ARDAGH PACKAGING FINANCE PLC and ARDAGH HOLDINGS USA INC. as Issuers, ARDAGH Group S.A., as Parent Guarantor, CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH, as Trustee, Principal Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Security Agent, and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS Europe AG,...
Exhibit 99.7
EXECUTION VERSION
ARDAGH PACKAGING FINANCE PLC
and
ARDAGH HOLDINGS USA INC.
as Issuers,
ARDAGH Group S.A.,
as Parent Guarantor,
CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH,
as Trustee, Principal Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Security Agent,
and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS Europe AG,
as Registrar
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Dated as of April 8, 2020
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5.250% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE One
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
ARTICLE Two
THE NOTES
ARTICLE Three
REDEMPTION; OFFERS TO PURCHASE
ARTICLE Four
COVENANTS
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ARTICLE Five
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS
ARTICLE Six
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
ARTICLE Seven
TRUSTEE AND SECURITY AGENT
ARTICLE Eight
DEFEASANCE; SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
ARTICLE Nine
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
ARTICLE Ten
GUARANTEE
ARTICLE Eleven
SECURITY
ARTICLE Twelve
MISCELLANEOUS
Schedules
Schedule I-Agreed Security Principles
Exhibits
Exhibit A-Form of Notes
Exhibit B-Form of Transfer Certificate for Transfer from Restricted Global Note to Regulation S Global Note
Exhibit C-Form of Transfer Certificate for Transfer from Regulation S Global Note to Restricted Global Note
INDENTURE dated as of April 8, 2020 among Ardagh Packaging Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland (the “Irish Issuer”), Ardagh Holdings USA Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “U.S. Issuer” and, together with the Irish Issuer, the “Issuers”), Ardagh Group S.A. (the “Parent Guarantor”), Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as principal paying agent (the “Principal Paying Agent”) and as Transfer Agent, Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as security agent (the “Security Agent”), and Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, as Registrar.
RECITALS OF THE ISSUERS AND THE PARENT GUARANTOR
The Issuers have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of their 5.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 issued on the date hereof (the “Original Notes”) and any additional notes (the “Additional Notes”) that may be issued after the Issue Date. The Original Notes and Additional Notes together are the “Notes”. The Issuers and the Parent Guarantor have received good and valuable consideration for the execution and delivery of this Indenture. The Parent Guarantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the issuance of the Notes. All necessary acts and things have been done to make (i) the Notes, when duly issued and executed by the Issuers and authenticated and delivered hereunder, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuers and (ii) this Indenture (including the Guarantees included herein) a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Issuers and the Parent Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows:
“£” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
“Acquired Debt” means Debt of a Person:
(a) | existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary; or |
(b) | assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from any such Person; |
provided, in each case, that such Debt was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such acquisition, as the case may be.
Acquired Debt will be deemed to be incurred on the date the acquired Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or the date of the related acquisition of assets from any such Person.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.
For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Agreed Security Principles” means the Agreed Security Principles as set forth on Schedule I hereto.
“Applicable Law” means any competent regulatory, prosecuting, Tax or governmental authority in any jurisdiction.
“Asset Sale” means any sale, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition (including, without limitation, by way of merger, consolidation or sale and leaseback transaction) (collectively, a “transfer”), directly or indirectly, in one or a series of related transactions, of:
(a) | any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than the Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary); |
(b) | all or substantially all of the properties and assets of any division or line of business of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary; or |
(c) | any other of the Parent Guarantor’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s properties or assets. |
Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:
(i) | any transfer or disposition of assets that is governed by the provisions of Article Five and Section 4.11 or any transfer or disposition of assets consummated in connection with a Permitted Reorganization; |
(ii) | any transfer or disposition of assets by the Parent Guarantor to the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary, or by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Parent Guarantor, the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; |
(iii) | any transfer or disposition of obsolete or permanently retired equipment or facilities that are no longer useful in the conduct of the Parent Guarantor’s and any Restricted Subsidiary’s business and that are disposed of in the ordinary course of business; |
(iv) | any disposition of accounts receivable and related assets in a Permitted Receivables Financing; |
(v) | the disposition of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements; |
(vi) | the foreclosure, condemnation or any similar action with respect to any property or other assets; |
(vii) | any unwinding or termination of hedging obligations not for speculative purposes; |
(viii) | any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets or Capital Stock having a Fair Market Value of less than the greater of $50,000,000 and 0.75% of Total Assets; |
(ix) | for the purposes of Section 4.09 only, the making of a Permitted Investment or a disposition permitted under Section 4.08; or, solely for the purposes Section 4.09(b), asset sales, the |
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proceeds of which are used within 540 days of receipt of such proceeds to make such Restricted Payments, Permitted Payments or Permitted Investments;
(x) | the sale, lease or other disposition of equipment, inventory, property or other assets in the ordinary course of business; |
(xi) | the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business; |
(xii) | an issuance of Capital Stock by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Parent Guarantor or to another Restricted Subsidiary; |
(xiii) | a Permitted Investment or a Restricted Payment (or a transaction that would constitute a Restricted Payment but for the exclusions from the definition thereof) that is not prohibited by Section 4.08; |
(xiv) | any disposition of Capital Stock, Debt or other securities of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Permitted Joint Venture; |
(xv) | sales of assets received by the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary upon the foreclosure on a Lien granted in favor of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary; |
(xvi) | sales or grants of licenses to use the patents, trade secrets, know-how and other intellectual property of the Parent Guarantor or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent that such license does not prohibit the Parent Guarantor or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from using the technologies licensed (other than pursuant to exclusivity or non-competition arrangements negotiated on an arm’s-length basis) or require the Parent Guarantor or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay any fees for any such use; |
(xvii) | any surrender or waiver of contract rights or settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims in the ordinary course of business; or |
(xviii) | sales, issuances, conveyances, transfers, leases or other dispositions to the extent constituting Permitted Liens. |
“Authority” means any competent regulatory, prosecuting, Tax or governmental authority in any jurisdiction.
“August 2019 Notes” shall mean the August 2019 Secured Notes and the August 2019 Senior Notes.
“August 2019 Secured Notes” shall mean the existing $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 and the existing €440,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 issued by the Issuers on August 12, 2019.
“August 2019 Senior Notes” shall mean the existing $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.250% Senior Notes due 2027 issued by the Issuers on August 12, 2019.
“Average Life” means, as of the date of determination with respect to any Debt, the quotient obtained by dividing:
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(a) | the sum of the products of: |
(i) | the numbers of years from the date of determination to the date or dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Debt; multiplied by |
(ii) | the amount of each such principal payment; |
by
(b) | the sum of all such principal payments. |
“Bankruptcy Law” means any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, moratorium, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors or any amendment to, succession to or change in any such law, including, without limitation, (i) bankruptcy law of Ireland, (ii) bankruptcy law of The Netherlands, (iii) bankruptcy law of England, (iv) bankruptcy law of Germany, (v) bankruptcy law of Sweden, (vi) bankruptcy law of Denmark, (vii) bankruptcy law of Poland, (viii) bankruptcy law of Italy or (ix) bankruptcy law of Luxembourg or (x) Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended.
“Board of Directors” means (i) with respect to any corporation, the board of directors or managers, as applicable, of the corporation, or any duly authorized committee thereof; (ii) with respect to any partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner, as applicable, of the partnership or any duly authorized committee thereof; (iii) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any duly authorized controlling committee thereof; and (iv) with respect to any other Person, the board or any duly authorized committee of such Person serving a similar function. Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires any action or determination to be made by, or any approval of, a Board of Directors (including for the avoidance of doubt any committee thereof), such action, determination or approval shall be deemed to have been taken or made if approved by the necessary directors or members of any such Board of Directors (whether or not such action or approval is taken as part of a formal board meeting or as a formal board approval), including for the avoidance of doubt any committee thereof. Unless the context requires otherwise, Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Parent Guarantor.
“Book-Entry Interest” means a beneficial interest in a Global Note held through and shown on, and transferred only through, records maintained in book-entry form by DTC and its nominees and successors.
“Business Day” means a day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized by law to close in Dublin, New York City or London.
“Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, partnership interests (whether general or limited), participations, rights in or other equivalents (however designated) of such Person’s equity, any other interest or participation that confers the right to receive a share of the profits and losses, or distributions of assets of, such Person and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock), warrants or options exchangeable for or convertible into such Capital Stock, whether now outstanding or issued after the Issue Date.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person under a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) any property (whether real, personal or mixed), which obligation is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease obligation under IFRS, and, for purposes of this Indenture, the amount of such obligation at any date will be the capitalized amount thereof at such date, determined in accordance with IFRS and the Stated Maturity thereof will be
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the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date such lease may be terminated without penalty.
“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following:
(a) | any evidence of Debt with a maturity of 180 days or less from the date of acquisition issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by a member state of the European Union or European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, Canada, Switzerland, Australia or any agency or instrumentality thereof (each, an “Approved Jurisdiction”); |
(b) | time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, money market deposits or bankers’ acceptances with a maturity of 180 days or less from the date of acquisition issued by a bank or trust company having combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than €500,000,000, whose debt has a rating, at the time any investment is made therein, of at least BBB+ or the equivalent thereof by S&P and at least Baa1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s; |
(c) | commercial paper with a maturity of 180 days or less from the date of acquisition issued by a corporation that is not either Issuer’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Affiliate and is at the time of acquisition, rated at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s; |
(d) | repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the type described in clause (a) or (b) above entered into with a financial institution meeting the qualifications described in clause (b) above; |
(e) | investments in money market mutual funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kind described in clauses (a) through (d) above; or |
(f) | any investments classified as cash equivalents under IFRS. |
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) | the consummation of any transaction (including a merger or consolidation) the result of which is that (i) any person or group, other than one or more Permitted Holders, is or as a result of such transaction becomes, the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% (or so long as any of the Existing Ardagh Bonds other than the August 2019 Notes remain outstanding, 35%) of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Parent Guarantor and (ii) the Permitted Holders, individually or in the aggregate, do not beneficially own, directly or indirectly, a larger percentage of the total voting power of such Voting Stock than such other person or group; |
(b) | the sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger, consolidation or transfer of the Parent Guarantor’s Voting Stock or in connection with a Permitted Reorganization) of all or substantially all of the assets (other than Capital Stock, Debt or other securities of any Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the Parent Guarantor, the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, to any person or group other than one or more Permitted Holders; |
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(c) | the Parent Guarantor or either Issuer is liquidated or dissolved or adopts a plan of liquidation or dissolution other than in a transaction which does not violate the provisions described under Article Five or in connection with a Permitted Reorganization; or |
(d) | the Parent Guarantor or any Surviving Entity ceases to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Voting Stock of either Issuer, other than director’s qualifying shares and other shares required to be issued by law. |
For the purposes of this definition, (i) “person” and “group” have the meanings they have in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act; (ii) “beneficial owner” is used as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a person shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time; and (iii) a Person or group will be deemed to beneficially own all Voting Stock of an entity held by a parent entity, if such Person or group is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent entity and the Permitted Holders, individually or in the aggregate, do not beneficially own, directly or indirectly, a larger percentage of the total voting power of such Voting Stock than such Person or group.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” means the collateral that secures the obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors under the Notes and this Indenture pursuant to the Security Documents.
“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Commodity Hedging Agreements” means any type of commodity hedging agreement (including emissions hedging) designed to protect against or manage exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices and entered into in good faith for such purposes.
“Consolidated Adjusted Net Income” means, for any period, the Parent Guarantor’s and the Restricted Subsidiaries’ consolidated net income (or loss) for such period as determined in accordance with IFRS, adjusted by excluding (to the extent included in such consolidated net income or loss), without duplication:
(a) | any net after-tax extraordinary gains or losses; |
(b) | any net after-tax gains or losses attributable to sales of assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary that are not sold in the ordinary course of business; |
(c) | the portion of net income or loss of any Person (other than the Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary), including Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in which the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary has an equity ownership interest, except that the Parent Guarantor’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s equity in the net income of such Person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Adjusted Net Income to the extent of the aggregate amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash dividends or other distributions during such period; |
(d) | the net income or loss of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary is not at the date of determination permitted, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or |
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governmental regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its shareholders (other than restrictions contained in the Credit Facilities and related agreements permitted by Section 4.06(b)(ii));
(e) | any extraordinary, exceptional, unusual or nonrecurring loss, expense or charge (including severance, relocation, plant closure, operational improvement or restructuring costs or reserves or provisions therefor) relating to, or directly or indirectly resulting from, or incurred in connection with, any Asset Sale, Investment, acquisition, reorganization, restructuring or operational improvement initiative, or offering or refinancing of debt or equity securities; |
(f) | the non-cash accounting effects of any acquisition, purchase, merger, reorganization or other similar transaction, including any increase in amortization or depreciation resulting from adjustments to tangible or intangible assets, the consequence of any revaluation of inventory or other non-cash charges or effects (including losses on derivatives); |
(g) | the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles after the Issue Date; |
(h) | any charge or expense recorded for non-cash or capitalized interest on Deeply Subordinated Funding; |
(i) | net after tax gains or losses attributable to (i) the termination of pension plans, (ii) the acquisition of securities or the extinguishment of debt or (iii) currency exchange transactions that are not in the ordinary course of business; |
(j) | net income or loss attributable to discontinued operations; and |
(k) | any restoration to net income of any contingency reserve, except to the extent it was provided for in a prior period. |
“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” of the Parent Guarantor means, for any period, the ratio of:
(a) | the sum of Consolidated Adjusted Net Income, plus in each case to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Adjusted Net Income for such period: |
(i) | Consolidated Net Interest Expense; |
(ii) | Consolidated Tax Expense; and |
(iii) | Consolidated Non-cash Charges, less all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Adjusted Net Income for such period and less all cash payments during such period relating to non-cash charges that were added back to Consolidated Adjusted Net Income in determining the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio in any prior period; |
(b) | to the sum of: |
(i) | Consolidated Net Interest Expense; and |
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(ii) | cash and non-cash dividends due (whether or not declared) on the Parent Guarantor’s and any Restricted Subsidiary’s Preferred Stock (to any Person other than the Parent Guarantor and any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary), in each case for such period; |
provided that in calculating the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or any element thereof for any period, pro forma effect will be given to any realized or expected synergies, cost efficiencies and cost savings relating to, or directly or indirectly resulting from, or associated with, any Asset Sale, Investment, acquisition, reorganization, restructuring or operational improvement initiative that has occurred during the period included in the calculation or any prior period or would reasonably be expected to occur in connection with an acquisition or other transaction in relation to which “pro forma” effect is given as if such synergies, cost efficiencies or cost savings had been effective throughout the period included in the calculation; provided, further, without limiting the application of the previous proviso, that:
(i) | if the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary has incurred any Debt since the beginning of such period that remains outstanding or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is an incurrence of Debt or both, Consolidated Adjusted Net Income and Consolidated Net Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Debt as if such Debt had been incurred on the first day of such period and the discharge of any other Debt repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with the proceeds of such new Debt as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period; |
(ii) | if, since the beginning of such period, the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Sale, Consolidated Adjusted Net Income for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated Adjusted Net Income (if positive) directly attributable to the assets which are the subject of such Asset Sale for such period, or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated Adjusted Net Income (if negative) directly attributable thereto, for such period and the Consolidated Net Interest Expense for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated Net Interest Expense directly attributable to any Debt of the Parent Guarantor or of any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with respect to the Parent Guarantor and the continuing Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Sale for such period (or, if the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold, the Consolidated Net Interest Expense for such period directly attributable to the Debt of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Parent Guarantor and the continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Debt after such sale); |
(iii) | if, since the beginning of such period, the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any Restricted Subsidiary (or any Person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) or an acquisition of assets, including any acquisition of an asset occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder, which constitutes all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business, Consolidated Adjusted Net Income and Consolidated Net Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the incurrence of any Debt) as if such Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of such period; |
(iv) | if, since the beginning of such period, any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall have made any Asset Sale or any Investment or |
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acquisition of assets that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) above if made by the Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary during such period, Consolidated Adjusted Net Income and Consolidated Net Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Asset Sale or Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of such period; and
(v) | that the pro forma calculation shall not give effect to: (i) any amounts under clause (b) above attributable to Debt or Preferred Stock incurred on such determination date pursuant to Section 4.06(b) (other than amounts attributable to Debt or Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(xix)) or (ii) amounts attributable to any Debt or Preferred Stock discharged on such determination date to the extent that such discharge results from the proceeds incurred pursuant to Section 4.06(b) (other than amounts attributable to Debt or Preferred Stock discharged on such determination date using proceeds of Debt Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(xix)). |
If any Debt bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Debt shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Debt for a period equal to the remaining term of such Interest Rate Agreement).
“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” of the Parent Guarantor means, as of the date of determination, the ratio of (a) (i) the sum of consolidated Debt of the Parent Guarantor (other than working capital and other than Debt described in clause (f) of the definition of “Debt”) less (ii) cash and Cash Equivalents on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Guarantor which has been delivered in accordance with Section 4.19 to (b) the aggregate consolidated EBITDA of the Parent Guarantor for the period of the most recent four consecutive quarters for which financial statements are available under Section 4.19, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to consolidated Debt and consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma provisions set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”.
“Consolidated Net Interest Expense” means, for any period, without duplication and in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with IFRS, the sum of:
(a) | the Parent Guarantor’s and the Restricted Subsidiaries’ total interest expense for such period, including, without limitation: |
(i) | amortization of debt discount; |
(ii) | the net costs of Commodity Hedging Agreements, Interest Rate Agreements and Currency Agreements (including amortization of fees and discounts); |
(iii) | commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and similar transactions; and |
(iv) | the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation and amortization of debt issuance costs; plus |
(b) | the interest component of the Parent Guarantor’s and the Restricted Subsidiaries’ Capitalized Lease Obligations accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued during such period other than the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations between or |
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among the Parent Guarantor and any Restricted Subsidiary or between or among Restricted Subsidiaries; plus
(c) | the Parent Guarantor’s and the Restricted Subsidiaries non-cash interest expenses and interest that was capitalized during such period; plus |
(d) | the interest expense on Debt of another Person to the extent such Debt is guaranteed by the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary or secured by a Lien on the Parent Guarantor’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s assets, but only to the extent that such interest is actually paid by the Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary; minus |
(e) | the interest income of the Parent Guarantor and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period. |
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Consolidated Net Interest Expense shall not include any of the following:
(a) | interest accrued, capitalized or paid in respect of Deeply Subordinated Funding; |
(b) | gains, losses, expenses or charges associated with refinancing of debt; |
(c) | gains, losses, expenses or charges associated with the total or partial extinguishment of debt; |
(d) | gains, losses, expenses or charges resulting from “xxxx to market” provisions or fair value charges applied to or resulting from derivatives; or |
(e) | any non-cash pension expense. |
“Consolidated Non-cash Charges” means, for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses of the Parent Guarantor and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with IFRS (excluding any such non-cash charge that requires an accrual of or reserve for cash charges for any future period).
“Consolidated Secured Debt Leverage Ratio” of the Parent Guarantor means, as of the date of determination, the ratio of (a) (i) the sum of consolidated Debt of the Parent Guarantor secured by Liens ranking equal to (by law or contract) the Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes on all or any portion of the Collateral (other than Debt incurred pursuant to clause (b)(ii) and clause (b)(xiii) of Section 4.06 and other than Debt described in clause (f) of the definition of “Debt”) less (ii) cash and Cash Equivalents on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Guarantor which has been delivered in accordance with Section 4.19 to (b) the aggregate consolidated EBITDA of the Parent Guarantor for the period of the most recent four consecutive quarters for which financial statements are available under Section 4.19 in each case with such pro forma adjustments to consolidated Debt and consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma provisions set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”.
“Consolidated Tax Expense” means, for any period with respect to any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, the provision for all national, local and foreign federal, state or other income taxes of the Parent Guarantor and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with IFRS.
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“continuing” means, with respect to any Default or Event of Default, that such Default or Event of Default has not been cured or waived.
“Contribution Debt” means Debt of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate amount of cash contributions (other than Excluded Contributions and any such cash contributions that have been used to make a Restricted Payment or a Permitted Investment) made to the equity (other than through the issuance of Redeemable Capital Stock) of the Parent Guarantor or in the form of Deeply Subordinated Funding, in each case, after the Issue Date; provided that (without prejudice to the rights of the Parent Guarantor and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including the right to divide and/or classify and/or reclassify as described in Section 4.06) such Contribution Debt is so designated as Contribution Debt pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate on the incurrence date thereof.
“Credit Facility” or “Credit Facilities” means one or more debt facilities, indentures or other arrangements with banks, insurance companies, other financial institutions or investors providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, notes, receivables financings, letters of credit or other forms of guarantees and assurances, or other Debt, including overdrafts, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid or refinanced (and whether in whole or in part and whether or not with the original administrative agent or lenders or another administrative agent or agents or other bank or institutions and whether provided under one or more other credit or other agreements, indentures, financing agreements or otherwise) and, for the avoidance of doubt, includes any agreement extending the maturity of, refinancing or restructuring all or any portion of the indebtedness under such agreements or any successor agreements.
“Currency Agreements” means, in respect of a Person, any spot or forward foreign exchange agreements and currency swap, currency option or other similar financial agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against or manage exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
“Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian, administrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
“Debt” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:
(a) | all liabilities of such Person for borrowed money (including overdrafts) or for the deferred purchase price of property or services, excluding any trade payables and other accrued current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business; |
(b) | all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or other similar instruments; |
(c) | all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in connection with any letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, receivables facilities or other similar facilities; |
(d) | all indebtedness of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even if the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), but excluding trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business; |
(e) | all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person; |
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(f) | all obligations of such Person under or in respect of Commodity Hedging Agreements, Interest Rate Agreements and Currency Agreements; and |
(g) | all Redeemable Capital Stock of such Person valued at the greater of its voluntary maximum fixed repurchase price and involuntary maximum fixed repurchase price plus accrued and unpaid dividends; |
if and to the extent any of the preceding items would appear as debt on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of the specified Person prepared in accordance with IFRS; provided that the term “Debt” shall not include (i) non-interest bearing installment obligations and accrued liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not more than 90 days past due; (ii) Debt in respect of the incurrence by the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary of Debt in respect of standby letters of credit, performance bonds or surety bonds provided by the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business to the extent such letters of credit or bonds are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon are honored in accordance with their terms and if, to be reimbursed, are reimbursed no later than the fifth Business Day following receipt by such Person of a demand for reimbursement following payment on the letter of credit or bond; (iii) anything accounted for as an operating lease in accordance with the Election Option; (iv) any pension obligations of the Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary; (v) Debt incurred by the Parent Guarantor or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a transaction where (x) such Debt is borrowed from a bank or trust company having a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than €500,000,000, whose debt has a rating immediately prior to the time such transaction is entered into, of at least A or the equivalent thereof by S&P and A2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s and (y) a substantially concurrent Investment is made by the Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary in the form of cash deposited with the lender of such Debt, or a Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof, in amount equal to such Debt; and (vi) Deeply Subordinated Funding. In addition, “Debt” of the specified Person shall include all Debt of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Debt is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee by the specified Person of Debt of another Person, and Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary.
For purposes of this definition, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Redeemable Capital Stock that does not have a fixed redemption, repayment or repurchase price will be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Redeemable Capital Stock as if such Redeemable Capital Stock were purchased on any date on which Debt will be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the Fair Market Value of such Redeemable Capital Stock, such Fair Market Value will be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the issuer of such Redeemable Capital Stock; provided, that if such Redeemable Capital Stock is not then permitted to be redeemed, repaid or repurchased, the redemption, repayment or repurchase price shall be the book value of such Redeemable Capital Stock as reflected in the most recent financial statements of such Person.
“Deeply Subordinated Funding” means any funds provided to the Parent Guarantor pursuant to an agreement, note, security or other instrument, other than Capital Stock, that (i) is subordinated in right of payment to all Debt of the Parent Guarantor, (ii)(A) does not mature or require any amortization, redemption or other repayment of principal, (B) does not require payment of any cash interest or any similar cash amounts, and (C) contains no change of control or similar provisions and does not accelerate and has no right to declare a default or event of default or take any enforcement action or otherwise require any cash payment (other than as a result of insolvency proceedings of the Parent Guarantor), in each case prior to the 90th day following the repayment in full of the Notes and all other amounts due under this Indenture, (iii) does not provide for or require any security interest or encumbrance over any asset of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary and (iv) does not contain any covenants (financial or otherwise) other than a covenant to pay such Deeply Subordinated Funding.
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“Default” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by the principal financial officer of the Parent Guarantor, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale, redemption, repurchase of, or collection or payment on, such Designated Non-cash Consideration.
“Disinterested Director” means, with respect to any transaction or series of related transactions, a member of the Parent Guarantor’s Board of Directors who does not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction or series of related transactions or is not an Affiliate, or an officer, director or employee of any Person (other than the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary) who has any direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction or series of related transactions; provided that no member of the Parent Guarantor’s Board of Directors shall be deemed to have any such direct or indirect financial interest solely as a result of such member’s ownership of Capital Stock of the Parent Guarantor or any successor or any company holding shares, directly or indirectly, in the Parent Guarantor or such member’s serving on the Board of Directors of any company holding shares, directly or indirectly, in the Parent Guarantor.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, with respect to any monetary amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars, at any time for the determination thereof, the amount of U.S. dollars obtained by converting such foreign currency involved in such computation into U.S. dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the applicable foreign currency as published under “Currency Rates” in the section of the Financial Times entitled “Currencies, Bonds & Interest Rates” on the date that is two Business Days prior to such determination.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and successors.
“euro” or “€” means the lawful currency of the member states of the European Union who have agreed to share a common currency in accordance with the provisions of the Maastricht Treaty dealing with European monetary union.
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder.
“Excluded Contribution” means Net Cash Proceeds or property or assets received by the Parent Guarantor as capital contributions (other than Contribution Debt and any contributions used to make a Restricted Payment or a Permitted Investment) to the equity (other than through the issuance of Redeemable Capital Stock) of the Parent Guarantor or in the form of Deeply Subordinated Funding, in each case of such capital contribution or Deeply Subordinated Funding, after the Issue Date or from the issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor for the benefit of its employees to the extent funded by the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary) of Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock) of the Parent Guarantor, in each case, to the extent designated as an Excluded Contribution pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate of the Parent Guarantor.
“Existing Ardagh Bonds” means (i) the Existing Secured Notes and (ii) the Existing Unsecured Notes and any other international debt securities of the Parent Guarantor or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date.
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“Existing Debt” means all Debt of the Parent Guarantor and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date after giving effect to the issue of the Notes and the use of proceeds therefrom.
“Existing Secured Notes” means the March 2017 Secured Notes and the August 2019 Secured Notes.
“Existing Unsecured Notes” means the January 2017 Senior Notes, the June 2017 Senior Notes and the August 2019 Senior Notes.
“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the sale value that would be obtained in an arm’s-length free market transaction between an informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy, as determined in good faith by the Parent Guarantor’s Board of Directors.
“FATCA Withholding” means any withholding or deduction required pursuant to an agreement described in section 1471(b) of the Code, or otherwise imposed pursuant to sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any regulations or agreements thereunder, any official interpretations thereof, or any law implementing an intergovernmental approach thereto.
“Guarantee” means any guarantee of the Issuers’ obligations under this Indenture and the Notes by the Parent Guarantor, any Restricted Subsidiary or any other Person in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, including the Guarantees by the Guarantors dated as of the Issue Date. When used as a verb, “Guarantee” shall have a corresponding meaning.
“guarantees” means, as applied to any obligation,
(a) | a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner, of any part or all of such obligation; and |
(b) | an agreement, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, the practical effect of which is to assure in any way the payment or performance (or payment of damages in the event of non-performance) of all or any part of such obligation, including, without limiting the foregoing, by the pledge of assets and the payment of amounts drawn down under letters of credit. |
“Guarantor” means the Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiary Guarantors, together, and any other Person that is a guarantor of the Notes, including any Person that is required after the Issue Date to execute a guarantee of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.14 or Section 4.15 until a successor replaces such party pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, shall mean such successor.
“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.
“IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards (formerly International Accounting Standards) endorsed from time to time by the European Union or any variation thereof with which the Parent Guarantor or its Restricted Subsidiaries are, or may be, required to comply, as in effect on the Issue Date or, with respect to Section 4.19 as in effect from time to time. Except as otherwise set forth in this Indenture, all ratios and calculations based on IFRS (or, as applicable, GAAP) contained in this Indenture shall be computed in accordance with IFRS as in effect on the Issue Date (or, as applicable, GAAP as in effect at the date specified by the Parent Guarantor in its election to adopt GAAP in accordance with the fourth sentence of this definition). At any time after the Issue Date, the Parent Guarantor may elect to
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implement any new measures or other changes to IFRS (or, as applicable, GAAP) in effect on or prior to the date of such election; provided that any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable. At any time after the Issue Date, the Parent Guarantor may elect to apply GAAP accounting principles in lieu of IFRS and, upon any such election, references herein to IFRS shall thereafter be construed to mean GAAP (except as otherwise provided in this Indenture), including as to the ability of the Parent Guarantor to make an election pursuant to the previous sentence; provided that any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, further, that any calculation or determination in this Indenture that requires the application of IFRS for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Parent Guarantor’s election to apply GAAP shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with IFRS; provided, further again, that the Parent Guarantor may only make such election if it also elects to report any subsequent financial reports required to be made by the Parent Guarantor. The Parent Guarantor shall give notice of any such election made in accordance with this definition to the Trustee and the Holders. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, (i) in relation to the making of any determination or calculation under this Indenture, the Parent Guarantor shall be required to elect (the “Election Option”), from time to time and each time, either (A) to apply IFRS 16 (Leases) or (B) to apply IAS 17 (Leases) (or, in each case, the equivalent measure under GAAP) to the making of such determination or calculation; provided that, if such determination or calculation involves more than one element (including for the calculation of a financial ratio), such selected accounting standard shall be consistently applied to each element of such determination or calculation (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, in relation to Section 4.19); and (ii) any adverse impact directly or indirectly relating to or resulting from the implementation of IFRS 15 (Revenue from Contracts with Customers) and any successor standard thereto (or any equivalent measure under GAAP) shall be disregarded with respect to all ratios, calculations and determinations based upon IFRS to be calculated or made, as the case may be, pursuant to this Indenture (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, in relation to Section 4.19).
“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement entered into on December 7, 2010, as amended and restated most recently on March 21, 2017 and from time to time among, inter alios, Ardagh Group S.A. and certain of its subsidiaries and Citibank, N.A., London Branch, in its capacity as security agent thereunder and trustee for the Existing Secured Notes.
“Interest Payment Date” means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on the Notes.
“Interest Rate Agreements” means, in respect of a Person, any interest rate protection agreements and other types of interest rate hedging agreements (including, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements) designed to protect such Person against or manage exposure to fluctuations in interest rates.
“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit (including guarantees) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase, acquisition or ownership by such Person of any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of Debt issued or owned by, any other Person and all other items that would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with IFRS. In addition, the portion (proportionate to the Parent Guarantor’s equity interest in such Restricted Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Restricted Subsidiary at the time that such Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be an “Investment” that the Parent Guarantor made in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at such time. The portion (proportionate to the Parent Guarantor’s equity interest
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in such Restricted Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time that such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary will be considered a reduction in outstanding Investments. “Investments” excludes extensions of trade credit on commercially reasonable terms in accordance with normal trade practices.
“Investment Grade Status” shall occur when the Notes receive both of the following:
(1) | a rating of “BBB-” or higher from S&P; and |
(2) | a rating of “Baa3” or higher from Moody’s; |
or the equivalent of such rating by either such rating organization or, if no rating of Moody’s or S&P then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any other Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization.
“IP Cross License Agreement” means an intellectual property cross license agreement entered into between the Parent Guarantor and Trivium Packaging B.V.
“Issue Date” means April 8, 2020.
“Issuers Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Issuers by any Person authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors of each Issuer.
“January 2017 Senior Notes” means the existing $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.000% Senior Notes and $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.000% additional Senior Notes due 2025 issued by the Issuers.
“June 2017 Senior Notes” means the existing £400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.750% Senior Notes due 2027 issued by the Issuers on June 12, 2017.
“Lien” means any mortgage or deed of trust, charge, pledge, lien (statutory or otherwise), privilege, security interest, hypothecation, assignment for security, standard security, assignation in security claim, or preference or priority or other encumbrance upon or with respect to any property of any kind, real or personal, movable or immovable, now owned or hereafter acquired. A Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any property which such Person has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement.
“March 2017 Secured Notes” means the existing $715,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 and the existing €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 issued by the Issuers on March 8, 2017.
“Material Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries (taken together) that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Issue Date, measured, as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available or for the four fiscal quarters ended most recently for which financial statements are available, as the case may be.
“Maturity” means, with respect to any indebtedness, the date on which any principal of such indebtedness becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity with respect to such principal or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or purchase or otherwise.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
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“Mutual Services Agreement” means the mutual services agreement dated October 31, 2019 among the Parent Guarantor and Trivium Packaging B.V.
“Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization” means a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means:
(a) | with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including (x) payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of, or stock or other assets when disposed for, cash or Cash Equivalents (except to the extent that such obligations are financed or sold with recourse to the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary) and (y) any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net of: |
(i) | brokerage commissions and other fees and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of legal counsel, accountants, investment banks and other consultants) related to such Asset Sale; |
(ii) | provisions for all taxes paid or payable, or required to be accrued as a liability under IFRS as a result of such Asset Sale; |
(iii) | all distributions and other payments required to be made to any Person (other than the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary) owning a beneficial interest in the assets subject to the Asset Sale; and |
(iv) | appropriate amounts required to be provided by the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a reserve in accordance with IFRS against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale, all as reflected in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee; and |
(b) | with respect to any capital contributions, issuance or sale of Capital Stock or options, warrants or rights to purchase Capital Stock, or debt securities or Capital Stock that have been converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock as referred to in Section 4.08, the proceeds of such issuance or sale in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents, payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of, or stock or other assets when disposed of for, cash or Cash Equivalents (except to the extent that such obligations are financed or sold with recourse to the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary), net of attorney’s fees, accountant’s fees and brokerage, consultation, underwriting and other fees and expenses actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof. |
“Offering Memorandum” means the confidential final offering memorandum of the Issuers, dated April 3, 2020 relating to the Notes.
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“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by an officer of the Parent Guarantor, either Issuer, a Guarantor or a Surviving Entity, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuers.
“Pari Passu Debt” means (a) any Debt of the applicable Issuer that ranks equally in right of payment with the Notes or (b) with respect to any Guarantee, any Debt that ranks equally in right of payment to such Guarantee.
“Parties” means the Issuers, the Parent Guarantor, the Trustee, the Principal Paying Agent and the Security Agent and any other party from time to time hereto (each, a “Party”).
“Permitted Collateral Lien” means the following types of Liens:
(a) | Liens securing the Notes issued on the Issue Date, the Existing Secured Notes and, in each case, any Permitted Refinancing Debt incurred to refinance any of the foregoing; |
(b) | Liens on the Collateral to secure Debt permitted under Section 4.06; provided that the assets and properties securing such Debt will also secure the Notes on a first ranking basis; and provided, further, that, following the incurrence of such Debt secured by such Liens on the Collateral and giving effect to the application of the proceeds thereof, on a pro forma basis, the Consolidated Secured Debt Leverage Ratio for the four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available immediately preceding the incurrence of such Debt, taken as one period, would be less than 3.50 to 1.0; |
(c) | Liens on the Collateral to secure Debt permitted under clauses (ii), (iv), (v) (to the extent such guarantee is in respect of Debt otherwise permitted to be secured and is specified in this definition of “Permitted Collateral Liens”), (vi), (viii), (ix),(x), (xv), (xviii) and (xix) in Section 4.06(b) (provided, however, that at the time of incurrence of such Debt secured by such Liens on the Collateral and giving effect to the application of the proceeds thereof, on a pro forma basis, (1) the Consolidated Secured Debt Leverage Ratio for the four fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available immediately preceding the incurrence of such Debt, taken as one period, would be less than 3.50 to 1.0 or (2) the Consolidated Secured Debt Leverage Ratio of the Parent Guarantor and its Restricted Subsidiaries would not be greater than it was immediately prior to giving effect to such acquisition or other transaction), Section 4.06(b)(xx) and Section 4.06(b)(xxi); |
(d) | Liens on Collateral to secure Debt permitted under Section 4.06(b)(xiii); provided that such Liens do not extend to assets other than the accounts receivable (and related assets) that are the subject of the related Permitted Receivables Financing; |
(e) | Liens of the type described in clauses (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (q), (r) and (v) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”; and |
(f) | any extension, renewal or replacement, in whole or in part, of any Lien described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (e); provided that any such extension, renewal or replacement will be of the same priority and be no more restrictive in any material respect than the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced and will not extend in any material respect to any additional property or assets. |
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“Permitted Debt” has the meaning given to such term under Section 4.06(b).
“Permitted Holders” means (a) Yeoman Capital S.A., (b) any of Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx or Xxxxx Xxxx, and any trust created for the benefit of one or more of the foregoing or their respective natural person Affiliates, or the estate, executor, administrator, committee or beneficiaries of any thereof, and (c) any of their respective Affiliates.
“Permitted Investments” means any of the following:
(a) | Investments in cash or Cash Equivalents; |
(b) | intercompany Debt to the extent permitted under clause (iv) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”; |
(c) | Investments in (i) the form of loans borrowed by or advances to, or debt securities issued by, the Parent Guarantor, (ii) a Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) another Person if as a result of such Investment such other Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, the Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary; |
(d) | Investments made by the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of or retained in connection with an Asset Sale that does not violate Section 4.09; |
(e) | expenses or advances to cover payroll, travel, entertainment, moving, other relocation and similar matters; |
(f) | Investments in the Notes and the Existing Ardagh Bonds; |
(g) | Investments existing at the Issue Date and any Investment consisting of an extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to a binding commitment existing on, the Issue Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased as required by the terms of such Investment existing on the Issue Date; |
(h) | Investments in Commodity Hedging Agreements, Interest Rate Agreements and Currency Agreements permitted under Section 4.06(b)(viii), Section 4.06(b)(ix) and Section 4.06(b)(x); |
(i) | Investments made in the ordinary course of business, the Fair Market Value of which in the aggregate does not exceed $15,000,000 in any fiscal year in any transaction or series of related transactions; |
(j) | loans and advances (or guarantees to third-party loans) to directors, officers or employees of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the Parent Guarantor’s past practices or past practices of the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in an amount outstanding not to exceed at any one time the greater of $30,000,000 and 0.5% of Total Assets; |
(k) | Investments in a Person to the extent that the consideration therefor consists of the issue and sale (other than to any Subsidiary) of shares of the Parent Guarantor’s Qualified Capital Stock or Deeply Subordinated Funding or the net proceeds thereof (other than any Excluded Contribution or the proceeds of any Contribution Debt); provided that the net |
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proceeds of such sale have been excluded from, and shall not have been included in, the calculation of the amount determined under clause (b)(iii)(B) of Section 4.08;
(l) | pledges or deposits with respect to leases or utilities provided to third parties in the ordinary course of business; |
(m) | Investments of the Parent Guarantor or the Restricted Subsidiaries described under item (v) to the proviso to the definition of “Debt”; |
(n) | Investments, the amount of which, measured by reference to the Fair Market Value of each such Investment on the date it was made, not to exceed the sum of (x) the greater of $300,000,000 and 4.0% of Total Assets in the aggregate outstanding at any one time and (y) the sum of (i) the aggregate net after-tax amount returned in cash or through interest payments, principal payments, dividends or other distributions or payments on account of such Investment and (ii) the net after-tax cash proceeds received by the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary from the disposition of all or any portion of such Investments (other than to a Subsidiary); provided, however, that such net after-tax amounts have not been included in Consolidated Adjusted Net Income for the purpose of calculating clause (b)(iii)(A) of Section 4.08; |
(o) | Investments resulting from the acquisition of a Person that at the time of such acquisition held instruments constituting Investments that were not acquired in contemplation of the acquisition of such Person; |
(p) | Investments by the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing; |
(q) | loans or advances to (i) directors, officers or employees of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay for the purchase of Capital Stock of the Parent Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent company thereof pursuant to management equity plans or similar management or employee benefit arrangement or (ii) stock option plans, trust and similar asset pools to pay for the purchase of Capital Stock of the Parent Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent company thereof not to exceed the greater of $30,000,000 and 0.5% of Total Assets in the aggregate outstanding at any one time; |
(r) | (i) stock, obligations or securities received in satisfaction of judgments, foreclosure of liens, or settlement of debts or arbitration awards, and (ii) any Investments received in compromise of obligations of such persons incurred in the ordinary course of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; |
(s) | any Investments received in comprise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other disputes; |
(t) | any guarantee of Debt permitted to be incurred by Section 4.06, performance guarantees and contingent obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and creation of Liens on the assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with Section 4.07; |
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(u) | any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with Section 4.10(b) (except transactions described in sub-clauses (ii), (v) and (x) thereof); |
(v) | advances, loans, rebates and extensions of credit (including the creation of receivables) to suppliers, customers and vendors, and advance payment made and deferred consideration and performance guarantees, in each case in the ordinary course of business; and |
(w) | any Investment in any Subsidiary or any joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business. |
“Permitted Joint Venture” means any joint venture or similar combinations or other transaction pursuant to which the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary enters into, acquires or subscribes for any shares, stock, securities or other interest in or transfers any assets to any joint venture; provided, however, that the primary business of such joint venture is a Similar Business.
“Permitted Liens” means the following types of Liens:
(a) | Liens existing as of the Issue Date; |
(b) | Liens on any property or assets of the Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary to secure Debt permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(ii); |
(c) | Liens on assets given, disposed of, or otherwise transferred in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(xiii); |
(d) | Liens on any property or assets of a Restricted Subsidiary granted in favor of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary; |
(e) | Liens on any of the Parent Guarantor’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s property or assets securing the Notes or any Guarantees; |
(f) | any interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligation and Liens to secure Debt (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) permitted under Section 4.06 covering only the assets acquired with such Debt; |
(g) | Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; |
(h) | statutory Liens of landlords and carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen, employees, pension plan administrators or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and with respect to amounts not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to attorney’s liens or bankers’ liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depositary institution; |
(i) | Liens for taxes, assessments, government charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which a reserve or |
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other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with IFRS shall have been made;
(j) | Liens incurred or deposits made to secure the performance of tenders, bids or trade or government contracts, or to secure leases, statutory or regulatory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business (other than obligations for the payment of money); |
(k) | zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, title defects, rights of others for rights-of-way, utilities, sewers, electrical lines, telephone lines, telegraph wires, restrictions, encroachments and other similar charges, encumbrances or title defects and incurred in the ordinary course of business that do not in the aggregate materially interfere with in any material respect the ordinary conduct of the business of the Parent Guarantor and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the properties subject thereto, taken as a whole; |
(l) | Liens arising by reason of any judgment, decree or order of any court so long as such Lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment, decree or order shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired; |
(m) | Liens on property existing at the time such property is acquired or on property of, or on shares of Capital Stock or Debt of, any Person existing at the time such Person is acquired by, merged with or into or consolidated with, the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens (i) do not extend to or cover any property or assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary other than (A) the property or assets acquired or (B) the property or assets of the Person acquired, merged with or into or consolidated with the Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) were created prior to, and not in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition, merger or consolidation; |
(n) | Liens securing the Parent Guarantor’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s obligations under Commodity Hedging Agreements, Interest Rate Agreements or Currency Agreements permitted under Sections 4.06(b)(viii), 4.06(b)(ix) and 4.06(b)(x) or any collateral for the Debt to which such Commodity Hedging Agreements, Interest Rate Agreements or Currency Agreements relate; |
(o) | Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security or other insurance (including unemployment insurance) or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or government bonds to secure performance, bid, surety or appeal bonds and completion bonds and guarantees to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business; |
(p) | Liens incurred in connection with a cash management program established in the ordinary course of business; |
(q) | Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory, regulatory, contractual, or warranty requirements of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, including rights of offset and set-off; |
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(r) | any extension, renewal or replacement, in whole or in part, of any Permitted Lien; provided that any such extension, renewal or replacement shall not extend in any material respect to any additional property or assets; |
(s) | Liens securing Debt incurred to refinance Permitted Refinancing Debt permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; provided that any such Lien shall not extend to or cover materially any assets not securing the Debt so refinanced plus improvements and accessions to such property and assets and proceeds and distributions thereof; |
(t) | purchase money Liens to finance property or assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary acquired in the ordinary course of business; provided that the related purchase money Debt shall not exceed the cost of such property or assets and shall not be secured by any property or assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the property and assets so acquired; |
(u) | Permitted Collateral Liens; |
(v) | Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods; |
(w) | Liens over the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Permitted Joint Venture that secures Debt of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Permitted Joint Venture; |
(x) | Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to an amount that does not exceed the greater of $225,000,000 and 3.0% of Total Assets at any one time outstanding and any replacements, extensions, modifications or renewals thereof; |
(y) | Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods (and the proceeds thereof) of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created in the ordinary course of business for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods; |
(z) | leases, licenses, subleases and sublicenses of assets in the ordinary course of business; |
(aa) | Liens on property or assets under construction (and related rights) in favor of a contractor or developer or arising from progress or partial payments by a third-party relating to such property or assets; |
(bb) | Liens on equipment of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business; |
(cc) | customary Liens on and in respect of deposits required in connection with the purchase of property, equipment and inventory, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business; |
(dd) | (i) Liens on escrowed proceeds for the benefit of the related holders of debt securities or other Debt (or the underwriters or arrangers thereof) or (ii) Liens on cash set aside at the time of the incurrence of any Debt or government securities purchased with such cash, in either case, to the extent such cash or government securities prefund the payment of interest on such Debt and are held in escrow accounts or similar arrangements to be applied for such purpose; and |
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(ee) | Liens on assets or property of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor securing Debt and other Obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor. |
“Permitted Receivables Financing” means any financing pursuant to which the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to any other Person or grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (and related assets) in an aggregate principal amount equivalent to the Fair Market Value of such accounts receivable (and related assets) of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (a) the covenants, events of default and other provisions applicable to such financing shall be customary for such transactions and shall be on market terms (as determined in good faith by the Parent Guarantor’s Board of Directors) at the time such financing is entered into, (b) the interest rate applicable to such financing shall be a market interest rate (as determined in good faith by the Parent Guarantor’s Board of Directors) at the time such financing is entered into, and (c) such financing shall be non-recourse to the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary except to a limited extent customary for such transactions.
“Permitted Refinancing Debt” means any renewals, extensions, substitutions, refinancings or replacements (each, for purposes of this definition and Section 4.06(b)(xiv), a “refinancing”) of any Debt of the Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary or pursuant to this definition, including any successive refinancings, so long as:
(a) | such Debt is in an aggregate principal amount (or if incurred with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) not in excess of the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount (or if incurred with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Debt being refinanced and (ii) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and defeasance costs, related to such refinancing; |
(b) | the Average Life of such Debt is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Debt being refinanced; |
(c) | the Stated Maturity of such Debt is no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Debt being refinanced; |
(d) | the new Debt is not senior in right of payment to the Debt that is being refinanced; and |
(e) | such Debt is unsecured or is secured by a Silent Second Lien, if the Debt being refinanced is unsecured. |
“Permitted Reorganization” means any amalgamation, demerger, merger, voluntary liquidation, consolidation, reorganization, winding up or corporate reconstruction, directly or indirectly, in one or a series of related transactions involving the Parent Guarantor or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a “Reorganization”) that is made on a solvent basis; provided that any payments or assets distributed in connection with such Reorganization remain within the applicable Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Permitted Reorganization” shall include the closure of bank accounts and the conversion of debt instruments into Capital Stock or other equity instruments.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
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“Preferred Stock” means, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) of such Person which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over the Capital Stock of any other class of such Person whether now outstanding, or issued after the Issue Date, and including, without limitation, all classes and series of preferred or preference stock of such Person.
“pro forma” means, with respect to any calculation made or required to be made pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, a calculation made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Parent Guarantor; provided that any such calculation shall (x) give effect to any realized or expected synergies, cost efficiencies and cost savings relating to, or directly or indirectly resulting from, or associated with, any Asset Sale, Investment, acquisition, reorganization, restructuring or operational improvement initiative that has occurred during the period included in the calculation or any prior period or would reasonably be expected to occur in connection with an acquisition or other transaction in relation to which “pro forma” effect is given, as if such synergies, cost efficiencies or cost savings had been effective throughout the period included in the calculation and (y) eliminate any extraordinary, exceptional, unusual or nonrecurring loss, expense or charge (including severance, relocation, plant closure, operational improvement or restructuring costs or reserves therefor) relating to, or directly or indirectly resulting from, or incurred in connection with, any Asset Sale, Investment, acquisition, reorganization, restructuring or operational improvement initiative, or offering of debt or equity securities.
“Property” means, with respect to any Person, any interest of such Person in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including Capital Stock, and other securities of, any other Person. For purposes of any calculation required pursuant to this Indenture, the value of any Property shall be its Fair Market Value.
“Public Equity Offering” means an offer and sale of Qualified Capital Stock that are listed on an international securities exchange or publicly offered (which shall include an offering pursuant to Rule 144A and/or Regulation S under the Securities Act to professional market investors or similar persons).
“QIB” means a “Qualified Institutional Buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“Qualified Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all Capital Stock of such Person other than Redeemable Capital Stock.
“Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.
“Redeemable Capital Stock” means any class or series of Capital Stock that, either by its terms, by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or exchangeable, or by contract or otherwise, is, or upon the happening of an event or passage of time would be, required to be redeemed prior to the final Stated Maturity of the Notes or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof at any time prior to such final Stated Maturity (other than upon a Change of Control of the Parent Guarantor in circumstances in which the Holders would have similar rights), or is convertible into or exchangeable for debt securities at any time prior to such final Stated Maturity; provided that any Capital Stock that would constitute Qualified Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of any “asset sale” or “change of control” occurring prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes will not constitute Redeemable Capital Stock if the “asset sale” or “change of control” provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are no more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the provisions contained in Section 4.09 and Section 4.11 and such Capital Stock specifically provides that such Person will not repurchase or redeem any such stock pursuant to such
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provision prior to the Parent Guarantor’s or the Issuers’ repurchase of such Notes as are required to be repurchased pursuant to Section 4.09 and Section 4.11.
“Redemption Date” means, when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, in whole or in part, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price” means, when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Refinance” means, with respect to any Debt, to amend, modify, extend, substitute, renew, replace, refund, prepay, repay, repurchase, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue other Debt, in exchange or replacement for, such Debt. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.
“Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act (including any successor regulation thereto), as it may be amended from time to time.
“Replacement Assets” means properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of an Asset Sale or properties and assets that are, or will be, used in the Parent Guarantor’s business or in that of the Restricted Subsidiaries or in a Similar Business or any and all businesses that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Parent Guarantor are reasonably related, and, in each case, any capital expenditure relating thereto.
“Restricted Investment” means any Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Reversion Date” means, after the Notes have achieved Investment Grade Status, the date, if any, that such Notes shall cease to have such Investment Grade Status.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (including any successor regulation thereto), as it may be amended from time to time.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (including any successor regulation thereto), as it may be amended from time to time.
“S&P” means Standard and Poor’s Ratings Service, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. and its successors.
“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder.
“Security Agent” means Citibank, N.A., London Branch, and its successors, as security agent under the Intercreditor Agreement, and any additional security agent or sub-agent.
“Security Documents” means, collectively, all security agreements, mortgages, standard securities, deeds of trust, pledges, collateral assignments and other agreements or instruments evidencing or creating any security entered into by the Parent Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 4.14 of this Indenture in favor of the Security Agent or any Holders in any or all of the Collateral, the Intercreditor Agreement and any Additional Intercreditor Agreement, in each case as amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and the terms of this Indenture.
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“Security Interests” means security interests in the Collateral securing the Notes and the Guarantees.
“Senior Holdco Notes” means the existing $1,130,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.500%/7.250% Senior Secured Toggle Notes due 2027 and €1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.000%/5.750% Senior Secured Toggle Notes due 2027 issued by ARD Finance S.A. on November 20, 2019 and any replacements or refinancings thereof, directly or indirectly.
“Silent Second Liens” means Liens granted in favor of Debt (the “second priority Debt”) on property or assets of the Parent Guarantor or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that:
(a) | are by law or under the terms of an intercreditor agreement reasonably acceptable to the Trustee second in priority to first priority Liens on such property or assets; and |
(b) | are subject to arrangements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee which provide (x) that any payments on enforcement of the Liens in such property or assets (other than payments to the security agent, trustee, administrative agent or other representative of the holders of the second priority Debt) to the holders of the second priority Debt (or their representatives) will only be made once the Debt secured by the first priority Liens on such property or assets have been satisfied in full and (y) that the holders of the second priority Debt (and their representatives) will have no ability to cause the enforcement of, or direct the relevant security agent in the enforcement of, the Liens in such property or assets until the Debt secured by the first priority Liens on such property or assets have been satisfied in full. |
“Similar Business” means any business, service or other activity engaged in by the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor on the Issue Date and any business, service or other activities that are reasonably similar, ancillary, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which the Parent Guarantor and the Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Issue Date or any business that, in the good faith business judgment of the Parent Guarantor, constitutes a reasonable diversification of business conducted by the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries.
“Stated Maturity” means, when used with respect to any note or any installment of interest thereon, the date specified in such note as the fixed date on which the principal of such note or such installment of interest, respectively, is due and payable, and, when used with respect to any other indebtedness, means the date specified in the instrument governing such indebtedness as the fixed date on which the principal of such indebtedness, or any installment of interest thereon, is due and payable.
“Subordinated Debt” means Debt of either Issuer or any of the Guarantors (other than the Existing Ardagh Bonds, the Notes and any Permitted Refinancing Debt in respect of the foregoing) that is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Guarantees of such Guarantors, as the case may be; provided that no Debt shall be deemed to be subordinated in right of payment to any other Debt solely by virtue of being unsecured or by virtue of being secured on a junior Lien basis.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person:
(a) | a corporation a majority of whose Voting Stock is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries thereof; and |
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(b) | any other Person (other than a corporation), including, without limitation, a partnership, limited liability company, business trust or joint venture, in which such Person, one or more Subsidiaries thereof or such Person and one or more Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof, has at least majority ownership interest entitled to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof (or other Person performing similar functions). |
“Subsidiary Guarantee” means any Guarantee given by a Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Subsidiary Guarantors” means any Restricted Subsidiary that provides a Guarantee, in each case until it is released from its obligations under its Guarantee and this Indenture in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
“Total Assets” means the consolidated total assets of the Parent Guarantor and its Restricted Subsidiaries as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Guarantor.
“Total Inventories” means, as of any date, the amount of raw materials, packaging materials, work-in-progress and finished goods of the Parent Guarantor and the Restricted Subsidiaries, net of any provisions in respect of the foregoing items, in each case as of the date of the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Guarantor which has been delivered in accordance with Section 4.19.
“Total Receivables” means, as of any date, (a) the amount of accounts receivable of the Parent Guarantor and the Restricted Subsidiaries plus (b) the amount of accounts receivable of the Parent Guarantor and the Restricted Subsidiaries that has been sold, conveyed or otherwise transferred in Permitted Receivables Financings and is outstanding, in each case, as of the date of the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Guarantor which has been delivered in accordance with Section 4.19.
“Transaction Agreement” means the transaction agreement dated July 14, 2019, among Ardagh Group S.A., Element Holdings II L.P. and Trivium Packaging B.V.
“Treasury Rate” means, as of any Redemption Date, the weekly average rounded to the nearest 1/l00th of a percentage point (for the most recently completed week for which such information is available as of the date that is two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date) of the yield to maturity of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 with respect to each applicable day during such week or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to April 30, 2022; provided, however, that if the period from the Redemption Date to April 30, 2022 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which such a yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the Redemption Date to April 30, 2022 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities (or other comparable benchmark) adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.
“Trivium Transactions” means (i) the disposition of the Parent Guarantor’s and its subsidiaries’ metal food and specialty business to Trivium Packaging B.V. completed on October 31, 2019, (ii) the receipt by the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries of the relevant cash consideration in connection to the disposition and (iii) the use of proceeds therefrom.
“Trust Officer” means any officer within the agency and corporate trust group, division or section of the Trustee (however named, or any successor group of the Trustee) and also means, with respect to any
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particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:
(a) | any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor that at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Parent Guarantor’s Board of Directors pursuant to Section 4.17); |
(b) | any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and |
(c) | Enville Limited, Ardagh Containers Holdings Limited, UniMould S.A., Ardagh Packaging Finance UK Limited, Recan GmbH and Recan UK Limited. |
“U.S. dollars” or “$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.
“U.S. Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the United States of America pledges its full faith and credit.
“Voting Stock” means any class or classes of Capital Stock pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the Board of Directors, managers or trustees (or Persons performing similar functions) of any Person (irrespective of whether or not, at the time, stock of any other class or classes shall have, or might have, voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
“Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary, all of the outstanding Capital Stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares of Restricted Subsidiaries required to be owned by third parties pursuant to applicable law) of which are owned by the Parent Guarantor or by one or more other Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries or by the Parent Guarantor and one or more other Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries.
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Term | Defined in Section |
|---|---|
4.12(a) | |
Recitals | |
4.13(a) | |
Recitals | |
2.03 | |
12.08 | |
4.11(a) | |
4.11(a) | |
4.11(a) | |
8.03 | |
2.12 | |
Definition of IFRS | |
6.01(a) | |
4.09(b) | |
4.09(c) | |
2.01(c) | |
12.01(a) | |
4.06(a) | |
4.06(a) | |
12.15 | |
Preamble | |
Preamble | |
8.02 | |
Recitals | |
10.01(a) | |
Recitals | |
Preamble | |
2.01(c) | |
2.03 | |
4.06(b) | |
4.08(c) | |
Preamble | |
2.03 | |
2.01(b) | |
4.08(c)(xi) | |
4.12(a) | |
12.14 | |
2.01(b) | |
4.08(a) | |
4.13 | |
2.03 | |
5.01(b)(i) | |
4.22 | |
4.12(a) | |
2.03 | |
Preamble | |
Preamble |
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of other incurrences of Debt or Liens or making of Restricted Payments (not related to such acquisition) shall not reflect such acquisition until it has been consummated unless such other incurrence of Debt or Liens is conditional or contingent on the occurrence of such acquisition or Change of Control or (b) the date such Debt is borrowed or assumed or such Change of Control occurs.
Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Notes substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, with such applicable legends as are provided in Exhibit A hereto, except as otherwise permitted herein (the “Regulation S Global Note”), which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with a custodian for DTC, and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, duly executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee (or its agent in accordance with Section 2.02) as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments
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made by the Registrar on Schedule A to the Regulation S Global Note and recorded in the Security Register, as hereinafter provided.
Members of, or participants and account holders in, DTC (“Participants”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by DTC or by the Trustee or any custodian of DTC or under such Global Note, and DTC or its nominees may be treated by the Issuers, a Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuers, a Guarantor or the Trustee as the sole owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuers, a Guarantor, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuers, a Guarantor or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by DTC or impair, as between DTC, on the one hand, and the Participants, on the other, the operation of customary practices of such persons governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(b), the registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Participants and Persons that may hold interests through Participants, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
Except as provided in Section 2.10, owners of a beneficial interest in Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Notes.
If an authorized member of the Issuers’ boards of directors or an executive officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.
A Note shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Issuers shall execute and, upon receipt of an Issuers Order, the Trustee shall authenticate (whether itself or via the authenticating agent) (a) Original Notes, on the date hereof, for original issue up to an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 and (b) Additional Notes, from time to time, subject to compliance at the time of issuance of such Additional Notes with the provisions of Section 4.06. The Issuers are permitted to issue Additional Notes as part of a further issue under this Indenture, from time to time; provided that, if any Additional Notes are not fungible with the Original Notes, such Additional Notes will have a separate CUSIP number and/or ISIN, if applicable.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Issuers to authenticate the Notes. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, any such authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by any such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, co-Registrar, Transfer Agent or Paying Agent to deal with the Issuers or an Affiliate of the Issuers.
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The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Notes under this Section 2.02 if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders.
The Issuers shall maintain a Principal Paying Agent in London, United Kingdom. Either Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates may act as Transfer Agent, Registrar, co-Registrar, Paying Agent and agent for service of notices and demands in connection with the Notes; provided that neither Issuer nor any of their respective Affiliates shall act as Paying Agent for the purposes of Articles Three and Eight and Sections 4.09 and 4.11.
The Issuers hereby appoint Citibank, N.A., London Branch located at 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X00 0XX, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx as Transfer Agent, as Principal Paying Agent (the “Principal Paying Agent”) in London, United Kingdom, and as agent for service of notices and demands in connection with the Notes and Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, at 0xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx 00, 00000 Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, as Registrar. Each hereby accepts such appointments. The Transfer Agent, the Principal Paying Agent and the Registrar and any authenticating agent are collectively referred to in this Indenture as the “Agents”. The roles, duties and functions of the Agents are of a mechanical nature and each Agent shall only perform those acts and duties as specifically set out in this Indenture and no other acts, covenants, obligations or duties shall be implied or read into this Indenture against any of the Agents. For the avoidance of doubt, a Paying Agent’s obligation to disburse any funds shall be subject to prior receipt by it of those funds to be disbursed.
Subject to any applicable laws and regulations, the Issuers shall cause the Registrar to keep a register (the “Security Register”) at its corporate trust office in which, subject to such reasonable regulations it may prescribe, the Issuers shall provide for the registration of ownership, exchange, and transfer of the Notes. Such registration in the Security Register shall be conclusive evidence of the ownership of Notes. Included in the books and records for the Notes shall be notations as to whether such Notes have been paid, exchanged or transferred, canceled, lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed and whether such Notes have been replaced. In the case of the replacement of any of the Notes, the Registrar shall keep a record of the Note so replaced and the Note issued in replacement thereof. In the case of the cancellation of any of the Notes, the Registrar shall keep a record of the Note so canceled and the date on which such Note was canceled.
The Issuers shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Paying Agent or co-Registrar not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Issuers fail to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee may appoint a suitably qualified and reputable party to act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.05.
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date for payment under the Notes. The Principal Paying Agent (and, if applicable, each other Paying Agent) shall remit such payment in a timely manner to the Holders on the relevant due date for payment, it being acknowledged by each Holder that if the Issuers deposit such money with the Principal Paying Agent after the time specified in the immediately preceding sentence, the Principal Paying Agent shall remit such money to the Holders on the relevant due date for payment, unless such remittance is impracticable having regard to applicable banking procedures and timing constraints, in which case the Principal Paying Agent shall remit such money to the Holders on the next Business Day, but without liability for any interest resulting from such late payment. For the avoidance of doubt, the Principal Paying Agent shall only be obliged to remit money to Holders if it has actually received such money from the Issuers. The Issuers shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee (including where acting as the Principal Paying Agent) to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold for the benefit of the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes (whether such money has been paid to it by the Issuers or any other obligor on the Notes), and such Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuers (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. The Issuers at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds disbursed, and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money so paid over to the Trustee. If the Issuers or any Affiliate of the Issuers acts as Paying Agent, it shall, on or before each due date of any principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders a sum of money sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest so becoming due until such sum of money shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as provided in this Indenture, and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to act.
The Trustee may, if the Issuers have notified it in writing that the Issuers intend to effect a defeasance or to satisfy and discharge this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of Article Eight, notify the Paying Agent in writing of this fact and require the Paying Agent (until notified by the Trustee to the contrary), to act thereafter as Paying Agent of the Trustee and not the Issuers in relation to any amounts deposited with it in accordance with the provisions of Article Eight.
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Upon presentation for exchange or transfer of any Note as permitted by the terms of this Indenture and by any legend appearing on such Note, such Note shall be exchanged or transferred upon the Security Register and one or more new Notes shall be authenticated and issued in the name of the Holder (in the case of exchanges only) or the transferee, as the case may be. No exchange or transfer of a Note shall be effective under this Indenture unless and until such Note has been registered in the name of such Person in the Security Register. Furthermore, the exchange or transfer of any Note shall not be effective under this Indenture unless the request for such exchange or transfer is made by the Holder or by a duly authorized attorney-in-fact at the office of the Registrar.
Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Issuers or the Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Issuers and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuers evidencing the same indebtedness, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Neither the Issuers nor the Trustee, Registrar or any Paying Agent shall be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of 15 Business Days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes selected for redemption under Section 3.02 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
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Agent, the Registrar and any co-Registrar, and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Issuers and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Note.
In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuers in its discretion may pay such Note instead of issuing a new Note in replacement thereof.
Every replacement Note shall be an additional obligation of the Issuers.
The provisions of this Section 2.07 are exclusive and will preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Notes.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Issuers receive proof satisfactory to them that the Note that has been replaced is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, on a Redemption Date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and the Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
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(a)The Issuers may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Issuers may deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest; or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this clause. In addition, the Issuers shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, such date to be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the proposed payment date and not less than 15 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment date. The Issuers shall promptly but, in any event, not less than 15 days prior to the special record date, notify the Trustee of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Issuers, the Trustee shall cause notice of the proposed payment date of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be mailed first-class, postage prepaid to each Holder as such Holder’s address appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment
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date of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to Section 2.12(b).
(b)The Issuers may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Notes in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Issuers to the Trustee of the proposed payment date pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed reasonably practicable.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.
The Issuers shall give each notice to the Trustee provided for in this Section 3.02 in writing at least 10 days before the date notice is mailed to the Holders pursuant to Section 3.04 unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate from the Issuers to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein. If fewer than all the Notes are to be
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redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by the Issuers and given to the Trustee.
The Trustee or the Registrar shall make the selection from the Notes outstanding and not previously called for redemption. The Trustee or the Registrar may select for redemption portions equal to $1,000 in principal amount and any integral multiple thereof; provided that no Notes of $200,000 in principal amount or less may be redeemed in part. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, shall notify the Issuers promptly in writing of the Notes or portions of Notes to be called for redemption.
Neither the Trustee nor the Registrar shall be liable for selections made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.03.
Any redemption and notice may, in the Issuers’ discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent. In addition, if such redemption or notice is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such redemption or notice shall state that in the Issuers’ discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date or by the Redemption Date so delayed.
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At the Issuers’ written request, the Trustee shall give a notice of redemption in the Issuers’ name and at the Issuers’ expense. In such event, the Issuers shall provide the Trustee with the notice and the other information required by this Section 3.04.
Notice of redemption shall be deemed to be given when mailed, whether or not the Holder receives the notice. In any event, failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of Notes held by Holders to whom such notice was properly given.
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The Issuers or the Guarantors shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Notes. The Issuers or the Guarantors shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
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Parent Guarantor, desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuers, the Parent Guarantor and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
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The Parent Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind securing any Debt (except for Permitted Liens) or assign or otherwise convey any right to receive any income, profits or proceeds on or with respect to any of the Parent Guarantor’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s property or assets, including any shares of stock or any Debt of any Restricted Subsidiary but excluding any Capital Stock, Debt or other securities of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, whether owned at or acquired after the Issue Date, or any income, profits or proceeds therefrom unless:
(a)in the case of any Lien securing Subordinated Debt, the Issuers’ obligations in respect of the Notes (or a Guarantee in the case of Liens securing Subordinated Debt of a Guarantor) are directly secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to the Lien securing the Subordinated Debt until such time as the Subordinated Debt is no longer secured by a Lien; and
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(b)in the case of any other Lien, the Issuers’ obligations in respect of the Notes (or a Guarantee in the case of Liens securing Debt of a Guarantor), and all other amounts due under this Indenture are equally and ratably secured with the obligation or liability secured by such Lien.
If any Restricted Payment described in this Section 4.08(a) is not made in cash, the amount of the proposed Restricted Payment shall be the Fair Market Value of the asset to be transferred as of the date of transfer.
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The actions described in sub-clauses (i), (vi), (xi) and (xvii) of Section 4.08(c) are Restricted Payments that will be permitted to be made in accordance with this Section 4.08(c) but that reduce the amount that would otherwise be available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.08(b)(iii).
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.08, in the event that a Restricted Payment meets the criteria of more than one of the categories described in sub-clauses (i) through (xviii) of Section 4.08(c), or is permitted pursuant to Section 4.08(a), the Parent Guarantor and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be entitled to classify such Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) on the date of its payment or later reclassify such Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.08. The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment.
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If the Parent Guarantor or the Issuers are required to make an Excess Proceeds Offer, the Parent Guarantor and the Issuers shall comply with the applicable tender offer rules, including Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other applicable securities laws and regulations, including any securities laws of Ireland and the requirements of any applicable securities exchange on which Notes or the Existing Ardagh Bonds are then listed. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.09, the Issuers shall comply with such securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached their obligations described in this Section 4.09 by virtue thereof.
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The Issuers or the Parent Guarantor will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on, or as soon as practical after, the Change of Control Purchase Date.
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In addition, the Issuers or any Guarantor, as the case may be, shall pay any present or future stamp, issuance, registration, court, documentary, excise or property taxes or other similar taxes, charges and duties, including, without limitation, interest, penalties and other similar liabilities with respect thereto, imposed by any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in respect of (i) the execution, issue, delivery or registration of the Notes or any Guarantee or any other document or instrument referred to thereunder, or (ii) the receipt of any payments under or with respect to, or enforcement of, the Notes or any Guarantee.
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Upon written request, any of the Issuers or a Guarantor will furnish to the Trustee or a Holder within a reasonable time certified copies of tax receipts evidencing any payment by such Issuer or Guarantor (as the case may be) of any Taxes imposed or levied by a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, in accordance with the procedures described in Section 12.02, in such form as provided in the normal course by the taxing authority imposing such Taxes. If, notwithstanding the efforts of such Issuer or Guarantor to obtain such receipts, the same are not obtainable, such Issuer or Guarantor will provide the Trustee or such Holder with other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or holder of such payments by such Issuer or Guarantor. If requested by the Trustee, the Issuers and (to the extent necessary) any Guarantors will provide to the Trustee such information as may be reasonably available to such Issuer and the Guarantors (and not otherwise in the possession of the Trustee) to enable determination of the amount of any withholding Taxes attributable to any particular Holder(s).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the replacement and/or refinancing of the Existing Secured Notes other than the August 2019 Secured Notes, all mortgages or similar Security Interests in real property in any jurisdiction other than the England and Wales or any state of the United States shall be released, and such real property shall no longer comprise Collateral.
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This clause (a) shall not be applicable to any guarantees of any Restricted Subsidiary:
(A)existing on the Issue Date, guaranteeing Debt under Credit Facilities permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(ii) and Section 4.06(b)(xiii) or guaranteeing Debt in an aggregate principal amount that is less than the greater of $100,000,000 and 1.5% of Total Assets;
(B)that existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary if the guarantee was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary; or
(C)given to a bank or trust company having combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than €500,000,000, whose debt has a rating, at the time such guarantee was given, of at least BBB+ or the equivalent thereof by S&P and at least Baa1 or the equivalent thereof by Xxxxx’x, in connection with the operation of cash management programs established for the Parent Guarantor’s benefit or that of any Restricted Subsidiary.
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(a)within 120 days (or, if the SEC has granted a longer period for the reporting of equivalent information for companies required to make such public filings, such longer period as notified in writing to the Trustee by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuers) after the end of the Parent Guarantor’s fiscal year’s annual reports containing the following information: (a) audited consolidated balance sheets of the Parent Guarantor as of the end of the two most recent fiscal years and audited consolidated income statements and statements of cash flow of the Parent Guarantor for the two most recent fiscal years, including footnotes to such financial statements and the report of the Parent Guarantor’s independent auditors on the financial statements; (b) an operating and financial review of the audited financial statements, including a discussion of the results of operations, financial condition and liquidity and capital resources, and a discussion of material commitments and contingencies and critical accounting policies; (c) a description of the business and management of the Parent Guarantor; and (d) material recent developments to the extent not previously reported;
(b)within 60 days (or, if the SEC has granted a longer period for the reporting of equivalent information for companies required to make such public filings, such longer period as notified in writing to the Trustee by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuers) following the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters in each fiscal year of the Parent Guarantor’s quarterly reports containing the following information: (a) an unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such quarter and unaudited condensed statements of income and cash flow for the quarterly and year-to-date periods ending on the unaudited condensed balance sheet date, and the comparable prior year periods for the Parent Guarantor, together with condensed footnote disclosure; (b) operating and financial review of the unaudited financial statements, including a discussion of the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the Parent Guarantor and any material change between the current quarterly period and the corresponding period of the prior year; and (c) material recent developments to the extent not previously reported; and
(c)promptly after the occurrence of any material acquisition, disposition or restructuring of the Parent Guarantor and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any change of the entire Board of Directors, chairman of the Board of Directors, chief executive officer or chief financial officer at the Parent Guarantor or change in auditors of the Parent Guarantor, a press release containing a description of such event.
In addition, the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor shall furnish to the Holders and to prospective investors, upon the requests of such Holders, any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act so long as the Notes are not freely transferable under the Exchange Act by Persons who are not “affiliates” under the Securities Act.
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The Issuers or the Parent Guarantor shall also make available copies of all reports furnished to the Trustee (a) on the website of the Ardagh group of companies and (b) through the newswire service of Bloomberg, or, if Bloomberg does not then operate, any similar agency.
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The Parent Guarantor shall publish a notice of any consolidation, merger or sale of assets described in Section 5.01(a) in accordance with Section 12.02 and, so long as the rules of Euronext Dublin so require, notify such exchange of any such consolidation, merger or sale.
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No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee, and all rights of action and claims under the Security Documents may be prosecuted or enforced under the Security Documents by the Security Agent (in consultation with the Trustee, where appropriate), without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee or the Security Agent shall be brought in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee or the Security Agent, their agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
(a)in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, Additional Amounts, if any, or interest on any Note; or
(b)in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holders of 90% of the outstanding Notes.
Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
(a)the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law, this Indenture or that the Trustee determines, without obligation, in good faith may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not joining in the giving of such direction;
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(b)the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or would involve the Trustee in personal liability; and
(c)the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.
(a)the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes shall have made a written request to the Trustee to pursue such remedy;
(b)such Holder or Holders offer the Trustee indemnity and/or security (including by way of pre-funding) reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any costs, liability or expense;
(c)the Trustee does not comply with the request within 30 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity and/or security (including by way of pre-funding); and
(d)during such 30-day period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with the request.
The limitations in the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.06, however, do not apply to a suit instituted by a Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, Additional Amounts, if any, or interest, if any, on such Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note.
A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of any other Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.
(a)any installment of interest on any Note when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(b)the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Note at the Maturity thereof,
the Issuers shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal (and premium, if any), Additional Amounts, if any and interest, and interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and Additional Amounts, if any and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installment of interest, at the rate borne by the Notes, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the amounts provided for in Section 7.05 and such further amount as
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shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Issuers fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Issuers or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuers or any other obligor upon the Notes, wherever situated.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to empower the Trustee to authorize or consent to, or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder, any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
FIRST: | to the Trustee, any Agent, and the Security Agent for amounts due under Section 7.05; |
SECOND: | to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal of, premium, if any, interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, respectively; and |
THIRD: | to the Issuers, any Guarantor or any other obligors of the Notes, as their interests may appear, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct. |
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10. At least 30 days before such record date, the Issuers shall mail to each Holder and the Trustee
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a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid. This Section 6.10 is subject at all times to the provisions set forth in Section 11.02.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Security Agent shall apply the proceeds of the Collateral as directed by the Intercreditor Agreement or any Additional Intercreditor Agreement.
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Security Agent, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
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Notes and, may otherwise deal with the Issuers with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, the Security Agent, Paying Agent, Transfer Agent, Registrar or such other agent. The Trustee and the Security Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with either Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates or Subsidiaries as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, in the Intercreditor Agreement, any Additional Intercreditor Agreement and in the Security Documents, and may accept fees and other consideration from the Issuers for services in connection with this Indenture and otherwise without having to account for the same to the Trustee, the Security Agent or to the Holders from time to time.
The Issuers, failing which the Guarantors, shall indemnify the Trustee and the Security Agent against any and all loss, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by either of them without willful misconduct or negligence on their part arising out of or in connection with the administration of this trust and the performance of their duties hereunder (including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement, any Additional Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents against the Issuers and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.05) and defending themselves against any claim, whether asserted by the Issuers, the Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person, or liability in connection with the execution and performance of any of their powers and duties
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hereunder). The Trustee and the Security Agent shall notify the Issuers promptly of any claim for which they may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee or the Security Agent to so notify the Issuers shall not relieve the Issuers or any Guarantor of its obligations hereunder. The Issuers shall, at the sole discretion of the Trustee or Security Agent, as applicable, defend the claim and the Trustee and the Security Agent may cooperate and may participate at the Issuers’ expense in such defense. Alternatively, the Trustee and the Security Agent may at their option have separate counsel of their own choosing and the Issuers shall pay the properly incurred fees and expenses of such counsel. The Issuers need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld. The Issuers shall not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
To secure the Issuers’ payment obligations in this Section 7.05, the Trustee and the Security Agent shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, in their capacity as Trustee and the Security Agent, except money or property, including any proceeds from the sale of Collateral, held in trust to pay principal of, premium, if any, additional amounts, if any, and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of all Notes under this Indenture.
When either the Trustee or the Security Agent incur expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(ix) or (x) with respect to the Issuers, the Guarantors, or any Restricted Subsidiary, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under Bankruptcy Law.
The Issuers’ obligations under this Section 7.05 and any claim or Lien arising hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of any Trustee and the Security Agent, the satisfaction and discharge of the Issuers’ obligations pursuant to Article Eight and any rejection or termination under any Bankruptcy Law, and the termination of this Indenture.
The Trustee and, subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Security Agent as provided in this Section and the last paragraph of this Section 7.06, the Security Agent may resign at any time without giving any reason by so notifying the Issuers. The Holders of a majority in outstanding principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee and the Security Agent by so notifying the Trustee, the Security Agent and the Issuers. The Issuers shall remove the Trustee if:
(a)the Trustee or the Security Agent fails to comply with Section 7.09;
(b)the Trustee or the Security Agent is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(c)a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or the Security Agent or their property; or
(d)the Trustee or the Security Agent otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee or the Security Agent resigns or is removed, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee or the Security Agent for any reason, the Issuers shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or a successor Security Agent, as the case may be. Within one year after the successor Trustee or Security Agent takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee or Security Agent to replace the successor Trustee or Security Agent appointed by the Issuers. If
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the successor Trustee or Security Agent does not deliver its written acceptance required by the next succeeding paragraph of this Section 7.06 within 30 days after the retiring Trustee or Security Agent resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or Security Agent, the Issuers or the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may, at the expense of the Issuers, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee or Security Agent.
A successor Trustee or Security Agent shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee or Security Agent, as the case may be, and to the Issuers. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee or Security Agent shall become effective, and the successor Trustee or Security Agent shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee or the Security Agent under this Indenture. The successor Trustee or Security Agent shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee or Security Agent shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee or Security Agent to the successor Trustee or Security Agent; provided that all sums owing to the Trustee or Security Agent hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.05.
If a successor Trustee or Security Agent does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee or Security Agent resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or Security Agent, the Issuers or the Holders of at least 30% in outstanding principal amount of the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee or Security Agent at the expense of the Issuers. Without prejudice to the right of the Issuers to appoint a successor Trustee or a successor Security Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the retiring Trustee or Security Agent may appoint a successor Trustee or Security Agent at any time prior to the date on which a successor Trustee or Security Agent takes office.
If the Trustee or the Security Agent fails to comply with Section 7.09, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee or the Security Agent and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Security Agent.
In addition to the foregoing and notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, any resignation, removal or replacement of the Security Agent pursuant to this Section 7.06 shall not be effective until (a) a successor to the Security Agent has agreed to act under the terms of this Indenture and (b) all of the Security Interests in the Collateral has been transferred to such successor. Any replacement or successor Security Agent shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York or London, United Kingdom, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon acceptance of its appointment as Security Agent hereunder by a replacement or successor, such replacement or successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Security Agent hereunder, and the retiring Security Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder.
Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee or the Security Agent pursuant to this Section 7.06, the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ obligations under Section 7.05 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee or Security Agent.
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Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Notes. In case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee. In all such cases such certificates shall have the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee shall have; provided that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
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(i)The Issuers shall notify each Agent in the event that they determine that any payment to be made by an Agent under the Notes is a payment which could be subject to FATCA Withholding if such payment were made to a recipient that is generally unable to receive payments free from FATCA Withholding, and the extent to which the relevant payment is so treated; provided, however, that the Issuers’ obligations under this Section 7.12(h) shall apply only to the extent that such payments are so treated by virtue of characteristics of either Issuer, the Notes, or both.
(ii)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, each Agent shall be entitled to make a deduction or withholding from any payment which it makes under the Notes for or on account of any Tax, if and only to the extent so required by Applicable Law, in which event the Agent shall make such payment after such deduction or withholding has been made and shall account to the relevant Authority within the time allowed for the amount so deducted or withheld or, at its option, shall reasonably promptly after making such payment return to the Issuers the amount so deducted or withheld, in which case, the Issuers shall so account to the relevant Authority for such amount. For the avoidance of doubt, FATCA Withholding is a deduction or withholding which is deemed to be required by Applicable Law for the purposes of this Section 7.12(h)(ii).
If the Issuers exercise their legal defeasance option, each Guarantor, if any, shall be released from all its obligations under its Guarantee, and the Trustee shall execute a release of such Guarantee.
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Subsidiary Guarantors shall be released from their obligations under any covenant contained in Sections 4.04 through 4.11 (inclusive), Sections 4.13 through 4.17 (inclusive), Sections 4.19 through 4.21 (inclusive) and Section 5.01 with respect to the Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “covenant defeasance”). For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, the Issuers and the Parent Guarantor may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default, but, except as specified in this Section 8.03, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby.
(a)the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited as trust funds in trust with the Trustee (or such other party as directed by the Trustee), for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable U.S. Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of an internationally recognized law firm of independent public accountants, to pay and discharge the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest and any Additional Amounts, if any, on the outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor must (i) specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular Redemption Date; and (ii) if applicable, have delivered to the Trustee an irrevocable notice to redeem all of the outstanding Notes of such principal, premium, if any, or interest;
(b)in the case of an election under Section 8.02, the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee stating that (A) the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has either published a revenue ruling or issued to the Issuers a private letter ruling, or (B) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the beneficial owners of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such legal defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such legal defeasance had not occurred;
(c)in the case of an election under Section 8.03, the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee to the effect that the beneficial owners of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred;
(d)no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) or, insofar as bankruptcy or insolvency events described in clauses (ix) and (x) of Section 6.01(a) are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 123rd day after the date of such deposit;
(e)such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest as defined in this Indenture with respect to any of the Issuers’ securities;
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(f)such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) under, this Indenture or any material agreement or instrument to which the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party or by which the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary is bound;
(g)such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder;
(h)the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the country of each Issuer’s or the Parent Guarantor’s incorporation to the effect that after the 123rd day following the deposit, the trust funds shall not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee that the Trustee shall have a perfected security interest in such trust funds for the ratable benefit of the Holders;
(i)the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor with the intent of preferring the Holders over the other creditors of the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor or others, or removing assets beyond the reach of the relevant creditors or increasing debts of the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor to the detriment of the relevant creditors;
(j)no event or condition shall exist that would prevent the Issuers from making payments of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the date of such deposit or at any time ending on the 123rd day after the date of such deposit; and
(k)the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the legal defeasance or the covenant defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.
If the funds deposited with the Trustee to effect covenant defeasance are insufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when due because of any acceleration occurring after an Event of Default, then the Issuers and the Guarantors shall remain liable for such payments.
(a)the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or such other party as directed by the Trustee) as funds in trust for such purpose an amount in cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Securities or a combination of cash in U.S. dollars and U.S. Government Securities, or a combination thereof, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Debt on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, Additional Amounts, if any, to the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be and the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor shall have
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delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of such Notes at Maturity or on the Redemption Date, as the case may be, and either:
(i)all Notes previously authenticated and delivered (other than lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuers and thereafter repaid to the Issuers or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 8.07) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii)all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (A) have become due and payable (by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise) or (B) will become due and payable at Stated Maturity within one year or (C) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the Issuers’ name, and at the Issuers’ expense;
(b)the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other amounts payable by the Issuers under this Indenture; and
(c)the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor has delivered an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee each stating that: (x) all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied, and (y) such satisfaction and discharge will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture, the Security Documents or any other agreement or instrument governed by the laws of the State of New York to which either Issuer or any Subsidiary is a party or by which either Issuer or any Subsidiary is bound.
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to make any payment may cause to be published (a) through the newswire service of Bloomberg or, if Bloomberg does not then operate, any similar agency and, (b) if and so long as the Notes are listed on Euronext Dublin and the rules and regulations of such exchange so require, a newspaper having a general circulation in Ireland (which is expected to be The Irish Times) or, to the extent and in the manner permitted by the rules of Euronext Dublin, posted on the official website of Euronext Dublin or mail to each Holder entitled to such money at such Holder’s address (as set forth in the Security Register) notice that such money remains unclaimed and that after a date specified therein (which shall be at least 30 days from the date of such publication or mailing) any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuers. After payment to the Issuers, Holders entitled to such money must look to the Issuers for payment as general creditors unless an applicable law designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
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with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or in exchange for the Notes); provided that if any amendment, waiver or other modification will only affect one series of the Notes, only the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of such series shall be required.
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(c)The consent of the Holders will not be necessary under this Indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent. A consent to any amendment or waiver under this Indenture by any Holder given in connection with a tender of such Holder’s Notes will not be rendered invalid by such tender.
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(a)upon any sale or disposition of (i) Capital Stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor following which such Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or, (ii) all or substantially all of the properties and assets of a Subsidiary Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary that does not violate Section 4.09;
(b)in the event that all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor is sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to an enforcement of the security over the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the applicable Security Document(s) in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and any Additional Intercreditor Agreement;
(c)upon the designation of such Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
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(d)upon legal defeasance under Section 8.02, covenant defeasance under Section 8.03 or upon satisfaction and discharge under Section 8.05;
(e)in the circumstances set forth in Section 5.01(d); and
(f)as described in Article Nine.
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Subordination”). Accordingly, each Holder of a Note, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the abovementioned Heye Guarantee Subordination and (i) will be deemed to have authorized and directed the Trustee and the Security Agent to sign such documents, agreements or deeds as may be expedient, necessary or otherwise required to give effect to the Heye Guarantee Subordination and (ii) ratifies and confirms the actions of the Trustee and the Security Agent under sub-clause (i) of this Section 10.09.
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(1)the Liens will rank equally and ratably with all valid, enforceable and perfected Liens, whenever granted upon any present or future Collateral, but only to the extent such Liens are permitted under this Indenture to exist and to rank equally and ratably with the Notes and Guarantees; and
(2)all proceeds of the Collateral applied under the Security Documents shall be allocated and distributed as set forth in the Security Documents, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and any Additional Intercreditor Agreement.
Each Holder, by accepting a Note, shall be deemed (i) to have authorized the Trustee and the Security Agent to enter into the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and any Additional Intercreditor Agreement, in each case in compliance with this Indenture and (ii) to be bound thereby. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, appoints the Trustee or the Security Agent, as the case may be, as its agent under the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement and any Additional Intercreditor Agreement and authorizes it to act as such.
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(b)The Issuers, each Guarantor and the Security Agent acknowledge that (i) for this purpose the Parallel Debt constitutes undertakings, obligations and liabilities of the Issuers and each Guarantor to the Security Agent under this Indenture and the Security Documents which are separate and independent from, and without prejudice to, the corresponding obligations under the Notes and Guarantees which the Issuers or such Guarantor has to the Holders and (ii) that the Parallel Debt represents the Security Agent’s own claims to receive payment of the Parallel Debt; provided that the total amount which may become due under the Parallel Debt shall never exceed the total amount which may become due under the Notes and Guarantees; provided, further, that the Security Agent shall exercise its rights with respect to the Parallel Debt solely in accordance with this Indenture and the Security Documents (including the Intercreditor Agreement and any Additional Intercreditor Agreement).
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(c)Every payment of monies made by the Issuers or a Guarantor to the Security Agent shall (conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar laws of general application) be in satisfaction pro tanto of the covenant by the Issuers or such Guarantor contained in Section 11.05(a); provided that if any such payment as is mentioned above is subsequently avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, liquidation or similar laws of general application the Security Agent shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment from the Issuers or such Guarantor and the Issuers or such Guarantor shall remain liable to perform the relevant obligation and the relevant liability shall be deemed not to have been discharged.
(d) Subject to the provision in Section 11.05(c), but notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this clause (d):
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if to the Irish Issuer:
Ardagh House
South County Business Park
Leopardstown
Dublin 18
X00 XX00
Ireland
Attention: Finance Director
Facsimile: x000 0 000 0000
if to the U.S. Issuer:
The Corporation Trust Company
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
if to the Guarantors:
Ardagh Group S.A.
00, xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
X 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
With copies to:
Shearman & Sterling
0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX0X 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: x00 (0)00 0000 0000
Facsimile: x00 (0)00 0000 0000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
if to the Trustee, Principal Paying Agent or Transfer Agent:
Citibank, N.A., London Branch
25 Canada Square
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx X00 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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(i) for the Trustee and Security Agent:
Email: xxxx.xx.xxxx@xxxx.xxx
Attention: The Directors, Agency & Trust
(ii) for the Principal Paying Agent:
Email: xxxx.xx.xxxx@xxxx.xxx
Attention: PPA desk
(iii) for the Transfer Agent:
Email: xxxx.xx.xxxx@xxxx.xxx
Attention: Transfer Agent
The Issuers, the Guarantors or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Notices given by first-class mail shall be deemed given five calendar days after mailing and notices given by publication shall be deemed given on the first date on which publication is made. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
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this Indenture (except in connection with the original issuance of the Original Notes on the date hereof), the Issuers or any Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish upon request to the Trustee:
(a)an Officer’s Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signer, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b)an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
Any Officer’s Certificate may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless the officer signing such certificate knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that such Opinion of Counsel with respect to the matters upon which such Officer’s Certificate is based are erroneous. Any Opinion of Counsel may be based and may state that it is so based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon certificates of public officials or an Officer’s Certificate stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Issuers, unless the counsel signing such Opinion of Counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the Officer’s Certificate with respect to the matters upon which such Opinion of Counsel is based are erroneous.
(a)a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(b)a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c)a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d)a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
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Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of them irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Issuers and the Guarantors irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection to any suit, action, or proceeding that may be brought in connection with this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes, including such actions, suits or proceedings relating to securities laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, in such courts whether on the grounds of venue, residence or domicile or on the ground that any such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Issuers and the Guarantors agree that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Issuers or any Guarantor, as the case may be, and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which the Issuers or any Guarantor, as the case may be, are subject by a suit upon such judgment; provided that service of process is effected upon the Issuers or any Guarantor, as the case may be, in the manner provided by this Indenture. Each of the Irish Issuer and the Guarantors not resident in the United States has appointed the U.S. Issuer, with offices on the date hereof at Ardagh Holdings USA Inc., c/o The Corporation Trust Company, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, or any successor so long as such successor is resident in the United States and can act for this purpose, as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”), upon whom process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Indenture, the Guarantee or the Notes or the transactions contemplated herein which may be instituted in any state or Federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York, by any Holder or the Trustee, and expressly accepts the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding. The U.S. Issuer has hereby accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and the Issuers and the Parent Guarantor agree to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents that may be necessary to continue such respective appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the Issuers and the Parent Guarantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action involving the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor arising out of or based upon this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be instituted by any Holder or the Trustee in any other court of competent jurisdiction. Each Issuer expressly consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such action and waives any other requirements of or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto and waives any right to trial by jury.
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The Issuers acknowledge and accept that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding between the parties:
(1)any reduction in the principal amount, in full or in part, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect of any Liability; and
(2)any conversion of all or part of any Liability into ordinary shares or other instruments of ownership of Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG or any other Person; that may result from any exercise of any Write-down and Conversion Powers in relation to any Liability;
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For purposes of this Section 12.15:
"Liability" means any liability of Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG to the Issuers arising under or in connection with this Indenture;
“Resolution Authority” means the German Federal Agency for Financial Markets Stabilisation (Bundesanstalt für Finanzmarktstabilisierung), or any other body which has authority to exercise any Write-down and Conversion Powers; and
“Write-down and Conversion Powers” means any write-down, conversion, transfer, modification or suspension power existing from time to time under, and exercised in compliance with, any laws, regulations, rules or requirements in effect in Germany, relating to the transposition of Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms as amended from time to time, including but not limited to the German Recovery and Resolution Act (Sanerungs-und Abwicklungsgesetz) as amended from time to time, and the instruments, rules and standards created thereunder, pursuant to which:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
ARDAGH PACKAGING FINANCE PLC,
as Issuer
By:
Name:
Title:
ARDAGH HOLDINGS USA INC.,
as Issuer
By:
Name:
Title:
ARDAGH GROUP S.A.,
as Parent Guarantor
By:
Name:
Title:
[Indenture]
CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH,
as Trustee, Security Agent, Principal Paying Agent and Transfer Agent
By:
Name:
Title:
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS
EUROPE AG,
as Registrar
By:
Name:
Title:
By:
Name:
Title:
[Indenture]
Schedule I
AGREED SECURITY PRINCIPLES
1. | agreed security principles |
The guarantees and security to be provided under and in connection with this Indenture will be given in accordance with the security and guarantee principles set out in this Schedule I (the “Agreed Security Principles”). Notwithstanding anything contained in the Agreed Security Principles, so long as the Existing Secured Notes remain outstanding, the security and guarantees provided in respect of the Notes shall be the same as those provided in respect of the Existing Secured Notes.
2. | GENERAL PRINCIPLES |
2.1 | The Agreed Security Principles embody a recognition by all parties that there may be certain legal and practical difficulties in obtaining effective guarantees and security from the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Group”) in certain jurisdictions. In particular: |
(a) | mandatory law provisions, general legal, statutory and constitutional documents’ limitations, capital maintenance, the prohibition of an intervention threatening the existence of a German member of the Group (Verstoß gegen das Verbot des existenzvernichtenden Eingriffs), financial assistance, corporate benefit, fraudulent preference, “thin capitalization” rules, “transfer pricing”, retention of title claims, exchange control restrictions, employee consultation or approval requirements, regulatory restrictions and similar principles may limit the ability of a member of the Group to provide a guarantee or security or may require that the guarantee and/or security be limited by an amount or otherwise. If any such limit applies, the guarantees and security provided will be limited to the maximum amount which the relevant member of the Group may provide having regard to applicable law; |
(b) | a factor in determining whether or not security shall be taken is the applicable cost which shall not be disproportionate to the benefit to the Holders (or any other beneficiary of the security) of obtaining such security. For these purposes “cost” includes, but is not limited to, income or corporate tax cost, registration taxes payable on the creation or enforcement or for the continuance of any security, notary costs, stamp duties, out-of-pocket expenses, and other fees and expenses directly incurred by the relevant grantor of security or any of its direct or indirect owners, subsidiaries or affiliates; |
(c) | unless each consent required by law, statute, the terms of any applicable contract, instrument or constitutional document or otherwise from the minority shareholders in, or any relevant corporate body of, any member of the Group which is not wholly owned (directly or indirectly) by another member of the Group is obtained, such Group member shall not be required to grant guarantees and security provided that the relevant company and the Parent Guarantor have used reasonable efforts to obtain such consent; |
(d) | guarantees should not be granted and security shall not be created or perfected to the extent that it would result in a risk to the directors or officers of the relevant grantor of such |
Schedule I-1
guarantee and security of contravention of any statutory duty in such capacity or their fiduciary duties and/or which could reasonably be expected to result in personal, civil or criminal liability on the part of any such director or officer;
(e) | any assets subject to third party arrangements (including shareholder agreements or joint venture agreements) which would prevent or prohibit those assets from being subject to legal, valid, binding and enforceable security will be excluded from the security created by any relevant security document; provided that the relevant member of the Group has used reasonable efforts to obtain any necessary consent or waiver if the asset is material, it being acknowledged that reasonable efforts will not require the payment by the Parent Guarantor or the relevant company of any monetary consideration (other than nominal amounts or expenses) to obtain any such consent or waiver; |
(f) | the maximum guaranteed or secured amount may be limited to minimize stamp duty, notarization, registration or other applicable fees, taxes and duties where the benefit of increasing the guaranteed or secured amount is disproportionate to the level of such fee, taxes and duties; |
(g) | where a class of assets to be secured includes material and immaterial assets, if the cost of granting security over the immaterial assets is disproportionate to the benefit of such security, security will be granted over the material assets only; |
(h) | the giving of a guarantee, the granting of security or the perfection of the security granted will not be required if: |
(i) | it would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the relevant member of the Group to conduct its operations and business in the ordinary course as otherwise permitted by the Indenture; or |
(ii) | it would have a material adverse effect on the tax arrangements of the Group or any member of the Group; |
provided that, in each case, the relevant member of the Group shall use reasonable efforts to overcome such obstacle. The secured and guaranteed obligations will be limited where necessary to prevent any material additional tax liability of any member of the Group;
(i) | other than as provided for in Section 11.04(b)(vi) of this Indenture, and save for security granted by a Guarantor organized under the laws of England & Wales, Ireland, The Netherlands, or any state of the United States of America, security shall only be granted over the Capital Stock of each Guarantor; |
(j)no fixed security shall be required to be given over bank accounts, inventory, receivables or intellectual property rights where satisfactory floating security (or equivalent in the relevant jurisdiction) can be taken over such assets; and
(k) | no perfection action will be required in jurisdictions in which a Guarantor is not located. |
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3. | guarantees and security |
3.1 | It is agreed between the parties to this Indenture that subject to the other provisions of this Schedule I, no individual item of security shall be granted unless on or about the same time, security of an equivalent nature is granted to or for the benefit of Law Debenture Trust Company, in its capacity as trustee for certain of the Existing Secured Notes. |
3.2 | In the case of guarantees and security to be granted by a Guarantor incorporated in The Netherlands or France, if the relevant Guarantor has at least 50 employees, and/or over any Dutch or French assets, if the relevant entity granting such pledge has at least 50 employees, or any other jurisdictions or assets requiring receipt of advice from a works council, such guarantees and security shall not be granted until neutral or positive advice is received from any relevant works council and such work council shall be allowed to assist to the relevant board meeting of such Guarantor or relevant entity granting such pledge. |
3.3 | In the case of guarantees and security to be granted by a Guarantor incorporated in The Netherlands or France and/or over any Dutch or French assets, or any other jurisdictions or assets requiring receipt of advice from a works council, such guarantees and security shall not be granted until neutral or positive advice is received from any relevant works council. |
3.4 | Each guarantee will be an upstream, cross-stream and downstream guarantee and each guarantee and security will be for all liabilities of the relevant members of the Group under the Indenture in accordance with, and subject to, the requirements of the Agreed Security Principles in each relevant jurisdiction. |
3.5 | No subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor that is a Controlled Foreign Corporation (as defined in the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) (or that is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes owned by any such Controlled Foreign Corporation) shall be required to give a guarantee or pledge any of its assets (including shares in a subsidiary) as security for an obligation of a United States Person (as defined in the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended). Furthermore, not more than 65% of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares entitled to vote of any such subsidiary may be pledged directly or indirectly as security for an obligation of a United States Person. These principles also apply with respect to any entity that becomes a United States Person and/or a Controlled Foreign Corporation following any guarantee or pledge of assets or shares. |
4. | TERMS OF SECURITY DOCUMENTS |
4.1 | Security shall (to the extent legally possible, subject to the general principles above) be created in favor of the Security Agent, the Trustee and the Holders or the Security Agent on behalf of or as trustee for the Trustee and the Holders (as considered appropriate by counsel to the Security Agent), to secure all of the obligations of the party giving the relevant security as well as all liabilities under the Indenture and the Notes (to the extent permitted by local law). |
4.2 | The security documents should only operate to create security rather than to impose new commercial obligations. Accordingly, representations shall not be included and undertakings (such as in respect of insurance, maintenance of assets, information or the payment of costs) shall be strictly limited to those necessary for the creation or perfection of the security, will not unreasonably interfere with the normal running of the business and shall not be included to the extent the subject matter thereof is the same as a corresponding undertaking in the Indenture and |
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shall not operate so as to prevent transactions which are otherwise permitted under the Indenture or to require additional consents or authorizations or to impose commercial obligations.
4.3 | The following principles will be reflected in the terms of any security taken as part of this transaction: |
(a) | security will not be enforceable in respect of the Notes until an Event of Default has occurred in respect of which the Notes are being accelerated (a “Declared Default”); |
(b) | information, such as lists of assets, will be provided if, in the opinion of counsel to the Security Agent, these are required by local law to be provided to perfect or register the security or to ensure the security can be enforced and, unless in the opinion of counsel to the Security Agent required to be provided by local law more frequently, be provided annually or, following an Event of Default which is continuing, on the Security Agent’s reasonable request; and |
(c) | each of the Trustee, the Security Agent and the Holders should only be able to exercise any power of attorney granted to it under the security documents following a Declared Default. |
5. | bank accounts |
5.1 | If a member of the Group grants security over its bank accounts it shall be free to deal with those accounts in the ordinary course of its business until a Declared Default has occurred. No control agreements will be required in respect of any account located in the United States of America. |
5.2 | If required by local law to perfect the security, notice of the security will be served on the account bank within 10 Business Days of the security being granted and the relevant member of the Group shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain an acknowledgement of that notice within 20 business days of service. If the relevant member of the Group has used its reasonable efforts but has not been able to obtain acknowledgement its obligation to obtain acknowledgement shall cease on the expiry of that 20 Business Day period. Irrespective of whether notice of the security is required for perfection, if the service of notice would prevent the relevant member of the Group from using a bank account in the ordinary course of its business no notice of security shall be served until a Declared Default has occurred. There will be no restriction on the closure of any bank accounts which are no longer required by the Group. |
5.3 | Any security over bank accounts shall be subject to any prior security interests in favor of the account bank which are created either by law or in the standard terms and conditions of the account bank. The notice of security may request these are waived or subordinated by the account bank but the Guarantor shall not be required to change its banking arrangements if these security interests are not waived or subordinated or only partially waived or subordinated. |
5.4 | If required under local law, security over bank accounts will be registered subject to the general principles set out in these Agreed Security Principles. |
6. | REAL ESTATE |
No security will be given over real property unless it has a value in excess of €20,000,000 (twenty million euro) and the secured parties under any Credit Facility have been granted a lien on such real property. |
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6.2 | No security will be given over leasehold interests unless there is an option to acquire the freehold and where the freehold will have a value in excess of the amount referred to in paragraph 6.1 above in which case security will be given at the time of the exercise of that option. |
6.3 | There will be no obligation to investigate title, provide surveys or other insurance or environmental due diligence. |
6.4 | A Guarantor will be under no obligation to obtain any landlord consent required to grant security over its real estate, but only to investigate the possibility thereof. |
6.5 | Until the release provided for in Section 11.04(b)(vi) of this Indenture, with respect to any real estate located in Germany, a submission to immediate foreclosure relating to any real estate security only in relation to 5% of the amount secured under the relevant land charge is to be provided. A Guarantor will be under no obligation to notify any insurer of its real estate relating to any real estate security. |
7. | FIXED ASSETS |
7.1 | If a member of the Group grants security over its fixed assets it shall be free to deal with those assets in the ordinary course of its business until a Declared Default has occurred. |
7.2 | If required under local law, security over fixed assets will be registered subject to the general principles set out in these Agreed Security Principles. |
8. | INSURANCE POLICIES |
8.1 | If required by local law to perfect the security or to exclude the possibility that the debtor pays to the relevant member of the Group with discharging effect, notice of the security will be served on the insurance provider within 10 Business Days of the security being granted and the relevant member of the Group shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain an acknowledgement of that notice within 20 Business Days of service. If the relevant member of the Group has used its reasonable efforts but has not been able to obtain acknowledgement its obligation to obtain acknowledgement shall cease on the expiry of that 20 Business Day period. |
8.2 | No loss payee or other endorsement shall be made on the insurance policy. |
9. | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY |
9.1 | If a member of the Group grants security over its intellectual property it shall be free to deal with those assets in the ordinary course of its business (including, without limitation, allowing its intellectual property to lapse if no longer material to its business and if permitted by the Indenture) until a Declared Default has occurred. |
9.2 | No security shall be granted over any intellectual property which cannot be secured under the terms of the relevant licensing agreement. No notice shall be prepared or given to any third party from whom intellectual property is licensed until a Declared Default has occurred. |
9.3 | The security documents may provide for the applications of registration as may be required under local law for the applicable registration of the security over intellectual property to be provided by the relevant member of the Group in its jurisdiction of incorporation and any central registry only |
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and subject to the general principles set out in these Agreed Security Principles; provided that no registration of the transfer of the relevant intellectual property to the Holders, the Trustee or the Security Agent shall be required under the relevant security documents.
10. | INTERCOMPANY RECEIVABLES |
10.1 | If a member of the Group grants security over its intercompany receivables it shall be free to deal with those receivables in the ordinary course of its business until a Declared Default has occurred. |
10.2 | If required by local law to perfect the security or to exclude the possibility that the debtor pays to the relevant member of the Group with discharging effect, notice of the security will be served on the relevant lender within 10 Business Days of the security being granted. |
10.3 | If required under local law security over intercompany receivables will be registered subject to the general principles set out in these Agreed Security Principles. |
11. | TRADE RECEIVABLES and inventory |
11.1 | If a member of the Group grants security over its trade receivables and/or its inventory it shall be free to deal with those receivables and/or inventory in the ordinary course of its business until a Declared Default has occurred. |
11.2 | No notice of security may be prepared or served until the occurrence of a Declared Default. |
11.3 | No security will be granted over any trade receivables which cannot be secured under the terms of the relevant contract. |
11.4 | If required under local law, security over trade receivables and inventory will be registered subject to the general principles set out in these Agreed Security Principles. |
11.5 | Any list of trade receivables required shall not include details of the underlying contracts to the extent not required to perfect the security transfer and make the receivables identifiable (bestimmbar) or to ensure the security can be enforced. |
12. | SHARES / PARTNERSHIP INTEREST |
12.1 | The security document will be governed by the laws of the person whose shares or partnership interests are being secured and not by the law of the country of the person granting the security. |
12.2 | Until a Declared Default has occurred, the securing person will be permitted to retain and to exercise voting rights to any shares or partnership interests pledged by it in a manner which does not adversely affect the validity or enforceability of the security or cause an Event of Default to occur and the company whose shares or partnership interests have been pledged will, subject to the terms of the Indenture, be permitted to pay dividends. |
12.3 | Where customary, as soon as reasonably practicable following execution of the share pledge, the share certificate and (where available and customary) a stock transfer form executed in blank will be provided to the Security Agent and where required by law the share certificate or shareholders register will be endorsed or written up and the endorsed share certificate or a copy of the written up register provided to the Security Agent. |
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13. | RELEASE OF SECURITY |
Unless required by local law the circumstances in which the security shall be released should not be dealt with in individual security documents but, if so required, shall, except to the extent required by local law, be the same as those set out in the Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement or any Additional Intercreditor Agreement and not require any further consent by the Security Agent, the Trustee or any Holder.
14. | Jurisdictions |
14.1 | The guarantees and security to be provided under and in connection with the Notes and the Indenture will only be granted by members of the Group organized under the laws of the following jurisdictions: |
| (i) | Austria; |
| (ii) | Denmark; |
| (iii) | Germany; |
| (iv) | Ireland; |
| (v) | Italy (guarantee only); |
| (vi) | Luxembourg (guarantee only); |
| (vii) | Poland; |
| (viii) | Sweden; |
| (ix) | Switzerland; |
| (x) | The Netherlands; |
| (xi) | The United Kingdom; and |
| (xii) | The United States of America. |
15. | SECURITY DOCUMENTATION |
Subject to the Agreed Security Principles, each security agreement referred to will be substantially the same as that in place immediately prior to the Issue Date (with such modifications as required, but only to the extent necessary, to reflect any change in law since the date of the relevant security agreement).
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Exhibit A
[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]
ARDAGH PACKAGING FINANCE PLC
ARDAGH HOLDINGS USA INC.
If Regulation S Global Note – CUSIP Number [●]/ISIN [●]1
If Restricted Global Note – CUSIP Number [●]/ISIN [●]2
No. [ ]
[Include if Global Note — UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUERS OR THEIR AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. THIS NOTE IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.]
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “U.S. SECURITIES ACT”) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE
1 If the original Regulation S Global Note – CUSIP Number G04586 AS5 / ISIN USG04586AS53.
2 If the original Restricted Global Note – CUSIP Number 03969A AQ3/ ISIN US03969AAQ31.
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OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS A NON U.S. PERSON ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” PURSUANT TO RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) WHICH IS [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES: ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH AN ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF AN ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS SECURITY)] [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE DATE WHEN THE SECURITIES WERE FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S AND THE DATE OF THE COMPLETION OF THE DISTRIBUTION] ONLY (A) TO AN ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND ANY APPLICABLE LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND FURTHER SUBJECT TO EACH ISSUER’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHTS PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (I) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM AND (II) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS SECURITY IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES THAT IT SHALL NOT TRANSFER THE SECURITIES IN AN AMOUNT LESS THAN $200,000.
BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN), THE PURCHASER OR HOLDER WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND AGREED THAT (A) IT IS NOT AND FOR SO LONG AS IT HOLDS THIS NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) WILL NOT BE (I) AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), THAT
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IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, (II) A “PLAN” AS DEFINED IN AND SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), (III) AN ENTITY OR ACCOUNT WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR (IV) A NON U.S., GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH OR OTHER BENEFIT PLAN WHICH IS SUBJECT TO ANY NON U.S. OR U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”) (EACH OF (I), (II), (III) AND (IV), A “PLAN”), (B) NO ASSETS OF A PLAN HAVE BEEN USED BY IT TO ACQUIRE THIS NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) OR (C) ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH AN EXEMPTION IS NOT AVAILABLE OR VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR LAW, AND NONE OF THE ISSUER, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES IS ITS FIDUCIARY IN CONNECTION WITH THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS NOTE.
[IN THE CASE OF ADDITIONAL REGULATION S NOTES: THIS NOTE SHALL BEAR THE TEMPORARY CUSIP AND TEMPORARY ISIN NUMBERS INDICATED ON THIS NOTE UNTIL THE DAY THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER [●], AFTER WHICH DATE THE PERMANENT CUSIP AND PERMANENT ISIN NUMBERS INDICATED ON THIS NOTE SHALL BE BORNE.]
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5.250% SENIOR SECURED NOTE DUE 2025
Ardagh Packaging Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland, and Ardagh Holdings USA Inc., a Delaware corporation, for value received, jointly and severally promise to pay to [●] or registered assigns the principal sum of $[●] (as such amount may be increased or decreased as indicated in Schedule A (Schedule of Principal Amount) of this Note) on April 30, 2025.
From [ ] or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for, cash interest on this Note will accrue at 5.250%, payable semi-annually on April 30 and October 30 of each year, beginning on [●], to the Person in whose name this Note (or any predecessor Note) is registered at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date, as the case may be.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK without regard to the conflict of law rules thereof.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature of an authorized signatory, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof and to the provisions of the Indenture, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Ardagh Packaging Finance plc and Ardagh Holdings USA Inc. have caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized signatory.
Dated: [●]
ARDAGH PACKAGING FINANCE PLC
By:
Name:
Title:Authorized Signatory
ARDAGH HOLDINGS USA INC.
By:
Name:
Title:Authorized Signatory
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes referred to in the Indenture.
CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH,
as Trustee
By:
Authorized Officer
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
5.250% Senior Secured Note Due 2025
1.Interest
Ardagh Packaging Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland, and Ardagh Holdings USA Inc. a Delaware corporation (each corporation, and such respective successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein collectively called the “Issuers”), for value received, promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note from [●] at the rate per annum of 5.250%. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Issuers shall pay interest on overdue principal at the interest rate borne by the Notes compounded semi-annually, and it shall pay interest on other overdue amounts at the same rate to the extent lawful. Any interest paid on this Note shall be increased to the extent necessary to pay Additional Amounts as set forth in this Note.
2.Additional Amounts
(a)All payments that the Issuers make under or with respect to the Notes or that the Guarantors make under or with respect to the Guarantees shall be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including, without limitation, penalties, interest and other similar liabilities related thereto) of whatever nature (collectively, “Taxes”) imposed or levied on such payments by or on behalf of any jurisdiction (other than the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia) in which any Issuer or Guarantor is organized, resident or doing business for tax purposes or from or through which any of the foregoing (or its agents, including the Paying Agent) makes any payment on this Note or by or within any department, political subdivision or governmental authority of or in any of the foregoing having power to tax (each, a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless such Issuer or Guarantor or other applicable withholding agent, as the case may be, is required to withhold or deduct Taxes by law or by the interpretation or administration of law. If either Issuer, a Guarantor or other applicable withholding agent is required to withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of Taxes imposed or levied on behalf of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction from any payment made under or with respect to this Note or any Guarantee, such Issuer or Guarantor, as the case may be, shall pay additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount received by each beneficial owner of the Notes, after such withholding or deduction (including any withholding or deduction in respect of any Additional Amounts) will not be less than the amount the beneficial owner would have received if such Taxes had not been withheld or deducted.
(b)None of the Issuers or Guarantors will, however, pay Additional Amounts in respect or on account of:
(i)any Taxes, to the extent such Taxes are imposed or levied by a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction by reason of the Holder’s or beneficial owner’s present or former connection with such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (other than the mere receipt, ownership, holding or disposition of this Note, or by reason of the receipt of any payments in respect of any Notes or any Guarantee, or the exercise or enforcement of rights under any Notes or any Guarantee);
(ii)any Taxes to the extent such Taxes are imposed or withheld by reason of the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner of this Note, following the Issuers’ written request addressed to the Holder or beneficial owner, to comply with any certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements (to the extent such holder or beneficial owner is legally eligible to do so),
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whether required by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, such Taxes imposed by the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including, without limitation, a certification that the Holder or beneficial owner is not resident in the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction);
(iii)any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property or similar Taxes;
(iv)any Tax which is payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments made under or with respect to this Note or any Guarantee;
(v)any Tax imposed on or with respect to any payment by any of the Issuers or Guarantors to the Holder if such Holder is a fiduciary or partnership or Person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent that such Taxes would not have been imposed on such payment had such beneficial owner been the holder of such Note;
(vi)any Tax that is imposed on or with respect to a payment made to a Holder or beneficial owner who would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting the relevant Notes to another paying agent in a member state of the European Union or the United Kingdom;
(vii)any Taxes, to the extent such Taxes were imposed as a result of the presentation of a Note for payment (where presentation is required) more than 30 days after the relevant payment is first made available to the Holder (except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had this Note been presented on the last day of such 30-day period);
(viii)any U.S. federal withholding Taxes or equivalent thereof imposed pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as of the Issue Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations promulgated thereunder or other official administrative interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as of the Issue Date (or any amended or successor version described above), and including (for the avoidance of doubt) any intergovernmental agreements (and any law, regulation, rule or practice implementing any such intergovernmental agreement) in respect of the foregoing; or
(ix)any combination of the foregoing.
(c)The Issuers and the Guarantors, if the applicable withholding agents, shall (i) make such withholding or deduction as is required by applicable law and (ii) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law.
(d)At least 30 calendar days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to this Note or any Guarantee is due and payable, if the Issuers or any Guarantor shall be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such payment (unless such obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises after the 30th day prior to the date on which payment under or with respect to this Note or any Guarantee is due and payable, in which case it will be promptly thereafter), the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee, with a copy to the Paying Agent, an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Additional Amounts will be payable and the amounts so payable and setting forth such other information as is necessary to enable the Paying Agent to pay such Additional Amounts to the Holders on the payment date. The Trustee and the
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Paying Agent shall be entitled to rely solely on such Officer’s Certificate as conclusive proof that such payments are necessary. The Issuers shall promptly publish a notice in accordance with Section 12.02 of the Indenture stating that such Additional Amounts will be payable and describing the obligation to pay such amounts.
In addition, the Issuers or any Guarantor, as the case may be, shall pay any present or future stamp, issuance, registration, court, documentary, excise or property taxes or other similar taxes, charges and duties, including without limitation, interest, penalties and other similar liabilities with respect thereto, imposed by any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in respect of (i) the execution, issue, delivery or registration of this Note or any Guarantee or any other document or instrument referred to thereunder, or (ii) the receipt of any payments under or with respect to, or enforcement of, this Note or any Guarantee.
Upon written request, any of the Issuers or a Guarantor will furnish to the Trustee or a Holder within a reasonable time certified copies of tax receipts evidencing any payment by such Issuer or such Guarantor (as the case may be) of any Taxes imposed or levied by a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, in accordance with the procedures described in Section 12.02 of the Indenture, in such form as provided in the normal course by the taxing authority imposing such Taxes. If, notwithstanding the efforts of such Issuer or Guarantor to obtain such receipts, the same are not obtainable, such Issuer or such Guarantor will provide the Trustee or such Holder with other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or holder of such payments by such Issuer or Guarantor. If requested by the Trustee, the Issuers and (to the extent necessary) any Guarantors will provide to the Trustee such information as may be reasonably available to such Issuers and the Guarantors (and not otherwise in the possession of the Trustee) to enable the determination of the amount of any withholding taxes attributable to any particular Holder(s).
(e)Whenever the Indenture or this Note refers to, in any context, the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to this or any other Note (including payments thereof made pursuant to a Guarantee), such reference includes the payment of Additional Amounts, if applicable.
(f)This paragraph 2 will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the Indenture and shall apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction (other than the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia) in which any successor Person to any of the Issuers or Guarantors is organized, resident or doing business for tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which any such person (or its agents, including the Paying Agent) makes any payment on this or any other Note (or any Guarantee) and any department, political subdivision or governmental authority of or in any of the foregoing having the power to tax.
3.Method of Payment
The Issuers shall pay interest on this Note (except defaulted interest) to the persons who are registered Holders of this Note at the close of business on the Record Date for the next Interest Payment Date even if this Note is cancelled after the Record Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date. The Issuers shall pay principal and interest in dollars in immediately available funds that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Issuers by check mailed to the Holder.
The amount of payments in respect of interest on each Interest Payment Date shall correspond to the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by the Regulation S Global Note and the Restricted Global Note, as established by the Registrar at the close of business on the relevant Record Date. Payments
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of principal shall be made upon surrender of the Regulation S Global Note and the Restricted Global Note to the Paying Agent.
4.Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, Citibank, N.A., London Branch or one of its affiliates will act as Principal Paying Agent, and Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG will act as Registrar. The Issuers or any of its Affiliates may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar.
5.Indenture
The Issuers issued this Note under an indenture dated as of April 8, 2020 (the “Indenture”), among, inter alios, the Issuers, Ardagh Group S.A., as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as security agent (the “Security Agent”). The terms of this Note include those stated in the Indenture. Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. This Note is subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of those terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the Issuers, the Guarantors and their Affiliates, including, without limitation, limitations on the incurrence of indebtedness and issuance of stock, the payment of dividends and other payment restrictions affecting the Parent Guarantor and its Restricted Subsidiaries, the sale of assets, transactions with and among Affiliates of the Parent Guarantor and the Restricted Subsidiaries, Change of Control and Liens.
6.Optional Redemption
(a)At any time prior to April 30, 2022, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, the Issuers may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at a Redemption Price of 105.250% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but excluding) the Redemption Date (subject to the rights of holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date), with the net cash proceeds from one or more Public Equity Offerings. The Issuers may only do this, however, if (i) at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable series of Notes that were initially issued would remain outstanding immediately after the proposed redemption; and (ii) the redemption occurs within 120 days after the closing of such Public Equity Offering.
(b)At any time prior to April 30, 2022, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, the Issuers may also redeem all or part of the Notes at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus the Notes Applicable Redemption Premium and accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date.
“Notes Applicable Redemption Premium” means the greater of:
(1) | 1.0% of the principal amount of the Notes; and |
(2) | the excess of: |
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(i) | the present value at such Redemption Date of (x) the Redemption Price of such Note at April 30, 2022 (such Redemption Price being set forth in the table appearing below in clause (c)), plus (y) all required interest payments due on such Note through April 30, 2022 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over |
(ii) | the outstanding principal amount of such Note. |
“Treasury Rate” means, as of any Redemption Date, the weekly average rounded to the nearest 1/l00th of a percentage point (for the most recently completed week for which such information is available as of the date that is two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date) of the yield to maturity of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 with respect to each applicable day during such week or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to April 30, 2022; provided, however, that if the period from the Redemption Date to April 30, 2022 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which such a yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the Redemption Date to April 30, 2022 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities (or other comparable benchmark) adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.
(c)At any time on or after April 30, 2022 and prior to maturity, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, the Issuers may redeem all or part of the Notes. These redemptions will be in amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of their principal amount at maturity), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on April 30 of the years set forth below (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant regular Record Date that is prior to the Redemption Date to receive interest due on an interest payment date).
Year | Redemption Price Notes |
102.625% | |
101.313% | |
100.000% |
Any redemption and notice may, in the Issuers’ discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent.
7.Redemption Upon Changes in Withholding Taxes
This Note and the other Global Notes may also be redeemed together, in whole but not in part, at the election of the Issuers, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice which notice shall be irrevocable and given in accordance with the procedures described in Section 12.02 of the Indenture, at the Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any to (but excluding) the Redemption Date if, as a result of (a) any amendment to, or change in, the laws (or regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction which is announced and becomes effective after the Issue Date (or, where such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction became a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction at a later date, after such later date) or, (b) any change which is announced and becomes
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effective after the Issue Date (or, where such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction became a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction at a later date, after such later date) in the official interpretation or official application of such laws, regulations or rulings (including by virtue of a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction) of any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (each of the foregoing sub-clauses (a) and (b), a “Change in Tax Law”), the Issuers would be obligated to pay, on the next date for any payment and as a result of that amendment or change, Additional Amounts (as described above in paragraph 2), with respect to the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, which the Issuers cannot avoid by the use of reasonable measures available to the Issuers. Prior to the giving of any notice of redemption pursuant to this paragraph 7, the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee (a) an Officer’s Certificate stating that the obligation to pay Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the Issuers taking reasonable measures available to it, and (b) a written opinion of independent tax counsel to the Issuers of recognized standing qualified under the laws of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction and reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that the Issuers has or will become obligated to pay such Additional Amounts as a result of a Change in Tax Law.
The Trustee will accept such Officer’s Certificate and opinion as sufficient evidence of the satisfaction of the conditions precedent described above, without further inquiry, in which event it will be conclusive and binding on Holders of the Notes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such notice of redemption will be given (a) earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuers would be obliged to make such payment of Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of the Notes were then due and (b) unless at the time such notice is given, the obligation to pay Additional Amounts remains in effect.
Any redemption and notice may, in the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent.
8.Notice of Redemption
Notice of redemption will be mailed first-class postage prepaid at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to the Holder of this Note to be redeemed at the addresses contained in the Security Register. If this Note is in a denomination larger than $200,000 of principal amount at maturity it may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000 at maturity. In the event of a redemption of less than all of the Notes, the Notes for redemption will be chosen by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture. If this Note is redeemed subsequent to a Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date specified above, then any accrued interest will be paid to the Holder at the close of business on such Record Date. If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the applicable Paying Agent on or before the Redemption Date and certain other conditions are satisfied, interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption on or after such date.
9.Repurchase at the Option of Holders
If a Change of Control occurs at any time, the Issuers or the Parent Guarantor shall offer to purchase on the Change of Control Purchase Date all or any part (equal to $200,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of this Note at a purchase price in cash in an amount equal to 101% of the principal amount hereof, plus any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Change of Control Purchase Date (subject to the rights of Holders of record on the relevant Record Dates to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date); provided that the Issuers and the Parent Guarantor shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if, when a Change of Control occurs, it has given notice of its intention to redeem all of the Notes pursuant to paragraph 6 or paragraph 7 of this Note. The Issuers shall purchase all Notes properly
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and timely tendered in the Change of Control Offer and not withdrawn in accordance with the procedures set forth in such notice. The Change of Control Offer will state, among other things, the procedures that Holders of the Notes must follow to accept the Change of Control Offer.
When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds the greater of $100,000,000 and 1.5% of Total Assets, the Parent Guarantor or the Issuers shall, within 20 Business Days, make an offer to purchase (an “Excess Proceeds Offer”) from all Holders and from the holders of any Pari Passu Debt, to the extent required by the terms thereof, on a pro rata basis, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture or the agreements governing any such Pari Passu Debt, the maximum principal amount (expressed as an integral multiple of $1,000 with respect to the Notes) of the Notes and any such Pari Passu Debt that may be purchased with the amount of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price as to each Note and any such Pari Passu Debt will be payable in cash in an amount equal to (solely in the case of the Notes) 100% of the principal amount of such Note and (solely in the case of Pari Passu Debt) no greater than 100% of the principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of such Pari Passu Debt, plus in each case accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase.
To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of Notes and any such Pari Passu Debt tendered pursuant to an Excess Proceeds Offer is less than the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds, the Parent Guarantor may use the amount of such Excess Proceeds not used to purchase Notes and Pari Passu Debt for general corporate purposes that are not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and any such Pari Passu Debt validly tendered and not withdrawn by holders thereof exceeds the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds, the Notes and any such Pari Passu Debt to be purchased shall be selected by the Trustee on a pro rata basis (based upon the principal amount of Notes and the principal amount or accreted value of such Pari Passu Debt tendered by each holder). Upon completion of each such Excess Proceeds Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset to zero.
10.Denominations
The Notes (including this Note) are in denominations of $200,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof of principal amount at maturity. The transfer of Notes (including this Note) may be registered, and Notes (including this Note) may be exchanged, as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.
11.Unclaimed Money
All moneys paid by the Issuers or the Guarantors to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, this Note or any other Note that remain unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable may be repaid to the Issuers or the Guarantors, subject to applicable law, and the Holder of such Note thereafter may look only to the Issuers or the Guarantors for payment thereof.
12.Discharge and Defeasance
Subject to certain conditions, the Issuers at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations and the obligations of the Guarantors under this Note and each other Note, the Guarantees and the Indenture if the Issuers irrevocably deposit with the Trustee dollars or U.S. Government Securities for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
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13.Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
(a)(i) The Issuers, when authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors (as evidenced by the delivery of such resolution to the Trustee), the Guarantors and the Trustee may modify, amend or supplement the Indenture, any Guarantee or this Note and each other Note and the Issuers, when authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors (as evidenced by the delivery of such resolution to the Security Agent), the Guarantors and the Security Agent may modify, amend or supplement any Security Document, in each case without notice to or consent of any Holder:
(A)to evidence the succession of another Person to the Parent Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants in the Indenture and in this Note and each other Note; provided that such successor Person would have been permitted to so succeed in a transaction that would have complied with Article Five; provided, further, that such transaction need not be of a specific type identified in Article Five (it being understood that in the case of any other transaction, the requirements of Article Five shall apply mutatis mutandis);
(B)to add to the covenants of the Issuers, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon this Note and each other Note for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuers, any Guarantor, or any other obligor upon this Note and each other Note, as applicable, in the Indenture, in this Note and each other Note or in any Guarantees;
(C)to cure any ambiguity, or to correct or supplement any provision in the Indenture, this Note and each other Note or any Guarantees that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision in the Indenture, this Note and each other Note or any Guarantee or make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture, the Notes or any Guarantee; provided that, in each case, such provisions shall not adversely affect the rights of the Holders in any material respect;
(D)to conform the text of the Indenture, the Guarantees, the Security Documents, or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of the Secured Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the “Description of the Secured Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Notes;
(E)to release any Guarantor in accordance with and if permitted by the terms of and limitations set forth in the Indenture and to add a Subsidiary Guarantor or other guarantor under the Indenture (which will require execution of the relevant supplemental indenture only by the Issuers, the Parent Guarantor and such additional Subsidiary Guarantor(s) or other guarantor(s));
(F)to evidence and provide the acceptance of the appointment of a successor Trustee or Security Agent under the Indenture or any Security Document;
(G)to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders as additional security for the payment and performance of the Issuers’ and any Guarantor’s obligations under the Indenture, in any property, or assets, including any of which are required to be mortgaged, pledged or hypothecated, or in which a security interest is required to be granted to the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture or otherwise to release Collateral from the Liens pursuant to the Indenture and the Security Documents when permitted or required by the Indenture, the Security Documents and/or the Intercreditor Agreement or to modify the Security Documents and/or the Intercreditor Agreement to secure additional extensions of credit
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and add additional secured creditors holding obligations that are permitted to be secured by Liens pari passu with the Notes under the Security Documents pursuant to the terms of the Indenture; or
(H)to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with and if permitted by the terms and limitations set forth in the Indenture.
(ii)The Issuers, when authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors (as evidenced by the delivery of such resolution to the Trustee), the Parent Guarantor, the Trustee and the Restricted Subsidiary being added as a Subsidiary Guarantor or other entity becoming a Guarantor under the Indenture may supplement the Indenture to add a Subsidiary Guarantor or other guarantor under the Indenture, in each case without notice to or consent of any Holder.
(iii)In formulating its opinion on such matters, the Trustee shall be entitled to require and rely on such evidence as it deems appropriate, including an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s Certificate.
(b)Except as provided in paragraph 13(c) of this Note and Section 6.04 of the Indenture, respectively, and without prejudice to paragraph 13(a) of this Note, the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee may:
(i)modify, amend or supplement the Indenture, the Security Documents or this Note and the other Notes; or
(ii)waive compliance by the Issuers with any provision of the Indenture, the Security Documents or this Note and the other Notes,
with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or in exchange for the Notes); provided that, if any amendment, waiver or other modification will only affect one series of the Notes, only the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of such series shall be required;
(c)Without the consent of the Holders of 90% of the outstanding Notes (provided, however, that if any amendment, waiver or other modification will only affect one series of the Notes, only the consent of the holders of at least 90% of the aggregate principal amount of such series shall be required (and not the consent of at least 90% of the aggregate principal amount of all Notes then outstanding)), with respect to any such Notes held by a non-consenting Holder, no amendment, modification, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04 of the Indenture and an amendment, modification or supplement pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, may:
(i)change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of any Additional Amounts or interest on, any Note;
(ii)reduce the principal amount of any Note (or Additional Amounts or premium, if any) or the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;
(iii)change the coin or currency in which the principal of any Note or any premium or any Additional Amounts or the interest thereon is payable;
(iv)impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date);
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(v)reduce the principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the consent of whose Holders is required for any amendment or supplement to, or waiver or compliance with, certain provisions of the Indenture;
(vi)modify any of the provisions of Article Nine of the Indenture or any provisions in the Indenture relating to the waiver of past defaults or relating to the waiver of certain covenants, except to increase the percentage of outstanding Notes required for such actions or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected thereby;
(vii)make any change to the Intercreditor Agreement (or any Additional Intercreditor Agreement) or any provisions of the Indenture affecting the ranking of the Notes or the Guarantees, in each case in a manner that adversely affects the rights of the Holders or directly or indirectly release the Liens on the Collateral except as permitted by the Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement (or any Additional Intercreditor Agreement) and the Security Documents; or
(viii)make any change in Section 4.12 of the Indenture that adversely affects the rights of any Holder or amend the terms of the Notes or the Indenture in a way that would result in a loss of an exemption from any of the Taxes described thereunder or an exemption from any obligation to withhold or deduct Taxes so described thereunder unless the Issuers or the Guarantors agree to pay Additional Amounts (if any) in respect thereof in the supplemental indenture.
(d) The consent of the Holders will not be necessary under the Indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent. A consent to any amendment or waiver under the Indenture by any Holder given in connection with a tender of such Holder’s Notes will not be rendered invalid by such tender.
14.Defaults and Remedies
This Note and the other Notes have the Events of Default as set forth in Section 6.01 of the Indenture. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clauses (ix) and (x) of Section 6.01(a) of the Indenture) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the registered Holders of not less than 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by written notice to the Issuers and the Parent Guarantor (and to the Trustee if such notice is given by the Holders), subject to certain limitations, may, and the Trustee, upon the written request of such Holders shall, declare this Note and the other Notes, and any Additional Amounts and accrued interest, to be due and payable immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default and shall result in this Note and the other Notes being due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default.
Holders may not enforce the Indenture, this Note, the other Notes or the Security Documents except as provided in the Indenture and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and any Additional Intercreditor Agreement. The Trustee and the Security Agent may refuse to enforce the Indenture, this Note or the other Notes unless it receives security and/or indemnity (including by way of pre-funding) reasonably satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations and the Intercreditor Agreement (and any Additional Intercreditor Agreement), the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may direct the Trustee and the Security Agent in its exercise of any trust or power. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by written notice to the Trustee may rescind any acceleration and its consequence if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal, premium, if any, or interest that has
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become due solely because of such acceleration. The above description of Events of Default and remedies is qualified by reference, and subject in its entirety, to the provisions of the Indenture.
15.Ranking
This Note and the other Notes will be general obligations of each Issuer and will rank senior in right of payment to any and all of each Issuer’s existing and future Debt that is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, rank equally in right of payment with all of each Issuer’s existing and future Debt that is not subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and be structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor’s Subsidiaries that do not provide Guarantees.
00.Xxxxxxxx
This Note and the other Notes will be secured by the Security Interests in the Collateral, subject to Permitted Collateral Liens. Reference is made to the Indenture for terms relating to such security, including the release, termination and discharge thereof. The Security Documents and the Collateral will be administered by the Security Agent (or in certain circumstances a sub-agent) pursuant to the Security Documents, including the Intercreditor Agreement or any Additional Intercreditor Agreement for the benefit of all Holders and holders of certain Debt permitted to be secured on the Collateral. The Issuers shall not be required to make any notation on this Note to reflect any grant of such security or any such release, termination or discharge. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, shall be deemed to have agreed to and accepted the terms and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement or any Additional Intercreditor Agreement (whether then entered into or entered into in the future pursuant to the provisions described herein).
17.Trustee Dealings with the Issuers
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Issuers, the Guarantors or any of their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar, co-Registrar or co-Paying Agent may do the same with like rights.
00.Xx Recourse Against Others
A director, officer, employee, incorporator, member or shareholder, as such, of the Issuers or the Guarantors shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or the Guarantors under this Note, the other Notes, the Guarantees or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
19.Authentication
This Note shall not be valid until an authorized officer of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
20.Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
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21.ISIN and CUSIP Numbers
The Issuers may cause ISIN and CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and if so the Trustee shall use ISIN and CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed on the Notes.
22.Governing Law
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign and transfer this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (the Issuers) assign and transfer this Note to
(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and postal code)
and irrevocably appoint ______________________________________ agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuers. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Your Signature: ____________________________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee: __________________________________________________________
(Participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)
Date: _______________________________________________________
Certifying Signature:
In connection with any transfer of any Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring prior to the date that is one year after the later of the date of original issuance of such Notes and the last date, if any, on which the Notes were owned by the Issuers or any of their respective Affiliates, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in such Notes and:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
(1)◻to the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary; or
(2)◻pursuant to an effective registration statement under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933; or
(3)◻pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933; or
(4)◻pursuant to and in compliance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933; or
(5)◻pursuant to another available exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (3) is checked, by executing this form, the Transferor is deemed to have certified that such Notes are being transferred to a person it reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule
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144A under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 who has received notice that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A; if box (4) is checked, by executing this form, the Transferor is deemed to have certified that such transfer is made pursuant to an offer and sale that occurred outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act; and if box (5) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Issuers reasonably request to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.
Signature: _________________________________
Signature Guarantee: __________________________________________________________
(Participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)
Certifying Signature: __________________ Date:______________________
Signature Guarantee: __________________________________________________________
(Participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note or a portion thereof repurchased pursuant to Section 4.09 or Section 4.11 of the Indenture, check the box: ◻
If the purchase is in part, indicate the portion (in denominations of $200,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) to be purchased:
Your Signature: ____________________________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
Date:
Certifying Signature: ______________________________________
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SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
The following decreases/increases in the principal amount of this Security have been made:
| | | Principal | |
__________ | _____________ | _____________ | _____________ | _____________ |
__________ | _____________ | _____________ | _____________ | _____________ |
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER FROM RESTRICTED
GLOBAL NOTE TO REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE.*
Transfers pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(ii) of the Indenture
Citibank, N.A., London Branch
25 Canada Square
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx X00 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Attention: Transfer Agent
Re: 5.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”)
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of April 8, 2020 (the “Indenture”) among, inter alios, Ardagh Packaging Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland and Ardagh Holdings USA Inc., a Delaware corporation, collectively, as Issuers, Ardagh Group S.A., as Parent Guarantor, and Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as Trustee, and Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as Security Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.
This letter relates to $____________ aggregate principal amount of Notes that are held as a beneficial interest in the form of the Restricted Global Note (CUSIP No. [●]; ISIN No: [●]) with DTC in the name of [name of transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP No. [●]; ISIN No: [●]).
In connection with such request, the Transferor does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Notes and:
(a) | with respect to transfers made in reliance on Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), does certify that: |
(i) | the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States; |
(ii) | either (i) at the time the buy order is originated the transferee is outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believe that the transferee is outside the United States or; (ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market described in paragraph (b) of Rule 902 of Regulation S and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States |
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(iii) | no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States by the Transferor, an affiliate thereof or any person their behalf in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S, as applicable; |
(iv) | the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act; and |
(v) | the Transferor is not an Issuer, a distributor of the Notes, an affiliate of an Issuer or any such distributor (except any officer or director who is an affiliate solely by virtue of holding such position) or a person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing. |
(b) | with respect to transfers made in reliance on Rule 144 the Transferor certifies that the Notes are being transferred in a transaction permitted by Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act. |
You, the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
[Name of Transferor]
By:
Name:
Title:
Date:
cc:
Attention:
____________________
* | If the Note is a Definitive Note, appropriate changes need to be made to the form of this transfer certificate. |
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER FROM REGULATION S
GLOBAL NOTE TO RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE
Transfers pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(iii) of the Indenture
Citibank, N.A., London Branch
25 Canada Square
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx X00 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Attention: Transfer Agent
Re: 5.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”)
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of April 8, 2020 (the “Indenture”) among, inter alios, Ardagh Packaging Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland and Ardagh Holdings USA Inc., a Delaware corporation, collectively, as Issuers, Ardagh Group S.A., as Parent Guarantor, and Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as Trustee, and Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as Security Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.
This letter relates to $__________ aggregate principal amount at maturity of Notes that are held in the form of the Regulation S Global Note with DTC (CUSIP No.: [●]; ISIN No. [●]) in the name of [name of transferor] (the “Transferor”) to effect the transfer of the Notes in exchange for an equivalent beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Note (CUSIP No.: [●]; ISIN No. [●]).
In connection with such request, and in respect of such Notes the Transferor does hereby certify that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Notes and that:
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◻ | the Transferor is relying on Rule 144A under the Securities Act for exemption from such Act’s registration requirements; it is transferring such Notes to a person it reasonably believes is a QIB as defined in Rule 144A that purchases for its own account, or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer, and to whom the Transferor has given notice that the transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A and the transfer is being made in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States; or |
◻ | the Transferor is relying on an exemption other than Rule 144A from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject to the Issuers’ and the Trustee’s right prior to |
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any such offer, sale or transfer to require the delivery of an Opinion of Counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to each of them.
You, the Issuers, the Guarantors, and the Trustee are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
[Name of Transferor]
By:
Name:
Title:
Date:
cc:
Attention:
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