EXHIBIT 4.75
BEVERAGE PACKAGING HOLDINGS (LUXEMBOURG) I S.A.
AS PLEDGOR
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
AS COLLATERAL AGENT
LUXEMBOURG PLEDGE AGREEMENT
PROFIT PARTICIPATING BONDS
(BEVERAGE PACKAGING HOLDINGS (LUXEMBOURG) III S.À.R.L.)
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CONTENTS
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1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | | | 2 | |
2. PLEDGE OVER PLEDGED ASSETS | | | 4 | |
3. RIGHTS OVER PLEDGED ASSETS | | | 5 | |
4. PLEDGOR’S REPRESENTATIONS AND UNDERTAKINGS | | | 5 | |
5. POWER OF ATTORNEY | | | 7 | |
6. REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT | | | 7 | |
7. EFFECTIVENESS OF COLLATERAL | | | 8 | |
8. INDEMNITY | | | 9 | |
9. DELEGATION | | | 9 | |
10. RIGHTS OF RECOURSE | | | 10 | |
11. PARTIAL ENFORCEMENT | | | 10 | |
12. COSTS AND EXPENSES | | | 10 | |
13. CURRENCY CONVERSION | | | 10 | |
14. NOTICES | | | 10 | |
15. SUCCESSORS | | | 11 | |
16. AMENDMENTS AND PARTIAL INVALIDITY | | | 11 | |
17. LAW AND JURISDICTION | | | 11 | |
THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENThas been entered into on 5 November 2009
BETWEEN:
(1) | | BEVERAGE PACKAGING HOLDINGS (LUXEMBOURG) I S.A., asociété anonymeincorporated under Luxembourg law with registered office at 6C, Parc d’Activités Syrdall, L-5365 Munsbach, Grand-duchy of Luxembourg registered with the Luxembourg register of commerce and companies under the number B128.592 (the “Pledgor”); and |
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(2) | | THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,acting for itself and as collateral agent as appointed under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (as defined below) for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined below), together with its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity (the “Collateral Agent”); |
IN THE PRESENCE OF
(3) | | BEVERAGE PACKAGING HOLDINGS (LUXEMBOURG) III S.À.R.L., asociété à responsabilité limitéeincorporated under Luxembourg law with registered office at 6C, Parc d’Activités Syrdall, L-5365 Munsbach, Grand-duchy of Luxembourg registered with the Luxembourg register of commerce and companies under the number B128.135 and having a share capital of EUR 404.969.325 (the “Company”). |
WHEREAS:
(A) | | Pursuant to a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) dated on or about the date hereof and entered into between Reynolds Consumer Products Holdings Inc., SIG Euro Holding AG & CO KGaA, Closure Systems International Holdings Inc., Closure Systems International B.V. and SIG Austria Holding GmbH as borrowers, Reynolds Group Holdings Limited, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Credit Suisse, as administrative agent, as amended, extended, restructured, renewed, novated, supplemented, restated, refunded, replaced or modified from time to time, certain loan facilities (the “Facilities”) have been made available to the Borrowers (as defined below). |
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(B) | | Pursuant to an indenture (the “Senior Secured Note Indenture”) dated on or about the date hereof and entered into between the Issuers (as defined below), the Note Guarantors (as defined therein) and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, principal paying agent, transfer agent and registrar, as amended, extended, restructured, renewed, refunded, novated, supplemented, restated, replaced or modified from time to time, certain notes have been issued by the Issuers. |
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(C) | | On or about the date hereof, the Collateral Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee under the Senior Secured Note Indenture, Credit Suisse, as administrative agent under the Credit Agreement, and the Loan Parties (as defined below), entered into an intercreditor agreement (the “First Lien Intercreditor Agreement”) as amended, novated, supplemented, restated or modified from time to time. |
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(D) | | As a condition precedent to any borrowing under the Credit Agreement and the Senior Secured Note Indenture, the Pledgor has agreed, for the payment and discharge of and |
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| | as security for all of the Secured Obligations as defined herein, to enter into this pledge agreement (the “Pledge Agreement”) which the Pledgor declares to be in its best corporate interest. |
IT IS AGREED as follows:
1. | | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
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1.1 | | Unless defined in this Pledge Agreement or the context otherwise requires, a term defined in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement has the same meaning in this Agreement and in any notice given under this Pledge Agreement.. |
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1.2 | | In this Pledge Agreement: |
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| | “Applicable Representative” has the meaning it is given in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. |
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| | “Agreed Security Principles” has the meaning it is given in the Credit Agreement and the Senior Secured Note Indenture and to the extent of any inconsistency the meaning it is given in the Credit Agreement shall prevail. |
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| | “Bonds” means any profit participating bonds, with a par value as determined in the terms and conditions of the Bonds or any bond subscription agreement (as well as any claims thereunder), issued from time to time by the Company and held by the Pledgor and any further profit participating bonds or other debt securities (the “Future Bonds”) issued by the Company, whether having the same terms or not, which may be issued by the Company to the Pledgor from time to time, regardless of the reason of such issuance and which shall immediately upon their issuance be and become subject to the security interest created hereunder. |
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| | “Bond Register” means the register or registers (as applicable) to be maintained and kept at the registered office of the Company for recording the holders of the Bonds. |
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| | “Borrowers” shall mean the “Borrowers” under, and as defined in, the Credit Agreement from time to time. |
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| | “Business Day” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Credit Agreement. |
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| | “Event of Default” shall mean an “Event of Default” under, and as defined in, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. |
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| | “Financial Collateral Law” means the Luxembourg law of 5 August 2005 on financial collateral arrangements. |
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| | “Intercreditor Arrangements” means the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and any other document that is designated by the Loan Parties’ Agent and the Collateral Agent as an intercreditor agreement, in each case as amended, novated, supplemented, restated, replaced or modified from time to time. |
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| | “Issuers” shall mean the “Issuers” under and as defined in the Senior Secured Note Indenture, including their successors in interest. |
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| | “Loan Documents” shall mean the “Credit Documents” under, and as defined in, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and any other document designated by the Loan Parties’ Agent and the Collateral Agent as a Loan Document. |
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| | “Loan Parties” shall mean the “Grantors”, under and as defined in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. |
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| | “Loan Parties’ Agent” shall mean Reynolds Group Holdings Limited (formerly known as Rank Group Holdings Limited). |
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| | “Pledged Assets” means the Bonds and the Related Assets. |
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| | “Principal Finance Documents” means the Credit Agreement, the Senior Secured Note Indenture, the Intercreditor Arrangements and any Additional Agreement. |
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| | “Related Assets” means all interest and other monies payable in respect of the Bonds and all other rights, benefits and proceeds (including the proceeds from any sale of the Bonds following an enforcement of this Pledge and, in particular, any proceeds that may not immediately be used to discharge Secured Obligations) in respect of or derived from the Bonds (whether by way of redemption, liquidation, bonus, preference, option, substitution, conversion or otherwise) except to the extent these constitute Bonds. |
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| | “Rights of Recourse” means all and any rights, actions and claims the Pledgor may have against any Loan Party or any other person having granted security or given a guarantee for the Secured Obligations, arising under or pursuant to the enforcement of the present Pledge including, in particular, the Pledgor’s right of recourse against any such entity under the terms of Article 2028et seq. of the Luxembourg Civil Code (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any right of recourse prior to enforcement), or any right of recourse by way of subrogation or any other similar right, action or claim under any applicable law. |
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| | “Secured Obligations” shall mean all present and future obligations and liabilities (whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any other capacity whatsoever) of each Loan Party and each grantor of a security interest to the Secured Parties (or any of them) under each or any of the Loan Documents (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any liability in respect of any further advances made under the Loan Documents or resulting from an amendment or an increase of the principal amount of the Facilities), together with all costs, charges and expenses incurred by any Secured Party in connection with the protection, preservation or enforcement of its respective rights under the Loan Documents or any other document evidencing or securing any such liabilities. |
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| | “Secured Parties” shall mean the “Secured Parties” under, and as defined in, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. |
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1.3 | | This Pledge Agreement is subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Arrangements. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Intercreditor Arrangements, the terms of the Intercreditor Arrangements will prevail. |
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1.4 | | In this Pledge Agreement, any reference to (a) a “Clause” is, unless otherwise stated, a reference to a Clause hereof and (b) to any agreement (including this Pledge Agreement, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document) is a reference to such agreement as amended, varied, modified or supplemented (however fundamentally) from time to time. Clause headings are for ease of reference only. |
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1.1 | | This Pledge Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by way of facsimile exchange of executed signature pages, all of which together shall constitute one and the same Pledge Agreement. |
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2. | | PLEDGE OVER PLEDGED ASSETS |
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2.1 | | The Pledgor pledges the Pledged Assets in favour of the Collateral Agent acting for itself and as collateral agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, who accepts, as first-priority security (gage) (the “Pledge”) for the due and full payment and discharge of all of the Secured Obligations. |
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2.2 | | The Pledgor and the Collateral Agent request the Company and the Company, by signing hereunder for acceptance, undertakes to register the Pledge in its Bond Register and to provide to the Collateral Agent a certified copy of the Bond Register evidencing such registration on the date of hereof. |
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2.3 | | The following wording shall be used for the registration: |
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| | “All profit participating bonds issued by the Company owned from time to time by BEVERAGE PACKAGING HOLDINGS (LUXEMBOURG) I S.A., and, in particular, the 1,856 of profit participating bonds, having a par value of EUR [number] each and an aggregate par value of [number] euro (EUR [figure]) owned on the date of the present registration and having the registration number 1 to 1856, have been pledged in favour of THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON acting for itself and as collateral agent for the benefit of the secured parties, pursuant to a pledge agreement dated [date].” |
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2.4 | | The Pledgor and the Collateral Agent request the Company and the Company, by signing hereunder for acceptance, undertakes to provide to the Collateral Agent a certified copy of the Bond Register evidencing the issuance and/or the registration of any Future Bonds on the date of such issuance. |
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2.5 | | The following wording shall be used for the registration: |
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| | “All profit participating bonds issued by the Company owned from time to time by BEVERAGE PACKAGING HOLDINGS (LUXEMBOURG) I S.A, and, in particular, the [number] of profit participating bonds, having a par value of EUR [number] each and an aggregate par value of [number] euro (EUR [figure]) owned on the date of the present registration and having the registration number [...] to [...], have been pledged in favour of THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON acting for itself and as collateral agent for the benefit of the secured parties, pursuant to a pledge agreement dated [date].” |
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2.6 | | Without prejudice to the above provisions, the Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorises and empowers the Collateral Agent to take or to cause any formal steps to be taken by the managers or other officers of the Company for the purpose of perfecting the present Pledge, if the Pledgor has failed to comply with such perfection steps within 10 Business Days of being notified of that failure, and, for the avoidance of doubt, subject to the Agreed Security Principles, undertakes to take any such steps itself if so directed by the Collateral Agent. |
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2.7 | | The Pledgor and the Security Trustee hereby give power to any member of the board of managers of the Company and any lawyer of Loyens & Loeff in Luxembourg and any employee, officer or director of MAS Luxembourg with full power of substitution to register the Pledge or any issuance of Future Bonds in the Bond Register. |
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2.8 | | The Pledgor undertakes that during the subsistence of this Pledge Agreement it will not grant any pledge with lower rank without the prior approval of the Collateral Agent except as contemplated under the Principal Finance Documents. |
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3. | | RIGHTS OVER PLEDGED ASSETS |
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3.1 | | As long as this Pledge Agreement remains in force and until an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Pledgor shall be entitled to receive all payments under, and exercise all rights and claims in respect of, the Pledged Assets, subject to the terms of and to the extent permitted by the Loan Documents. Following the occurrence of an Event of Default and provided that such Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive all payments under the Pledged Assets (subject to terms of the Principal Finance Documents) and to apply them in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents. |
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3.2 | | Unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise all voting rights (if any) attached to the Pledged Assets in a manner which does not adversely affect this Pledge or cause an Event of Default to occur. Following the occurrence of an Event of Default and provided that such Event of Default is continuing, the Pledgor shall not, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, exercise any voting rights or otherwise in relation to the Pledged Assets. |
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3.3 | | The Collateral Agent shall be entitled (but not obliged to), upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and provided that such Event of Default is continuing, to exercise the voting rights attached to the Pledged Assets in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of the Financial Collateral Law in any manner the Collateral Agent deems fit. The Pledgor shall do whatever is necessary in order to ensure that the exercise of the voting rights in these circumstances is facilitated and becomes possible for the Collateral Agent, including the issuing of a written proxy in any form or any other document that the Collateral Agent may require for the purpose of exercising the voting rights. |
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4. | | PLEDGOR’S REPRESENTATIONS AND UNDERTAKINGS |
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4.1 | | The Pledgor hereby represents to the Collateral Agent that, as of the date hereof, except as permitted by the Principal Finance Documents: |
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| 4.1.1 | | it is the sole owner of the Pledged Assets free from any encumbrance (other than the Pledge); |
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| 4.1.2 | | it has not sold or disposed of all or any of its rights, title and interest in the Pledged Assets; |
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| 4.1.3 | | unless permitted by the Principal Finance Documents, the terms of the Bonds do not contain any restriction to transfer or similar restrictions which would adversely affect the enforceability of the security interest created under the Pledge Agreement. |
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| 4.1.4 | | confirms to the Collateral Agent the representations contained in Section 3.02, 3.03 and 3.19 of the Credit Agreement. |
4.2 | | Unless permitted by the terms of the Principal Finance Documents, except with the Collateral Agent’s prior written consent the Pledgor shall not: |
| 4.2.1 | | sell or otherwise dispose of all or any of the Pledged Assets or of its rights, title and interest in the Pledged Assets; or |
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| 4.2.2 | | create, grant or permit to exist (a) any encumbrance or security interest over or (b) any restriction on the ability to transfer or realise, all or any part of the Pledged Assets (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, the Pledge and liens and privileges arising mandatorily by law). |
4.3 | | The Pledgor hereby undertakes that, subject to the Agreed Security Principles, during the subsistence of this Pledge Agreement: |
| 4.3.1 | | unless permitted by the Principal Finance Documents, it shall not amend the terms of the Bonds in order to introduce any transfer restriction; |
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| 4.3.2 | | it shall cooperate with the Collateral Agent and sign or cause to be signed all such further documents and take all such further action as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request to perfect and protect this Pledge or to exercise its rights under this Pledge Agreement; |
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| 4.3.3 | | it shall act in good faith and, unless otherwise permitted by the Principal Finance Documents, not knowingly take any steps nor do anything which would adversely affect the existence of the security interest created hereunder; |
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| 4.3.4 | | it shall inform the Collateral Agent as soon as possible in case the Pledge is prejudiced or jeopardised by actions of third parties (including, but without being limited to, by attachments). Such information shall be accompanied, in case of any attachment, by a copy of the order for attachment, as well as all documents required for the filing of an objection against the attachment, and, in case of any other actions by third parties, by copies evidencing which actions have or will be taken, respectively, as well as all documents required for the filing of an objection against such actions. Subject to Clause 11 (Costs and Expenses) hereof, all reasonable and adequately documented costs and expenses for any actions of intervention and measures of the Collateral Agent shall be |
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| | | borne by the Pledgor. This shall also apply to the institution of legal action, which the Collateral Agent may consider necessary; and |
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| 4.3.5 | | without prejudice to Clause 3.2, it shall notify the Collateral Agent as soon as possible of: |
| (a) | | the issuance of any Bonds; and |
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| (b) | | any event or circumstance which would have a material adverse effect on the validity or enforceability of this Pledge Agreement. |
5.1 | | The Pledgor irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent to be its attorney and in its name and on its behalf to execute, deliver and perfect all documents and do all things that the Collateral Agent may consider to be requisite for (a) carrying out any obligation imposed on the Pledgor under this Pledge Agreement or (b) exercising any of the rights conferred on the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties by this Pledge Agreement or by law, it being understood that the enforcement of the pledge over the Pledged Assets must be carried out as described in Clause 6 (Remedies upon Default) hereunder. The powers under this Clause 5.1 shall only be exercised upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and provided that such Event of Default is continuing, or if the Pledgor has failed to comply with a further assurance or any perfection obligations hereunder within 10 Business Days of being notified of that failure. |
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5.2 | | The Pledgor shall ratify and confirm all things done and all documents executed by the Collateral Agent in the exercise of that power of attorney. |
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5.3 | | The Collateral Agent shall not be obliged to exercise the powers conferred upon it by the Pledgor under this Clause 5.1 unless and until it shall have been (a) instructed to do so by the Applicable Representative and (b) indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction. |
6.REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT
6.1 | | Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and provided that such Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to realise the Pledged Assets in the most favourable manner provided for by Luxembourg law and in particular the Financial Collateral Law, and may, in particular, but without limitation, |
| 6.1.1 | | request direct payment of the Pledged Assets from the Company and the Collateral Agent (or the Secured Parties, as the case may be) may proceed to a set-off between the Pledged Assets and the Secured Obligations; |
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| 6.1.2 | | appropriate the Pledged Assets in which case the Pledged Assets will be valued at their fair value, as determined by an independent expert appointed by the Collateral Agent, to the extent possible among the members of theInstitut Luxembourgeois des réviseurs d’entreprisesor, if no such appointment can be made or no valuation can be obtained within a reasonable time, by the Collateral Agent in its commercially reasonable discretion. The Collateral Agent may |
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| | | appoint a qualified third party to make (or to assist the Collateral Agent in making) such valuation; |
| 6.1.3 | | sell the Pledged Assets in a private sale at normal commercial terms (conditions commerciales normales), in a sale organised by a stock exchange (to be chosen by the Collateral Agent) or in a public sale (organised at the discretion of the Collateral Agent and which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not need to be made by or within a stock exchange); |
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| 6.1.4 | | request a judicial decision that the Pledged Assets shall be attributed to the Collateral Agent in discharge of the Secured Obligations following a valuation of the Pledged Assets made by a court appointed expert. |
6.2 | | The Collateral Agent shall apply the proceeds of the sale in paying the costs of that sale or disposal and in or towards the discharge of the Secured Obligations, in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents. |
7.EFFECTIVENESS OF COLLATERAL
7.1 | | The Pledge shall be a continuing security and shall not be considered as satisfied or discharged or prejudiced by any intermediate payment, satisfaction or settlement of any part of the Secured Obligations and shall remain in full force and effect until it has been discharged in accordance with Clause 7.2 of the Pledge Agreement. |
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7.2 | | The security constituted by this Pledge Agreement shall be released and cancelled (a) by the Collateral Agent at the request and cost of the Pledgor, upon the Secured Obligations being irrevocably paid or discharged in full and none of the Secured Parties being under any further actual or contingent obligation to make advances or provide other financial accommodation to the Pledgor or any other person under any of the Loan Documents; or (b) in accordance with, and to the extent required by, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. |
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7.3 | | The Pledge shall be cumulative, in addition to, and independent of every other security which the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties may at any time hold as security for the Secured Obligations or any rights, powers and remedies provided by law and shall not operate so as in any way to prejudice or affect or be prejudiced or affected by any security interest or other right or remedy which the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties may now or at any time in the future have in respect of the Secured Obligations. |
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7.4 | | This Pledge shall not be prejudiced by any time or indulgence granted to any person, or any abstention or delay by the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties in perfecting or enforcing any security interest or rights or remedies that the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties may now or at any time in the future have from or against the Pledgor or any other person. |
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7.5 | | No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties to exercise, or delay on its part in exercising, any of its rights under this Pledge Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any further or other exercise of that or any other rights. |
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7.6 | | Neither the obligations of the Pledgor contained in this Pledge Agreement nor the rights, powers and remedies conferred upon the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties by this Pledge Agreement or by law, nor the Pledge created hereby shall be discharged, impaired or otherwise affected by: |
| 7.6.1 | | any amendment to, or any variation, waiver or release of, any Secured Obligation or of the obligations of any Loan Parties under any other Loan Documents; |
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| 7.6.2 | | any failure to take, or fully to take, any security contemplated by the Loan Documents or otherwise agreed to be taken in respect of the Secured Obligations; |
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| 7.6.3 | | any failure to realise or fully to realise the value of, or any release, discharge, exchange or substitution of, any security taken in respect of the Secured Obligations; or |
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| 7.6.4 | | any other act, event or omission which, but for this Clause 7.5, might operate to discharge, impair or otherwise affect any of the obligations of the Pledgor contained in this Pledge Agreement, the rights, powers and remedies conferred upon the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties by this Pledge Agreement, the Pledge or by law. |
7.7 | | For the avoidance of doubt, the Pledgor hereby waives any rights arising for it now or in the future (if any) under Article 2037 of the Luxembourg Civil Code. |
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7.8 | | Subject to the terms of the Principal Finance Documents, neither the Collateral Agent nor the Secured Parties or any of their agents shall be liable by reason of (a) taking any action permitted by this Pledge Agreement or (b) any neglect or default in connection with the Pledged Assets or (c) the realisation of all or any part of the Pledged Assets, except in the case of bad faith, gross negligence or wilful misconduct upon their part. |
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8. | | INDEMNITY |
| | To the extent set out in Section 4.11 of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Pledgor shall, notwithstanding any release or discharge of all or any part of the security, indemnify the Collateral Agent, its agents, its attorneys and any delegate against any action, proceeding, claims, losses, liabilities, expenses, demands, taxes, and costs which it may sustain as a consequence of any breach by the Pledgor of the provisions of this Pledge Agreement, the exercise or purported exercise of any of the rights and powers conferred on them by this Pledge Agreement or otherwise relating to the Pledged Assets. |
| | Subject to Section 4.05 of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (to the extent permitted by Luxembourg law), each of the Collateral Agent shall have full power to delegate (either generally or specifically) the powers, authorities and discretions conferred on it by this Pledge Agreement (including the power of attorney) on such terms and conditions as it shall see fit which delegation shall not preclude either the |
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10. | | RIGHTS OF RECOURSE |
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10.1 | | For as long as the Secured Obligations are outstanding and have not been unconditionally and irrevocably paid and discharged in full or the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties have any obligations under the Loan Documents, the Pledgor shall not exercise any Rights of Recourse, arising for any reason whatsoever, by any means whatsoever (including for the avoidance of doubt, by way of provisional measures such as provisional attachment (“saisie-arrêt conservatoire”) or by way of set-off. |
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10.2 | | The Pledgor irrevocably agrees to waive its Rights of Recourse if the relevant person against whom the Rights of Recourse are to be exercised has come under the direct or indirect control of the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties or any third party following or in connection with, the enforcement of any security granted in connection with the Secured Obligations. |
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10.3 | | Without prejudice to Clause 9.1 above, this Clause shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any discharge, release or termination of this Pledge (whether or not in accordance with Clause 7.1 of this Pledge Agreement). |
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11. | | PARTIAL ENFORCEMENT |
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| | Subject to Clause 6 (Remedies upon Default), the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to request enforcement of the Pledge over all or part of the Pledged Assets in its most absolute discretion. No action, choice or absence of action in this respect, or partial enforcement, shall in any manner affect the Pledge created hereunder over the Pledged Assets, as it then shall be (and in particular those Bonds which have not been subject to enforcement). The Pledge shall continue to remain in full and valid existence until enforcement, discharge or termination hereof, as the case may be. |
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12. | | COSTS AND EXPENSES |
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| | Section 9.05 (Expenses, Indemnity) of the Credit Agreement applies to this Agreement. |
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13. | | CURRENCY CONVERSION |
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| | Without prejudice to the terms of the Loan Documents, for the purpose of, or pending the discharge of, any of the Secured Obligations the Collateral Agent may convert any money received, recovered or realised or subject to application by it under this Pledge Agreement from one currency to another, as the Collateral Agent (acting reasonably) may think fit and any such conversion shall be effected at the Collateral Agent’s spot rate of exchange for the time being for obtaining such other currency with the first currency. |
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14. | | NOTICES |
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| | Any notice or demand to be served by one person on another pursuant to this Pledge Agreement shall be served in accordance with the provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. |
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15. | | SUCCESSORS |
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15.1 | | This Pledge Agreement shall remain in effect despite any amalgamation or merger (however effected) relating to the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent, and references to the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to include any assignee or successor in title of the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent and any person who, under any applicable law, has assumed the rights and obligations of the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent hereunder or to which under such laws the same have been transferred or novated or assigned in any manner. |
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15.2 | | For the purpose of Articles 1278et seq. of the Luxembourg Civil Code and any other relevant legal provisions, to the extent required under applicable law and without prejudice to any other terms hereof or of any other Loan Documents and in particular Clause 14.1 hereof, the Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent hereby expressly reserve and the Pledgor agrees to the preservation of this Pledge and the security interest created thereunder in case of assignment, novation, amendment or any other transfer of the Secured Obligations or any other rights arising under the Loan Documents. |
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15.3 | | To the extent a further notification or registration or any other step is required by law to give effect to the above, such further registration shall be made and the Pledgor hereby gives power of attorney to the Collateral Agent to make any notifications and/or to proceed to any required registrations to be made in the Bond Register of the Company, or to take any other steps, and undertakes to do so itself if so requested by the Collateral Agent. |
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16. | | AMENDMENTS AND PARTIAL INVALIDITY |
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16.1 | | Changes to this Pledge Agreement and any waiver of rights under this Pledge Agreement shall require written form. |
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16.2 | | If any provision of this Pledge Agreement is declared by any judicial or other competent authority to be void or otherwise unenforceable, that provision shall be severed from this Agreement and the remaining provisions of this Pledge Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The Pledge Agreement shall, however, thereafter be amended by the parties in such reasonable manner so as to achieve, without illegality, the intention of the parties with respect to that severed provision. |
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17. | | LAW AND JURISDICTION |
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| | This Pledge Agreement shall be governed by Luxembourg law and the courts of Luxembourg-City shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise from or in connection with it. |
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| | This Pledge Agreement has been duly executed by the parties in three originals. |
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SIGNATURE PAGE — PLEDGE OVER PPB (BPH III)
The Collateral Agent
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
Duly represented by:
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/s/ Paul Cattermole | |
Name: | Paul Cattermole | |
Title: | Vice President | |
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The Pledgor | |
BEVERAGE PACKAGING HOLDINGS (LUXEMBOURG) I S.A. |
Duly represented by | |
/s/ Philip West | |
Name: | Philip West | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
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By signing hereunder for acceptance, the Company acknowledges and accepts the existence of this Pledge Agreement and security interest created hereunder over the Pledged Assets for the purposes of the Financial Collateral Law, takes notice of the terms hereof, in particular acknowledges and accepts the rights granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Clause 3.3 hereof, undertakes to duly register forthwith this Pledge in its Bond Register promptly upon any Bonds being issued and to provide the Collateral Agent with a certified copy of the Bond Register, evidencing the registration of the present pledge on the date hereof.
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The Company
BEVERAGE PACKAGING HOLDINGS (LUXEMBOURG) III S.À.R.L.
Duly represented by: |
/s/ Philip West | |
Name: | Philip West | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
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SIGNATURE PAGE