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EXHIBIT 10.84
 
Letter of Indemnification
Dated 14 January 2011
Reynolds Group Holdings Limited
for the benefit and in favour of
the Indemnitees defined in this Letter of Indemnification
(Switzerland – SIG)
 

 


 

Contents
       
Clause   Page
1. Definitions
    3
 
2. Indemnification
    4
 
3. Limitations on Indemnification
    4
 
4. Indemnification Procedure
    4
 
5. Severability
    5
 
6. Governing law and jurisdiction
    5
 
7. Amendments
    5
 
8. Termination
    5
 
     
Schedule
     
 
1. Part A: List of Swiss Obligors
    7
 
2. Part B: List of Indemnitees
    8

 


 

THIS LETTER OF INDEMNIFICATION is made on 14 January 2011
BY:
Reynolds Group Holdings Limited, a company registered in New Zealand whose registered office is at c/o Bell Gully (GJM), Level 22, Vero Centre, 48 Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand (“RGHL”);
IN FAVOUR AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF:
Each Indemnitee (as defined below).
BACKGROUND
A.   As part of the Reynolds group of companies (the “Reynolds Group”), each Swiss Obligor (as defined below) is a guarantor and/or security provider (as relevant) in respect of the Reynolds Group’s existing financing arrangements (the “Existing Financing Arrangements”), including, without limitation, by:
  (a)   providing a guarantee and/or security (as applicable) with respect to the senior secured credit agreement dated as of November 5, 2009, between, among others, RGHL, the borrowers listed therein and Credit Suisse AG, as amended by (i) Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 21, 2010, (ii) an amendment and assumption agreement dated as of May 4, 2010, (iii) an amendment and assumption agreement dated as of September 30, 2010 and (iv) each guarantor joinder entered into from time to time (the “Senior Secured Credit Facilities”);
 
  (b)   providing a guarantee and/or security (as applicable) with respect to the 7.75% senior secured notes due 2016 issued by members of the Reynolds Group in aggregate principal amounts of US$1,125,000,000 and €450,000,000 pursuant to an indenture dated November 5, 2009 (the “2009 Notes”); and
 
  (c)   providing a guarantee and security with respect to the 7.125% senior secured notes due 2019 issued by members of the Reynolds Group in aggregate principal amounts of US$1,500,000,000 pursuant to an indenture dated October 15, 2010 (the “2010 Secured Notes”);
    (the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the 2009 Notes and the 2010 Secured Notes being together, the “Existing Secured Indebtedness”),
  (d)   providing a guarantee with respect to certain notes issued by members of the Reynolds Group, including (i) 8% senior notes due 2016 issued in an aggregate principal amount of €480,000,000 pursuant to an indenture dated June 29, 2007, (ii) 9.5% senior subordinated notes due 2017 issued in an aggregate principal amount of €420,000,000 pursuant to an indenture dated June 29, 2007, (iii) 8.5% senior notes due 2018 issued in an aggregate principal amount of US$1,000,000,000 pursuant to an indenture dated May 4, 2010 and (iv) 9.0% senior notes due 2019 issued in an aggregate principal amount of

 


 

      US$1,500,000,000 pursuant to an indenture dated May 4, 2010 and (iv) 9.0% senior notes due 2019 issued in an aggregate principal amount of US$1,500,000,000 pursuant to an indenture dated October 15, 2010 ((i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) are together, the “Existing Notes”); and
 
  (e)   being party to the intercreditor arrangements in respect of the guarantees, indebtedness and security described above (the “Intercreditor Arrangements”).
B.   It is currently intended that additional debt will be incurred in order to, without limitation, (i) repay some or all of the debt incurred pursuant to the Senior Secured Credit Facilities and/or (ii) increase the amount of cash available to certain members of the Reynolds Group, including, without limitation, for general corporate purposes, to pay fees and/or expenses in connection with the Transactions (as defined below) and/or to fund future acquisitions.
 
C.   In connection with such incurrence of indebtedness, it is intended that the Existing Financing Arrangements be supplemented and/or amended. Each Swiss Obligor (as defined below) may, among other things, be required to do some or all of the following:
  (a)   provide a guarantee in respect of the issue of new senior unsecured notes by indirect subsidiaries of RGHL (the “New Unsecured Notes”), and enter into a purchase agreement and registration rights agreement relating to the New Unsecured Notes;
 
  (b)   provide a guarantee and security in respect of the issue of new senior secured notes by indirect subsidiaries of RGHL (the “New Secured Notes”) which will be secured on a pari passu basis with the security granted by each Swiss Obligor in respect of the Existing Secured Indebtedness, and enter into a purchase agreement and registration rights agreement relating to the New Secured Notes; it is intended that the aggregate amount of New Secured Notes and New Unsecured Notes issued will not exceed US$2,000,000,000;
 
  (c)   publish offering documents in respect of the New Secured Notes and the New Unsecured Notes, together with entering into agreements relating to both the underwriting of those notes by the initial note purchasers and the future registration of those notes (and consequent tender offer) with the US Securities Exchange Commission;
 
  (d)   in addition to (whether contemporaneously or otherwise), or instead of, the issue of the New Secured Notes and/or the New Unsecured Notes, enter into an amendment and/or restatement agreement relating to the Senior Secured Credit Facilities to (i) allow for the incurrence of additional indebtedness (the “Additional Bank Debt”) that will be

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      incurred to repay some or all of the existing tranches of debt under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, or into which some or all of the existing tranches of debt under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities will be converted or rolled over, (ii) reflect any repayment of debt made from the proceeds of the Additional Bank Debt, the New Unsecured Notes and/or the New Secured Notes and/or (iii) any amendments that are agreed with the Lenders (as defined therein) to update certain of the commercial terms, including, without limitation, relating to pricing, maturity and commercial and financial covenants (the “Amendment Agreement”);
 
  (e)   provide certain affirmations, re-affirmations and/or confirmations that its guarantees currently in place in respect of the Existing Secured Indebtedness continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the Transactions (as defined below) and extend to the New Secured Notes;
 
  (f)   provide any amendment, restatement, affirmation, re-affirmation, supplement, extension, confirmation or release and retake of security, or grant of new or additional security (which may be second or third ranking) in respect of collateral under the applicable agreements, instruments or other documents creating security interests in respect of the Existing Secured Indebtedness (the “Security Documents”) in order to provide that such Security Documents (i) secure obligations with respect to the New Secured Notes on a pari passu basis with the Existing Secured Indebtedness to the extent possible and (ii) continue to secure obligations in respect of the Existing Secured Indebtedness; and/or
 
  (g)   enter into such amendments, supplements, joinders or other documents in connection with the Intercreditor Arrangements to the extent required as may be necessary to give effect to the proposed new structure;
    together, the “Transactions”. The documents relating to the Transactions are collectively, the “Transaction Documents”.
 
D.   RGHL has agreed to provide an indemnity to the Indemnitees (as defined below) in respect of the Transactions, as further described below.
It is the intention of RGHL that this document be executed as a Letter of Indemnification in favour and for the benefit of each Indemnitee.
THIS LETTER OF INDEMNIFICATION WITNESSES as follows:
1.   Definitions
 
    Director” means any member of the board of directors or of the executive management (in German: Geschäftsführug).

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    Indemnitee” means each Director listed in Part B to the Schedule to this Letter of Indemnification.
 
    Indemnitee Company” means, in relation to an Indemnitee, any Swiss Obligor of which an Indemnitee is a Director.
 
    Swiss Obligor” means each company listed in Part A to the Schedule to this Letter of Indemnification.
 
2.   Indemnification
 
    RGHL shall upon first demand indemnify each Indemnitee against expenses, losses, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges in connection therewith) incurred by an Indemnitee or on an Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with any proceeding resulting from or relating to decisions the Indemnitee made or any actions the Indemnitee took on behalf of an Indemnitee Company in his or her capacity as a Director of the Indemnitee Company in connection with any transactions or the approval or execution of any resolutions or documents in relation to the Transactions.
 
3.   Limitations on Indemnification
 
    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Letter of Indemnification, an Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification under this Letter of Indemnification:
  (a)   to the extent that such indemnification is not permitted by applicable law; or
 
  (b)   to the extent that payment is actually made, or for which payment may be immediately claimed, to or on behalf of the relevant Indemnitee under an insurance policy, unless the Indemnitee assigns to RGHL any related payments claims under such insurance policy; or
 
  (c)   to the extent that payment has or will be made to the relevant Indemnitee by the Indemnitee Company or any affiliate of RGHL otherwise than pursuant to this Letter of Indemnification.
4.   Indemnification Procedure
 
4.1   Each Indemnitee shall give RGHL notice in writing (including by e-mail or telefax) as soon as practicable of any proceeding in relation to that Indemnitee for which indemnification will or could be sought under this Letter of Indemnification. To obtain indemnification payments or advances under this Letter of Indemnification, an Indemnitee shall submit to RGHL a written request therefore, together with such invoices or other supporting information as may be reasonably requested by RGHL and reasonably available to the relevant Indemnitee. Subject to clause 4.2, RGHL shall make such indemnification payment within 10 business days of receipt of such invoices and supporting information.

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4.2   Each Indemnitee shall be obliged as soon as practicable to claim his rights under any applicable insurance policy and shall assign to RGHL any related payments claims under such insurance policy. However, this clause 4.2 does not affect the Indemnitee’s right to indemnification under clause 2 above.
 
4.3   For the avoidance of doubt, an Indemnitee shall not forego any rights to indemnification under this Letter of Indemnification where he fails to give notice within the period specified in sentence 1 (“as soon as practicable”) of this clause 4.
 
5.   Severability
 
    If any provision or provisions of this Letter of Indemnification shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Letter of Indemnification and this Letter of Indemnification shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
 
6.   Governing law and jurisdiction
 
    This Letter of Indemnification shall be governed by and its provisions construed in accordance with Swiss law. All the parties to this Letter of Indemnification irrevocably agree that the courts of Zurich are to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Letter of Indemnification (including any dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Letter of Indemnification).
 
7.   Amendments
 
    No amendment or modification of this Letter of Indemnification shall be effective unless it is approved in writing by each Indemnitee having the benefit of this Letter of Indemnification.
 
8.   Termination
 
    This Letter of Indemnification shall remain in effect in favour and for the benefit of each Indemnitee until the expiration of 12 months after the date that is the later to occur of:
  (a)   the relevant Indemnitee ceasing to serve as a director of the relevant Indemnitee Company; and
 
  (b)   the date on which all obligations of the relevant Indemnitee Company of which that Indemnitee is a director in respect of the Transaction Documents are expired, terminated or released.

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IN WITNESS of which this Letter of Indemnification has been executed and has been delivered on the date stated at the beginning of this Letter of Indemnification for the benefit and in favour of each Indemnitee.
Reynolds Group Holdings Limited
         
  /s/ Gregory Cole    
  Name:   Gregory Cole   
 
         
  /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]    
  Signature of witness   
 
     
  /s/ Analyst    
  Occupation   
 
     
  /s/ Auckland    
  City of Residence   
     

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Schedule
Part A
List of Swiss Obligors
  SIG allCap AG
 
  SIG Combibloc Group AG
 
  SIG Combibloc (Schweiz) AG
 
  SIG Reinag AG
 
  SIG Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft AG
 
  SIG Technology AG
 
  SIG Combibloc Procurement AG

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Part B
List of Indemnitees
  Marco Haussener
 
  Rolf Schneider
 
  Graeme Richard Hart
 
  Peter Holtmann
 
  André Rosenstock
 
  Thomas James Degnan
 
  Robert Lombardini
 
  Henrik Wagner
 
  Arnold Pezzatti
 
  Christian Alt
 
  Wolfgang Ornig
 
  Jakob Höehn
 
  Rolf Stangl
 
  Daniel Kiwit
 
  Ralph Hinderichs
 
  Kurt Kuhn
 
  Thomas Burkhardt
 
  Gregor Pawlitzki
 
  Holger Christian Dickers
 
  Samuel Sigrist
 
  Albrecht Haenel
 
  Monika Millinger

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