each Issuer and the applicable Guarantors may at any time designate additional transfer agents or rescind the designation of any transfer agent or approve a change in the office through which any transfer agent acts; provided, however, that there shall at all times be a transfer agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.

Global Notes

        The New Notes will be represented by one or more definitive, fully registered securities in global form. A global security is a special type of indirectly held debt security.

        Each New Note in global form (a "Global Note") will be deposited with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as custodian for DTC, and will be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. Any person wishing to own a beneficial interest in the New Notes must do so indirectly by virtue of an account with a broker, bank or other financial institution that in turn has an account with DTC.

        As an indirect holder, an investor's rights relating to a Global Note will be governed by the account rules of the investor's financial institution and of DTC, as well as general laws relating to securities transfers. None of the Issuers, the Guarantors or the Trustee recognize this type of investor as a holder of the New Notes under the applicable Indenture and instead deal only with DTC, which holds the Global Notes.

        An investor should be aware that because the New Notes are issued only in global form:

    the investor cannot get the New Notes registered in his or her own name;

    the investor cannot receive physical certificates for his or her interest in the New Notes, except in the limited circumstances described below;

    the investor will be a "street name" holder and must look to his or her own bank or broker for payments on the New Notes and protection of his or her legal rights relating to the New Notes;

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    DTC's policies will govern payments, transfers, exchange and other matters relating to the investor's interest in the Global Note. The Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee have no responsibility for any aspect of DTC's actions or for its records of ownership interests in the Global Note. The Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee also do not supervise DTC in any way.

        In a few special situations described below, the Global Notes will terminate and interests in them will be exchanged for physical certificates representing the New Notes. After that exchange, the choice of whether to hold the New Notes directly or in "street name" will be up to the investor. In such case, investors must consult their own bank or brokers to find out how to have their interests in the New Notes transferred to their own name so that they will be direct holders. The special situations for such termination of the Global Notes and such exchange are when:

    DTC or its successor (i) notifies the applicable Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as depositary for the applicable series of the New Notes or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, if so required by applicable law or regulation, and no successor depositary has been appointed within 90 days of this notification to the applicable Issuer or of the applicable Issuer becoming aware of DTC or its successor ceasing to be so registered, as the case may be;

    the applicable Issuer in its sole discretion notifies DTC or its successor that the applicable Global Notes shall be exchanged for such physical certificates; or

    an Event of Default on the applicable series of the New Notes has occurred and not been cured and certain actions are taken by the beneficial owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of New Notes represented by the applicable Global Notes.

In all cases, such physical certificates delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by DTC or its successor, as the case may be.

Payment and Paying Agents

        The principal of, and any interest on, the New Notes will be payable by wire transfer for Global Notes or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled to the payment as it appears in the security register maintained by the Trustee in accordance with the applicable Indenture. Unless informed otherwise by the applicable Issuer, interest payments will be made to the persons in whose name the New Notes are registered at the close of business on the record date immediately preceding the applicable interest payment date. If the principal of, or any premium or interest on, New Notes is payable on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment will be made on the following Business Day, provided that no additional interest will accrue for the intervening period in respect of such payment date.

        The corporate trust office of the Trustee in The City of New York will be designated as the applicable Issuer's sole Paying Agent for payments with respect to the applicable New Notes. The applicable Issuer may at any time designate additional Paying Agents or rescind the designation of any Paying Agent or approve a change in the office through which any Paying Agent acts, except that the applicable Issuer will be required to maintain a Paying Agent in each place of payment for the applicable New Notes.

        All moneys paid by the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors to a Paying Agent for the payment of the principal or of any premium or interest on any applicable New Note which remain unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable will be repaid to the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors and the holder of such

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New Note thereafter may look only to the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors for payment thereof.

Payment of Additional Amounts

        All payments of, or in respect of, principal of, and any premium and interest on, the New Notes, and all payments pursuant to any Guarantee, shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the United States (including the District of Columbia and any state, possession or territory thereof), Jersey, Australia, the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction in which the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantor becomes a resident for tax purposes (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) or through which the applicable Issuer or any applicable Guarantor makes payment on the New Notes or any Guarantee (each, a "Relevant Jurisdiction") or any political subdivision or taxing authority of any of the foregoing, unless such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges are required by the law of the Relevant Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein to be withheld or deducted. In that event, the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors, as applicable, will pay such additional amounts ("Additional Amounts") as will result (after deduction of such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges and any additional taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges payable in respect of such Additional Amounts) in the payment to the holder of each New Note of the amounts which would have been payable in respect of such New Note or Guarantee had no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no Additional Amounts shall be so payable for or on account of:

    (1)
    any withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for the fact that such holder or beneficial owner of the New Note:

    (a)
    was a resident, domiciliary or national of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was physically present in, Jersey, Australia, the United Kingdom, or other Relevant Jurisdiction or otherwise had some connection with Jersey, Australia, the United Kingdom, or other Relevant Jurisdiction other than the mere ownership of, or receipt of payment under, such New Note or Guarantee;

    (b)
    presented such New Note or Guarantee for payment in any Relevant Jurisdiction, unless such New Note or Guarantee could not have been presented for payment elsewhere;

    (c)
    presented such New Note or Guarantee (where presentation is required) more than thirty (30) days after the date on which the payment in respect of such New Note or Guarantee first became due and payable or provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the holder would have been entitled to such Additional Amounts if it had presented such New Note or Guarantee for payment on any day within such period of thirty (30) days; or

    (d)
    with respect to any withholding or deduction of taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges imposed by the United States, or any of its territories or any political subdivision thereof or any taxing authority thereof or therein, is or was with respect to the United States a citizen or resident of the United States, treated as a resident of the United States, present in the United States, engaged in business in the United States, a person with a permanent establishment or fixed base in the United States, a "ten percent shareholder" of the applicable Issuer or applicable Guarantor, a passive foreign investment company, or a controlled foreign corporation, or has or has had some other connection with the United States (other than the mere receipt of a payment or the ownership of holding a New Note);

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    (2)
    any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge or any withholding or deduction on account of such tax, assessment or other government charge;

    (3)
    any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from payments of (or in respect of) principal of, or any premium and interest on, the New Notes or the Guarantees thereof;

    (4)
    any withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason of the failure to comply in a timely manner by the holder of such New Note or, in the case of a Global Note, the beneficial owner of such Global Note, with a timely request of the applicable Issuer, the applicable Guarantors, the Trustee or any Paying Agent addressed to such holder or beneficial owner, as the case may be, (a) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of such holder or such beneficial owner or (b) to make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirement, which, in the case of (a) or (b), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of any Relevant Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge (including without limitation the filing of a IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI or W-9);

    (5)
    any withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge which is imposed or withheld by or by reason of the Australian Commissioner of Taxation giving a notice under section 255 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) of Australia or section 260-5 of Schedule 1 of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) of Australia or under a similar provision;

    (6)
    any taxes imposed or withheld by reason of the failure of the holder or beneficial owner of the New Notes to comply with (a) the requirements of Sections 1471 through 1474 (commonly known as "FATCA") of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), as of the date hereof (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), the U.S. Treasury regulations issued thereunder or any official interpretation thereof or any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471 of the Code, (b) any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction or relating to any intergovernmental agreement between the United States and any other jurisdiction, which, in either case, facilitates the implementation of clause (a) above and (c) any agreement pursuant to the implementation of clauses (a) and (b) above with the IRS, the U.S. government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction; or

    (7)
    any combination of items (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6);

nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment of, or in respect of, the principal of, or any premium or interest on, any such New Note or Guarantee to any such holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such New Note or Guarantee would, under the laws of any Relevant Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, be treated as being derived or received for tax purposes by a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts had it been the holder of the New Note or Guarantee.

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the applicable Indenture to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the applicable Indenture, and any express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions of the applicable Indenture shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions of such Indenture where such express mention is not made.

        Certain other additional amounts may be payable in respect of the New Notes and the Guarantees as a result of certain consolidations or mergers involving, or conveyances, transfer or leases of properties and assets by, the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors. See "—Certain Covenants—Consolidation, merger and sale of assets."

Redemption for changes in withholding taxes

        If, as the result of (a) any change in or any amendment to the laws, regulations, or published tax rulings of any Relevant Jurisdiction, or of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, affecting taxation, or (b) any change in the official administration, application, or interpretation by a relevant court or tribunal, government or government authority of any Relevant Jurisdiction of such laws, regulations or published tax rulings either generally or in relation to the Notes or the Guarantees, which change or amendment is proposed and becomes effective on or after the later of (x) the original issue date of the Notes or the Guarantees or (y) the date on which a jurisdiction becomes a Relevant Jurisdiction (whether by consolidation, merger or transfer of assets of an Issuer or any Guarantor, change in place of payment on the Notes or Guarantees or otherwise) or which change in official administration, application or interpretation shall not have been available to the public prior to such later date, the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors would be required to pay any Additional Amounts pursuant to the applicable Indenture or the terms of any Guarantee in respect of interest on the next succeeding interest payment date (assuming, in the case of the Guarantors, a payment in respect of such interest was required to be made by the applicable Guarantors under the Guarantee thereof on such interest payment date and the applicable Guarantors would be unable, for reasons outside their control, to procure payment by the applicable Issuer), and the obligation to pay Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the use of commercially reasonable measures available to the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors, the applicable Issuer may, at its option, redeem all (but not less than all) of the corresponding Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' written notice as provided in the applicable Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption; provided, however, that:

    (1)
    no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which such Issuer or such Guarantors would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts were a payment in respect of the applicable series of New Notes or the applicable Guarantees thereof then due; and

    (2)
    at the time any such redemption notice is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts must remain in effect.

        Prior to any such redemption, such Issuer, the applicable Guarantor or any Person with whom such Issuer or the applicable Guarantor has consolidated or merged, or to whom such Issuer or the applicable Guarantor has conveyed or transferred or leased all or substantially all of its properties and assets (the successor Person in any such transaction, a "Successor Person"), as the case may be, shall provide the Trustee with an opinion of counsel to the effect that the conditions precedent to such redemption have occurred and a certificate signed by an authorized officer stating that the obligation to pay Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by taking measures that such Issuer, the applicable Guarantor or the Successor Person, as the case may be, believes are commercially reasonable.

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Optional redemption

        Any series of Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the applicable Issuer at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the applicable series of Notes being redeemed and (2) as determined by the Quotation Agent (as defined below), the sum of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the New Notes of the applicable series to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the remaining scheduled payments of interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) from the redemption date to the maturity date of the applicable series of New Notes being redeemed, in each case, discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 40 basis points in the case of the 2021 Notes, 25 basis points in the case of the Bemis 2026 Notes, 30 basis points in the case of the AFUI 2026 Notes and 25 basis points in the case of the 2028 Notes, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing, if Bemis redeems any of the 2021 Notes or the Bemis 2026 Notes or if AFUI redeems any of the AFUI 2026 Notes or 2028 Notes on or after the applicable Par Call Date (as defined below), such series of Notes are redeemable at Bemis' or AFUI's option, respectively, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the applicable series of Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date of such Notes being redeemed to such date of redemption.

        Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on New Notes that are due and payable on interest payment dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the applicable interest payment date to each registered holder of New Notes as of the close of business on the relevant record date according to the New Notes and the applicable Indenture.

    "Adjusted Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated "H.15(519)" or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities," for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the applicable series of Notes being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date.

    "Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the redemption date to the maturity date of the applicable series of Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes.

    "Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference

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      Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

    "Par Call Date" means July 15, 2021 with respect to the 2021 Notes, June 15, 2026 with respect to the Bemis 2026 Notes, January 28, 2026 with respect to the AFUI 2026 Notes and February 15, 2028 with respect to the 2028 Notes.

    "Quotation Agent" means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the applicable Issuer, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as "Quotation Agent" for purposes of the applicable Indenture.

    "Reference Treasury Dealer" means (i) any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and (ii) two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the applicable Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, such Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

    "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

        Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of the applicable series of Notes to be redeemed. Unless the applicable Issuer defaults in payment of the redemption price and accrued interest, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the applicable series of Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

        If less than all of the Notes of a series are being redeemed, the Notes of such series for redemption will be selected as follows:

    if the applicable series of Notes are held through DTC or any other clearing systems, in compliance with the requirements of the applicable clearing systems; or

    if the applicable series of Notes are not held through any clearing system, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.

        The Trustee may select for redemption the applicable series of Notes and portions of the applicable series of Notes in amounts of US$2,000 or integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof.

Certain Covenants

        Pursuant to the applicable Indenture, the corresponding Issuer and Guarantors have covenanted and agreed as follows.

Offer to repurchase upon Change of Control Triggering Event

        Each Indenture provides that, upon the occurrence of a Change Of Control Triggering Event, unless the applicable Issuer has exercised its right to redeem the Notes of the applicable series in accordance with their terms, each holder of such Notes will have the right to require the applicable Issuer to purchase all or a portion of such holder's Notes of such series pursuant to the offer described below (the "Change of Control Offer"), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of holders of such Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

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        Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control Triggering Event occurred, or at the applicable Issuer's option, prior to any Change of Control but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, such Issuer will be required to send, by first class mail, a notice to each holder of the applicable series of Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice will govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice will state, among other things, the purchase date, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the "Change of Control Payment Date"). The notice, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, will state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being consummated on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. Holders of Notes electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender their Notes, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Trustee at the address specified in the notice, or transfer their Notes to the Trustee by book-entry transfer pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Trustee, prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

        The applicable Issuer will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for such an offer made by such Issuer and such third party purchases all corresponding Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

        The definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating to the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of "all or substantially all" of our assets and the assets of our subsidiaries taken as a whole. Although there is a limited body of case law interpreting the phrase "substantially all," there is no precise, established definition of the phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the applicability of the requirement that an Issuer offer to repurchase the applicable series of Notes as a result of a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of less than all of our assets and the assets of our subsidiaries taken as a whole to another "person" (as such terms is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) may be uncertain.

Limitation on Liens

        Pursuant to the applicable Indenture, for so long as any of the applicable series of Notes or the applicable Guarantees are outstanding, the Parent Guarantor will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur, issue or otherwise have outstanding any Lien upon, or with respect to, any of the present or future business, property, undertaking, assets or revenues (including, without limitation, any Equity Interests and uncalled capital), whether now owned or hereafter acquired (together, "assets") of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, to secure any Indebtedness, unless the applicable series of Notes and applicable Guarantees are secured by such Lien equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Indebtedness, except for the following, to which this covenant shall not apply:

    (a)
    Liens on assets securing Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary outstanding on the date of the applicable Indenture;

    (b)
    Liens on assets securing Indebtedness owing to the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary (other than a Project Subsidiary);

    (c)
    Liens existing on any asset prior to the acquisition of such asset by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary after the original issue date of the applicable series of Notes, provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such asset being so acquired, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and, in the case of any assets other than Equity Interests, after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such assets, (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Indebtedness

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      secured by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such asset and (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date of acquisition of such asset or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to the Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiaries;

    (d)
    Liens on any assets of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary) after the original issue date of the Notes of the applicable series that existed prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation), (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and, in the case of any assets other than Equity Interests, after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) and (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to the Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiaries;

    (e)
    Liens created to secure Indebtedness, directly or indirectly, incurred for the purpose of purchasing Equity Interests or other assets (other than real or personal property of the type contemplated by clause (f) below), provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of purchasing such assets, (ii) such Lien shall apply only to the assets so purchased (and to proceeds and products of, and, in the case of any assets other than Equity Interests, any subsequently after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets so purchased) and (iii) such Lien shall be discharged within two years of such Lien being granted;

    (f)
    Liens created to secure Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of acquiring or developing any real or personal property or for some other purpose in connection with the acquisition or development of such property, provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Indebtedness, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the property so acquired or developed and (iii) the rights of the holder of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien shall be limited to the property that is subject to such Lien, it being the intention that the holder of such Lien shall not have any recourse to the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiaries personally or to any other property of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary;

    (g)
    Liens for any borrowings from any financial institution for the purpose of financing any import or export contract in respect of which any part of the price receivable is guaranteed or insured by such financial institution carrying on an export credit guarantee or insurance business, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the assets that are the subject of such import or export contract and (ii) the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the amount so guaranteed or insured;

    (h)
    Liens for Indebtedness from an international or governmental development agency or authority to finance the development of a specific project, provided that (i) such Lien is required by applicable law or practice and (ii) the Lien is created only over assets used in or derived from the development of such project;

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    (i)
    any Lien created in favor of co-venturers of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary pursuant to any agreement relating to an unincorporated joint venture, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the Equity Interests in, or the assets of, such unincorporated joint venture and (ii) such Lien secures solely the payment of obligations arising under such agreement;

    (j)
    Liens over goods and products, or documents of title to goods and products, arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with letters of credit and similar transactions, provided that such Liens secure only the acquisition cost or selling price (and amounts incidental thereto) of such goods and products required to be paid within 180 days;

    (k)
    Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary;

    (l)
    Liens created by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary over a Project Asset of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, provided that such Lien secures only (i) in the case of a Lien over assets referred to in clause (a) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary or (ii) in the case of a Lien over Equity Interests referred to in clause (b) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by the direct Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary;

    (m)
    Liens arising under any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary;

    (n)
    Liens incurred in connection with any extension, renewal, replacement or refunding (together, a "refinancing") of any Lien permitted in clauses (a) through (m) above and any successive refinancings thereof permitted by this clause (n) (each an "Existing Security"), provided that (i) such Liens do not extend to any asset that was not expressed to be subject to the Existing Security, (ii) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens does not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness that was outstanding and secured by the Existing Security at the time of such refinancing and (iii) any refinancing of an Existing Security incurred in accordance with clauses (c) through (e) above (and any subsequent refinancings thereof permitted by this clause (n)) will not affect the obligation to discharge such Liens within the time frames that applied to such Existing Security at the time it was first incurred (as specified in the applicable clause);

    (o)
    any Lien arising as a result of a Change in Lease Accounting Standard; and

    (p)
    other Liens by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness, provided that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence or assumption of any such Lien or the incurrence of any Indebtedness secured thereby, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor and any Subsidiary secured by any Liens pursuant to this clause (p) shall not exceed 10% of Total Tangible Assets at such time.

        There are no restrictions in either of the Indentures limiting the amount of unsecured Indebtedness that the Parent Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries may have outstanding at any time.

Consolidation, merger and sale of assets

        Each Indenture provides that for so long as any of the Notes of any series issued thereunder or Guarantees thereunder are outstanding, neither the applicable Issuer nor any applicable Guarantor may consolidate with or merge into any other Person that is not such Issuer or an applicable Guarantor, or

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convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person that is not such Issuer or an applicable Guarantor, unless:

    (1)
    any Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged or to whom such Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, has conveyed, transferred or leased all or substantially all of its properties and assets is a corporation, partnership or trust organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and such Person either is such Issuer or any other applicable Guarantor or assumes by supplemental indenture such Issuer's or such Guarantor's obligations, as the case may be, on such Notes or such Guarantees, as applicable, and under such Indenture (including any obligation to pay any Additional Amounts);

    (2)
    immediately after giving effect to the transaction and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the applicable Issuer or any applicable Guarantor as a result of such transaction as having been incurred at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;

    (3)
    any such Person not incorporated or organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, Jersey, the Commonwealth of Australia or the United Kingdom or any state or territory thereof shall expressly agree by a supplemental indenture,

    (a)
    to indemnify the holder of each such Note and each beneficial owner of an interest therein against (X) any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on such holder or beneficial owner or required to be withheld or deducted from any, payment to such holder or beneficial owner as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, and (Y) any costs or expenses of the act of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, and

    (b)
    that all payments pursuant to such Notes or such Guarantees in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Notes, as the case may be, shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the jurisdiction of organization or residency of such Person or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, unless such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges are required by such jurisdiction or any such subdivision or authority to be withheld or deducted, in which case such Person will pay such additional amounts ("Successor Additional Amounts") as will result (after deduction of such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges and any additional taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges payable in respect of such) in the payment to each holder or beneficial owner of a Note of such series of the amounts which would have been received pursuant to such Notes or such Guarantees, as the case may be, had no such withholding or deduction been required, subject to the same exceptions as would apply with respect to the payment by the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors of Additional Amounts in respect of such Notes or such Guarantees (substituting the jurisdiction of organization of such Person for any Relevant Jurisdiction) (see "—Payment of Additional Amounts"); and

    (4)
    certain other conditions are met.

        The foregoing provisions would not necessarily afford holders of the New Notes protection in the event of highly leveraged or other transactions involving the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors that may adversely affect holders of the New Notes.

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Events of Default

        An "Event of Default" is defined in each Indenture, with respect to a series of Notes, as:

    a default in the payment of any principal of or any premium on any Notes of such series when due, whether at maturity, upon redemption, pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or otherwise and, provided that if such default is caused solely by technical or administrative error, the continuance of such default for a period of three Business Days;

    a default in the payment of any interest or any Additional Amounts due and payable on any Notes of such series and the continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;

    a default in the performance or breach of any other covenant, obligation or agreement of the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors in the applicable Indenture with respect to the Notes of such series, the Notes of such series or applicable Guarantees and the continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days, after written notice of such default has been given by the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of such series outstanding;

    (i) any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) of the applicable Issuer, any applicable Guarantor or any applicable Principal Subsidiary becomes due and is required to be paid prior to its contractual maturity date by reason of any event of default or acceleration (however described), (ii) the applicable Issuer, any applicable Guarantor or any applicable Principal Subsidiary fails (after the expiration of any applicable grace period) to make any payment in respect of any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) on the due date for payment, (iii) any security given by the applicable Issuer, any applicable Guarantor or any applicable Principal Subsidiary for any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) is enforced or (iv) default is made (after the expiration of any applicable grace period) by the applicable Issuer, any applicable Guarantor or any applicable Principal Subsidiary for any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) in making any payment due under any guarantee and/or indemnity given by it in relation to any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies), unless such Indebtedness is discharged or an event of default or acceleration related to such Indebtedness is waived or rescinded, as applicable;

    one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies), shall be rendered against the applicable Issuer, any applicable Guarantor or any applicable Principal Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain unsatisfied or undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days, during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary to enforce such judgment;

    any applicable Guarantee is held to be unenforceable or invalid in a judicial proceeding or is claimed in writing by the applicable Issuer or any applicable Guarantor not to be valid or enforceable, or any applicable Guarantee is denied or disaffirmed in writing by the applicable Issuer or any applicable Guarantor, except, in each case, as permitted in accordance with the terms of such Indenture; and

    certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the applicable Issuer, any applicable Guarantor or any applicable Principal Subsidiary, as more fully set out in such Indenture.

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        If an Event of Default (other than certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency) with respect to the Notes of any series occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such series may declare the principal amount of such Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the applicable Issuer with a copy to the applicable Guarantors (and to the Trustee if given by holders). Upon such a declaration, such principal amount and any accrued interest shall become immediately due and payable. If certain Events of Default triggered by certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency occur and are continuing, the principal of, Additional Amounts, if any, and any accrued interest on the applicable series of Notes then outstanding shall become immediately due and payable; provided, however, that any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes of any series has been made and before a judgment for payment of money has been obtained by the Trustee, the holders of a majority in principal amount of such Notes at the time outstanding may, under certain circumstances, rescind and annul such acceleration if all Events of Default with respect to the Notes of such series, other than the non-payment of the accelerated principal or interest, have been cured or waived as provided in the applicable Indenture and certain other actions have been taken by the applicable Issuer or an applicable Guarantor.

        The foregoing provision shall be without prejudice to the rights of each individual holder to initiate an action against the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors for payment of any principal, Additional Amounts, and/or interest past due on any corresponding New Notes, as the case may be.

        Subject to the provisions of the applicable Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, in case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the applicable Indenture at the request or direction of any of the applicable holders, unless among other things, such holders shall have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee. Subject to such provisions for the indemnification of the Trustee, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the applicable series of outstanding Notes will have the right to 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 with respect of the Notes of such series.

        No holder of a Note of any series will have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the applicable Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or a trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder (in each case to the extent otherwise permitted by applicable law), unless:

    such holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes of such series;

    the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such series have made a written request, and such holder or holders have offered indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee to institute such proceeding on behalf of the holders; and

    the Trustee has failed to institute such proceeding, and has not received from the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such series a direction inconsistent with such request, within 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer.

        Such limitations do not apply, however, to a suit instituted by a holder of a Note for the enforcement of payment of the principal of or interest on such Note on or after the applicable due date specified in such Note.

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Modification and waiver

        There are three types of changes the applicable Issuer can make to the applicable Indenture and the corresponding Notes.

Changes requiring unanimous approval

        First, there are the following changes, which the applicable Issuer cannot make to the Notes or the applicable Indenture without the specific consent of the holder of each outstanding Note affected thereby:

    Change the stated maturity of, or any installment of, the principal, premium (if any) or interest on the Notes or the rate of interest on the Notes or change the applicable Issuer's obligation to pay Additional Amounts on the Notes, as described above under the section entitled "—Payment of Additional Amounts."

    Change the place or currency of payment on the Notes.

    Impair the ability of any holder of the Notes to sue for payment.

    Reduce the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of the maturity of the Notes following an Event of Default.

    Reduce any amounts due on the Notes.

    Reduce the premium payable upon a Change of Control or, at any time after a Change of Control Triggering Event has occurred, amend, change or modify in any material respect the obligation of the applicable Issuer to make and complete a Change of Control repurchase offer.

    Reduce the aggregate principal amount of the Notes the consent of the holders of which is needed to modify or amend the applicable Indenture.

    Reduce the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of any series the consent of the holders of which is needed to waive compliance with certain provisions of the applicable Indenture or to waive certain defaults.

    Modify in a way that adversely affects holders any other aspect of the provisions dealing with modification or waiver under the applicable Indenture.

    Modify the obligation of the applicable Issuer and its affiliates not to resell Notes that are "restricted securities" under Rule 144 of the Securities Act within one year after the issue of such Notes.

    Modify in a way that adversely affects holders the terms and conditions of the applicable Guarantors' payment obligations (including with respect to Additional Amounts) under the Notes.

    Waive a default or an Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes of any series by the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such series, and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration).

    Subordinate the Notes of any series or the Guarantees thereof to any other obligation of the applicable Issuer or any of the applicable Guarantors.

    Release any applicable Guarantee (other than in accordance with the applicable Indenture).

    Change any of the provisions set forth above requiring the consent of the holders of the applicable Notes.

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Changes requiring majority approval

        With the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of each series affected thereby, the applicable Issuer and the Trustee may modify the applicable Indenture or the Notes of such series for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the applicable Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of such Notes; provided that the applicable Issuer cannot obtain a waiver of a payment default or any change in respect of the applicable Indenture or the Notes of such series listed under "—Changes requiring unanimous approval" without the consent of each holder of applicable Notes to such waiver or change.

Changes not requiring approval

        The third type of change does not require any vote or consent by holders of the New Notes. This type is limited to clarifications and certain other changes as specified in the applicable Indenture that would not adversely affect holders of the New Notes in any material respect.

Further details concerning voting / consenting

        When taking a vote or obtaining a consent, the applicable Issuer will use the principal amount that would be due and payable on the voting date, if the maturity of the corresponding Notes were accelerated to that date because of an Event of Default.

        New Notes will not be considered outstanding, and therefore not eligible to vote, if the applicable Issuer has deposited or set aside in trust for you money for their payment or redemption, or if such New Notes have been cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

        The applicable Issuer will generally be entitled to set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the holders of outstanding Notes that are entitled to vote or take other action under the applicable Indenture. In certain limited circumstances, the Trustee will be entitled to set a record date for action by holders of the Notes. If the applicable Issuer or the Trustee sets a record date for a vote or other action to be taken by holders of the Notes of any series, that vote or action may be taken only by persons who are holders of such outstanding Notes on the record date and must be taken within 180 days following the record date or a shorter period that such Issuer may specify (or as the Trustee may specify, if it set the record date). The applicable Issuer may shorten or lengthen (but not beyond 180 days) this period from time to time.

Satisfaction and discharge

        The applicable Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued thereunder, when:

    (1)
    either:

    (a)
    all Notes under such Indenture that have been authenticated and delivered, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes under such Indenture that have been replaced or paid and applicable series of Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the applicable Issuer or discharged from such trust, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

    (b)
    all Notes under such Indenture that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise, (ii) will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year, and, in each case the applicable Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as

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        trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the holders of such Notes, cash in US dollars, not-callable U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the applicable series of Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the maturity date or redemption date, as the case may be;

    (2)
    no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit or will occur as a result of the deposit and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the applicable Issuer is a party or by which the applicable Issuer is bound;

    (3)
    the applicable Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under the applicable Indenture including all amounts due and payable to the Trustee; and

    (4)
    the applicable Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under the applicable Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the applicable series of New Notes at the Maturity Date or the redemption date, as the case may be.

        In addition, the applicable Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an officers' certificate of one of its responsible officers and an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Defeasance and covenant defeasance

        Each Indenture provides that the applicable Issuer and the applicable Guarantors, at the applicable Issuer's or the applicable Guarantors' option with respect to the Notes of a series issued thereunder:

    (1)
    will be deemed to have been discharged from their respective obligations in respect of the Notes of such series (except for certain obligations to register the transfer of or exchange Notes, to replace stolen, lost, destroyed or mutilated Notes upon satisfaction of certain requirements (including, without limitation; providing such security or indemnity as the Trustee, the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors may require) and except obligations to pay all amounts due and owing to the Trustee under the applicable Indenture), to maintain Paying Agents and to hold certain moneys in trust for payment); or

    (2)
    need not comply with certain restrictive covenants of the applicable Indenture (including those described under "—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Liens" and "—Certain Covenants—Consolidation, merger and sale of assets"),

in each case if the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors deposit in trust with the Trustee (i) money in an amount, (ii) U.S. Government Obligations that through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect of the Notes of such series in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount or (iii) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient to pay all the principal of, and any premium and interest (and any Additional Amounts then known) on such Notes, on the dates such payments are due in accordance with the terms of the applicable Indenture and such Notes.

        In the case of discharge pursuant to clause (1) above, the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors, as the case may be, is required to deliver to the Trustee an opinion of counsel stating that (a) the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors, as the case may be, has received from, or there has been published by, the IRS, a ruling or (b) since the date of the applicable Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that the holders of the Notes of the applicable series will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax

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purposes as a result of the exercise of the option under clause (1) above and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had not been exercised. In the case of discharge pursuant to clause (2) above, the applicable Issuer or the applicable Guarantors, as the case may be, is required to deliver to the Trustee an opinion of counsel stating that the holders of the Notes of the applicable series will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the exercise of the option under clause (2) above and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had not been exercised.

Governing law

        The Indentures are, and the New Notes and the related Guarantees will be, governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws of such State that would permit or require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State, provided, however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the applicable Indenture and the New Notes by Bemis and AFUI will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri and with the laws of the State of Delaware, respectively, and all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Indentures by the applicable Guarantors and any notation by such Guarantors of the Guarantees on the applicable New Notes will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey, in the case of the Parent Guarantor, the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of Victoria, in the case of Amcor Pty Ltd, the laws of the State of Missouri, in the case of Bemis, the laws of the State of Delaware, in the case of AFUI or the laws of England and Wales, in the case of Amcor UK.

Consent to service of process

        The applicable Indenture provides that each of the applicable Issuer and the applicable Guarantors have irrevocably designated CT Corporation as its authorized agent for service of process in any legal action or proceeding, arising out of or relating to the applicable Indenture, the New Notes or the Guarantees brought in any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, and the applicable Issuer and the applicable Guarantors will each irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts.

Concerning the Trustee

        Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas is the Trustee under each Indenture. Among other things, the Indentures provide that the applicable Issuer and the applicable Guarantors will jointly and severally indemnify the Trustee, its directors, officers and employees against any claim, loss, liability or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Trustee in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust created by the applicable Indenture.

Fraudulent conveyance or transfer considerations

Australia

        Under Australian insolvency laws, a guarantee may not be enforceable against a guarantor if a court were to find, in an insolvency or liquidation proceeding, (a) that the guarantor was insolvent (unable to pay its debts as they become due) at the time it provided its guarantee or was rendered insolvent by virtue of giving such guarantee and (b) upon application of a liquidator, where the winding up has begun within four years of the issuance of such guarantee, that the issuance of such guarantee was an "uncommercial transaction" under the Australian Act, which determination would be based upon a conclusion that a reasonable person in such guarantor's circumstances would not have issued

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such guarantee after consideration of (i) the benefits, if any, realized by such guarantor of issuing such guarantee, (ii) the detriment to such guarantor of issuing such guarantee, (iii) the respective benefits realized by other parties to the transaction, and (iv) any other fact that a reasonable person would consider relevant in connection with making such determination.

        Each Issuer believes that the benefits to be realized by the applicable Guarantors upon application of the net proceeds of the offering of the applicable series of New Notes will constitute reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for the issuance of the applicable Guarantees. In addition, the Issuers believe that at the time of the issuance of the Guarantees, which will occur upon the consummation of the offering of the New Notes, the Guarantors will not be insolvent or rendered insolvent thereby. There can be no assurance, however, that a court passing judgment on such questions would reach the same conclusions.

United States

        Under United States bankruptcy law and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer laws, a guarantee can be voided, or claims under a guarantee may be subordinated to all other debts of that guarantor if, among other things, the guarantor, at the time it incurred the indebtedness evidenced by its guarantee:

    intended to hinder, delay or defraud any present or future creditor or received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for the incurrence of the guarantee;

    was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of such incurrence;

    was engaged in a business or transaction for which the guarantor's remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital; or

    intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond its ability to pay those debts as they mature.

        In addition, any payment by that guarantor under a guarantee could be voided and required to be returned to the guarantor or to a fund for the benefit of the creditors of the guarantor.

        The measures of insolvency for purposes of fraudulent transfer laws vary depending upon the governing law. Generally, a guarantor would be considered insolvent if:

    the sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, was greater than the fair saleable value of all of its assets;

    the present fair saleable value of its assets was less than the amount that would be required, to pay its probable liability on its existing debts, including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature; or

    it could not pay its debts as they become due.

        On the basis of historical financial information, recent operating history and other factors, each Issuer and Guarantor believes that the Guarantees are being incurred for proper purposes and in good faith and that each Guarantor, after giving effect to its Guarantee of the applicable series of New Notes, will not be insolvent, does not have unreasonably small capital for the business in which it is engaged and has not incurred debts beyond its ability to pay those debts as they mature. There can be no assurance, however, that a court passing on such question would reach the same conclusions.

Jersey

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the court may, on the application of the Viscount of Jersey (in the case of a company whose property has been declared "en désastre") or liquidator (in the case of a creditors' winding up, a procedure which is instigated by shareholders not creditors), set aside a guarantee entered into by a company with any person at an undervalue. There is a five year look back period from the date of commencement of the winding up or declaration of "désastre" during which guarantees are susceptible to examination pursuant to this rule. If the court determines that the transaction was a transaction at an undervalue, the court can make such order as it thinks fit to restore the position to what it would have been in if the transaction had not been entered into. In any proceedings, it is for the Viscount of Jersey or liquidator to demonstrate that the Jersey company was insolvent unless a beneficiary of the transaction was a connected person or associate of the company, in which case there is a presumption of insolvency and the connected person must demonstrate the Jersey company was not insolvent when it entered the transaction in such proceedings.

        Under Article 17A of the Jersey Bankruptcy Law and Article 176A of the Jersey Companies Law, the court may, on the application of the Viscount of Jersey (in the case of a company whose property has been declared "en désastre") or liquidator (in the case of a creditors' winding up), set aside a preference (including a guarantee) given by the company to any person. There is a 12 month look back period from the date of commencement of the winding up or declaration of "désastre" during which guarantees are susceptible to examination pursuant to this rule.

        A guarantee will constitute a preference if it has the effect of putting a creditor of the Jersey company (or a surety or guarantor for any of the company's debts or liabilities) in a better position (in the event of the company going into an insolvent winding up) than such creditor, guarantor or surety would otherwise have been in had that transaction not been entered into. If the court determines that the guarantee constituted such a preference, the court has very wide powers for restoring the position to what it would have been if that preference had not been given. However, for the court to do so, it must be shown that in deciding to give the preference the Jersey company was influenced by a desire to produce the preferential effect. In any proceedings, it is for the Viscount of Jersey or liquidator to demonstrate that the Jersey company was insolvent at the relevant time and that the company was influenced by a desire to produce the preferential effect, unless the beneficiary of the guarantee was a connected person, in which case there is a presumption that the company was influenced by a desire to produce the preferential effect and the connected person must demonstrate in such proceedings that the company was not influenced by such a desire.

        In addition to the Jersey statutory provisions referred to above, there are certain principles of Jersey customary law (for example, a Pauline action) under which dispositions of assets with the intention of defeating creditors' claims may be set aside.

England and Wales

        Under English insolvency law, if a company enters administration or goes into liquidation, then the administrator or liquidator, as applicable, has certain powers to, among other things, apply to the court for such order as the court sees fit (including an order to set aside any transaction) to restore the position to what it would have been if the company had not entered into a transaction with any person at an "undervalue" (as described in the UK Insolvency Act 1986) if the transaction was entered into at a time in the period of two years ending with the onset of insolvency. A transaction might be at an "undervalue" if the company makes a gift to or otherwise receives no consideration from another party or receives consideration the value of which (in money or money's worth) is significantly lower than the value of the consideration given by the company. A court generally will not intervene, however, if the company entered into a transaction in good faith and for the purpose of carrying on its business and, at the time it did so, there were reasonable grounds for believing the transaction would benefit the company.

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        Additionally, if the liquidator or administrator can show that a "preference" was given by a company at a time in the period of six months ending with the onset of insolvency (or two years if the preference is to a connected person), a court can make such order as it see fits to restore the position to what it would have been had the preference not been given (including an order to set aside any transaction). Generally, a company gives a preference to a person if it does anything or suffers anything to be done which has the effect of putting a person who is one of the company's creditors, sureties or guarantors in a position which, in the event of the company's insolvent liquidation, will be better than the position that person would have been in had that thing not been done.

        A court will only make an order in respect of a transaction at an undervalue or a preference if, at the time of the relevant transaction or preference, the company was insolvent within the meaning of the UK Insolvency Act 1986 or became insolvent as a consequence of the transaction or preference. Further, a court will not make an order in respect of a preference to a person unless the company was influenced in deciding to give the preference by a desire to improve that person's position in the event of the company's insolvent liquidation than if that thing had not been done, though this desire is presumed where the preference is to a connected person.

        In addition, if it can be shown that a transaction entered into by a company was made at an undervalue and was made for the purpose of putting assets beyond the reach, or otherwise prejudicing the interests, of persons who might claim against it, then the court may make such order as it thinks fit for restoring the position to what it would have been had the transaction not been entered into (including an order to set aside any transaction) and for protecting the interests of "victims" of the transaction. Any person who is such a "victim" of the transaction (with the leave of the court), as well as the administrator or liquidator of the company, may assert such a claim. There is no statutory time limit within which a claim must be made, other than relevant limitation periods, and the company need not be insolvent at the time of the transaction or in liquidation or administration.

Certain definitions

        For purposes of this Description of the New Notes:

    "Accounts" means the consolidated statement of financial position, consolidated income statement, consolidated statement of comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes in equity and consolidated cash flow statement of the Group, prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP, together with reports (including directors' reports and, if applicable, auditors' reports) and notes attached to or intended to be read with any such consolidated financial statements.

    "Australian Act" means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth) of Australia.

    "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City, United States, Sydney, Australia or Melbourne, Australia are required or authorized to be closed.

    "Change in Lease Accounting Standard" means, and shall be deemed to have occurred, as of the date of effectiveness of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification 842, Leases (or any other United States Accounting Standards Codification having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations) and, as applicable, the date of effectiveness of the AASB AAS 16 (Leases).

    "Change of Control" means the occurrence of any one of the following:

    (1)
    the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole

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      to any person (including any "person" as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than to the Parent Guarantor or one of its Subsidiaries;

    (2)
    the consummation of any transaction (including without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person (including any "person" as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Parent Guarantor, measured by voting power rather than number of shares;

    (3)
    the Parent Guarantor consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Parent Guarantor, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Voting Stock of the Parent Guarantor or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the Voting Stock of the Parent Guarantor constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to such transaction;

    (4)
    the first day on which the majority of the members of the board of directors of the Parent Guarantor cease to be Continuing Directors; or

    (5)
    the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Parent Guarantor.

    "Change of Control Trigger Period" means, with respect to any Change of Control, the period commencing upon the earlier of (i) the occurrence of such Change of Control or (ii) 60 days prior to the date of the first public announcement of such Change of Control (or pending Change of Control) and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (which Change of Control Trigger Period will be extended following consummation of a Change of Control for so long as any of the Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the applicable Issuer has publicly announced that it is considering a possible ratings change).

    Under each Indenture, "Change of Control Triggering Event" means with respect to any Change of Control:

    (1)
    if there are two Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the applicable Issuer providing ratings for the Notes issued under such Indenture on the first day of the Change of Control Trigger Period with respect to such Change of Control, both Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the applicable Issuer cease to rate such Notes Investment Grade during such Change of Control Trigger Period; and

    (2)
    if there are three Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the applicable Issuer providing a rating for the Notes issued under such Indenture on the first day of the Change of Control Trigger Period with respect to such Change of Control, two or more Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the applicable Issuer cease to rate such Notes Investment Grade during such Change of Control Trigger Period.

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    "Continuing Director" means, as of any date of determination, any member of the board of directors of the Parent Guarantor who (i) was a member of such board of directors on the date of the issuance of the Notes; or (ii) was nominated for election or elected to such board of

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      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.

    "Default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.

    "Equity Interests" means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, beneficial interests or other ownership interests, whether voting or nonvoting, in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing; provided that, prior to the conversion thereof, debt securities convertible into Equity Interests shall not constitute Equity Interests.

    "Finance Lease" means a "finance lease" in accordance with U.S. GAAP under FASB Accounting Standards Codification 840, Leases.

    "Fitch" means Fitch, Inc., a subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A., and its successors.

    "Group" means Amcor plc and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

    "Hedge Agreement" means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, or any option or similar agreement, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, prices of equity or debt securities or instruments, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value, or any similar transaction or combination of the foregoing transactions; provided that any options, rights or shares issued pursuant to any employee share or bonus plan, including any phantom rights or phantom shares, or any similar plans providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Parent Guarantor or its Subsidiaries shall not be a Hedge Agreement.

    "Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, all obligations of such Person, present or future, actual or contingent, in respect of moneys borrowed or raised or otherwise arising in respect of any financial accommodation whatsoever, including (a) amounts raised by acceptance or endorsement under any acceptance credit or endorsement credit opened on behalf of such Person, (b) any Indebtedness (whether actual or contingent, present or future) of another Person that is guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by such Person or that is secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person, (c) the net amount actually or contingently (assuming the arrangement was closed out on the relevant day) payable by such Person under or in connection with any Hedge Agreement, (d) liabilities (whether actual or contingent, present or future) in respect of redeemable preferred Equity Interests in such Person or any obligation of such Person incurred to buy back any Equity Interests in such Person, (e) liabilities (whether actual or contingent, present or future) under Finance Leases for which such Person is liable, (f) any liability (whether actual or contingent, present or future) in respect of any letter of credit opened or established on behalf of such Person, (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of any asset or service and any related obligation deferred (i) for more than 90 days or (ii) if longer, in respect of trade creditors, for more than the normal period of payment for sale and purchase within the relevant market (but not including any deferred amounts arising as a result of such a purchase being contested in good faith), (h) amounts for which such Person may be liable (whether actually or contingently, presently or in the future) in respect of factored debts or the advance sale of assets for which there is recourse to such Person, (i) all obligations of such Person evidenced by debentures, notes, debenture stock, bonds or other financial instruments, whether issued for cash or a consideration other than cash and in respect of which such Person is liable as drawer, acceptor, endorser, issuer or otherwise, (j) obligations of such Person in respect of notes, bills of exchange or

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      commercial paper or other financial instruments and (k) any indebtedness (whether actual or contingent, present or future) for moneys owing under any instrument entered into by such Person primarily as a method of raising finance and that is not otherwise referred to in this definition. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other Person (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person's ownership interest in or other relationship with such other Person, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

    "Investment Grade" means (i) a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody's (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Moody's); (ii) a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P); (iii) a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Fitch) or (iv) in the event of the Notes being rated by a permitted Substitute Rating Agency, the equivalent of either (i), (ii) or (iii) by such Substitute Rating Agency.

    "Lien" means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed or other instrument of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest or other encumbrance on, in or of such asset, including any arrangement entered into for the purpose of making particular assets available to satisfy any Indebtedness or other obligation and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Finance Lease or capital lease or title retention agreement (other than any title retention agreement entered into with a vendor on normal commercial terms in the ordinary course of business) relating to such asset.

    "Limited Recourse Indebtedness" means Indebtedness incurred by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary to finance the creation or development of a Project or proposed Project of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, provided that, as specified in the terms of such Limited Recourse Indebtedness:

    (a)
    the Person (the "Relevant Person") in whose favor such Indebtedness is incurred does not have any right to enforce its rights or remedies (including for any breach of any representation or warranty or obligation) against the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, as applicable, or against the Project Assets of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, as applicable, in each case, except for the purpose of enforcing a Lien that attaches only to the Project Assets and secures an amount equal to the lesser of the value of the Project Assets of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, as applicable encumbered by such Lien and the amount of Indebtedness secured by such Lien; and

    (b)
    the Relevant Person is not permitted or entitled (i) except as and to the extent permitted by clause (a) above, to enforce any right or remedy against, or demand payment or repayment of any amount from, the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary (including for breach of any representation or warranty or obligation), (ii) except as and to the extent permitted by clause (a) above, to commence or enforce any proceedings against the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary or (iii) to apply to wind up, or prove in the winding up of, the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, such that the Relevant Person's only right of recourse in respect of such Indebtedness or such Lien is to the Project Assets encumbered by such Lien.

    "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody's Corporation, and its successors.

    "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

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    "Principal Subsidiary" means, as of any date, any Subsidiary (including any Successor Person of such Subsidiary) that (i) accounts for greater than 5% of the consolidated total assets of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries as of such date, determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, or (ii) accounted for greater than 5% of the consolidated revenues of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries for the immediately preceding fiscal year of the Parent Guarantor, determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

    "Project" means any project or development undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary involving (a) the acquisition of assets or property, (b) the development of assets or property for exploitation or (c) the acquisition and development of assets or property for exploitation.

    "Project Assets" means (a) any asset or property of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary relating to the creation or development of a Project or proposed Project of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, including any assets or property of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, as applicable, derived from, produced by or related to such Project and (b) any fully paid shares or other Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that are held by the direct parent company of such Subsidiary, provided that (i) such Subsidiary carries on no business other than the business of such Project or proposed Project and (ii) there is no recourse to such direct parent company of such Subsidiary other than to those fully paid shares or other Equity Interests and the rights and proceeds in respect of such shares or Equity Interests.

    "Rating Agency" means each of Moody's, S&P, Fitch or any Substitute Rating Agency, but only to the extent such Rating Agency is then-engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the applicable Issuer to provide a rating for the applicable Notes.

    "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Rating Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

    "Specified Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the applicable Issuer or any applicable Guarantor in an outstanding principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) issued under any credit facility, indenture, purchase agreement, credit agreement or similar facility.

    "Subsidiary" means, with respect any Person, (a) any corporation, association or other business entity in which such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns or controls sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of such entity, and (b) any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such partnership or joint venture can and does ordinarily take major business actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries). Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a "Subsidiary" is a reference to a Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor.

    "Substitute Rating Agency" means a "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" within the meaning of the Exchange Act engaged by the Parent Guarantor to provide a rating of the applicable Notes in the event that Moody's, S&P or Fitch, or any other Substitute Rating Agency, has ceased to provide a rating of the applicable Notes for any reason other than as a result of any action or inaction by the Parent Guarantor, and as a result thereof there are no longer two Rating Agencies providing ratings of the applicable Notes.

    "Total Tangible Assets" means, as of any date, (a) the aggregate amount of the assets (other than intangible assets, goodwill and deferred tax assets) of the Group, as disclosed on the

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      consolidated statement of financial position in the most recent Accounts of the Group, minus (b) the lesser of (i) the aggregate value of all Project Assets subject to any Lien securing any Limited Recourse Indebtedness and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Limited Recourse Indebtedness, in each case, as reflected in (or derived from) the most recent Accounts of the Group, plus (c) the net cash proceeds received by the Parent Guarantor from any share capital issuance by the Parent Guarantor consummated after the date of the most recent balance sheet included in such Accounts and on or prior to such date.

    "U.S. GAAP" means the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

    "U.S. Government Obligations" means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged and which are not callable at the issuer's option.

    "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 generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

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BOOK-ENTRY, DELIVERY AND FORM

        Each series of New Notes will initially be issued in book-entry form evidenced by one or more global New Notes ("Global New Notes") registered in the name of DTC or its nominee. The Existing Notes were initially issued and, as of the date of this prospectus, remain in book-entry form evidenced by global Existing Notes ("Global Existing Notes" and, together with the Global New Notes, the "Global Notes") registered in the name of DTC or its nominee. The Global Existing Notes were, and the Global New Notes will be, deposited upon issuance with the Trustee, as custodian for DTC, in each case for credit to the accounts of direct participants in DTC as described below. Except as described below, Global Notes may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to DTC, or another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee. Except in the limited circumstances described below, owners of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Notes in registered certificated form without coupons ("Certificated Notes") . See "Description of the New Notes—Global Notes."

        Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes are subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC and its direct or indirect participants (including, if applicable, those of Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System ("Euroclear"), and Clearstream Banking S.A. ("Clearstream")), which may change from time to time.

        The Trustee is acting as the initial paying agent and registrar. The Notes may be presented for registration of transfer and exchange at the offices of the registrar.

Certain Procedures

        The following description of some of the operations and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream are provided solely as a matter of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely within the control of the respective settlement systems and are subject to changes by them from time to time. We take no responsibility for these operations and procedures and urge investors to contact the system or their participants directly to discuss these matters.

        DTC has advised us that DTC is a limited-purpose trust company created to hold securities for its participating organizations (collectively, the "Participants") and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of transactions in those securities between Participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its Participants. The Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Access to DTC's system is also available to other entities such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Participant, either directly or indirectly (collectively, the "Indirect Participants"). Persons who are not Participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through Participants or Indirect Participants.

        DTC has also advised us that, pursuant to procedures established by it, ownership of interests in the Global Notes will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership thereof will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to the Participants) or by the Participants and the Indirect Participants (with respect to other owners of beneficial interest in the Global Notes).

        Owners of the beneficial interests in the Global Notes may hold their interests therein directly through DTC, if they are Participants in such system, or indirectly through organizations (including Euroclear and Clearstream) which are Participants or Indirect Participants in such system. Each of Euroclear and Clearstream holds and will hold interests in the Global Notes on behalf of its participants through customers' securities accounts in its name on the books of its depositary. All interests in a Global Note, including those held through Euroclear or Clearstream, will be subject to the procedures and requirements of DTC. Those interests held through Euroclear or Clearstream will also be subject to the procedures and requirements of such system. The laws of some states require,

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and the laws of other jurisdictions may require, that certain persons take physical delivery in definitive form of securities that they own. Consequently, the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global Note to such persons will be limited to that extent. Because DTC can act only on behalf of Participants, which in turn act on behalf of Indirect Participants, the ability of a person having beneficial interests in a Global Note to pledge such interests to persons or entities that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of such interests, may be affected by the lack of a physical certificate evidencing such interests.

        Except as described below, owners of interests in the Global Notes will not have Notes registered in their names, will not receive physical delivery of Certificated Notes and will not be considered the registered owners or "holders" thereof under the applicable Indenture for any purpose.

        Payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on a Global Note registered in the name of DTC or its nominee will be payable to DTC or its nominee in its capacity as the registered holder under the applicable Indenture. Under the terms of each Indenture, we and the Trustee will treat the persons in whose names the Notes issued thereunder, including the Global Notes, are registered as the owners thereof for the purpose of receiving such payments and for any and all other purposes whatsoever.

        Consequently, neither we, the Trustee nor any of our or the Trustee's agents has or will have any responsibility or liability for (1) any aspect of DTC's records or any Participant's or Indirect Participant's records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interest in the Global Notes, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any of DTC's records or any Participant's or Indirect Participant's records relating to the beneficial ownership interests in the Global Notes or (2) any other matter relating to the actions and practices of DTC or any of its Participants or Indirect Participants. DTC has advised us that its current practice, upon receipt of any payment in respect of securities such as the Notes (including principal and interest), is to credit the accounts of the relevant Participants with the payment on the payment date, in amounts proportionate to their respective holdings in the principal amount of the relevant security as shown on the records of DTC. Payments by Participants and Indirect Participants to the beneficial owners of Global Notes will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices and will be the responsibility of Participants or Indirect Participants and will not be the responsibility of DTC, the Trustee or us. Neither we nor the Trustee will be liable for any delay by DTC or any of its Participants or Indirect Participants in identifying or remitting payments to the beneficial owners of the Notes, and we and the Trustee may conclusively rely on and will be protected in relying on instructions from DTC or its nominee for all purposes.

        Except for trades involving only Euroclear and Clearstream participants, interests in the Global Notes are expected to be eligible to trade in DTC's Same-Day Funds Settlement System and secondary market trading activity in such interests will, therefore, settle in immediately available funds, subject in all cases to the rules and procedures of DTC and its Participants. See "—Same-Day Settlement and Payment." Subject to the transfer restrictions applicable to the Existing Notes and that may be applicable to any Additional Notes we may issue in the future, transfers between Participants in DTC will be effected in accordance with DTC's procedures, and will be settled in same-day funds, and transfers between participants in Euroclear and Clearstream will be effected in the ordinary way in accordance with their respective rules and operating procedures.

        Subject to the transfer restrictions applicable to the Existing Notes and that may be applicable to any Additional Notes we may issue in the future, cross-market transfers between Participants in DTC, on the one hand, and Euroclear or Clearstream participants, on the other hand, will be effected through DTC in accordance with DTC's rules on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream by their respective depositaries; however, such cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to Euroclear or Clearstream by the counterparty in such system in accordance with the rules and procedures and within the established deadlines (Brussels time) of such system. Euroclear or Clearstream will, if the

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transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its respective depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in the relevant Global Note in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Euroclear and Clearstream participants may not deliver instructions directly to the respective depositaries for Euroclear or Clearstream.

        DTC has advised us that it will take any action permitted to be taken by a holder of Notes only at the direction of one or more Participants to whose account DTC has credited the interests in the Global Notes and only in respect of such portion of the aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes as to which such Participant or Participants has or have given such direction. However, if an Event of Default (as defined in "Description of the New Notes") with respect to the Notes of a particular series has occurred and is continuing, DTC reserves the right to exchange the Global Notes for that series for Certificated Notes (which, in the case of Existing Notes and any Additional Notes we may issue in the future that are subject to transfer restrictions, will bear the applicable restrictive legend set forth in the related Indenture unless we determine otherwise), and to distribute such Certificated Notes to its Participants.

        DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream are under no obligation to perform or continue to perform the foregoing procedures to facilitate transfers of interests in the Global Notes among Participants in DTC, and such procedures may be discontinued at any time. Neither we nor the Trustee nor any of our or their respective agents will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or their respective participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.

Same-Day Settlement and Payment

        The Notes represented by the Global Notes are expected to trade in DTC's Same-Day Funds Settlement System, and any permitted secondary market trading activity in such Notes will, therefore, be required by DTC to be settled in immediately available funds.

        Because of time zone differences, the securities account of a Euroclear or Clearstream participant purchasing an interest in a Global Note from a Participant in DTC will be credited, and any such crediting will be reported to the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream participant, during the securities settlement processing day (which must be a business day for Euroclear or Clearstream) immediately following the settlement date of DTC. Cash received in Euroclear or Clearstream as a result of sales of interests in a Global Note by or through a Euroclear or Clearstream participant to a Participant in DTC will be received with value on the settlement date of DTC but will be available in the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream cash account only as of the business day for Euroclear or Clearstream following DTC's settlement date.

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MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

        The following is a summary of material United States federal income tax considerations relating to the Exchange Offers and the ownership and disposition of the New Notes acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offers. It is not a complete analysis of all the potential tax considerations relating to the Exchange Offers and the New Notes. This summary is based upon the provisions of the Code, Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code, administrative rulings and pronouncements and judicial decisions, all as in effect on the date of this prospectus and all of which are subject to change or differing interpretations, possibly with retroactive effect so as to result in United States federal income tax consequences different than those set forth below. We have not obtained, nor do we intend to obtain, a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") with respect to the statements made in this summary and there can be no assurance that the IRS will agree with such statements or that a court would not sustain a challenge by the IRS in the event of litigation.

        This discussion applies only to beneficial owners, which we refer to in this section as "Holders," who hold Existing Notes and will hold the New Notes as "capital assets," within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code (generally, property held for investment). This summary does not address the tax considerations arising under the laws of any foreign, state or local jurisdiction. In addition, this discussion does not address all tax considerations that may be applicable to Holders' particular circumstances (such as the effects of Section 451(b) of the Code) or to Holders that may be subject to special tax rules, such as, for example:

    Holders subject to the alternative minimum tax;

    banks, insurance companies, or other financial institutions;

    U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the US dollar;

    former U.S. citizens or long-term residents of the United States;

    regulated investment companies;

    real estate investment trusts;

    tax-exempt organizations;

    brokers and dealers in securities or commodities;

    traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities holdings;

    persons that will hold the New Notes as a position in a hedging transaction, straddle, conversion transaction or other risk reduction transaction for tax purposes;

    persons that purchased Existing Notes or that sell New Notes as part of a wash sale for tax purposes;

    persons deemed to sell the New Notes under the constructive sale provisions of the Code; or

    entities or arrangements classified as partnerships for United States federal income tax purposes or other passthrough entities, or investors in such entities.

        If an entity or arrangement classified as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes holds Existing Notes or New Notes, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Any entity or arrangement that is classified for United States federal income tax purposes as a partnership that owns Existing Notes or that will own New Notes, and any partners in such partnership, are urged to consult their tax advisors as to the tax consequences of the Exchange Offers and the ownership and disposition of the New Notes.

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        YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISOR AS TO THE PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF THE NEW NOTES.

        As used herein, the term "U.S. Holder" means a beneficial owner of Notes that is for United States federal income tax purposes (1) a citizen or resident of the United States, (2) a corporation, including for this purpose an entity treated as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof, (3) an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or (4) a trust, if both (a) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and (b) one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, to the extent provided in Treasury regulations, certain trusts that are beneficial owners of the Notes and in existence on August 20, 1996, and treated as United States persons prior to such date, that elect to continue to be treated as United States persons also will be U.S. Holders. As used herein, the term "Non-U.S. Holder" means a beneficial owner (other than a partnership) of Notes that is not a U.S. Holder.

Treatment of Exchange under the Exchange Offers

        The exchange of the Existing Notes for New Notes in the Exchange Offers will not be a taxable event for United States federal income tax purposes. A Holder will not realize any taxable gain or loss as a result of exchanging the Existing Notes for New Notes, and, upon the exchange, the Holder will have the same tax basis and holding period in the New Notes as the Holder had in the Existing Notes immediately before the exchange.

Tax Treatment of New Notes

U.S. Holders

Interest

        Stated interest on the New Notes will be included in the income of a U.S. Holder as ordinary income at the time such interest is received or accrued, in accordance with the U.S. Holder's regular method of tax accounting.

Original issue discount

        If the Existing Notes were issued with original issue discount ("OID"), a U.S. Holder will be required to include OID in ordinary income as it accrues under a constant yield to maturity method, regardless of the U.S. Holder's normal method of tax accounting.

Sale, retirement, redemption or other taxable disposition

        In general, a U.S. Holder of the New Notes will recognize gain or loss upon the sale, retirement, redemption or other taxable disposition of such New Notes in an amount equal to the difference between (1) the amount of cash and the fair market value of property received in exchange therefor (except to the extent attributable to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest, which generally will be taxable to a U.S. Holder as ordinary income as described under "—Interest" above) and (2) the U.S. Holder's adjusted tax basis in such New Notes. A U.S. Holder's adjusted tax basis in the New Notes generally will be equal to such U.S. Holder's adjusted tax basis in the Existing Notes at the time of the exchange, increased by any OID subsequently included in income by the U.S. Holder. Net capital gain (i.e. generally, capital gain in excess of capital loss) recognized by a non-corporate U.S. Holder from the sale of a capital asset that has been held for more than 12 months is generally eligible

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for preferential rates of taxation. Net capital gain from the sale of an asset held for 12 months or less will be subject to United States federal income tax at ordinary income tax rates. In addition, capital gain recognized by a corporate taxpayer will continue to be subject to United States federal income tax at the ordinary income tax rates applicable to corporations. The ability to deduct capital losses is subject to limitations under the Code.

Additional tax on investment income

        An additional 3.8% Medicare tax is imposed on the "net investment income" of certain U.S. citizens and resident aliens, and on the undistributed "net investment income" of certain estates and trusts. Among other items, "net investment income" generally includes gross income from interest, and certain net gain from the sale, redemption, exchange, retirement or other taxable disposition of property, such as the New Notes, less certain deductions. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the applicability of the Medicare tax to their income and gains in respect of the New Notes.

Non-U.S. Holders

        A Non-U.S. Holder generally will not be subject to United States federal income or withholding tax on payments of interest (including OID) on the New Notes, unless that Non-U.S. Holder (i) actually or constructively owns 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of the applicable Issuer's stock that are entitled to vote within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3) of the Code, (ii) is a controlled foreign corporation related to the applicable Issuer or (iii) is a bank receiving interest (including OID) described in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, provided that such interest (including OID) is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States by the Non-U.S. Holder. To qualify for the exemption from taxation, the last United States payor, as defined in the Treasury regulations (or a non-U.S. payor who is a qualified intermediary or withholding foreign partnership) in the chain of payment prior to payment to a Non-U.S. Holder (the "Withholding Agent"), must have received, before payment, a statement that (1) is signed by the beneficial owner of the New Notes under penalties of perjury, (2) certifies that such owner is not a U.S. Holder and (3) provides the name and address of the beneficial owner. The statement may be made on an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E or a substantially similar form. An IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E is generally effective for the year of signature plus the following three calendar years; however, the beneficial owner must inform the Withholding Agent of any change in the information on the statement within 30 days of such change. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E may in certain circumstances remain effective until a change in circumstances makes any information on such form inaccurate. If the New Notes are held through a securities clearing organization or certain other financial institution, the beneficial owner must provide to such organization or institution an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E and the organization or institution must provide a certificate stating that such organization or institution has been provided with a valid IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E to the Withholding Agent.

        A Non-U.S. Holder that does not qualify for exemption from withholding as described in the preceding paragraph generally will be subject to withholding of United States federal income tax at a tax rate of 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate) on payments of interest (including OID) on the New Notes.

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the taxable year. Certain other exceptions may be applicable and a Non-U.S. Holder should consult its tax advisor in this regard.

        To the extent that gain or interest income (including OID) with respect to the New Notes is not exempt from the United States federal income or withholding tax, a Non-U.S. Holder may be able to reduce or eliminate such tax under an applicable income tax treaty.

        Except to the extent that an applicable income tax treaty otherwise provides, a Non-U.S. Holder whose gain or interest income (including OID) with respect to the New Notes is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States by such Non-U.S. Holder (and if certain tax treaties apply, is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the Non-U.S. Holder in the United States) will not be subject to the United States federal withholding tax if such Non U.S. Holder provides an IRS Form W-8ECI to the Withholding Agent. Instead, such Non-U.S. Holder will generally be subject to tax on such gain and interest income (including OID) at regular income tax rates in the manner similar to the taxation of U.S. Holders. In addition, a corporate Non-U.S. Holder will be subject to a branch profits tax equal to 30% of its "dividend equivalent amount" (generally representing the amount that remains after paying the tax on such gain or interest income (including OID) discussed in the preceding sentence), although a Non-U.S. Holder may be able to reduce or eliminate such tax under an applicable income tax treaty. If a Non-U.S. Holder is an individual that is present in the United States for 183 days or more in a taxable year, such Holder will be subject to a flat 30% tax (subject to reductions under an applicable income tax treaty if the Non-U.S. Holder is eligible for the benefits of such treaty) on the gain derived from the sale, redemption or other taxable disposition in such taxable year, which may be offset by U.S. source capital losses, even though such Holder is not considered a resident of the United States.

Information reporting and backup withholding

        Generally, we must report annually to the IRS and to Non-U.S. Holders the amount of interest (including OID) paid to Non-U.S. Holders and the amount of tax, if any, withheld with respect to those payments. Copies of the information returns reporting such interest (including OID) and withholding may also be made available to the tax authorities in the country in which a Non-U.S. Holder resides under the provisions of an applicable income tax treaty.

        Backup withholding of United States federal income tax may apply to payments made in respect of the New Notes to registered owners who are not "exempt recipients" and who fail to provide certain identifying information (such as the registered owner's taxpayer identification number) on an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, in the case of a Non-U.S. Holder, or an IRS Form W-9, in the case of a U.S. Holder. Compliance with the identification procedures described in the preceding section generally would establish an exemption from backup withholding for Non-U.S. Holders. As discussed above, a Non-U.S. Holder whose gain or interest income (including OID) with respect to the New Notes is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States by such Non-U.S. Holder will generally not be subject to backup withholding if the Non-U.S. Holder provides the Withholding Agent with an IRS Form W-8ECI.

        In addition, upon the sale of the New Notes to (or through) a broker, the broker may be required to withhold an appropriate percentage of the entire purchase price, unless the seller provides, in the required manner, certain identifying information and, in the case of a Non-U.S. Holder, certifies that such seller is a Non-U.S. Holder (and certain other conditions are met). Such a sale may also be reported by the broker to the IRS (which report must, in certain circumstances, include the adjusted basis of the New Notes), unless the seller certifies its Non-U.S. Holder status (and certain conditions are met). Certification of the registered owner's Non-U.S. Holder status would be made normally on an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E under penalties of perjury, although in certain cases it may be possible to submit other documentary evidence.

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        Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules from a payment to a beneficial owner would be allowed as a refund or a credit against such beneficial owner's United States federal income tax liability provided the required information is furnished to the IRS in a timely manner.

Potential application of rules governing contingent payment debt instruments

        The applicable Issuer may be obligated to pay amounts in excess of the stated interest or principal on the Existing Notes or New Notes, including as described under "Description of the New Notes—Certain Covenants—Offer to repurchase upon Change of Control Triggering Event." The potential obligation to pay these additional amounts may implicate the provisions of applicable Treasury regulations relating to "contingent payment debt instruments."

        According to the applicable Treasury regulations, certain contingencies will not cause a debt instrument to be treated as a contingent payment debt instrument if such contingencies, as of the date of issuance, are remote or incidental. Although the matter is not free from doubt, the applicable Issuer intends to take the position that the foregoing contingencies are remote or incidental, and the applicable Issuer does not intend to treat the New Notes as contingent payment debt instruments. This position will be based in part on the applicable Issuer's determination that, as of the date of the issuance of the Existing Notes, the possibility that such additional amounts would have to be paid, in the aggregate, is a remote or incidental contingency within the meaning of applicable Treasury regulations. However, there is no assurance that the applicable Issuer's position would be respected by the IRS or, if challenged, upheld by a court. If the IRS were to challenge our position and successfully assert that such contingencies are not remote or incidental, the New Notes may constitute contingent payment debt instruments. If the New Notes are treated as contingent payment debt instruments, a Holder that is subject to United States federal income tax may be required to accrue OID on the New Notes in excess of stated interest and otherwise applicable OID, and to treat as ordinary income (rather than capital gain) any gain that is recognized upon a sale, redemption or other taxable disposition of the New Notes. In the event that any of these contingencies were to occur, it would affect the character, amount and timing of any income recognized. The discussions above under "—U.S. Holders" and "—Non-U.S. Holders" assume that the New Notes will not be treated as contingent payment debt instruments. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the possible application of the contingent payment debt instrument rules to the New Notes.

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

        FATCA imposes withholding taxes on certain types of payments made to "foreign financial institutions," as specially defined under FATCA, and certain other non-U.S. entities. FATCA imposes a 30% withholding tax on payments of interest (including OID) on the New Notes paid to a foreign financial institution unless the foreign financial institution is deemed to be compliant with FATCA or enters into an agreement with the IRS to, among other things, undertake to identify accounts held by certain U.S. persons or U.S.-owned foreign entities, annually report certain information about such accounts, and withhold 30% on payments to account holders whose actions prevent it from complying with these reporting and other requirements. In addition, FATCA imposes a 30% withholding tax on the same types of payments to a non-financial foreign entity of a certain type unless the entity certifies that it does not have any substantial U.S. owners or furnishes identifying information to the IRS or to the withholding agent regarding each substantial U.S. owner. However, pursuant to a grandfathering rule, FATCA withholding generally should not apply to debt instruments issued before July 1, 2014, such as the New 2021 Notes. Prospective investors should consult their tax advisors regarding the application of FATCA to the acquisition, ownership or disposition of the New Notes.

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STATE AND LOCAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

        In addition to the United States federal income tax consequences described in "Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations," you should consider the state and local income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of the New Notes. State and local income tax law may differ substantially from corresponding federal law, and this discussion does not purport to describe any aspect of the income tax laws of any state or locality. You should consult your tax advisor with respect to the various state and local tax consequences of an investment in the New Notes.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

        Each broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account pursuant to an Exchange Offer will be deemed to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of New Notes received in exchange for Existing Notes where such Existing Notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Issuers and Guarantors have agreed that, starting on the Settlement Date of an applicable Exchange Offer and ending on the close of business 180 days after such Settlement Date, they will (subject to their right to suspend the use of the prospectus under certain circumstances) make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.

        The Issuers and the Guarantors will not receive any proceeds from any sale of New Notes by brokers-dealers. New Notes received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to an Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the New Notes or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any such New Notes. Any broker-dealer that resells New Notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to an Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such New Notes may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit of any such resale of New Notes and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. By acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act.

        For a period of 180 days after the applicable Settlement Date, the applicable Issuer will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in writing from such Issuer or Amcor plc. The applicable Issuer and the applicable Guarantors have agreed to pay all expenses incident to each applicable Exchange Offer other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and transfer taxes, if any, and will indemnify participating broker-dealers (as defined herein) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

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EXPERTS

        The consolidated financial statements of Amcor plc as of June 30, 2019 and for the year ended June 30, 2019 incorporated in this prospectus by reference to Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 9, 2020 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

        The consolidated financial statements of Amcor plc (formerly known as Amcor Limited) as of June 30, 2018 and for each of the two years in the period ended June 30, 2018 incorporated in this prospectus by reference to Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 9, 2020 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

        The consolidated financial statements and management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting) of Bemis Company, Inc. incorporated in this prospectus by reference to Bemis Company, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.


LEGAL MATTERS

        The validity of the New Notes and the Guarantees will be passed upon for us by Sidley Austin, Sydney, Australia, as to certain matters of New York law, Armstrong Teasdale, as to certain matters of Missouri law, Ogier (Jersey) LLP, as to certain matters of Jersey law, Gilbert + Tobin, Sydney, Australia, as to certain matters of Australian law, and Sidley Austin LLP, London, United Kingdom, as to certain matters of English law.

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

        Amcor plc is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act, and, in accordance with these requirements, Amcor plc files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. That Internet site is http://www.sec.gov. The reports and other documents that Amcor plc filed with the SEC can also be accessed through the Investor Relations section of our Internet website at http://www.amcor.com/investors/financial-information/sec-filings. We have not incorporated by reference into this prospectus the information included on, or linked from, Amcor's website (other than to the extent specified elsewhere herein), and you should not consider it to be a part of this prospectus.

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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

        Amcor plc has elected to incorporate by reference certain information into this prospectus. By incorporating by reference, certain important information is being disclosed to you by referring you to another document (or portion thereof) that has been filed separately with the SEC. The following documents (or, as may be stated below, portions of certain documents) filed with the SEC (other than, in each case, documents, portions of documents or exhibits deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules) are incorporated by reference into this prospectus:

        Amcor plc will provide, without charge, to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon his or her written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents (or, as may be applicable, portions of the documents) referred to above that have been incorporated by reference into this prospectus, excluding exhibits to those documents unless they are specifically incorporated by reference into those documents. Requests for those documents should be directed to Amcor plc as follows: Amcor plc, Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia, Attention: Investor Relations, Telephone: +61 3 9226 9000. To obtain timely delivery of any such documents, we recommend that you make any such request no later than five business days before the Expiration Date of the applicable Exchange Offer.

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LOGO

Bemis Company, Inc.

OFFERS TO EXCHANGE
Any and all outstanding $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 of Bemis Company, Inc.
for
Up to $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 of Bemis Company, Inc. that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933
and
Any and all outstanding $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Bemis Company, Inc.
for
Up to $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Bemis Company, Inc. that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

OFFERS TO EXCHANGE
Any and all outstanding $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.
for
Up to $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933
and
Any and all outstanding $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.
for
Up to $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933



PROSPECTUS



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INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 13.    Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

        The following table itemizes the expenses incurred by us in connection with the issuance and registration of the securities being registered hereunder (excluding the underwriters' discount and commission). All amounts shown are estimates except for the SEC registration fee.

 
  Amount to
be paid
 

SEC registration fee

  $ 224,375.66  

Legal fees and expenses

    375,000.00  

Accounting fees and expenses

    130,000.00  

Exchange agent fees

    16,000.00  

Miscellaneous fees and expenses

    5,000.00  

Total

  $ 750,375.66  

        We will bear all of the expenses shown above.

Item 14.    Indemnification of directors and officers.

Indemnification of directors and officers of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

        Except as hereinafter set forth, there is no charter provision, by-law, contract, arrangement or statute under which any director or officer of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.'s ("AFUI") is insured or indemnified in any manner against any liability which he or she may incur in his or her capacity as such.

        Pursuant to Section 6.4 of the by-laws of AFUI: "The Corporation shall indemnify to the full extent permitted by law any person made or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person or such person's testator or intestate is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation or serves or served at the request of the Corporation any other enterprise as a director, officer or employee. Expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by any such person in defending any such action, suit or proceeding shall be paid or reimbursed by the Corporation promptly upon receipt by it of an undertaking of such person to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation. The rights provided to any person by this by-law shall be enforceable against the Corporation by such person who shall be presumed to have relied upon it in serving or continuing to serve as a director, officer or employee as provided above. No amendment of this by-law shall impair the rights of any person arising at any time with respect to events occurring prior to such amendment. For purposes of this by-law, the term "Corporation" shall include any predecessor of the Corporation and any constituent corporation (including an constituent of a constituent) absorbed by the Corporation in a consolidation or merger; the term "other enterprise" shall include any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to be indemnifiable expenses; and action by a person with respect to any employee benefit plan which such person reasonably believes to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of such plan shall be deemed to be action not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation."

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        Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") authorizes a corporation's board of directors to grant, and authorizes a court to award, indemnity to officers, directors and other corporate agents.

        Section 145(a) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), because he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent 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 expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she 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 his or her conduct was unlawful.

        Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor because the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent 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 expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which he or she shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, he or she is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the adjudicating court shall deem proper.

        Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent 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 and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under Section 145 of the DGCL.

        Amcor plc maintains an insurance policy for the directors and officers of AFUI in respect of liabilities arising out of any act, error or omission whilst acting in their capacities as directors or officers of AFUI or its affiliated companies.

        Amcor plc has entered into a Deed pursuant to which it has agreed to indemnify each director, secretary and other officer (as may be approved) of its subsidiaries, including AFUI, to the maximum extent permitted under law, from liability in respect of any claim, demand, suit, action, proceeding or cause of action commenced or threatened against such director, secretary or other officer and arising out of the conduct of the business of Amcor plc or the discharge of the duties of such director, secretary or other officer, in its capacity as such, subject to certain limited exceptions.

        The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed provisions of the DGCL and the full text of the corporate documents and agreements referenced above.

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Indemnification of directors and officers of Bemis Company, Inc.

        The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of Sections 351.355 of the Missouri General and Business Corporation Law ("MGBCL") and the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the "Articles"), of Bemis Company, Inc. ("Bemis") and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Bemis (the "Bylaws").

        Bemis is a Missouri corporation. Section 351.355 of the MGBCL provides for permissible and mandatory indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents of a Missouri corporation in certain circumstances.

        Section 351.355.1 of the MGBCL provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the 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 the person's conduct was unlawful. Section 351.355.1 further provides that 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 create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the 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 the person's conduct was unlawful.

        Section 351.355.2 of the MGBCL provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity against expenses (including attorneys' fees) and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and 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 for negligence or misconduct in the performance of the person's duties to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought determines that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

        Section 351.355.3 of the MGBCL provides that except to the extent otherwise provided in the corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws, to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding (or related claim or issue) referred to in Sections 351.355.1 and 351.355.2 of the MGBCL, that person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

        Section 351.355.6 of the MGBCL provides that indemnification and advancement of expenses provided under Section 351.355 of the MGBCL are not exclusive of any other rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses provided by the corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws, or any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

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        Section 351.355.7 of the MGBCL provides that a corporation shall have the power to give any further indemnity to any such person, in addition to the indemnity otherwise authorized under Section 351.355 of the MGBCL, so long as it is provided for in the corporation's articles of incorporation, bylaws or agreement adopted by a vote of the corporation's shareholders, and provided that no such indemnity shall indemnify any person from conduct adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest, or willful misconduct.

        The Bylaws provide that Bemis shall, to the maximum extent and in the manner permitted by the MGBCL, indemnify each of its directors and officers against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of Bemis. The Bylaws define a "director" or "officer" of Bemis to include any person (a) who is or was a director or office of Bemis, (b) who is or was serving at the request of Bemis as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, or (c) who was a director or officer of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of Bemis or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation. Furthermore, the Bylaws provide that Bemis has the power, to the maximum extent and in the manner permitted by the MGBCL, to indemnify each of its employees and agents (other than directors and officers) against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding, arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of Bemis. The Bylaws define "employee" or "agent" of Bemis (other than a director or officer) to include any person (a) who is or was an employee or agent of Bemis, (b) who is or was serving at the request of Bemis as an employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (c) who was an employee or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of Bemis or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation. The indemnification provided for in the Bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights provided under any bylaws, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise to the extent that such additional rights to indemnification are authorized in the Articles. Additionally, the Bylaws provide that no indemnification or advance shall be made except where such indemnification of advance is mandated by law or the order, judgment, or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, in any circumstances where it appears: (a) that it would be inconsistent with a provision of the Articles, Bylaws, a resolution of the shareholders, or an agreement in effect at the time of the alleged cause of the action asserted in the proceeding in which the expenses were incurred or other amounts were paid, which prohibits or otherwise limits indemnification; or (b) that it would be inconsistent with any condition expressly imposed by a court in approving a settlement.

        The Articles provide that to the fullest extent permitted under the MGBCL as the same exists or may be amended, a director of Bemis shall not be liable to Bemis or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Additionally, the Articles provide that no amendment, modification or repeal of the applicable article by the stockholders shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director of Bemis existing by virtue of such article at the time of such amendment, modification, or repeal.

        Amcor plc maintains an insurance policy for the directors and officers of Bemis in respect of liabilities arising out of any act, error or omission whilst acting in their capacities as directors or officers of Bemis or its affiliated companies.

        Amcor plc has entered into a Deed pursuant to which it has agreed to indemnify each director, secretary and other officer (as may be approved) of its subsidiaries, including Bemis, to the maximum extent permitted under law, from liability in respect of any claim, demand, suit, action, proceeding or cause of action commenced or threatened against such director, secretary or other officer and arising out of the conduct of the business of Amcor plc or the discharge of the duties of such director, secretary or other officer, in its capacity as such, subject to certain limited exceptions.

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Indemnification of directors and officers of Amcor plc

        Except as hereinafter set forth, there is no charter provision, bylaw, contract, arrangement or statute under which any director or officer of Amcor plc is insured or indemnified in any manner against any liability which he or she may incur in his or her capacity as such.

        Pursuant to Section 11.2 of the Articles of Association of Amcor plc, Amcor plc must indemnify each director and officer on a full indemnity basis and to the full extent permitted by law.

        Amcor plc's Articles of Association provide in relevant part: "The Company must indemnify each Officer on a full indemnity basis and to the full extent permitted by law against all losses, liabilities, costs, charges and expenses (Liabilities) incurred by the Officer as a present or former director or officer of the Company or of a related body corporate." As used in the foregoing sentence, the term "Officer" includes each person who is or has been a director or executive officer of the Company and such other officers or former officers of Amcor plc or of its related bodies corporate as Amcor plc's board of directors in each case determines.

        The relevant provision of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 is Article 77, which provides:

            "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), any provision, whether contained in the articles of, or in a contract with, a company or otherwise, whereby the company or any of its subsidiaries or any other person, for some benefit conferred or detriment suffered directly or indirectly by the company, agrees to exempt any person from, or indemnify any person against, any liability which by law would otherwise attach to the person by reason of the fact that the person is or was an officer of the company shall be void.

            (2)   Paragraph (1) does not apply to a provision for exempting a person from or indemnifying the person against—

              a.     any liabilities incurred in defending any proceedings (whether civil or criminal)—

                  (i)  in which judgment is given in the person's favour or the person is acquitted,

                 (ii)  which are discontinued otherwise than for some benefit conferred by the person or on the person's behalf or some detriment suffered by the person, or

                (iii)  which are settled on terms which include such benefit or detriment and, in the opinion of a majority of the directors of the company (excluding any director who conferred such benefit or on whose behalf such benefit was conferred or who suffered such detriment), the person was substantially successful on the merits in the person's resistance to the proceedings;

              b.     any liability incurred otherwise than to the company if the person acted in good faith with a view to the best interests of the company;

              c.     any liability incurred in connection with an application made under Article 212 in which relief is granted to the person by the court; or

              d.     any liability against which the company normally maintains insurance for persons other than directors.

            (3)   Nothing in this Article shall deprive a person of any exemption or indemnity to which the person was lawfully entitled in respect of anything done or omitted by the person before the coming into force of this Article.

            (4)   This Article does not prevent a company from purchasing and maintaining for any such officer insurance against any such liability."

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        Amcor plc maintains an insurance policy for its directors and officers in respect of liabilities arising out of any act, error or omission whilst acting in their capacities as directors or officers of Amcor plc or its affiliated companies.

        Amcor plc has entered into a Deed pursuant to which it has agreed to indemnify its Chief Financial Officer, each secretary of Amcor plc and any other of its officers as may be approved from time to time, to the maximum extent permitted under law, from liability in respect of any claim, demand, suit, action, proceeding or cause of action commenced or threatened against such officer and arising out of the conduct of the business of Amcor plc or the discharge of the duties of such officer, in its capacity as such, subject to certain limited exceptions.

        Amcor plc has entered into separate indemnity agreements with each of its current directors to indemnify each director, to the maximum extent permitted under law, from liability in respect of any claim, demand, suit, action, proceeding or cause of action commenced or threatened against such director and arising out of the conduct of the business of Amcor plc or arising out of such director being a director of Amcor plc, subject to certain limited exceptions.

Indemnification of directors and officers of Amcor Pty Ltd

        Except as hereinafter set forth, there is no charter provision, bylaw, contract, arrangement or statute under which any director or officer of Amcor Pty Ltd is insured or indemnified in any manner against any liability which he or she may incur in his or her capacity as such.

        Pursuant to clause 92 of the Constitution of Amcor Pty Ltd, Amcor Pty Ltd must indemnify each officer out of the assets of the company on a full indemnity basis and to the full extent permitted by law against liability arising out of the conduct of business of the company or the discharge of the duties of the officer. Further, pursuant to clause 76 of the Constitution of Amcor Pty Ltd, Amcor Pty Ltd may charge the assets of the company by way of indemnity to secure a director or officer of Amcor Pty Ltd from any loss in respect of personal liability for the payment of a sum primarily due by Amcor Pty Ltd.

        Amcor Pty Ltd's Constitution provides in clause 92: "The Company is to indemnify each officer of the Company out of the assets of the Company on a full indemnity basis and to the full extent permitted by law against any liability incurred by the officer in or arising out of the conduct of the business of the Company or in or arising out of the discharge of the duties of the officer."

        Amcor Pty Ltd's Constitution provides in clause 76: "If any Director or any officer of the Company is or may become personally liable for the payment of any sum which is or may become primarily due from the Company, the Board may charge the whole or any part of the assets of the Company by way of indemnity to secure the Director or officer from any loss in respect of the liability."

        As used in clauses 76 and 92 of Amcor Pty Ltd's Constitution:

            a.     the term "officer" includes a director or secretary of Amcor Pty Ltd and a person appointed as a trustee by, or acting as a trustee at the request of, Amcor Pty Ltd and includes former officers of Amcor Pty Ltd;

            b.     the term "Board" means, if there is only one director of Amcor Pty Ltd, that director, but otherwise means the directors for the time being of Amcor Pty Ltd or those of them who are present at a meeting at which there is a quorum; and

            c.     the term "duties of the officer" includes, in any particular case where the Board considers it appropriate, duties arising by reason of the appointment, nomination or secondment in any capacity of an officer by Amcor Pty Ltd or, where applicable, the subsidiary of Amcor Pty Ltd to any other corporate.

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        The relevant provision of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the Corporations Act) are sections 199A, 199B and 199C. Section 199A of the Corporations Act provides:

"Exemptions not allowed

            (1)   A company or a related body corporate must not exempt a person (whether directly or through an interposed entity) from a liability to the company incurred as an officer or auditor of the company.

When indemnity for liability (other than for legal costs) not allowed

            (2)   A company or a related body corporate must not indemnify a person (whether by agreement or by making a payment and whether directly or through an interposed entity) against any of the following liabilities incurred as an officer or auditor of the company:

              a.     a liability owed to the company or a related body corporate;

              b.     a liability for a pecuniary penalty order under section 1317G or a compensation order under section 1317H;

              c.     a liability that is owed to someone other than the company or a related body corporate and did not arise out of conduct in good faith.

This subsection does not apply to a liability for legal costs.

When indemnity for legal costs not allowed

            (3)   A company or related body corporate must not indemnify a person (whether by agreement or by making a payment and whether directly or through an interposed entity) against legal costs incurred in defending an action for a liability incurred as an officer or auditor of the company if the costs are incurred:

              a.     in defending or resisting proceedings in which the person is found to have a liability for which they could not be indemnified under subsection (2); or

              b.     in defending or resisting criminal proceedings in which the person is found guilty; or

              c.     in defending or resisting proceedings brought by ASIC or a liquidator for a court order if the grounds for making the order are found by the court to have been established; or

              d.     in connection with proceedings for relief to the person under this Act in which the Court denies the relief.

        Paragraph (c) does not apply to costs incurred in responding to actions taken by ASIC or a liquidator as part of an investigation before commencing proceedings for the court order.

            (4)   For the purposes of subsection (3), the outcome of proceedings is the outcome of the proceedings and any appeal in relation to the proceedings."

        Section 199B of the Corporations Act provides:

        "(1) A company or a related body corporate must not pay, or agree to pay, a premium for a contract insuring a person who is or has been an officer or auditor of the company against a liability (other than one for legal costs) arising out of:

              a.     conduct involving a wilful breach of duty in relation to the company; or

              b.     a contravention of section 182 or 183.

This section applies to a premium whether it is paid directly or through an interposed entity.

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            (2)   An offence based on subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability."

        Amcor plc maintains an insurance policy for the directors and officers of Amcor Pty Ltd in respect of liabilities arising out of any act, error or omission whilst acting in their capacities as directors or officers of Amcor Pty Ltd. That insurance policy does not extend to liability (other than one for legal costs) arising out of the matters set out in section 199B(1)(a) and (b) of the Corporations Act.

        Section 199C of the Corporations Act provides:

            "(1) Sections 199A and 199B do not authorise anything that would otherwise be unlawful.

            (2)   Anything that purports to indemnify or insure a person against a liability, or exempt them from a liability, is void to the extent that it contravenes section 199A or 199B."

        Amcor plc has entered into a Deed pursuant to which it has agreed to indemnify each director, secretary and other officer (as may be approved) of its subsidiaries, including Amcor Pty Ltd, to the maximum extent permitted under law, from liability in respect of any claim, demand, suit, action, proceeding or cause of action commenced or threatened against such director, secretary or other officer and arising out of the conduct of the business of Amcor plc or the discharge of the duties of such director, secretary or other officer, in its capacity as such, subject to certain limited exceptions.

Indemnification of directors and officers of Amcor UK Finance PLC

        Except as hereinafter set forth, there is no charter provision, bylaw, contract, arrangement or statute under which any director or officer of Amcor UK Finance PLC ("Amcor UK") is insured or indemnified in any manner against any liability which he or she may incur in his or her capacity as such.

        Pursuant to article 79 of the Articles of Association of Amcor UK, any relevant officer may be indemnified out of Amcor UK's assets against:

            a.     any liability incurred by that officer in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to Amcor UK or an associated company;

            b.     any liability incurred by that officer in connection with the activities of Amcor UK or an associated company in its capacity as a trustee of an occupational pension scheme (as defined in section 235(6) of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act")); and

            c.     any other liability incurred by that officer as an officer of Amcor UK or an associated company.

        Amcor UK's Articles of Association provide in article 79.2 that "This Article does not authorise any indemnity which would be prohibited or rendered void by any provision of the Companies Acts (as defined in section 2 of the Act) or by any other provision of law."

        Amcor UK's Articles of Association provide at article 80.1 that "The directors may decide to purchase and maintain insurance, at the expense of Amcor UK, for the benefit of any relevant officer in respect of any relevant loss."

        As used in articles 79 and 80 of Amcor UK's Articles of Association:

            a.     the term "associated company" means that companies are associated if one is a subsidiary of the other or both are subsidiaries of the same body corporate;

            b.     a "relevant officer" means any current or former director, company secretary or other officer or an associated company; and

            c.     a "relevant loss" means any loss or liability which has been or may be incurred by a relevant officer in connection with that officer's duties or powers in relation to Amcor UK, any associated company or any pension fund or employees' share scheme of Amcor UK or associated company.

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        The relevant provisions of the Act are sections 232 to 236 (as amended from time to time):

232. Provisions protecting directors from liability

(1)
Any provision that purports to exempt a director of a company (to any extent) from any liability that would otherwise attach to him in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company is void.

(2)
Any provision by which a company directly or indirectly provides an indemnity (to any extent) for a director of the company, or of an associated company, against any liability attaching to him in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company of which he is a director is void, except as permitted by—

(a)
section 233 (provision of insurance),

(b)
section 234 (qualifying third party indemnity provision), or

(c)
section 235 (qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision).

(3)
This section applies to any provision, whether contained in a company's articles or in any contract with the company or otherwise.

(4)
Nothing in this section prevents a company's articles from making such provision as has previously been lawful for dealing with conflicts of interest.

233. Provision of insurance

        Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not prevent a company from purchasing and maintaining for a director of the company, or of an associated company, insurance against any such liability as is mentioned in that subsection.

234. Qualifying third party indemnity provision

(1)
Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not apply to qualifying third party indemnity provision.

(2)
Third party indemnity provision means provision for indemnity against liability incurred by the director to a person other than the company or an associated company. Such provision is qualifying third party indemnity provision if the following requirements are met.

(3)
The provision must not provide any indemnity against—

(a)
any liability of the director to pay—

(i)
a fine imposed in criminal proceedings, or

(ii)
a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect of non-compliance with any requirement of a regulatory nature (however arising); or

(b)
any liability incurred by the director—

(i)
in defending criminal proceedings in which he is convicted, or

(ii)
in defending civil proceedings brought by the company, or an associated company, in which judgment is given against him, or

(iii)
in connection with an application for relief (see subsection (6)) in which the court refuses to grant him relief.

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(4)
The references in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief are to the final decision in the proceedings.

(5)
For this purpose—

(a)
a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief becomes final—

(i)
if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing an appeal, or

(ii)
if appealed against, at the time when the appeal (or any further appeal) is disposed of; and

(b)
an appeal is disposed of—

(i)
if it is determined and the period for bringing any further appeal has ended, or

(ii)
if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have effect.

(6)
The reference in subsection (3)(b)(iii) to an application for relief is to an application for relief under section 661(3) or (4) (power of court to grant relief in case of acquisition of shares by innocent nominee), or section 1157 (general power of court to grant relief in case of honest and reasonable conduct).

235. Qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision

(1)
Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not apply to qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision.

(2)
Pension scheme indemnity provision means provision indemnifying a director of a company that is a trustee of an occupational pension scheme against liability incurred in connection with the company's activities as trustee of the scheme. Such provision is qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision if the following requirements are met.

(3)
The provision must not provide any indemnity against—

(a)
any liability of the director to pay—

(i)
a fine imposed in criminal proceedings, or

(ii)
a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect of non-compliance with any requirement of a regulatory nature (however arising); or

(b)
any liability incurred by the director in defending criminal proceedings in which he is convicted.

(4)
The reference in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction is to the final decision in the proceedings.

(5)
For this purpose—

(a)
a conviction becomes final—

(i)
if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing an appeal, or

(ii)
if appealed against, at the time when the appeal (or any further appeal) is disposed of; and

(b)
an appeal is disposed of—

(i)
if it is determined and the period for bringing any further appeal has ended, or

(ii)
if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have effect.

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(6)
In this section "occupational pension scheme" means an occupational pension scheme as defined in section 150(5) of the Finance Act 2004 (c. 12) that is established under a trust.

236. Qualifying indemnity provision to be disclosed in the directors' report

(1)
This section requires disclosure in the directors' report of—

(a)
qualifying third party indemnity provision, and

(b)
qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision.

        Such provision is referred to in this section as "qualifying indemnity provision" .

(2)
If when a directors' report is approved any qualifying indemnity provision (whether made by the company or otherwise) is in force for the benefit of one or more directors of the company, the report must state that such provision is in force.

(3)
If at any time during the financial year to which a directors' report relates any such provision was in force for the benefit of one or more persons who were then directors of the company, the report must state that such provision was in force.

(4)
If when a directors' report is approved qualifying indemnity provision made by the company is in force for the benefit of one or more directors of an associated company, the report must state that such provision is in force.

(5)
If at any time during the financial year to which a directors' report relates any such provision was in force for the benefit of one or more persons who were then directors of an associated company, the report must state that such provision was in force.

1157. Power of court to grant relief in certain cases

(1)
If in proceedings for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust against—

(a)
an officer of a company, or

(b)
a person employed by a company as auditor (whether he is or is not an officer of the company),

    it appears to the court hearing the case that the officer or person is or may be liable but that he acted honestly and reasonably, and that having regard to all the circumstances of the case (including those connected with his appointment) he ought fairly to be excused, the court may relieve him, either wholly or in part, from his liability on such terms as it thinks fit.

(2)
If any such officer or person has reason to apprehend that a claim will or might be made against him in respect of negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust—

(a)
he may apply to the court for relief, and

(b)
the court has the same power to relieve him as it would have had if it had been a court before which proceedings against him for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust had been brought.

(3)
Where a case to which subsection (1) applies is being tried by a judge with a jury, the judge, after hearing the evidence, may, if he is satisfied that the defendant (in Scotland, the defender) ought in pursuance of that subsection to be relieved either in whole or in part from the liability sought to be enforced against him, withdraw the case from the jury and forthwith direct judgment to be entered for the defendant (in Scotland, grant decree of absolvitor) on such terms as to costs (in Scotland, expenses) or otherwise as the judge may think proper.

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        Amcor plc maintains an insurance policy for the directors and officers of Amcor UK in respect of liabilities arising out of any act, error or omission whilst acting in their capacities as directors or officers of Amcor UK or its affiliated companies.

        Amcor plc has entered into a Deed pursuant to which it has agreed to indemnify each director, secretary and other officer (as may be approved) of its subsidiaries, including Amcor UK, to the maximum extent permitted under law, from liability in respect of any claim, demand, suit, action, proceeding or cause of action commenced or threatened against such director, secretary or other officer and arising out of the conduct of the business of Amcor plc or the discharge of the duties of such director, secretary or other officer, in its capacity as such, subject to certain limited exceptions.

Item 15.    Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

        On June 13, 2019, Bemis Company, Inc. ("Bemis") issued $288,674,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.800% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2019 (the "Existing 2019 Notes"), $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 (the "Existing 2021 Notes") and $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the "Existing Bemis 2026 Notes") and AFUI (together with Bemis, the "Issuers") issued $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the "Existing AFUI 2026 Notes") and $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (the "Existing 2028 Notes" and, collectively with the Existing 2019 Notes, the Existing 2021 Notes, the Existing 2026 Notes and the Existing AFUI 2026 Notes, the "Existing Notes"), in each case as part of private exchange offer and consent solicitation transactions with holders that certified that they were (i) "qualified institutional buyers" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, or (ii) not, and were not acting for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933) and were outside of the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933. The Existing Notes were offered and sold to holders pursuant to private exchange offer and consent transactions conducted in reliance on the exemption afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities acted as dealer managers for the transactions.

        The Existing 2019 Notes, Existing 2021 Notes and Existing Bemis 2026 Notes were issued with full and unconditional guarantees, on a joint and several basis, from Amcor plc, Amcor Pty Ltd (formerly known as Amcor Limited), AFUI and Amcor UK. The Existing AFUI 2026 Notes and Existing 2028 Notes were issued with full and unconditional guarantees, on a joint and several basis, from Amcor plc, Amcor Pty Ltd (formerly known as Amcor Limited), Bemis and Amcor UK.

        The Issuers did not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the Existing Notes. In exchange for the issuance and sale of the Existing Notes, the Issuers received the following consideration from holders:

    Bemis received $288,683,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.800% Senior Notes due 2019 of Bemis;

    Bemis received $346,716,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2021 of Bemis;

    Bemis received $293,206,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.100% Senior Notes due 2026 of Bemis;

    AFUI received $591,294,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of AFUI; and

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    AFUI received $497,510,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 of AFUI.

        On May 7, 2018, AFUI issued $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (the "2018 Notes") in a private placement transaction. The 2018 Notes were issued with full and unconditional guarantees, on a joint and several basis, from Amcor Pty Ltd (formerly known as Amcor Limited) and Amcor UK. The 2018 Notes were offered and sold to the initial purchasers in reliance on the exemption afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder and were offered and resold by the initial purchasers to "qualified institutional buyers" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and to non-U.S. investors outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933.

        AFUI issued and sold the 2018 Notes to the several initial purchasers at a price equal to 99.359% of the principal amount thereof and received net cash proceeds of $496,795,000. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Mizuho Securities USA LLC acted as joint bookrunners and initial purchasers for the transaction.

Item 16.    Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

Exhibits

        A list of exhibits filed with this registration statement on Form S-1 is set forth on the Exhibit Index and is incorporated in this Item 16 by reference.

Financial Statement Schedules

        The required financial statement schedules are incorporated by reference into this registration statement.

Item 17.    Undertakings.

        Each of the undersigned registrants hereby undertakes:

    (1)
    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

    (i)
    To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

    (ii)
    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and

    (iii)
    To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

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    Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii) and (1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by such registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

    (2)
    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

    (3)
    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

    (4)
    That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

    (5)
    That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

    (i)
    Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

    (ii)
    Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

    (iii)
    The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

    (iv)
    Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

        Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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Exhibit
Number
  Description
  2.1   Transaction Agreement, dated August 6, 2018, by and among the Amcor plc, Amcor Limited, Arctic Corp. and Bemis Company, Inc. ("Bemis") (filed as Annex A to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  3.1   Articles of Association of Amcor plc (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 13, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  3.2   Memorandum of Association of Amcor plc (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  3.3   Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Bemis.*
        
  3.4   Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Bemis.*
        
  3.5   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Bemis.*
        
  3.6   Certificate of Incorporation of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. ("AFUI")*
        
  3.7   By-laws of AFUI.*
        
  3.8   Constitution of Amcor Pty Ltd.*
        
  3.9   Articles of Association of Amcor UK Finance PLC ("Amcor UK")*
        
  4.1   Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the "2019 Bemis Indenture") by and among Bemis, the guarantors named therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the "Trustee"), as trustee (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.2   Officer's Certificate, dated as of June 13, 2019, pursuant to the 2019 Bemis Indenture, establishing the terms of Bemis's 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021.*
        
  4.3   Form of Bemis's 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 (included in Exhibit 4.2 hereto).
        
  4.4   Officer's Certificate, dated as of June 13, 2019, pursuant to the 2019 Bemis Indenture, establishing the terms of Bemis's 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026.*
        
  4.5   Form of Bemis's 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (included in Exhibit 4.4 hereto).
        
  4.6   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2019, by and among Bemis, the guarantors named therein, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as dealer managers (the "Dealer Managers"), in respect of Bemis' 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.7   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2019, by and among Bemis, the guarantors named therein, and the Dealer Managers, in respect of Bemis' 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.8   Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the "2019 AFUI Indenture"), by and among AFUI, the guarantors named therein and the Trustee (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   

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Exhibit
Number
  Description
  4.9   Officer's Certificate, dated as of June 13, 2019, pursuant to the 2019 AFUI Indenture, establishing the terms of AFUI's 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026.*
        
  4.10   Form of AFUI's 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (included in Exhibit 4.9 hereto).
        
  4.11   Officer's Certificate, dated as of June 13, 2019, pursuant to the 2019 AFUI Indenture, establishing the terms of AFUI's 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028.*
        
  4.12   Form of AFUI's 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (included in Exhibit 4.11 hereto).
        
  4.13   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2019, by and among AFUI, the guarantors named therein, and the Dealer Managers, in respect of AFUI's 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (filed as Exhibit 10.7 to Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.14   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2019, by and among AFUI, the guarantors named therein, and the Dealer Managers, in respect of AFUI's 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (filed as Exhibit 10.8 to Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.15   Note and Guarantee Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2009, among AFUI, Amcor Limited and the other parties thereto (the "2009 Note Agreement"), relating to the 5.69% Series B Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2018 and 5 .95% Series C Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 (the "2009 Series C Notes") (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.16   Amendment No. 2 dated as of June 6, 2019 to the 2009 Note Agreement, among Amcor plc, AFUI, Amcor Limited, Amcor UK and the holders of 2009 Series C Notes signatory thereto (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 27, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.17   Note and Guarantee Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2010, among Amcor Limited, AFUI and the other parties thereto (the "2010 Note Agreement"), relating to the 5.00% Series B Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2020 (the "2010 Series B Notes") (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.18   Amendment No. 2 dated as of June 6, 2019 to the 2010 Note Agreement, among Amcor plc, AFUI, Amcor Limited, Amcor UK and the holders of the 2010 Series B Notes signatory thereto (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 27, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.19   Trust Deed, dated as of February 28, 2011, among Amcor Limited, AFUI, Amcor UK (then known as Amcor UK Finance Limited) and DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Limited (the "Principal Trust Deed") (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.20   First Supplemental Trust Deed, dated October 26, 2012, among Amcor Limited, AFUI, Amcor UK (then known as Amcor UK Finance Limited) and DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Limited (filed as Exhibit 4.5 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   

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Exhibit
Number
  Description
  4.21   Second Supplemental Trust Deed dated as of July 22, 2019 to the Principal Trust Deed, among Amcor Limited, AFUI, Amcor plc, Bemis and the guarantors party thereto (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 26, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.22   Final Terms, dated as of March 20, 2013, among Amcor Limited, AFUI and Amcor UK (then known as Amcor UK Finance Limited), relating to the 2.750% Notes due 2023 (filed as Exhibit 4.6 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.23   Indenture, dated as of April 28, 2016 (the "2016 AFUI Indenture"), among AFUI, Amcor Limited, Amcor UK and the Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.7 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.24   Officer's Certificate, dated as of April 28, 2016, pursuant to the 2016 AFUI Indenture, establishing AFUI's 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (filed as Exhibit 4.8 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.25   Form of AFUI's 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (included in Exhibit 4.24 hereto)
        
  4.26   Officer's Certificate, dated as of May 15, 2018, pursuant to the 2016 AFUI Indenture, establishing AFUI's 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (filed as Exhibit 4.9 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.27   Form of AFUI's 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (included in Exhibit 4.26 hereto)
        
  4.28   Indenture, dated as of June 15, 1995, between Bemis and U.S. Bank Trust National Association (formerly known as First Trust National Association), as trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.10 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.29   Form of Bemis's 4.50% Notes due 2021 (filed as Exhibit 4.12 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.30   Form of Bemis's 3.100% Notes due 2026 (filed as Exhibit 4.13 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.31   Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019, by and between Bemis and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (filed as Exhibit 10.1 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  4.32   Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019, by and among AFUI, Amcor Limited, Amcor UK and the Trustee (filed as Exhibit 10.2 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  5.1   Opinion of Sidley Austin (New York law).*
        
  5.2   Opinion of Armstrong Teasdale LLP.*
        
  5.3   Opinion of Ogier (Jersey) LLP.*
        
  5.4   Opinion of Gilbert + Tobin.*
        
  5.5   Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP (English law).*
 
   

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Exhibit
Number
  Description
  10.1   Fourth Deed of Amendment and Restatement of Syndicated Facility Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2018, by and among Amcor Limited, the subsidiaries of Amcor Limited listed therein as Borrowers and as Guarantors, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, J.P. Morgan Australia Limited, National Australia Bank Limited and Westpac Banking Corporation and the entities listed therein as Lenders and Affiliates of Lenders (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.2   Amcor plc 2019 Omnibus Management Share Plan (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed July 22, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.3   Amcor Limited 2014/15 Long Term Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 99.2 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed July 22, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.4   Amcor Limited 2016/17 Long Term Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 99.3 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed July 22, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.5   Amcor Limited 2017/18 Long Term Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 99.4 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed July 22, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.6   Amcor Limited 2012/13 Long Term Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 99.5 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed July 22, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.7   Amcor Limited 2013/14 Long Term Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 99.6 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed July 22, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.8   Employment Agreement between Amcor Limited and Ronald Delia, dated January 21, 2015 (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.9   Employment Agreement between Amcor Limited and Michael Casamento, dated September 23, 2015 (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.10   Employment Agreement between Amcor Limited and Ian Wilson, dated May 22, 2014 (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.11   Employment Agreement between Amcor Limited and Peter Konieczny, dated September 17, 2009 (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.12   Employment Agreement between Amcor Limited and Eric Roegner, dated August 28, 2018 (filed as Exhibit 10.7 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.13   Form of Deed of Appointment (filed as Exhibit 10.8 to Amcor plc's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed March 12, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.14   Original Three-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2019, among AFUI, Amcor UK, and Amcor Limited (together with AFUI and Amcor UK, the "Initial Borrowers") as borrowers thereunder, a syndicate of banks (collectively, the "Three-Year Facility Lenders") and J.P. Morgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent for the Three-Year Facility Lenders and others (filed as Exhibit 10.9 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   

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Exhibit
Number
  Description
  10.15   Amendment No. 1 to Original Three-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.10 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.16   Original Four-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2019, among the Initial Borrowers as borrowers thereunder, a syndicate of banks (collectively, the "Four-Year Facility Lenders"), and J.P. Morgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent for the Four-Year Facility Lenders and others (filed as Exhibit 10.11 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.17   Amendment No. 1 to Original Four-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.12 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.18   Original Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2019, among the Initial Borrowers as borrowers thereunder, a syndicate of banks (collectively, the "Five-Year Facility Lenders"), and J.P. Morgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent for the Five-Year Facility Lenders and others (filed as Exhibit 10.13 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.19   Amendment No. 1 to Original Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.14 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.20   364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of April 5, 2019, among the Initial Borrowers as borrowers thereunder, a syndicate of banks (collectively, the "364-Day Facility Lenders"), and J.P. Morgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent for the 364-Day Facility Lenders and others (filed as Exhibit 10.15 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.21   Original Term Loan Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2019, among AFUI, as borrower t hereunder, a syndicate of banks (collectively, the "Term Loan Lenders"), and J.P. Morgan, as administrative agent for the Term Loan Lenders and others (filed as Exhibit 10.16 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.22   Amendment No. 1 to Original Term Loan Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.17 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8- K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.23   Joinder to Three-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis, AFUI, Amcor UK, Amcor Limited and J.P. Morgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 10.18 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.24   Joinder to Four-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis, AFUI, Amcor UK, Amcor Limited and J.P. Morgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 10.19 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.25   Joinder to Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis, AFUI, Amcor UK, Amcor Limited and J.P. Morgan as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 10.20 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   

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Exhibit
Number
  Description
  10.26   Joinder to 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis, AFUI, Amcor UK, Amcor Limited and J.P. Morgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 10.21 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.27   Joinder to Term Loan Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2019, with among AFUI, Amcor Limited and J.P. Morgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 10.22 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.28   Supplement No. 1 to the Three-Year Credit Agreement Guarantee, dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis and J.P. Morgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 10.23 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.29   Supplement No. 1 to the Four-Year Credit Agreement Guarantee, dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis and J.P. Morgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 10.24 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.30   Supplement No. 1 to the Five-Year Credit Agreement Guarantee, dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis and J.P. Morgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 10.25 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.31   Supplement No. 1 to the 364-Day Credit Agreement Guarantee, dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis and J.P. Morgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 10.26 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  10.32   Supplement No. 1 to the Term Loan Agreement Guarantee, dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis and J.P. Morgan, as administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 10.27 on Amcor plc's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
        
  21.1   Subsidiaries of Amcor plc.*
        
  23.1   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers AG.*
        
  23.2   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers.*
        
  23.3   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*
        
  23.4   Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (New York law) (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
        
  23.5   Consent of Armstrong Teasdale LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2 hereto).
        
  23.6   Consent of Ogier (Jersey) LLP (included in Exhibit 5.3 hereto)
        
  23.7   Consent of Gilbert + Tobin (included in Exhibit 5.4 hereto).
        
  23.8   Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (English law) (included in Exhibit 5.5 hereto).
        
  24.1   Power of Attorney (re: directors and officers of Bemis) (included on Bemis's signature page to this registration statement).
        
  24.2   Power of Attorney (re: directors and officers of AFUI) (included on AFUI's signature page to this registration statement).
 
   

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Exhibit
Number
  Description
  24.3   Power of Attorney (re: directors and officers of Amcor plc) (included on Amcor plc's signature page to this registration statement).
        
  24.4   Power of Attorney (re: directors and officers of Amcor Pty Ltd) (included on Amcor Pty Ltd's signature page to this registration statement).
        
  24.5   Power of Attorney (re: directors and officers of Amcor UK) (included on Amcor UK's signature page to this registration statement).
        
  25.1   Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the Trustee with respect to the 2019 Bemis Indenture (governing Bemis's 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 and Bemis's 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026).*
        
  25.2   Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the Trustee with respect to the 2019 AFUI Indenture (governing AFUI's 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 and AFUI's 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028).*
        
  99.1   Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
        
  99.2   Form of Letter to Clients.*

*
Filed Herewith

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Neenah, State of Wisconsin on March 9, 2020.

    BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ LOUIS F. STEPHAN

        Name:   Louis F. Stephan
        Title:   President


POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael Casamento, Graeme Vavasseur and Robert Mermelstein and each of them individually, his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
 
Title
 
Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ LOUIS F. STEPHAN

Louis F. Stephan
  President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
  March 9, 2020

/s/ SIMON SWANN

Simon Swann

 

Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

March 9, 2020

/s/ DANIEL SULA

Daniel Sula

 

Secretary and Director

 

March 9, 2020

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Miramar, State of Florida on March 9, 2020.

    AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ROBERT MERMELSTEIN

        Name:   Robert Mermelstein
        Title:   President


POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael Casamento, Graeme Vavasseur and Robert Mermelstein and each of them individually, his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
 
Title
 
Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ ROBERT MERMELSTEIN

Robert Mermelstein
  President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
  March 9, 2020

/s/ SARA MATTSSON

Sara Mattsson

 

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

March 9, 2020

/s/ GRAEME VAVASSEUR

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Vice President and Director

 

March 9, 2020

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Bristol, United Kingdom, on March 9, 2020.

    AMCOR PLC

 

 

By:

 

/s/ RONALD DELIA

        Name:   Ronald Delia
        Title:   Chief Executive Officer


POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael Casamento, Graeme Vavasseur and Robert Mermelstein and each of them individually, his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
 
Title
 
Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ RONALD DELIA

Ronald Delia
  Chief Executive Officer and Director   March 9, 2020

/s/ MICHAEL CASAMENTO

Michael Casamento

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

March 9, 2020

/s/ GRAEME LIEBELT

Graeme Liebelt

 

Director and Chairman

 

March 9, 2020

/s/ ARMIN MEYER

Armin Meyer

 

Director and Deputy Chairman

 

March 9, 2020

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Signature
 
Title
 
Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ ARMIN MEYER

Armin Meyer
  Director   March 9, 2020

/s/ JEREMY SUTCLIFFE

Jeremy Sutcliffe

 

Director

 

March 9, 2020

/s/ KAREN GUERRA

Karen Guerra

 

Director

 

March 9, 2020

/s/ NICHOLAS T. LONG

Nicholas T. Long

 

Director

 

March 9, 2020

/s/ ANDREA BERTONE

Andrea Bertone

 

Director

 

March 9, 2020

/s/ ARUN NAYAR

Arun Nayar

 

Director

 

March 9, 2020

/s/ DAVID T. SZCZUPAK

David T. Szczupak

 

Director

 

March 9, 2020

/s/ PHILIP G. WEAVER

Philip G. Weaver

 

Director

 

March 9, 2020

/s/ ROBERT MERMELSTEIN

Robert Mermelstein

 

Authorized Representative in the United States

 

March 9, 2020

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Victoria, Australia, on March 9, 2020.

    AMCOR PTY LTD

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ANTHONY N. AVITABILE

        Name:   Anthony N. Avitabile
        Title:   Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael Casamento, Graeme Vavasseur and Robert Mermelstein and each of them individually, his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
 
Title
 
Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ ANTHONY N. AVITABILE

Anthony N. Avitabile
  Director
(Principal Executive, Financial and Accounting Officer)
  March 9, 2020

/s/ GARRY T. NOONAN

Garry T. Noonan

 

Director

 

March 9, 2020

/s/ TRACEY R. DAY

Tracey R. Day

 

Director

 

March 9, 2020

/s/ ROBERT MERMELSTEIN

Robert Mermelstein

 

Authorized Representative in the United States

 

March 9, 2020

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Bristol, United Kingdom on March 9, 2020.

    AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC

 

 

By:

 

/s/ MATTHEW C. BURROWS

        Name:   Matthew C. Burrows
        Title:   Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael Casamento, Graeme Vavasseur and Robert Mermelstein and each of them individually, his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
 
Title
 
Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ MATTHEW C. BURROWS

Matthew C. Burrows
  Director
(Principal Executive, Financial and Accounting Officer)
  March 9, 2020

/s/ GRAEME VAVASSEUR

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Director

 

March 9, 2020

/s/ CHRISTOPHER J. CHEETHAM

Christopher J. Cheetham

 

Director

 

March 9, 2020

/s/ DAMIEN CLAYTON

Damien Clayton

 

Director

 

March 9, 2020

/s/ ROBERT MERMELSTEIN

Robert Mermelstein

 

Authorized Representative in the United States

 

March 9, 2020

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EX-3.3 2 a2240897zex-3_3.htm EX-3.3

Exhibit 3.3

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

PREAMBLE

 

The corporation is the surviving corporation of the merger of Bemis Company, Inc. and Arctic Corp. effective as of June 11, 2019, pursuant to which (a) each share of Common Stock of Arctic Corp. was converted into one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock of the surviving corporation and (b) each share of Common Stock of Bemis Company, Inc. was canceled for the consideration provided in the plan of merger.

 

ARTICLE 1

 

The name of the corporation is Bemis Company, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

 

ARTICLE 2

 

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Missouri is 221 Bolivar Street, Jefferson City, Missouri 65101.  The name of its registered agent at such address is CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation has authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share.

 

ARTICLE 5

 

The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

 

ARTICLE 6

 

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE 7

 

Meetings of stockholders may be held within or outside of the State of Missouri, as the by-laws of the Corporation may provide.  The books of the Corporation may be kept outside the State of Missouri at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the Corporation.  Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the Corporation so provide.

 

ARTICLE 8

 

To the fullest extent permitted by the General and Business Corporation Law as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of this Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for

 


 

monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director.  If the General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri is amended after the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri, as so amended from time to time.  No amendment, modification or repeal of this ARTICLE 9 by the stockholders shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing by virtue of this ARTICLE 9 at the time of such amendment, modification or repeal.

 

ARTICLE 9

 

The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by the provisions of (i) the Missouri Control Share Acquisition Act codified at § 351.407 with respect to control share acquisitions of shares of the Corporation or (ii) the Missouri Business Combinations Act codified at § 351.459, of the General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

ARTICLE 10

 

To the maximum extent permitted from time to time under the law of the State of Missouri, the Corporation renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to its officers, directors or stockholders, other than those officers, directors or stockholders who are employees of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries.  No amendment or repeal of this ARTICLE 11 shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any officer, director or stockholder of the Corporation for or with respect to any opportunities of which such officer, director, or stockholder becomes aware prior to such amendment or repeal.

 

ARTICLE 11

 

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in these amended and restated articles of incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed herein and by the laws of the State of Missouri, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

 

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EX-3.4 3 a2240897zex-3_4.htm EX-3.4

Exhibit 3.4

 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF

AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

The undersigned certifies that:

 

1.                                      The name of the corporation is Bemis Company, Inc.

 

2.                                      This Certificate of Amendment was adopted by the sole shareholder of the corporation on October 7, 2019.

 

3.                                      Article IV of the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation is amended to read as follows:

 

“ARTICLE 4.

 

The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation has the authority to issue is Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of Common Stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share.”

 

4.                                      The number of shares outstanding is One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock. All of the outstanding shares were entitled to vote on the foregoing amendment.

 

5.                                      The foregoing amendment of Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by the required vote of the shareholders in accordance with the General and Business Corporations Law of Missouri. All of the outstanding shares voted in favor of the amendment.

 

We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Missouri and Section 575.040, RSMo, that the matters set forth in this certificate are true and correct of our own knowledge.

 

Dated: October 7, 2019.

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Bemis Company, Inc., effective as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

/s/ Louis Fred Stephan

 

Louis Fred Stephan, President

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Daniel Sula

 

Daniel Sula, Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Bemis Company. Inc.]

 



EX-3.5 4 a2240897zex-3_5.htm EX-3.5

Exhibit 3.5

 

Effective as of June 11, 2019

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
BEMIS COMPANY, INC.
(a Missouri corporation)

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

CORPORATE OFFICES

 

1.1                               Principal Office.

 

The principal office of this corporation (the “Company”) shall be within the State of Missouri.  The name of the registered agent of the Company at such location is CSC- Lawyers Incorporating Service Company located at 221 Bolivar Street, Jefferson City, Missouri 65101.

 

1.2                               Other Offices.

 

The Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) may at any time establish other offices at any place or places where the Company is qualified to do business.

 

ARTICLE II

 

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

2.1                               Place Of Meetings.

 

Meetings of shareholders shall be held at any place, within or outside the State of Missouri, designated by the Board of Directors.  In the absence of any such designation, shareholders’ meetings shall be held at the principal office of the Company.

 

2.2                               Annual Meeting.

 

The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held either within or without the State of Missouri, as may be designated by resolution of the Board of Directors each year.  At the meeting, directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted.

 

2.3                               Special Meeting.

 

A special meeting of the shareholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors or the Company’s chief executive officer, president or by one or more shareholders holding shares in the aggregate entitled to cast not less than ten percent (10%) of the votes at that meeting.

 

If a special meeting is called by any person or persons other than the Board of Directors, chief executive officer, or the president, the request shall be in writing, specifying the time of such meeting and the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail or by telegraphic or other facsimile transmission to the chief executive officer, president or the secretary of the Company.  No business may be transacted at such special meeting otherwise than specified in such notice.  The officer receiving the request shall cause notice to be promptly given to the shareholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.4 and 2.5 of this Article II.  that a meeting will be held at the time requested by the person or persons calling the meeting, not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than sixty (60) days after the receipt of the request.  If the notice is not given within twenty (20) days after the receipt of the request, the person or persons requesting the meeting may give the notice.  Nothing contained in this paragraph of this Section 2.3 shall be construed as limiting, fixing, or affecting the time when a meeting of shareholders called by action of the Board of Directors may be held.

 


 

2.4                               Notice of Shareholders’ Meetings.

 

All notices of meetings with shareholders shall be in writing and shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 2.5 of these bylaws (the “Bylaws”) not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting.  The notice shall specify the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, and in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

 

2.5                               Manner of Giving Notice; Affidavit Of Notice.

 

Written notice of any meeting of shareholders, if mailed, is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the shareholder at such shareholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Company.  Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to shareholders, any notice to shareholders may be given by electronic mail or other electronic transmission, in the manner provided in Section 351.230 of the General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri (the “Act”).  An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the transfer agent of the Company that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

 

2.6                               Quorum.

 

The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the articles of incorporation.  Every decision which shall have received the favorable vote of a majority of the votes cast in connection therewith at any meeting of the shareholders at which a quorum was present shall be valid as a corporate act unless a larger vote is required by law, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws.  If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, then a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

 

2.7                               Adjourned Meeting; Notice.

 

When a meeting is adjourned to another place (if any), date or time, unless these Bylaws otherwise require, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place (if any) thereof and the means of remote communications, if any, by which shareholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.  At the adjourned meeting, the Company may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting.  If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the place (if any), date and time of the adjourned meeting and the means of remote communications, if any, by which shareholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

2.8                               Organization:  Conduct of Business.

 

(a)                                 Such person as the Board of Directors may have designated or, in the absence of such a person, the chief executive officer, or in his or her absence, the president or, in his or her absence, such person as may be chosen by the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy, shall call to order any meeting of the shareholders and act as chairman of the meeting.  In the absence of the secretary, the secretary of the meeting shall be such person as the chairman of the meeting appoints.

 

(b)                                 The chairman of any meeting of shareholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including the manner of voting and the conduct of business.  The date and time of opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the shareholders will vote at the meeting shall be announced at the meeting.

 

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2.9                               List of Shareholders; Voting.

 

(a)                                 The shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.12 of these Bylaws, subject to the provisions of Section 351.245 of the Act.

 

(b)                                 Except as may be otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock held by such shareholder.  All elections shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast, and except as otherwise required by law, all other matters shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively.

 

(c)                                  The officer having charge of the transfer book for shares of the Company shall make a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders at least ten (10) days before such meeting.  The list shall be arranged in alphabetical order for each class of stock and showing the address and the number of shares held by each shareholder.  The list shall be kept on file at the registered office of the Company within the State of Missouri for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to such meeting and shall be open to the inspection of any shareholder at any time during usual business hours in the manner provided by law.  Such list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting as provided by law.  The original share ledger or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in the State of Missouri, shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or share ledger or transfer book or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.  Failure to comply with the requirements of this Section 2.9(c) shall not affect the validity of any action taken at such meeting.

 

2.10                        Waiver of Notice.

 

Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the Act or of the articles of incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, or waiver by electronic mail or other electronic transmission by such person, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.  Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the shareholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice, or any waiver of notice by electronic transmission, unless so required by the articles of incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

2.11                        Shareholder Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting.

 

(a)                                 Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Company, or any action that may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such shareholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is (a) signed by each shareholder, and (b) included in the minutes filed with the corporate records reflecting the action taken in accordance with Section 351.273 of the Act.

 

(b)                                 Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.

 

(c)                                  A telegram, cablegram, electronic mail or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a shareholder or proxyholder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a shareholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for purposes of this Section to the extent permitted by law.

 

(d)                                 Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those shareholders who have not consented in writing (including by electronic mail or other electronic transmission as permitted by law).  If the action which is consented to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under any section of the Act if such action had been voted on by shareholders at a meeting thereof, then the certificate filed under such section shall state, in lieu of any statement

 

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required by such section concerning any vote of shareholders, that written notice and written consent have been given as provided in Section 351.273 of the Act.

 

2.12                        Record Date for Shareholder Notice.  Voting.  Giving Consents and Dividends.

 

(a)                                 The Board of Directors shall have the power to close the transfer books of the Company for a period not exceeding seventy (70) days preceding (i) the date of any meeting of shareholders, (ii) the date for payment of any dividend or other distribution, (iii) the date for the allotment of rights, (iv) the date when any change, conversion or exchange of shares shall go into effect, or (v) for the purpose of any other lawful action; provided, however, that in lieu of closing the transfer books as aforesaid, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date, not exceeding seventy (70) days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders, or the date for the payment of any dividend or other distribution, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change, conversion or exchange of shares, or any other lawful action shall go into effect, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at any such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend or other distribution, or entitled to any such allotment of rights, or entitled to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversation or exchange of shares or any other lawful action.  In such case, only the shareholders who are shareholders of record on the date of closing the transfer books or on the record date so fixed shall be entitled to such notice of and to vote at such meeting and any adjournment thereof; or to receive payment of such dividend or other distribution, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the Company after the date of closing of the transfer books or the record date fixed as aforesaid.

 

(b)                                 If the Board of Directors does not close the transfer books or set a record date, the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of the shareholders, only the shareholders who are shareholders of record at the close of business on the twentieth (20th) day preceding the date of the meeting shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the meeting, and any adjournment of the meeting; except that, if prior to the meeting, written waivers of notice of the meeting are signed and delivered to the Company by all of the shareholders of record at the time the meeting is convened, only the shareholders who are shareholders of record at the time the meeting is convened will be entitled to vote at the meeting, and any adjournment of the meeting.

 

2.13                        Proxies.

 

A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder.  No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.  A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only so long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power.  A shareholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by proxy or by filing a written revocation or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the Company.  The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 351.245 of the Act.

 

ARTICLE III

 

DIRECTORS

 

3.1                               Powers.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Act and any limitations in the articles of incorporation or these Bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the shareholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

 

3.2                               Number of Directors.

 

The number of directors of the Company shall be not less than one (1) nor more than (5).  Within these limits, the number of directors shall be fixed by a resolution of the Board of Directors or of the shareholders, subject to Section 3.4 of these Bylaws.  No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before such director’s term of office expires.

 

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3.3                               Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors.

 

Except as provided in Section 3.4 of these Bylaws, and unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of shareholders to hold office until the next annual meeting.  Directors need not be shareholders unless so required by the articles of incorporation or these Bylaws, wherein other qualifications for directors may be prescribed.  Each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

Unless otherwise specified in the articles of incorporation, elections of directors need not be by written ballot.

 

There shall be no cumulative voting by shareholders in any matter, including without limitation in the election of directors.

 

3.4                               Resignation and Vacancies.

 

(a)                                 Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the attention of the secretary.  When one or more directors so resigns and the resignation is effective at a future date, 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 as provided in this Section 3.4 in the filling of other vacancies.

 

(b)                                 Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or these Bylaws:

 

(i)                                     Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the shareholders having the right to vote as a single class may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even if that majority is less than a majority of the entire Board of Directors, may fill the vacancy or vacancies so created until a successor or successors shall be duly elected by the shareholders and shall qualify.

 

(ii)                                  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 articles 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 a sole remaining director so elected.

 

(c)                                  If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the Company should have no directors in office, then any officer or any shareholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a shareholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a shareholder, may call a special meeting of shareholders in accordance with the provisions of the articles of incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

3.5                               Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone.

 

The Board of Directors may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside the State of Missouri.

 

Unless otherwise restricted by the articles of incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

3.6                               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.

 

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3.7                               Special Meetings:  Notice.

 

Special meetings of the Board of Directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the president, the chief financial officer, the secretary or any director.

 

Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered personally or by telephone to each director or sent by first-class mail, facsimile, electronic transmission, or telegram, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at that director’s address as it is shown on the records of the Company.  If the notice is mailed, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting.  If the notice is delivered personally or by facsimile, electronic transmission, telephone or telegram, it shall be delivered at least forty-eight (48) hours before the time of the holding of the meeting.  Any oral notice given personally or by telephone may be communicated either to the director or to a person at the office of the director who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate it to the director.  The notice need not specify the purpose of the meeting.  The notice need not specify the place of the meeting, if the meeting is to be held at the principal executive office of the Company.  Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.

 

3.8                               Quorum.

 

At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act 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 or by the articles of incorporation.  If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

 

A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.

 

3.9                               Waiver of Notice.

 

Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision the Act or of the articles of incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, or waiver by electronic mail or other electronic transmission by such person, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.  Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the directors, or members of a committee of directors, need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the articles of incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

3.10                        Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting.

 

Unless otherwise restricted by the articles of incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.  Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

 

Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.

 

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3.11                        Fees and Compensation of Directors.

 

Unless otherwise restricted by the articles of incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors.  No such compensation shall preclude any director from serving the Company in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

3.12                        Approval of Loans to Officers.

 

The Company may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the Company or of its subsidiary, including any officer or employee who is a director of the Company or its subsidiary, whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the Company.  The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or without interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the Board of Directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the Company.  Nothing in this section shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the Company at common law or under any statute.

 

3.13                        Removal of Directors.

 

Unless otherwise restricted by statute, by the articles of incorporation or by these Bylaws, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

 

3.14                        Chairman of the Board of Directors.

 

The Company may also have at the discretion of the Board of Directors, a chairman of the Board of Directors, who shall not be considered an officer of the Company.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

COMMITTEES

 

4.1                               Committees of Directors.

 

The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Company.  The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.  In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.  Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Company, and may authorize the seal of the Company to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters:  (a) approving or adopting, or recommending to the shareholders, any action or matter expressly required by the Act to be submitted to shareholders for approval or (b) adopting, amending or repealing any provision of the Bylaws.

 

4.2                               Committee Minutes.

 

Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.

 

4.3                               Meetings and Action of Committees.

 

Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of Section 3.5 (place of meetings and meetings by telephone), Section 3.6 (regular meetings), Section 3.7 (special meetings and notice), Section 3.8 (quorum), Section 3.9 (waiver of notice), and Section 3.10 (action without a meeting) of these Bylaws, with such changes in the context of such provisions as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Board of Directors and its members; provided, however, that the

 

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time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the Board of Directors or by resolution of the committee, that special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the Board of Directors and that notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee.  The Board of Directors may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws.

 

ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS

 

5.1                               Officers.

 

The officers of the Company shall be a president, a treasurer, and a secretary.  The Company may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, a chief executive officer, a chief financial officer, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers, and any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 of these Bylaws.  Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

 

5.2                               Appointment Of Officers.

 

The officers of the Company, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.3 or 5.5 of these Bylaws, shall be appointed by the Board of Directors, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment.

 

5.3                               Subordinate Officers.

 

The Board of Directors may appoint, or empower the chief executive officer or the president to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the Company may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these Bylaws or as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

5.4                               Removal and Resignation of Officers.

 

Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the Board of Directors, by any officer upon whom the power of removal is conferred by the Board of Directors.

 

Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Company.  Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice; and, unless otherwise specified in that notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.  Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Company under any contract to which the officer is a party.

 

5.5                               Vacancies In Offices.

 

Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

5.6                               Chief Executive Officer.

 

Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to the chairman of the board, if any, the chief executive officer (if such an officer is appointed) shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and the officers of the Company and shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of chief executive officer of a corporation and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.

 

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5.7                               President.

 

Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to the chairman of the board, if any, or the chief executive officer, if any, the president shall have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and other officers of the Company.  He or she shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation and such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.  If there is then no appointed chief executive officer, the president shall have the powers and duties usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation.

 

5.8                               Vice Presidents.

 

In the absence or disability of the chief executive officer and president, the vice presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of Directors or, if not ranked, a vice president designated by the Board of Directors, or if no vice president is so designated, the vice presidents shall be deemed ranked in order of their date of appointment as a vice president, shall perfoim all 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 presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the Board of Directors, these Bylaws, the president or the chairman of the board.

 

5.9                               Chief Financial Officer.

 

The chief financial officer (if such an officer is appointed) shall be the treasurer and shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the Company, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital retained earnings, and shares.  The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.

 

The chief financial officer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Company with such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.  He or she shall disburse the funds of the Company as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall render to the chief executive officer, the president, or the directors, upon request, an account of all his or her transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the Company, and shall have other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.

 

5.10                        Treasurer.

 

The treasurer shall assist the chief financial officer with his or her duties to keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the Company, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital retained earnings, and shares.  The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.  If there is then no appointed chief financial officer, the treasurer shall have the powers and duties usually vested in the chief financial officer of a corporation.

 

5.11                        Secretary.

 

The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the Company or such other place as the Board of Directors may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of directors, committees of directors, and shareholders.  The minutes shall show the time and place of each meeting, the names of those present at directors’ meetings or committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at shareholders’ meetings, and the proceedings thereof.

 

The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the Company or at the office of the Company’s transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of all shareholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates evidencing such shares, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.

 

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The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors required to be given by law or by these Bylaws.  He or she shall keep the seal of the Company, if one is adopted, in safe custody and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws.

 

5.12                        Representation of Shares of Other Corporations.

 

The chairman of the board, chief executive officer, the president, any vice president, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer, the secretary or any assistant secretary, or any other person authorized by the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer or the president, is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of the Company all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations or any other equity ownership interest in any other entity standing in the name of the Company.  The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by the person having such authority.

 

5.13                        Authority and Duties of Officers.

 

In addition to the foregoing authority and duties, all officers of the Company shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of the Company as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or the shareholders.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHER AGENTS

 

6.1                               Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

The Company shall, to the maximum extent and in the manner permitted by the Act, indemnify each of its directors and officers against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding, arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the Company.  For purposes of this Section 6.1.  a “director” or “officer” of the Company includes any person (a) who is or was a director or officer of the Company, (b) who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (c) who was a director or officer of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the Company or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation.

 

6.2                               Indemnification of Others.

 

The Company shall have the power, to the maximum extent and in the manner permitted by the Act, to indemnify each of its employees and agents (other than directors and officers) against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding, arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the Company.  For purposes of this Section 6.2.  an “employee” or “agent” of the Company (other than a director or officer) includes any person (a) who is or was an employee or agent of the Company, (b) who is or was serving at the request of the Company as an employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (c) who was an employee or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the Company or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation.

 

6.3                               Payment of Expenses in Advance.

 

Expenses incurred in defending any action or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to Section 6.1 or for which indemnification is permitted pursuant to Section 6.2 following authorization thereof by the Board of Directors shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified party to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that the indemnified party is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Article VI.

 

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6.4                               Indemnity Not Exclusive.

 

The indemnification provided by this Article VI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaws, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, to the extent that such additional rights to indemnification are authorized in the articles of incorporation

 

6.5                               Insurance.

 

The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify his or her against such liability under the provisions of the Act.

 

6.6                               Conflicts.

 

No indemnification or advance shall be made under this Article VI.  except where such indemnification or advance is mandated by law or the order, judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, in any circumstance where it appears:

 

(a)                                 That it would be inconsistent with a provision of the articles of incorporation, these Bylaws, a resolution of the shareholders or an agreement in effect at the time of the accrual of the alleged cause of the action asserted in the proceeding in which the expenses were incurred or other amounts were paid, which prohibits or otherwise limits indemnification; or

 

(b)                                 That it would be inconsistent with any condition expressly imposed by a court in approving a settlement.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

RECORDS AND REPORTS

 

7.1                               Maintenance of Records.

 

The Company shall, either at its principal executive offices or at such place or places as designated by the Board of Directors, keep a record of its shareholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class of shares held by each shareholder, a copy of these Bylaws as amended to date, accounting books, and other records.

 

7.2                               Inspection of Records.

 

Any shareholder of record, 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 Company’s stock ledger, a list of its shareholders, 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 shareholder.  In every instance where an attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing that authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the shareholder.  The demand under oath shall be directed to the Company at its principal office in Missouri or at its principal place of business.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

GENERAL MATTERS

 

8.1                               Checks.

 

From time to time, the Board of Directors shall determine by resolution which person or persons may sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness that are issued in the name of or payable to the Company, and only the persons so authorized shall sign or endorse those instruments.

 

8.2                               Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments.

 

The Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Company; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.  Unless so authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Company by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or forany amount.

 

8.3                               Stock Certificates:  Partly Paid Shares.

 

The shares of the Company shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares.  Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Company.  Any or all of the signatures on the 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 has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

 

The Company shall not issue any shares of its capital stock as partly paid or otherwise subject to call for any remainder of the consideration to be paid therefor.

 

8.4                               Special Designation on Certificates.

 

If the Company is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the Company shall issue to represent such class or series of stock.

 

8.5                               Lost Certificates.

 

Except as provided in this Section 8.5 no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the Company and cancelled at the same time.  The Company may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate previously issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Company may (a) require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or the owner’s legal representative, to undertake to indemnify the Company against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares, and, in addition, (b) upon approval of the Board of Directors, require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or the owner’s legal representative, to give the Company a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

 

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8.6                               Dividends.

 

The directors of the Company, subject to any restrictions contained in (a) the Act or (b) the articles of incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of its capital stock.  Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Company’s capital stock.

 

The directors of the Company may set apart out of any of the funds of the Company available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve.  Such purposes shall include but not be limited to equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Company, and meeting contingencies.

 

8.7                               Fiscal Year.

 

The fiscal year of the Company shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors and may be changed by the Board of Directors.

 

8.8                               Seal.

 

The Company may adopt a corporate seal, which may be altered at pleasure, and may use the same by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

8.9                               Transfer of Stock.

 

Upon surrender to the Company or the transfer agent of the Company of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, subject to any applicable transfer restrictions, it shall be the duty of the Company to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate, and record the transaction in its books.

 

8.10                        Stock Transfer Agreements.

 

The Company shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of shareholders of any one or more classes of stock of the Company to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the Company of any one or more classes owned by such shareholders in any manner not prohibited by the Act.

 

8.11                        Registered Shareholders.

 

The Company shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote as such owner and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of another person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Missouri.

 

8.12                        Facsimile Signature.

 

In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these Bylaws, facsimile signatures of any officer or officers of the Company may be used whenever and as authorized by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

AMENDMENTS

 

These Bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the shareholders entitled to vote; provided, however, that the Company may, in its articles of incorporation, confer the power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws upon the directors.  The fact that such power has been so conferred upon the directors shall not divest the shareholders of the power, nor limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of the Bylaws.

 

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EX-3.6 5 a2240897zex-3_6.htm EX-3.6

Exhibit 3.6

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

FIRST.  The name of the corporation is Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

 

SECOND.  The address of the corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle.  The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD.  The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

 

FOURTH.  The total number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000 shares of Common Stock, and the par value of each of such shares is $1.00.

 

FIFTH.  The name and mailing address of the incorporator is Richard H. Siegel, 125 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004.

 

SIXTH.  The board of directors of the corporation is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal by-laws of the corporation.

 

SEVENTH.  Elections of directors need not be by written ballot except and to the extent provided in the by-laws of the corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this certificate of incorporation this 21st day of August, 1995.

 

 

/s/ Richard H. Siegel

 

Richard H. Siegel

 



EX-3.7 6 a2240897zex-3_7.htm EX-3.7

Exhibit 3.7

 

BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Stockholders

 

Section 1.1.           Annual Meetings.  An annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of directors at such date, time and place either within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Board of Directors from time to time.  Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting.

 

Section 1.2.           Special Meetings.  Special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, the President or the Board of Directors, to be held at such date, time and place either within or without the State of Delaware as may be stated in the notice of the meeting.  A special meeting of stockholders shall be called by the Secretary upon the written request, stating the purpose of the meeting, of stockholders who together own of record ten percent or more of the outstanding shares of each class of stock entitled to vote at such meeting.

 

Section 1.3.           Notice of Meetings.  Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.  Unless otherwise provided by law, the written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.  If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

 

Section 1.4.           Adjournments.  Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, 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 thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.  At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.  If the adjournment is for more than forty-five days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 1.5.           Quorum.  At each meeting of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by law or the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on a matter at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum.  In the absence of a quorum of the holders of any class of stock entitled to vote on a matter, the holders of such class so present or represented may, by majority vote, adjourn the meeting of such class from time to time in the manner provided by Section 1.4 of these by-laws until a quorum of such class shall be so present or represented.  Shares of its own capital stock belonging on the record date for the meeting to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

 

Section 1.6.           Organization.  Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the absence of the Chairman of the Board by the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the absence of the Vice Chairman of the Board by the President, or in the absence of the President by a Vice President, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairman designated by the Board of Directors, or in the absence of such designation by a chairman chosen at the meeting.  The Secretary, or in the absence of the Secretary an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the absence of the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 


 

Section 1.7.           Voting; Proxies.  Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question.  Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.  A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power, regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the Corporation generally.  A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the Corporation.  Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot and need not be conducted by inspectors unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of all classes of stock entitled to vote thereon present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting shall so determine.  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.  In all other matters, unless otherwise provided by law or by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders.  Where a separate vote by class or classes 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 or classes, except as otherwise provided by law or by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws.

 

Section 1.8.           Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.  In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, 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 nor less than ten 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 at 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; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

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 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 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 by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded.  Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.  If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by 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.

 

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.

 

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Section 1.9.           Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting.  Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by law, any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (a) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mail, return receipt requested, (b) its principal place of business, or (c) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded.  Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this by-law to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (a) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, (b) its principal place of business, or (c) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded, Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 2.1.           Powers; Number; Qualifications.  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by law or in the certificate of incorporation.  The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more members, the number thereof to be determined from time to time by the Board.  Directors need not be stockholders.

 

Section 2.2.           Election; Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies.  Each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.  Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Board of Directors or to the President or the Secretary of the Corporation.  Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, and unless otherwise specified therein no acceptance of such resignation shall be necessary to make it effective.  Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.  Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the stockholders having the right to vote as a single class or from any other cause may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director.

 

Section 2.3.           Regular Meetings.  Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places within or without the State of Delaware and at such times as the Board may from time to time determine, and if so determined notice thereof need not be given.

 

Section 2.4.           Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, if any, by the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, by the President, by any Vice President, the Secretary or by any two directors.  Reasonable notice thereof shall be given by the person or persons calling the meeting.

 

Section 2.5.           Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone Permitted.  Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board or of such committee, as the case may be, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this by-law shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

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Section 2.6.           Quorum; Vote Required for Action.  At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  The vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board unless the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws shall require a vote of a greater number.  In case at any meeting of the Board a quorum shall not be present, the members of the Board present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present.

 

Section 2.7.           Organization.  Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the absence of the Chairman of the Board by the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the absence of the Vice Chairman of the Board by the President, or in their absence by a chairman chosen at the meeting.  The Secretary, or in the absence of the Secretary an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the absence of the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

Section 2.8.           Action by Directors Without a Meeting.  Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.

 

Section 2.9.           Compensation of Directors.  Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Committees

 

Section 3.1.           Committees.  The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two or more of the directors of the Corporation.  The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.  In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.  Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors or in these by-laws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the certificate of incorporation (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board of Directors, fix the designations and any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the Corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation or fix the number of shares of any series of stock or authorize the increase or decrease of the shares of any series), adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution or amending these by-laws; and, unless the resolution, these by-laws or the certificate of incorporation expressly so provides, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock, to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger or to remove or indemnify directors.

 

Section 3.2.           Committee Rules.  Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board may adopt, amend and repeal rules for the conduct of its business.  In the absence of a provision by the Board or a provision in the rules of such committee to the contrary, a majority of the entire authorized number of members of such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting at the time of such vote if a quorum is then present shall be the act

 

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of such committee, and in other respects each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board conducts its business pursuant to Article II of these by-laws.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Officers

 

Section 4.1.           Officers; Election.  As soon as practicable after the annual meeting of stockholders in each year, the Board of Directors shall elect a President and a Secretary, and it may, if it so determines, elect from among its members a Chairman of the Board and a Vice Chairman of the Board.  The Board may also elect one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer and one or more Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as the Board may deem desirable or appropriate and may give any of them such further designations or alternate titles as it considers desirable.  Any number of offices may be held by the same person unless the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws otherwise provide.

 

Section 4.2.           Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies.  Unless otherwise provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors electing any officer, each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.  Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Board or to the President or the Secretary of the Corporation.  Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, and unless otherwise specified therein no acceptance of such resignation shall be necessary to make it effective.  The Board may remove any officer with or without cause at any time.  Any such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the Corporation, but the election of an officer shall not of itself create contractual rights.  Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise maybe filled by the Board at any regular or special meeting.

 

Section 4.3.           Powers and Duties.  The officers of the Corporation shall have such powers and duties in the management of the Corporation as shall be stated in these by-laws or in a resolution of the Board of Directors which is not inconsistent with these by-laws and, to the extent not so stated, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board.  The Secretary shall have the duty to record the proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors and any committees in a book to be kept for that purpose.  The Board may require any officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his or her duties.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Stock

 

Section 5.1.           Certificates.  Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Corporation, representing the number of shares of stock in the Corporation owned by such holder.  If such certificate is manually signed by one officer or manually countersigned by a transfer agent or by a registrar, any other signature on the 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.

 

Section 5.2.           Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates.  The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.

 

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ARTICLE VI

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 6.1.           Fiscal Year.  The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 6.2.           Seal.  The Corporation may have a corporate seal which shall have the name of the Corporation inscribed thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.  The corporate seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 6.3.           Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees.  Whenever notice is required to be given by law or under any provision of the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.  Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws.

 

Section 6.4.           Indemnification of Directors, Officers and Employees.  The Corporation shall indemnify to the full extent permitted by law any person made or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person or such person’s testator or intestate is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation or serves or served at the request of the Corporation any other enterprise as a director, officer or employee.  Expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by any such person in defending any such action, suit or proceeding shall be paid or reimbursed by the Corporation promptly upon receipt by it of an undertaking of such person to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.  The rights provided to any person by this by-law shall be enforceable against the Corporation by such person who shall be presumed to have relied upon it in serving or continuing to serve as a director, officer or employee as provided above.  No amendment of this by-law shall impair the rights of any person arising at any time with respect to events occurring prior to such amendment.  For purposes of this by-law, the term “Corporation” shall include any predecessor of the Corporation and any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed by the Corporation in a consolidation or merger; the term “other enterprise” shall include any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or employee benefit plan; service “at the request of the Corporation” shall include service as a director, officer or employee of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer or employee with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to be indemnifiable expenses; and action by a person with respect to an employee benefit plan which such person reasonably believes to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of such plan shall be deemed to be action not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 6.5.           Interested Directors; Quorum.  No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:  (1) the material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board or the committee, and the Board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (2) the material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (3) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board, a committee thereof or the stockholders.  Common or interested directors may be

 

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counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

 

Section 6.6.           Form of Records.  Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account and minute books, may be kept on, or be in the form of, punch cards, magnetic tape, photographs, microphotographs or any other information storage device, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible form within a reasonable time.  The Corporation shall so convert any records so kept upon the request of any person entitled to inspect the same.

 

Section 6.7.           Amendment of By-Laws.  These by-laws may be amended or repealed, and new by-laws adopted, by the Board of Directors, but the stockholders entitled to vote may adopt additional by-laws and may amend or repeal any by-law whether or not adopted by them.

 

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EX-3.8 7 a2240897zex-3_8.htm EX-3.8

Exhibit 3.8

 

Constitution

 

Amcor Pty Ltd
ACN 000 017 372

 

(On 25 June 2019, Amcor Ltd lodged a request with
ASIC to convert from being a public company to a
proprietary company)

 

 


 

Table of Contents

 

1.

Interpretation

1

2.

Issue of shares with special rights

2

3.

Board’s power to issue shares

2

4.

Surrender of shares

3

5.

Joint holders

3

6.

Non-recognition of equitable or other interests

3

7.

Certificates

3

8.

Power to make calls

4

9.

Obligation for calls

4

10.

When a call is made

4

11.

Interest on the late payment of calls

4

12.

Instalments

4

13.

Notice requiring payment of sums payable

4

14.

Time and place for payment

4

15.

Forfeiture on non-compliance with notice

4

16.

Notice of forfeiture

5

17.

Disposal of forfeited shares

5

18.

Annulment of forfeiture

5

19.

Liability despite forfeiture

5

20.

Company’s lien or charge

5

21.

Sale of shares to enforce lien

5

22.

Title to shares forfeited or sold to enforce lien

5

23.

Payments by the Company

6

24.

Instrument of transfer required

7

25.

Board may refuse to register

7

26.

When transfer effective

7

27.

Closing Register

7

28.

Instrument of transfer and certificate (if any)

7

29.

Transmission on death

7

30.

Transmission by operation of law

7

31.

Power to alter share capital

8

32.

General meetings

8

33.

Notice of general meeting

8

34.

Quorum at general meetings

8

35.

Adjournment in absence of quorum

8

36.

Chairman of the meeting

8

37.

General conduct of meeting

9

38.

Adjournment

9

39.

Voting on show of hands

9

40.

When a poll may be demanded

9

 

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41.

Taking a poll

9

42.

Resolution of single shareholder

10

43.

Special meetings

10

44.

Voting rights

10

45.

Voting rights of personal representatives, etc

10

46.

Proxies

10

47.

Validity, revocation

11

48.

Board may issue forms of proxy

11

49.

Attorneys of shareholders

11

50.

Number of Directors

11

51.

Power to appoint Directors

12

52.

Remuneration of Directors

12

53.

Retirement benefits

12

54.

Directors may contract with Company

12

55.

Director may hold other office

12

56.

Exercise of voting power in other corporations

13

57.

Directors may lend to the Company

13

58.

Director may appoint alternate Director

13

59.

Cessation of directorship

14

60.

Appointment of a Managing Director

14

61.

Procedures relating to Board meetings

14

62.

Quorum at Board meetings

14

63.

Meetings by telephone or other means of communication

15

64.

Votes at meetings

15

65.

Chairman and Deputy Chairman

15

66.

Powers of meetings

15

67.

Committees

15

68.

Validity of acts

16

69.

Resolution in writing

16

70.

General powers of the Board

17

71.

Powers of the board

17

72.

Power to borrow and guarantee

17

73.

Power to give security

17

74.

Power to authorise debenture holders, etc to make calls

17

75.

Power to issue bond, debenture or other security

17

76.

Personal liability of officer

17

77.

Seal and document execution

17

78.

Dividends

18

79.

Distribution otherwise than in cash

18

80.

Capitalisation of profits

19

81.

Retention of dividends

19

82.

Payments of dividends

19

 

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83.

Service of notices

20

84.

When notice taken to be served

20

85.

Shareholder not known at registered address

20

86.

Calculation of period of notice

20

87.

Notice to transferor binds transferee

20

88.

Service on deceased shareholders

20

89.

Distribution in specie

21

90.

Variation of rights of contributories

21

91.

Liability to calls

21

92.

Indemnity of officers, insurance and access

21

93.

Transitional provisions

22

 

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Constitution of

 

Amcor Pty Ltd
ACN 000 017 372

 

Preliminary

 

The name of the Company is Amcor Pty Ltd.

 

The Company is a proprietary company limited by shares.

 

The replaceable rules in the Corporations Act do not apply to the Company.

 

Interpretation

 

1.                                      Interpretation

 

1.1                               In this Constitution unless the context requires otherwise:

 

Board means, if there is only one Director, that Director, but otherwise means the Directors for the time being of the Company or those of them who are present at a meeting at which there is a quorum.

 

call includes any instalment of a call and any amount due on allotment of any share.

 

Chairman means the Chairman of the Board or any other person occupying the position of chairman under Rule 36.

 

Chairman of the Board means the Director elected to the office of chairman under Rule 65.

 

Committee means a Committee to which powers have been delegated by the Board under Rule 67.1.

 

Company means Amcor Pty Ltd (ACN 000 017 372).

 

Constitution means this Constitution as amended.

 

Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

 

Deputy Chairman of the Board means the Director elected to the office of deputy chairman under Rule 65.

 

Director means a person appointed to the office of Director of the Company in accordance with this Constitution and where appropriate includes an alternate Director.

 

Law means the Corporations Act and includes a reference to the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth).

 

Office means the registered office of the Company.

 

person and words importing persons include partnerships, associations and corporations, unincorporated and incorporated by Ordinance, Act of Parliament or registration as well as individuals.

 

Register means the register of shareholders of the Company.

 

registered address means the address of a shareholder specified on a transfer or any other address of which the shareholder notifies the Company as a place at which the shareholder is willing to accept service of notices.

 

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retiring director means a Director who is required to retire or who ceases to hold office under Rule 59.

 

Rules means these Rules, as amended.

 

Secretary means a person appointed as, or to perform the duties of, Secretary of the Company.

 

securities includes shares, rights to shares, options to acquire shares and other securities with rights of conversion to equity and debentures, debenture stock, notes and other obligations of the Company.

 

shareholders present means the shareholder or shareholders present at a general meeting of the Company in person or by duly appointed representative, proxy or attorney.

 

writing and written includes printing, typing, lithography, facsimile and other modes of reproducing words in a visible form.

 

1.2                               A word or phrase which is given a meaning by the Law has the same meaning in this Constitution.  Words in the singular include the plural and vice versa.

 

1.3                               If at any time the Company has only one shareholder, then unless the contrary intention appears:

 

(a)                                 a reference in a Rule to ‘the shareholders’ is a reference to that shareholder;

 

(b)                                 without limiting Rule 1.3(a), a rule which confers a power or imposes an obligation on the shareholders to do a particular thing confers that power or imposes that obligation on that shareholder; and

 

(c)                                  Rule 42 applies to the passing of resolutions.

 

1.4                               If at any time the minimum number of Directors fixed under this Constitution is one and the Company in fact has only one Director, then unless the contrary intention appears:

 

(a)                                 a reference in a rule to ‘the Directors’ is a reference to that Director;

 

(b)                                 without limiting Rule 1.4(a), a rule which confers a power or imposes an obligation on the Directors to do a particular thing confers that power or imposes that obligation on that Director; and

 

(c)                                  Rule 62 does not apply.

 

1.5                               A reference to the Law or any other statute or regulation is to the Law, statute or regulation as modified or substituted.

 

1.6                               The headings do not affect the construction of this Constitution.

 

Shares

 

2.                                      Issue of shares with special rights

 

Without affecting any special rights conferred on the holders of any shares, any share in the capital of the Company may be issued with preferred, deferred or other special rights, obligations or restrictions, whether in regard to dividends, voting, return of share capital, payment of calls or otherwise, as the Board may determine.

 

3.                                      Board’s power to issue shares

 

Except as provided by contract or this Constitution to the contrary, all unissued shares are under the control of the Board which may grant options on the shares, issue or otherwise dispose of the shares on the terms and conditions and for the consideration it thinks fit.  An issue of shares of the same class as an existing class of shares is not to be considered to constitute a variation of the rights of the holders of shares in the existing class.  Any Director or any person who is an associate of a Director may participate in any issue by the Company of securities.

 

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4.                                      Surrender of shares

 

In its discretion, the Board may accept a surrender of shares by way of compromise of any question as to whether or not those shares have been validly issued or in any other case where the surrender is within the powers of the Company.  Any shares surrendered may be sold or re-issued in the same manner as forfeited shares.

 

5.                                      Joint holders

 

Where two or more persons are registered as the holders of any shares, they are considered to hold the shares as joint tenants with benefits of survivorship subject to the following provisions:

 

(a)                                 Number of holders

 

the Company is not bound to register more than four persons as the holders of the shares (except in the case of personal representatives of a deceased shareholder);

 

(b)                                 Liability for payments

 

the joint holders of the shares are liable severally as well as jointly in respect of all payments which ought to be made in respect of the shares;

 

(c)                                  Death of joint holder

 

on the death of any one of the joint holders, the survivor is the only person recognised by the Company as having any title to the shares but the Board may require evidence of death and the estate of the deceased joint holder is not released from any liability in respect of the shares;

 

(d)                                 Power to give receipt

 

any one of the joint holders may give a receipt for any dividend, bonus or return of capital payable to the joint holders;

 

(e)                                  Notices and certificates

 

only the person whose name stands first in the Register as one of the joint holders of the shares is entitled, if the Company determines to issue certificates for shares, to delivery of a certificate relating to the shares or to receive notices from the Company and any notice given to that person is considered to be notice to all the joint holders; and

 

(f)                                   Votes of joint holders

 

any one of the joint holders may vote at any meeting of the Company either personally or by duly authorised representative, proxy or attorney, in respect of the shares as if that joint holder was solely entitled to the shares.  If more than one of the joint holders are present personally or by duly authorised representative, proxy or attorney, only the vote of the joint holder whose name appears first in the Register counts.

 

6.                                      Non-recognition of equitable or other interests

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, or as required by law, the Company is entitled to treat the registered holder of any share as the absolute owner of the share and is not bound to recognise (even when having notice) any equitable or other claim to or interest in the share on the part of any other person.

 

Certificates

 

7.                                      Certificates

 

The Board may determine to issue certificates for shares or other securities of the Company, to cancel any certificates on issue, to replace lost, destroyed or defaced certificates on issue on the basis and in the form it thinks fit from time to time.

 

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Calls

 

8.                                      Power to make calls

 

Subject to the terms on which any shares may have been issued, the Board may make calls on the shareholders in respect of money unpaid on their shares.  Each shareholder is liable to pay the amount of each call in the manner, at the time and at the place specified by the Board.  Calls may be made payable by instalments.

 

9.                                      Obligation for calls

 

The Company may make arrangements on the issue of shares for a difference between the holders of those shares in the amount of calls to be paid and the time of payment of the calls.

 

10.                               When a call is made

 

A call is taken to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Board authorising the call was passed.  The call may be revoked or postponed at the discretion of the Board at any time prior to the date on which payment in respect of the call is due.  The non-receipt of a notice of any call by, or the accidental omission to give notice of any call to, any shareholder, does not invalidate the call.

 

11.                               Interest on the late payment of calls

 

If any sum payable in respect of a call is not paid on or before the date for payment, the shareholder from whom the sum is due is to pay interest on the unpaid amount from the due date to the date of payment at the rate the Board determines.  The Board may waive the whole or part of any interest paid or payable under this Rule.

 

12.                               Instalments

 

If, by the terms of an issue of shares, any amount is payable in respect of any shares by instalments, every instalment is payable as if it is a call duly made by the Board of which due notice had been given, and all provisions of this Constitution with respect to the payment of calls and of interest or to the forfeiture of shares for non-payment of calls or with respect to liens or charges apply to the instalment and to the shares in respect of which it is payable.

 

Forfeiture and lien

 

13.                               Notice requiring payment of sums payable

 

If any shareholder fails to pay any sum payable in respect of any shares, either for issue money, calls or instalments, on or before the day for payment, the Board may serve a notice on the shareholder requiring that shareholder to pay the sum together with interest accrued and all expenses incurred by the Company by reason of the non-payment.  The notice may be served at any time whilst any part of the sum remains unpaid.

 

14.                               Time and place for payment

 

The notice referred to in Rule 13 is to name a day on or before which the sum, interest and expenses (if any) are to be paid and the place where payment is to be made and that, if payment is not made by the time and at the place specified, the shares in respect of which the sum is payable are liable to be forfeited.

 

15.                               Forfeiture on non-compliance with notice

 

If there is non-compliance with the requirements of any notice given under Rule 13, any shares in respect of which notice has been given may be forfeited by a resolution of the Board passed at any time after the day specified in the notice for payment.  The forfeiture is to include all dividends, interest and other money payable by the Company in respect of the forfeited shares and not actually paid before the forfeiture.

 

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16.                               Notice of forfeiture

 

When any share is forfeited, notice of the resolution of the Board must be given to the shareholder in whose name the share was registered immediately prior to the forfeiture, and an entry of the forfeiture and the date of forfeiture must be made in the Register.  Failure to give notice or make the entry as required by this Rule does not invalidate the forfeiture.

 

17.                               Disposal of forfeited shares

 

Any forfeited share is considered to be the property of the Company and the Board may sell or otherwise dispose of or deal with the share in any manner it thinks fit and with or without any money paid on the share by any former holder being credited as paid up.

 

18.                               Annulment of forfeiture

 

At any time before any forfeited share is sold or otherwise disposed of, the Board may annul the forfeiture of the share on any condition it thinks fit.

 

19.                               Liability despite forfeiture

 

Any shareholder whose shares have been forfeited is, despite the forfeiture, liable to pay and must immediately pay to the Company all sums of money, interest and expenses owing on or in respect of the forfeited shares at the time of forfeiture, together with expenses and interest from that time until payment at the rate the Board determines.  The Board may enforce the payment or waive the whole or part of any sum paid or payable under this Rule as it thinks fit.

 

20.                               Company’s lien or charge

 

The Company has a first and paramount lien or charge for unpaid calls, instalments, interest due in relation to any calls or instalments and any amounts the Company is called on by law to pay in respect of the shares of a shareholder on shares registered in the name of the shareholder in respect of which the calls, instalments and interest are due and unpaid (whether then payable or not) or in respect of which the amounts are paid and on the proceeds of sale of the shares.  The lien or charge extends to all dividends and bonuses declared in respect of the shares but, if the Company registers a transfer of any shares on which it has a lien or charge without giving the transferee notice of any claim it may have at that time, the shares are freed and discharged from the lien or charge of the Company in respect of that claim.

 

21.                               Sale of shares to enforce lien

 

For the purpose of enforcing a lien or charge, the Board may sell the shares which are subject to the lien or charge in any manner it thinks fit and with or without giving any notice to the shareholder in whose name the shares are registered.

 

22.                               Title to shares forfeited or sold to enforce lien

 

22.1                        In a sale or a re-issue of forfeited shares or in the sale of shares to enforce a lien or charge, an entry in the Board’s minute book that the shares have been forfeited, sold or re-allotted in accordance with this Constitution is sufficient evidence of that fact as against all persons entitled to the shares immediately before the forfeiture, sale or re-issue of the shares.  The Company may receive the purchase money or consideration (if any) given for the shares on any sale or re-issue.

 

22.2                        In a re-issue, a certificate signed by a Director or the Secretary to the effect that the shares have been forfeited and the receipt of the Company for the price of the shares constitutes a good title to them.

 

22.3                        In a sale, the Company may appoint a person to execute a transfer in favour of the person to whom the shares are sold.

 

22.4                        On the issue of the receipt or the execution of the transfer the person to whom the shares have been re-allotted or sold is to be registered as the holder of the shares, discharged from all calls or other money due in respect of the shares prior to the re-issue or purchase and the person is not bound to see to the regularity of the proceedings or to the application of the purchase money or consideration and the person’s title to the shares is not affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the forfeiture, sale or re-issue.

 

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22.5        The net proceeds of any sale or re-issue are to be applied first in payment of all costs in relation to the enforcement of the lien or charge or the forfeiture and of the sale or re-issue, next in satisfaction of the amount in respect of which the lien or charge exists as is then payable to the Company (including interest) or the amount in respect of the forfeited shares then payable to the Company (including interest) and the residue (if any) paid to, or at the direction of, the person registered as the holder of the shares immediately prior to the sale or re-issue or to the person’s executors, administrators or assigns on the production of any evidence as to title required by the Board.

 

Payments by the Company

 

23.                               Payments by the Company

 

If any law of any place imposes or purports to impose any immediate or future or possible liability on the Company to make any payment, or empowers any government or taxing authority or government official to require the Company to make any payment, in respect of any securities held either jointly or solely by any holder or in respect of any transfer of those securities or in respect of any interest, dividends, bonuses or other money due or payable or accruing due or which may become due or payable to the holder by the Company on or in respect of any securities or for or on account or in respect of any holder of securities, whether because of:

 

(a)                                 the death of the holder;

 

(b)                                 the non-payment of any income tax or other tax by the holder;

 

(c)                                  the non-payment of any estate, probate, succession, death, stamp or other duty by the holder or personal representative of that holder or by or out of the holder’s estate;

 

(d)                                 any assessment of income tax against the Company in respect of interest or dividends paid or payable to the holder; or

 

(e)                                  any other act or thing,

 

the Company in each case:

 

(i)                                     is to be fully indemnified from all liability by the holder or the holder’s personal representative and by any person who becomes registered as the holder of the securities on the distribution of the deceased holder’s estate;

 

(ii)                                  has a lien or charge on the securities for all money paid by the Company in respect of the securities because of any law;

 

(iii)                               has a lien on all dividends, bonuses and other money payable in respect of the securities registered in the Register as held either jointly or solely by the holder for all money paid or payable by the Company in respect of the securities because of any law, together with interest at a rate the Board may determine from the date of payment to the date of repayment, and may deduct or set off against any dividend, bonus or other money payable any money paid or payable by the Company together with interest;

 

(iv)                              may recover as a debt due from the holder or the holder’s personal representative or any person who becomes registered as the holder of the securities on the distribution of the deceased holder’s estate, any money paid by the Company because of any law which exceeds any dividend, bonus or other money then due or payable by the Company to the holder together with interest at a rate the Board may determine from the date of payment to the date of repayment; and

 

(v)                                 may, if any money is paid or payable by the Company under any law, refuse to register a transfer of any securities by the holder or the holder’s personal representative until the money and interest is set off or deducted or, where the money and interest exceeds the amount of any dividend, bonus or other money then due or payable by the Company to the holder or the holder’s personal representative, until the excess is paid to the Company.

 

Nothing in this Rule prejudices or affects any right or remedy which any law confers on the Company and any right or remedy enforceable by the Company, whether against the holder or the holder’s personal representative.

 

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Transfer and transmission of securities

 

24.                               Instrument of transfer required

 

No transfer of any securities may be registered unless a proper instrument of transfer, in writing in the usual or common form or in any form the Board may prescribe or in a particular case accept, signed by both the transferee and transferor and duly stamped (if necessary) is delivered to the Company (but the Board may dispense with the execution of the instrument by the transferee if the Board thinks fit).

 

25.                               Board may refuse to register

 

The Board, in its discretion, may refuse to register any transfer of shares and may decline to give its reasons and grounds for doing so.

 

26.                               When transfer effective

 

The transferor is deemed to remain the holder of the securities transferred until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register.

 

27.                               Closing Register

 

The Register may be closed at any time the Board thinks fit.

 

28.                               Instrument of transfer and certificate (if any)

 

28.1                        Every transfer must be left for registration at the Office or any other place the Board determines.  Unless the Board otherwise determines either generally or in a particular case, the transfer is to be accompanied by the certificate for the securities to be transferred.  In addition, the transfer is to be accompanied by any other evidence which the Board may require to prove the title of the transferor, the transferor’s right to transfer the securities, due execution of the transfer or due compliance with the provisions of any law relating to stamp duty.

 

28.2                        Subject to Rule 28.1, on each application to register the transfer of any securities or to register any person as the holder in respect of any securities transmitted to that person by operation of law or otherwise, the certificate (if any) specifying the securities in respect of which registration is required must be delivered to the Company for cancellation and on registration the certificate is taken to have been cancelled.

 

28.3                        Each transfer which is registered may be retained by the Company for any period determined by the Board after which the Company may destroy it.

 

29.                               Transmission on death

 

The personal representative of a deceased shareholder (who is not one of several joint holders) is the only person recognised by the Company as having any title to securities registered in the name of the deceased shareholder.  Subject to compliance by the transferee with this Constitution, the Board may register any transfer signed by a shareholder prior to the shareholder’s death despite the Company having notice of the shareholder’s death.

 

30.                               Transmission by operation of law

 

A person (a transmittee) who establishes to the satisfaction of the Board that the right to any securities has devolved on the transmittee by will or by operation of law may be registered as a holder in respect of the securities or may (subject to the provisions in this Constitution relating to transfers) transfer the securities.  The Board has the same right to refuse to register the transmittee as would apply under Rule 25 if the transmittee was the transferee named in a transfer presented for registration.

 

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Alteration of capital

 

31.                               Power to alter share capital

 

The Company in general meeting may reduce or alter its share capital in any manner provided by the Law.  The Board may do anything which is requited to give effect to any resolution authorising reduction or alteration of the share capital of the Company and, without limitation, may make provision for the issue of fractional certificates or sale of fractions of shares and distribution of net proceeds as it thinks fit.

 

General meetings

 

32.                               General meetings

 

A Director may convene a general meeting of the Company whenever the Director thinks fit.

 

33.                               Notice of general meeting

 

A notice of a general meeting must specify the place and time of the meeting, the general nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting and any other matters required by the Law.  The non-receipt of a notice of any general meeting by, or the accidental omission to give notice to, any person entitled to notice does not invalidate any resolution passed at that meeting.

 

34.                               Quorum at general meetings

 

34.1                        No business may be transacted at any general meeting, except the election of a Chairman and the adjournment of the meeting, unless a quorum is present at the commencement of the meeting.

 

34.2                        A quorum consists of:

 

(a)                                 if the number of shareholders entitled to vote is 2 or more — 2 of those shareholders; or

 

(b)                                 if only one shareholder is entitled to vote — that shareholder,

 

present at the meeting.

 

35.                               Adjournment in absence of quorum

 

If there is not a quorum at a general meeting within 30 minutes after the time specified in the notice of meeting, the meeting is dissolved, unless the Board adjourns the meeting to a date, time and place determined by it.  If no quorum is present at any adjourned meeting within 30 minutes after the time for the adjourned meeting, the meeting is dissolved.

 

36.                               Chairman of the meeting

 

36.1                        If the Board has elected a Chairman of the Board, that person is entitled to chair every general meeting.

 

36.2                        If at any general meeting the Chairman of the Board:

 

(a)                                 is not present at the specified time for holding the meeting; or

 

(b)                                 is present but is unwilling to act as chairman of the meeting,

 

the Deputy Chairman of the Board is entitled to chair the meeting.

 

36.3                        If at any general meeting:

 

(a)                                 there is no Chairman of the Board or Deputy Chairman of the Board;

 

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(b)                                 the Chairman of the Board and Deputy Chairman of the Board are not present at the specified time for holding the meeting; or

 

(c)                                  the Chairman of the Board and the Deputy Chairman of the Board are present but each is unwilling to chair the meeting,

 

the Directors present may choose another Director to chair the meeting and if no Director is present or if each of the Directors present is unwilling to chair the meeting, a shareholder chosen by the shareholders present may chair the meeting.

 

37.                               General conduct of meeting

 

37.1                        The general conduct of each general meeting of the Company and the procedures to be adopted at the meeting are as determined at, during or prior to the meeting by the Chairman.

 

37.2                        At any time the Chairman considers it necessary or desirable for the proper and orderly conduct of the meeting, the Chairman may demand the cessation of debate or discussion on any business, question, motion or resolution being considered by the meeting and require the business, question, motion or resolution to be put to a vote of the shareholders present.

 

37.3                        The Chairman may require the adoption of any procedures which are in the Chairman’s opinion necessary or desirable for the proper and orderly casting or recording of votes at any general meeting of the Company, whether on a show of hands or on a poll.

 

37.4                        Any determination by the Chairman in relation to matters of procedure or any other matter arising directly or indirectly from the business is at the Chairman’s sole discretion.  Any challenge to a right to vote (whether on a show of hands or on a poll) may only be made at the meeting and may be determined by the Chairman whose decision is final.

 

38.                               Adjournment

 

During the course of the meeting the Chairman may adjourn the meeting or any business, motion, question or resolution being considered or remaining to be considered by the meeting or any debate or discussion either to a later time at the same meeting or to an adjourned meeting.  If the Chairman exercises a right of adjournment of a meeting under this Rule, the Chairman has the sole discretion to decide whether to seek the approval of the shareholders present to the adjournment and, unless the Chairman exercises that discretion, no vote may be taken by the shareholders present in respect of the adjournment.  No business may be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.

 

39.                               Voting on show of hands

 

Each question submitted to a general meeting is to be decided by a show of hands of the shareholders present and entitled to vote, unless a poll is demanded.  In the case of an equality of votes, the Chairman has, both on a show of hands and at a poll, a casting vote in addition to the vote or votes to which the Chairman may be entitled as a shareholder or as a proxy, attorney or duly appointed representative of a shareholder.  Unless a poll is demanded, a declaration by the Chairman that a resolution has been passed or lost is conclusive.

 

40.                               When a poll may be demanded

 

A poll may be demanded by a shareholder in accordance with the Law (and not otherwise) or by the Chairman.  No poll may be demanded on the election of a chairman of a meeting or, unless the Chairman otherwise determines, the adjournment of the meeting.  The demand for a poll may be withdrawn.

 

41.                               Taking a poll

 

41.1                        If a poll is demanded as provided in Rule 40, it is to be taken in the manner and at the time and place as the Chairman directs, and the result of the poll is the meeting’s resolution of the motion on which the poll was demanded.

 

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41.2                        A demand for a poll does not prevent the continuance of a meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which a poll has been demanded.  A poll demanded on any question of adjournment is to be taken at the meeting and without adjournment.

 

42.                               Resolution of single shareholder

 

42.1                        When the Company has only one shareholder:

 

(a)                                 the Company may pass a resolution by the shareholder recording it and signing the record; and

 

(b)                                 the shareholder must give the Company notice in writing of any resolution passed under Rule 42.1(a) within 10 days of the passing of that resolution.

 

43.                               Special meetings

 

All the provisions of this Constitution as to general meetings apply to any special meeting of any class of shareholders which may be held under the operation of this Constitution or the Law.

 

Votes of shareholders

 

44.                               Voting rights

 

Subject to restrictions on voting affecting any class of shares and subject to Rules 5(f) and 47:

 

(a)                                 on a show of hands:

 

(i)                                     subject to paragraphs (ii) and (iii), each shareholder present has one vote;

 

(ii)                                  where a shareholder has appointed more than one person as representative, proxy or attorney for the shareholder, none of the representatives, proxies or attorneys is entitled to vote;

 

(iii)                               where a person is entitled to vote because of paragraph (i) in more than one capacity, that person is entitled only to one vote; and

 

(b)                                 on a poll, each shareholder present:

 

(i)                                     has one vote for each fully paid share held; and

 

(ii)                                  for each other share held, has a vote in respect of the share which carries the same proportionate value as the proportion of the amount paid up or agreed to be considered as paid up on the total issue price of that share at the time the poll is taken bears to the total issue price of the share.

 

45.                               Voting rights of personal representatives, etc

 

Where a person satisfies the Board at least 48 hours (or a lesser period as the Board may determine and stipulate in the notice of meeting) before the holding of a general meeting (unless the person has previously satisfied the Board as to the person’s right to vote) that the person is a personal representative as referred to in Rule 29 or a transmittee as referred to in Rule 30, the person may vote at the general meeting in the same manner as if the person were the registered holder of the securities referred to in Rule 29 or 30, as the case requires.

 

46.                               Proxies

 

46.1                        A shareholder who is entitled to attend and cast a vote at a meeting of the Company may appoint a person as a proxy to attend and vote for the shareholder in accordance with the Law but not otherwise.  A proxy appointed to attend and vote in accordance with the Law may exercise the rights of the shareholder on the basis and subject to the restrictions provided in the Law but not otherwise.

 

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46.2                        A form of appointment of a proxy is valid if it is in accordance with the Law or in any form (including electronic) which the Board may prescribe or accept.

 

46.3                        Any appointment of proxy under Rule 46.2 which is incomplete may be completed by the Secretary on the authority of the Board and the Board may authorise completion of the proxy by the insertion of the name of any Director as the person in whose favour the proxy is given.

 

46.4                        Voting instructions given by a shareholder to a Director or employee of the Company who is appointed as proxy (Company Proxy) are valid only if contained in the form of appointment of the Company Proxy or, in the case of new instructions or variations to earlier instructions, if received at the Office before the meeting or adjourned meeting by a notice in writing signed by the shareholder.

 

46.5                        For the purposes of Rule 46.4 where a notice of meeting provides for electronic lodgement of proxies, a proxy lodged at the electronic address specified in the notice is taken to have been received at the office and validated by the shareholder if there is compliance with the requirements set out in the notice.

 

47.                               Validity, revocation

 

47.1                        The validity of any resolution is not affected by the failure of any proxy or attorney to vote in accordance with instructions (if any) of the appointing shareholder.

 

47.2                        A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy or power of attorney is valid despite the previous death or mental incapacity of the appointing shareholder, revocation of the instrument of proxy or power of attorney or transfer of the shares in respect of which the vote is given, provided no notice in writing of the death, mental incapacity, revocation or transfer has been received at the Office before the relevant meeting or adjourned meeting.

 

47.3                        A proxy is not revoked by the appointing shareholder attending and taking part in the meeting, unless the appointing shareholder actually votes at the meeting on the resolution for which the proxy is proposed to be used.

 

48.                               Board may issue forms of proxy

 

The Board may issue with any notice of general meeting of shareholders or any class of shareholders forms of proxy for use by the shareholders.  Each form may include the names of any of the Directors or of any other persons willing to act as proxies.  Where the form does not contain the name of a proxy the form is not for that reason invalid and is taken to be given in favour of the chairman of the meeting.  The forms may be worded so that a proxy may be directed to vote either for or against each or any of the resolutions to be proposed.

 

49.                               Attorneys of shareholders

 

Any shareholder may, by duly executed power of attorney, appoint an attorney to act on the shareholder’s behalf at all or certain specified meetings of the Company.  Before the attorney is entitled to act under the power of attorney, the power of attorney or proof of the power of attorney to the satisfaction of the Board must be produced for inspection at the Office or any other place the Board may determine together, in each case, with evidence of the due execution of the power of attorney as required by the Board.  The attorney may be authorised to appoint a proxy for the shareholder granting the power of attorney.

 

Directors

 

50.                               Number of Directors

 

The number of Directors (not including alternate Directors) must be not less than one nor more than ten unless otherwise determined by general meeting.  Each Director is to be a natural person.

 

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51.                               Power to appoint Directors

 

51.1                        The holder or holders of a majority of the issued shares in the capital of the Company conferring the right to vote at all general meetings of the Company may appoint any person to be a director to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing directors or remove a director from office.

 

51.2                        The directors (or, where there is only one director in office at the relevant time, that director) may appoint any person to be a director to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing directors.

 

51.3                        Any appointment or removal under Rule 51.1 must be in writing signed by or on behalf of the holder or holders of a majority of the issued shares in the capital of the Company conferring the right to vote at all general meetings of the Company.  Any such appointment or removal will take effect immediately on delivery of the instrument of appointment or removal to the registered office of the Company.

 

52.                               Remuneration of Directors

 

52.1                        As remuneration for services each Director is to be paid out of the funds of the Company a sum per annum (accruing from day to day) determined by the Company in general meeting.  The Board may determine to suspend, reduce or postpone payment of any remuneration if it thinks fit.  Any amount which may be paid by the Company under Rule 52.2, 53 or 92 does not constitute remuneration for the purpose of this Rule.

 

52.2                        Every Director may be paid from Company funds all reasonable travel, accommodation and other expenses incurred by the Director in attending meetings of the Company or of the Board or of any Committees or while engaged on the business of the Company.

 

53.                               Retirement benefits

 

Any person (including an officer of the Company) may be paid a benefit in connection with the retirement from office of any officer of the Company, in accordance with the Law.  The Board may make arrangements with any officer with respect to, providing for, or effecting payment of, benefits in accordance with this Rule.

 

54.                               Directors may contract with Company

 

54.1                        A Director is not disqualified by the office of Director from contracting or entering into any arrangement with the Company either as vendor, subscriber, purchaser or otherwise and no contract or arrangement entered into with the Company by a Director nor any contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which a Director is in any way interested may be avoided for that reason.  A Director is not liable to account to the Company for any profit derived from any contract or arrangement by reason only of the office as director or the fiduciary relationship it entails.

 

54.2                        Except where a Director is constrained by the Law, a Director may be present at a meeting of the Board while a matter in which the Director has an interest is being considered and may vote in respect of that matter.

 

54.3                        Despite having an interest in any contract or arrangement a Director may participate in the execution of any document evidencing or otherwise connected with the contract or arrangement, whether by signing, sealing or otherwise.

 

55.                               Director may hold other office

 

55.1                        A Director may hold any other office or position under the Company (except that of auditor) in conjunction with the office of Director, on terms and at a remuneration in addition to remuneration (if any) as a Director, as the Board approves.

 

55.2                        A Director may be or become a director of or hold any other office or position under any corporation promoted by the Company, or in which it may be interested, whether as a vendor or shareholder or otherwise, or with any other corporation or organisation, and the Director is not accountable for any benefits received as a director or shareholder of, or holder of any other office or position under the corporation or organisation.

 

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56.                               Exercise of voting power in other corporations

 

The Board may exercise the voting power conferred by the shares in any corporation held or owned by the Company as the Board thinks fit (including the exercise of the voting power in favour of any resolution appointing the Directors or any of the directors of that corporation or voting or providing for the payment of remuneration to the directors of that corporation) and a Director of the Company may vote in favour of the exercise of those voting rights, despite the fact that the Director is, or may be about to be appointed, a director of that other corporation and may be interested in the exercise of those voting rights.

 

57.                               Directors may lend to the Company

 

Subject to the Law, any Director may lend money to the Company at interest with or without security or may, for a commission or profit, guarantee the repayment of any money borrowed by the Company and underwrite or guarantee the subscription of shares or securities of the Company or of any corporation in which the Company may be interested without being disqualified in respect of the office of Director and without being liable to account to the Company for the commission or profit.

 

Alternate Directors

 

58.                               Director may appoint alternate Director

 

Subject to this Constitution, each Director may appoint any person (who, if there are other Directors, is approved by a majority of the other Directors) to act as an alternate Director in the Director’s place, either for a stated period or until the happening of a specified event, whenever by absence, illness or other circumstance the Director is unable to attend to duties as a director.  The appointment must be in writing and signed by the Director and a copy of the appointment must be given to the Office or to a meeting of the Board.  The appointment takes effect on (if there are other Directors) approval by a majority of the other Directors or where the approval has been granted at any later time specified in the appointment.  The following provisions apply to any alternate Director:

 

(a)                                 the appointment of the alternate Director is terminated or suspended from office on receipt at the Office of notice in writing from the Director by whom the alternate Director was appointed;

 

(b)                                 the alternate Director is entitled to receive notice of meetings of the Board and to attend and vote at the meetings if the Director by whom the alternate Director was appointed is not present;

 

(c)                                  the alternate Director is entitled to exercise all the powers (except the power to appoint an alternate Director) and perform all the duties of a Director, to the extent the Director by whom the alternate Director was appointed has not exercised or performed them or they have not been limited by the instrument appointing the alternate Director;

 

(d)                                 the alternate Director is not, unless the Board otherwise determines, (without affecting the right to reimbursement for expenses under Rule 52.2) entitled to receive any remuneration as a Director from the Company, and any remuneration (not including remuneration authorised by the Board or reimbursement for expenses) paid to the alternate Director by the Company is to be deducted from the remuneration of the Director by whom the alternate Director was appointed;

 

(e)                                  the office of the alternate Director is terminated on the death of, or termination of office by, the Director by whom the alternate Director was appointed;

 

(f)                                   the alternate Director is not to be taken into account in determining the number of Directors; and

 

(g)                                  the alternate Director is, while acting as a Director, responsible to the Company for the alternate Director’s own acts and defaults.

 

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Termination of office of Director

 

59.                               Cessation of directorship

 

A person ceases to be a Director and the office of Director is vacated immediately if the person:

 

(a)                                 is employed by the Company or a related body corporate of the Company and such employment is terminated or that person resigns from such employment;

 

(b)                                 is removed from office as a Director by a resolution of the Company;

 

(c)                                  resigns as a Director in accordance with this Constitution;

 

(d)                                 is subject to assessment or treatment under any mental health law and the Board resolves that the person should cease to be a Director;

 

(e)                                  dies; or

 

(f)                                   is disqualified from acting as a director under the Corporations Act.

 

Managing Director

 

60.                               Appointment of a Managing Director

 

The Board may appoint one or more of its members to be Managing Director (who may bear that title or any other title determined by the Board) for a period ending on the happening of events (if any) stipulated by the Board (and, in any event, upon the Managing Director ceasing to hold office as a Director), and at a remuneration which may be by way of salary or commission on or participation in profits or by any or all of these methods and otherwise on terms determined by the Board.  The Board may confer on and withdraw from a Managing Director any of the powers exercisable under this Constitution by the Board as it thinks fit and on any conditions it thinks expedient but the conferring of powers by the Board on a Managing Director does not exclude the exercise of those powers by the Board.  A Managing Director’s appointment automatically terminates if the Managing Director ceases to be a Director for any reason.

 

Proceedings of Directors

 

61.                               Procedures relating to Board meetings

 

The Board may meet together, adjourn and otherwise regulate its meetings as it thinks fit.  The Board may at any time, and the Secretary, on the request of any two Directors, must, convene a meeting of the Board.  Notice of a meeting of the Board may be given by mail (electronic or otherwise), personal delivery or facsimile transmission to the usual place of business or residence of the Director or at any other address given to the Secretary by the Director or by any technology agreed by all Directors.

 

62.                               Quorum at Board meetings

 

62.1                        No business may be transacted at a meeting of Directors unless a quorum of Directors is present at the time the business is dealt with.

 

62.2                        A quorum consists of:

 

(a)                                 if the Directors have fixed a number for the quorum, that number of Directors; and

 

(b)                                 in any other case, 2 Directors,

 

present at the meeting of Directors.

 

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63.                               Meetings by telephone or other means of communication

 

63.1                        The Board may meet together to attend to business and adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings as the Board decides

 

63.2                        The contemporaneous linking together by telephone or other electronic means of a sufficient number of Directors to constitute a quorum, constitutes a meeting of the Board.  All the provisions in this Constitution relating to meetings of the Board apply, as far as they can and with any necessary changes, to meetings of the Board by telephone or other electronic means.

 

63.3                        A meeting conducted by telephone or by other electronic means is taken to be held at the place where the chairman of the meeting is or at such other place the chairman of the meeting decides, as long as at least one of the Directors involved was at that place for the duration of the meeting.

 

63.4                        A Director taking part in a Board meeting by telephone or other electronic means is to be taken to be present in person at the meeting and all Directors participating in the meeting will (unless there is a specific statement otherwise) be taken to have consented to the holding of the meeting by the relevant electronic means.

 

63.5                        If, before or during the meeting, any technical difficulty occurs where one or more Directors cease to participate, the chairman may adjourn the meeting until the difficulty is remedied or may, where a quorum of Directors remains present, continue with the meeting.

 

64.                               Votes at meetings

 

Questions arising at any meeting of the Board are decided (where there is more than one Director of the Company) by a majority of votes.  The Chairman does not have a casting vote.

 

65.                               Chairman and Deputy Chairman

 

65.1                        The Board may elect a Director to the office of chairman of the Board and may elect one or more Directors to the office of deputy chairman of the Board.  The Board may determine the period for which those offices will be held.

 

65.2                        The Chairman of the Board is entitled (if present within 10 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting and willing to act) to preside as chairman at a meeting of the Board.

 

65.3                        If at a meeting of the Board:

 

(a)                                 no Chairman of the Board is elected;

 

(b)                                 the Chairman of the Board is not present within 10 minutes after the time specified for holding the meeting; or

 

(c)                                  the Chairman of the Board is present within that time but is not willing or declines to act as chairman for the meeting,

 

the Deputy Chairman, if any, is entitled to be chairman of the meeting.  In the absence of a Deputy Chairman, or if the Deputy Chairman is unwilling or declines to act as chairman of the meeting, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

66.                               Powers of meetings

 

A meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present is competent to exercise any of the authorities, powers and discretions for the time being vested in or exercisable by the Board.

 

67.                               Committees

 

67.1                        The Board may delegate any of its powers to Committees consisting of any one or more Directors or any other person or persons as the Board thinks fit.  In the exercise of delegated powers, any Committee formed or person or persons

 

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appointed to the Committee must conform to any regulations that may be imposed by the Board.  A delegate of the Board may be authorised to sub-delegate any of the powers for the time being vested in the delegate.

 

67.2                        The meetings and proceedings of any Committee are to be governed by the provisions of this Constitution for regulating the meetings and proceedings of the Board so far as they are applicable and are not superseded by any regulations made by the Board under Rule 67.1.

 

68.                               Validity of acts

 

68.1                        All actions at any meeting of the Board or by a Committee or by any person acting as a Director are, despite the fact that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any of the Directors or the Committee or the person acting as a Director or that any of them were disqualified, as valid as if every person had been duly appointed and was qualified and continued to be a Director or a member of the Committee.

 

69.                               Resolution in writing

 

69.1                        Subject to Rule 69.6, if all the Directors (other than any Director on leave of absence approved by the Directors, any Director who disqualifies himself or herself from considering the resolution in question and any Director who would be prohibited by the Law from voting on the resolution in question) sign or consent to a written resolution, and the Directors who sign or consent to the resolution would have constituted a quorum at a meeting of the Board held to consider that resolution, then that resolution is taken to have been passed by a meeting of the Board and is effective when signed by the last of such Directors.

 

69.2                        A Director may consent to a resolution by:

 

(a)                                 signing the document containing the resolution (or a copy of that document);

 

(b)                                 giving to the Company a written notice (including by fax to its registered office or other electronic means) addressed to the Secretary or to the Chairman of the Board signifying assent to the resolution and either setting out its terms or otherwise clearly identifying them; or

 

(c)                                  telephoning the Secretary or the Chairman of the Board and signifying assent to the resolution and clearly identifying its terms.

 

69.3                        Where a document is consented to in accordance with rule 69.1, the document is to be taken as a minute of a meeting of Directors.

 

69.4                        The resolution may consist of several documents in the same form, each signed by one or more of the Directors.

 

69.5                        For the purposes of this Rule, the references to Directors include any alternate Director for the time being present in Australia who is appointed by a Director not for the time being present in Australia but do not include any other alternate Director.

 

69.6                        Where there is only one Director of the Company:

 

(a)                                 the Director may pass a resolution by the Director recording it and signing the record; and

 

(b)                                 nothing in this Constitution limits the powers of that Director under the Law to:

 

(i)                                     pass a resolution; or

 

(ii)                                  make a declaration,

 

by recording it and signing the record.

 

The Director must give the Company notice in writing of any resolution passed under this Rule 69.6 within 10 days of the passing of that resolution.

 

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Powers of the Board

 

70.                               General powers of the Board

 

The management and control of the business and affairs of the Company are vested in the Board, which (in addition to the powers and authorities conferred on it by this Constitution) may exercise all powers and do all things as are within the power of the Company and are not by this Constitution or by law directed or required to be exercised or done by the Company in general meeting.

 

71.                               Powers of the board

 

If the Company is a wholly owned subsidiary, the Directors may, in the exercise of their powers as Directors of the Company, take into account and act in the best interests of the holding company.

 

72.                               Power to borrow and guarantee

 

Without limiting the generality of Rule 70, the Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to raise or borrow money, may guarantee the debts or obligations of any person and may enter into any other financing arrangement, in each case in the manner and on the terms it thinks fit.

 

73.                               Power to give security

 

Without limiting the generality of Rule 70, the Board may charge any property or business of the Company or any of its uncalled capital and may issue debentures or give any other security for a debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other person, in each case in the manner and on the terms it thinks fit.

 

74.                               Power to authorise debenture holders, etc to make calls

 

Without limiting the generality of Rule 70, if any uncalled capital of the Company is included in or charged by any debenture, mortgage or other security, the Board, may authorise the person in whose favour the debenture, mortgage or other security is executed or any other person in trust for the person to make calls on the shareholders in respect of that uncalled capital and to sue in the name of the Company or otherwise for the recovery of money becoming due in respect of calls made and to give valid receipts for that money, and the authority continues for the duration of the debenture, mortgage or other security, despite any change in the Directors, and is assignable if expressed to be.

 

75.                               Power to issue bond, debenture or other security

 

Any bond, debenture or other security may be issued with or without the right of or obligation on the holder to exchange the bond, debenture or security in whole or in part for shares in the Company at any time and with any special privileges as to redemption, surrender, drawings, allotment of shares, attending and voting at general meetings of the Company, appointment of Directors and with the general rights and on the conditions as the Board thinks fit.

 

76.                               Personal liability of officer

 

If any Director or any officer of the Company is or may become personally liable for the payment of any sum which is or may become primarily due from the Company, the Board may charge the whole or any part of the assets of the Company by way of indemnity to secure the Director or officer from any loss in respect of the liability.

 

77.                               Seal and document execution

 

77.1                        The Company may have a common seal and a duplicate common seal.

 

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77.2                        If the Company has a common seal the seal may be used only as determined by the Board (or by a committee of the Directors authorised by the Board to authorise the use of the seal) and each document to which the seal is fixed must be signed by:

 

(a)                                 two Directors;

 

(b)                                 a Director and a Secretary;

 

(c)                                  if the Company has a sole Director who is also a sole Secretary, that Director; or

 

(d)                                 if the Company has a sole Director and no Secretary, that Director.

 

77.3                        If the Company has a sole Director and no Secretary, a document will be taken to be duly executed by the Company if it is signed by that Director.

 

Dividends

 

78.                               Dividends

 

78.1                        The Board may pay any dividends that, in their judgement, the financial position of the Company justifies.

 

78.2                        The Board may rescind a decision to pay a dividend if it decides, before the payment date, that the Company’s financial position no longer justifies the payment or that it is otherwise in the best interests of the company that the dividend decision be rescinded.

 

78.3                        The Board may pay any dividend required to be paid under the terms of issue of a share.

 

78.4                        Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares or class of shares:

 

(a)                                 all dividends must be paid equally on all shares, except that a partly paid share confers an entitlement only to the proportion of the dividend which the amount paid (not credited) on the share is of the total amounts paid and payable (excluding amounts credited);

 

(b)                                 for the purposes of Rule 78.4(a), unless the Board decides otherwise, an amount paid on a share in advance of a call is to be taken as not having been credited as paid on the share; and

 

(c)                                  interest is not payable by the Company on any dividend.

 

78.5                        The Board may fix a record date in respect of a dividend.

 

78.6                        A dividend in respect of a share must be paid to the person who is registered as the holder of the share:

 

(a)                                 where the Board has fixed a record date in respect of the dividend, on that date; or

 

(b)                                 where the Board has not fixed a record date in respect of that dividend, on the date fixed for payment of the dividend,

 

and a transfer of a share that is not registered on or before that date is not effective, as against the Company, to pass any right to the dividend.

 

78.7                        The Board may retain from any dividend payable to a shareholder all amounts presently payable by the shareholder to the Company and apply the amount so retained to the amount owing.

 

79.                               Distribution otherwise than in cash

 

When resolving to pay a dividend, the Board may direct payment of the dividend from any available source permitted by law, including:

 

(a)                                 wholly or in part by the distribution of specific assets, including paid-up shares or other securities of the Company or of another body corporate, either generally or to specific shareholders; and

 

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(b)                                 to particular shareholders wholly or partly out of any particular fund or reserve or out of profits derived from any particular source and to the remaining shareholders wholly or partly out of any other particular fund or reserve or out of profits derived from any other particular source.  The Board may determine this despite the fact that the dividend may form part of the assessable income for taxation purposes of some shareholders, and may not form part of the assessable income of others.

 

80.                               Capitalisation of profits

 

80.1                        Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares or class of shares and any special resolution of the Company, the Board may resolve that the whole or any portion of any sum forming part of the undivided profits of the Company or standing to the credit of any reserve or other account, and which is available for distribution, be capitalised and distributed to shareholders in the same proportions in which the shareholders would be entitled to receive it if distributed by way of dividend or in accordance with either the terms of issue of any shares or the terms of any plan for the issue of securities for the benefit of officers or employees and that all or any part of the sum be applied on their behalf either in paying up the amounts for the time being unpaid on any issued shares held by them, or in paying up in full unissued shares or other securities of the Company to be issued to them accordingly, or partly in one way and partly in the other.

 

80.2                        The Board may specify the manner in which any fractional entitlements and any difficulties relating to distribution are to be dealt with, including specifying that fractions are to be disregarded or that any fractional entitlements are to be increased to the next whole number or that payments in cash in lieu of fractional entitlements be made.

 

80.3                        The Board may make all necessary appropriations and applications of the amount to be capitalised under Rule 80.1 and all necessary allotments and issues of fully paid shares or debentures.

 

80.4                        Where required, the Board may appoint a person to sign a contract on behalf of the shareholders entitled on a capitalisation to any shares or other securities, which provides for the issue to them, credited as fully paid, of any further shares or other securities or for the payment by the Company on their behalf of the amounts or any part of the amounts remaining unpaid on their existing shares or other securities by the application of their respective proportions of the sum resolved to be capitalised.

 

81.                               Retention of dividends

 

The Board may retain the dividends payable on securities referred to in Rules 29 and 30 until the personal representative or the transmittee (as the case requires) becomes registered as the holder of the securities or duly transfers them.  The Board may retain any dividends in respect of which (or in respect of the shares on which the dividend is payable) the Company has a lien or charge under Rule 20 and may apply any retained dividends towards satisfaction of the calls, instalments or sums owing in respect of which the lien or charge exists.

 

82.                               Payments of dividends

 

82.1                        Payment of any dividend or any other amount in respect of a share may be made in any manner and by any means as determined by the Board.  Different methods of payment may apply to different shareholders or groups of shareholders (such as overseas shareholders).  Without limiting any other method of payment which the Board may adopt, payment in respect of a share may be made:

 

(a)                                 by such electronic or other means approved by the Board directly to an account (of a type approved by the Board) nominated in writing by the shareholder or the joint holders; or

 

(b)                                 by cheque sent to the address of the holder as shown in the register of shareholders, or in the case of joint holders, to the address shown in the register of shareholders as the address of the joint holder first named in that register, or to such other address as the holder or joint holders direct in writing.

 

82.2                        A cheque sent under rule 82.1(b) may be made payable to bearer or to the order of the shareholder to whom it is sent or another person that the shareholder directs and is sent at the shareholder’s risk.

 

82.3                        If the Board decides that payments will be made by electronic transfer into an account (of a type approved by the Board) nominated by a shareholder, but no such account is nominated by the shareholder or an electronic transfer into a nominated account is rejected or refunded, the Company may credit the amount payable to an account of the Company to be held until the shareholder nominates a valid account.

 

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82.4                        Where a shareholder does not have a registered address or the Company believes that a shareholder is not known at the shareholder’s registered address, the Company may credit an amount payable in respect of the shareholder’s shares to an account of the Company to be held until the shareholder claims the amount payable or nominates a valid account.

 

82.5                        An amount credited to an account under Rules 82.3 or 82.4 is to be treated as having been paid to the shareholder at the time it is credited to that account.  The Company will not be a trustee of the money and no interest will accrue on the money.  The money may be used for the benefit of the Company until claimed or disposed of in accordance with the laws relating to unclaimed monies.

 

82.6                        Payments of dividends and other distributions by the Company may be made in Australian dollars or any other currency determined by the Board in its discretion.  Payments in different currencies may be made to different shareholders as determined by the Board in its discretion.  If a payment is made in a currency other than Australian dollars the Board may determine in its discretion the appropriate exchange rate and the time of calculation to calculate the amount payable in the relevant currency.  The determinations of the Board are, in the absence of manifest error, final.

 

Notices

 

83.                               Service of notices

 

A notice may be given by the Company to any shareholder, or in the case of joint holders to the shareholder whose name stands first in the Register, personally, by leaving it at the shareholders registered address or by sending it by prepaid post or facsimile transmission addressed to the shareholders registered address or, in any other case, by other electronic means determined by the Board.  If the notice is signed, the signature may be original or printed.

 

84.                               When notice taken to be served

 

Any notice sent by post is taken to have been served at the expiration of 24 hours after the envelope containing the notice is posted and, in proving service, it is sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the notice was properly addressed and posted.  Any notice served on a shareholder personally or left at the shareholders registered address is taken to have been served when delivered.  Any notice served on a shareholder by facsimile transmission is taken to have been served when the transmission is sent.

 

85.                               Shareholder not known at registered address

 

Where a shareholder does not have a registered address or where the Company has a reason in good faith to believe that a shareholder is not known at the shareholder’s registered address, a notice is taken to be given to the shareholder if the notice is exhibited in the Office for a period of 48 hours (and is taken to be duly served at the commencement of that period) unless and until the shareholder informs the Company of a registered place of address.

 

86.                               Calculation of period of notice

 

If a given number of days’ notice or notice extending over any other period is required to be given the day of service is not to be counted in the number of days or other period.

 

87.                               Notice to transferor binds transferee

 

Every person who, by operation of law, transfer or any other means, becomes entitled to be registered as the holder of any shares is bound by every notice which, prior to the person’s name and address being entered in the Register in respect of the shares, was duly given to the person from whom the title to the shares is derived.

 

88.                               Service on deceased shareholders

 

A notice served in accordance with this Constitution is (despite the fact that the shareholder is then dead and whether or not the Company has notice of the shareholder’s death) taken to have been duly served in respect of any registered shares, whether held solely or jointly with other persons by the shareholder, until some other person is registered in the shareholder’s place as the holder or joint holder.  The service is sufficient service of the notice or document on the shareholder’s personal representative and any persons jointly interested with the shareholder in the shares.

 

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Winding up

 

89.                               Distribution in specie

 

If the Company is wound up, whether voluntarily or otherwise, the liquidator may divide among all or any of the contributories as the liquidator thinks fit in specie or kind any part of the assets of the Company, and may vest any part of the assets of the Company in trustees on any trusts for the benefit of all or any of the contributories as the liquidator thinks fit.

 

90.                               Variation of rights of contributories

 

Any division may be otherwise than in accordance with the legal rights of the contributories and, in particular, any class may be given preferential or special rights or may be excluded altogether or in part, but if any division otherwise than in accordance with the legal rights of the contributories is determined, any contributory who would be prejudiced by the division has a right to dissent and ancillary rights as if the determination were a special resolution passed under the Law relating to the sale or transfer of the Company’s assets by a liquidator in a voluntary winding up.

 

91.                               Liability to calls

 

If any shares to be divided in accordance with Rule 89 involve a liability to calls or otherwise, any person entitled under the division to any of the shares may, by notice in writing within ten business days after the passing of the special resolution, direct the liquidator to sell the person’s proportion and pay the person the net proceeds and the liquidator is to act accordingly, if practicable.

 

Indemnity, insurance and access

 

92.                               Indemnity of officers, insurance and access

 

92.1                        The Company is to indemnify each officer of the Company out of the assets of the Company on a full indemnity basis and to the full extent permitted by law against any liability incurred by the officer in or arising out of the conduct of the business of the Company or in or arising out of the discharge of the duties of the officer.

 

92.2                        Where the Board considers it appropriate, the Company may execute a documentary indemnity in any form in favour of any officer of the Company or a subsidiary.

 

92.3                        Where the Board considers it appropriate, the Company may to the extent permitted by law:

 

(a)                                 purchase and maintain insurance; or

 

(b)                                 pay or agree to pay a premium for insurance,

 

for each officer of the Company against any liability incurred by the officer in or arising out of the conduct of the business of the Company or in or arising out of the discharge of the duties of the officer, including, but not limited to, a liability for negligence or for reasonable costs and expenses incurred in defending or responding to proceedings, whether civil or criminal and whatever their outcome; and

 

(c)                                  bind itself in any contract or deed with any officer of the Company to make the payments.

 

92.4                        Where the Board considers it appropriate, the Company may:

 

(a)                                 give a former Director access, for a specified period, to certain papers, including documents provided or available to the Board and other papers referred to in those documents; and

 

(b)                                 bind itself in any contract with a Director or former Director to give the access.

 

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92.5                        Nothing in Rule 92:

 

(a)                                 affects any other right or remedy that a person to whom those rules apply may have in respect of any liability referred to in this Rule;

 

(b)                                 limits the capacity of the Company to indemnify or provide or pay for insurance for any person to whom this Rule does not apply; or

 

(c)                                  limits or diminishes the terms of any indemnity conferred or agreement to indemnify entered into prior to the adoption of this Constitution.

 

92.6                        In this Rule 92:

 

(a)                                 officer means:

 

(i)                                     a Director or secretary of the Company; or

 

(ii)                                  a person appointed as a trustee by, or acting as a trustee at the request of, the Company,

 

and includes a former officer of the Company.

 

(b)                                 duties of the officer includes, in any particular case where the Board considers it appropriate, duties arising by reason of the appointment, nomination or secondment in any capacity of an officer by the Company or, where applicable, the subsidiary of the Company to any other corporation.

 

(c)                                  liability means all costs, charges, losses, damages, expenses, penalties and liabilities of any kind including, in particular, legal costs incurred in defending any proceedings (whether criminal, civil, administrative or judicial) or appearing before any court, tribunal, government authority or other body.

 

93.                               Transitional provisions

 

This Constitution must be interpreted in such a way that:

 

(a)                                 every Director, Managing Director and secretary in office in that capacity immediately before this Constitution is adopted continues in office subject to, and is taken to have been appointed or elected under, this Constitution;

 

(b)                                 any register maintained by the Company immediately before this Constitution is adopted is taken to be a register maintained under this Constitution;

 

(c)                                  any seal adopted by the Company immediately before this Constitution is adopted is taken to be a seal which the Company has under a relevant authority given by this Constitution;

 

(d)                                 unless a contrary intention appears in this Constitution, all persons, things, agreements and circumstances appointed, approved or created by or under the constitution of the Company in force before this Constitution is adopted, continue to have the same status, operation and effect after this Constitution is adopted; and

 

(e)                                  except where expressly stated to the contrary, the adoption of this Constitution does not alter the rights attaching to any class of shares which exist at the date this Constitution is adopted.

 

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EX-3.9 8 a2240897zex-3_9.htm EX-3.9

Exhibit 3.9

 

Articles of Association of
Amcor UK Finance PLC

 

The Companies Act 2006
Company Limited by Shares (as adopted
by Written Special Resolution passed on 29 January
2015)

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1

Defined terms

1

 

 

 

2

Liability of members

3

 

 

 

3

Directors’ general authority

3

 

 

 

4

Members’ reserve power

3

 

 

 

5

Directors may delegate

3

 

 

 

6

Committees

4

 

 

 

7

Directors to take decisions collectively

4

 

 

 

8

Calling a directors’ meeting

4

 

 

 

9

Participation in directors’ meetings

4

 

 

 

10

Quorum for directors’ meetings

5

 

 

 

11

Chairing of directors’ meetings

5

 

 

 

12

Voting at directors’ meetings:  general rules

5

 

 

 

13

Chairman’s casting vote at directors’ meetings

5

 

 

 

14

Proposing directors’ written resolutions

5

 

 

 

15

Adoption of directors’ written resolutions

6

 

 

 

16

Transactions with the Company

6

 

 

 

17

Conflicts of interest

6

 

 

 

18

Director not liable to account

7

 

 

 

19

Chairman’s decision on participation

7

 

 

 

20

Directors’ discretion to make further rules

7

 

 

 

21

Methods of appointing directors

8

 

 

 

22

Appointment and removal by Majority Member

8

 

 

 

23

Termination of director’s appointment

8

 

 

 

24

Directors’ remuneration

9

 

 

 

25

Directors’ expenses

9

 

 

 

26

Appointment and removal of alternates

9

 

 

 

27

Rights and responsibilities of alternate directors

10

 

 

 

28

Termination of alternate directorship

10

 

 

 

29

Appointment and removal of secretary

11

 

 

 

30

Attendance and speaking at general meetings

11

 

 

 

31

Quorum for general meetings

11

 

 

 

32

Chairing general meetings

11

 

 

 

33

Attendance and speaking by directors and non-members

12

 

 

 

34

Adjournment

12

 

 

 

35

Voting:  general

12

 

 

 

36

Errors and disputes

13

 

 

 

37

Demanding a poll

13

 

 

 

38

Procedure on a poll

13

 


 

39

Content of proxy notices

14

 

 

 

40

Delivery of proxy notices

14

 

 

 

41

Amendments to resolutions

15

 

 

 

42

No voting of shares on which money owed to company

15

 

 

 

43

Class meetings

15

 

 

 

44

Powers to issue shares

15

 

 

 

45

Payment of commissions on subscription for shares

16

 

 

 

46

Company not bound by less than absolute interests

16

 

 

 

47

Share certificates

16

 

 

 

48

Consolidated share certificates

17

 

 

 

49

Replacement share certificates

17

 

 

 

50

Share warrants

17

 

 

 

51

Company’s lien over partly paid shares

18

 

 

 

52

Enforcement of the Company’s lien

18

 

 

 

53

Call notices

19

 

 

 

54

Liability to pay calls

20

 

 

 

55

When call notice need not be issued

20

 

 

 

56

Failure to comply with call notice:  automatic consequences

20

 

 

 

57

Notice of intended forfeiture

21

 

 

 

58

Directors’ power to forfeit shares

21

 

 

 

59

Effect of forfeiture

21

 

 

 

60

Procedure following forfeiture

22

 

 

 

61

Surrender of shares

22

 

 

 

62

Share transfers

23

 

 

 

63

Procedure for disposing of fractions of shares

23

 

 

 

64

Procedure for declaring dividends

24

 

 

 

65

Calculation of dividends

24

 

 

 

66

Payment of dividends and other distributions

25

 

 

 

67

Deductions from distributions in respect of sums owed to the Company

25

 

 

 

68

No interest on distributions

25

 

 

 

69

Unclaimed distributions

26

 

 

 

70

Non-cash distributions

26

 

 

 

71

Waiver of distributions

26

 

 

 

72

Return of Capital

26

 

 

 

73

Authority to capitalise and appropriation of capitalised sums

27

 

 

 

74

Means of communication to be used

27

 

 

 

75

Company seals

28

 

 

 

76

Destruction of documents

28

 

 

 

77

No right to inspect accounts and other records

29

 

2


 

78

Provision for employees on cessation of business

29

 

 

 

79

Indemnity

29

 

 

 

80

Insurance

30

 

3


 

No 04160806

 

THE COMPANIES ACT 2006

 

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

 

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

of

 

AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC (the “Company”)

 

(as adopted by Written Special Resolution passed on 29 January 2015)

 

Part 1

 

INTERPRETATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

1                                         Defined terms

 

1.1                               No model articles or regulations for companies (whether contained in the Companies (Model Articles) Regulations 2008, the Companies (Tables A - F) Regulations 1985, or any other enactment) shall apply to the Company.

 

1.2                               In the Articles, unless the context requires otherwise, the words and expressions set out below shall have the following meanings:

 

Act

the Companies Act 2006

 

 

alternate or alternate director

the meaning given in Article 26

 

 

appointor

the meaning given in Article 26

 

 

Articles

the Company’s articles of association

 

 

Associated Undertaking

any Group Undertaking, any undertaking promoted by or advised by or managed by a Group Undertaking and any undertaking in which a Group Undertaking is otherwise interested

 

 

bankruptcy

includes individual insolvency proceedings in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales or Northern Ireland which have an effect similar to that of bankruptcy

 

 

call

the meaning given in Article 53

 

 

call notice

the meaning given in Article 53

 

 

Company’s lien

the meaning given in Article 51

 


 

chairman

the meaning given in Article 11

 

 

chairman of the meeting

the meaning given in Article 32

 

 

Companies Acts

the Companies Acts (as defined in section 2 of the Act), in so far as they apply to the Company

 

 

director

a director of the Company, and includes any person occupying the position of director, by whatever name called

 

 

distribution recipient

the meaning given in Article 66

 

 

document

includes, unless otherwise specified, any document sent or supplied in electronic form

 

 

electronic form

the meaning given in section 1168 of the Act

 

 

fully paid

in relation to a share, means that the nominal value and any premium to be paid to the Company in respect of that share have been paid to the Company

 

 

Group Undertaking

the Company, its subsidiary undertakings from time to time, the ultimate parent undertaking of the Company from time to time and every other undertaking which from time to time is a subsidiary undertaking of the same ultimate parent undertaking

 

 

hard copy form

the meaning given in section 1168 of the Act

 

 

holder

in relation to shares means the person whose name is entered in the register of members as the holder of the shares

 

 

instrument

a document in hard copy form

 

 

lien enforcement notice

the meaning given in Article 52

 

 

Majority Member

the meaning given in Article 23

 

 

member

the meaning given in section 112 of the Act

 

 

New Preference Shares

Euribor + 1.25% fixed rate, non-participating, non-redeemable, non-voting preference shares of €1.00 each;

 

 

ordinary resolution

the meaning given in section 282 of the Act

 

 

paid

paid or credited as paid

 

 

participate

in relation to a directors’ meeting, has the meaning given in Article 9

 

 

partly paid

in relation to a share means that part of that share’s nominal value or any premium at which it was issued has not been paid to the Company

 

 

Preference Shares

fixed rate, non-participating, non-redeemable, non-voting preference shares of €1.00 each;

 

 

Preferential dividend

the meaning given in Article 65.1

 

 

proxy notice

the meaning given in Article 39

 

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Relevant Situation

a situation in which a director has, or can have, a direct or indirect interest that conflicts, or possibly may conflict, with the interests of the Company (other than a situation that cannot reasonably be regarded as likely to give rise to a conflict of interest or a conflict of interest arising in relation to a transaction or arrangement with the Company)

 

 

shares

shares in the Company

 

 

special resolution

the meaning given in section 283 of the Act

 

 

subsidiary

the meaning given in section 1159 of the Act

 

 

writing

the representation or reproduction of words, symbols or other information in a visible form by any method or combination of methods, whether sent or supplied in electronic form or otherwise.

 

1.3                               Unless the context otherwise requires, other words or expressions contained in these Articles bear the same meaning as in the Act as in force on the date when these Articles become binding on the Company.  References to statutory provisions or enactments shall include references to any amendment, modification, extension, consolidation, replacement or re-enactment of any such provision or enactment from time to time in force and to any regulation, instrument or order or other subordinate legislation made under such provision or enactment.

 

2                                         Liability of members

 

The liability of the members is limited to the amount, if any, unpaid on the shares held by them.

 

Part 2

 

DIRECTORS AND SECRETARY

 

Directors’ powers and responsibilities

 

3                                         Directors’ general authority

 

Subject to the Articles, the directors are responsible for the management of the Company’s business, for which purpose they may exercise all the powers of the Company.

 

4                                         Members’ reserve power

 

4.1                               The members may, by special resolution, direct the directors to take, or refrain from taking, specified action.

 

4.2                               No such special resolution invalidates anything which the directors have done before the passing of the resolution.

 

5                                         Directors may delegate

 

5.1                               Subject to the Articles, the directors may delegate any of the powers which are conferred on them under the Articles:

 

(a)                                 to such person or committee;

 

(b)                                 by such means (including by power of attorney);

 

(c)                                  to such an extent;

 

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(d)                                 in relation to such matters or territories; and

 

(e)                                  on such terms and conditions,

 

as they think fit.

 

5.2                               If the directors so specify, any such delegation may authorise further delegation of the directors’ powers by any person to whom they are delegated.

 

5.3                               The directors may revoke any delegation in whole or part, or alter its terms and conditions.

 

6                                         Committees

 

6.1                               Committees to which the directors delegate any of their powers must follow procedures which are based as far as they are applicable on those provisions of the Articles which govern the taking of decisions by directors.

 

6.2                               The directors may make rules of procedure for all or any committees, which prevail over rules derived from the Articles if they are not consistent with them.

 

Decision-making by directors

 

7                                         Directors to take decisions collectively

 

The general rule about decision-making by directors is that any decision of the directors must be either a majority decision at a meeting or a decision taken in the form of a directors’ written resolution.

 

8                                         Calling a directors’ meeting

 

8.1                               Any director may call a directors’ meeting by giving notice of the meeting to the directors or by authorising the company secretary (if any) to give such notice.

 

8.2                               Notice of any directors’ meeting must indicate:

 

(a)                                 its proposed date and time;

 

(b)                                 where it is to take place; and

 

(c)                                  if it is anticipated that directors participating in the meeting will not be in the same place, how it is proposed that they should communicate with each other during the meeting.

 

8.3                               Notice of a directors’ meeting must be given to each director, but need not be in writing.

 

8.4                               Notice of a directors’ meeting need not be given to directors who waive their entitlement to notice of that meeting, by giving notice to that effect to the Company not more than seven days after the date on which the meeting is held.  Where such notice is given after the meeting has been held, that does not affect the validity of the meeting, or of any business conducted at it.

 

9                                         Participation in directors’ meetings

 

9.1                               Subject to the Articles, directors participate in a directors’ meeting, or part of a directors’ meeting, when:

 

(a)                                 the meeting has been called and takes place in accordance with the Articles; and

 

(b)                                 they can each communicate to the others any information or opinions they have on any particular item of the business of the meeting.

 

9.2                               In determining whether directors are participating in a directors’ meeting, it is irrelevant where any director is or how they communicate with each other.

 

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9.3                               If all the directors participating in a meeting are not in the same place, they may decide that the meeting is to be treated as taking place wherever any of them is.

 

10                                  Quorum for directors’ meetings

 

10.1                        At a directors’ meeting, unless a quorum is participating, no proposal is to be voted on, except a proposal to call another meeting.

 

10.2                        The quorum for directors’ meetings may be fixed from time to time by a decision of the directors, but it must never be less than two, and unless otherwise fixed it is two.

 

10.3                        If the total number of directors for the time being is less than the quorum required, the directors must not take any decision other than a decision:

 

(a)                                 to appoint further directors; or

 

(b)                                 to call a general meeting or propose a written resolution so as to enable the members to appoint further directors.

 

11                                  Chairing of directors’ meetings

 

11.1                        The directors may appoint a director to chair their meetings.

 

11.2                        The person so appointed for the time being is known as the chairman.

 

11.3                        The directors may terminate the chairman’s appointment at any time.

 

11.4                        If the chairman is not participating in a directors’ meeting within ten minutes of the time at which it was to start, the participating directors must appoint one of themselves to chair it.

 

12                                  Voting at directors’ meetings:  general rules

 

12.1                        Subject to the Articles, a decision is taken at a directors’ meeting by a majority of the votes of the participating directors.

 

12.2                        Subject to the Articles, each director participating in a directors’ meeting has one vote.

 

13                                  Chairman’s casting vote at directors’ meetings

 

13.1                        If the numbers of votes for and against a proposal are equal, the chairman or other director chairing the meeting has a casting vote.

 

13.2                        But this does not apply if, in accordance with the Articles, the chairman or other director is not to be counted as participating in the decision-making process for quorum or voting purposes.

 

14                                  Proposing directors’ written resolutions

 

14.1                        Any director may propose a directors’ written resolution.

 

14.2                        The company secretary, if any, must propose a directors’ written resolution if a director so requests.

 

14.3                        A directors’ written resolution is proposed by giving notice of the proposed resolution to the directors.

 

14.4                        Notice of a proposed directors’ written resolution must indicate:

 

(a)                                 the proposed resolution; and

 

(b)                                 the time by which it is proposed that the directors should adopt it.

 

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14.5                        Notice of a proposed directors’ written resolution must be given in writing to each director.

 

14.6                        Any decision which a person giving notice of a proposed directors’ written resolution takes regarding the process of adopting that resolution must be taken reasonably in good faith.

 

15                                  Adoption of directors’ written resolutions

 

15.1                        A proposed directors’ written resolution is adopted when all the directors who would have been entitled to vote on the resolution at a directors’ meeting have signed one or more copies of it or have otherwise indicated their agreement to it in writing, provided that those directors would have formed a quorum at such a meeting.

 

15.2                        It is immaterial whether any director signs the resolution or indicates his agreement before or after the time by which the notice proposed that it should be adopted.

 

15.3                        Once a directors’ written resolution has been adopted, it must be treated as if it had been a decision taken at a directors’ meeting in accordance with the Articles.

 

16                                  Transactions with the Company

 

Provided that he has declared to the other directors the nature and extent of any interest of his, a director notwithstanding his office may be a party to, or otherwise directly or indirectly interested in, any proposed or existing transaction or arrangement with the Company.

 

17                                  Conflicts of interest

 

17.1                        A director, notwithstanding his office or that such situation or interest may conflict with the interests of or his duties to the Company, may:

 

(a)                                 be from time to time a director or other officer of, or employed by, or otherwise interested in, any Associated Undertaking;

 

(b)                                 may be a party to, or otherwise interested in, any contract, transaction or arrangement in which an Associated Undertaking is interested.

 

17.2                        A director may make full disclosure of any information relating to the Company to another Group Undertaking (or anyone acting on behalf of any such Group Undertaking, including its advisers).

 

17.3                        If a director obtains (other than through his position as a director of the Company) information that is confidential to an Associated Undertaking, or in respect of which he owes a duty of confidentiality to an Associated Undertaking, or the disclosure of which would amount to a breach of applicable law or regulation, he may choose not to disclose it to the Company or to use it in relation to the Company’s affairs in circumstances where to do so would amount to a breach of that confidence or a breach of applicable law or regulation.

 

17.4                        A director who has an interest under Article 17.1 shall declare to the other directors the nature and extent of his interest as soon as practicable after such interest arises, except to the extent that Article 17.3 applies.

 

17.5                        Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 17.1 to 17.3, the directors may authorise a Relevant Situation in respect of any director and the continuing performance by the relevant director of his duties as a director of the Company on such terms as they may determine.  For the avoidance of doubt, such terms may permit the interested director to continue to participate in the decision-making process and count in the quorum and vote if a proposed decision of the directors relates to the subject matter of the Relevant Situation.  Authorisation of a Relevant Situation may be withdrawn, and the terms of authorisation may be varied or subsequently imposed, at any time.

 

17.6                        Any decision of the directors for the purposes of providing, varying the terms of or withdrawing such authorisation shall not be effective unless:

 

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(a)                                 the requirement as to the quorum is met without counting the interested director or any other interested director; and

 

(b)                                 the decision is made without the interested director or any other interested director voting or would have been passed if their votes had not been counted,

 

but otherwise shall be dealt with in the same way as any other matter may be proposed to and resolved upon by the directors in accordance with the provisions of these Articles.

 

17.7                        An interested director must act in accordance with any terms determined by the directors under Article 17.5.

 

17.8                        Any authorisation of a Relevant Situation given by the directors under Article 17.5 may provide that, where the interested director obtains (other than through his position as a director of the Company) information that is confidential to a third party or in respect of which he owes a duty of confidentiality to a third party or the disclosure of which would amount to a breach of applicable law or regulation, he will not be obliged to disclose it to the Company or to use it in relation to the Company’s affairs in circumstances where to do so would amount to a breach of that confidence or a breach of applicable law or regulation.

 

17.9                        Provided that a Relevant Situation has been duly authorised by the directors or the Company (or it is permitted under Article 17.1 and its nature and extent has been disclosed to the other directors in accordance with Article 17.4), a director may participate in the decision-making process and count in the quorum and vote if a proposed decision of the directors is concerned with such situation (subject to any restrictions imposed under the terms on which it was authorised).

 

17.10                 References in these Articles to a conflict of interest include a conflict of interest and duty and a conflict of duties, and an interest includes both a direct and an indirect interest.

 

18                                  Director not liable to account

 

A director shall not, by reason of his holding office as a director (or of the fiduciary relationship established by holding that office), be liable to account to the Company for any remuneration, profit or other benefit resulting from any situation or interest permitted under Article 17 or duly authorised by the directors or the Company, nor shall the receipt of such remuneration, profit or other benefit constitute a breach of the director’s duty under section 176 of the Act or otherwise, and no contract, transaction or arrangement shall be liable to be avoided on the grounds of any director having any type of interest which is permitted under Article 17 or duly authorised by the directors or the Company.

 

19                                  Chairman’s decision on participation

 

19.1                        Subject to Article 19.2, if a question arises at a meeting of directors or of a committee of directors as to the right of a director to participate in the meeting (or part of the meeting) for voting or quorum purposes, the question may, before the conclusion of the meeting, be referred to the chairman whose ruling in relation to any director other than the chairman is to be final and conclusive.

 

19.2                        If any question as to the right to participate in the meeting (or part of the meeting) should arise in respect of the chairman, the question is to be decided by a decision of the directors at that meeting, for which purpose the chairman is not to be counted as participating in the meeting (or that part of the meeting) for voting or quorum purposes.

 

20                                  Directors’ discretion to make further rules

 

Subject to the Articles, the directors may make any rule which they think fit about how they take decisions, and about how such rules are to be recorded or communicated to directors.

 

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Appointment of directors

 

21                                  Methods of appointing directors

 

Any person who is willing to act as a director, and is permitted by law to do so, may be appointed to be a director:

 

(a)                                 by ordinary resolution; or

 

(b)                                 by a decision of the directors,

 

provided that the appointment does not cause the number of directors to exceed any number fixed by or in accordance with the Articles as the maximum number of directors.

 

22                                  Appointment and removal by Majority Member

 

22.1                        Any member holding, or any members holding in aggregate, a majority in nominal value of the issued share capital for the time being of the Company which carries the right to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company (the “Majority Member”) may at any time and from time to time:-

 

22.2                        appoint any person to be a Director (whether to fill a vacancy or as an additional Director);

 

22.3                        remove from office any Director howsoever appointed but so that if he holds an appointment to an executive office which thereby automatically determines such removal shall be deemed an act of the Company and shall have effect without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any contract of service between him and the Company;

 

22.4                        by notice to the Company require that no unissued shares shall be issued or agreed to be issued or put under option without the consent of such member or members;

 

22.5                        restrict any or all powers of the Directors in such respects and to such extent as such member or members may by notice to the Company from time to time prescribe.

 

Any such appointment, removal, consent or notice shall be in writing served on the Company and signed by the member or members.  No person dealing with the Company shall be concerned to see or enquire as to whether the powers of the Directors have been in any way restricted hereunder or as to whether any requisite consent of such member or members has been obtained and no obligation incurred or security given or transaction effected by the Company to or with any third party shall be invalid or ineffectual unless the third party had at the time express notice that incurring of such obligation or the giving of such security or the effecting of such transaction was in excess of the powers of the Directors.

 

To the extent of any inconsistency this Article shall have overriding effects as against all other provisions of these Articles.

 

23                                  Termination of director’s appointment

 

A person ceases to be a director as soon as:

 

(a)                                 that person ceases to be a director by virtue of any provision of the Act or is prohibited from being a director by law;

 

(b)                                 a bankruptcy order is made against that person;

 

(c)                                  a composition is made with that person’s creditors generally in satisfaction of that person’s debts;

 

(d)                                 a registered medical practitioner who is treating that person gives a written opinion to the Company stating that that person has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a director and may remain so for more than three months; and

 

(e)                                  notification is received by the Company from the director that the director is resigning from office, and such resignation has taken effect in accordance with its terms and the directors shall resolve to accept such offer or if he shall be removed from office by notice in writing signed by all his co-

 

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Directors but so that if he holds an appointment to an executive office which thereby automatically determines such removal shall be deemed an act of the Company and shall have effect without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any contract of service between him and the Company.

 

24                                  Directors’ remuneration

 

24.1                        Directors may undertake any services for the Company that the directors decide.

 

24.2                        Directors are entitled to such remuneration as the directors determine:

 

(a)                                 for their services to the Company as directors; and

 

(b)                                 for any other service which they undertake for the Company.

 

24.3                        Subject to the Articles, a director’s remuneration may:

 

(a)                                 take any form; and

 

(b)                                 include any arrangements in connection with the payment of a pension, allowance or gratuity, or any death, sickness or disability benefits, to or in respect of that director.

 

24.4                        Unless the directors decide otherwise, directors’ remuneration accrues from day to day.

 

25                                  Directors’ expenses

 

25.1                        The Company may pay any reasonable expenses which the directors properly incur in connection with their attendance at:

 

(a)                                 meetings of directors or committees of directors;

 

(b)                                 general meetings; or

 

(c)                                  separate meetings of the holders of any class of shares or of debentures of the Company, or otherwise in connection with the exercise of their powers and the discharge of their responsibilities in relation to the Company.

 

Alternate directors

 

26                                  Appointment and removal of alternates

 

26.1                        Any director (the “appointor”) may appoint as an alternate any other director, or any other person approved by the directors, to:

 

(a)                                 exercise that director’s powers; and

 

(b)                                 carry out that director’s responsibilities,

 

in relation to the taking of decisions by the directors in the absence of the alternate’s appointor.

 

26.2                        Any appointment or removal of an alternate must be effected by notice in writing to the Company signed by the appointor, or in any other manner approved by the directors.

 

26.3                        The notice must;

 

(a)                                 identify the proposed alternate; and

 

(b)                                 in the case of a notice of appointment, contain a statement signed by the proposed alternate that the proposed alternate is willing to act as the alternate of the director giving the notice.

 

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27                                  Rights and responsibilities of alternate directors

 

27.1                        An alternate director has the same rights, in relation to any directors’ meeting or directors’ written resolution, as the alternate’s appointor.  Subject to Articles 27.4 and 27.5, an alternate director may act as alternate director to more than one director.

 

27.2                        Unless the Articles specify otherwise, alternate directors:

 

(a)                                 are deemed for all purposes to be directors;

 

(b)                                 are liable for their own acts and omissions;

 

(c)                                  are subject to the same restrictions as their appointors; and

 

(d)                                 are not deemed to be agents of or for their appointors.

 

27.3                        Each alternate director shall be entitled to receive notice of all meetings of directors and of all meetings of committees established by the directors of which his appointor is a member.

 

27.4                        A person who is an alternate director but not a director:

 

(a)                                 may be counted as participating for the purposes of determining whether a quorum is participating;

 

(b)                                 may vote on a decision taken at a meeting; and

 

(c)                                  may sign or indicate his agreement to a written resolution as alternate for his appointor,

 

provided that his appointor is eligible to (but does not) participate in the relevant quorum, vote or written resolution.  No alternate may be counted as more than one director for such purposes.

 

27.5                        A director who is also an alternate director shall not count as more than one director for the purposes of determining whether a quorum is participating but:

 

(a)                                 has an additional vote as alternate for each appointor on a decision taken at a meeting; and

 

(b)                                 may sign or indicate his agreement to a written resolution for himself and as alternate for each appointor and will count as more than one director for this purpose,

 

provided that his appointor is eligible to (but does not) participate in the relevant quorum, vote or written resolution.  For the avoidance of doubt, if his appointor is not eligible to participate in the relevant quorum, vote or written resolution, this does not preclude the alternate from participating as alternate for another appointor who is eligible to (but does not) participate.

 

27.6                        An alternate director is not entitled to receive any remuneration from the Company for serving as an alternate director except such part of the alternate’s appointor’s remuneration as the appointor may direct by notice in writing made to the Company.

 

28                                  Termination of alternate directorship

 

28.1                        An alternate director’s appointment as an alternate terminates:

 

(a)                                 when the alternate’s appointor revokes the appointment by notice to the Company in writing specifying when it is to terminate;

 

(b)                                 on the occurrence in relation to the alternate of any event which, if it occurred in relation to the alternate’s appointor, would result in the termination of the appointor’s appointment as a director;

 

(c)                                  on the death of the alternate’s appointor; or

 

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(d)                                 when the alternate’s appointor’s appointment as a director terminates.

 

Secretary

 

29                                  Appointment and removal of secretary

 

The directors may appoint a secretary for such term, at such remuneration and upon such conditions as they may think fit, and any secretary so appointed may be removed by them.

 

Part 3

 

DECISION-MAKING BY MEMBERS

 

ORGANISATION OF GENERAL MEETINGS

 

30                                  Attendance and speaking at general meetings

 

30.1                        A person is able to exercise the right to speak at a general meeting when that person is in a position to communicate to all those attending the meeting, during the meeting, any information or opinions which that person has on the business of the meeting.

 

30.2                        A person is able to exercise the right to vote at a general meeting when:

 

(a)                                 that person is able to vote, during the meeting, on resolutions put to the vote at the meeting; and

 

(b)                                 that person’s vote can be taken into account in determining whether or not such resolutions are passed at the same time as the votes of all the other persons attending the meeting.

 

30.3                        The directors may make whatever arrangements they consider appropriate to enable those attending a general meeting to exercise their rights to speak or vote at it.

 

30.4                        In determining attendance at a general meeting, it is immaterial whether any two or more members attending it are in the same place as each other.

 

30.5                        Two or more persons who are not in the same place as each other attend a general meeting if their circumstances are such that if they have (or were to have) rights to speak and vote at that meeting, they are (or would be) able to exercise them.

 

31                                  Quorum for general meetings

 

No business other than the appointment of the chairman of the meeting is to be transacted at a general meeting if the persons attending it do not constitute a quorum.

 

32                                  Chairing general meetings

 

32.1                        If the directors have appointed a chairman, the chairman shall chair general meetings if present and willing to do so.

 

32.2                        If the directors have not appointed a chairman, or if the chairman is unwilling to chair the meeting or is not present within ten minutes of the time at which a meeting was due to start:

 

(a)                                 the directors present; or

 

(b)                                  (if no directors are present), the meeting,

 

must appoint a director or member to chair the meeting, and the appointment of the chairman of the meeting must be the first business of the meeting.

 

32.3                        The person chairing a meeting in accordance with this article is referred to as “the chairman of the meeting”.

 

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33                                  Attendance and speaking by directors and non-members

 

33.1                        Directors may attend and speak at general meetings, whether or not they are members.

 

33.2                        The chairman of the meeting may permit other persons who are not:

 

(a)                                 members of the company; or

 

(b)                                 otherwise entitled to exercise the rights of members in relation to general meetings, to attend and speak at a general meeting.

 

34                                  Adjournment

 

34.1                        If the persons attending a general meeting within half an hour of the time at which the meeting was due to start do not constitute a quorum, or if during a meeting a quorum ceases to be present, the chairman of the meeting must adjourn it.

 

34.2                        The chairman of the meeting may adjourn a general meeting at which a quorum is present if:

 

(a)                                 the meeting consents to an adjournment; or

 

(b)                                 it appears to the chairman of the meeting that an adjournment is necessary to protect the safety of any person attending the meeting or ensure that the business of the meeting is conducted in an orderly manner.

 

34.3                        The chairman of the meeting must adjourn a general meeting if directed to do so by the meeting.

 

34.4                        When adjourning a general meeting, the chairman of the meeting must:

 

(a)                                 either specify the time and place to which it is adjourned or state that it is to continue at a time and place to be fixed by the directors; and

 

(b)                                 have regard to any directions as to the time and place of any adjournment which have been given by the meeting.

 

34.5                        If the continuation of an adjourned meeting is to take place more than 14 days after it was adjourned, the company must give at least 7 clear days’ notice of it (that is, excluding the day of the adjourned meeting and the day on which the notice is given):

 

(a)                                 to the same persons to whom notice of the company’s general meetings is required to be given; and

 

(b)                                 containing the same information which such notice is required to contain.

 

34.6                        No business may be transacted at an adjourned general meeting which could not properly have been transacted at the meeting if the adjournment had not taken place.

 

VOTING AT GENERAL MEETINGS

 

35                                  Voting:  general

 

35.1                        The holders of the Preference Shares and/or the New Preference Shares shall have no right to attend, speak or vote at any general meeting but they shall entitle the holders to receive copies of notices of general meetings for information only.

 

35.2                        A resolution put to the vote of a general meeting must be decided on a show of hands unless a poll is duly demanded in accordance with the articles.

 

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36                                  Errors and disputes

 

36.1                        No objection may be raised to the qualification of any person voting at a general meeting except at the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the vote objected to is tendered, and every vote not disallowed at the meeting is valid.

 

36.2                        Any such objection must be referred to the chairman of the meeting whose decision is final.

 

37                                  Demanding a poll

 

37.1                        A poll on a resolution may be demanded:

 

(a)                                 in advance of the general meeting where it is to be put to the vote; or

 

(b)                                 at a general meeting, either before a show of hands on that resolution or immediately after the result of a show of hands on that resolution is declared.

 

37.2                        A poll may be demanded by

 

(a)                                 the chairman of the meeting;

 

(b)                                 the directors;

 

(c)                                  two or more persons having the right to vote on the resolution; or

 

(d)                                 a person or persons representing not less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all the members having the right to vote on the resolution.

 

37.3                        A demand for a poll may be withdrawn if:

 

(a)                                 the poll has not yet been taken, and

 

(b)                                 the chairman of the meeting consents to the withdrawal.

 

38                                  Procedure on a poll

 

38.1                        Subject to the articles, polls at general meetings must be taken when, where and in such manner as the chairman of the meeting directs.

 

38.2                        The chairman of the meeting may appoint scrutineers (who need not be members) and decide how and when the result of the poll is to be declared.

 

38.3                        The result of a poll shall be the decision of the meeting in respect of the resolution on which the poll was demanded.

 

38.4                        A poll on:

 

(a)                                 the election of the chairman of the meeting; or

 

(b)                                 a question of adjournment, must be taken immediately.

 

38.5                        Other polls must be taken within 30 days of their being demanded.

 

38.6                        A demand for a poll does not prevent a general meeting from continuing, except as regards the question on which the poll was demanded.

 

38.7                        No notice need be given of a poll not taken immediately if the time and place at which it is to be taken are announced at the meeting at which it is demanded.

 

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38.8                        In any other case, at least 7 days’ notice must be given specifying the time and place at which the poll is to be taken.

 

39                                  Content of proxy notices

 

39.1                        Proxies may only validly be appointed by a notice in writing (a “proxy notice”) which:

 

(a)                                 states the name and address of the member appointing the proxy;

 

(b)                                 identifies the person appointed to be that member’s proxy and the general meeting in relation to which that person is appointed;

 

(c)                                  is signed by or on behalf of the member appointing the proxy, or is authenticated in such manner as the directors may determine; and

 

(d)                                 is delivered to the company in accordance with the articles and any instructions contained in the notice of the general meeting to which they relate.

 

39.2                        The company may require proxy notices to be delivered in a particular form, and may specify different forms for different purposes.

 

39.3                        Proxy notices may specify how the proxy appointed under them is to vote (or that the proxy is to abstain from voting) on one or more resolutions.

 

39.4                        Unless a proxy notice indicates otherwise, it must be treated as:

 

(a)                                 allowing the person appointed under it as a proxy discretion as to how to vote on any ancillary or procedural resolutions put to the meeting:  and

 

(b)                                 appointing that person as a proxy in relation to any adjournment of the general meeting to which it relates as well as the meeting itself.

 

40                                  Delivery of proxy notices

 

40.1                        Any notice of a general meeting must specify the address or addresses (“proxy notification address”) at which the company or its agents will receive proxy notices relating to that meeting, or any adjournment of it, delivered in hard copy or electronic form.

 

40.2                        A person who is entitled to attend, speak or vote (either on a show of hands or on a poll) at a general meeting remains so entitled in respect of that meeting or any adjournment of it, even though a valid proxy notice has been delivered to the company by or on behalf of that person.

 

40.3                        Subject to Articles 40.4 and 40.5, a proxy notice must be delivered to a proxy notification address not less than 48 hours before the general meeting or adjourned meeting to which it relates.

 

40.4                        In the case of a poll taken more than 48 hours after it is demanded, the notice must be delivered to a proxy notification address not less than 24 hours before the time appointed for the taking of the poll.

 

40.5                        In the case of a poll not taken during the meeting but taken not more than 48 hours after it was demanded, the proxy notice must be delivered:

 

(a)                                 in accordance with Article 40.3; or

 

(b)                                 at the meeting at which the poll was demanded to the chairman, secretary or any director.

 

40.6                        An appointment under a proxy notice may be revoked by delivering a notice in writing given by or on behalf of the person by whom or on whose behalf the proxy notice was given to a proxy notification address.

 

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40.7                        A notice revoking a proxy appointment only takes effect if it is delivered before:

 

(a)                                 the start of the meeting or adjourned meeting to which it relates; or

 

(b)                                 (in the case of a poll not taken on the same day as the meeting or adjourned meeting) the time appointed for taking the poll to which it relates.

 

40.8                        If a proxy notice is not signed by the person appointing the proxy, it must be accompanied by written evidence of the authority of the person who executed it to execute it on the appointor’s behalf.

 

41                                  Amendments to resolutions

 

41.1                        An ordinary resolution to be proposed at a general meeting may be amended by ordinary resolution if:

 

(a)                                 notice of the proposed amendment is given to the company secretary in writing by a person entitled to vote at the general meeting at which it is to be proposed not less than 48 hours before the meeting is to take place (or such later time as the chairman of the meeting may determine):  and

 

(b)                                 the proposed amendment does not, in the reasonable opinion of the chairman of the meeting, materially alter the scope of the resolution.

 

41.2                        A special resolution to be proposed at a general meeting may be amended by ordinary resolution, if:

 

(a)                                 the chairman of the meeting proposes the amendment at the general meeting at which the resolution is to be proposed; and

 

(b)                                 the amendment does not go beyond what is necessary to correct a grammatical or other non-substantive error in the resolution.

 

41.3                        If the chairman of the meeting, acting in good faith, wrongly decides that an amendment to a resolution is out of order, the chairman’s error does not invalidate the vote on that resolution.

 

RESTRICTIONS ON MEMBERS’ RIGHTS

 

42                                  No voting of shares on which money owed to company

 

No voting rights attached to a share may be exercised at any general meeting, at any adjournment of it, or on any poll called at or in relation to it, unless all amounts payable to the company in respect of that share have been paid.

 

APPLICATION OF RULES TO CLASS MEETINGS

 

43                                  Class meetings

 

The provisions of the articles relating to general meetings apply, with any necessary modifications, to meetings of the holders of any class of shares.

 

Part 4

 

SHARES AND DISTRIBUTIONS

 

Shares

 

44                                  Powers to issue shares

 

44.1                        Subject to the Articles, but without prejudice to the rights attached to any existing share, the Company may issue shares with such rights or restrictions as may be determined by ordinary resolution or, subject to and in default of such determination, as the directors shall determine.

 

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44.2                        The Company may issue shares which are to be redeemed, or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or the holder, and the directors may determine the terms, conditions and manner of redemption of any such shares.

 

45                                  Payment of commissions on subscription for shares

 

45.1                        The Company may pay any person a commission in consideration for that person:

 

(a)                                 subscribing, or agreeing to subscribe, for shares; or

 

(b)                                 procuring, or agreeing to procure, subscriptions for shares.

 

45.2                        Any such commission may be paid:

 

(a)                                 in cash, or in fully paid or partly paid shares or other securities, or partly in one way and partly in the other; and

 

(b)                                 in respect of a conditional or an absolute subscription.

 

46                                  Company not bound by less than absolute interests

 

Except as required by law, no person is to be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon any trust, and except as otherwise required by law or the Articles, the Company is not in any way to be bound by or recognise any interest in a share other than the holder’s absolute ownership of it and all the rights attaching to it.

 

47                                  Share certificates

 

47.1                        The Company must issue each member, free of charge, with one or more certificates in respect of the shares which that member holds.

 

47.2                        This Article does not apply to:

 

(a)                                 shares in respect of which a share warrant has been issued; or

 

(b)                                 shares in respect of which the Act permits the Company not to issue a certificate.

 

47.3                        Every certificate must specify:

 

(a)                                 in respect of how many shares, of what class, it is issued;

 

(b)                                 the nominal value of those shares;

 

(c)                                  the amount paid up on them; and

 

(d)                                 any distinguishing numbers assigned to them.

 

47.4                        No certificate may be issued in respect of shares of more than one class.

 

47.5                        If more than one person holds a share, only one certificate may be issued in respect of it.

 

47.6                        Certificates must:

 

(a)                                 have affixed to them the Company’s common seal; or

 

(b)                                 be otherwise executed in accordance with the Companies Acts.

 

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48                                  Consolidated share certificates

 

48.1                        When a member’s holding of shares of a particular class increases, the company may issue that member with:

 

(a)                                 a single, consolidated certificate in respect of all the shares of a particular class which that member holds; or

 

(b)                                 a separate certificate in respect of only those shares by which that member’s holding has increased.

 

48.2                        When a member’s holding of shares of a particular class is reduced, the company must ensure that the member is issued with one or more certificates in respect of the number of shares held by the member after that reduction.  But the company need not (in the absence of a request from the member) issue any new certificate if:

 

(a)                                 all the shares which the member no longer holds as a result of the reduction; and

 

(b)                                 none of the shares which the member retains following the reduction, were, immediately before the reduction, represented by the same certificate.

 

48.3                        (3) A member may request the company, in writing, to replace:

 

(a)                                 the member’s separate certificates with a consolidated certificate; or

 

(b)                                 the member’s consolidated certificate with two or more separate certificates representing such proportion of the shares as the member may specify.

 

48.4                        When the company complies with such a request it may charge such reasonable fee as the directors may decide for doing so.

 

48.5                        A consolidated certificate must not be issued unless any certificates which it is to replace have first been returned to the company for cancellation.

 

49                                  Replacement share certificates

 

49.1                        If a certificate issued in respect of a member’s shares is:

 

(a)                                 damaged or defaced; or

 

(b)                                 said to be lost, stolen or destroyed,

 

that member is entitled to be issued with a replacement certificate in respect of the same shares.

 

49.2                        A member exercising the right to be issued with such a replacement certificate:

 

(a)                                 may at the same time exercise the right to be issued with a single certificate or separate certificates;

 

(b)                                 must return the certificate which is to be replaced to the Company if it is damaged or defaced; and

 

(c)                                  must comply with such conditions as to evidence, indemnity and the payment of the Company’s reasonable expenses as the directors decide.

 

50                                  Share warrants

 

50.1                        The directors may issue a share warrant in respect of any fully paid share.

 

50.2                        Share warrants must be:

 

(a)                                 issued in such form; and

 

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(b)                                 executed in such manner,

 

as the directors decide.

 

50.3                        A share represented by a share warrant may be transferred by delivery of the warrant representing it.

 

50.4                        The directors may make provision for the payment of dividends in respect of any share represented by a share warrant.

 

50.5                        Subject to the articles, the directors may decide the conditions on which any share warrant is issued.  In particular, they may:

 

(a)                                 decide the conditions on which new warrants are to be issued in place of warrants which are damaged or defaced, or said to have been lost, stolen or destroyed;

 

(b)                                 decide the conditions on which bearers of warrants are entitled to attend and vote at general meetings;

 

(c)                                  decide the conditions subject to which bearers of warrants may surrender their warrant so as to hold their shares in certificated or uncertificated form instead; and

 

(d)                                 vary the conditions of issue of any warrant from time to time,

 

and the bearer of a warrant is subject to the conditions and procedures in force in relation to it, whether or not they were decided or specified before the warrant was issued.

 

50.6                        Subject to the conditions on which the warrants are issued from time to time, bearers of share warrants have the same rights and privileges as they would if their names had been included in the register as holders of the shares represented by their warrants.

 

50.7                        The company must not in any way be bound by or recognise any interest in a share represented by a share warrant other than the absolute right of the bearer of that warrant to that warrant.

 

51                                  Company’s lien over partly paid shares

 

51.1                        The Company has a lien (the “Company’s lien”) over every share which is partly paid for any part of:

 

(a)                                 that share’s nominal value; and

 

(b)                                 any premium at which it was issued;

 

which has not been paid to the Company, and which is payable immediately or at some time in the future, whether or not a call notice has been sent in respect of it.

 

51.2                        The Company’s lien over a share:

 

(a)                                 takes priority over any third party’s interest in that share; and

 

(b)                                 extends to any dividend or other money payable by the Company in respect of that share and (if the lien is enforced and the share is sold by the Company) the proceeds of sale of that share.

 

51.3                        The directors may at any time decide that a share which is or would otherwise be subject to the Company’s lien shall not be subject to it, either wholly or in part.

 

52                                  Enforcement of the Company’s lien

 

52.1                        Subject to the provisions of this Article, if:

 

(a)                                 a lien enforcement notice has been given in respect of a share; and

 

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(b)                                 the person to whom the notice was given has failed to comply with it, the Company may sell that share in such manner as the directors decide.

 

52.2                        A lien enforcement notice:

 

(a)                                 may only be given in respect of a share which is subject to the Company’s lien, in respect of which a sum is payable and the due date for payment of that sum has passed;

 

(b)                                 must specify the share concerned;

 

(c)                                  must require payment of the sum payable within 14 days of the notice;

 

(d)                                 must be addressed either to the holder of the share or to a person entitled to it by reason of the holder’s death, bankruptcy or otherwise; and

 

(e)                                  must state the Company’s intention to sell the share if the notice is not complied with.

 

52.3                        Where shares are sold under this Article:

 

(a)                                 the directors may authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the shares to the purchaser or a person nominated by the purchaser; and

 

(b)                                 the transferee is not bound to see to the application of the consideration, and the transferee’s title is not affected by any irregularity in or invalidity of the process leading to the sale.

 

52.4                        The net proceeds of any such sale (after payment of the costs of sale and any other costs of enforcing the lien) must be applied:

 

(a)                                 first, in payment of so much of the sum for which the lien exists as was payable at the date of the lien enforcement notice;

 

(b)                                 second, to the person entitled to the shares at the date of the sale, but only after the certificate for the shares sold has been surrendered to the Company for cancellation or a suitable indemnity has been given for any lost certificates, and subject to a lien equivalent to the Company’s lien over the shares before the sale for any money payable in respect of the shares after the date of the lien enforcement notice.

 

52.5                        A statutory declaration by a director or the company secretary (if any) that the declarant is a director or the company secretary and that a share has been sold to satisfy the Company’s lien on a specified date:

 

(a)                                 is conclusive evidence of the facts stated in it as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the share; and

 

(b)                                 subject to compliance with any other formalities of transfer required by the Articles or by law, constitutes a good title to the share.

 

53                                  Call notices

 

53.1                        Subject to the Articles and the terms on which shares are allotted, the directors may send a notice (a “call notice”) to a member requiring the member to pay the Company a specified sum of money (a “call”) which is payable in respect of shares which that member holds at the date when the directors decide to send the call notice.

 

53.2                        A call notice:

 

(a)                                 may not require a member to pay a call which exceeds the total sum unpaid on that member’s shares (whether as to the share’s nominal value or any amount payable to the Company by way of premium);

 

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(b)                                 must state when and how any call to which it relates it is to be paid; and

 

(c)                                  may permit or require the call to be paid by instalments.

 

53.3                        A member must comply with the requirements of a call notice, but no member is obliged to pay any call before 14 days have passed since the notice was sent.

 

53.4                        Before the Company has received any call due under a call notice the directors may:

 

(a)                                 revoke it wholly or in part; or

 

(b)                                 specify a later time for payment than is specified in the notice;

 

by a further notice in writing to the member in respect of whose shares the call is made.

 

54                                  Liability to pay calls

 

54.1                        Liability to pay a call is not extinguished or transferred by transferring the shares in respect of which it is required to be paid.

 

54.2                        Joint holders of a share are jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect of that share.

 

54.3                        Subject to the terms on which shares are allotted, the directors may, when issuing shares, provide that call notices sent to the holders of those shares may require them:

 

(a)                                 to pay calls which are not the same; or

 

(b)                                 to pay calls at different times.

 

55                                  When call notice need not be issued

 

55.1                        A call notice need not be issued in respect of sums which are specified, in the terms on which a share is issued, as being payable to the Company in respect of that share (whether in respect of nominal value or premium):

 

(a)                                 on allotment;

 

(b)                                 on the occurrence of a particular event; or

 

(c)                                  on a date fixed by or in accordance with the terms of issue.

 

55.2                        But if the due date for payment of such a sum has passed and it has not been paid, the holder of the share concerned is treated in all respects as having failed to comply with a call notice in respect of that sum, and is liable to the same consequences as regards the payment of interest and forfeiture.

 

56                                  Failure to comply with call notice:  automatic consequences

 

56.1                        If a person is liable to pay a call and fails to do so by the call payment date:

 

(a)                                 the directors may issue a notice of intended forfeiture to that person; and

 

(b)                                 until the call is paid, that person must pay the Company interest on the call from the call payment date at the relevant rate.

 

56.2                        For the purposes of this Article:

 

(a)                                 the “call payment date” is the time when the call notice states that a call is payable, unless the directors give a notice specifying a later date, in which case the “call payment date” is that later date;

 

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(b)                                 the “relevant rate” is:

 

(i)                                     the rate fixed by the terms on which the share in respect of which the call is due was allotted;

 

(ii)                                  such other rate as was fixed in the call notice which required payment of the call, or has otherwise been determined by the directors; or

 

(iii)                               if no rate is fixed in either of these ways, 5 per cent per annum.

 

56.3                        The relevant rate must not exceed by more than 5 percentage points the base lending rate most recently set by the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England in connection with its responsibilities under Part 2 of the Bank of England Act 1998.

 

56.4                        The directors may waive any obligation to pay interest on a call wholly or in part.

 

57                                  Notice of intended forfeiture

 

57.1                        A notice of intended forfeiture:

 

(a)                                 may be sent in respect of any share in respect of which a call has not been paid as required by a call notice;

 

(b)                                 must be sent to the holder of that share or to a person entitled to it by reason of the holder’s death, bankruptcy or otherwise;

 

(c)                                  must require payment of the call and any accrued interest by a date which is not less than 14 days after the date of the notice;

 

(d)                                 must state how the payment is to be made; and

 

(e)                                  must state that if the notice is not complied with, the shares in respect of which the call is payable will be liable to be forfeited.

 

58                                  Directors’ power to forfeit shares

 

If a notice of intended forfeiture is not complied with before the date by which payment of the call is required in the notice of intended forfeiture, the directors may decide that any share in respect of which it was given is forfeited, and the forfeiture is to include all dividends or other moneys payable in respect of the forfeited shares and not paid before the forfeiture.

 

59                                  Effect of forfeiture

 

59.1                        Subject to the Articles, the forfeiture of a share extinguishes:

 

(a)                                 all interests in that share, and all claims and demands against the Company in respect of it; and

 

(b)                                 all other rights and liabilities incidental to the share as between the person whose share it was prior to the forfeiture and the Company.

 

59.2                        Any share which is forfeited in accordance with the Articles:

 

(a)                                 is deemed to have been forfeited when the directors decide that it is forfeited;

 

(b)                                 is deemed to be the property of the Company; and

 

(c)                                  may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of as the directors think fit.

 

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59.3                        If a person’s shares have been forfeited:

 

(a)                                 the Company must send that person notice that forfeiture has occurred and record it in the register of members;

 

(b)                                 that person ceases to be a member in respect of those shares;

 

(c)                                  that person must surrender the certificate for the shares forfeited to the Company for cancellation;

 

(d)                                 that person remains liable to the Company for all sums payable by that person under the Articles at the date of forfeiture in respect of those shares, including any interest (whether accrued before or after the date of forfeiture); and

 

(e)                                  the directors may waive payment of such sums wholly or in part or enforce payment without any allowance for the value of the shares at the time of forfeiture or for any consideration received on their disposal.

 

59.4                        At any time before the Company disposes of a forfeited share, the directors may decide to cancel the forfeiture on payment of all calls and interest due in respect of it and on such other terms as they think fit.

 

60                                  Procedure following forfeiture

 

60.1                        If a forfeited share is to be disposed of by being transferred, the Company may receive the consideration for the transfer and the directors may authorise any person to execute the instrument of transfer.

 

60.2                        A statutory declaration by a director or the company secretary (if any) that the declarant is a director or the company secretary and that a share has been forfeited on a specified date:

 

(a)                                 is conclusive evidence of the facts stated in it as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the share; and

 

(b)                                 subject to compliance with any other formalities of transfer required by the Articles or by law, constitutes a good title to the share.

 

60.3                        A person to whom a forfeited share is transferred is not bound to see to the application of the consideration (if any) nor is that person’s title to the share affected by any irregularity in or invalidity of the process leading to the forfeiture or transfer of the share.

 

60.4                        If the Company sells a forfeited share, the person who held it prior to its forfeiture is entitled to receive from the Company the proceeds of such sale, net of any commission, and excluding any amount which:

 

(a)                                 was, or would have become, payable; and

 

(b)                                 had not, when that share was forfeited, been paid by that person in respect of that share,

 

but no interest is payable to such a person in respect of such proceeds and the Company is not required to account for any money earned on them.

 

61                                  Surrender of shares

 

61.1                        A member may surrender any share:

 

(a)                                 in respect of which the directors may issue a notice of intended forfeiture;

 

(b)                                 which the directors may forfeit; or

 

(c)                                  which has been forfeited.

 

61.2                        The directors may accept the surrender of any such share.

 

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61.3                        The effect of surrender on a share is the same as the effect of forfeiture on that share.

 

61.4                        A share which has been surrendered may be dealt with in the same way as a share which has been forfeited.

 

62                                  Share transfers

 

62.1                        Shares may be transferred by means of an instrument of transfer in any usual form or any other form approved by the directors, which is executed by or on behalf of:

 

(a)                                 the transferor; and

 

(b)                                 (if any of the shares is partly paid) the transferee.

 

62.2                        No fee may be charged for registering any instrument of transfer or other document relating to or affecting the title to any share.

 

62.3                        The Company may retain any instrument of transfer which is registered.

 

62.4                        The transferor remains the holder of a share until the transferee’s name is entered in the register of members as holder of it.

 

62.5                        The directors may in their absolute discretion refuse to register the transfer of a share to any person, whether or not it is fully paid or a share over which the Company has a lien, and if they do so, notice of refusal must be given to the transferee and the instrument of transfer must be returned to the transferee (unless they suspect that the proposed transfer may be fraudulent) together with the reasons for their refusal, as soon as practicable and in any event within two months after the date on which the transfer is lodged with the Company.

 

Consolidation of shares

 

63                                  Procedure for disposing of fractions of shares

 

63.1                        This Article applies where:

 

(a)                                 there has been a consolidation or division of shares, and

 

(b)                                 as a result, members are entitled to fractions of shares.

 

63.2                        The directors may:

 

(a)                                 sell the shares representing the fractions to any person including the Company for the best price reasonably obtainable;

 

(b)                                 authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the shares to the purchaser or a person nominated by the purchaser; and

 

(c)                                  distribute the net proceeds of sale in due proportion among the holders of the shares.

 

63.3                        Where any holder’s entitlement to a portion of the proceeds of sale amounts to less than a minimum figure determined by the directors, that member’s portion may be distributed to an organisation which is a charity for the purposes of the law of England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.

 

63.4                        The person to whom the shares are transferred is not obliged to ensure that any purchase money is received by the person entitled to the relevant fractions.

 

63.5                        The transferee’s title to the shares is not affected by any irregularity in or invalidity of the process leading to their sale.

 

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Dividends and other distributions

 

64                                  Procedure for declaring dividends

 

64.1                        The Company may by ordinary resolution declare dividends, and the directors may decide to pay interim dividends.

 

64.2                        A dividend must not be declared unless the directors have made a recommendation as to its amount.  Such a dividend must not exceed the amount recommended by the directors.

 

64.3                        No dividend may be declared or paid unless it is in accordance with members’ respective rights.

 

64.4                        Unless the members’ resolution to declare or directors’ decision to pay a dividend, or the terms on which shares are issued, specify otherwise, it must be paid by reference to each member’s holding of shares on the date of the resolution or decision to declare or pay it.

 

64.5                        If the Company’s share capital is divided into different classes, no interim dividend may be paid on shares carrying deferred or non-preferred rights if, at the time of payment, any preferential dividend is in arrear.

 

64.6                        The directors may pay at intervals any dividend payable at a fixed rate if it appears to them that the profits available for distribution justify the payment.

 

64.7                        If the directors act in good faith, they do not incur any liability to the holders of shares conferring preferred rights for any loss they may suffer by the lawful payment of an interim dividend on shares with deferred or non-preferred rights.

 

65                                  Calculation of dividends

 

Income

 

65.1                        Out of the profits available for distribution and resolved to be distributed, the holders of the Preference Shares and the New Preference Shares shall be entitled, in priority to any payment of dividend to the holders of any other class of shares, to be paid a fixed preferential dividend (“preferential dividend”) at the rate of:

 

(a)                                 in the case of the Preference Shares, Euribor + 1.25% at the date of the declaration of the dividend on the nominal capital for the time being paid up or credited as paid up thereon to be paid quarterly; and

 

(b)                                 in the case of the New Preference Shares, Euribor + 1.25% at the date of the declaration of the dividend on the nominal capital for the time being paid up or credited as paid up or credited as paid up thereon to be paid half-yearly; and

 

in each such case, such dividend to be paid within 10 days of it having been declared payable.  In respect of (a) the Preference Shares, the first quarterly dividend due in respect of the period ending on 30 September 2001 shall be made on a pro rata basis for the period from date of issue to 30 September 2001; and thereafter shall be due in respect of the periods ending 31 December, 31 March, 30 June and 30 September; and (b) the New Preference Shares, the first half yearly dividend due in respect of the period ending on 31 December 2002 shall be made on a pro rata basis from the date of issue to 31 December 2002; and thereafter shall be due in respect of the periods ending 31 June and 31 December respectively.  Payments of preferential dividends shall be made to holders on the register at any date selected by the Directors up to 42 days prior to the relevant fixed dividend date.  The Directors may also from time to time pay interim dividends on shares of any class of such amounts and on such dates and in respect of such periods as they think fit.  Provided the Directors act in good faith they shall not incur any liability to the holders of any class of shares for any loss they may suffer by lawful payment, on any other class of shares, of any such interim as aforesaid.

 

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66                                  Payment of dividends and other distributions

 

66.1                        Where a dividend or other sum which is a distribution is payable in respect of a share, it must be paid by one or more of the following means:

 

(a)                                 transfer to a bank or building society account specified by the distribution recipient either in writing or as the directors otherwise decide;

 

(b)                                 sending a cheque made payable to the distribution recipient by post to the distribution recipient at the distribution recipient’s registered address (if the distribution recipient is a holder of the share), or (in any other case) to an address specified by the distribution recipient either in writing or as the directors otherwise decide;

 

(c)                                  sending a cheque made payable to such person by post to such person at such address as the distribution recipient has specified either in writing or as the directors otherwise decide; or

 

(d)                                 any other means of payment as the directors agree with the distribution recipient either in writing or as the directors otherwise decide.

 

66.2                        In the Articles, “the distribution recipient” means, in respect of a share in respect of which a dividend or other sum is payable:

 

(a)                                 the holder of the share; or

 

(b)                                 if the share has two or more joint holders, whichever of them is named first in the register of members; or

 

(c)                                  if the holder is no longer entitled to the share by reason of death or bankruptcy, or otherwise by operation of law, the transmittee.

 

67                                  Deductions from distributions in respect of sums owed to the Company

 

67.1                        If:

 

(a)                                 a share is subject to the Company’s lien; and

 

(b)                                 the directors are entitled to issue a lien enforcement notice in respect of it,

 

they may, instead of issuing a lien enforcement notice, deduct from any dividend or other sum payable in respect of the share any sum of money which is payable to the Company in respect of that share to the extent that they are entitled to require payment under a lien enforcement notice.

 

67.2                        Money so deducted must be used to pay any of the sums payable in respect of that share.

 

67.3                        The Company must notify the distribution recipient in writing of:

 

(a)                                 the fact and amount of any such deduction;

 

(b)                                 any non-payment of a dividend or other sum payable in respect of a share resulting from any such deduction; and

 

(c)                                  how the money deducted has been applied.

 

68                                  No interest on distributions

 

68.1                        The Company may not pay interest on any dividend or other sum payable in respect of a share unless otherwise provided by:

 

(a)                                 the terms on which the share was issued; or

 

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(b)                                 the provisions of another agreement between the holder of that share and the Company.

 

69                                  Unclaimed distributions

 

69.1                        All dividends or other sums which are:

 

(a)                                 payable in respect of shares; and

 

(b)                                 unclaimed after having been declared or become payable,

 

may be invested or otherwise made use of by the directors for the benefit of the Company until claimed.

 

69.2                        The payment of any such dividend or other sum into a separate account does not make the Company a trustee in respect of it.

 

69.3                        If:

 

(a)                                 twelve years have passed from the date on which a dividend or other sum became due for payment; and

 

(b)                                 the distribution recipient has not claimed it,

 

the distribution recipient is no longer entitled to that dividend or other sum and it ceases to remain owing by the Company.

 

70                                  Non-cash distributions

 

70.1                        Subject to the terms of issue of the share in question, the Company may, by ordinary resolution on the recommendation of the directors, decide to pay all or part of a dividend or other distribution payable in respect of a share by transferring non-cash assets of equivalent value (including, without limitation, shares or other securities in any company).

 

70.2                        For the purposes of paying a non-cash distribution, the directors may make whatever arrangements they think fit, including, where any difficulty arises regarding the distribution:

 

(a)                                 fixing the value of any assets;

 

(b)                                 paying cash to any distribution recipient on the basis of that value in order to adjust the rights of recipients; and

 

(c)                                  vesting any assets in trustees.

 

71                                  Waiver of distributions

 

71.1                        Distribution recipients may waive their entitlement to a dividend or other distribution payable in respect of a share by giving the Company notice in writing to that effect, but if:

 

(a)                                 the share has more than one holder; or

 

(b)                                 more than one person is entitled to the share, whether by reason of the death or bankruptcy of one or more joint holders, or otherwise,

 

the notice is not effective unless it is expressed to be given, and signed, by all the holders or persons otherwise entitled to the share.

 

72                                  Return of Capital

 

On a return of capital on winding-up or otherwise, the holders of the Preference Shares and/or the New Preference Shares shall be entitled in priority to any payment to the holders of any other class of shares to

 

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the repayment of a sum equal to the nominal capital paid up or credited as paid up on the Preference Shares and/or the New Preference Shares, as applicable, held by them respectively but shall not be entitled to any further right of participation in the assets of the Company.

 

Capitalisation of profits

 

73                                  Authority to capitalise and appropriation of capitalised sums

 

73.1                        Subject to the Articles, the directors may, if they are so authorised by an ordinary resolution:

 

(a)                                 decide to capitalise any profits of the Company (whether or not they are available for distribution) which are not required for paying a preferential dividend, or any sum standing to the credit of the Company’s share premium account, capital redemption reserve or redenomination reserve; and

 

(b)                                 appropriate any sum which they so decide to capitalise (a “capitalised sum”) to the persons who would have been entitled to it if it were distributed by way of dividend (the “persons entitled”) and in the same proportions.

 

73.2                        Capitalised sums must be applied:

 

(a)                                 on behalf of the persons entitled; and

 

(b)                                 in the same proportions as a dividend would have been distributed to them.

 

73.3                        Any capitalised sum may be applied in paying up new shares of a nominal amount equal to the capitalised sum which are then allotted credited as fully paid to the persons entitled or as they may direct.

 

73.4                        A capitalised sum which was appropriated from profits available for distribution may be applied:

 

(a)                                 in or towards paying up any amounts unpaid on existing shares held by the persons entitled; or

 

(b)                                 in paying up new debentures of the Company which are then allotted credited as fully paid to the persons entitled or as they may direct.

 

73.5                        Subject to the Articles the directors may:

 

(a)                                 apply capitalised sums in accordance with Articles 73.3 and 73.4 partly in one way and partly in another;

 

(b)                                 make such arrangements as they think fit to deal with shares or debentures becoming distributable in fractions under this Article (including the making of cash payments); and

 

(c)                                  authorise any person to enter into an agreement with the Company on behalf of all the persons entitled which is binding on them in respect of the allotment of shares and debentures to them under this Article.

 

Part 5

 

ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS

 

74                                  Means of communication to be used

 

74.1                        Any notice or other document required by these Articles to be sent or supplied to or by the Company (other than a notice calling a meeting of the directors) shall be contained in writing.

 

74.2                        Subject to the Articles, anything sent or supplied by or to the Company under the Articles may be sent or supplied in any way in which the Act provides for documents or information which are authorised or required by any provision of that Act to be sent or supplied by or to the Company.

 

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74.3                        Subject to the Articles, any notice or document to be sent or supplied to a director in connection with the taking of decisions by directors may also be sent or supplied by the means by which that director has asked to be sent or supplied with such notices or documents for the time being.

 

74.4                        Any notice or other document sent by the Company under these Articles which is delivered or left at a registered address otherwise than by post shall be deemed to have been received on the day it was so delivered or left.  A notice or other document sent by the Company by first class post to an address in the United Kingdom shall be deemed to have been received 24 hours after it was posted.  A notice or other document sent or supplied by the Company in electronic form shall be deemed to have been received at the time it is sent.  A notice sent or supplied by means of a website shall be deemed to have been received by the intended recipient at the time when the material was first available on the website or, if later, when the recipient received (or is deemed to have received) notice of the fact that the material was available on the website.

 

74.5                        Directors who are absent from the United Kingdom shall be entitled to the same notice of all meetings of directors as directors not so absent.  If a director who is absent from the United Kingdom does not advise the Company in writing of his overseas address, notice to his usual address in the United Kingdom shall be deemed sufficient notice for the purposes of this Article.

 

74.6                        A member whose registered office is not in the United Kingdom shall be entitled to have notices sent to him as if he were a member with a registered address in the United Kingdom.

 

75                                  Company seals

 

75.1                        Any common seal may only be used by the authority of the directors.

 

75.2                        The directors may decide by what means and in what form any common seal is to be used.

 

75.3                        Unless otherwise decided by the directors, if the Company has a common seal and it is affixed to a document, the document must also be signed by at least one authorised person in the presence of a witness who attests the signature.

 

75.4                        For the purposes of this Article, an authorised person is:

 

(a)                                 any director of the Company;

 

(b)                                 the company secretary (if any); or

 

(c)                                  any person authorised by the directors for the purpose of signing documents to which the common seal is applied.

 

76                                  Destruction of documents

 

76.1                        The company is entitled to destroy:

 

(a)                                 all instruments of transfer of shares which have been registered, and all other documents on the basis of which any entries are made in the register of members, from six years after the date of registration;

 

(b)                                 all dividend mandates, variations or cancellations of dividend mandates, and notifications of change of address, from two years after they have been recorded;

 

(c)                                  all share certificates which have been cancelled from one year after the date of the cancellation;

 

(d)                                 all paid dividend warrants and cheques from one year after the date of actual payment; and

 

(e)                                  all proxy notices from one year after the end of the meeting to which the proxy notice relates.

 

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76.2                        If the company destroys a document in good faith, in accordance with the articles, and without notice of any claim to which that document may be relevant, it is conclusively presumed in favour of the company that:

 

(a)                                 entries in the register purporting to have been made on the basis of an instrument of transfer or other document so destroyed were duly and properly made;

 

(b)                                 any instrument of transfer so destroyed was a valid and effective instrument duly and properly registered;

 

(c)                                  any share certificate so destroyed was a valid and effective certificate duly and properly cancelled; and

 

(d)                                 any other document so destroyed was a valid and effective document in accordance with its recorded particulars in the books or records of the company.

 

76.3                        This article does not impose on the company any liability which it would not otherwise have if it destroys any document before the time at which this article permits it to do so.  (4) In this article, references to the destruction of any document include a reference to its being disposed of in any manner.

 

77                                  No right to inspect accounts and other records

 

Except as provided by law or authorised by the directors or an ordinary resolution of the company, no person is entitled to inspect any of the company’s accounting or other records or documents merely by virtue of being a shareholder.

 

78                                  Provision for employees on cessation of business

 

The directors may decide to make provision for the benefit of persons employed or formerly employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than a director or former director or shadow director) in connection with the cessation or transfer to any person of the whole or part of the undertaking of the Company or that subsidiary.

 

Officers’ indemnity and insurance

 

79                                  Indemnity

 

79.1                        Subject to Article 79.2, a relevant officer of the Company or an associated company may be indemnified out of the Company’s assets against:

 

(a)                                 any liability incurred by that officer in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the Company or an associated company;

 

(b)                                 any liability incurred by that officer in connection with the activities of the Company or an associated company in its capacity as a trustee of an occupational pension scheme (as defined in section 235(6) of the Act);

 

(c)                                  any other liability incurred by that officer as an officer of the Company or an associated company.

 

79.2                        This Article does not authorise any indemnity which would be prohibited or rendered void by any provision of the Companies Acts or by any other provision of law.

 

79.3                        In this Article:

 

(a)                                 companies are associated if one is a subsidiary of the other or both are subsidiaries of the same body corporate; and

 

(b)                                 a “relevant officer” means any current or former director, company secretary or other officer or an associated company.

 

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80                                  Insurance

 

80.1                        The directors may decide to purchase and maintain insurance, at the expense of the Company, for the benefit of any relevant officer in respect of any relevant loss.

 

80.2                        In this Article:

 

(a)                                 a “relevant officer” means any current or former director, company secretary or other officer or an associated company.

 

(b)                                 a “relevant loss” means any loss or liability which has been or may be incurred by a relevant officer in connection with that officer’s duties or powers in relation to the Company, any associated company or any pension fund or employees’ share scheme of the Company or associated company; and

 

(c)                                  companies are associated if one is a subsidiary of the other or both are subsidiaries of the same body corporate.

 

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EX-4.2 9 a2240897zex-4_2.htm EX-4.2

Exhibit 4.2

 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

 

June 13, 2019

 

This Officer’s Certificate is being delivered pursuant to Sections 102, 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture (as defined below).

 

The undersigned Authorized Officer of Bemis Company, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, Amcor plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands with limited liability (the “Parent Guarantor”), Amcor Limited (ABN 000 017 372), a company incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (“Amcor Limited”), Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“AFUI”), and Amcor UK Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with limited liability (together with Amcor Limited, AFUI and the Parent Guarantor, the “Original  Guarantors”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”), that there is hereby established a single series of Securities (as that term is defined in the Indenture), the terms of which shall be as follows and as further set forth in the attached forms of Securities:

 

4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021

 

1.             Title.  The designation of one series of the Securities shall be 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Securities”).

 

2.             Principal Amount.  The initial aggregate principal amount of the Securities shall be US$346,652,000.  The Company may, without the consent of the Holders, increase such principal amount in the future on the same terms and conditions as the Securities.  There is no limit on the aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be outstanding at any time.

 

3.             Persons Entitled to Interest.  Subject to the provisions of Section 307 of the Indenture, interest will be payable to the Person in whose name a Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date (as defined below) for such interest.

 

4.             Payment of Principal.  The principal amount of the Securities shall be payable in full on October 15, 2021, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and subject to Clauses 8 and 9 below.

 

5.             Interest Rates and Interest Payment Dates.  The Securities shall bear interest at the rate of 4.500% per annum from the date hereof or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing October 15, 2019, until the principal amount of the Securities has been paid or duly provided for.  On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below), Additional Interest may be payable by the Company in respect of the Securities.  All references herein to “interest” include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mentions of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional

 


 

Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.  The “Regular Record Date” for interest payable with respect to the Securities on an Interest Payment Date shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each Interest Payment Date (whether or not such date is a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  Any payment of principal, Make-Whole Amount or interest required to be made on any date that is not a Business Day will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that payment was due and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after the date that payment was due to the date of payment on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

6.             Place of Payment.  Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on the Securities will be made at the office or agency of the Company or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in New York; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Security Register; and provided further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, a Holder of US$10,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may elect to receive payments of any interest on the Notes (other than at Maturity) by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by such holder if appropriate wire transfer instructions are received by the Paying Agent not less than 15 calendar days prior to the date for payment.

 

7.             Optional Redemption.  Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of the Indenture, the Securities may be redeemed by the Company on any date prior to July 15, 2021 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”) upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  On or after July 15, 2021, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Company on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”) in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such Par Call Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date or a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

As used in this Certificate:

 

Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being

 


 

redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

Applicable Margin” means 0.40%.

 

Comparable Treasury Issue” means, the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Company, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of the Indenture.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and their respective successors and

 


 

assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Company that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or any portion of the Securities called for redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest.  On or before the Redemption Date, the Company will deposit with a paying agent or the Trustee money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued interest on the Securities to be redeemed on that date.  If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the depositary.

 

The Trustee may select for redemption Securities and portions of Securities in amounts of US$2,000 or integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof.

 

8.             Purchase Upon Change of Control.  Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Securities in accordance with their terms, each Holder of Securities will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Securities pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of the Securities to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 

9.             Form of Securities.  The Early Tender Restricted Global Security and the Late Tender Restricted Global Security shall be in substantially the respective forms attached

 


 

hereto as Annexes A-1 and A-2, respectively.  The Early Tender Regulation S Global Security and the Late Tender Regulation S Global Security shall be in substantially the respective forms attached hereto as Annexes A-3 and A-4, respectively.

 

10.          Guarantees.  The Securities will be entitled to the benefits of the Guarantees afforded by Article 13 of the Indenture and, as of the time of issuance of the Securities, will be guaranteed by the Original Guarantors.

 

11.          Sinking Fund.  The Company shall not be obligated to redeem or purchase the Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions.

 

12.          Denominations of Securities.  The Securities will be issued in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof.

 

13.          Defeasance.  The Securities shall be defeasible as provided in Section 1202 and Section 1203 of the Indenture.

 

14.          Global Securities.  The Securities may be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities.  The initial depositary for such Global Securities shall be The Depository Trust Company.

 

15.          Securities Act Legend.

 

a.             The Early Tender Restricted Global Security and the Late Tender Restricted Global Security will bear the legends included in the respective forms of Restricted Global Security attached hereto as Annexes A-1 and A-2.

 

b.             The Early Tender Regulation S Global Security and Late Tender Regulation S Global Security shall bear the legends included in the respective forms of Regulation S Global Security attached hereto as Annexes A-3 and A-4.

 

16.          Listing.  The Securities will not be listed on any stock exchange.

 

17.          Further Issuance.  The Company may from time to time without the consent of Holders, create and issue further Securities in the same series on the same terms and conditions as the Securities (except for the issue date and, under certain circumstance, the first interest payment date), which additional securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

18.          CUSIP and ISIN.  The Early Tender Restricted Global Security will be issued with CUSIP number 081437AM7 and ISIN number US081437AM72 and the Late Tender Restricted Global Security will be issued with CUSIP number 081437AN5 and ISIN number US081437AN55.  The Early Tender Regulation S Global Security will be issued with CUSIP number U07321AG4 and ISIN number USU07321AG44 and the Late Tender Regulation S Global Security will be issued with CUSIP number U07321AH2 and ISIN number USU07321AH27.

 


 

19.          Registration Rights Agreement.  The Securities will be entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Company, the Original Guarantors, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC to be dated the date hereof (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).

 

20.          Section 102 Certification.  The undersigned Authorized Officer of the Company hereby further certifies that (i) I have read the conditions of Sections 102, 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture and the definitions relating thereto, (ii) I have examined the Indenture, the specimen forms of the Securities attached hereto as Annexes A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4, the resolutions relating thereto adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and such other documents deemed necessary or appropriate in order to give this certification, (iii) in my opinion, I have made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable me to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the conditions of Sections 102, 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture relating to the issuance of the Securities have been complied with and (iv) in my opinion, the conditions of Sections 102, 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture relating to the issuance of the Securities have been complied with.

 

21.          Definitions.  Unless the context shall otherwise require, or unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture.

 

[SIGNATURES APPEAR ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this certificate as of the date first written above.

 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

 

 

/s/ Andrew Cowper

 

Name: Andrew Cowper

 

Title: Director

 

[Signature page of Officer’s Certificate Pursuant to the Indenture]

 


 

Annex A-1

Form of Early Tender Restricted Global Security

 


 

Restricted Global Security

 

RULE 144A GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

NEITHER THIS GLOBAL SECURITY NOR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) TO BEMIS COMPANY, INC. (THE “ISSUER”), (2) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR BUYERS IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (3) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (4) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.  THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, REPRESENTS AND AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS, AND THE TRUSTEE THAT IT IS (A) A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (B) NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF (OR AN ACCOUNT SATISFYING THE

 


 

REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (K)(2) OF RULE 902 UNDER) REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.  IN ANY CASE THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING TRANSACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS SECURITY EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THE SECURITIES ACT.  THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED ONLY IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE.

 


 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

4.500% GUARANTEED SENIOR NOTE DUE 2021

 

CUSIP 081437AM7

No.

 

 

ISIN US081437AM72

US$

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC., a Missouri corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on October 15, 2021 (the “Stated Maturity”) the Initial Principal Amount specified on Schedule A hereto (such Initial Principal Amount, as it may from time to time be adjusted by endorsement on Schedule A hereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Principal Amount”), or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall initially equal US $               in the aggregate) as may be set forth in the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture and to pay interest thereon from June 13, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 in each year, commencing October 15, 2019, at the rate of 4.500% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of any interest on the Securities (other than at Maturity) may be made, in the case of a Holder of at least US$10,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities, by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank, provided that such registered Holder shall have provided the Trustee written wire instructions at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.  Unless such designation is revoked by written notice to the Issuer or a Paying Agent, any such

 


 

designation made by such Holder with respect to such Securities will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Securities payable to such Holder.  The Issuer will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by electronic funds transfer.

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 13, 2019 among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), Additional Interest may be payable in respect of this Security.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

In certain circumstances, Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of this Security in accordance with terms of the Indenture.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any payments on this Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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

 

This Security shall be entitled to the benefits under the Indenture and be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the Securities have not been signed by the Issuer or the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

[Signature Page to Rule 144A Note]

 


 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

Dated:

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Rule 144A Note]

 


 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof; provided, however, that the Issuer may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Securities (except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment date), which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

This Security is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and ranks in right of payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (and without any preference among themselves) and the Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, except, in each case, for indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

 

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date prior to July 15, 2021 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

For the purposes of this Security:

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not

 


 

contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Applicable Margin” means 0.40%.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by

 


 

such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On or after July 15, 2021, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

In addition to its ability to redeem this Security pursuant to the foregoing, this Security may be redeemed by the Issuer on the terms set forth, and as more fully described, in Section 1108 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances where the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts due to certain changes in the tax treatment of this Security or the Guarantees.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of the Securities of such Holder properly tendered at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the series of which this Security is a part or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

In any case where the due date for the payment of the Principal Amount of, or any premium or interest with respect to any Security or the date fixed for redemption of any Security

 


 

shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment, then payment of the Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, including any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereto need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in Principal Amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any of them, with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

The Guarantors that are a party to the Indenture as at, or subsequent to, the date of authentication of this Security (including any New Guarantors in accordance with Section 1011 of the Indenture and subject to release of any Subsidiary Guarantor(s) in accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture), have fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantees contained in Article Thirteen of the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture.  The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantees and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and reference is made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

 

Within 30 days of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee deliver a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 day period, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 


 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

In accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture, any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under the Indenture and the Securities without the consent of any Holder.  Such release will occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and upon the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying that the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Relevant Guarantor, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 


 

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

 

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

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

This Security and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided, however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the authorization and execution of any notation of the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen of the Indenture or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on this Security, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

All terms used in this Security are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 


 

Schedule A

 

By purchasing this Security, the Holder hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

 

Initial Principal Amount:  US$

 

Date 
adjustment 
made

 

Principal 
amount 
increase

 

Principal 
amount 
decrease

 

Principal 
amount 
following 
adjustment

 

Notation made 
on behalf of the 
Security 
Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Annex A-2

Form of Late Tender Restricted Global Security

 


 

Restricted Global Security

 

RULE 144A GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

NEITHER THIS GLOBAL SECURITY NOR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) TO BEMIS COMPANY, INC. (THE “ISSUER”), (2) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR BUYERS IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (3) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (4) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.  THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, REPRESENTS AND AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS, AND THE TRUSTEE THAT IT IS (A) A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (B) NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF (OR AN ACCOUNT SATISFYING THE

 


 

REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (K)(2) OF RULE 902 UNDER) REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.  IN ANY CASE THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING TRANSACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS SECURITY EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THE SECURITIES ACT.  THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED ONLY IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE.

 


 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

4.500% GUARANTEED SENIOR NOTE DUE 2021

 

CUSIP 081437AN5

No.

 

 

ISIN US081437AN55

US$

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC., a Missouri corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on October 15, 2021 (the “Stated Maturity”) the Initial Principal Amount specified on Schedule A hereto (such Initial Principal Amount, as it may from time to time be adjusted by endorsement on Schedule A hereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Principal Amount”), or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall initially equal US $                 in the aggregate) as may be set forth in the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture and to pay interest thereon from June 13, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 in each year, commencing October 15, 2019, at the rate of 4.500% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of any interest on the Securities (other than at Maturity) may be made, in the case of a Holder of at least US$10,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities, by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank, provided that such registered Holder shall have provided the Trustee written wire instructions at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.  Unless such designation is revoked by written notice to the Issuer or a Paying Agent, any such

 


 

designation made by such Holder with respect to such Securities will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Securities payable to such Holder.  The Issuer will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by electronic funds transfer.

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 13, 2019 among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), Additional Interest may be payable in respect of this Security.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

In certain circumstances, Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of this Security in accordance with terms of the Indenture.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any payments on this Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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

 

This Security shall be entitled to the benefits under the Indenture and be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the Securities have not been signed by the Issuer or the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

[Signature Page to Rule 144A Note]

 


 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

Dated:

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Rule 144A Note]

 


 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof; provided, however, that the Issuer may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Securities (except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment date), which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

This Security is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and ranks in right of payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (and without any preference among themselves) and the Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, except, in each case, for indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

 

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date prior to July 15, 2021 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

For the purposes of this Security:

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not

 


 

contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Applicable Margin” means 0.40%.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by

 


 

such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On or after July 15, 2021, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

In addition to its ability to redeem this Security pursuant to the foregoing, this Security may be redeemed by the Issuer on the terms set forth, and as more fully described, in Section 1108 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances where the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts due to certain changes in the tax treatment of this Security or the Guarantees.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of the Securities of such Holder properly tendered at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the series of which this Security is a part or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

In any case where the due date for the payment of the Principal Amount of, or any premium or interest with respect to any Security or the date fixed for redemption of any Security

 


 

shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment, then payment of the Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, including any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereto need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in Principal Amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any of them, with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

The Guarantors that are a party to the Indenture as at, or subsequent to, the date of authentication of this Security (including any New Guarantors in accordance with Section 1011 of the Indenture and subject to release of any Subsidiary Guarantor(s) in accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture), have fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantees contained in Article Thirteen of the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture.  The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantees and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and reference is made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

 

Within 30 days of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee deliver a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 day period, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 


 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

In accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture, any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under the Indenture and the Securities without the consent of any Holder.  Such release will occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and upon the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying that the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Relevant Guarantor, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 


 

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

 

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

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

This Security and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided, however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the authorization and execution of any notation of the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen of the Indenture or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on this Security, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

All terms used in this Security are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 


 

Schedule A

 

By purchasing this Security, the Holder hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

 

Initial Principal Amount:  US$                

 

Date
adjustment
made

 

Principal
amount
increase

 

Principal
amount
decrease

 

Principal
amount
following
adjustment

 

Notation made
on behalf of the
Security
Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Annex A-3

Form of Early Tender Regulation S Global Security

 


 

Restricted Global Security

 

REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON, UNLESS SUCH SECURITY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREOF IS AVAILABLE.  THE FOREGOING SHALL NOT APPLY FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF FORTY DAYS FROM THE LATER OF (1) THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS FIRST OFFERED AND (2) THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF THE SECURITIES.

 


 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

4.500% GUARANTEED SENIOR NOTE DUE 2021

 

CUSIP U07321AG4

No.       

 

 

ISIN USU07321AG44

US$       

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC., a Missouri corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on October 15, 2021 (the “Stated Maturity”) the Initial Principal Amount specified on Schedule A hereto (such Initial Principal Amount, as it may from time to time be adjusted by endorsement on Schedule A hereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Principal Amount”), or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall initially equal US $                                  in the aggregate) as may be set forth in the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture and to pay interest thereon from June 13, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 in each year, commencing October 15, 2019, at the rate of 4.500% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of any interest on the Securities (other than at Maturity) may be made, in the case of a Holder of at least US$10,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities, by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank, provided that such registered Holder shall have provided the Trustee written wire instructions at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.  Unless such designation is revoked by written notice to the Issuer or a Paying Agent, any such

 


 

designation made by such Holder with respect to such Securities will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Securities payable to such Holder.  The Issuer will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by electronic funds transfer.

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 13, 2019 among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), Additional Interest may be payable in respect of this Security.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

In certain circumstances, Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of this Security in accordance with terms of the Indenture.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any payments on this Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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

 

This Security shall be entitled to the benefits under the Indenture and be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the Securities have not been signed by the Issuer or the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

Dated:

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Regulation S Note]

 


 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof; provided, however, that the Issuer may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Securities (except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment date), which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

This Security is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and ranks in right of payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (and without any preference among themselves) and the Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, except, in each case, for indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

 

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date prior to July 15, 2021 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

For the purposes of this Security:

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not

 


 

contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Applicable Margin” means 0.40%.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by

 


 

such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On or after July 15, 2021, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

In addition to its ability to redeem this Security pursuant to the foregoing, this Security may be redeemed by the Issuer on the terms set forth, and as more fully described, in Section 1108 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances where the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts due to certain changes in the tax treatment of this Security or the Guarantees.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of the Securities of such Holder properly tendered at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the series of which this Security is a part or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

In any case where the due date for the payment of the Principal Amount of, or any premium or interest with respect to any Security or the date fixed for redemption of any Security

 


 

shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment, then payment of the Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, including any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereto need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in Principal Amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any of them, with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

The Guarantors that are a party to the Indenture as at, or subsequent to, the date of authentication of this Security (including any New Guarantors in accordance with Section 1011 of the Indenture and subject to release of any Subsidiary Guarantor(s) in accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture), have fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantees contained in Article Thirteen of the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture.  The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantees and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and reference is made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

 

Within 30 days of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee deliver a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 day period, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 


 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

In accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture, any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under the Indenture and the Securities without the consent of any Holder.  Such release will occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and upon the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying that the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Relevant Guarantor, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 


 

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

 

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

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

This Security and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided, however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the authorization and execution of any notation of the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen of the Indenture or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on this Security, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

All terms used in this Security are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 


 

Schedule A

 

By purchasing this Security, the Holder hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

 

Initial Principal Amount:  US$

 

Date
adjustment
made

 

Principal
amount
increase

 

Principal
amount
decrease

 

Principal
amount
following
adjustment

 

Notation made
on behalf of the
Security
Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Annex A-4

Form of Late Tender Regulation S Global Security

 


 

Restricted Global Security

 

REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON, UNLESS SUCH SECURITY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREOF IS AVAILABLE.  THE FOREGOING SHALL NOT APPLY FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF FORTY DAYS FROM THE LATER OF (1) THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS FIRST OFFERED AND (2) THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF THE SECURITIES.

 


 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

4.500% GUARANTEED SENIOR NOTE DUE 2021

 

CUSIP U07321AH2

No.           

 

 

ISIN USU07321AH27

US$           

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC., a Missouri corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on October 15, 2021 (the “Stated Maturity”) the Initial Principal Amount specified on Schedule A hereto (such Initial Principal Amount, as it may from time to time be adjusted by endorsement on Schedule A hereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Principal Amount”), or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall initially equal US$                              in the aggregate) as may be set forth in the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture and to pay interest thereon from June 13, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 in each year, commencing October 15, 2019, at the rate of 4.500% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of any interest on the Securities (other than at Maturity) may be made, in the case of a Holder of at least US$10,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities, by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank, provided that such registered Holder shall have provided the Trustee written wire instructions at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.  Unless such designation is revoked by written notice to the Issuer or a Paying Agent, any such

 


 

designation made by such Holder with respect to such Securities will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Securities payable to such Holder.  The Issuer will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by electronic funds transfer.

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 13, 2019 among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), Additional Interest may be payable in respect of this Security.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

In certain circumstances, Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of this Security in accordance with terms of the Indenture.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any payments on this Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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

 

This Security shall be entitled to the benefits under the Indenture and be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the Securities have not been signed by the Issuer or the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Title:

 

[Signature Page to Regulation S Note]

 


 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

Dated:

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Trustee

 

 

By

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Regulation S Note]

 


 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof; provided, however, that the Issuer may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Securities (except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment date), which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

This Security is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and ranks in right of payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (and without any preference among themselves) and the Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, except, in each case, for indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

 

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date prior to July 15, 2021 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

For the purposes of this Security:

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not

 


 

contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Applicable Margin” means 0.40%.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by

 


 

such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On or after July 15, 2021, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

In addition to its ability to redeem this Security pursuant to the foregoing, this Security may be redeemed by the Issuer on the terms set forth, and as more fully described, in Section 1108 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances where the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts due to certain changes in the tax treatment of this Security or the Guarantees.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of the Securities of such Holder properly tendered at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the series of which this Security is a part or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

In any case where the due date for the payment of the Principal Amount of, or any premium or interest with respect to any Security or the date fixed for redemption of any Security

 


 

shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment, then payment of the Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, including any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereto need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in Principal Amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any of them, with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

The Guarantors that are a party to the Indenture as at, or subsequent to, the date of authentication of this Security (including any New Guarantors in accordance with Section 1011 of the Indenture and subject to release of any Subsidiary Guarantor(s) in accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture), have fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantees contained in Article Thirteen of the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture.  The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantees and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and reference is made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

 

Within 30 days of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee deliver a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 day period, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 


 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

In accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture, any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under the Indenture and the Securities without the consent of any Holder.  Such release will occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and upon the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying that the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Relevant Guarantor, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 


 

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

 

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

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

This Security and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided, however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the authorization and execution of any notation of the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen of the Indenture or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on this Security, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

All terms used in this Security are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 


 

Schedule A

 

By purchasing this Security, the Holder hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

 

Initial Principal Amount:  US$

 

Date
adjustment
made

 

Principal
amount
increase

 

Principal
amount
decrease

 

Principal
amount
following
adjustment

 

Notation made
on behalf of the
Security
Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



EX-4.4 10 a2240897zex-4_4.htm EX-4.4

Exhibit 4.4

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

 

June 13, 2019

 

This Officer’s Certificate is being delivered pursuant to Sections 102, 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture (as defined below).

 

The undersigned Authorized Officer of Bemis Company, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, Amcor plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands with limited liability (the “Parent Guarantor”), Amcor Limited (ABN 000 017 372), a company incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (“Amcor Limited”), Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“AFUI”), and Amcor UK Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with limited liability (together with Amcor Limited, AFUI and the Parent Guarantor, the “Original  Guarantors”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”), that there is hereby established a single series of Securities (as that term is defined in the Indenture), the terms of which shall be as follows and as further set forth in the attached forms of Securities:

 

3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026

 

1.                                      Title.  The designation of one series of the Securities shall be 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Securities”).

 

2.                                      Principal Amount.  The initial aggregate principal amount of the Securities shall be US$293,200,000.  The Company may, without the consent of the Holders, increase such principal amount in the future on the same terms and conditions as the Securities.  There is no limit on the aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be outstanding at any time.

 

3.                                      Persons Entitled to Interest.  Subject to the provisions of Section 307 of the Indenture, interest will be payable to the Person in whose name a Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date (as defined below) for such interest.

 

4.                                      Payment of Principal.  The principal amount of the Securities shall be payable in full on September 15, 2026, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and subject to Clauses 8 and 9 below.

 

5.                                      Interest Rates and Interest Payment Dates.  The Securities shall bear interest at the rate of 3.100% per annum from the date hereof or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing September 15, 2019, until the principal amount of the Securities has been paid or duly provided for.  On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below), Additional Interest may be payable by the Company in respect of the Securities.

 


 

All references herein to “interest” include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mentions of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.  The “Regular Record Date” for interest payable with respect to the Securities on an Interest Payment Date shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each Interest Payment Date (whether or not such date is a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  Any payment of principal, Make-Whole Amount or interest required to be made on any date that is not a Business Day will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that payment was due and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after the date that payment was due to the date of payment on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

6.                                      Place of Payment.  Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on the Securities will be made at the office or agency of the Company or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in New York; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Security Register; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, a Holder of US$10,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may elect to receive payments of any interest on the Notes (other than at Maturity) by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by such holder if appropriate wire transfer instructions are received by the Paying Agent not less than 15 calendar days prior to the date for payment.

 

7.                                      Optional Redemption.  Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of the Indenture, the Securities may be redeemed by the Company on any date prior to June 15, 2026 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”) upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  On or after June 15, 2026, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Company on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”) in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such Par Call Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date or a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

As used in this Certificate:

 

Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities

 


 

adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

Applicable Margin” means 0.25%.

 

Comparable Treasury Issue” means, the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Company, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of the Indenture.

 


 

Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Company that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or any portion of the Securities called for redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest.  On or before the Redemption Date, the Company will deposit with a paying agent or the Trustee money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued interest on the Securities to be redeemed on that date.  If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the depositary.

 

The Trustee may select for redemption Securities and portions of Securities in amounts of US$2,000 or integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof.

 

8.                                      Purchase Upon Change of Control.  Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Securities in accordance with their terms, each Holder of Securities will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Securities pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of the Securities to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 


 

9.                                      Form of Securities.  The Early Tender Restricted Global Security and the Late Tender Restricted Global Security shall be in substantially the respective forms attached hereto as Annexes A-1 and A-2, respectively.  The Regulation S Global Security shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex A-3.

 

10.                               Guarantees.  The Securities will be entitled to the benefits of the Guarantees afforded by Article 13 of the Indenture and, as of the time of issuance of the Securities, will be guaranteed by the Original Guarantors.

 

11.                               Sinking Fund.  The Company shall not be obligated to redeem or purchase the Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions.

 

12.                               Denominations of Securities.  The Securities will be issued in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof.

 

13.                               Defeasance.  The Securities shall be defeasible as provided in Section 1202 and Section 1203 of the Indenture.

 

14.                               Global Securities.  The Securities may be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities.  The initial depositary for such Global Securities shall be The Depository Trust Company.

 

15.                               Securities Act Legend.

 

a.                                      The Early Tender Restricted Global Security and the Late Tender Restricted Global Security will bear the legends included in the respective forms of Restricted Global Security attached hereto as Annexes A-1 and A-2.

 

b.                                      The Regulation S Global Security shall bear the legend included in the form of Regulation S Global Security attached hereto as Annex A-3.

 

16.                               Listing.  The Securities will not be listed on any stock exchange.

 

17.                               Further Issuance.  The Company may from time to time without the consent of Holders, create and issue further Securities in the same series on the same terms and conditions as the Securities (except for the issue date and, under certain circumstance, the first interest payment date), which additional securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

18.                               CUSIP and ISIN.  The Early Tender Restricted Global Security will be issued with CUSIP number 081437AP0 and ISIN number US081437AP04 and the Late Tender Restricted Global Security will be issued with CUSIP number 081437AQ8 and ISIN number US081437AQ86.  The Regulation S Global Security will be issued with CUSIP number U07321AJ8 and ISIN number USU07321AJ82.

 

19.                               Registration Rights Agreement.  The Securities will be entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Company, the Original

 


 

Guarantors, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC to be dated the date hereof (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).

 

20.                               Section 102 Certification.  The undersigned Authorized Officer of the Company hereby further certifies that (i) I have read the conditions of Sections 102, 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture and the definitions relating thereto, (ii) I have examined the Indenture, the specimen forms of the Securities attached hereto as Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 the resolutions relating thereto adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and such other documents deemed necessary or appropriate in order to give this certification, (iii) in my opinion, I have made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable me to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the conditions of Sections 102, 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture relating to the issuance of the Securities have been complied with and (iv) in my opinion, the conditions of Sections 102, 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture relating to the issuance of the Securities have been complied with.

 

21.                               Definitions.  Unless the context shall otherwise require, or unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture.

 

[SIGNATURES APPEAR ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate as of the date first written above.

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew Cowper

 

 

Name: Andrew Cowper

 

 

Title: Director

 

[Signature page of Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture]

 


 

Annex A-1

Form of Early Tender Restricted Global Security

 


 

Restricted Global Security

 

RULE 144A GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

NEITHER THIS GLOBAL SECURITY NOR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) TO BEMIS COMPANY, INC. (THE “ISSUER”), (2) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR BUYERS IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (3) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (4) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.  THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, REPRESENTS AND AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS, AND THE TRUSTEE THAT IT IS (A) A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (B) NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF (OR AN ACCOUNT SATISFYING THE

 


 

REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (K)(2) OF RULE 902 UNDER) REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.  IN ANY CASE THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING TRANSACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS SECURITY EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THE SECURITIES ACT.  THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED ONLY IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE.

 


 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

3.100% GUARANTEED SENIOR NOTE DUE 2026

 

CUSIP 081437AP0

 

No.         

 

 

 

ISIN US081437AP04

 

US$         

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC., a Missouri corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on September 15, 2026 (the “Stated Maturity”) the Initial Principal Amount specified on Schedule A hereto (such Initial Principal Amount, as it may from time to time be adjusted by endorsement on Schedule A hereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Principal Amount”), or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall initially equal US$              in the aggregate) as may be set forth in the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture and to pay interest thereon from June 13, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 in each year, commencing September 15, 2019, at the rate of 3.100% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of any interest on the Securities (other than at Maturity) may be made, in the case of a Holder of at least US$10,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities, by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank, provided that such registered Holder shall have provided the Trustee written wire instructions at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.  Unless such designation is revoked by written notice to the Issuer or a Paying Agent, any such

 


 

designation made by such Holder with respect to such Securities will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Securities payable to such Holder.  The Issuer will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by electronic funds transfer.

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 13, 2019 among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), Additional Interest may be payable in respect of this Security.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

In certain circumstances, Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of this Security in accordance with terms of the Indenture.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any payments on this Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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

 

This Security shall be entitled to the benefits under the Indenture and be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the Securities have not been signed by the Issuer or the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

[Signature Page to Rule 144A Note]

 


 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

Dated:

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Rule 144A Note]

 


 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof; provided, however, that the Issuer may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Securities (except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment date), which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

This Security is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and ranks in right of payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (and without any preference among themselves) and the Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, except, in each case, for indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

 

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date prior to June 15, 2026 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

For the purposes of this Security:

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not

 


 

contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Applicable Margin” means 0.25%.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by

 


 

such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On or after June 15, 2026, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

In addition to its ability to redeem this Security pursuant to the foregoing, this Security may be redeemed by the Issuer on the terms set forth, and as more fully described, in Section 1108 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances where the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts due to certain changes in the tax treatment of this Security or the Guarantees.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of the Securities of such Holder properly tendered at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the series of which this Security is a part or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

In any case where the due date for the payment of the Principal Amount of, or any premium or interest with respect to any Security or the date fixed for redemption of any Security

 


 

shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment, then payment of the Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, including any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereto need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in Principal Amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any of them, with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

The Guarantors that are a party to the Indenture as at, or subsequent to, the date of authentication of this Security (including any New Guarantors in accordance with Section 1011 of the Indenture and subject to release of any Subsidiary Guarantor(s) in accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture), have fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantees contained in Article Thirteen of the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture.  The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantees and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and reference is made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

 

Within 30 days of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee deliver a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 day period, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 


 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

In accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture, any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under the Indenture and the Securities without the consent of any Holder.  Such release will occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and upon the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying that the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Relevant Guarantor, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 


 

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

 

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

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

This Security and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided, however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the authorization and execution of any notation of the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen of the Indenture or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on this Security, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

All terms used in this Security are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 


 

 

Schedule A

 

By purchasing this Security, the Holder hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

 

Initial Principal Amount:  US$          

 

Date 
adjustment
made

 

Principal 
amount 
increase

 

Principal 
amount 
decrease

 

Principal 
amount 
following 
adjustment

 

Notation made 
on behalf of the 
Security 
Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Annex A-2

Form of Late Tender Restricted Global Security

 


 

Restricted Global Security

 

RULE 144A GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

NEITHER THIS GLOBAL SECURITY NOR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) TO BEMIS COMPANY, INC. (THE “ISSUER”), (2) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR BUYERS IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (3) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (4) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.  THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, REPRESENTS AND AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS, AND THE TRUSTEE THAT IT IS (A) A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (B) NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF (OR AN ACCOUNT SATISFYING THE

 


 

REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (K)(2) OF RULE 902 UNDER) REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.  IN ANY CASE THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING TRANSACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS SECURITY EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THE SECURITIES ACT.  THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED ONLY IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE.

 


 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

3.100% GUARANTEED SENIOR NOTE DUE 2026

 

CUSIP 081437AQ8

No.         

 

 

ISIN US081437AQ86

US$         

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC., a Missouri corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on September 15, 2026 (the “Stated Maturity”) the Initial Principal Amount specified on Schedule A hereto (such Initial Principal Amount, as it may from time to time be adjusted by endorsement on Schedule A hereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Principal Amount”), or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall initially equal US$                      in the aggregate) as may be set forth in the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture and to pay interest thereon from June 13, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 in each year, commencing September 15, 2019, at the rate of 3.100% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of any interest on the Securities (other than at Maturity) may be made, in the case of a Holder of at least US$10,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities, by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank, provided that such registered Holder shall have provided the Trustee written wire instructions at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.  Unless such designation is revoked by written notice to the Issuer or a Paying Agent, any such

 


 

designation made by such Holder with respect to such Securities will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Securities payable to such Holder.  The Issuer will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by electronic funds transfer.

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 13, 2019 among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), Additional Interest may be payable in respect of this Security.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

In certain circumstances, Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of this Security in accordance with terms of the Indenture.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any payments on this Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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

 

This Security shall be entitled to the benefits under the Indenture and be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the Securities have not been signed by the Issuer or the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

[Signature Page to Rule 144A Note]

 


 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

Dated:

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Rule 144A Note]

 


 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof; provided, however, that the Issuer may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Securities (except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment date), which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

This Security is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and ranks in right of payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (and without any preference among themselves) and the Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, except, in each case, for indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

 

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date prior to June 15, 2026 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

For the purposes of this Security:

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not

 


 

contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Applicable Margin” means 0.25%.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by

 


 

 

such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an

 

Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On or after June 15, 2026, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

In addition to its ability to redeem this Security pursuant to the foregoing, this Security may be redeemed by the Issuer on the terms set forth, and as more fully described, in Section 1108 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances where the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts due to certain changes in the tax treatment of this Security or the Guarantees.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of the Securities of such Holder properly tendered at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the series of which this Security is a part or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 


 

In any case where the due date for the payment of the Principal Amount of, or any premium or interest with respect to any Security or the date fixed for redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment, then payment of the Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, including any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereto need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in Principal Amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any of them, with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

The Guarantors that are a party to the Indenture as at, or subsequent to, the date of authentication of this Security (including any New Guarantors in accordance with Section 1011 of the Indenture and subject to release of any Subsidiary Guarantor(s) in accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture), have fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantees contained in Article Thirteen of the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture.  The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantees and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and reference is made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

 

Within 30 days of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee deliver a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 day period, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 


 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

In accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture, any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under the Indenture and the Securities without the consent of any Holder.  Such release will occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and upon the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying that the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Relevant Guarantor, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 


 

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

 

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

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

This Security and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided, however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the authorization and execution of any notation of the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen of the Indenture or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on this Security, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

All terms used in this Security are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 


Schedule A

 

By purchasing this Security, the Holder hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

 

Initial Principal Amount:  US$

 

Date
adjustment
made

 

Principal
amount
increase

 

Principal
amount
following
adjustment

 

Principal
amount
decrease

 

Notation made
on behalf of the
Security
Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Annex A-3

Form of Regulation S Global Security

 


 

Restricted Global Security

 

REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON, UNLESS SUCH SECURITY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREOF IS AVAILABLE.  THE FOREGOING SHALL NOT APPLY FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF FORTY DAYS FROM THE LATER OF (1) THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS FIRST OFFERED AND (2) THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF THE SECURITIES.

 


 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

3.100% GUARANTEED SENIOR NOTE DUE 2026

 

CUSIP U07321AJ8

No.        

 

 

ISIN USU07321AJ82

US$        

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC., a Missouri corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on September 15, 2026 (the “Stated Maturity”) the Initial Principal Amount specified on Schedule A hereto (such Initial Principal Amount, as it may from time to time be adjusted by endorsement on Schedule A hereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Principal Amount”), or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall initially equal US$                  in the aggregate) as may be set forth in the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture and to pay interest thereon from June 13, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 in each year, commencing September 15, 2019, at the rate of 3.100% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of any interest on the Securities (other than at Maturity) may be made, in the case of a Holder of at least US$10,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities, by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank, provided that such registered Holder shall have provided the Trustee written wire instructions at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.  Unless such designation is revoked by written notice to the Issuer or a Paying Agent, any such

 


 

designation made by such Holder with respect to such Securities will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Securities payable to such Holder.  The Issuer will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by electronic funds transfer.

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 13, 2019 among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), Additional Interest may be payable in respect of this Security.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

In certain circumstances, Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of this Security in accordance with terms of the Indenture.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any payments on this Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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

 

This Security shall be entitled to the benefits under the Indenture and be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the Securities have not been signed by the Issuer or the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

[Signature Page to Regulation S Note]

 


 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

Dated:

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Regulation S Note]

 


 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof; provided, however, that the Issuer may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Securities (except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment date), which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

This Security is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and ranks in right of payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (and without any preference among themselves) and the Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, except, in each case, for indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

 

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date prior to June 15, 2026 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

For the purposes of this Security:

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not

 


 

contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Applicable Margin” means 0.25%.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by

 


 

such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an

 

Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On or after June 15, 2026, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

In addition to its ability to redeem this Security pursuant to the foregoing, this Security may be redeemed by the Issuer on the terms set forth, and as more fully described, in Section 1108 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances where the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts due to certain changes in the tax treatment of this Security or the Guarantees.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of the Securities of such Holder properly tendered at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the series of which this Security is a part or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 


 

In any case where the due date for the payment of the Principal Amount of, or any premium or interest with respect to any Security or the date fixed for redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment, then payment of the Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, including any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereto need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in Principal Amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any of them, with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

The Guarantors that are a party to the Indenture as at, or subsequent to, the date of authentication of this Security (including any New Guarantors in accordance with Section 1011 of the Indenture and subject to release of any Subsidiary Guarantor(s) in accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture), have fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantees contained in Article Thirteen of the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture.  The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantees and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and reference is made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

 

Within 30 days of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee deliver a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 day period, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 


 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

In accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture, any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under the Indenture and the Securities without the consent of any Holder.  Such release will occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and upon the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying that the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Relevant Guarantor, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 


 

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

 

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

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security

 

is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

This Security and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided, however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the authorization and execution of any notation of the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen of the Indenture or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on this Security, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

All terms used in this Security are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 


 

Schedule A

 

By purchasing this Security, the Holder hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

 

Initial Principal Amount:  US$

 

Date
adjustment
made

 

Principal
amount
increase

 

Principal
amount
following
adjustment

 

Principal
amount
decrease

 

Notation made
on behalf of the
Security
Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



EX-4.9 11 a2240897zex-4_9.htm EX-4.9

Exhibit 4.9

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

 

June 13, 2019

 

This Officer’s Certificate is being delivered pursuant to Sections 102, 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture (as defined below).

 

The undersigned Authorized Officer of Amcor Finance (USA) Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, Amcor plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands with limited liability (the “Parent Guarantor”), Amcor Limited (ABN 000 017 372), a company incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (“Amcor Limited”), Bemis Company, Inc., a Missouri corporation (“Bemis”), and Amcor UK Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with limited liability (together with Amcor Limited, Bemis and the Parent Guarantor, the “Original Guarantors”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”), that there is hereby established a single series of Securities (as that term is defined in the Indenture), the terms of which shall be as follows and as further set forth in the attached forms of Securities:

 

3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026

 

1.             Title.  The designation of one series of the Securities shall be 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Securities”).

 

2.             Principal Amount.  The initial aggregate principal amount of the Securities shall be US$591,266,000.  The Company may, without the consent of the Holders, increase such principal amount in the future on the same terms and conditions as the Securities.  There is no limit on the aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be outstanding at any time.

 

3.             Persons Entitled to Interest.  Subject to the provisions of Section 307 of the Indenture, interest will be payable to the Person in whose name a Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date (as defined below) for such interest.

 

4.             Payment of Principal.  The principal amount of the Securities shall be payable in full on April 28, 2026, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and subject to Clauses 8 and 9 below.

 

5.             Interest Rates and Interest Payment Dates.  The Securities shall bear interest at the rate of 3.625% per annum from the date hereof or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually on April 28 and October 28 in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing October 28, 2019, until the principal amount of the Securities has been paid or duly provided for.  On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below), Additional Interest may be payable by the Company in respect of the Securities.  All references herein to “interest” include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the

 


 

manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mentions of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.  The “Regular Record Date” for interest payable with respect to the Securities on an Interest Payment Date shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each Interest Payment Date (whether or not such date is a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  Any payment of principal, Make-Whole Amount or interest required to be made on any date that is not a Business Day will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that payment was due and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after the date that payment was due to the date of payment on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

6.             Place of Payment.  Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on the Securities will be made at the office or agency of the Company or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in New York; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Security Register; and provided further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, a Holder of US$10,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may elect to receive payments of any interest on the Notes (other than at Maturity) by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by such holder if appropriate wire transfer instructions are received by the Paying Agent not less than 15 calendar days prior to the date for payment.

 

7.             Optional Redemption.  Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of the Indenture, the Securities may be redeemed by the Company on any date prior to January 28, 2026 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”) upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  On or after January 28, 2026, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Company on any date (a “Par Call Redemption  Date”) in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such Par Call Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date or a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

As used in this Certificate:

 

Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,”

 


 

for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

Applicable Margin” means 0.30%.

 

Comparable Treasury Issue” means, the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Company, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of the Indenture.

 


 

Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Company that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or any portion of the Securities called for redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest.  On or before the Redemption Date, the Company will deposit with a paying agent or the Trustee money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued interest on the Securities to be redeemed on that date.  If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the depositary.

 

The Trustee may select for redemption Securities and portions of Securities in amounts of US$2,000 or integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof.

 

8.             Purchase Upon Change of Control.  Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Securities in accordance with their terms, each Holder of Securities will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Securities pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of the Securities to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 


 

9.             Form of Securities.  The Early Tender Restricted Global Security and the Late Tender Restricted Global Security shall be in substantially the respective forms attached hereto as Annexes A-1 and A-2, respectively.  The Early Tender Regulation S Global Security and the Late Tender Regulation S Global Security shall be in substantially the respective forms attached hereto as Annexes A-3 and A-4, respectively.

 

10.          Guarantees.  The Securities will be entitled to the benefits of the Guarantees afforded by Article 13 of the Indenture and, as of the time of issuance of the Securities, will be guaranteed by the Original Guarantors.

 

11.          Sinking Fund.  The Company shall not be obligated to redeem or purchase the Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions.

 

12.          Denominations of Securities.  The Securities will be issued in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof.

 

13.          Defeasance.  The Securities shall be defeasible as provided in Section 1202 and Section 1203 of the Indenture.

 

14.          Global Securities.  The Securities may be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities.  The initial depositary for such Global Securities shall be The Depository Trust Company.

 

15.          Securities Act Legend.

 

a.             The Early Tender Restricted Global Security and the Late Tender Restricted Global Security will bear the legends included in the respective forms of Restricted Global Security attached hereto as Annexes A-1 and A-2.

 

b.             The Early Tender Regulation S Global Security and Late Tender Regulation S Global Security shall bear the legends included in the respective forms of Regulation S Global Security attached hereto as Annexes A-3 and A-4.

 

16.          Listing.  The Securities will not be listed on any stock exchange.

 

17.          Further Issuance.  The Company may from time to time without the consent of Holders, create and issue further Securities in the same series on the same terms and conditions as the Securities (except for the issue date and, under certain circumstance, the first interest payment date), which additional securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

18.          CUSIP and ISIN.  The Early Tender Restricted Global Security will be issued with CUSIP number 02343UAC9 and ISIN number US02343UAC99 and the Late Tender Restricted Global Security will be issued with CUSIP number 02343UAD7 and ISIN number US02343UAD72.  The Early Tender Regulation S Global Security will be issued with CUSIP number U02411AC7 and ISIN number USU02411AC73 and the Late Tender Regulation S Global Security will be issued with CUSIP number U02411AD5 and ISIN number USU02411AD56.

 


 

19.          Registration Rights Agreement.  The Securities will be entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Company, the Original Guarantors, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC to be dated the date hereof (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).

 

20.          Section 102 Certification.  The undersigned Authorized Officer of the Company hereby further certifies that (i) I have read the conditions of Sections 102, 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture and the definitions relating thereto, (ii) I have examined the Indenture, the specimen forms of the Securities attached hereto as Annexes A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4, the resolutions relating thereto adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and such other documents deemed necessary or appropriate in order to give this certification, (iii) in my opinion, I have made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable me to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the conditions of Sections 102, 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture relating to the issuance of the Securities have been complied with and (iv) in my opinion, the conditions of Sections 102, 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture relating to the issuance of the Securities have been complied with.

 

21.          Definitions.  Unless the context shall otherwise require, or unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture.

 

[SIGNATURES APPEAR ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate as of the date first written above.

 

 

By:

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Name: Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Title: Director

 

[Signature page of Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture]

 


 

Annex A-1

Form of Early Tender Restricted Global Security

 


 

Restricted Global Security

 

RULE 144A GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

NEITHER THIS GLOBAL SECURITY NOR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) TO AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC. (THE “ISSUER”), (2) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR BUYERS IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (3) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (4) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.  THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, REPRESENTS AND AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS, AND THE TRUSTEE THAT IT IS (A) A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (B) NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF (OR AN ACCOUNT SATISFYING THE

 


 

REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (K)(2) OF RULE 902 UNDER) REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.  IN ANY CASE THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING TRANSACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS SECURITY EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THE SECURITIES ACT.  THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED ONLY IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE.

 


 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

3.625% GUARANTEED SENIOR NOTE DUE 2026

 

CUSIP 02343UAC9

No.      

 

 

ISIN US02343UAC99

US$     

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on April 28, 2026 (the “Stated Maturity”) the Initial Principal Amount specified on Schedule A hereto (such Initial Principal Amount, as it may from time to time be adjusted by endorsement on Schedule A hereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Principal Amount”), or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall initially equal US$                       in the aggregate) as may be set forth in the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture and to pay interest thereon from June 13, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on April 28 and October 28 in each year, commencing October 28, 2019 at the rate of 3.625% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of any interest on the Securities (other than at Maturity) may be made, in the case of a Holder of at least US$10,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities, by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank, provided that such registered Holder shall have provided the Trustee written wire instructions at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.  Unless such designation is revoked by written notice to the Issuer or a Paying Agent, any such

 


 

designation made by such Holder with respect to such Securities will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Securities payable to such Holder.  The Issuer will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by electronic funds transfer.

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 13, 2019 among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), Additional Interest may be payable in respect of this Security.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

In certain circumstances, Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of this Security in accordance with terms of the Indenture.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any payments on this Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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

 

This Security shall be entitled to the benefits under the Indenture and be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the Securities have not been signed by the Issuer or the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

 

EXECUTED for and on behalf of AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC. by its attorney under power of attorney dated May 7, 2019 in the presence of:

 

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Signature of witness

 

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Signature of Attorney

 

 

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Name of witness

 

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Name of Attorney

 

Each attorney executing this instrument states that he or she has no notice of revocation or suspension of his or her power of attorney.

 

[Signature Page to Rule 144A Note]

 


 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

Dated:

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Rule 144A Note]

 


 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof; provided, however, that the Issuer may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Securities (except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment date), which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

This Security is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and ranks in right of payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (and without any preference among themselves) and the Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, except, in each case, for indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

 

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date prior to January 28, 2026 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

For the purposes of this Security:

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not

 


 

contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Applicable Margin” means 0.30%.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by

 


 

such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On or after January 28, 2026, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

In addition to its ability to redeem this Security pursuant to the foregoing, this Security may be redeemed by the Issuer on the terms set forth, and as more fully described, in Section 1108 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances where the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts due to certain changes in the tax treatment of this Security or the Guarantees.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of the Securities of such Holder properly tendered at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the series of which this Security is a part or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

In any case where the due date for the payment of the Principal Amount of, or any premium or interest with respect to any Security or the date fixed for redemption of any Security

 


 

shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment, then payment of the Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, including any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereto need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the

 

Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in Principal Amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any of them, with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

The Guarantors that are a party to the Indenture as at, or subsequent to, the date of authentication of this Security (including any New Guarantors in accordance with Section 1011 of the Indenture and subject to release of any Subsidiary Guarantor(s) in accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture), have fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantees contained in Article Thirteen of the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture.  The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantees and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and reference is made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

 

Within 30 days of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee deliver a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 day period, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 


 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

In accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture, any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under the Indenture and the Securities without the consent of any Holder.  Such release will occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and upon the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying that the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Relevant Guarantor, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 


 

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

 

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

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

This Security and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided, however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the authorization and execution of any notation of the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen of the Indenture or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on this Security, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

All terms used in this Security are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 


 

Schedule A

 

By purchasing this Security, the Holder hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

 

Initial Principal Amount:  US$

 

Date
adjustment
made

 

Principal
amount
increase

 

Principal
amount
decrease

 

Principal
amount
following
adjustment

 

Notation made
on behalf of the
Security
Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Annex A-2

Form of Late Tender Restricted Global Security

 


 

Restricted Global Security

 

RULE 144A GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

NEITHER THIS GLOBAL SECURITY NOR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) TO AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC. (THE “ISSUER”), (2) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR BUYERS IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (3) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (4) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.  THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, REPRESENTS AND AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS, AND THE TRUSTEE THAT IT IS (A) A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (B) NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF (OR AN ACCOUNT SATISFYING THE

 


 

REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (K)(2) OF RULE 902 UNDER) REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.  IN ANY CASE THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING TRANSACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS SECURITY EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THE SECURITIES ACT.  THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED ONLY IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE.

 


 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

3.625% GUARANTEED SENIOR NOTE DUE 2026

 

CUSIP 02343UAD7

No     .

 

 

ISIN US02343UAD72

US$     

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on April 28, 2026 (the “Stated Maturity”) the Initial Principal Amount specified on Schedule A hereto (such Initial Principal Amount, as it may from time to time be adjusted by endorsement on Schedule A hereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Principal Amount”), or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall initially equal US$                    in the aggregate) as may be set forth in the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture and to pay interest thereon from June 13, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on April 28 and October 28 in each year, commencing October 28, 2019 at the rate of 3.625% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of any interest on the Securities (other than at Maturity) may be made, in the case of a Holder of at least US$10,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities, by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank, provided that such registered Holder shall have provided the Trustee written wire instructions at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.  Unless such designation is revoked by written notice to the Issuer or a Paying Agent, any such

 


 

designation made by such Holder with respect to such Securities will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Securities payable to such Holder.  The Issuer will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by electronic funds transfer.

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 13, 2019 among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), Additional Interest may be payable in respect of this Security.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

In certain circumstances, Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of this Security in accordance with terms of the Indenture.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any payments on this Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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

 

This Security shall be entitled to the benefits under the Indenture and be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the Securities have not been signed by the Issuer or the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

 

EXECUTED for and on behalf of

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AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

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by its attorney under power of

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attorney dated May 7, 2019 in the

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presence of:

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Signature of witness

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Signature of Attorney

 

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Name of witness

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Name of Attorney

 

Each attorney executing this instrument states that he or she has no notice of revocation or suspension of his or her power of attorney.

 

[Signature Page to Rule 144A Note]

 


 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

Dated:

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Rule 144A Note]

 


 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof; provided, however, that the Issuer may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Securities (except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment date), which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

This Security is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and ranks in right of payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (and without any preference among themselves) and the Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, except, in each case, for indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

 

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date prior to January 28, 2026 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

For the purposes of this Security:

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not

 


 

contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Applicable Margin” means 0.30%.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by

 


 

such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On or after January 28, 2026, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

In addition to its ability to redeem this Security pursuant to the foregoing, this Security may be redeemed by the Issuer on the terms set forth, and as more fully described, in Section 1108 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances where the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts due to certain changes in the tax treatment of this Security or the Guarantees.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of the Securities of such Holder properly tendered at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the series of which this Security is a part or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

In any case where the due date for the payment of the Principal Amount of, or any premium or interest with respect to any Security or the date fixed for redemption of any Security

 


 

shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment, then payment of the Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, including any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereto need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the

 

Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in Principal Amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any of them, with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

The Guarantors that are a party to the Indenture as at, or subsequent to, the date of authentication of this Security (including any New Guarantors in accordance with Section 1011 of the Indenture and subject to release of any Subsidiary Guarantor(s) in accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture), have fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantees contained in Article Thirteen of the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture.  The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantees and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and reference is made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

 

Within 30 days of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee deliver a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 day period, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 


 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

In accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture, any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under the Indenture and the Securities without the consent of any Holder.  Such release will occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and upon the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying that the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Relevant Guarantor, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 


 

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

 

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

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

This Security and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided, however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the authorization and execution of any notation of the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen of the Indenture or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on this Security, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

All terms used in this Security are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 


 

Schedule A

 

By purchasing this Security, the Holder hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

 

Initial Principal Amount:  US$

 

Date
adjustment
made

 

Principal
amount
increase

 

Principal
amount
decrease

 

Principal
amount
following
adjustment

 

Notation made
on behalf of the
Security
Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Annex A-3

Form of Early Tender Regulation S Global Security

 


 

Restricted Global Security

 

REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON, UNLESS SUCH SECURITY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREOF IS AVAILABLE.  THE FOREGOING SHALL NOT APPLY FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF FORTY DAYS FROM THE LATER OF (1) THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS FIRST OFFERED AND (2) THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF THE SECURITIES.

 


 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

3.625% GUARANTEED SENIOR NOTE DUE 2026

 

CUSIP U02411AC7

 

No.        

 

 

 

ISIN USU02411AC73

 

US$        

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on April 28, 2026 (the “Stated Maturity”) the Initial Principal Amount specified on Schedule A hereto (such Initial Principal Amount, as it may from time to time be adjusted by endorsement on Schedule A hereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Principal Amount”), or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall initially equal US$                      in the aggregate) as may be set forth in the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture and to pay interest thereon from June 13, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on April 28 and October 28 in each year, commencing October 28, 2019 at the rate of 3.625% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of any interest on the Securities (other than at Maturity) may be made, in the case of a Holder of at least US$10,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities, by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank, provided that such registered Holder shall have provided the Trustee written wire instructions at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.  Unless such designation is revoked by written notice to the Issuer or a Paying Agent, any such

 


 

designation made by such Holder with respect to such Securities will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Securities payable to such Holder.  The Issuer will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by electronic funds transfer.

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 13, 2019 among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), Additional Interest may be payable in respect of this Security.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

In certain circumstances, Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of this Security in accordance with terms of the Indenture.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any payments on this Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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

 

This Security shall be entitled to the benefits under the Indenture and be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the Securities have not been signed by the Issuer or the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

 

EXECUTED for and on behalf of

)

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

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by its attorney under power of

)

 

attorney dated May 7, 2019 in the

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presence of:

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Signature of witness

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Signature of Attorney

 

)

 

 

)

 

Name of witness

)

Name of Attorney

 

Each attorney executing this instrument states that he or she has no notice of revocation or suspension of his or her power of attorney.

 

[Signature Page to Regulation S Note]

 


 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

Dated:

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Regulation S Note]

 


 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof; provided, however, that the Issuer may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Securities (except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment date), which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

This Security is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and ranks in right of payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (and without any preference among themselves) and the Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, except, in each case, for indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

 

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date prior to January 28, 2026 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

For the purposes of this Security:

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not

 


 

contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Applicable Margin” means 0.30%.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by

 


 

such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On or after January 28, 2026, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

In addition to its ability to redeem this Security pursuant to the foregoing, this Security may be redeemed by the Issuer on the terms set forth, and as more fully described, in Section 1108 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances where the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts due to certain changes in the tax treatment of this Security or the Guarantees.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of the Securities of such Holder properly tendered at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the series of which this Security is a part or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

In any case where the due date for the payment of the Principal Amount of, or any premium or interest with respect to any Security or the date fixed for redemption of any Security

 


 

shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment, then payment of the Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, including any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereto need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in Principal Amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any of them, with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

The Guarantors that are a party to the Indenture as at, or subsequent to, the date of authentication of this Security (including any New Guarantors in accordance with Section 1011 of the Indenture and subject to release of any Subsidiary Guarantor(s) in accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture), have fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantees contained in Article Thirteen of the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture.  The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantees and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and reference is made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

 

Within 30 days of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee deliver a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 day period, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 


 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

In accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture, any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under the Indenture and the Securities without the consent of any Holder.  Such release will occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and upon the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying that the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Relevant Guarantor, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 


 

 

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

 

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

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

This Security and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided, however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the authorization and execution of any notation of the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen of the Indenture or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on this Security, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

All terms used in this Security are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 


 

Schedule A

 

By purchasing this Security, the Holder hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

 

Initial Principal Amount:  US$                     

 

Date
adjustment
made

 

Principal
amount
increase

 

Principal
amount
decrease

 

Principal
amount
following
adjustment

 

Notation made
on behalf of the
Security
Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Annex A-4

Form of Late Tender Regulation S Global Security

 


 

Restricted Global Security

 

REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON, UNLESS SUCH SECURITY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREOF IS AVAILABLE.  THE FOREGOING SHALL NOT APPLY FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF FORTY DAYS FROM THE LATER OF (1) THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS FIRST OFFERED AND (2) THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF THE SECURITIES.

 


 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

3.625% GUARANTEED SENIOR NOTE DUE 2026

 

CUSIP U02411AD5

 

No.        

 

 

 

ISIN USU02411AD56

 

US$        

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on April 28, 2026 (the “Stated Maturity”) the Initial Principal Amount specified on Schedule A hereto (such Initial Principal Amount, as it may from time to time be adjusted by endorsement on Schedule A hereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Principal Amount”), or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall initially equal US$                 in the aggregate) as may be set forth in the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture and to pay interest thereon from June 13, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on April 28 and October 28 in each year, commencing October 28, 2019 at the rate of 3.625% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of any interest on the Securities (other than at Maturity) may be made, in the case of a Holder of at least US$10,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities, by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank, provided that such registered Holder shall have provided the Trustee written wire instructions at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.  Unless such designation is revoked by written notice to the Issuer or a Paying Agent, any such

 


 

designation made by such Holder with respect to such Securities will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Securities payable to such Holder.  The Issuer will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by electronic funds transfer.

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 13, 2019 among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), Additional Interest may be payable in respect of this Security.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

In certain circumstances, Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of this Security in accordance with terms of the Indenture.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any payments on this Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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

 

This Security shall be entitled to the benefits under the Indenture and be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the Securities have not been signed by the Issuer or the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

 

EXECUTED for and on behalf of

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AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

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by its attorney under power of

)

 

attorney dated May 7, 2019 in the

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presence of:

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Signature of witness

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Signature of Attorney

 

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)

 

Name of witness

)

Name of Attorney

 

Each attorney executing this instrument states that he or she has no notice of revocation or suspension of his or her power of attorney.

 

[Signature Page to Regulation S Note]

 


 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

Dated:

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Regulation S Note]

 


 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof; provided, however, that the Issuer may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Securities (except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment date), which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

This Security is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and ranks in right of payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (and without any preference among themselves) and the Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, except, in each case, for indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

 

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date prior to January 28, 2026 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

For the purposes of this Security:

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not

 


 

contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Applicable Margin” means 0.30%.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by

 


 

 

such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On or after January 28, 2026, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

In addition to its ability to redeem this Security pursuant to the foregoing, this Security may be redeemed by the Issuer on the terms set forth, and as more fully described, in Section 1108 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances where the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts due to certain changes in the tax treatment of this Security or the Guarantees.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of the Securities of such Holder properly tendered at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the series of which this Security is a part or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

In any case where the due date for the payment of the Principal Amount of, or any premium or interest with respect to any Security or the date fixed for redemption of any Security

 


 

shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment, then payment of the Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, including any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereto need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in Principal Amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any of them, with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

The Guarantors that are a party to the Indenture as at, or subsequent to, the date of authentication of this Security (including any New Guarantors in accordance with Section 1011 of the Indenture and subject to release of any Subsidiary Guarantor(s) in accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture), have fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantees contained in Article Thirteen of the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture.  The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantees and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and reference is made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

 

Within 30 days of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee deliver a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 day period, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 


 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

In accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture, any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under the Indenture and the Securities without the consent of any Holder.  Such release will occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and upon the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying that the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Relevant Guarantor, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 


 

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

 

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

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

This Security and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided, however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the authorization and execution of any notation of the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen of the Indenture or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on this Security, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

All terms used in this Security are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 


 

Schedule A

 

By purchasing this Security, the Holder hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

 

Initial Principal Amount:  US$

 

Date 
adjustment 
made

 

Principal 
amount 
increase

 

Principal 
amount 
decrease

 

Principal 
amount 
following 
adjustment

 

Notation made 
on behalf of the 
Security 
Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



EX-4.11 12 a2240897zex-4_11.htm EX-4.11

Exhibit 4.11

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

 

June 13, 2019

 

This Officer’s Certificate is being delivered pursuant to Sections 102, 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture (as defined below).

 

The undersigned Authorized Officer of Amcor Finance (USA) Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, Amcor plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands with limited liability (the “Parent Guarantor”), Amcor Limited (ABN 000 017 372), a company incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (“Amcor Limited”), Bemis Company, Inc., a Missouri corporation (“Bemis”), and Amcor UK Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with limited liability (together with Amcor Limited, Bemis and the Parent Guarantor, the “Original Guarantors”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”), that there is hereby established a single series of Securities (as that term is defined in the Indenture), the terms of which shall be as follows and as further set forth in the attached forms of Securities:

 

4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028

 

1.                                      Title.  The designation of one series of the Securities shall be 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Securities”).

 

2.                                      Principal Amount.  The initial aggregate principal amount of the Securities shall be US$497,508,000.  The Company may, without the consent of the Holders, increase such principal amount in the future on the same terms and conditions as the Securities.  There is no limit on the aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be outstanding at any time.

 

3.                                      Persons Entitled to Interest.  Subject to the provisions of Section 307 of the Indenture, interest will be payable to the Person in whose name a Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date (as defined below) for such interest.

 

4.                                      Payment of Principal.  The principal amount of the Securities shall be payable in full on May 15, 2028, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and subject to Clauses 8 and 9 below.

 

5.                                      Interest Rates and Interest Payment Dates.  The Securities shall bear interest at the rate of 4.500% per annum from the date hereof or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing November 15, 2019, until the principal amount of the Securities has been paid or duly provided for.  On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below), Additional Interest may be payable by the Company in respect of the Securities.  All references herein to “interest” include mention of Additional Interest to the extent

 


 

and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mentions of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.  The “Regular Record Date” for interest payable with respect to the Securities on an Interest Payment Date shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each Interest Payment Date (whether or not such date is a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  Any payment of principal, Make-Whole Amount or interest required to be made on any date that is not a Business Day will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that payment was due and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after the date that payment was due to the date of payment on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

6.                                      Place of Payment.  Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on the Securities will be made at the office or agency of the Company or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in New York; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Security Register; and provided further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, a Holder of US$10,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may elect to receive payments of any interest on the Notes (other than at Maturity) by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by such holder if appropriate wire transfer instructions are received by the Paying Agent not less than 15 calendar days prior to the date for payment.

 

7.                                      Optional Redemption.  Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of the Indenture, the Securities may be redeemed by the Company on any date prior to February 15, 2028 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”) upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  On or after February 15, 2028, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Company on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”) in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such Par Call Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date or a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

As used in this Certificate:

 

Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,”

 


 

for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

Applicable Margin” means 0.25%.

 

Comparable Treasury Issue” means, the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Company, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of the Indenture.

 


 

Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Company that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or any portion of the Securities called for redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest.  On or before the Redemption Date, the Company will deposit with a paying agent or the Trustee money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued interest on the Securities to be redeemed on that date.  If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the depositary.

 

The Trustee may select for redemption Securities and portions of Securities in amounts of US$2,000 or integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof.

 

8.                                      Purchase Upon Change of Control.  Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Securities in accordance with their terms, each Holder of Securities will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Securities pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of the Securities to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 


 

9.                                      Form of Securities.  The Restricted Global Security shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex A-1.  The Early Tender Regulation S Global Security and the Late Tender Regulation S Global Security shall be in substantially the respective forms attached hereto as Annexes A-2 and A-3, respectively.

 

10.                               Guarantees.  The Securities will be entitled to the benefits of the Guarantees afforded by Article 13 of the Indenture and, as of the time of issuance of the Securities, will be guaranteed by the Original Guarantors.

 

11.                               Sinking Fund.  The Company shall not be obligated to redeem or purchase the Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions.

 

12.                               Denominations of Securities.  The Securities will be issued in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof.

 

13.                               Defeasance.  The Securities shall be defeasible as provided in Section 1202 and Section 1203 of the Indenture.

 

14.                               Global Securities.  The Securities may be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities.  The initial depositary for such Global Securities shall be The Depository Trust Company.

 

15.                               Securities Act Legend.

 

a.                                      The Restricted Global Security will bear the legend included in the form of Restricted Global Security attached hereto as Annex A-1.

 

b.                                      The Early Tender Regulation S Global Security and Late Tender Regulation S Global Security shall bear the legends included in the respective forms of Regulation S Global Security attached hereto as Annexes A-2 and A-3.

 

16.                               Listing.  The Securities will not be listed on any stock exchange.

 

17.                               Further Issuance.  The Company may from time to time without the consent of Holders, create and issue further Securities in the same series on the same terms and conditions as the Securities (except for the issue date and, under certain circumstance, the first interest payment date), which additional securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

18.                               CUSIP and ISIN.  The Restricted Global Security will be issued with CUSIP number 02343UAE5 and ISIN number US02343UAE55.  The Early Tender Regulation S Global Security will be issued with CUSIP number U02411AE3 and ISIN number USU02411AE30 and the Late Tender Regulation S Global Security will be issued with CUSIP number U02411AF0 and ISIN number USU02411AF05.

 

19.                               Registration Rights Agreement.  The Securities will be entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Company, the Original

 


 

Guarantors, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC to be dated the date hereof (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).

 

20.                               Section 102 Certification.  The undersigned Authorized Officer of the Company hereby further certifies that (i) I have read the conditions of Sections 102, 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture and the definitions relating thereto, (ii) I have examined the Indenture, the specimen forms of the Securities attached hereto as Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3, the resolutions relating thereto adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and such other documents deemed necessary or appropriate in order to give this certification, (iii) in my opinion, I have made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable me to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the conditions of Sections 102, 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture relating to the issuance of the Securities have been complied with and (iv) in my opinion, the conditions of Sections 102, 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture relating to the issuance of the Securities have been complied with.

 

19.                               Definitions.  Unless the context shall otherwise require, or unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture.

 

[SIGNATURES APPEAR ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate as of the date first written above.

 

 

By:

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Name:

Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Title:

Director

 

[Signature page of Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture]

 


 

Annex A-1
Form of Restricted Global Security

 


 

Restricted Global Security

 

RULE 144A GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

NEITHER THIS GLOBAL SECURITY NOR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) TO AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC. (THE “ISSUER”), (2) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR BUYERS IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (3) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (4) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.  THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, REPRESENTS AND AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS, AND THE TRUSTEE THAT IT IS (A) A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (B) NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF (OR AN ACCOUNT SATISFYING THE

 


 

REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (K)(2) OF RULE 902 UNDER) REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.  IN ANY CASE THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING TRANSACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS SECURITY EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THE SECURITIES ACT.  THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED ONLY IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE.

 


 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

4.500% GUARANTEED SENIOR NOTE DUE 2028

 

CUSIP 02343UAE5

No.

 

ISIN US02343UAE55

US$

 

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on May 15, 2028 (the “Stated Maturity”) the Initial Principal Amount specified on Schedule A hereto (such Initial Principal Amount, as it may from time to time be adjusted by endorsement on Schedule A hereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Principal Amount”), or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall initially equal US$                           in the aggregate) as may be set forth in the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture and to pay interest thereon from June 13, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 in each year, commencing November 15, 2019, at the rate of 4.500% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of any interest on the Securities (other than at Maturity) may be made, in the case of a Holder of at least US$10,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities, by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank, provided that such registered Holder shall have provided the Trustee written wire instructions at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.

 


 

Unless such designation is revoked by written notice to the Issuer or a Paying Agent, any such designation made by such Holder with respect to such Securities will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Securities payable to such Holder.  The Issuer will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by electronic funds transfer.

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 13, 2019 among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), Additional Interest may be payable in respect of this Security.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

In certain circumstances, Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of this Security in accordance with terms of the Indenture.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any payments on this Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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

 

This Security shall be entitled to the benefits under the Indenture and be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the Securities have not been signed by the Issuer or the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

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EXECUTED for and on behalf of AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC. by its attorney under power of attorney dated May 7, 2019 in the presence of:

 

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Signature of witness

 

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Signature of Attorney

 

 

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Name of witness

 

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Name of Attorney

 

Each attorney executing this instrument states that he or she has no notice of revocation or suspension of his or her power of attorney.

 

[Signature Page to Rule 144A Note]

 


 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

Dated:

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Rule 144A Note]

 


 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof; provided, however, that the Issuer may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Securities (except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment date), which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

This Security is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and ranks in right of payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (and without any preference among themselves) and the Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, except, in each case, for indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

 

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date prior to February 15, 2028 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

For the purposes of this Security:

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not

 


 

contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make- Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Applicable Margin” means 0.25%.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by

 


 

such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On or after February 15, 2028, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

In addition to its ability to redeem this Security pursuant to the foregoing, this Security may be redeemed by the Issuer on the terms set forth, and as more fully described, in Section 1108 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances where the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts due to certain changes in the tax treatment of this Security or the Guarantees.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of the Securities of such Holder properly tendered at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the series of which this Security is a part or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

In any case where the due date for the payment of the Principal Amount of, or any premium or interest with respect to any Security or the date fixed for redemption of any Security

 


 

shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment, then payment of the Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, including any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereto need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the

 

Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in Principal Amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any of them, with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

The Guarantors that are a party to the Indenture as at, or subsequent to, the date of authentication of this Security (including any New Guarantors in accordance with Section 1011 of the Indenture and subject to release of any Subsidiary Guarantor(s) in accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture), have fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantees contained in Article Thirteen of the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture.  The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantees and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and reference is made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

 

Within 30 days of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee deliver a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 day period, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 


 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

In accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture, any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under the Indenture and the Securities without the consent of any Holder.  Such release will occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and upon the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying that the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Relevant Guarantor, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity.  The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 


 

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

 

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

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

This Security and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided, however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the authorization and execution of any notation of the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen of the Indenture or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on this Security, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

All terms used in this Security are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 


 

Schedule A

 

By purchasing this Security, the Holder hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

 

Initial Principal Amount:  US$

 

Date
adjustment
made

 

Principal
amount
increase

 

Principal
amount
following
adjustmen

 

Principal
amount
decrease

 

Notation made
on behalf of the
Security
Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Annex A-2
Form of Early Tender Regulation S Global Security

 


 

Restricted Global Security

 

REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON, UNLESS SUCH SECURITY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREOF IS AVAILABLE.  THE FOREGOING SHALL NOT APPLY FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF FORTY DAYS FROM THE LATER OF (1) THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS FIRST OFFERED AND (2) THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF THE SECURITIES.

 


 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

4.500% GUARANTEED SENIOR NOTE DUE 2028

 

CUSIP U02411AE3

No.          

ISIN USU02411AE30

US$          

 

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on May 15, 2028 (the “Stated Maturity”) the Initial Principal Amount specified on Schedule A hereto (such Initial Principal Amount, as it may from time to time be adjusted by endorsement on Schedule A hereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Principal Amount”), or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall initially equal US$                       in the aggregate) as may be set forth in the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture and to pay interest thereon from June 13, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 in each year, commencing November 15, 2019, at the rate of 4.500% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of any interest on the Securities (other than at Maturity) may be made, in the case of a Holder of at least US$10,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities, by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank, provided that such registered Holder shall have provided the Trustee written wire instructions at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.

 


 

Unless such designation is revoked by written notice to the Issuer or a Paying Agent, any such designation made by such Holder with respect to such Securities will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Securities payable to such Holder.  The Issuer will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by electronic funds transfer.

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 13, 2019 among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), Additional Interest may be payable in respect of this Security.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

In certain circumstances, Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of this Security in accordance with terms of the Indenture.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any payments on this Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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

 

This Security shall be entitled to the benefits under the Indenture and be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the Securities have not been signed by the Issuer or the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

 

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EXECUTED for and on behalf of AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC. by its attorney under power of attorney dated May 7, 2019 in the presence of:

 

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Signature of witness

 

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Signature of Attorney

 

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

Name of witness

 

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Name of Attorney

 

Each attorney executing this instrument states that he or she has no notice of revocation or suspension of his or her power of attorney.

 

[Signature Page to Regulation S Note]

 


 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

Dated:

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Regulation S Note]

 


 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof; provided, however, that the Issuer may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Securities (except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment date), which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

This Security is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and ranks in right of payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (and without any preference among themselves) and the Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, except, in each case, for indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

 

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date prior to February 15, 2028 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

For the purposes of this Security:

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not

 


 

contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Applicable Margin” means 0.25%.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by

 


 

such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On or after February 15, 2028, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

In addition to its ability to redeem this Security pursuant to the foregoing, this Security may be redeemed by the Issuer on the terms set forth, and as more fully described, in Section 1108 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances where the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts due to certain changes in the tax treatment of this Security or the Guarantees.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of the Securities of such Holder properly tendered at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the series of which this Security is a part or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

In any case where the due date for the payment of the Principal Amount of, or any premium or interest with respect to any Security or the date fixed for redemption of any Security

 


 

shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment, then payment of the Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, including any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereto need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in Principal Amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any of them, with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

The Guarantors that are a party to the Indenture as at, or subsequent to, the date of authentication of this Security (including any New Guarantors in accordance with Section 1011 of the Indenture and subject to release of any Subsidiary Guarantor(s) in accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture), have fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantees contained in Article Thirteen of the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture.  The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantees and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and reference is made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

 

Within 30 days of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee deliver a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 day period, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 


 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

In accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture, any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under the Indenture and the Securities without the consent of any Holder.  Such release will occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and upon the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying that the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Relevant Guarantor, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity.  The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 


 

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

 

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

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

This Security and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided, however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the authorization and execution of any notation of the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen of the Indenture or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on this Security, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

All terms used in this Security are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 


 

Schedule A

 

By purchasing this Security, the Holder hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

 

Initial Principal Amount:  US$      

 

Date
adjustment
made

 

Principal
amount
increase

 

Principal
amount
following
adjustment

 

Principal
amount
decrease

 

Notation made
on behalf of the
Security
Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Annex A-3
Form of Late Tender Regulation S Global Security

 


 

Restricted Global Security

 

REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON, UNLESS SUCH SECURITY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREOF IS AVAILABLE.  THE FOREGOING SHALL NOT APPLY FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF FORTY DAYS FROM THE LATER OF (1) THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS FIRST OFFERED AND (2) THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF THE SECURITIES.

 


 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

4.500% GUARANTEED SENIOR NOTE DUE 2028

 

CUSIP U02411AF0

No.                  

ISIN USU02411AF05

US$                  

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on May 15, 2028 (the “Stated Maturity”) the Initial Principal Amount specified on Schedule A hereto (such Initial Principal Amount, as it may from time to time be adjusted by endorsement on Schedule A hereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Principal Amount”), or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall initially equal US$                       in the aggregate) as may be set forth in the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture and to pay interest thereon from June 13, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 in each year, commencing November 15, 2019, at the rate of 4.500% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of any interest on the Securities (other than at Maturity) may be made, in the case of a Holder of at least US$10,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities, by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank, provided that such registered Holder shall have provided the Trustee written wire instructions at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.

 


 

Unless such designation is revoked by written notice to the Issuer or a Paying Agent, any such designation made by such Holder with respect to such Securities will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Securities payable to such Holder.  The Issuer will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by electronic funds transfer.

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 13, 2019 among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), Additional Interest may be payable in respect of this Security.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

In certain circumstances, Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of this Security in accordance with terms of the Indenture.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any payments on this Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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

 

This Security shall be entitled to the benefits under the Indenture and be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the Securities have not been signed by the Issuer or the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

 

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EXECUTED for and on behalf of AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC. by its attorney under power of attorney dated May 7, 2019 in the presence of:

 

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)

 

 

 

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Signature of witness

 

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Signature of Attorney

 

 

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)

 

Name of witness

 

)

Name of Attorney

 

Each attorney executing this instrument states that he or she has no notice of revocation or suspension of his or her power of attorney.

 

[Signature Page to Regulation S Note]

 


 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Regulation S Note]

 


 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof; provided, however, that the Issuer may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Securities (except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment date), which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities.

 

This Security is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and ranks in right of payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (and without any preference among themselves) and the Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, except, in each case, for indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

 

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date prior to February 15, 2028 (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

For the purposes of this Security:

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not

 


 

contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Applicable Margin” means 0.25%.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer, and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by

 


 

such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

On or after February 15, 2028, the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, all as provided in the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

In addition to its ability to redeem this Security pursuant to the foregoing, this Security may be redeemed by the Issuer on the terms set forth, and as more fully described, in Section 1108 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances where the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts due to certain changes in the tax treatment of this Security or the Guarantees.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of the Securities of such Holder properly tendered at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the series of which this Security is a part or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

In any case where the due date for the payment of the Principal Amount of, or any premium or interest with respect to any Security or the date fixed for redemption of any Security

 


 

shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment, then payment of the Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, including any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereto need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in Principal Amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any of them, with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

The Guarantors that are a party to the Indenture as at, or subsequent to, the date of authentication of this Security (including any New Guarantors in accordance with Section 1011 of the Indenture and subject to release of any Subsidiary Guarantor(s) in accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture), have fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantees contained in Article Thirteen of the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture.  The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantees and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and reference is made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

 

Within 30 days of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee deliver a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 day period, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 


 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

In accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture, any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under the Indenture and the Securities without the consent of any Holder.  Such release will occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and upon the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying that the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Relevant Guarantor, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity.  The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 


 

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

 

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

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

This Security and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided, however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the authorization and execution of any notation of the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen of the Indenture or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on this Security, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

All terms used in this Security are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 


 

Schedule A

 

By purchasing this Security, the Holder hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

 

Initial Principal Amount:  US$

 

Date
adjustment
made

 

Principal
amount
increase

 

Principal
amount
following
adjustment

 

Principal
amount
decrease

 

Notation made
on behalf of the
Security
Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



EX-5.1 13 a2240897zex-5_1.htm EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

GRAPHIC

SIDLEY AUSTIN

 

LEVEL 10, 7 MACQUARIE PLACE

 

SYDNEY NSW 2000

 

+61 2 8214 2200

 

 

MBARILA@SIDLEY.COM

AMERICA · ASIA PACIFIC · EUROPE

+61 2 8214 2260

 

March 9, 2020

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

2301 Industrial Drive,

Neenah, Wisconsin 54956

 

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

2801 SW 145th Avenue, Suite 350,

Miramar, Florida 33027

 

Amcor plc
83 Tower Road North,
Warmley,
Bristol BS30 8XP
United Kingdom

 

Re:

4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021; 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026

 

3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026; 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) being filed by Bemis Company, Inc., a Missouri corporation ( “Bemis”) and Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“AFUI” and, together with Bemis, the “Issuers”), Amcor plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands (“Amcor”), Amcor Pty Ltd, a company incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (“Amcor Pty”) and Amcor UK Finance PLC, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales (“AUKF”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the registration of (i) $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of Bemis’s 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 (the “New 2021 Notes”) and the related guarantees of the New 2021 Notes (the “New 2021 Guarantees”) by AFUI, Amcor, Amcor Pty and AUKF (collectively, the “Bemis Guarantors”), which are to be offered in exchange for an equivalent aggregate principal amount of Bemis’s outstanding 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Existing 2021 Notes”) and the related guarantees of the Existing 2021 Notes (the “Existing 2021 Guarantees”) by the Bemis Guarantors, (ii) $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of Bemis’s 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026

 


 

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.
Amcor plc

March 9, 2020

Page 2

 

(the “New Bemis 2026 Notes” and, together with the New 2021 Notes, the “New Bemis Notes”) and the related guarantees of the New Bemis 2026 Notes (the “New Bemis 2026 Guarantees” and, together with the New 2021 Guarantees, the “New Bemis Guarantees”) by the Bemis Guarantors, which are to be offered in exchange for an equivalent aggregate principal amount of Bemis’s outstanding 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Existing Bemis 2026 Notes” and, together with the Existing 2021 Notes, the “Existing Bemis Notes”) and the related guarantees of the Existing Bemis 2026 Notes (the “Existing Bemis 2026 Guarantees” and, together with the Existing 2021 Guarantees, the “Existing Bemis Guarantees”) by the Bemis Guarantors, (iii) $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of AFUI’s 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the “New AFUI 2026 Notes”) and the related guarantees of the New AFUI 2026 Notes (the “New AFUI 2026 Guarantees”) by Bemis, Amcor, Amcor Pty and AUKF (collectively, the “AFUI Guarantors” and, together with the Bemis Guarantors, the “Guarantors”), which are to be offered in exchange for an equivalent aggregate principal amount of AFUI’s outstanding 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Existing AFUI 2026 Notes”) and the related guarantees of the Existing AFUI 2026 Notes (the “Existing AFUI 2026 Guarantees”) by the AFUI Guarantors, and (iv) $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of AFUI’s 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (the “New 2028 Notes” and, together with the New AFUI 2026 Notes, the “New AFUI Notes”) and the related guarantees of the New 2028 Notes (the “New 2028 Guarantees” and, together with the New AFUI 2026 Guarantees, the “New AFUI Guarantees”) by the AFUI Guarantors, which are to be offered in exchange for an equivalent aggregate principal amount of AFUI’s outstanding 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Existing 2028 Notes” and, together with the Existing AFUI 2026 Notes, the “Existing AFUI Notes”) and the related guarantees of the Existing 2028 Notes (the “Existing 2028 Guarantees” and, together with the Existing AFUI 2026 Guarantees, the “Existing AFUI Guarantees”) by the AFUI Guarantors.

 

The New Bemis Notes and the New AFUI Notes are collectively referred to as the “New Notes,” and the Existing Bemis Notes and the Existing AFUI Notes are collectively referred to as the “Existing Notes.” The New Notes and the Existing Notes are collectively referred to as the “Notes.” The New Bemis Guarantees and the New AFUI Guarantees are collectively referred to as the “New Guarantees,” and the Existing Bemis Guarantees and the Existing AFUI Guarantees are collectively referred to as the “Existing Guarantees.”

 

The Existing Bemis Notes and the Existing Bemis Guarantees were, and the New Bemis Notes and the New Bemis Guarantees will be, issued under the Bemis Notes Indenture (as defined in the Registration Statement). The Existing AFUI Notes and the Existing AFUI Guarantees were, and the New AFUI Notes and the New AFUI Guarantees will be, issued under the AFUI Notes Indenture (as defined in the Registration Statement) (the Bemis Notes Indenture

 


 

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.
Amcor plc

March 9, 2020

Page 3

 

and the AFUI Notes Indenture are collectively referred to as the “Indentures” and each, an “Indenture”).

 

This opinion letter is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

 

We have examined the Registration Statement; the Indentures; the Officer’s Certificates issued pursuant to the Indentures, establishing each series of Notes; and the resolutions adopted by the board of directors of AFUI relating to the Registration Statement, the Indentures, the issuance by AFUI of the Existing AFUI Notes and the New AFUI Notes and the issuance by AFUI of the Existing AFUI Guarantees and the New AFUI Guarantees.  We have also examined originals, or copies of originals certified to our satisfaction, of such agreements, documents, certificates and statements of AFUI and other corporate documents and instruments, and have examined such questions of law, as we have considered relevant and necessary as a basis for this opinion letter.  We have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to or obtained by us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all persons and the conformity with the original documents of any copies thereof submitted to or obtained by us for examination. As to facts relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied without independent investigation or verification upon, and assumed the accuracy and completeness of, certificates, letters and oral and written statements and representations of public officials and officers and other representatives of AFUI.

 

Based on and subject to the foregoing and the other assumptions, limitations and qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that (a) each series of New Bemis Notes will be validly issued and binding obligations of Bemis and the New Bemis Guarantees of each series will be valid and binding obligations of the Bemis Guarantors and (b) each series of New AFUI Notes will be validly issued and binding obligations of AFUI and the New AFUI Guarantees of each series will be valid and binding obligations of the AFUI Guarantors when, in each case:

 

(i)            the Registration Statement, as finally amended (if applicable), shall have become effective under the Securities Act and the applicable Indenture shall have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; and

 

(ii)           such series of New Notes shall have been duly executed by authorized officers of the applicable Issuer and authenticated by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee under the applicable Indenture, all in accordance with the applicable Indenture, and shall have been duly delivered against surrender and cancellation of a like principal amount of the Existing Notes of such series in the manner described in the Registration Statement.

 


 

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.
Amcor plc

March 9, 2020

Page 4

 

Our opinion is subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including concepts of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief.  Our opinion is also subject to (i) provisions of law which may require that a judgment for money damages rendered by a court in the United States of America be expressed only in United States dollars, (ii) requirements that a claim with respect to any Securities (as defined in the Indentures) or other obligations that are denominated or payable other than in United States dollars (or a judgment denominated or payable other than in United States dollars in respect of such claim) be converted into United States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law and (iii) governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside of the United States of America or in a foreign currency.

 

For the purposes of this opinion letter, we have assumed that, at the time of the issuance and delivery of the New Notes and the New Guarantees:

 

(1)           the performance by each Issuer and the applicable Guarantors of the applicable Indenture and the issuance, delivery and performance by each Issuer of the applicable New Notes or by the applicable Guarantors of the applicable New Guarantees will not (A) contravene or violate the organizational documents of such Issuer or such Guarantors, as applicable, (B) violate any law, rule or regulation applicable to such Issuer or such Guarantors, (C) result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon such Issuer or such Guarantors or any order, judgment or decree of any court or governmental authority applicable to such Issuer or such Guarantors or (D) require any authorization, approval or other action by, or notice to or filing with, any court or governmental authority (other than such authorizations, approvals, actions, notices or filings which shall have been obtained or made, as the case may be, and which shall be in full force and effect); and

 

(2)           there will not have occurred any change in law affecting the validity, legally binding character or enforceability of the Indentures, the New Notes or the New Guarantees.

 

With respect to each instrument or agreement referred to in or otherwise relevant to the opinions set forth herein (each, an “Instrument”), we have assumed, to the extent relevant to the opinions set forth herein, that (i) each party to such Instrument (if not a natural person) was duly organized or formed, as the case may be, and was at all relevant times and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization or formation, as the case may be, and had at all relevant times and has full right, power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under such Instrument, (ii) such Instrument has been duly authorized,

 


 

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.
Amcor plc

March 9, 2020

Page 5

 

executed and delivered by each party thereto and (iii) such Instrument was at all times and is a valid, binding and enforceable agreement or obligation, as the case may be, of each party thereto; provided that we make no such assumption in clause (i) or (ii) insofar as such assumption relates to AFUI and we make no such assumption in clause (iii) insofar as such assumption relates to the Issuers or the Guarantors.  We have also assumed that no event has occurred or will occur that would cause the release of the New Guarantees by any Guarantor under the terms of the Indentures.

 

This opinion letter is limited to the laws of the State of New York (excluding the securities laws of such State).  We express no opinion as to the laws, rules or regulations of any other jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the federal laws of the United States of America or any state securities or blue sky laws, or as to the municipal laws or the laws, rules or regulations of any local agencies or governmental authorities of or within the State of New York, or in each case as to any matters arising thereunder or relating thereto.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to all references to our Firm included in or made a part of the Registration Statement.  In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

/s/ Sidley Austin

 



EX-5.2 14 a2240897zex-5_2.htm EX-5.2

Exhibit 5.2

 

March 9, 2020

 

 

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

2801 SW 149th Avenue, Suite 350

Miramar, Florida 33027

United States

 

Bemis Company, Inc.
2301 Industrial Drive

Neenah, Wisconsin 54956

United States

 

Amcor plc
83 Tower Road North
Warmley
Bristol BS30 8XP
United Kingdom

 

Re: Bemis Company, Inc. and Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. - Registration Statement on Form S-1

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted in the limited capacity of special local counsel in Missouri to Bemis Company, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the registration statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”), being filed by the Company, Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“AFUI”), Amcor plc, a publicly limited company incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands (“Amcor”), Amcor Pty Ltd (formerly known as Amcor Limited), a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (“Amcor Pty”) and Amcor UK Finance PLC, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“Amcor UK”), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), on the date hereof, relating to:

 

A.            the offer by the Company to exchange up to $346,652,000  aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Existing 2021 Notes”) and up to $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Existing Bemis 2026 Notes” and, together with the Existing 2021 Notes, the “Existing Bemis Notes”), in each case, issued on June 13, 2019, for an equal principal amount of its 4.500% Guaranteed Senior

 

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Notes due 2021 that are registered under the 1933 Act (the “New 2021 Notes”) and its 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 that are registered under the 1933 Act (the “New Bemis 2026 Notes” and, together with the New 2021 Notes, the “New Bemis Notes”), respectively, and

 

B.            the offer by AFUI to exchange up to $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Existing AFUI 2026 Notes”) and up to $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Existing 2028 Notes” and, together with the Existing AFUI 2026 Notes, the “Existing AFUI Notes”), in each case, issued on June 13, 2019, for an equal principal amount of its 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 that are registered under the 1933 Act (the “New AFUI 2026 Notes”) and its 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (the “New 2028 Notes” and, together with the New AFUI 2026 Notes, the “New AFUI Notes”), respectively.

 

The New Bemis Notes are to be issued by the Company pursuant to the Bemis Indenture (as defined below). The New AFUI Notes are to be issued by AFUI pursuant to the AFUI Indenture (as defined below). This opinion is being provided at your request in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement.

 

In connection with this opinion, we have examined the following:

 

(i) a copy of a draft Registration Statement, and the related draft form of prospectus included therein, which we assume is substantially in the form in which it is to be transmitted to the Commission under the 1933 Act and will not be changed in any way that would have a material adverse effect on our opinions;

 

(ii)  copies of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, as certified by the Secretary of the Company, pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate, dated as of the date hereof (the “Secretary’s Certificate”), as being true, complete, and correct as of the date hereof;

 

(iii) a copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company in the form certified by the Secretary of the Company pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate as being true, complete, and correct as of the date hereof (the “Bylaws” and together with the Articles, the “Organizational Documents”);

 

(iv)  copy of the Certificate of Good Standing with respect to the Company issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Missouri on March 5, 2020 (the “Good Standing Certificate”);

 

(v)  a copy of the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to a certain Unanimous Written Consent of the Board of Directors of the Company, dated June 11, 2019  in the form certified by the Secretary of the Company pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate as being true, complete, and correct as of the date hereof (the “Board Resolutions”), relating to, among other things, the authorization of

 

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(a) the Bemis Indenture (as defined below) and the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) the issuance of the New Bemis Notes, (c) the AFUI Indenture (as defined below) and the transactions contemplated thereby and (d) the Company’s guarantee of the New AFUI Notes, in the form certified by the Secretary of the Company pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate and as certified thereby as remaining in full force and effect and having not been rescinded, modified, or supplemented as of the date hereof;

 

(vi)  a copy of the Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019, among the Company, as the issuer, Amcor , as the parent guarantor, Amcor Pty, AFUI, and Amcor UK, each as an initial subsidiary guarantor, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Bemis Indenture”); and

 

(vii)  a copy of the Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019, among AFUI, as the issuer, Amcor, as the parent guarantor, and Amcor Pty, the Company, and Amcor UK, each as an initial subsidiary guarantor, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the AFUI Indenture” and together with the Bemis Indenture, the “Indentures”).

 

In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the following:

 

1.             Each individual executing any of the Indentures, whether on behalf of such individual or another person, is legally competent to do so.

 

2.             Each individual executing any of the Indentures on behalf of a party (other than the Company) is duly authorized to do so.

 

3.             All documents, including the Indentures, submitted to us have been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by all parties thereto (other than, to the extent the subject of opinions (3)-(6) set forth below, the Company). All representations, warranties, statements and information contained in the Documents are true and complete. There is no agreement, course of prior dealing, or other arrangements between any parties that would alter any of the Indentures. There has been no oral or written modification of or amendment to any of the Indentures, and there has been no waiver of any provision of any of the Indentures, by action or omission of any parties or otherwise.

 

4.             All documents, including the Indentures, submitted to us (in written form or by facsimile or electronic transmission and including all documents provided by offices of public records) as originals are complete and authentic and all items submitted to us as copies are true, complete, and conform to the originals in all respects relevant to this opinion. The signatures on all executed documents, including the Indentures, submitted to us are genuine and that all electronic or digital signatures thereon, if any, are valid and enforceable. The parties to the Indentures have complied and will comply with their obligations under the Indentures. The identity, capacity, and authority of any person acting or purporting to act as a public official are true and complete. The identity, capacity, and authority of any person acting or purporting to act as the Secretary of the Company for purposes of the Secretary’s Certificate are true and

 

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complete. The information indicated by the documents, including the Indentures, submitted to us remains true and correct.

 

5.             The New Bemis Notes, if and when issued by the Company: (a) will have substantially identical terms as the Existing Bemis Notes; (b) will be in substantially the form authorized by Article Two of the Bemis Indenture and as set forth in in the Officers’ Certificate, dated June 13, 2019, issued pursuant to the Bemis Indenture; and (c) will be issued and exchanged as contemplated by, in accordance with, and pursuant to the Bemis Indenture and the Registration Statement.

 

6.             The New AFUI Notes, if and when issued by AFUI: (a) will have substantially identical terms as the Existing AFUI Notes; (b) will be in substantially the form authorized by Article Two of the AFUI Indenture and as set forth in in the Officers’ Certificate, dated June 13, 2019, issued pursuant to the AFUI Indenture; and (c) will be issued and exchanged as contemplated by, in accordance with, and pursuant to the AFUI Indenture and the Registration Statement.

 

Subject to the assumptions, limitations, and qualifications hereinbefore and hereinafter set forth, and further subject to any statement below that an opinion is based solely on a referenced document, as of the date hereof, it is our opinion that:

 

(1)  Based solely on the Articles and the Good Standing Certificate, the Company is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the State of Missouri and is in good standing with the Secretary of State.

 

(2)  The Company has the corporate power to enter into and perform its obligations under the Indenture and the New Bemis Notes.

 

(3)  The execution and delivery by the Company of the Bemis Indenture and the New Bemis Notes and the issuance of the New Bemis Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company.

 

(4)  The execution and delivery by the Company of the AFUI Indenture have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company.

 

(5)  The Bemis Indenture has been duly executed and, to our knowledge, delivered by the Company; provided, however, that we note that we were not present at the execution and delivery by the Company of the said document and, as to delivery of the Bemis Indenture, this opinion is based solely on the Secretary’s Certificate.

 

(6)  The AFUI Indenture has been duly executed and, to our knowledge, delivered by the Company; provided, however, that we note that we were not present at the execution and delivery by the Company of the said document and, as to delivery of the AFUI Indenture, this opinion is based solely on the Secretary’s Certificate.

 

Our opinions set forth above are further subject to the following qualifications:

 

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(A)          We assume, if and to the extent relevant to our opinions, that, and our opinions do not address whether, any agreement, document (including any of the Indentures), or instrument, the terms thereof, or any party’s (including the Company’s) obligations thereunder are legal, valid, binding, and/or enforceable.

 

(A)          We express no opinion as to any party other than the Company.

 

(B)          Our opinions are limited to the laws of the State of Missouri, and we express no opinion with respect to the laws of any other jurisdiction or as to any matters of county, municipal, city, township, or other local laws or the laws of any local agencies within any state (including, without limitation, the State of Missouri). We express no opinion as to any provisions purporting to indicate the state in which a document was executed. Our opinions do not relate to any statutes, rules, or regulations of the State of Missouri other than the Missouri statutes, rules and regulations that, in our experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type referred to in the Indentures and to corporations doing business in the State of Missouri similar to that of the Company. To the extent that any matter as to which our opinion is expressed herein would be governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Missouri, we do not express any opinion on such matter.  The opinion expressed herein is subject to the effect of any judicial decision which may permit the introduction of parol evidence to modify the terms or the interpretation of agreements.

 

(C)          We express no opinion as to whether the Company’s directors or officers have complied with their fiduciary duties in connection with their approval of the Indentures and the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

(D)          We express no opinion regarding any certificate, document, or agreement necessary to complete the transactions contemplated by the Indentures, whether or not incorporated by reference therein or attached thereto.

 

(E)           Whenever any statement herein with respect to the existence or absence of facts is indicated to be based on our knowledge or belief or similar phrase, our knowledge is based upon the record, documents, instruments and certificates described in this opinion and the current actual knowledge of those lawyers currently in this firm who have devoted substantive attention to the representation described in the introductory paragraph of this opinion letter (but not including any constructive or imputed notice of any information).  We have not undertaken any independent investigation to determine the existence or absence of such facts and no inference as to our knowledge of the existence or absence of such facts should be drawn from our representation of the Company.

 

The opinions expressed herein are given only as of the date of this opinion letter.  We do not assume responsibility for updating this opinion letter as of any date subsequent to the date of this opinion letter, and assume no responsibility for advising you of (1) any changes with respect to any matters described in this opinion letter or (2) the discovery subsequent to the date of this opinion letter of factual information not previously known to us pertaining to the events occurring prior to the date of this opinion letter.

 

5


 

Our advice on each legal issue addressed in this opinion letter represents our opinion as to how that issue would be resolved were it to be considered by the highest court of the jurisdiction upon whose law our opinion on that issue is based.  The manner in which any particular issue would be treated in any actual court case would depend in part on facts and circumstances particular to the case, and this opinion letter is not intended to guarantee the transactions contemplated in the Indentures or the outcome of any legal dispute which may arise in the future.

 

Our opinion is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein.

 

This opinion is being furnished to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.  We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of the name of our firm therein.  In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the 1933 Act.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

Armstrong Teasdale LLP

 

/s/ Armstrong Teasdale LLP

 

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EX-5.3 15 a2240897zex-5_3.htm EX-5.3

Exhibit 5.3

 

 

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

D  +44 1534 514251

2801 SW 149th Avenue, Suite 350

E  simon.dinning@ogier.com

Miramar, Florida 33027

 

United States

Reference:  SDD/REA/178119.00001

 

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

 

2301 Industrial Drive

 

Neenah, Wisconsin 54956

 

United States

 

 

 

Amcor plc

 

83 Tower Road North

 

Warmley

 

Bristol BS30 8XP

 

United Kingdom

 

 

 

9 March 2020

 

Dear Sirs

 

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. and Bemis Company, Inc. — Registration Statement on Form S-1

 

I.                                        Request for opinion

 

A.                                    At your request, we are providing you with this legal opinion on matters of Jersey law in connection with the filing of a Registration Statement  on Form S-1, and all amendments thereto (collectively, the Registration Statement), by Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. (Amcor USA), Bemis Company, Inc. (Bemis, and together with Amcor USA, the Issuers, and each an Issuer), Amcor plc (the Company), Amcor Pty Ltd (formerly

 

Ogier (Jersey) LLP

Partners

 

 

44 Esplanade

Raulin Amy

James Fox

Julie Melia

St Helier

James Campbell

Josephine Howe

Oliver Passmore

Jersey JE4 9WG

Richard Daggett

Jonathan Hughes

Nathan Powell

 

Simon Dinning

Nicolas Journeaux

Sophie Reguengo

T +44 1534 514000

Katrina Edge

Niamh Lalor

Daniel Richards

F +44 1534 514444

Sally Edwards

Edward Mackereth

Nicholas Williams

ogier.com

Damian Evans

Bruce MacNeil

 

 

Simon Felton

Steven Meiklejohn

 

 

Registered as a limited liability partnership in Jersey.  Registered number 99.

 


 

known as Amcor Limited) (Amcor Pty) and Amcor UK Finance plc (Amcor UK)  with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) relating to the offer of the applicable Issuer  to exchange the Existing Notes (as defined herein) of each series issued by it for the corresponding series of  New  Notes (as defined herein). The New Notes shall be issued pursuant to, and guaranteed by, among others, the Company on the terms set out in, the Documents (as defined herein). .

 

B.                                    All capitalised terms used in this opinion have the respective meanings set forth in the Documents, except to the extent that a contrary indication or definition appears in this opinion or in any Schedule.  References herein to a Schedule are references to a schedule to this opinion.

 

II.                                   Documents examined

 

A.                                    For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined originals or copies of the documents listed in Part A of Schedule 1 signed on behalf of the Company (the Documents).  In addition, we have examined copies of the corporate and other documents listed in Part B of Schedule 1 and conducted the searches referred to in Part C of Schedule 1.

 

B.                                    We have not made any searches or enquiries concerning, and have not examined any documents entered into by or affecting the Company or any other person, save for the searches, enquiries and examinations expressly referred to in Schedule 1.

 

III.                              Assumptions

 

In giving this opinion we have relied upon the assumptions set out in Schedule 2 without having carried out any independent investigation or verification in respect of such assumptions.

 

IV.                               Opinions

 

On the basis of the examinations and assumptions referred to above and subject to the qualifications set forth in Schedule 3 and the limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion that:

 

Corporate existence, capacity and authority

 

1.                                      the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under the laws of Jersey;

 

2.                                      the Company has the capacity and power to enter into the Documents and to exercise its rights and perform its obligations thereunder;

 

3.                                      the Company has taken all corporate or other action required to authorise its execution of the Documents and the exercise by it of its rights and the performance by it of its obligations thereunder (including its guarantee of the New Notes);

 


 

Due execution

 

4.                                      the Documents have been duly executed by the Company in the manner authorised in the Board Minutes;

 

No winding up, dissolution, appointment of liquidator or désastre declaration

 

5.                                      a search of the Public Records today revealed no evidence of any resolutions for the winding up or dissolution of the Company and no evidence of the appointment of any liquidator in respect of the Company or any of its assets;

 

6.                                      the written confirmation provided by the Viscount’s Department today in response to the Désastre Search indicates that there has been no declaration of désastre in respect of the property of the Company;

 

V.                                    Limitations

 

We offer no opinion:

 

1.                                      in relation to the laws of any jurisdiction other than Jersey (and we have not made any investigation into such laws) and we express no opinion as to the meaning, validity or effect of references in the Documents to statutes, rules, regulations, codes or judicial authority of any jurisdiction other than Jersey;

 

2.                                      in relation to any representation or warranty made or given by the Company in the Documents or, save as expressly set out herein, as to whether the Company will be able to perform its obligations under the Documents;

 

3.                                      as to the commerciality of the transactions envisaged in the Documents or, save as expressly stated in this opinion, whether the Documents and the transactions envisaged therein achieve the commercial, tax, legal, regulatory or other aims of the parties to the Documents;

 

4.                                      as to whether the acceptance, execution or performance of the Company’s obligations under the Documents will result in the breach of or infringe any other agreement, deed or document (other than the Company’s memorandum and articles of association) entered into by or binding on the Company; or

 

5.                                      as to the rights, title or interest of the Company to or in, or the existence of, any property or assets which are the subject of any of the Documents.

 

VI.                               Governing law

 

A.                                    This opinion is:

 

1.                                      governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of Jersey;

 

2.                                      limited to the matters expressly stated herein; and

 


 

3.                                      confined to and given on the basis of the laws and practice in Jersey at the date hereof.

 

B.                                    Unless otherwise indicated, all references in this opinion to specific Jersey legislation shall be to such legislation as amended to, and as in force at, the date hereof.

 


 

VII.                          Consent to Filing of this Opinion Letter

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to all references to our firm included in or made a part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Yours faithfully

 

/s/ Ogier

Ogier (Jersey) LLP

 


 

SCHEDULE 1

 

Documents examined

 

Part A

 

The Documents

 

1                                        The Indenture dated as of June 13, 2019 and entered into by and among Amcor USA, as issuer, the Company, Amcor Pty, Bemis and Amcor UK, as guarantors, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (Trustee) (the Amcor Indenture).

 

2                                        The Indenture dated as of June 13, 2019 and entered into by and among Bemis, as issuer, the Company, Amcor USA, Amcor Pty and Amcor UK, as guarantors, and the Trustee (the Bemis Indenture).

 

Part B

 

Corporate and other documents

 

3                                        A certificate signed by the secretary of the Company dated on or about the date hereof (the Secretary’s Certificate) relating to certain questions of fact, together with true and complete copies of the documents referred to therein including the minutes of a meeting of the board of directors of the Company held on 10 May 2019 (the Board Minutes).

 

4                                        The certificate of incorporation and any certificates of incorporation upon change of name of the Company appearing on the Public Records on the date of this opinion.

 

5                                        The memorandum and articles of association of the Company (including any special resolutions amending the memorandum and articles of association of the Company and any shareholders’ or joint venture or similar agreement supplementing the articles of association of the Company) appearing on the Public Records on the date of this opinion.

 

Part C

 

Searches

 

6                                        The public records of the Company on file and available for inspection at the Companies Registry of the Jersey Financial Services Commission on 6 March 2020 (the Public Records).

 

7                                        The results received on 6 March 2020 of our written enquiry in respect of the Company made to the Viscount’s Department (the Désastre Search).

 


 

SCHEDULE 2

 

Assumptions

 

1                                        All original documents examined by us are authentic and complete.

 

2                                        All copy documents and counterparts of documents provided to us (whether in facsimile, electronic or other form) conform to the originals of such documents and those originals are authentic and complete.

 

3                                        Each Document has been signed on behalf of the Company by the person(s) authorised by the Company in the Board Minutes and they will be dated and unconditionally delivered on behalf of the Company.

 

4                                        Each Document will be duly executed, dated and delivered by all parties thereto (other than the Company) in the same form as the last execution version examined by us.

 

5                                        Each Document has been duly authorised and will be executed and unconditionally delivered by or on behalf of all parties to it in accordance with all applicable laws (other than, in the case of the Company, the laws of Jersey).

 

6                                        Signatures, seals, dates, stamps and markings (whether on original or copy documents) are genuine.

 

7                                        In authorising the execution and delivery of the Documents and the exercise by the Company of its rights and the performance of its obligations under those Documents, each of the directors of the Company is acting in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company.

 

8                                        The Company was not unable to pay its debts as they fell due when it entered into the Documents (and the transactions contemplated thereby) and will not become unable to pay its debts as they fall due as a result of its entry into the Documents (and the transactions contemplated thereby).

 

9                                        All parties to the Documents, other than the Company, are duly incorporated or established and validly existing under the laws of their jurisdiction of incorporation or establishment.

 

10                                 All parties to the Documents, other than the Company, have the capacity and power to enter into the Documents to which they are a party and to exercise their rights and perform their obligations under such Documents.

 

11                                 All parties to the Documents, other than the Company, have taken all corporate or other actions and obtained all necessary agreements or consents required to authorise the execution and delivery of the Documents to which they are a party and to exercise their rights and perform their obligations under such documents and such parties have duly authorised, executed and delivered such documents in accordance with such authorisations.

 


 

12                                 There are no agreements, documents or arrangements (other than the documents expressly referred to herein as having been examined by us) which materially affect, amend, vary, modify, prevent or inhibit the Documents or the transactions contemplated by them or restrict the powers and authority of the directors of the Company or the Company itself in any way.

 

13                                 None of the opinions expressed in this opinion will be adversely affected by the laws or public policies of any jurisdiction other than Jersey.  In particular, but without limitation, there are no provisions of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Jersey, or any judgments, orders or judicial decision in any jurisdiction other than Jersey, which would be contravened by the execution or delivery of the Documents or by any party to the Documents exercising its rights or performing its obligations thereunder.

 

14                                 All:

 

(a)                                notarisations, apostillisations and consularisations required pursuant to the laws of all relevant jurisdictions (other than Jersey); and

 

(b)                                filings, recordings, registrations and enrolments of the Documents with any court, public office or elsewhere in any jurisdiction outside Jersey; and

 

(c)                                 payments outside Jersey of stamp duty, registration or other tax on or in relation to the Documents,

 

required to ensure the validity, legality, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of the Documents have been made or paid.

 

15                                 The Secretary’s Certificate and the documents referred to therein, and any factual statements made therein, are accurate and complete as at 9 March 2020.

 

16                                 The written confirmation provided by the Viscount’s Department in response to the Désastre Search is accurate and complete as at 6 March 2020 and remains so on the date hereof.

 

17                                 The information disclosed by our searches of the Public Records is accurate as at 6 March 2020 and remains so on the date hereof and any documents disclosed by our searches of the Public Records are true and complete, in full force and effect and have not been amended, varied, supplemented or revoked in any respect and there is no information or document which has been delivered for registration, or which is required by the law of Jersey to be delivered for registration, which was not included in the Public Records.

 


 

SCHEDULE 3

 

Qualifications

 

1                                        The Jersey courts may potentially set aside a transaction in circumstances where it is shown that a counterparty had actual or constructive notice that the directors of the Company had breached their fiduciary duties, such as their duty to act in the best interests of the Company or their duty to exercise their powers for proper purposes.

 

2                                        The question of whether or not any provision of the Documents which may be invalid on account of illegality may be severed from the other provisions thereof would be determined by the Jersey courts in their discretion.

 

3                                        The search of the Public Records referred to in this opinion is not conclusively capable of revealing whether or not an order has been made or a resolution passed for the winding up or dissolution of the Company or for the appointment of a liquidator in respect of the Company, as notice of these matters might not be filed with the Jersey Financial Services Commission immediately and, when filed, might not be entered on the public record of the Company immediately.

 

4                                        The written confirmation provided by the Viscount’s Department in response to the Désastre Search relates only to the property of the Company being declared to be “en désastre”.  There is no formal procedure for determining whether the Company has otherwise become “bankrupt”, as defined in the Interpretation (Jersey) Law 1954.

 


 

SCHEDULE 4

 

Definitions

 

Existing Amcor Notes means, collectively:

 

(a)                                US$591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of AFUI’s 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 issued pursuant the Amcor Indenture (as defined herein) on June 13, 2019; and

 

(b)                                US$497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of AFUI’s 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028issued pursuant to the Amcor Indenture on June 13, 2019.

 

Existing Bemis Notes means, collectively:

 

(c)                                 US$293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of Bemis’s 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026issued pursuant to the Bemis Indenture (as defined herein) on June 13, 2019; and

 

(d)                                US$346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of Bemis’s 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 issued pursuant to the Bemis Indenture on June 13, 2019.

 

Existing Notes means, collectively, the Existing Amcor Notes and the Existing Bemis Notes.

 

New Amcor Notes means, collectively:

 

(e)                                 US$591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of  AFUI’s 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 being registered with the Commission under the Registration Statement and to be issued pursuant to the Amcor Indenture; and

 

(f)                                  US$497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of AFUI’s 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 being registered with the Commission under the Registration Statement and to be issued pursuant to the Amcor Indenture.

 

New Bemis Notes means, collectively:

 

(g)                                 US$293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of Bemis’s 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 being registered with the Commission under the Registration Statement and to be issued pursuant to the Amcor Indenture; and

 

(h)                                US$346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of Bemis’s 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 being registered with the Commission under the Registration Statement and to be issued pursuant to the Amcor Indenture.

 

New Notes means, collectively, the New Amcor Notes and the New Bemis Notes.

 



EX-5.4 16 a2240897zex-5_4.htm EX-5.4

Exhibit 5.4

 

Partner                  Simon Lynch

Contact             Hamish Nicholson

T +61 3 8656 3402

HNicholson@gtlaw.com.au

Our ref                   1041960

 

9 March 2020

 

By email

 

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

2801 SW 149th Avenue, Suite 350

Miramar, Florida 33027

United States

 

Bemis Company, Inc.2301 Industrial Drive

Neenah, Wisconsin 54956

United States

 

Amcor Pty Ltd
Level 11, 60 City Road
Southbank
Victoria 3006
Australia

 

Amcor plc
83 Tower Road North
Warmley
Bristol BS30 8XP
United Kingdom

 

Dear Sirs

 

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. and Bemis Company, Inc. — Registration Statement on Form S-1

 

We have acted as Australian legal adviser to Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a corporation organised under the laws of the State of Delaware (AFUI), Bemis Company, Inc. a corporation organised under the laws of the State of Missouri (Bemis) and the Guarantors (as defined herein) in connection with certain matters of Australian law arising in connection with  the filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-1, and all amendments thereto (collectively, the Registration Statement), by the Transaction Parties (as defined herein) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) relating to the offer of the applicable Issuer (as defined herein) to exchange the Existing Notes (as defined herein) of each series issued by it for the corresponding series of  New  Notes (as defined herein). The New Notes shall be issued pursuant to, and guaranteed by, among others, Amcor Pty Ltd (ABN 62 000 017 372) (formerly known as Amcor Limited (ABN 62 000 017 372)) (the Australian Guarantor) on the terms set out in, the Relevant Documents (as defined herein).

 

1                               Definitions

 

In this opinion, capitalised terms not defined in this opinion have the meaning given to them (including by way of incorporation) in the Relevant Documents and:

 

(a)                       Acting Person means each of Simon Lynch and Alexander Danne, the signatories to this opinion, and Jeff Browne and Hamish Nicholson;

 


 

(b)                       Amcor means Amcor plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands with limited liability

 

(c)                        Amcor UK means Amcor UK Finance PLC, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with limited liability;

 

(d)                       ASIC means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission;

 

(e)                        Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth);

 

(f)                         Existing AFUI Notes means, collectively:

 

(i)                           US$591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of AFUI’s 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 issued pursuant the AFUI Indenture (as defined herein) on June 13, 2019 ; and

 

(ii)                        US$497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of AFUI’s 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 issued pursuant to the AFUI Indenture on June 13, 2019 ;

 

(g)                        Existing Bemis Notes means, collectively:

 

(i)                           US$293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of Bemis’s 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 issued pursuant to the Bemis Indenture (as defined herein) on June 13, 2019 ; and

 

(ii)                        US$346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of Bemis’s 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 issued pursuant to the Bemis Indenture on June 13, 2019;

 

(h)                       Existing Notes means, collectively, the Existing AFUI Notes and the Existing Bemis Notes;

 

(i)                           Guarantors means, collectively, the New AFUI Notes Guarantors and the New Bemis Notes Guarantors;

 

(j)                          Issuer means AFUI (in respect of the Existing AFUI Notes and the New AFUI  Notes) and Bemis (in respect of the Existing Bemis Notes and the New Bemis Notes);

 

(k)                       New AFUI Notes means, collectively:

 

(i)                           US$591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of  AFUI’s 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 being registered with the Commission under the Registration Statement and to be issued pursuant to the AFUI Indenture; and

 

(ii)                        US$497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of AFUI’s 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 being registered with the Commission under the Registration Statement and to be issued pursuant to the AFUI Indenture;

 

(l)                           New AFUI Notes Guarantors means, collectively, the Australian Guarantor, Amcor UK, Amcor and Bemis;

 

(m)                   New Bemis Notes means, collectively:

 

(i)                           US$293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of Bemis’s 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 being registered with the Commission under the Registration Statement and to be issued pursuant to the AFUI Indenture; and

 

(ii)                        US$346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of Bemis’s 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 being registered with the Commission under the Registration Statement and to be issued pursuant to the AFUI Indenture.

 


 

(n)                       New Bemis Notes Guarantors means, collectively, the Australian Guarantor, Amcor UK, Amcor and AFUI;

 

(o)                       New Notes means, collectively, the New AFUI Notes and the New Bemis Notes;

 

(p)                       Power of Attorney means the power of attorney of the Australian Guarantor dated 3 May 2019

 

(q)                       Relevant Document means a document referred to in Schedule 1;

 

(r)                          Relevant Jurisdiction means each of the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of New South Wales; and

 

(s)                         Transaction Party means each of AFUI, Bemis and the Guarantors.

 

2                               Documents

 

We have examined and relied on:

 

(a)                       a .pdf copy of each Relevant Document;

 

(b)                       a copy of the Power of Attorney; and

 

(c)                        the searches referred to in paragraph 3 (Searches).

 

We have also examined such other documents as we think necessary or appropriate for our opinion.

 

3                               Searches

 

We have relied on an extract of the public records of the Australian Guarantor produced by ASIC on 6 March 2020.

 

We have assumed that the extract is correct, complete and up-to-date, and the same as information provided by the Australian Guarantor to ASIC. We have not examined any documents that the Australian Guarantor may have filed with ASIC nor conducted any other searches or investigations for the purposes of this opinion.

 

Our searches of the public records at ASIC did not reveal the appointment of any liquidator, administrator, receiver, receiver and manager or like officer to the Australian Guarantor or any of its assets, nor did those searches disclose that the Australian Guarantor has been wound up.

 

4                               Opinion

 

Based on the assumptions and subject to the qualifications set out below, we are of the following opinion.

 

(a)                       Due incorporation: The Australian Guarantor is duly and validly incorporated and exists under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia and is capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name in competent courts of each Relevant Jurisdiction.

 

(b)                       Corporate power: The Australian Guarantor has the corporate power to enter into and to perform its obligations under each Relevant Document.

 

(c)                        Due execution and delivery: Each Relevant Document has been duly executed and delivered by the Australian Guarantor in accordance with the law of each Relevant Jurisdiction.

 

(d)                       Corporate authorisation: Each Relevant Document has been duly authorised by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Australian Guarantor and each Relevant Document has been entered into by persons duly authorised by the Australian Guarantor.

 


 

5                               Assumptions

 

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have assumed the following and we have not made, nor are we obliged to make, any independent investigation of, or enquiries in respect of, those matters except as expressly stated in this opinion.

 

(a)                       Authenticity: The authenticity of all dates, seals and signatures (including copies of seals and signatures) and of any duty or registration stamp or marking.

 

(b)                       Completeness etc: The completeness, the due execution (other than a Relevant Document) and conformity to original instruments, of all copies (including unexecuted copies) of documents submitted to us, and that any document submitted to us continues in full force and effect, has not been amended, released, rescinded, terminated, waived (in whole or in part) or revoked and has been, or will be, duly delivered (other than a Relevant Document) and is not subject to escrow and its execution or delivery is not subject to conditions.

 

(c)                        Formalities for execution: Formalities for execution required by the law of the place of execution (other than a Relevant Jurisdiction) of each Relevant Document have been or will be complied with.

 

(d)                       Information correct: All information supplied or confirmed to us for the purpose of conducting searches is correct and complete as at the date of those searches and as at the date of this opinion. All representations, warranties, statements and information contained in the Relevant Documents are true and complete.

 

(e)                        New Notes: The New Notes, if and when issued, will have substantially identical terms as the Existing Notes and will be issued in exchange therefore as contemplated by the AFUI  Indenture, the  Bemis  Indenture and the Registration Statement.

 

6                               Qualifications

 

Our opinion is subject to the following qualifications.

 

(a)                       Relevant law: We express no opinion as to any law other than the law of each Relevant Jurisdiction as in force and as interpreted by courts of the Relevant Jurisdiction at 9.00am (Sydney time) on the date of this opinion. We are under, and assume, no obligation to inform any person of, or of the effect of, any future changes to those or any other law.

 

(b)                       Section 129 Corporations Act: We have relied on the following assumptions specified in section 129 of the Corporations Act and note that any person in relation to the Relevant Documents may also do so unless we or that person (as the case may be) knew or suspected that the matter that you would otherwise be entitled to assume to be correct is not correct:

 

(i)                           the Australian Guarantor’s constitution has been complied with;

 

(ii)                        anyone who appears from the searches referred to in paragraph 3 to be a director or company secretary of the Australian Guarantor has been duly appointed and has authority to exercise the powers and perform the duties customarily exercised or performed by that kind of officer or agent of a similar company;

 

(iii)                     anyone who is held out by the Australian Guarantor to be an officer or agent of the Australian Guarantor has been duly appointed and has authority to exercise the powers and perform the duties customarily exercised or performed by that kind of officer or agent of a similar company;

 

(iv)                    the officers and agents of the Australian Guarantor properly perform their duties to the Australian Guarantor;

 


 

(v)                       any Relevant Document that has been executed by the Australian Guarantor in accordance with section 127(1) of the Corporations Act has been duly executed by the Australian Guarantor; and

 

(vi)                    an officer or agent of the Australian Guarantor who has authority to issue a document or a certified copy of a document on its behalf also has authority to warrant that the document is genuine or is a true copy.

 

Nothing in the searches referred to in paragraph 3, in the Australian Guarantor’s constitution or in the extracts of the Australian Guarantor’s resolutions contradicts the assumptions.

 

Only the Acting Persons have any knowledge in relation to the things dealt with in this opinion and we confirm that such persons have no reason to believe or suspect that the assumptions or qualifications contained in this opinion are incorrect. We are not liable if any partner or solicitor of this firm other than the Acting Persons has any knowledge (other than knowledge of the law of a Relevant Jurisdiction) which would render our assumptions or qualifications incorrect. We have not made any investigation as to whether any partner or solicitor of this firm other than the Acting Persons has any such knowledge.

 

No assumption or qualification in this opinion limits any other assumption or qualification in it.

 

This opinion is given on the basis that it will be construed in accordance with the law of New South Wales. Anyone relying on this opinion agrees that this opinion and all matters (including any liability) arising in any way from it are to be governed by the law of New South Wales and will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales.

 

We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of any fact that might change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof.

 

7                               Consent

 

This opinion is being furnished to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Yours faithfully

Gilbert + Tobin

 

/s/ Simon Lynch

 

/s/ Alexander Danne

Simon Lynch
Partner
T +61 2 9263 4554
slynch@gtlaw.com.au

 

Alexander Danne
Partner
T +61 3 8656 3373
 adanne@gtlaw.com.au

 


 

Schedule 1 — Relevant Documents

 

(a)                       the indenture dated 13 June 2019 by and between, AFUI, the New AFUI Note Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (as trustee), under which the Australian Guarantor will provide its guarantee of all amounts due and payable under the New AFUI Notes (the AFUI Indenture).

 

(b)                       the indenture dated 13 June 2019 by and between, Bemis, the New Bemis Note Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (as trustee), under which the Australian Guarantor will provide its guarantee of all amounts due and payable under the New Bemis Notes (the Bemis  Indenture).

 



EX-5.5 17 a2240897zex-5_5.htm EX-5.5

Exhibit 5.5

 

Our ref: DEH/60049-30030

 

 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

70 ST MARY AXE

LONDON, EC3A 8BE

 

+44 20 7360 3600

+44 20 7626 7937 FAX

 

AMERICA  •  ASIA PACIFIC  •  EUROPE

 

To:                             Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

2801 SW 149th Avenue, Suite 350

Miramar, Florida 33027

United States of America

 

Bemis Company, Inc.2301 Industrial Drive

Neenah, Wisconsin 54956

United States of America

 

Amcor UK Finance PLC
83 Tower Road North
Warmley
Bristol BS30 8XP
United Kingdom

 

Amcor plc
83 Tower Road North
Warmley
Bristol BS30 8XP
United Kingdom

 

9 March 2020

 

Dear Sirs

 

Registration Statement on Form S-1
Guarantees of Notes by Amcor UK Finance PLC

 

PART 1

 

INTRODUCTION

 

1.                                      INTRODUCTION

 

We have acted as legal advisers as to English law to Amcor UK Finance PLC (the “Company”) in relation to the offering by Bemis Company, Inc (“Bemis”) of its 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 and its 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 that have been registered under the Securities Act (as defined below)(together, the “Bemis Notes”) in exchange for its outstanding Guaranteed

 

Sidley Austin LLP is a limited liability partnership formed and registered under the laws of the
State of Delaware.  The offices listed above (other than London) are offices of associated Sidley Austin partnerships.

A list of names of partners in the partnership is available at 70 St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8BE.

Authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under number 79075.

 


 

Senior Notes of the corresponding series that have not been registered under the Securities Act and the offering by Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. (“Amcor Finance)”) of its 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 and its 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (together, the “Amcor Finance Notes” and the Bemis Notes and the Amcor Finance Notes, together, the “Notes”) that have been registered under the Securities Act in exchange for its outstanding Guaranteed Senior Notes of the corresponding series that have not been registered under the Securities Act and the guarantees given by the Company in respect of the Notes (each a “Guarantee” and, together, the “Guarantees”).

 

We have been asked by the Company to give an opinion in respect of certain matters of English law relating to the Company and the Guarantees.  We have taken instructions solely from the Company.

 

We are giving this opinion in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) relating to  the offerings of the Notes referred to above which is to be filed under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

 

2.                                      SCOPE

 

This letter is limited to English law as applied by the English courts as at the date of this letter and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. We have made no investigation of the laws of any jurisdiction other than those of England and we do not express or imply any opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than those of England. In particular:

 

(a)                                 by giving this opinion, we do not assume any obligation to notify you of future changes in law which may affect the opinions expressed in this opinion, or otherwise to update this opinion in any respect;

 

(b)                                 to the extent that the laws of any other jurisdiction may be relevant, our opinion is subject to the effect of such laws;

 

(c)                                  we express no opinion as to whether the Registration Statement contains all the information required by applicable law and/or regulation; and

 

(d)                                 we have not been responsible for verifying whether statements of fact (including foreign law), opinion or intention in any documents referred to in this opinion or in any related documents are accurate, complete or reasonable.

 

The opinion in this letter is limited to the matters stated herein and does not extend to, and is not to be read as extending by implication to, any other matter.

 

3.                                      DOCUMENTS

 

For the purpose of giving this opinion we have examined the following documents:

 

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(a)                                 the New York law governed indenture dated 13 June 2019 made between, inter alios, Amcor Finance, the Company, Amcor plc and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Amcor Finance Notes Indenture”), pursuant to which the Amcor Finance Notes are to be issued;

 

(b)                                 the New York law governed indenture dated 13 June 2019 made between, inter alios, Bemis, the Company, Amcor plc and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Bemis Notes Indenture” and together with the Amcor Finance Notes Indenture, the “Opinion Documents”), pursuant to which the Bemis Notes are to be issued;

 

(c)                                  the forms of global certificate representing each series of Notes;

 

(d)                                 the results of searches made on 8 May 2019, 13 June 2019 and 6 March 2020 in each case made on our behalf by Armadillo Business Information of the records relating to the Company held by the Registrar of Companies at Companies House (the “Company Searches”); and

 

(e)                                  officer’s certificates dated 13 June 2019 and 9 March 2020 (the “Officer’s Certificates”) attaching certified copies of:

 

(i)                                     the constitutional documents of the Company as at the date of the relevant certificate;

 

(ii)                                  the minutes of meetings of the board of directors of the Company held on 2 April 2019 and 25 April 2019;

 

(iii)          the minutes of the Company in general meetings dated 25 April 2019, together with the notices of such general meetings; and

 

(iv)                              the signing power of attorney referred to in the board minutes referred to above.

 

We have also made an enquiry of the Central Index of Winding-Up and Administration Petitions (the “Central Index”) in respect of the Company on 6 March 2020 at 10:08am (London time) (the “Insolvency Search” and, together with the Company Searches, the “Searches”).

 

Except as noted above, we have not made any enquiries or searches concerning the Company or examined any contracts or other documents entered into by or affecting the Company.

 

4.                                      ASSUMPTIONS

 

For the purpose of this opinion and in considering the documents listed in paragraph 3 above we have (with your consent and without any further enquiry) assumed:

 

(a)                                the genuineness of all signatures on, and the authenticity and completeness of, all documents submitted to us, whether as originals or copies;

 

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(b)                                the conformity to originals of all documents supplied to us as photocopies or facsimile copies;

 

(c)                                 where a document has been examined by us in draft or specimen form, it will be or has been executed in the form of that draft or specimen form;

 

(d)                                the lack of bad faith and absence of fraud, coercion, duress or undue influence on the part of any party to the Opinion Documents or their respective directors, employees, agents and (with the exception of Sidley Austin LLP and its affiliated partnerships, including, in particular, Sidley Austin (Sydney)) advisers;

 

(e)                                 the truth, accuracy and completeness at all relevant times of each statement contained in all board minutes, resolutions and certificates referred to in paragraph 3 (Documents) above;

 

(f)                                  the directors of the Company, in authorising the execution and delivery of each of the Opinion Documents and the performance of its obligations thereunder, have exercised their powers and duties in accordance with all applicable laws;

 

(g)                                 the minutes of each meeting of the board of directors of the Company referred to in paragraph 3 (Documents) are a true record of the proceedings described therein of duly convened, constituted, quorate and conducted meetings of the board of directors of the Company acting in the interests of and in accordance with the constitution of the Company, the relevant meetings were duly held and the resolutions passed thereat have not subsequently been revoked or amended and remain in full force and effect, in each case as confirmed by the Officer’s Certificate;

 

(h)                                 as at the date of execution of the Opinion Documents the Company had not, and as at the date of this letter the Company has not, received a direction from its sole shareholder under article 4 of its articles of association restricting any powers of the board of directors of the Company to execute the Opinion Documents or enter into any transaction referred to in the Opinion Documents, as confirmed in the Officer’s Certificate dated 9 March 2020;

 

(i)                                    the general meeting of the Company referred to paragraph 3 (Documents) as duly convened and held and the resolutions set out in the notice of such meeting were duly passed and filed or notified in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and remain in full force and effect, in each case as confirmed by the Officer’s Certificate;

 

(j)                                   the Company is not and, as at the date of execution of the Opinion Documents was not, unable to pay its debts within the meaning of Section 123 of the Insolvency 1986 Act and did not become unable to do so as a result of entering into or performing its obligations under the Opinion Documents;

 

(k)                                the information disclosed by the Searches was accurate as at the date of those searches and has not since then been altered;

 

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(l)                                    the Company Searches did not fail to disclose any information which had been delivered for registration but did not appear from the information available at the time of the Company Searches, and the Insolvency Search did not fail to elicit any material information;

 

(m)                            for the purposes of our opinion set forth in paragraph 5(d) of this letter:

 

(i)                                    the Opinion Documents were executed by persons authorised to execute them on behalf of the Company in a form which was a “physical whole”, meaning that, in each case, the entire document (and not only the signature pages) was printed and the authorised signatories of the Company  signed the “physical whole” document;

 

(ii)                                 the documents referred to in sub-paragraph (i) above were, in each case, in identical form to the documents signed by the other parties thereto; and

 

(iii)                              the persons who signed the Opinion Documents on behalf of the Company  evidenced an intention that the Opinion Documents should be unconditionally effective and released from any escrow arrangements which may have been established; and

 

(n)                                that, at the time the Company entered into the Opinion Documents, either:

 

(i)                                    no person had acquired shares in the Company and incurred liability (including as such expression is explained in section 683(2)(a) of the Companies Act 2006) for the purpose of such acquisition which was still outstanding; or

 

(ii)                                 if a person had acquired shares in the Company and incurred such a liability, the entering into of any of the Opinion Documents was not for the purpose of reducing or discharging such liability (including as such expression is explained in section 683(2)(b) of the Companies Act 2006).

 

5.                                      OPINIONS

 

Based upon and subject to the assumptions and qualifications set out in this letter and having regard to such legal considerations as we have deemed relevant, we are of the following opinions:

 

(a)                                The Company is, and was as at the date of execution of the Opinion Documents, validly existing as a public company incorporated in England and Wales with limited liability under the Companies Act 1985 under registered number 04160806.

 

(b)                                As at the date of execution of the Opinion Documents the Company had the necessary corporate power to enter into and perform its obligations under the Indenture and the Guarantees.

 

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(c)                                 As at the date of execution of the Opinion Documents the Company had taken the necessary corporate action to authorise the entry into and performance by it of its obligations under the Indenture and the Guarantees.

 

(d)                                The Opinion Documents have been validly executed and delivered by the Company (other than to the extent that execution and delivery thereof is governed by a law other than English law).

 

(e)                                 The Searches disclosed no winding-up resolution, order or petition, no administration application, administration order, appointment of an administrator or notice of intention to appoint an administrator served by the company or its directors, no appointment of a liquidator or provisional liquidator, no appointment of a receiver, manager or administrative receiver, no voluntary arrangement, no moratorium and no recognition order under the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1030) in respect of, the Company.

 

6.                                      QUALIFICATIONS

 

Our opinion is subject to the qualifications set out below.

 

(a)                                Although there is considerable overlap between the types of English insolvency process capable of being disclosed by the Company Searches and the Insolvency Searches there are differences and some are not capable of being disclosed by either type of Search: for example, a notice of intention to appoint an administrator served by the holder of a qualifying floating charge.  Moreover, neither type of Search is capable of disclosing the commencement of foreign insolvency proceedings.

 

(b)                                As regards insolvency processes capable of being disclosed, the Searches are not conclusive for a number of reasons.  In the case of the Insolvency Search relevant information passed to the Companies Court may not be entered on the Central Index immediately (or at all) and as regards winding-up, administration process or moratorium initiated in a County Court or District Registry, details of the relevant filing may not be notified to the Central Index and entered on such records on a timely basis (or at all).  We have not made enquiries of any County Court or District Registry as to any such matters.  In the case of the Company Searches, information required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies is not in all cases required to be filed immediately (and may not be filed at all or on time) and, once filed, the information may not be made publicly available immediately (or at all).

 

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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement  and to the use of this firm’s name in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC issued thereunder.

 

Yours faithfully

 

/s/ Sidley Austin LLP

Sidley Austin LLP

 

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EX-21.1 18 a2240897zex-21_1.htm EX-21.1

Exhibit 21.1

 

SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

 

The following were significant subsidiaries of Amcor plc as of  December 31, 2019.

 

Name

 

Organized Under The Laws Of

Amcor Pty Ltd

 

Australia

Amcor Investments Pty. Ltd.

 

Australia

Amcor Packaging (U.S.A), Inc.

 

United States of America

Amcor Rigid Packaging USA LLC

 

United States of America

Amcor Flexibles Inc

 

United States of America

Amcor European Holdings Pty. Ltd.

 

Australia

Amcor Holding

 

United Kingdom

Amcor UK Finance PLC

 

United Kingdom

Amcor Holding No 1. Ltd

 

United Kingdom

AFP (Europe)

 

United Kingdom

Amcor France SAS

 

France

Containers Packaging (Europe)

 

United Kingdom

Amcor European Investments Holding Limited

 

United Kingdom

Amcor Group GmbH

 

Switzerland

Amcor Holdco 3

 

United Kingdom

Bemis Company, Inc

 

United States of America

Bemis Wisconsin LLC

 

United States of America

Bemis Packaging Inc

 

United States of America

 



EX-23.1 19 a2240897zex-23_1.htm EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Amcor plc of our report dated September 3, 2019, except for Note 24 to the consolidated financial statements, as to which the date is March 9, 2020, relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule, which appears in Amcor plc’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 9, 2020. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers AG

 

Zurich, Switzerland

March 9, 2020

 

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EX-23.2 20 a2240897zex-23_2.htm EX-23.2

Exhibit 23.2

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Amcor plc of our report dated December 14, 2018, except for Note 24 to the consolidated financial statements, as to which the date is March 9, 2020, relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule, which appears in Amcor plc’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 9, 2020. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers

Melbourne, Australia

March 9, 2020

 



EX-23.3 21 a2240897zex-23_3.htm EX-23.3

Exhibit 23.3

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Amcor plc of our report dated February 15, 2019 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Bemis Company, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

March 9, 2020

 



EX-25.1 22 a2240897zex-25_1.htm EX-25.1

Exhibit 25.1

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.   20549

 


 

FORM T-1

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) o

 


 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

(formerly BANKERS TRUST COMPANY)

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

NEW YORK

 

13-4941247

(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or

 

(I.R.S. Employer

organization if not a U.S. national bank)

 

Identification no.)

 

 

 

60 WALL STREET

 

 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

 

10005

(Address of principal

 

(Zip Code)

executive offices)

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Attention: Mirko Mieth

Legal Department

60 Wall Street, 36th Floor

New York, New York 10005

(212) 250 — 1663

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 


 

Bemis Company, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant issuer and guarantor as specified in its charter)

 


 

Missouri

2670

43-0178130

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

2301 Industrial Drive,

Neenah, Wisconsin 54956

United States of America

+1 920 527 5500

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021

3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026

(Title of the Indenture securities)

 

 

 


 

Item   1. General Information.

 

Furnish the following information as to the trustee.

 

(a)           Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

 

Name

 

Address

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District)

 

New York, NY

 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

 

Washington, D.C.

 

New York State Banking Department

 

Albany, NY

 

(b)           Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

 

Yes.

 

Item   2.   Affiliations with Obligor.

 

If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

 

None.

 

Item 3. -15.                                 Not Applicable

 

Item  16.                                               List of Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 1 -

Restated Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated August 31, 1998; Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 25, 1998; Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated December 18, 1998;Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 3, 1999; and Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated March 14, 2002, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.

 

 

Exhibit 2 -

Certificate of Authority to commence business, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.

 

 

Exhibit 3 -

Authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.

 

 

Exhibit 4 -

A copy of existing By-Laws of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, dated March 29, 2019 (see attached).

 


 

Exhibit 5 -

Not applicable.

 

 

Exhibit 6 -

Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of the Act, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.

 

 

Exhibit 7 -

A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

 

Exhibit 8 -

Not Applicable.

 

 

Exhibit 9 -

Not Applicable.

 


 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on this 9th day of March, 2020.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

 

 

 

/s / Jeffrey Schoenfeld

 

By:

Name: Jeffrey Schoenfeld

 

 

Title: Vice President

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 


EX-25.2 23 a2240897zex-25_2.htm EX-25.2

Exhibit 25.2

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.   20549

 


 

FORM T-1

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) o

 


 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

(formerly BANKERS TRUST COMPANY)

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

NEW YORK

 

13-4941247

(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or

 

(I.R.S. Employer

organization if not a U.S. national bank)

 

Identification no.)

 

 

 

60 WALL STREET

 

 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

 

10005

(Address of principal

 

(Zip Code)

executive offices)

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Attention: Mirko Mieth

Legal Department

60 Wall Street, 36th Floor

New York, New York 10005

(212) 250 — 1663

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 


 

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

(Exact name of registrant issuer and guarantor as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware

 

3990

 

95-4559504

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

2801 SW 149th Avenue, Suite 350,

Miramar, Florida 33027

United States of America

+1 954 499 4800

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026

4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028

(Title of the Indenture securities)

 

 

 


 

Item   1. General Information.

 

Furnish the following information as to the trustee.

 

(a)           Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

 

Name

 

Address

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District)

 

New York, NY

 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

 

Washington, D.C.

 

New York State Banking Department

 

Albany, NY

 

(b)           Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

 

Yes.

 

Item   2.   Affiliations with Obligor.

 

If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

 

None.

 

Item 3. -15.                                 Not Applicable

 

Item  16.                                               List of Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 1 -

Restated Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated August 31, 1998; Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 25, 1998; Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated December 18, 1998;Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 3, 1999; and Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated March 14, 2002, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.

 

 

Exhibit 2 -

Certificate of Authority to commence business, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.

 

 

Exhibit 3 -

Authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.

 

 

Exhibit 4 -

A copy of existing By-Laws of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, dated March 29, 2019 (see attached).

 


 

Exhibit 5 -

Not applicable.

 

 

Exhibit 6 -

Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of the Act, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.

 

 

Exhibit 7 -

A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

 

Exhibit 8 -

Not Applicable.

 

 

Exhibit 9 -

Not Applicable.

 


 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on this 9th day of March, 2020.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

 

 

 

/s / Jeffrey Schoenfeld

 

By:

Name: Jeffrey Schoenfeld

 

 

Title: Vice President

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 


EX-99.1 24 a2240897zex-99_1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

 

OFFERS TO EXCHANGE

 

Any and all outstanding $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 of Bemis Company, Inc.

 

for

 

Up to $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 of Bemis Company, Inc. that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

 

and

 

Any and all outstanding $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Bemis Company, Inc.

 

for

 

Up to $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Bemis Company, Inc. that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

 

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

 

OFFERS TO EXCHANGE

 

Any and all outstanding $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

 

for

 

Up to $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

 

and

 

Any and all outstanding $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

 

for

 

Up to $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

 

Pursuant to Prospectus dated                      , 2020

 

, 2020

 

To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,
Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

 

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the prospectus dated              , 2020 (the “Prospectus”):

 

·                  Bemis Company, Inc., a Missouri corporation (“Bemis”), is offering to exchange (each, a “Bemis Exchange Offer” and collectively, the “Bemis Exchange Offers”) any and all of its outstanding $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Existing 2021 Notes”) and any and all of its outstanding $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Existing Bemis 2026 Notes” and, together with the Existing 2021 Notes, the “Existing Bemis Notes”), respectively, that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), for an equal aggregate principal amount of its 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (the “New 2021 Notes”) and its 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 that have been registered under the Securities Act (the “New Bemis 2026 Notes” and, together with the New 2021 Notes, the “New Bemis Notes”), respectively; and

 

·                  Amcor Finance USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“AFUI” and, together with Bemis, the “Issuers”), is offering to exchange (each, an “AFUI Exchange Offer” and collectively, the “AFUI Exchange Offers” and, together with the Bemis Exchange Offers, the “Exchange Offers”) any and all of its outstanding $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Existing AFUI 2026 Notes”)

 


 

and any and all of its outstanding $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Existing 2028 Notes” and, together with the Existing AFUI 2026 Notes, the “Existing AFUI Notes”), respectively, that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the Expiration Date, for an equal aggregate principal amount of its 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 that have been registered under the Securities Act (the “New AFUI 2026 Notes”) and its 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 that have been registered under the Securities Act (the “New 2028 Notes” and, together with the New AFUI 2026 Notes, the “New AFUI Notes”), respectively.

 

We refer to the Existing Bemis Notes and the Existing AFUI Notes as the “Existing Notes,” and we refer to the New Bemis Notes and the New AFUI Notes as the “New Notes”)

 

The Exchange Offers are being made in order to satisfy certain obligations of the Issuers contained in the Registration Rights Agreements (as defined in the Prospectus).  Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Prospectus. Except where the context indicates otherwise, references to the Existing Notes or the New Notes, include the related Guarantees (as defined in the Prospectus).

 

We are requesting that you contact your clients for whom you hold Existing Notes regarding the applicable Exchange Offer. For your information and for forwarding to your clients for whom you hold Existing Notes or who hold Existing Notes registered in their own names, we are enclosing the following documents:

 

1.                            The Prospectus; and

 

2.                            A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for whose account you hold Existing Notes, with space provided for obtaining such clients’ instructions with regard to the applicable Exchange Offer.

 

Your prompt action is requested. Each Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on           , 2020, unless extended by the applicable Issuer (the “Expiration Date”). Any Existing Notes tendered pursuant to any Exchange Offer may be withdrawn (subject to compliance with the procedures set forth in the Prospectus) no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date.

 

To participate in any Exchange Offer, you must, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on the Expiration Date transmit your acceptance of the Exchange Offer (or cause same to be transmitted) through DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”), (ii) transfer or cause your Existing Notes to be transferred through ATOP to the account at DTC established by Global Bondholder Services Corporation, as exchange agent (the “Exchange Agent”) for the Exchange Offers, for purposes of the Exchange Offer and (iii) cause DTC to transmit to the Exchange Agent an electronic confirmation of such transfer (a ‘‘Book-Entry Confirmation’’) that includes a message (an ‘‘Agent’s Message’’) stating (i) the aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes that the applicable DTC participant has tendered on your behalf pursuant to the Exchange Offer, (ii) that DTC has received from the tendering DTC participant an express acknowledgment that such participant has received a copy of the Prospectus and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus and (iii) that the applicable Issuer may enforce such agreement against the tendering DTC participant. An Agent’s Message in respect of a tender of Existing Notes must be received by the Exchange Agent prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date for such tender to be valid. There is no letter of transmittal for Existing Notes tendered in connection with the Exchange Offers.

 

The Issuers will not pay any discounts, fees or commissions, or make any other payments, to brokers, dealers or other persons for soliciting the exchange of Existing Notes pursuant to the any Exchange Offer. The Issuers will pay all transfer taxes incident to the transfer of Existing Notes by the holder to the applicable Issuer pursuant to that Exchange Offer, except as otherwise set forth in the Prospectus.

 

Any inquiry you may have with respect to any Exchange Offer, or requests for additional copies of the enclosed materials, should be directed to Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offers, at its address and telephone number set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offers—Exchange Agent.”

 

 

    Very truly yours,

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

and

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

NOTHING HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY PERSON AS AN AGENT OF ANY ISSUER OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFERS, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN THE PROSPECTUS.

Enclosures

 

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EX-99.2 25 a2240897zex-99_2.htm EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

 

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

 

OFFERS TO EXCHANGE

 

Any and all outstanding $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 of Bemis Company, Inc.

 

for

 

Up to $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 of Bemis Company, Inc. that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

 

and

 

Any and all outstanding $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Bemis Company, Inc.

 

for

 

Up to $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Bemis Company, Inc. that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

 

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

 

OFFERS TO EXCHANGE

 

Any and all outstanding $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

 

for

 

Up to $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

 

and

 

Any and all outstanding $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

 

for

 

Up to $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

 

Pursuant to Prospectus dated                      , 2020

 

, 2020

 

To our Clients:

 

Enclosed for your consideration is a prospectus dated                   , 2020 (the “Prospectus”), relating to:

 

·                  the offers (each, a “Bemis Exchange Offer” and collectively, the “Bemis Exchange Offers”) of Bemis Company, Inc., a Missouri corporation (“Bemis”) to exchange any and all of its outstanding $346,652,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Existing 2021 Notes”) and any and all of its outstanding $293,200,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Existing Bemis 2026 Notes” and, together with the Existing 2021 Notes, the “Existing Bemis Notes”), respectively, that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), for an equal aggregate principal amount of its 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021 that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (the “New 2021 Notes”) and its 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 that have been registered under the Securities Act (the “New Bemis 2026 Notes” and, together with the New 2021 Notes, the “New Bemis Notes”), respectively; and

 

·                  the offers (each, an “AFUI Exchange Offer” and collectively, the “AFUI Exchange Offers” and, together with the Bemis Exchange Offers, the “Exchange Offers”) of Amcor Finance USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“AFUI” and, together with Bemis, the “Issuers”) to exchange any and all of its outstanding $591,266,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Existing AFUI 2026 Notes”) and any and all of its outstanding $497,508,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Guaranteed Senior

 


 

Notes due 2028 (the “Existing 2028 Notes” and, together with the Existing AFUI 2026 Notes, the “Existing AFUI Notes”), respectively, that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the Expiration Date, for an equal aggregate principal amount of its 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 that have been registered under the Securities Act (the “New AFUI 2026 Notes”) and its 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 that have been registered under the Securities Act (the “New 2028 Notes” and, together with the New AFUI 2026 Notes, the “New AFUI Notes”), respectively;

 

in each case,  upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

 

We refer to the Existing Bemis Notes and the Existing AFUI Notes as the “Existing Notes,” and we refer to the New Bemis Notes and the New AFUI Notes as the “New Notes”)

 

The Exchange Offers are being made in order to satisfy certain obligations of the Issuers contained in the Registration Rights Agreements (as defined in the Prospectus).  Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Prospectus. Except where the context indicates otherwise, references to the Existing Notes or the New Notes, include the related Guarantees (as defined in the Prospectus).

 

This material is being forwarded to you as the beneficial owner of Existing Notes of one or more series carried by us for your account but not registered in your name. A tender of such Existing Notes may only be made by us as the holder of record and pursuant to your instructions.

 

Accordingly, we request instructions as to whether you wish us to tender on your behalf the Existing Notes held by us for your account, pursuant to the terms and subject to conditions set forth in the enclosed Prospectus.

 

Your instructions should be forwarded to us as promptly as possible in order to permit us to tender the Existing Notes on your behalf in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Exchange Offer. Each Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                  , 2020, unless extended by the applicable Issuer (the “Expiration Date”). Any Existing Notes tendered pursuant to any Exchange Offer may be withdrawn (subject to compliance with the procedures set forth in the Prospectus) no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date.

 

Your attention is directed to the following:

 

1.                        Each Exchange Offer is for any and all Existing Notes of the applicable series.

 

2.                        The Exchange Offers are subject to certain conditions set forth in the Prospectus in the section captioned
“The Exchange Offers—Conditions to the Exchange Offers.”

 

3.                        Any transfer taxes incident to the transfer of Existing Notes from the holder to the applicable Issuer pursuant to any Exchange Offer will be paid by the applicable Issuer, except as otherwise provided in the Prospectus.

 

4.                        Each Exchange Offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                   , 2020, unless extended by the applicable Issuer.

 

If you wish to have us tender your Existing Notes, please so instruct us by completing, executing and returning to us the instruction form on page 3 of this letter.

 

Please carefully read the Prospectus and any other materials that accompany this letter.

 


 

INSTRUCTIONS WITH RESPECT

TO THE EXCHANGE OFFERS

 

The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the enclosed Prospectus relating to the Bemis Exchange Offers made by Bemis with respect to the Existing Bemis Notes and the AFUI Exchange Offers made by AFUI with respect to the Existing AFUI Notes.

 

By completing, executing and delivering these instructions, the undersigned hereby represent(s), warrant(s) and  agree(s), for your benefit and the benefit of the applicable Issuer, that the undersigned has (have) full right, power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer all right, title and interest in and to the Existing Notes and to acquire the New Notes issuable upon the exchange of such Existing Notes, and that, if and when such Existing Notes are validly tendered and accepted by the relevant Issuer for exchange, the applicable Issuer will acquire good and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances and not subject to any adverse claim.

 

Existing 2021 Notes

 

By completing, executing and delivering these instructions, the undersigned hereby instruct(s) you (check appropriate box):

 

o                                                       To TENDER, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus, Existing 2021 Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned in the principal amount indicated below (by completing, executing and delivering these instructions, the undersigned agree(s) that, if the foregoing box is checked but the dollar amount below is left blank, it means that the undersigned is (are) tendering all of the Existing 2021 Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned):

 

$                                                      of Existing 2021 Notes

 

¨                                                       NOT to TENDER any Existing 2021 Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.

 

Existing Bemis 2026 Notes

 

By completing, executing and delivering these instructions, the undersigned hereby instruct(s) you (check appropriate box):

 

¨                                                       To TENDER, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus, Existing Bemis 2026 Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned in the principal amount indicated below (by completing, executing and delivering these instructions, the undersigned agree(s) that, if the foregoing box is checked but the dollar amount below is left blank, it means that the undersigned is (are) tendering all of the Existing Bemis 2026 Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned):

 

$                                                    of Existing Bemis 2026 Notes

 

¨                                                       NOT to TENDER any Existing Bemis 2026 Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.

 

3


 

Existing AFUI 2026 Notes

 

By completing, executing and delivering these instructions, the undersigned hereby instruct(s) you (check appropriate box):

 

¨                                                       To TENDER, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus, Existing AFUI 2026 Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned in the principal amount indicated below (by completing, executing and delivering these instructions, the undersigned agree(s) that, if the foregoing box is checked but the dollar amount below is left blank, it means that the undersigned is (are) tendering all of the Existing AFUI 2026 Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned):

 

$                                                         of Existing AFUI 2026 Notes

 

¨                                                       NOT to TENDER any Existing AFUI 2026 Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.

 

Existing 2028 Notes

 

By completing, executing and delivering these instructions, the undersigned hereby instruct(s) you (check appropriate box):

 

¨                                                       To TENDER, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus, Existing 2028 Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned in the principal amount indicated below (by completing, executing and delivering these instructions, the undersigned agree(s) that, if the foregoing box is checked but the dollar amount below is left blank, it means that the undersigned is (are) tendering all of the Existing 2028 Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned):

 

$                                                         of Existing 2028 Notes

 

¨                                                       NOT to TENDER any Existing 2028 Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.

 

If the undersigned instructs you to tender Existing Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned, it means that the undersigned authorize(s) you to make, on behalf of the undersigned (and, by completing, signing and delivering these instructions, the undersigned hereby make(s) to you and for the benefit of the applicable Issuer), the acknowledgements, representations, warranties and agreements contained in the Prospectus that are deemed to be made by or with respect to the undersigned as beneficial owner(s) of Existing Notes.

 

The undersigned acknowledge(s) and agree(s) that none of the Existing Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned will be tendered unless you receive these written instructions from the undersigned to do so.

 

PLEASE SIGN HERE

 

Signature(s):

 

 

 

Name(s) (Please Print):

 

 

 

Capacity (Full Title) if Signing in a Representative or Fiduciary Capacity:

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

Zip Code:

 

 

 

Area Code and Telephone No.:

 

 

 

Taxpayer Identification or Social Security No(s).:

 

 

 

Account Number with You:

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

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