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The obligations under the Bridge Credit Agreement will be guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of Constellation (the “Guarantors”) pursuant to a Guarantee Agreement (the “Guarantee Agreement”). The Guarantors to the Bridge Credit Agreement will be the same subsidiaries that guarantee the obligations under Constellation’s existing Seventh Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2018, among Constellation, CB International Finance S.à r.l., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Constellation organized under the laws of Luxembourg, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders and other parties party thereto at the time the Bridge Credit Agreement is entered into. Each of the Guarantors will unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Banks, the prompt and complete payment and performance of the indebtedness and other monetary obligations of Constellation under the Bridge Credit Agreement.
Constellation may use the Bridge Credit Agreement to finance the purchase price for the Purchased Interest and other costs related to the Transaction or may choose to use a combination of available cash and proceeds from future debt financings including new term loans and/or the issuance of one or more series of senior notes or debt securities.
The above description of the Bridge Commitment Letter and Bridge Credit Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Bridge Commitment Letter and Bridge Credit Agreement, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby revised and supplemented with the following:
Common Share Subscription Agreement
On August 14, 2018, CBG and the Issuer entered into a Subscription Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Issuer will sell, and CBG will purchase 104,500,000 Common Shares plus warrants to purchase an additional 139,745,453 Common Shares of the Issuer (the “CBG Warrants”), of which 88,472,861 (the “Tranche A Warrants”) are immediately exercisable and 51,272,592 (the “Tranche B Warrants”) are exercisable upon the exercise, in full, of the Tranche A Warrants. The CBG Warrants expire three years after issuance. As a result of the purchase of the Common Shares by CBG (the “Transaction”), Constellation Brands, Inc., on a consolidated basis, would own approximately 38% of the outstanding Common Shares of the Issuer. The purchase price for the Common Shares is C$5.1 billion, to be paid on the date of the closing of the Transaction (the “Closing Date”). Upon exercise of the CBG Warrants, Constellation Brands, Inc., on a consolidated basis, would own approximately 55% of the outstanding Common Shares of the Issuer on a fully diluted basis.
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties from both Canopy and CBG and each have agreed to customary covenants, including, among others, covenants on the part of Canopy relating to: (i) the conduct of Canopy’s business during the interim period between the execution of the Purchase Agreement and the completion of the Transaction; (ii) Canopy’s obligation to give notice of an amended notice of meeting for its annual general meeting of shareholders, setting the date for such meeting at September 26, 2018, preserving the existing record date and amending the meeting to be a special meeting to consider the Transaction and CBG nominees to the Canopy Board of Directors (the “Canopy Board”); and (iii) subject to certain exceptions, the recommendation by the Canopy Board that Canopy shareholders approve the Transaction and CBG nominees to the Canopy Board. Canopy has also agreed: (x) not to solicit any alternative acquisition proposals; (y) subject to certain exceptions, not to enter into any discussions with respect to, or enter into any agreement concerning, or provide confidential information in connection with, any alternative acquisition proposals; or (z) subject to certain exceptions, that the Canopy Board will not withdraw, modify or qualify in any manner its recommendation that Canopy shareholders approve the Transaction and CBG nominees to the Canopy Board.
CBG has agreed that until the earlier of: (i) the termination of the Purchase Agreement; (ii) the Closing Date; and (iii) April 1, 2019, it will not, and will cause its Affiliates (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) not to, directly or indirectly, whether individually or by acting jointly or in concert with any other person (including by providing financing or other support or assistance to any other person), without the express written consent of the Canopy Board or except in accordance with the terms of the Purchase