Exhibit 4.8
Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V.,
as Issuer
and
Propimex, S. de R.L. de C.V.,
Comercializadora La Pureza de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V.
Grupo Embotellador Cimsa, S. de R.L. de C.V.
Refrescos Victoria del Centro, S. de R.L. de C.V.
Servicios Integrados Inmuebles del Golfo, S. de R.L. de C.V.
Yoli de Acapulco, S.A. de C.V.,
as Existing Guarantors
and
Controladora Interamericana de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V.,
as Additional Guarantor
and
The Bank of New York Mellon,
as Trustee, Security Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent
FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of October 18, 2013
U.S. $500,000,000
4.625% Senior Notes due 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1: RATIFICATION; DEFINITIONS | 1 | |||
Section 101. Fourth Supplemental Indenture | 1 | |||
Section 102. Definitions | 2 | |||
ARTICLE 2: GUARANTEE | 2 | |||
Section 201. Guarantee | 2 | |||
Section 202. No Subrogation | 4 | |||
Section 203. Limitation on Liability, Contribution, Release and Discharge | 4 | |||
ARTICLE 3: SUCCESSORS | 4 | |||
Section 301. Consolidations and Mergers of the Additional Guarantor | 4 | |||
Section 302. Rights and Duties of Successor Guarantor | 5 | |||
ARTICLE 4: MISCELLANEOUS | 5 | |||
Section 401. No Recourse Against Others | 5 | |||
Section 402. Successors | 5 | |||
Section 403. Notices and Demands on Additional Guarantor | 5 | |||
Section 404. Governing Law | 5 | |||
Section 405. Counterparts | 6 | |||
Section 406. Consent to Service; Designation of Agent | 6 | |||
Section 407. Incorporation into Indenture | 6 | |||
Section 408. Acceptance | 6 | |||
Section 409. Severability | 6 | |||
Section 410. Headings, Etc | 6 | |||
Section 411. Waiver of Jury Trial | 7 | |||
Section 412. No Responsibility of the Trustee | 7 |
FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of October 18, 2013 (this “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”), among Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V., a sociedad anónima bursátil de capital variable organized and existing under the laws of the United Mexican States (“Mexico”) (the “Company”), having its principal office at Calle Mario Pani No. 100, Colonia Santa Fé Cuajimalpa, Delegación Cuajimalpa de Morelos, 05348 México, D.F., México, Propimex, S. de R.L. de C.V., Comercializadora La Pureza de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V., Grupo Embotellador Cimsa, S. de R.L. de C.V., Refrescos Victoria del Centro, S. de R.L. de C.V., Servicios Integrados Inmuebles del Golfo, S. de R.L. de C.V. and Yoli de Acapulco, S.A. de C.V., companies organized and existing under the laws of Mexico, as existing guarantors (each an “Existing Guarantor” and collectively, the “Existing Guarantors”), Controladora Interamericana de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V., a sociedad de responsabilidad limitada de capital variable organized and existing under the laws of Mexico, as the additional guarantor (the “Additional Guarantor” and, together with the Existing Guarantors, the “Guarantors”) and The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York authorized to conduct a banking business, as trustee, security registrar, paying agent and transfer agent (the “Trustee”), to the indenture, dated as of February 5, 2010, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Base Indenture”), as amended and supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, dated as of February 5, 2010, among the Company, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg paying agent and transfer agent (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), the second supplemental indenture, dated as of April 1, 2011, among the Company, the Trustee and Propimex, S. de R.L. de C.V. (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”), the third supplemental indenture, dated as of September 6, 2013, among the Company, the Trustee and the Existing Guarantors (the “Third Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company has issued an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$500,000,000 of its 4.625% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”) pursuant to the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901(11) of the Base Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holder of the Notes, enter into a supplemental indenture to amend and supplement the Base Indenture to add a Guarantee (as defined herein) with respect to the Notes;
WHEREAS, the Additional Guarantor intends to guarantee in full each of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture in respect of the Notes; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary for the execution of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and to make this Fourth Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the Company, each of the Existing Guarantors and the Additional Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE 1
RATIFICATION; DEFINITIONS
SECTION 101. Fourth Supplemental Indenture. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to, and is entered into in accordance with, Section 901(11) of the Base Indenture, and except as modified, amended and supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture are in all respects ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.
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SECTION 102. Definitions. All terms used in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture that are defined in the Base Indenture have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture, except as otherwise provided by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. In addition, for purposes of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the following terms shall have the respective meanings assigned them below:
“Agent for Service” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 406 of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
“Indenture” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
“Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
“Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 201(a) of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
“Guarantee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 201(a) of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
“Existing Guarantor” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
“Additional Guarantor” means Controladora Interamericana de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V., a limited liability company (sociedad de responsabilidad limitada de capital variable) organized and existing under the laws of Mexico, unless and until a successor replaces it in accordance with Article 3 of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and thereafter means such successor.
“Successor Guarantor” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 301(i)(b).
“Trustee” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE 2
GUARANTEE
SECTION 201. Guarantee.
(a) The Additional Guarantor, together with each Existing Guarantor, hereby fully, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees (the “Guarantee”) to each Holder of the Notes and the Trustee the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the obligations of the Company to the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee under the Indenture (the “Obligations”). The Additional Guarantor further agrees (to the extent permitted by law) that the Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from the Additional Guarantor, and that it will remain bound under this Section 201 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Obligation. The Additional Guarantor hereby agrees to pay, in addition to the amounts stated above, any and all expenses (including reasonable and documented counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes in enforcing any rights under the Guarantee.
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Notwithstanding the above, the Guarantee will not be secured by any of the assets or properties of the Additional Guarantor. As a result, if the Additional Guarantor is required to pay under the Guarantee, the Holders of the Notes will be unsecured creditors of the Additional Guarantor. The Guarantee will not be subordinated to any of the Additional Guarantor’s other unsecured obligations. In the event of a bankruptcy or liquidation proceeding against the Additional Guarantor, the Guarantee will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Additional Guarantor’s other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations.
(b) The Additional Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. The Additional Guarantor waives notice of any default with respect to the Obligations. To the extent permitted by law, the obligations of the Additional Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other Person under the Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of any extension; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of the Indenture, the Notes or any other related agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee for the Obligations; or (v) the failure of any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against the Guarantors.
(c) The Additional Guarantor further agrees that the Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Obligations.
(d) To the extent permitted by law, the obligations of the Additional Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than payment of the Obligations in full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of the Additional Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under the Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of the Additional Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of the Additional Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(e) The Additional Guarantor further agrees that the Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
(f) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee has at law or in equity against the Additional Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any of the Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, the Additional Guarantor hereby promises to and will jointly and severally in conjunction with the Existing Guarantors, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee, as applicable, an amount equal to the sum of:
(i) | the unpaid amount of such Obligations then due and owing; and |
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(ii) | accrued and unpaid interest on such Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law). |
(g) The Additional Guarantor further agrees that, as between itself, on the one hand, and the Holders of the Notes and the Trustee, on the other hand:
(i) | the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in the Indenture for the purposes of the Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby; and |
(ii) | in the event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Obligations, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Additional Guarantor for the purposes of the Guarantee. |
SECTION 202. No Subrogation. The Additional Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in respect of any Obligations until payment in full of all Obligations and any obligations to which the Obligations are subordinated. If any amount shall be paid to the Additional Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations and any obligations to which the Obligations are subordinated shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by the Additional Guarantor in trust for the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, segregated from other funds of the Additional Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by the Additional Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by the Additional Guarantor (duly endorsed by the Additional Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Obligations or any obligations to which the Obligations are subordinated.
SECTION 203. Limitation on Liability, Contribution, Release and Discharge.
(a) The obligations of the Additional Guarantor hereunder will be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Additional Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of the Additional Guarantor in respect of the obligations under the Guarantee, result in the obligations of the Additional Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law.
(b) Concurrently with the discharge of the Notes under Section 401 of the Base Indenture, the defeasance of the Notes under Section 1202 of the Base Indenture, the “covenant defeasance” of the Notes under Section 1203 of the Base Indenture or the redemption in full of the Notes under Article 11 of the Base Indenture, the Additional Guarantor shall be released from all of its obligations under the Guarantee under this Article 2.
ARTICLE 3
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 301. Consolidations and Mergers of the Additional Guarantor. The Additional Guarantor shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or, directly or indirectly, transfer, convey, sell, lease
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or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets and properties, nor shall the Additional Guarantor permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Additional Guarantor unless: (i) either (a) in the case of a merger or consolidation, the Company or the Additional Guarantor is the surviving entity, or (b) the Person formed by such consolidation or merger or the Person which acquires by transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition all or substantially all of the assets and properties of the Additional Guarantor (if the Company or the Additional Guarantor is not the surviving entity) (the “Successor Guarantor”) shall expressly assume by an indenture supplemental to the Indenture all obligations of the Additional Guarantor under the Guarantee, including, without limitation, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, or an event or condition which, after the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing; and (iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such transaction and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
SECTION 302. Rights and Duties of Successor Guarantor. In case of any consolidation or merger, or conveyance or transfer of the assets of the Additional Guarantor in their entirety or virtually in their entirety in accordance with Section 301 of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Successor Guarantor shall succeed to and be substituted for the Additional Guarantor, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the Additional Guarantor, and the predecessor Additional Guarantor shall be relieved of any further obligation under the Indenture.
ARTICLE 4
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 401. No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, direct or indirect shareholder or incorporator or Affiliate of the Additional Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligation of the Additional Guarantor under this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, any such obligation or the creation of any such obligation. Each Holder of the Notes waives and releases such Persons from all such liability.
SECTION 402. Successors. Except as set forth in Section 302 of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, all agreements of the Additional Guarantor in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall bind any successors of the Additional Guarantor.
SECTION 403. Notices and Demands on the Additional Guarantor. Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders of the Notes to or on the Additional Guarantor may be given to the Additional Guarantor at the following address: Calle Mario Pani No. 100, Colonia Santa Fé Cuajimalpa, Delegación Cuajimalpa de Morelos, 05348 México, D.F., México, Attention: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz (facsimile: (011) 52-55-1519-5000), in each case in accordance with the methods provided in Section 105 of the Base Indenture.
SECTION 404. Governing Law. THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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SECTION 405. Counterparts. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed and delivered in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
SECTION 406. Consent to Service; Designation of Agent. The Additional Guarantor hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York, New York over any action or proceeding arising out of or in relation to the Notes, the Guarantee, this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture (as amended or supplemented from time to time), and hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York or federal court. The Additional Guarantor hereby irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10011, (the “Agent for Service”) as its agent to receive on its behalf service of copies of the summons and complaint and any other process which may be served in any such action or proceeding. Service may be made on the Additional Guarantor by mailing or delivering a copy of such process to the Additional Guarantor in care of the Agent for Service at the address of the Agent for Service in the State of New York, and the Additional Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Agent for Service to accept such service on its behalf. The Additional Guarantor further agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding after the expiration of any period permitted for appeal and subject to any stay during appeal shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. The Additional Guarantor further waives any objection to venue in the State of New York and objection to any action or proceeding in such State on the basis of forum non conveniens. Nothing in this Section 406 shall affect the right of the Additional Guarantor to bring any action or proceeding against any other Person or their property in the courts of any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 407. Incorporation into Indenture. All provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be incorporated in, and made part of, the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture; and the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture and this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
SECTION 408. Acceptance. The Trustee accepts its obligations under the Indenture, as supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and agrees to perform upon the same terms and conditions set forth therein as so supplemented.
SECTION 409. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions contained in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and to the extent and only to the extent that any such provision is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be construed as if such provision had never been contained herein.
SECTION 410. Headings, Etc. The headings of the Articles and Sections of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered part of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
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SECTION 411. Waiver of Jury Trial. ALL PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE GUARANTEE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
SECTION 412. No Responsibility of the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of the Guarantee or this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed on their respective behalves, all as of the day and year first written above.
COCA-COLA FEMSA, S.A.B. DE C.V., | REFRESCOS VICTORIA DEL CENTRO, S. DE R.L. DE C.V. | |||||||||||
as Issuer | as Existing Guarantor | |||||||||||
By: | /s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz | By: | /s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz | |||||||||
Name: | Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz | Name: | Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz | |||||||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||||||
By: | /s/ Martín Felipe Arias | |||||||||||
Name: | Martín Felipe Arias | |||||||||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||||||||
PROPIMEX, S. DE R.L. DE C.V. | SERVICIOS INTEGRADOS INMUEBLES DEL GOLFO, S. DE R.L. DE C.V. | |||||||||||
as Existing Guarantor | as Existing Guarantor | |||||||||||
By: | /s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz | By: | /s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz | |||||||||
Name: | Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz | Name: | Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz | |||||||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||||||
By: | /s/ Martín Felipe Arias | By: | /s/ Martín Felipe Arias | |||||||||
Name: | Martín Felipe Arias | Name: | Martín Felipe Arias | |||||||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||||||
COMERCIALIZADORA LA PUREZA DE BEBIDAS, S. DE R.L. DE C.V. | YOLI DE ACAPULCO, S.A. DE C.V. | |||||||||||
as Existing Guarantor | as Existing Guarantor | |||||||||||
By: | /s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz | By: | /s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz | |||||||||
Name: | Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz | Name: | Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz | |||||||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||||||
By: | /s/ Martín Felipe Arias | By: | /s/ Martín Felipe Arias | |||||||||
Name: | Martín Felipe Arias | Name: | Martín Felipe Arias | |||||||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||||||
GRUPO EMBOTELLADOR CIMSA, S. DE R.L. DE C.V. | CONTROLADORA INTERAMERICANA DE BEBIDAS, S. DE R.L. DE C.V. | |||||||||||
as Existing Guarantor | as Additional Guarantor | |||||||||||
By: | /s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz | By: | /s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz | |||||||||
Name: | Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz | Name: | Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz | |||||||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||||||
By: | /s/ Martín Felipe Arias | By: | /s/ Martín Felipe Arias | |||||||||
Name: | Martín Felipe Arias | Name: | Martín Felipe Arias | |||||||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||||||
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | ||||||||||||
as Trustee, Security Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent | ||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Jaime Nielsen | |||||||||||
Name: | Jaime Nielsen | |||||||||||
Title: | Vice President |