0001104659-16-127875.txt : 20160617 0001104659-16-127875.hdr.sgml : 20160617 20160616193414 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-16-127875 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 10 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160609 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20160617 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160616 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Bunge LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001144519 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FATS & OILS [2070] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16625 FILM NUMBER: 161718672 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 MAIN STREET STREET 2: 6TH FLOOR CITY: WHITE PLAINS STATE: NY ZIP: 10606 BUSINESS PHONE: 914-684-2800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 MAIN STREET STREET 2: 6TH FLOOR CITY: WHITE PLAINS STATE: NY ZIP: 10606 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BUNGE LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010710 8-K 1 a16-13529_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 9, 2016

 

BUNGE LIMITED

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Bermuda

 

001-16625

 

98-0231912

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File

 

(I.R.S. Employer

of incorporation)

 

Number)

 

Identification Number)

 

50 Main Street
White Plains, New York

(Address of principal executive
offices)

 

10606
(Zip code)

 

(914) 684-2800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N.A.

(Former name or former address, if changes since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 8.01       Other Events

 

On June 9, 2016, Bunge Finance Europe B.V. (“BFE”), a 100%-owned finance subsidiary of Bunge Limited, completed the sale and issuance (the “Offering”) of €600 million aggregate principal amount of 1.850% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Senior Notes”), guaranteed by Bunge Limited, pursuant to an underwriting agreement entered into with each of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto, dated June 9, 2016.  The Senior Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated June 16, 2016 (the “Indenture”), by and among BFE, Bunge Limited and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

 

The Offering was made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-211218) (the “Registration Statement”) filed by Bunge Limited and BFE with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The net proceeds of the offering were approximately €595 million after deducting underwriting commissions and estimated offering expenses.  We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, the repayment of outstanding indebtedness, which may include indebtedness under our revolving credit facilities.

 

The Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the opinion relating to the validity of the Senior Notes and the related guarantee have been filed as Exhibit 1.1, Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 5.1, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and each is incorporated by reference into this Report and the Registration Statement.

 

Bunge issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering on June 9, 2016.  A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

 

ITEM 9.01.          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement, dated June 9, 2016, among Bunge Limited Finance Corp., Bunge Limited, and each of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.

 

 

 

4.1

 

Indenture, dated June 16, 2016, by and among Bunge Finance Europe B.V., Bunge Limited and U.S. Bank National Association. (including the form of Senior Note).

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Reed Smith LLP as to the validity of the Senior Notes of Bunge Finance Europe B.V. and the related Guarantee by Bunge Limited.

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release Announcing the Pricing of the Senior Notes, dated June 9, 2016.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: June 16, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUNGE LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Carla L. Heiss

 

 

Name:

Carla L. Heiss

 

 

Title:

Deputy General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement, dated June 9, 2016, among Bunge Limited Finance Corp., Bunge Limited, and each of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.

 

 

 

4.1

 

Indenture, dated June 16, 2016, by and among Bunge Finance Europe B.V., Bunge Limited and U.S. Bank National Association. (including the form of Senior Note).

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Reed Smith LLP as to the validity of the Senior Notes of Bunge Finance Europe B.V. and the related Guarantee by Bunge Limited.

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release Announcing the Pricing of the Senior Notes, dated June 9, 2016.

 

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EX-1.1 2 a16-13529_1ex1d1.htm EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

€600,000,000

 

BUNGE FINANCE EUROPE B.V.

 

1.850% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023

 

Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by

 

BUNGE LIMITED
(a Bermuda Company)

 

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

June 9, 2016

 



 

June 9, 2016

 

BNP Paribas

10 Harewood Avenue

London NW1 6AA

United Kingdom

 

Citigroup Global Markets Limited

Citigroup Centre

Canada Square

Canary Wharf

London E14 5LB

United Kingdom

 

ING Bank N.V.

Foppingadreef 7

1102 BD Amsterdam

The Netherlands

 

J.P. Morgan Securities plc
25 Bank Street

Canary Wharf

London E14 5JP

United Kingdom

 

As representatives of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule I hereto

 

Dear Sirs and Mesdames:

 

Bunge Finance Europe B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) organized under the laws of The Netherlands (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”) €600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.850% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Securities”).  The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated as of June 16, 2016 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, Bunge Limited, a Bermuda exempted company (the “Guarantor”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor (the “Guarantee”). In connection with the issuance of the Securities, the Company will enter into an agency agreement (the “Agency Agreement”), to be dated June 16, 2016, among the

 



 

Trustee, the Company, Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch and Elavon Financial Services Limited.

 

The Securities will be issued in the form of a permanent global security (the “Global Security”) registered in the name of a nominee of a common safekeeper (“CSK”) located outside the United States for Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream”), or Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System (“Euroclear”).  The Global Security will be issued under the New Safekeeping Structure (“NSS”) and are intended to be held in a manner that would allow eligibility as collateral for Eurosystem intra-day credit and monetary policy operations. In connection with the issuance of the Securities, the Company will enter into an international central securities depositaries agreement (the “ICSD Agreement”), to be dated June 16, 2016, among the Company, Euroclear and Clearstream.

 

For purposes of this Agreement:

 

430B Information” means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(e) or then deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(f).

 

430C Information” means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430C.

 

Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Guarantor or its subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

 

Applicable Time” means 3:30p.m. (London time) on the date of this Agreement.

 

Closing Date” has the meaning defined in Section 4 hereof.

 

Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Service Provider” means the Elavon Financial Services Limited, the common service provider appointed by Euroclear/Clearstream.

 

Effective Time” of the Registration Statement relating to the Securities means the date and time as of which the Registration Statement became effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(e).

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Prospectus” means the Statutory Prospectus or “final prospectus supplement” that discloses the public offering price, other 430B Information and other final terms of the Securities and otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act.

 

General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being so specified in Schedule II to this Agreement.

 

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Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means (a) any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act, relating to the Notes and the Guarantees in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Act, and (b) any Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus to the extent not otherwise an “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act.

 

Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means (a) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and (b) the electronic road show presented on May 9, 2016, whether or not an “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act.

 

Responsible Officer” means, as to any person, any member of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or any Vice President of such person or any other officer of such person customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above-designated officers.

 

Restricted Party” means any person listed (a) in the Annex to the Executive Order, (b) on the “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” list maintained by OFAC or (c) in any successor list to either of the foregoing.

 

Restricted Person” means a person that is (a) listed on, or owned 50% or more by or controlled by a person listed on any applicable Sanctions List; or (b) located in, incorporated under the laws of, or owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, a person located in or organized under the laws of a country or territory that is the target of any applicable country-wide Sanctions.  For the purposes of this definition, “control” means the possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  The term “controlled” has the meaning correlative thereto.

 

Rules and Regulations” means the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

Sanctions” means any applicable economic sanctions laws, regulations, embargoes or restrictive measures administered, enacted or enforced by (a) the United States government, (b) the United Nations, (c) the European Union, (d) the United Kingdom, (e) the relevant authorities of Switzerland or (f) the respective governmental institutions and agencies of any of the foregoing, including without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”), the United States Department of State and Her Majesty’s Treasury (together, “Sanctions Authorities”).

 

Sanctions List” means the “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” list issued by OFAC, the Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets issued by Her Majesty’s Treasury, or any similar applicable list issued or maintained or made public by any of the Sanctions Authorities.

 

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Statutory Prospectus” with reference to any particular time means the prospectus relating to the Securities that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including all 430B Information and all 430C Information with respect to the Registration Statement.  For purposes of the foregoing definition, 430B Information shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus only as of the actual time that form of prospectus (including a prospectus supplement) is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and not retroactively.

 

Unless otherwise specified, a reference to a “rule” is to the indicated rule under the Act.

 

1.                            Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Guarantor.  The Company and the Guarantor jointly and severally represent and warrant to and agree with each of the Underwriters that:

 

(a)                                 The Company and the Guarantor have filed with the Commission registration statement No. 333-207870 on Form S-3, including a related prospectus or prospectuses, covering the registration of, among others, the Securities under the Act, which has become effective, and, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantor, no stop order suspending effectiveness of the registration statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purposes are pending before or threatened by the Commission.  “Registration Statement” at any particular time means such registration statement in the form then filed with the Commission, including any amendment thereto, any document incorporated by reference therein and all 430B Information and all 430C Information with respect to such registration statement, that in any case has not been superseded or modified.  “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means the Registration Statement as of the Effective Time.  For purposes of this definition, 430B Information shall be considered to be included in the Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430B.

 

(b)                                 (i) (A) At the time the Registration Statement initially became effective, (B) at the Applicable Time relating to the Securities and (C) on the Closing Date, the Registration Statement conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) (A) on its date, (B) at the time of filing the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) and (C) on the Closing Date, the Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.  The preceding sentence does

 

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not apply to statements in or omissions from any such document based upon written information furnished to the Guarantor by the Underwriters specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

 

(c)                                  (i) (A)  At the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), and (C) at the time any of the Company, the Guarantor or any person acting on their behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163, the Guarantor was a “well known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405, and the Guarantor was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433; (ii) The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405; (iii) Neither the Company nor the Guarantor has received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form; and (iv) the Company and the Guarantor shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r).

 

(d)                                 As of the Applicable Time, neither (i) the General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, if any, and the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated June 9, 2016, including the base prospectus dated November 6, 2015, as amended (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”), and the other information, if any, stated in Schedule II to this Agreement to be included in the General Disclosure Package, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any other information stated in Schedule II to this Agreement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Guarantor by the Underwriters specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

 

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(e)                                  Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the Company or the Guarantor notified or notify the Underwriters as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement.  If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if republished immediately following such event or development, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (i) the Company or the Guarantor have promptly notified or will promptly notify the Underwriters and (ii) the Company and the Guarantor have promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

 

(f)                                   Each of the Company and the Guarantor has been duly formed or incorporated, as applicable, is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Agency Agreement, the Indenture (including the Guarantee set forth therein) and, in the case of the Company, the Securities and the ICSD Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder, to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(g)                                  Each significant subsidiary of the Guarantor (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, a “Significant Subsidiary”) has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a company and, if applicable, is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all

 

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of the outstanding capital stock of the Company and the issued shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary of the Guarantor have been duly and validly authorized and issued, and, in the case of the capital stock, are fully paid and non-assessable and, except as described in the General Disclosure Package and to the extent disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, are owned directly or indirectly by the Guarantor, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.  As of December 31, 2015, the Significant Subsidiaries of the Guarantor consist of Bunge Alimentos S.A., Bunge North America, Inc., Koninklijke Bunge B.V., Bunge Argentina S.A.

 

(h)                                 This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor.

 

(i)                                     The Agency Agreement has been duly authorized and, when executed and delivered by the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity);

 

(j)                                    The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor and, when duly executed and delivered by each of the other parties thereto, will be a valid and binding agreement of, the Company and the Guarantor, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

(k)                                 The ICSD Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, when duly executed and delivered by each of the other parties thereto, will be a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

(l)                                     The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed and authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, duly effectuated by the

 

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relevant CSK and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

(m)                             The Guarantee, forming part of the Indenture, has been duly authorized by the Guarantor and, when the Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

(n)                                 The authorized share capital of the Guarantor conforms as to legal matters in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(o)                                 The execution and delivery by each of the Company and the Guarantor of, and the performance by each of the Company and the Guarantor of its obligations under, this Agreement, the Agency Agreement, and the Indenture and the execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, the Securities and the ICSD Agreement, will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws of the Company, the memorandum of association or bye-laws of the Guarantor, or other organizational documents or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company, the Guarantor or any subsidiary, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries that are material to the Guarantor and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by each of the Company or the Guarantor of its obligations under this Agreement, the Agency Agreement, and the Indenture and the Company of its obligations under the Securities and the ICSD Agreement, except such as have already been obtained or filings to

 

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be made in Bermuda prior to the Closing Date or as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities.

 

(p)                                 Neither the Company nor the Guarantor is (i) in violation of (A) any provision of applicable law, which violation is material to the Guarantor and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or (B) their respective certificate of incorporation or memorandum of association, as the case may be, by-laws or other organizational documents, (ii) in breach or violation of, or default under, any agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries, which is material to the Guarantor and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (iii) in violation of any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries, which violation is material to the Guarantor and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

(q)                                 The consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor and the related notes thereto included and incorporated by reference in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Guarantor as of the dates indicated and its consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods specified, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby; and the other financial information relating to the Guarantor and its Significant Subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Guarantor and its Significant Subsidiaries and presents fairly, in all material respects, the information shown thereby.

 

(r)                                    There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the General Disclosure Package.

 

(s)                                   There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantor, threatened to which the Company, the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company, the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries is subject that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described or any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described

 

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in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.

 

(t)                                    Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the registration statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

(u)                                 The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, when filed with the Commission, conformed or will conform, as the case may be, in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(v)                                 Neither the Company nor the Guarantor is, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus will be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(w)                               Except as described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Guarantor and its Significant Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except in any such case for any failure to comply or violations, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals as would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(x)                                 To the knowledge of the Guarantor, there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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(y)                                 The Company (i) is, to the extent applicable, in compliance with Sanctions and (ii) is not, and no director or senior officer of the Company is, any of the following: (A) a Restricted Person; (B) a person owned 50% or more or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, any Restricted Person; or (C) a person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or support “terrorism” as defined in Executive Order No. 13224 of September 23, 2011 — Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism (the “Executive Order”).

 

(z)                                  To the best knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Guarantor, the Guarantor and its subsidiaries are, to the extent applicable, in compliance in all material respect with Sanctions.

 

(aa)                          To the best of the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Guarantor, the Guarantor is not, and no subsidiary and no director or senior officer of the Guarantor or any subsidiary, is any of the following: (A) a Restricted Party, (B) a person owned 50% or more or controlled by or acting on behalf of, any Restricted Party; or (C) a person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or support “terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order.

 

(bb)                          The Guarantor has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to promote compliance by the Guarantor, its subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions.

 

(cc)                            Except as described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Guarantor and any person granting such person the right to require the Guarantor to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Guarantor or to require the Guarantor to include such securities with the Securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

(dd)                          Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) the Guarantor and its subsidiaries have not incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of business; (ii) the Guarantor has not purchased any of its issued and outstanding common shares, nor declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its share capital other than ordinary and customary dividends; and (iii) there has not been any material change in the share capital, short-term debt or long-term debt of the Guarantor and its

 

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subsidiaries, except in each case as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(ee)                            Each of the Company, the Guarantor and the Significant Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company, the Guarantor and the Significant Subsidiaries; any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company, the Guarantor and the Significant Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company, the Guarantor and the Significant Subsidiaries, in each case except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(ff)                              Each of the Company, the Guarantor and the Significant Subsidiaries owns or possesses, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all material patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names currently employed by them in connection with the business now operated by them, and none of the Company, the Guarantor or any of the Significant Subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a material adverse effect on the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(gg)                            No material labor dispute with the employees of the Guarantor or any of the Significant Subsidiaries exists, or, to the knowledge of the Guarantor, is imminent, except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the Guarantor is not aware of any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors that could have a material adverse effect on the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(hh)                          The Guarantor and each of the Significant Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the

 

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businesses in which they are engaged; neither the Guarantor nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Guarantor nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a material adverse effect on the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(ii)                                  Each of the Company, the Guarantor and the Significant Subsidiaries possesses all licenses, certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and none of the Company, the Guarantor or any of its Significant Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a material adverse effect on the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(jj)                                The Guarantor and each of the Significant Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

(kk)                          Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have certified certain consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor, are independent public accountants with respect to the Guarantor and its subsidiaries within the meaning of Rule 101 of the Code of Professional Conduct of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and its interpretations and rulings thereunder.

 

(ll)                                  Subject to receiving normal and customary certification, all payments to be made by the Company or the Guarantor under this Agreement and, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, all interest, principal, premium, if any, additional amounts, if any, and other payments on or under the Securities or the Guarantee will, under the

 

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current laws and regulations of the United States or any political subdivision or any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax, or of any other jurisdiction in which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, is organized or is otherwise resident for tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which a payment is made (each, a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”), be made free and clear of withholding tax.

 

(mm)                  No stamp, issuance, transfer or other similar taxes or duties (“Stamp Taxes”) are payable by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers in any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction on (i) the creation, issue or delivery by the Company of the Securities, (ii) the creation, issue or delivery by the Guarantor of the Guarantee, (iii) the purchase by the Underwriters of the Securities (including the Guarantee) in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, (iv) the resale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Securities (including the Guarantee) contemplated by this Agreement or (v) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other transaction documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

(nn)                          The Securities will have been properly effectuated by the CSK.

 

None of the representations and warranties given in subclauses (y), (z). (aa) or (bb) shall be made to Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, or UniCredit Bank AG to the extent that they would result in a violation of or conflict with the German Foreign Trade Regulation (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung), council regulation (EC) No 2271/1996 (EU blocking regulation) or any similar applicable anti-boycott law or regulation, as amended from time to time.

 

2.                            Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the principal amount of the Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite its name at a purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) of 99.478% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from June 16, 2016 to the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4).

 

Each of the Company and the Guarantor hereby agree that during the period from the date hereof through and including June 16, 2016, the Company and the Guarantor will not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or the Guarantor and having a tenor of more than one year.

 

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3.                            Terms of Public Offering. The Company is advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Securities as soon after this Agreement has become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Company is further advised by you that the Securities are to be offered to the public upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.

 

4.                            Payment and Delivery. The Company will deliver against payment of the Purchase Price the Securities in the form of Global Security registered in the name of a nominee of a CSK located outside the United States for Clearstream and Euroclear. Payment for the Securities shall be made by the Underwriters in immediately available funds by wire transfer to the Common Service Provider for the account of the Company at the office of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017, at 9:00 A.M. (New York time) on June 16, 2016, or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as the Underwriters, the Company and the Guarantor determine, such time being referred to as the “Closing Date,” against delivery to the Common Service Provider for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Global Security representing all of the Securities.  The Global Security will be made available to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP for checking prior to the Closing Date.

 

5.                            Conditions to the Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of each of the Underwriters are subject to the following conditions:

 

(a)                                 Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

 

(i)                                     there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the securities of the Company or the Guarantor by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act; and

 

(ii)                                  there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the General Disclosure Package on the date of this Agreement that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the General Disclosure Package.

 

(b)                                 The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date certificates, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of each of the Company and the Guarantor, to the effect set forth in Section 

 

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5(a)(i) above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantor contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company and the Guarantor have complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date.

 

The officers signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.

 

(c)                                  The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited, special Bermuda counsel for the Guarantor, dated the Closing Date, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

(d)                                 The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, special U.S. counsel for the Company and the Guarantor, dated the Closing Date, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

 

(e)                                  The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of David G. Kabbes, General Counsel for the Guarantor, dated the Closing Date, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

 

(f)                                   The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Reed Smith LLP, special U.S. counsel for the Company and the Guarantor, dated the Closing Date, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.

 

(g)                                  The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Allen & Overy LLP, special Dutch counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F.

 

(h)                                 The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, with respect to this Agreement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP may state that their opinion and belief are based upon their participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and documents incorporated therein by reference and review and discussion of the contents thereof, but are without independent check or verification, except as specified.

 

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The opinions of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited, Shearman & Sterling LLP, David G. Kabbes, Reed Smith LLP and Allen & Overy LLP as described in Sections 5(c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) above, shall each be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and the Guarantor and shall so state therein.

 

(i)                                     The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, from Deloitte & Touche, independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.

 

(j)                                    The Representatives shall have received an executed copy of the Agency Agreement and the ICSD Agreement.

 

(k)                                 The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through Euroclear and Clearstream.

 

(l)                                     The Company shall have applied to list the Securities on the Irish Stock Exchange for trading on the Global Exchange Market (the “Exchange”).

 

6.                            Covenants of the Company. The Company and the Guarantor jointly and severally covenant with each Underwriter as follows:

 

(a)                                 The Company and the Guarantor have filed or will file each Statutory Prospectus (including the Prospectus) pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b).  The Company and the Guarantor have complied and will comply with Rule 433.

 

(b)                                 The Company or the Guarantor will promptly advise the Underwriters of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus at any time and will offer the Underwriters a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such amendment or supplement; and the Company or the Guarantor will also advise the Underwriters promptly of (i) the filing of any such amendment or supplement, (ii) any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment to the Registration Statement, for any supplement to any Statutory Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or the threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, and (iv) the receipt by the Company of any notification with

 

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respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose.  Each of the Company and the Guarantor will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

 

(c)                                  Upon request, to furnish to the Underwriters, without charge, a signed copy of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to furnish to the Underwriters in New York City, without charge, promptly following the date of this Agreement, as many copies of the Prospectus and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as the Underwriters may reasonably request.

 

(d)                                 To furnish to the Underwriters a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and the Guarantor and not to use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus to which you reasonably object.

 

(e)                                  Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.

 

(f)                                   If the General Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Securities at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the General Disclosure Package conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the General Disclosure Package so that the statements in the General Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the General Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the General Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

 

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(g)                                  If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the Guarantor) to which Securities may have been sold by you on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

 

(h)                                 To endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably request.

 

(i)                                     To use reasonable best efforts to assist the Underwriters in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through Euroclear and Clearstream and to maintain such eligibility for so long as the Securities remain outstanding.

 

(j)                                    To use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Securities to be listed for trading on the Exchange within 30 days after the Closing Date.

 

(k)                                 To make generally available to the Guarantor’s shareholders and to you as soon as practicable an earning’s statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Guarantor occurring after the date of this Agreement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

(l)                                     Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and the Guarantor jointly and severally agree to pay or cause to

 

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be paid all reasonable expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s and the Guarantor’s counsel and the Guarantor’s accountants in connection with the registration and delivery of the Securities under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company or the Guarantor and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including the filing fees payable to the Commission relating to the Securities (within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1), if applicable), all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, including any transfer, stamp, or other issuance taxes payable thereon (including any such costs and expenses related to the Guarantee), (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 6(h) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum, (iv) all filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Securities by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and all fees and expenses related to the listing of the Securities on the Exchange, (v) the cost of printing certificates representing the Securities, (vi) the costs and charges of any trustee, paying agent, registrar or depositary, (vii) the costs and expenses of the Company and the Guarantor relating to investor presentations on any “road show,” if any, undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company and the Guarantor, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and the Guarantor and any such consultants, and one-half of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, Section 7 entitled “Indemnity and Contribution,” and the last paragraph of Section 9 below, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel

 

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and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make. Each Underwriter agrees to pay the portion of such expenses represented by such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the proportion that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite each Underwriter’s name in Schedule I bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all Underwriters) of the Securities (with respect to each Underwriter, the “Pro Rata Expenses”). Notwithstanding anything contained in the International Capital Markets Association Primary Market Handbook, each Underwriter hereby agrees that the Settlement Lead Manager may allocate the Pro Rata Expenses to the account of such Underwriter for settlement of accounts (including payment of such Underwriter’s fees by the Settlement Lead Manager) as soon as practicable but in any case no later than 90 days following the Closing Date.

 

(m)                             Each of the Company and the Guarantor represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Guarantor, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission.  Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Guarantor and each Underwriter, including those identified on Schedule I hereto, is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.”  Each of the Company and the Guarantor represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping.

 

(n)                                 To prepare a final term sheet relating to the offering of the Securities, containing information that describes the final terms of the Securities and any other information agreed to by the Company, the Guarantor and the Underwriters and substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto, and will file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii).  Any such final term sheet is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement.  Each of the Company and the Guarantor also consents to the use by the Underwriters of a free writing prospectus that contains only (i)(x) information describing the preliminary terms of the Securities or their offering or (y) information that describes the final terms of the Securities or their offering and that is included in the final term sheet of the Company and the Guarantor contemplated in the first sentence of this subsection or (ii) other information that is not “issuer information,” as

 

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defined in Rule 433, it being understood that any such free writing prospectus referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above shall not be an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement.

 

7.                            Indemnity and Contribution.

 

(a)                                 The Company and the Guarantor jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Company or Guarantor information that the Company or Guarantor has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Guarantor in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.

 

(b)                                 Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantor, the directors of the Company and Guarantor, the officers of the Company and Guarantor who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Guarantor within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Guarantor to such Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Guarantor in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by you consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the information contained in the fifth and sixth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting”.

 

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(c)                                  In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 7(a) or 7(b) such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for (i) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Underwriters and all persons, if any, who control the Underwriters within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, (ii) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Company, the Guarantor and their respective directors and officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Guarantor within the meaning of either such Section.  In the case of any such separate firm for the Underwriters and such control persons of the Underwriters, such firm shall be designated in writing by you.  In the case of any such separate firm for the Company, the Guarantor and such directors, officers and control persons, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Company and the Guarantor.  The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.  No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

 

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(d)                                 To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 7(a) or 7(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 7(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 7(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate Public Offering Price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and the Guarantor or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.  The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the respective principal amounts of Securities they have purchased hereunder, and not joint.

 

(e)                                  The Company, the Guarantor and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 7(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 7(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this

 

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Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.  No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

 

(f)                                   The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 7 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the Guarantor contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter, or by or on behalf of the Company or the Guarantor, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Guarantor, and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Securities.

 

8.                            Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination by notice given by you to the Company and the Guarantor, if (a) after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT, the NASDAQ Global Market, the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade, (ii) trading of any securities of the Guarantor shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall have been declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and (b) in the case of any of the events specified in clauses 8(a)(i) through 8(a)(iv), such event, singly or together with any other such event, makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.

 

9.                            Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

 

If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such

 

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defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the principal amount of Securities that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 9 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such principal amount of Securities without the written consent of such Underwriter.  If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to you, the Company and the Guarantor for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Guarantor.  In any such case either you, the Company or the Guarantor shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, in the General Disclosure Package, in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected.  Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability to the Company and the Guarantor or any non-defaulting Underwriter in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

 

If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company or the Guarantor to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason any of the Company or the Guarantor shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantor will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.

 

10.                     Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service. The Guarantor irrevocably agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding brought by any Underwriter or by any person who controls any Underwriter arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the State of New York and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying

 

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of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding and any claim of inconvenient forum, and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding.  To the extent that the Guarantor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise) from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process with respect to itself or its property in respect of its obligations under this Agreement, the Guarantor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, such immunity in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding.  Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

 

The Guarantor (i) irrevocably designates and appoints its Chief Financial Officer from time to time located at its principal executive offices at 50 Main Street, White Plains, New York 10606 (together with any successor, the “Guarantor’s Authorized Agent”), as its agent upon which process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding described in the first sentence of this Section 10 and represents and warrants that the Guarantor’s Authorized Agent has accepted such designation, and (ii) agrees that service of process upon the Guarantor’s Authorized Agent and written notice of said service to the Guarantor mailed or delivered to its Secretary at its registered office at 2 Church Street, Hamilton, Bermuda, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Guarantor in any such suit or proceeding.  The Guarantor further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of the Guarantor’s Authorized Agent in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities shall be issued and outstanding.

 

11.                     Entire Agreement; Arms-Length Relationship. (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Securities, represents the entire agreement between the Company, the Guarantor and the Underwriters with respect to the preparation of any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Securities.

 

(b) Each of the Company and the Guarantor acknowledges that, solely in connection with the offering of the Securities, any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the Guarantor and its subsidiaries or any other due diligence review by the Underwriters will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company, the Guarantor or its subsidiaries, and that, solely in connection with this offering of the Securities, the Underwriters (i) have acted at arms’ length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Company, the Guarantor or any other person, (ii) owe the Company and the Guarantor only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) may have interests that differ from those of the Company or the Guarantor.

 

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Each of the Company and the Guarantor waives, to the full extent permitted by applicable law, any claims it may have against the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Securities.

 

12.                     Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

 

13.                     Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

14.                     Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.

 

15.                     Judgment Currency.  If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder into any currency other than United States dollars, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures an Underwriter could purchase United States dollars with such other currency in The City of New York on the business day preceding that on which final judgment is given.  The obligation of the Guarantor with respect to any sum due from it to any Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than United States dollars, be discharged only if and to the extent that on the first business day following receipt by such Underwriter of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, such Underwriter may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase United States dollars with such other currency.  If the United States dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, the Guarantor agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter or controlling person against such loss.  If the United States dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Underwriter or controlling person hereunder, such Underwriter or controlling person agrees to pay to the Guarantor an amount equal to the excess of the dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Underwriter or controlling person hereunder.

 

16.                     Taxes. All payments to be made by the Company or the Guarantor under this Agreement shall be paid free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature, imposed by any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) unless required by law.  If any Taxes are required by law to be deducted or withheld in connection with such payments, the Guarantor will increase the amount paid as necessary so that the Underwriters will receive the full amount of such payment as if no such deduction or withholding had been required; provided however, no additional amounts will be paid in

 

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respect or on account of any Taxes that are imposed or withheld: (i) due to the failure of an Underwriter to provide a properly executed IRS Form W-9, W-8BEN-E or W-8ECI (as applicable); or (ii) pursuant to sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

17.                     Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication.  Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the representatives c/o BNP Paribas, 10 Harewood Avenue, London NW1 6AA, United Kingdom, Attention: Fixed Income Syndicate, Fax: +44 (0) 20 7595 2555, Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7595 8222, Toll Free: 1-800-854-5674; Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Citigroup Centre, Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LB, United Kingdom, Fax No.: +44(0) 20 7986 1927, Attention: Syndicate Desk; ING Bank N.V., Foppingadreef 7, 1102 BD Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Attention: DCM Origination / TRC 00.032,  Telephone: +31 20 563 8019, Facsimile: +31 20 565 8515 and J.P. Morgan Securities plc, 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5JP, United Kingdom, Facsimile: +44 20 3493 0682, Attention: Head of Debt Syndicate and Head of EMEA Debt Capital Markets Group. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at 11720 Borman Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63146 (Facsimile: (314) 292-4908) Attention: Treasurer, with a copy to Shearman & Sterling LLP at 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (Facsimile: (646)-848-7325) Attention: Stephen T. Giove.

 

18.                     Contractual Recognition of Bail-In. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement or any other agreements, arrangements or understanding among any Underwriter, the Company and the Guarantor, each of the Company and the Guarantor acknowledges, accepts and agrees to be bound by:

 

(a)                                 the effect of the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority in relation to any BRRD Liability of an Underwriter to the Company or the Guarantor under this Agreement, that (without limitation) may include and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof:

 

(i)                                     the reduction of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability or outstanding amounts due thereon;

 

(ii)                                  the conversion of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability into shares, other securities or other obligations of such Underwriter or another person (and the issue to or conferral on the Company or the Guarantor of such shares, securities or obligations);

 

(iii)                               the cancellation of the BRRD Liability; and

 

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(iv)                              the amendment or alteration of any interest, if applicable, thereon, the maturity or the dates on which any payments are due, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; and

 

(b)                                 the variation of the terms of this Agreement, as deemed necessary by the Relevant Resolution Authority, to give effect to the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority.

 

Each of the Company and the Guarantor acknowledges and accepts that this provision is exhaustive on the matters described herein to the exclusion of any other term of this Agreement or any other agreements, arrangements, or understanding among any Underwriter, the Company and the Guarantor, relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

The terms which follow, when used in this Section 18, shall have the meanings indicated.

 

Bail-in Legislation” means in relation to a member state of the European Economic Area which has implemented, or which at any time implements, the BRRD, the relevant implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement as described in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule from time to time.

 

Bail-in Powers” means any Write-down and Conversion Powers as defined in relation to the relevant Bail-in Legislation.

 

BRRD” means Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms.

 

BRRD Liability” has the same meaning as in such laws, regulations, rules or requirements implementing the BRRD under the applicable Bail-in Legislation.

 

EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule” means the document described as such, then in effect, and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person) from time to time at http://www.lma.eu.com/pages.aspx?p=499.

 

Relevant Resolution Authority” means the resolution authority with the ability to exercise any Bail-in Powers in relation to the relevant Underwriter.

 

19.                     Representatives. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, ING Bank N.V. and J.P. Morgan Securities plc on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, ING Bank N.V. and J.P. Morgan Securities plc shall be binding upon the Underwriters. The execution of this Agreement by each Underwriter constitutes agreement to, and acceptance of, this Section 19.

 

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20.                     Agreement Among Underwriters. The execution of this Agreement by each Underwriter constitutes the acceptance of each Underwriter of the ICMA Agreement Among Managers Version 1/New York Schedule, subject to any amendment notified to the Underwriters in writing at any time prior to the execution of this Agreement. References to the “Managers” shall be deemed to refer to the Underwriters, references to the “Lead Manager” shall be deemed to refer to each of BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, ING Bank N.V.  and J.P. Morgan Securities plc and references to “Settlement Lead Manager” shall be deemed to refer to J.P. Morgan Securities plc. As applicable to the Underwriters, Clause 3 of the ICMA Agreement Among Managers Version 1/New York Schedule shall be deemed to be deleted in its entirety and replaced with Section 9 of this Agreement.

 

21.                     Stabilization. The Company and the Guarantor hereby authorize J.P. Morgan Securities plc as the “Stabilizing Manager” to make adequate public disclosure regarding stabilization of the information required in relation to such stabilization by Commission Regulation (EC) 2273/2003 of the Commission of the European Communities. The Stabilizing Manager for its own account may, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and directives, over-allot and effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the Securities at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail, but in doing so the Stabilizing Manager shall act as principal and not as agent of the Company or the Guarantor and any loss resulting from overallotment and stabilization shall be borne, and any profit arising therefrom shall be beneficially retained, by the Stabilizing Manager. However, there is no assurance that the Stabilizing Manager (or persons acting on behalf of the Stabilizing Manager) will undertake any stabilization action. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed so as to require the Company to issue in excess of the aggregate principal amount of Securities specified in Schedule I hereto. Such stabilization, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time and shall be conducted by the Stabilizing Manager in accordance with all applicable laws and directives.

 

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Very truly yours,

 

 

 

BUNGE FINANCE EUROPE B.V.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

BUNGE LIMITED

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

Underwriting Agreement

 



 

Accepted as of the date hereof

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

BNP PARIBAS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

I-1



 

By:

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS
LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-2



 

By:

ING BANK N.V.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-3



 

By:

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES PLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-4



 

By:

SMBC NIKKO CAPITAL MARKETS
LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-5



 

By:

HSBC BANK PLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-6



 

By:

LLOYDS BANK PLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-7



 

By:

COÖPERATIEVE RABOBANK U.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-8



 

By:

ABN AMRO BANK, N.V.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-9



 

By:

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND
INVESTMENT BANK

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-10



 

By:

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-11



 

By:

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-12



 

By:

NATIXIS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-13



 

By:

BARCLAYS BANK PLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-14



 

By:

ANZ SECURITIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-15



 

By:

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA

 

 

ARGENTARIA, S.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-16



 

By:

ICBC STANDARD BANK PLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-17



 

By:

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON

 

 

BRANCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-18



 

By:

UNICREDIT BANK AG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

A-19



 

By:

COMMERZBANK

 

 

AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Underwriter

 

Principal Amount of
the Securities To Be
Purchased

 

BNP Paribas

 

120,000,000

 

Citigroup Global Markets Limited

 

120,000,000

 

ING Bank N.V.

 

120,000,000

 

J.P. Morgan Securities plc

 

120,000,000

 

ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

 

10,400,000

 

Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.

 

10,400,000

 

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

 

10,400,000

 

HSBC Bank plc

 

10,400,000

 

Lloyds Bank plc

 

10,400,000

 

SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited

 

10,400,000

 

Société Générale

 

10,400,000

 

ANZ Securities, Inc.

 

5,244,450

 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.

 

5,244,450

 

Barclays Bank PLC

 

5,244,450

 

Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft

 

5,244,450

 

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

 

5,244,450

 

ICBC Standard Bank plc

 

5,244,450

 

NATIXIS

 

5,244,450

 

Standard Chartered Bank

 

5,244,425

 

UniCredit Bank AG

 

5,244,425

 

Total:

 

600,000,000

 

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

General Use Free Writing Prospectuses (included in the General Disclosure Package)

 

“General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” includes the following document:

 

Final term sheet, dated June 9, 2016, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A hereto.

 

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Filed Pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act of 1933

Registration Statement No. 333-207870

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, dated June 9, 2016

 

This Free Writing Prospectus relates only to the Senior Notes of Bunge Finance Europe B.V. due June 16, 2023, and should only be read together with the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated June 9, 2016 relating to the Senior Notes of Bunge Finance Europe B.V. due June 16, 2023.

 

Bunge Finance Europe B.V.

 

Pricing Term Sheet

 

Issuer:

 

Bunge Finance Europe B.V.

 

 

 

Guarantor:

 

Bunge Limited

 

 

 

Expected Ratings*:

 

Baa2 / BBB / BBB

 

 

 

Principal Amount:

 

€600,000,000

 

 

 

Maturity Date:

 

June 16, 2023

 

 

 

Coupon:

 

1.850%

 

 

 

Price:

 

99.928% of the principal amount

 

 

 

Yield to Maturity:

 

1.861%

 

 

 

Spread to Mid Swaps:

 

+170 basis points

 

 

 

Mid Swaps Yield:

 

0.161%

 

 

 

Benchmark Bund:

 

DBR 1.500% due May 15, 2023

 

 

 

Benchmark Bund Yield / Price:

 

-0.296% / €112.580

 

 

 

Spread to Benchmark Bund:

 

+ 215.7 basis points

 

 

 

Interest Payment Dates:

 

Annual, beginning on June 16, 2017

 

 

 

Trade Date:

 

June 9, 2016

 

 

 

Settlement Date**:

 

June 16, 2016 (T+5)

 

 

 

Make-Whole Call:

 

Before March 16, 2023 at a discount rate equal to the Comparable Government Bond Rate (as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 9, 2016) plus 35 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any

 

 

 

Par Call:

 

Commencing March 16, 2023, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any

 

 

 

 

 

See “Description of the Notes—Optional Redemption by BFE” in the preliminary prospectus supplement for more information

 

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Tax Call:

 

Issuer may elect to redeem the notes as a whole but not in part, at its option, in the event of certain changes in tax law that would require the issuer or the guarantor to pay additional amounts on such notes to holders of such notes in respect of withholding taxes that cannot be avoided by taking reasonable measures available to it, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption. See ‘‘Description of the Notes— Redemption for Changes in Taxes’’ in the preliminary prospectus supplement for more information.

 

 

 

ISIN/Common Code:

 

XS1405777316 / 140577731

 

 

 

Denominations:

 

€100,000 and integral multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof

 

 

 

Day Count Convention:

 

Actual / Actual (ICMA)

 

 

 

New Safekeeping Structure (“NSS”):

 

Yes, and the notes are intended to be held in a manner that would allow eligibility as collateral for Eurosystem intra-day credit and monetary policy operations

 

 

 

Listing:

 

Application will be made to list the notes on the Irish Stock Exchange for trading on the Global Exchange Market

 

 

 

Stabilization:

 

Stabilization/FCA

 

 

 

Joint Book-Running Managers:

 

BNP Paribas
Citigroup Global Markets Limited
J.P. Morgan Securities plc
ING Bank N.V.

 

 

 

Senior Co-Managers:

 

ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
HSBC Bank plc
Lloyds Bank plc
SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited
Société Générale

 

 

 

Co-Managers:

 

ANZ Securities, Inc.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
Barclays Bank PLC
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
ICBC Standard Bank Plc
Natixis
Standard Chartered Bank
UniCredit Bank AG

 

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* Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time. Each of Moody’s, Fitch and S&P is established in the European Union and is registered under Regulation (EC) no 1060/2009 (the “CRA Regulation”).  As such, each of the rating agencies is included in the list of credit rating agencies published by the European Securities and Markets Authority on its website in accordance with the CRA Regulation as of the date of this pricing term sheet.

 

**We expect that delivery of the notes will be made to investors on or about June 16, 2016, which will be the fifth business day following the date of this pricing term sheet (such settlement being referred to as “T+5”). Under Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market are required to settle in three business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade notes on the date of the prospectus supplement or the next succeeding business day will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially settle in T+5, to specify an alternate settlement arrangement at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of the notes who wish to trade the notes on the date of the prospectus supplement of the next succeeding business day should consult their advisors.

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates.  Before you invest, you should read the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus related to that registration statement and other documents that Bunge Limited, the Guarantor, has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering.  You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.  Alternatively, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Citigroup Global Markets Limited toll-free at +1 (800) 831-9146, J.P. Morgan Securities plc collect at +44 (0) 207-134-2468, BNP Paribas toll-free at +1 (800) 854-5674.

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF OPINION OF BERMUDA COUNSEL TO THE GUARANTOR

 

1.                                      The Guarantor is duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Bermuda in good standing (meaning solely that it has not failed to make any filing with any Bermuda governmental authority, or to pay any Bermuda government fee or tax, which would make it liable to be struck off the Register of Companies and thereby cease to exist under the laws of Bermuda).

 

2.                                      The Guarantor has the necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Documents and the necessary corporate power to conduct its business as described under the captions “Bunge Limited” in the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Final Prospectus Supplement.  The execution and delivery of the Documents by the Guarantor and the performance by the Guarantor of its obligations thereunder will not violate the memorandum of association or bye-laws of the Guarantor nor any applicable law, regulation, order or decree in Bermuda.

 

3.                                      The Guarantor has taken all corporate action required to authorise its execution and filing of the Registration Statement and its execution, delivery and performance of the Documents.  The Registration Statement has been duly executed by or on behalf of the Guarantor.  The Documents have been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Guarantor, and constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

4.                                      No order, consent, approval, licence, authorisation or validation of, filing with or exemption by any government or public body or authority of Bermuda or any sub division thereof is required to authorise or is required in connection with the execution, delivery, performance and enforcement of the Documents, except such as have been duly obtained or filed in accordance with Bermuda law.

 

5.                                      It is not necessary or desirable to ensure the enforceability in Bermuda of the Documents that they be registered in any register kept by, or filed with, any governmental authority or regulatory body in Bermuda.  However, to the extent that any of the Documents creates a charge over assets of the Guarantor, it may be desirable to ensure the priority in Bermuda of the charge that it be registered in the Register of Charges in accordance with Section 55 of the Companies Act 1981.  On registration, to the extent that Bermuda law governs the priority of a charge, such charge will have priority in Bermuda over any unregistered charges, and over any subsequently registered charges, in respect of the assets which are the subject of the charge.  A registration fee of $630 will be payable in respect of the registration.

 

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While there is no exhaustive definition of a charge under Bermuda law, a charge includes any interest created in property by way of security (including any mortgage, assignment, pledge, lien or hypothecation).  As the Documents are governed by the Foreign Laws, the question of whether they create such an interest in property would be determined under the Foreign Laws.

 

6.                                      Based solely upon a search of the Cause Book of the Supreme Court of Bermuda conducted at [·] a.m. on [·], 2016 (which would not reveal details of proceedings which have been filed but not actually entered in the Cause Book at the time of such search), there are no judgments against the Guarantor, nor any legal or governmental proceedings pending in Bermuda to which the Guarantor is subject.

 

7.                                      The authorised capital of the Guarantor conforms, as to legal matters, to the description thereof contained in each of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus in all material respects.

 

8.                                      The statements contained in the Base Prospectus under the caption “Description of Share Capital”, to the extent that they constitute statements of Bermuda law, are accurate in all material respects as of the date of the Base Prospectus.  The statements contained in (i) each of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Final Prospectus Supplement under the captions “Risk Factors — Risks Relating to this Offering - The notes are effectively subordinated to our secured debt”, “Risk Factors — Risks Relating to this Offering — Bunge Limited is a holding company and will depend upon funds from its subsidiaries to meet its obligations under the guarantee of the notes”, “Description of the Notes” and “Taxation — Bermuda Tax Considerations”, and (ii) the Guarantor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2015 under the caption “Risk Factors - Risks Relating to Our Common Shares - We are a Bermuda company, and it may be difficult for you to enforce judgments against us and our directors and executive officers”, to the extent that they constitute statements of Bermuda law, are accurate in all material respects.

 

9.                                      The Documents will not be subject to ad valorem stamp duty in Bermuda and no registration, documentary, recording, transfer or other similar tax, fee or charge is payable in Bermuda in connection with the execution, delivery, filing, registration or performance of the Documents.

 

10.                               There is no income or other tax of Bermuda imposed by withholding or otherwise on any payment to be made by the Guarantor pursuant to the Documents.

 

11.                               The Guarantor has received an assurance from the Minister of Finance in Bermuda that in the event of there being enacted in Bermuda any legislation imposing tax computed on profits or income or computed on any capital asset,

 

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gain or appreciation, or any tax in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax, then the imposition of any such tax shall not be applicable to the Guarantor or any of its operations or its shares, debentures or other obligations (subject to the proviso expressed in such assurance as described in the Prospectus), which assurance is effective until 31 March 2035.

 

12.                               The choice of the Foreign Laws as the governing law of the Documents is a valid choice of law and would be recognised and given effect to in any action brought before a court of competent jurisdiction in Bermuda, except for those laws (i) which such court considers to be procedural in nature, (ii) which are revenue or penal laws or (iii) the application of which would be inconsistent with public policy, as such term is interpreted under the laws of Bermuda.  The submission in the Documents to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Foreign Courts and the appointment of its Chief Financial Officer from time to time by the Guarantor as its agent for service of legal process in connection with proceedings in the Foreign Courts pursuant to the Documents, is valid and binding upon the Guarantor.

 

13.                               The courts of Bermuda would recognise as a valid judgment, a final and conclusive judgment in personam obtained in the Foreign Courts against the Guarantor based upon the Documents under which a sum of money is payable (other than a sum of money payable in respect of multiple damages, taxes or other charges of a like nature or in respect of a fine or other penalty) and would give a judgment based thereon provided that (a) such courts had proper jurisdiction over the parties subject to such judgment, (b) such courts did not contravene the rules of natural justice of Bermuda, (c) such judgment was not obtained by fraud, (d) the enforcement of the judgment would not be contrary to the public policy of Bermuda, (e) no new admissible evidence relevant to the action is submitted prior to the rendering of the judgment by the courts of Bermuda and (f) there is due compliance with the correct procedures under the laws of Bermuda.

 

14.                               The Guarantor is not entitled to any immunity under the laws of Bermuda, whether characterised as sovereign immunity or otherwise, from any legal proceedings to enforce the Documents in respect of itself or its property.

 

15.                               The Guarantor has been designated as non resident of Bermuda for the purposes of the Exchange Control Act, 1972 and, as such, is free to acquire, hold, transfer and sell foreign currency (including the payment of dividends or other distributions) and securities without restriction.

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF OPINION OF SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP, U.S. COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY AND THE GUARANTOR

 

1.                                      The Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor (to the extent execution and delivery of the Agreement by the Guarantor are governed by the laws of the State of New York).

 

2.                                      The execution and delivery by the Company and the Guarantor of the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Company and the Guarantor of their respective obligations thereunder will not, result in a violation of Generally Applicable Law.

 

3.                                      No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any United States federal or New York governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the performance by the Company and the Guarantor of their respective obligations under the Agreement, except as have been obtained and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act or as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of any jurisdiction in the United States in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes by the Underwriters (as to which such counsel expresses no opinion).

 

4.                                      Under the laws of the State of New York relating to the submission to personal jurisdiction, the Guarantor has, pursuant to the Agreement, validly and irrevocably submitted to the personal jurisdiction of any New York state court or United States federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, and any appellate court thereof, in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Agreement and validly and irrevocably waived any objection to the venue of a proceeding in any such court, and has validly appointed the authorized agent named in the Agreement for the purposes described therein, and service of process effected in the manner set forth in the Agreement will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Guarantor.

 

Each of the documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and other financial data contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel expresses no opinion), at the time it was filed with the Commission, appears on its face to have been appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (b) each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and other financial data contained therein or omitted therefrom, and the Trustee’s Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1, as to which such counsel expresses no opinion) appears on its face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and

 

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the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and (c) such counsel does not know of any contract or other document of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that is not so filed.

 

No facts came to our attention which caused us to believe that (i) the Registration Statement (other than the financial statements and other financial data contained or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom and the Trustee’s Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1, as to which such counsel has not been requested to comment), at the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package (other than the financial statements and other financial data contained or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel has not been requested to comment), at the Applicable Time or on the date hereof, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (iii) the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and other financial data contained or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel has not been requested to comment), as of its date and the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF OPINION OF GENERAL COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY AND THE GUARANTOR

 

1.                                      Each subsidiary of the Guarantor listed in Annex A to this opinion (each, a “Significant Subsidiary”) has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation or company, and, if applicable, is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or company to transact business and, if applicable, is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

2.                                      Except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary of the Guarantor have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and are owned directly or indirectly by the Guarantor, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;

 

3.                                      To the best of my knowledge, none of the Guarantor’s Significant Subsidiaries is presently (a) in violation of its charter or by-laws, except where the violation would not have a material adverse effect on such Significant Subsidiary, or is (b) in breach of any applicable statute, rule or regulation known to me, or to my knowledge, any order, writ or decree of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such subsidiaries or over any of their properties or operations, except where the breach would not have a material adverse effect on the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

4.                                      To the best of my knowledge, the execution and delivery by the Company and the Guarantor of, the performance of their respective obligations under and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture (including the Guarantee set forth therein), the ICSD Agreement, the Agency Agreement and the Notes will not (x) result in any violation of their respective deed of incorporation, articles of association, memorandum of association or bye-laws, as the case may be, (y) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company and the Guarantor that is material to the Guarantor and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or (z) result in the violation of any law or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or the Guarantor or any of its Significant

 

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Subsidiaries, except, in the case of (y) and (z), for such conflicts, breaches or violations, as the case may be, that would not have a material adverse effect on the Guarantor and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;

 

5.                                      To the best of my knowledge, (a) there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company, the Guarantor or any of the Guarantor’s Significant Subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company, the Guarantor or the Guarantor’s Significant Subsidiaries is subject that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and are not so described, and (b) there are no statutes or regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not described as required;

 

6.                                      To the best of my knowledge, except as described in or incorporated by reference into the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Guarantor and the Guarantor’s Significant Subsidiaries (a) are in compliance with any and all applicable Environmental Laws, (b) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (c) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals which could not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and

 

7.                                      The statements contained (a) under the captions “Item 1. Business—Government Regulation”, “Item 1. Business—Environmental Matters” and “Item 3. Legal Proceedings” in the Guarantor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, (b) under the caption Item 13. “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence” (which incorporates by reference information contained in the Guarantor’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, filed with the Commission on April 15, 2016, under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions”) in the Guarantor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, and (c) under the caption “Item 1. Legal Proceedings” in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016, each incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as updated, revised or amended by statements contained in or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to the extent such statements constitute matters of law, summaries of legal matters, legal proceedings or legal conclusions, have been reviewed by me and fairly summarize the matters referred to therein in all material respects.

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF OPINION OF REED SMITH LLP, U.S. COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY AND THE GUARANTOR

 

1.                                   The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.  Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company under the laws of The Netherlands, the Indenture, the Notes, the Underwriting Agreement, the Agency Agreement and the ICSD Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by the Company (to the extent execution and delivery are governed by the laws of the State of New York).  Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Guarantor under Bermuda law, the Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor (to the extent execution and delivery are governed by the laws of the State of New York).  Each of the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement, the Agency Agreement and the ICSD Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.  Each of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

 

2.                                      Assuming the Notes are duly authenticated by the Trustee, the Registrar or a duly appointed agent of the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, and effectuated by the relevant common safekeeper (the “CSK”) for Euroclear and Clearstream, as International Central Securities Depositaries, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and paid for by the Underwriters (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; provided that we express no opinion as to the validity, legality or enforceability of the obligations of the Trustee under the Indenture.  The form of the Notes complies with the requirements of the Indenture and based solely on our review of the Indenture and, as to factual matters only, the Certificates supplied by the Clients, all conditions to the issuance and authentication thereof set forth in the Indenture have been satisfied in full.

 

3.                                      Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Guarantor under Bermuda law, at such time as the Notes have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and duly effectuated by the relevant CSK (to the extent execution and delivery are governed by the laws of the State of New York) and paid for as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, the Guarantee is a valid and legally binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; provided that we express no

 

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opinion as to the validity, legality or enforceability of the obligations of the Trustee under the Indenture.

 

4.                                      No authorization, consent, approval or other action by, or filing with, any New York or United States federal regulatory body or New York or United States federal governmental agency or authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of the Indenture, Underwriting Agreement, the Agency Agreement, the ICSD Agreement and the Notes, or by the Guarantor of the Indenture, or for the validity or enforcement, of the Indenture, the Agency Agreement, the ICSD Agreement and the Notes, except (i) as have been obtained or effected as of the date hereof or (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations or orders as are not required on the date hereof (under existing laws, regulations and conditions).

 

5.                                      The execution and delivery by the Company of the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement, the Agency Agreement, the ICSD Agreement and the Notes, and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder will not breach, contravene, conflict with, or constitute a violation of any statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation of the State of New York or the United States that in our experience is normally applicable to transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or, to our knowledge, any judgment, order or decree, applicable to the Company or any of its properties or assets.

 

6.                                      The execution and delivery by the Guarantor of the Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement, and the performance by the Guarantor of its obligations thereunder will not breach, contravene, conflict with, or constitute a violation of any statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation of the State of New York or the United States that in our experience is normally applicable to transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or, to our knowledge, any judgment, order or decree, applicable to the Guarantor or any of its properties or assets.

 

7.                                      Based upon our review of the indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, loan agreements or other agreements or instruments set forth on Annex I attached to each of the Officers’ Certificates (collectively, the “Material Agreements”), the execution and delivery by the Company of the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement, the Agency Agreement, the ICSD Agreement, the Notes and the Underwriting Agreement, the execution and delivery by the Guarantor of the Master Trust Guaranty, the Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement, and the performance by either the Company or the Guarantor of its obligations thereunder do not (and, in the case of performance, under current terms will not) breach, contravene, conflict with, or constitute a violation of any Material Agreement by which the Company or the Guarantor is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject (except we express no opinion as to violations of financial covenants or similar provisions to the extent they require financial calculations to ascertain compliance).

 

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8.                                      Neither the Company nor the Guarantor is, nor will either of them be, as a result of the Transactions, an “investment company” or a company “controlled by” an “investment company”, in each case within the meaning of and subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

9.                                      Each of the Indenture, the Notes and the Master Trust Transaction Documents conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

10.                               Under the laws of the State of New York relating to submission to personal jurisdiction, the Company and the Guarantor have, pursuant to provisions of the Indenture, validly and irrevocably submitted to the personal jurisdiction of any New York State or U.S. federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and any appellate court thereof, in any suit, action or proceeding relating to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising out of or in connection with the Indenture and have validly and irrevocably waived any objection to the venue of a proceeding in any such court, and have validly appointed the authorized agent named in the Indenture for the purposes described therein, and the service of process effected on such agent in the manner set forth in the Indenture is effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Guarantor.

 

11.                               We are of the opinion that, under current United States federal income tax law, the statements in the Prospectus under the caption “TAXATION — Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences,” to the extent they constitute summaries of matters of law or legal conclusions, fairly summarize the matters described therein in all material respects

 

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EXHIBIT F

 

FORM OF OPINION OF ALLEN & OVERY LLP, DUTCH COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY

 

1.                                      Status  The Company is duly incorporated and validly existing as a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) under Dutch law.

 

2.                                      Share Capital  The Company has an issued and paid-up share capital of EUR 18,000, with the capital structure as follows:

 

Authorised capital (maatschappelijk kapitaal):

 

EUR 90,000;

 

 

 

Subscribed capital (geplaatst kapitaal):

 

EUR 18,000; and

 

 

 

Paid-up capital (gestort kapitaal):

 

EUR 18,000.

 

3.                                      Shareholders  Bunge N.A. Holdings, Inc. is the sole shareholder of the Company.

 

4.                                      Powers and authority  The Company has the corporate power and authority to enter into the Opinion Documents, to issue the Notes represented by the Global Note Certificates and perform the obligations expressed to be assumed by it under the Opinion Documents and the Notes represented by the Global Note Certificates and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorise the execution and delivery of the Opinion Documents and the issue of the Notes represented by the Global Note Certificates.

 

5.                                      Due execution  The Opinion Documents and the Global Notes Certificate have been duly executed and delivered by the Company.

 

6.                                      Application of New York law  The choice of the laws of the State of New York as the law governing the Opinion Documents and the Notes represented by the Global Note Certificates would be upheld as a valid and binding choice of law by Dutch courts and applied by those courts in proceedings in relation to the Opinion Documents and the Notes as the governing law thereof, except (i) to the extent that any term of the Opinion Documents or any provision of New York law applicable to the Opinion Documents or the Notes is manifestly incompatible with Dutch public policy and (ii) that mandatory provisions of Dutch law or the laws of another jurisdiction may be given effect by a Dutch court if and insofar as, under Dutch law or the laws of such other jurisdiction respectively those provisions must be applied irrespective of the chosen law. However, none of the expressed provisions of the Opinion Documents or the Notes appears on its face to be manifestly incompatible with Dutch public policy or such mandatory provisions.

 

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7                                         Legal validity  Subject to the opinion given under (f) above, the Opinion Documents and the Notes, represented by the Global Note Certificates, authenticated and effectuated (where required) in the manner set out in the Indenture and when delivered against payment as contemplated by the Opinion Documents, would be treated by Dutch courts as constituting legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Company in accordance with their respective terms and the Opinion Documents and the Global Note Certificates are in proper form for their enforcement in Dutch courts.

 

8                                         Non-conflict with laws  Neither the execution by the Company of the Opinion Documents nor the performance by the Company of all its obligations thereunder, nor the issue of the Notes represented by the Global Note Certificates, nor the compliance by the Company with all the provisions of the Notes conflicts with or will result in a violation of (i) any provision of the Articles or (ii) the provisions of any published law, rule or regulation of general application of the Netherlands.

 

The execution and performance of the terms of the Opinion Documents by the Underwriters will not conflict with or result in a violation of the provisions of any published law, rule or regulation of general application in the Netherlands.

 

9                                         Consents  No authorisations, approvals, consents, licences, exemptions, filings, registrations, notarisations or other requirements of governmental, judicial or public bodies or authorities of or in the Netherlands are required in connection with the Company’s entry into or performance of the Opinion Documents or for the issue of the Notes, or for their validity or enforceability against the Company. Any Underwriter wishing to offer Notes in the Netherlands must either be licensed or exempt under the Dutch Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht, the “FSA”) and any successor legislation thereto.

 

10                                  Submission to New York jurisdiction  The submission by the Company in the Opinion Documents and the Notes to jurisdiction of any New York State court or Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York is valid and binding on the Company and not subject to revocation. This submission does not preclude that claims for provisional measures in summary proceedings may be brought before a competent Dutch court.

 

11                                  Enforcement of New York judgments  In the absence of an applicable treaty between United States and the Netherlands, a judgement rendered by any New York State court or Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York (the “New York Court”) will not be enforced by Dutch courts. In order to obtain a judgement which is enforceable in the Netherlands, the claim must be relitigated before a competent Dutch court. If and to the extent that the Dutch court finds that the jurisdiction of

 

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the New York Court has been based on grounds which are internationally acceptable and that proper legal procedures have been observed, the Dutch court would, in principle, give binding effect to the final judgement of the New York Court unless such judgement contravenes principles of Dutch public policy.

 

12                                  Taxation  The statements contained in the Supplemental Prospectus under the caption “Taxation - Dutch Taxation” are in all material respects a true and accurate summary of the material Dutch tax consequences of acquiring, owning and selling Notes applicable to the holders of Notes described therein.

 

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EX-4.1 3 a16-13529_1ex4d1.htm EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

 

Execution Version

 

BUNGE FINANCE EUROPE B.V.,

as Issuer

 

BUNGE LIMITED,

as Guarantor

 

AND

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

€600,000,000 1.850% Senior Notes Due 2023

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of June 16, 2016

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE 1

Definitions and Incorporation by Reference

 

 

Section 1.01. Definitions

1

 

 

Section 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

12

 

 

Section 1.03. Rules of Construction

13

 

 

ARTICLE 2

The Notes

 

 

Section 2.01. Form, Dating and Terms

13

 

 

Section 2.02. Execution, Authentication and Effectuation

17

 

 

Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent

18

 

 

Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

19

 

 

Section 2.05. Additional Responsibilities of the Paying Agent Regarding the Global Notes

19

 

 

Section 2.06. Certain Rights of the Paying Agent

20

 

 

Section 2.07. Noteholder Lists

20

 

 

Section 2.08. Transfer and Exchange

20

 

 

Section 2.09. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes

22

 

 

Section 2.10. Outstanding Notes

23

 

 

Section 2.11. Temporary Notes

24

 

 

Section 2.12. Cancellation

24

 

 

Section 2.13. Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest

24

 

 

Section 2.14. Computation of Interest

25

 

 

Section 2.15. CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN Numbers

25

 

 

Section 2.16. Tax Treatment

26

 

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ARTICLE 3

Covenants

 

 

Section 3.01. Payment of Notes

26

 

 

Section 3.02. Limitation and Restrictions on Activities of the Company

26

 

 

Section 3.03. Limitation on Liens

27

 

 

Section 3.04. Limitation on Sale-Leaseback Transactions

27

 

 

Section 3.05. Exclusion from Limitations

28

 

 

Section 3.06. Corporate Existence

28

 

 

Section 3.07. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance

29

 

 

Section 3.08. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims

29

 

 

Section 3.09. Payments for Consent

29

 

 

Section 3.10. Compliance Certificate

29

 

 

Section 3.11. Further Instruments and Acts

29

 

 

Section 3.12. Statement by Officers as to Default

29

 

 

Section 3.13. Notice of Change in Bermuda Law, Debt Ratings

30

 

 

Section 3.14. Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control

30

 

 

ARTICLE 4

Successor Guarantor

 

 

Section 4.01. Consolidation, Merger, Amalgamation and Sale of Assets by the Guarantor

32

 

 

ARTICLE 5

Optional Redemption of Notes

 

 

Section 5.01. Optional Redemption by the Company

34

 

 

Section 5.02. Redemption for Changes in Tax

34

 

 

Section 5.03. Applicability of Article

34

 

 

Section 5.04. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee

35

 

 

Section 5.05. Selection by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed

35

 

 

Section 5.06. Notice of Redemption

35

 

 

Section 5.07. Deposit of Redemption Price

36

 

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Section 5.08. Notes Payable on Redemption Date

36

 

 

Section 5.09. Notes Redeemed in Part

37

 

 

ARTICLE 6

Defaults and Remedies

 

 

Section 6.01. Events of Default

37

 

 

Section 6.02. Acceleration

39

 

 

Section 6.03. Other Remedies

39

 

 

Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults

39

 

 

Section 6.05. Control by Majority

39

 

 

Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits

40

 

 

Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment

40

 

 

Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee

40

 

 

Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

40

 

 

Section 6.10. Priorities

41

 

 

Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs

41

 

 

ARTICLE 7

Trustee

 

 

Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee

41

 

 

Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee

43

 

 

Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee

44

 

 

Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer

45

 

 

Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults

45

 

 

Section 7.06. Report by Trustee to Holders

45

 

 

Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity

46

 

 

Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee

47

 

 

Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger

47

 

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Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification

48

 

 

Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

48

 

 

Section 7.12. Trustee’s Application for Instruction from the Company

48

 

 

ARTICLE 8

Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance

 

 

Section 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance

48

 

 

Section 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance

49

 

 

Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money

51

 

 

Section 8.04. Repayment to Company

51

 

 

Section 8.05. Reinstatement

51

 

 

ARTICLE 9

Amendments

 

 

Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders

51

 

 

Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders

52

 

 

Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act

53

 

 

Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers

53

 

 

Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes

53

 

 

Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments

54

 

 

ARTICLE 10

Guarantee

 

 

Section 10.01. Guarantee

54

 

 

Section 10.02. No Subrogation

56

 

 

Section 10.03. Consideration

56

 

 

ARTICLE 11

Miscellaneous

 

 

Section 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls

56

 

 

Section 11.02. Notices

56

 

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Section 11.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders

57

 

 

Section 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

57

 

 

Section 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

57

 

 

Section 11.06. When Notes Disregarded

58

 

 

Section 11.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar

58

 

 

Section 11.08. Legal Holidays

58

 

 

Section 11.09. Governing Law

58

 

 

Section 11.10. No Recourse Against Others

58

 

 

Section 11.11. Successors

58

 

 

Section 11.12. Consent to Jurisdiction

59

 

 

Section 11.13. Appointment for Agent for Service of Process

59

 

 

Section 11.14. Waiver of Immunities

59

 

 

Section 11.15. Additional Amounts

59

 

 

Section 11.16. Judgment Currency

60

 

 

Section 11.17. No Bankruptcy Petition Against the Company; Liability of the Company

60

 

 

Section 11.18. Multiple Originals

61

 

 

Section 11.19. Qualification of Indenture

61

 

 

Section 11.20. Table of Contents; Headings

61

 

 

Section 11.21. Force Majeure

61

 

 

Section 11.22. U.S.A. Patriot Act

61

 

EXHIBIT A

Form of Face of Initial Notes and Subsequent Notes

SCHEDULE 1.1

Designated Obligors and Material Subsidiaries

SCHEDULE 3.4

Existing Liens

 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

Trust Indenture

 

 

Act Section

 

Indenture

310(a)(1)

 

Section 7.10.

(a)(2)

 

Section 7.10.

(a)(3)

 

N.A.

(a)(4)

 

N.A.

(b)

 

Section 7.08., Section 7.10.

(c)

 

N.A.

311(a)

 

Section 7.11.

(b)

 

Section 7.11.

(c)

 

N.A.

312(a)

 

Section 2.07.

(b)

 

Section 11.03.

(c)

 

Section 11.03.

313(a)

 

Section 7.06.

(b)(1)

 

N.A.

(b)(2)

 

Section 7.06.

(c)

 

Section 7.06.

(d)

 

Section 7.06.

314(a)

 

Section 3.10.

(b)

 

N.A.

(c)(1)

 

Section 11.04.

(c)(2)

 

Section 11.04.

(c)(3)

 

N.A.

(d)

 

N.A.

(e)

 

Section 11.05.

315(a)

 

Section 7.01.

(b)

 

Section 7.05., Section 11.02.

(c)

 

Section 7.01.

(d)

 

Section 7.01.

(e)

 

Section 6.11.

316(a)(last sentence)

 

Section 11.06.

(a)(1)(A)

 

Section 6.05.

(a)(1)(B)

 

Section 6.04.

(a)(2)

 

N.A.

(b)

 

Section 6.07.

317(a)(1)

 

Section 6.08.

(a)(2)

 

Section 6.09.

(b)

 

Section 2.04.

318(a)

 

Section 11.01.

 

N.A. means Not Applicable.

Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

 

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INDENTURE dated as of June 16, 2016, among BUNGE FINANCE EUROPE B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands having its corporate seat (statutaire zetel) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and its registered office at 11720 Borman Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63146, United States of America and registered with the commercial register (handelsregister)  (the “Company”), as issuer, BUNGE LIMITED, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda with limited liability (the “Guarantor”), as guarantor, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (the “Trustee”), as trustee.

 

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of (i) the Company’s 1.850% Senior Notes Due 2023 issued on the date hereof and the guarantees thereof by the Guarantor (the “Initial Notes”) and (ii) if and when issued, additional 1.850% Senior Notes Due 2023 which may be offered subsequent to the Issue Date and the guarantees thereof by the Guarantor (the “Subsequent Notes” and together with the Initial Notes, the “Notes”).

 

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01.  Definitions.

 

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 Person means the power to direct 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; provided, however, that the existence of a management contract by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company to manage another entity shall not be deemed to be control.

 

Agent Member” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.01(d)(ii) hereof.

 

Attributable Indebtedness” means, when used with respect to any Sale-Leaseback Transaction, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest set forth in or implicit in the terms of the lease) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, assessments, utilities, operating and labor costs and other items that do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale-Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended).

 

Authenticating Agent” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.02 hereof.

 

Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means the Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an event that would, if consummated, result in a Change of Control until the end of the sixty (60) day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control, which sixty (60) day period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by each of the Rating Agencies.

 

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Board of Directors” means, with respect to any Person, the board of directors of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof.

 

Bunge Master Trust” means the trust created pursuant to the Pooling Agreement, a beneficial interest in the assets of which the Company has acquired through the Series 2003-1 VFC.

 

Business Day” means each day that is not a Legal Holiday.

 

Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options (whether or not currently exercisable), participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) the equity (which includes, but is not limited to, common stock or shares, preferred stock or shares and partnership and joint venture interests) of such Person (excluding any debt securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, such equity).

 

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(1)                                 the Guarantor becomes aware (by way of report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act or written notice) of the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination, of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Guarantor then outstanding;

 

(2)                                 the sale, lease or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Guarantor; or

 

(3)                                 the first day on which a majority of the members of the Guarantor’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors.

 

Change of Control Offer” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14 hereof.

 

Change of Control Payment” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14 hereof.

 

Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14 hereof.

 

Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of a Change of Control that results in a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

 

Clearing System” means Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be and/or any additional or alternative clearing system approved by the Company, the Trustee and the Paying Agent (provided that such additional or alternative clearing system must also be authorized to hold the Notes as eligible collateral for Eurosystem monetary policy and intra-day credit operations) collectively.

 

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Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme and its successors.

 

Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Company” means Bunge Finance Europe B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands having its corporate seat (statutaire zetel) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and its registered office at 11720 Borman Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63146, United States of America and registered with the commercial register (handelsregister), or its successor.

 

Company Order” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.02 hereof.

 

Company Permitted Lien” means:

 

(1) Liens for current taxes, assessments or other governmental charges which are not delinquent or remain payable without any penalty, or the validity of which is contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings upon stay of execution of the enforcement thereof or upon posting a bond in connection therewith;

 

(2) any Lien pursuant to any order or attachment or similar legal process arising in connection with court proceedings; provided that the execution or other enforcement thereof is effectively stayed or a sufficient bond had been posted and the claims secured thereby are being contested at the time in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

(3) any Liens securing bonds posted with respect to and in compliance with clauses (1) and (2) above;

 

(4) Liens to secure bonds posted in order to obtain stays of judgments, attachments or orders, the existence of which bonds would not otherwise constitute an Event of Default; and

 

(5) Liens securing obligations under a Hedge Agreement.

 

Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, at any date of determination, the total amount of assets of the Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries after deducting therefrom:

 

(1)                                 all current liabilities (excluding any current liabilities that by their terms are extendable or renewable at the option of the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed);

 

(2)                                 total prepaid expenses and deferred charges; and

 

(3)                                 all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, licenses, copyrights and other intangible assets, all as set forth, or on a pro forma basis would be set forth, on the consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries for its most recently completed fiscal quarter, prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Guarantor who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the

 

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date of the issuance of the Initial Notes; or (2) was nominated for election, appointed or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Guarantor’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director).

 

covenant defeasance option” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(b) hereof.

 

CSK” means Euroclear or Clearstream acting in the capacity of common safe-keeper of the Global Note for the Clearing Systems or a person nominated by the Clearing Systems to perform the role of common safe-keeper.

 

Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

 

Defaulted Interest” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.13 hereof.

 

Definitive Notes” means certificated Notes.

 

Designated Obligor” means the Guarantor and the Subsidiaries of the Guarantor set forth on Schedule 1.1 hereto and any other Subsidiary designated by the Guarantor from time to time as eligible to be an obligor with respect to any intercompany loan sold to the master trust under the Master Trust Transaction Documents, and each of their successors.

 

Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.

 

Euro” or “” means the single currency introduced at the third stage of the European Monetary Union pursuant to the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended from time to time.

 

Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., and its successors, as operator of the Euroclear System.

 

Event of Default” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.01 hereof.

 

Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any property, the sale value of such property that would be realized in an arms-length sale at such time between an informed and willing buyer, and an informed and willing seller, under no compulsion to buy or sell, respectively.

 

Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Company ending on December 31 of each year.

 

Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Ltd.

 

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Global Note” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.01(a) hereof.

 

guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:

 

(1)                                 to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise); or

 

(2)                                 entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);

 

provided, however, that the term “guarantee” will not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “guarantee,” when used as a verb, has a corresponding meaning.

 

Guarantee” means any guarantee of payment of the Notes and any other obligations of the Company by the Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

 

Guarantor” means Bunge Limited.

 

Guaranty” means the Eighth Amended and Restated Guaranty, dated as of November 20, 2014, by the Guarantor to Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank International,” New York Branch, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and the Master Trust Trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, subject to Section 3.02(f) hereof.

 

Hedge Agreements” means all swaps, caps or collar agreements or similar arrangements dealing with interest rates or currency exchange rates or the exchange of nominal interest obligations, either generally or under specific contingencies.

 

Holder” or “Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register.

 

Indebtedness” means, as to any Person, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business, (d) all obligations of such Person as lessee which are capitalized in accordance with U.S. GAAP, (e) all obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sales or other title retention agreement with respect to any property acquired by such Person (including without limitation, obligations under any such agreement which provides that the rights and remedies of the seller or lender thereunder in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (f) all obligations of such Person with respect to letters of credit and similar instruments, including without limitation obligations under reimbursement agreements, (g) all Indebtedness of others

 

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secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person and (h) all guarantees of such Person (other than guarantees of obligations of direct or indirect Subsidiaries of such Person).

 

Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

Initial Notes” has the meaning ascribed to it in the second introductory paragraph of this Indenture.

 

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s, BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

 

Issue Date” means the date on which the Initial Notes are originally issued.

 

legal defeasance option” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(b) hereof.

 

Legal Holiday” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.08 hereof.

 

Lien” means any mortgage, lien, security interest, pledge, charge or other encumbrance.

 

Market Exchange Rate” means the noon buying rate in the City of New York, New York for cable transfers of Euros as certified for customs purposes (or, if not so certified, as otherwise determined) by the United States Federal Reserve Board.

 

Master Trust Transaction Documents” means the collective reference to the Pooling Agreement, the Series 2003-1 Supplement, the Series 2003-1 VFC, the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Guaranty.

 

Master Trust Trustee” means The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee under, and for the purposes of, the Master Trust Transaction Documents, and any successor thereto.

 

Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect, or any development involving a prospective material adverse effect, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

Material Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Subsidiary of the Guarantor which at such time is a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.  The Material Subsidiaries as of the date hereof are set forth on Schedule 1.1 hereto.

 

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service Limited and any successor to its rating agency business.

 

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Note Register” means the register of Notes, maintained by the Registrar, pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof.

 

Notes” means the collective reference to the Initial Notes and the Subsequent Notes.

 

Obligations” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.01 hereof.

 

Officer” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Controller or the Secretary of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable.

 

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by an Officer or attorney-in-fact of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable.

 

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel, which counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company in a form and substance acceptable to the Trustee.

 

Pari Passu Indebtedness” means Indebtedness for borrowed money, the proceeds of which are used to either purchase interests in the Series 2003-1 VFC, refinance Indebtedness originally used for such purpose and/or pay expenses incurred in connection with this Indenture or any such other Indebtedness, and indebtedness incurred in connection with Hedge Agreements, in each case which ranks not greater than pari passu (in priority of payment) with the Notes.

 

Paying Agent” means the Person (including the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Notes on behalf of the Company.

 

Permitted Indebtedness” means (a) Indebtedness of the Company under the Notes and (b) Pari Passu Indebtedness.

 

Permitted Liens” means:

 

(1)                                 Liens for current taxes, assessments or other governmental charges which are not delinquent or remain payable without any penalty, or the validity of which is contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings upon stay of execution of the enforcement thereof or upon posting a bond in connection therewith;

 

(2)                                 any Lien pursuant to any order or attachment or similar legal process arising in connection with court proceedings; provided that the execution or other enforcement thereof is effectively stayed or a sufficient bond had been posted and the claims secured thereby are being contested at the time in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

(3)                                 any Liens securing bonds posted with respect to and in compliance with clauses (1) and (2) above;

 

(4)                                 any Liens securing the claims of mechanics, laborers, workmen, repairmen, materialmen, suppliers, carriers, warehousemen, landlords, or vendors or other claims provided

 

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for by mandatory provisions of law which are not yet due and delinquent, or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

(5)                                 any Lien on any Restricted Property securing Indebtedness incurred or assumed solely for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of constructing or acquiring such Restricted Property, which Lien attaches to such Restricted Property concurrently with or within 120 days after construction, acquisition or completion of a series of related acquisitions thereof;

 

(6)                                 Liens existing immediately prior to the execution and delivery of this Indenture (and listed on Schedule 3.4 hereto);

 

(7)                                 Liens to secure bonds posted in order to obtain stays of judgments, attachments or orders, the existence of which bonds would not otherwise constitute an Event of Default;

 

(8)                                 Liens on Restricted Property or with respect to the shares of stock or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary, that either (i) existed prior to the acquisition of (A) such Restricted Property, (B) any Subsidiary that is the owner of such Restricted Property or (C) with respect to the shares of stock or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary, any such Restricted Subsidiary, or (ii) arise as a result of contractual commitments to grant a Lien relating to (A) such Restricted Property, (B) any Subsidiary that is the owner of such Restricted Subsidiary or (C) with respect to the shares of stock or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary, any such Restricted Subsidiary, in each of (A), (B) and (C) existing prior to such acquisition;

 

(9)                                 Liens created by a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the Company, the Guarantor or a Subsidiary;

 

(10)                          Liens on any accounts receivable from or invoices to export customers (including, but not limited to, Subsidiaries) and the proceeds thereof;

 

(11)                          Liens on rights under contracts to sell, purchase or receive commodities to or from export customers (including, but not limited to, Subsidiaries) and the proceeds thereof;

 

(12)                          Liens on cash deposited as collateral in connection with financings where Liens are permitted under clause (10) and (11) of this definition;

 

(13)                          Liens extending, renewing or replacing, in whole or in part Liens permitted pursuant to (i) clauses (1) through (5) and (7) through (12), so long as the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien does not exceed its original principal amount and (ii) in the case of clause (6), so long as the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien does not exceed the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to the execution and delivery of the Indenture;

 

(14)                          minor survey exceptions or minor encumbrances, easements or reservations, or rights of others for rights-of-way, utilities and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties that constitute Restricted Property, which are necessary for the conduct of the activities of the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary or which customarily exist on properties of corporations engaged in similar activities and similarly

 

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situated and which do not in any event materially impair their use in the operation of the business of the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(15)                          Liens on accounts receivable and other related assets arising in connection with transfers thereof to the extent such transfers are treated as true sales of financial assets under FASB Statement No. 166, and such accounts receivable and related assets are not consolidated on the consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries under FASB Statement No. 167;

 

(16)                          Liens on intercompany loans made to the Guarantor or its Subsidiaries or on any notes or other instruments representing an interest in such intercompany loans in each case as set forth in the Master Trust Transaction Documents;

 

(17)                          Liens securing obligations under a Hedge Agreement or swap, cap or collar agreement or similar arrangement related to equities or commodities;

 

(18)                          Liens on any checking account, saving account, clearing account, futures account, deposit account, securities account, brokerage account, custody account or other account (or on any assets held in such account), securing obligations under any agreement or arrangement related to the opening of or provision of clearing, pooling, zero-balancing, brokerage, settlement, margin or other services related to such account (or on any assets held in such account), which customarily exist on similar accounts (or on any assets held in such accounts) of corporations in connection with the opening of, or provision of clearing, pooling, zero-balancing, brokerage, settlement, margin or other services related, to such accounts; and

 

(19)                          Liens securing any obligations related to the issuance of a letter of credit or any similar instrument, including without limitation, obligations under reimbursement agreements.

 

For purposes of this definition above, (A) the phrases “accounts receivable from or invoices to export customers” and “contracts to sell, purchase or receive commodities to (from) export customers” shall refer to invoices or accounts receivable derived from the sale of, or contracts to sell, purchase or receive wheat, soybeans or other commodities or products derived from the processing of wheat, soybeans or other commodities, by or to the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary that have been or are to be exported from the country of origin whether or not such sale is made by a Restricted Subsidiary or to any of its Subsidiaries; and (B) property of a party to a corporate reorganization which is not the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be or have been “acquired” by the Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary as part of such corporate reorganization even if the Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is not the surviving or continuing entity.

 

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company, government or any agency or political subdivision hereof or any other entity.

 

Pooling Agreement” means the Fifth Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2004, among Bunge Funding, Inc., Bunge Management Services, Inc., as servicer,

 

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and the Master Trust Trustee, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, subject to Section 3.02(f) hereof.

 

Principal Trust Office” means such trust office or agency as may be designated by the Trustee in writing to the Company from time to time, or the designated corporate trust office of any successor Trustee.  The initial Principal Trust Office shall be the office of the Trustee to which notices are to be sent as set forth in Section 11.02 hereof.

 

Property” means any property, whether presently owned or hereafter acquired, including any asset, revenue or right to receive income or any other property, whether tangible or intangible, real or personal.

 

Rating Agencies” means (1) Moody’s, S&P and Fitch; and (2) if Moody’s, S&P or Fitch ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by Bunge Limited which shall be substituted for any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, or all of them, as the case may be.

 

Redemption Date” means, with respect to any redemption of Notes, the date of redemption with respect thereto.

 

Redemption Price” has the meaning ascribed to it under the section entitled “Optional Redemption by the Company” on the reverse side of the Notes, the forms of which are attached as Exhibits A and B hereto.

 

Registrar” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.03 hereof.

 

Relevant Jurisdiction” means any jurisdiction in which the Company or the Guarantor (or a successor to either entity as Company or Guarantor) is incorporated or resident for tax purposes or any department or political subdivision thereof or therein.

 

Restricted Property” means any building, mine, structure or other facility (together with the land on which it is erected and fixtures comprising a part thereof) and inventories now owned or hereafter acquired by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary and used for oilseed or grain origination, processing, transportation or storage, mining or fertilizer refining or storage.

 

Restricted Subsidiary” means (a) any Designated Obligor or (b) any Material Subsidiary.

 

Sale-Leaseback Transaction” means the sale or transfer by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Restricted Property to a Person (other than the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary) and the taking back by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, of a lease of such Restricted Property.

 

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Credit Market Services Europe Limited, a division of the McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

 

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Series 2003-1 Supplement” means the Third Amended and Restated Series 2003-1 Supplement to the Pooling Agreement, dated as of May 13, 2016, among Bunge Funding, Inc., Bunge Management Services, Inc., the Company and the Master Trust Trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, subject to Section 3.02(f) hereof.

 

Series 2003-1 VFC Certificate” means the interest in the Bunge Master Trust created and authorized pursuant to a supplement to the Pooling Agreement that is designated as the “Series 2003-1 VFC Certificate” in which the Company will acquire a beneficial interest with the net proceeds of the Notes and other Permitted Indebtedness.

 

Servicing Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2003 among Bunge Funding, Inc., Bunge Management Services, Inc., as the servicer, and the Master Trust Trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, subject to Section 3.02(f) hereof.

 

Special Interest Payment Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.13 hereof.

 

Special Record Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.13 hereof.

 

Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision, but shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

 

Subsequent Notes” has the meaning ascribed to it in the second introductory paragraph of this Indenture.

 

Subsidiary” means any corporation, limited liability company or other business entity of which the requisite number of shares of stock or other equity ownership interests having ordinary voting power (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to elect a majority of the directors, managers or trustees thereof, or any partnership of which more than 50% of the partners’ equity interests (considering all partners’ equity interests as a single class) is, in each case, at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a Person, one or more of the Subsidiaries of such Person, or combination thereof.

 

Successor Guarantor” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4.01 hereof.

 

TARGET 2” means the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on 19 November 2007.

 

TARGET Settlement Date” means any day on which TARGET 2 is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.

 

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Trust Indenture Act” means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except as provided in Section 9.03 hereof.

 

Trust Officer” means, with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer, assistant secretary, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the individuals who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such individual’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, such successor.

 

Underwriters” means, collectively, BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, ING Bank N.V., J.P. Morgan Securities plc, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, HSBC Bank plc, Lloyds Bank plc, SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited, Société Générale, ANZ Securities, Inc., Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, ICBC Standard Bank plc, NATIXIS, Standard Chartered Bank and UniCredit Bank AG.

 

U.S. GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect on the Issue Date.

 

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

 

Section 1.02.  Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.  This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the Trust Indenture Act which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.  The following Trust Indenture Act terms have the following meanings:

 

“Commission” means the SEC.

 

“indenture securities” means the Notes.

 

“indenture security holder” means a Noteholder.

 

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

 

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

 

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

 

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All other Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined in the Trust Indenture Act by reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

 

Section 1.03.  Rules of Construction.  Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(1)                                 a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

(2)                                 an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with U.S. GAAP as in effect on the Issue Date;

 

(3)                                 “or” is not exclusive;

 

(4)                                 “including” means including without limitation;

 

(5)                                 words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular; and

 

(6)                                 the principal amount of any noninterest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date and prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES

 

Section 2.01.  Form, Dating and Terms.  (a)  The Initial Notes are being offered and sold by the Company pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated June 9, 2016 among the Company, the Guarantor and the Underwriters.

 

The Initial Notes offered and sold to the Underwriters will be issued on the Issue Date in the form of a permanent global Note, without interest coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Indenture, including appropriate legends as set forth in Section 2.01(c) hereof (the “Global Note”), safekept by the CSK, as common safe-keeper for the Clearing Systems, duly executed by the Company, authenticated by the Registrar and effectuated by the CSK as hereinafter provided.  The aggregate principal amount of the Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the Note Register.

 

Except as described in the succeeding two sentences, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in London, United Kingdom, or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, each installment of interest may be paid by check mailed to addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear on the Note Register.

 

Whilst any Notes are represented by a Global Note, all payments due in respect of the Notes shall be made to, or to the order of, the holder of the Global Note, subject to and in

 

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accordance with the provisions of the Global Note.  On the occasion of each payment, the Paying Agent shall instruct Euroclear and Clearstream to make the appropriate entries in their records to reflect such payment.  Payments in respect of Notes represented by Definitive Notes (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) held by a Holder of at least €1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by Definitive Notes will be made by wire transfer to a Euro account maintained by the payee with a branch of a designated bank in the European Union if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 15 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).

 

Any Subsequent Notes shall be in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

 

The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage, in addition to those set forth on Exhibit A hereto and in Section 2.01(c) hereof.  The Company and Trustee shall approve the forms of the Notes and any notation, endorsement or legend on them.  Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication or, if later (in the case of a Global Note), effectuation.  The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibit A hereto are part of the terms of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to be bound by such terms.

 

All payments of interest and principal on the Notes, including payments made upon any redemption of the Notes, will be made in Euros.  If the Euro is unavailable to the Company due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Company’s control or if the Euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Economic and Monetary Union that have adopted the Euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of the Notes shall be made in U.S. dollars until the Euro is again available to the Company or so used.  The amount payable on any date in Euros shall be converted into U.S. dollars on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate for Euros.  The Market Exchange Rate most recently available on, or prior to, the second Business Day before the relevant determination date will be the basis for determining the equivalent of Euro in the currency of the United States of America for any purposes under the Indenture.  Any payment in respect of such Notes so made in U.S. dollars shall not constitute an Event of Default under the Notes or this Indenture.  Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent shall have any responsibility for obtaining exchange rates, effecting conversions or otherwise handling redenominations.

 

The Notes shall be subject to repurchase by the Company pursuant to a Change of Control Offer as provided in Section 3.14 hereof.  The Notes shall not be redeemable, other than as provided in Article 5.

 

It is intended that the Notes, whilst represented by one or more Global Notes, will be recognized as eligible collateral for Eurosystem monetary policy and intra-day credit operations by the Eurosystem either upon issue, or at any or all times during their life.

 

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(b)                                                         Denominations.  The Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, and only in denominations of €100,000 and any integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof.

 

(c)                                                          Legends.  Each of the Global Notes, whether or not an Initial Note, shall bear the following legend on the face thereof:

 

“THIS CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE NOMINEE OF THE ENTITY APPOINTED AS COMMON SAFE-KEEPER (THE “CSK”) FOR CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME (“CLEARSTREAM”) AND EUROCLEAR BANK S.A./N.V. (“EUROCLEAR” AND, TOGETHER WITH CLEARSTREAM, THE “CLEARING SYSTEMS”).

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CSK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE CSK OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CSK (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE CSK OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CSK), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, THE CLEARING SYSTEMS, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE CSK OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE.”

 

(d)                                                         Book-Entry Provisions.  (i) This Section 2.01(d) shall apply only to Global Notes deposited with the CSK, as common safe-keeper for the Clearing Systems.

 

(i)                                                             Each Global Note initially shall (A) be registered in the name of a nominee of the CSK for and in respect of interests held through, the Clearing Systems, (B) be delivered to the CSK as the common safe-keeper for the Clearing Systems and (C) bear legends as set forth in Section 2.01(c) hereof.

 

(ii)                                                          Members of, or participants in, the Clearing Systems (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Clearing Systems or by the CSK as common safe-keeper for the Clearing Systems or under such Global Note, and the nominee of the CSK may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any agent of the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Clearing Systems or impair, as

 

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between the CSK, the Clearing Systems and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of the Clearing Systems governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.

 

(iii)                                                       In connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial interest in a Global Note pursuant to Section 2.01(e) hereof to beneficial owners who are required to hold Definitive Notes, the Registrar and, pursuant to Section 2.05 hereof, the Paying Agent shall procure that the Clearing Systems reflect in their books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Definitive Notes of like tenor and amount.

 

(iv)                                                      In connection with the transfer of an entire Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to Section 2.01(e) hereof, such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Registrar for cancellation, and the Paying Agent will inform the CSK and procure that the relevant amendments are made in the records of the Clearing Systems and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Clearing Systems in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations.

 

(v)                                                         The registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

 

(e)                                                          Definitive Notes.

 

(i)                                                             Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes will not be entitled to receive Definitive Notes.  If required to do so pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, beneficial owners may obtain Definitive Notes in exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Note upon written request in accordance with the Clearing Systems’ and the Registrar’s procedures.  In addition, Definitive Notes shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Note within 60 days if (a) the Company has been notified that the Clearing Systems (or any additional or alternative clearing system approved by the Company, the Trustee and the Paying Agent on behalf of which the Global Note may be held) has been closed for business for a continuous period of 14 days (other than by reason of holidays, statutory or otherwise) or has announced an intention permanently to cease business or does in fact do so; or (b) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request from the Clearing Systems.

 

(ii)                                                          In connection with the exchange of a portion of a Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note, the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Note, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to the transferring Holder a new Definitive Note representing the principal amount not so transferred.

 

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Section 2.02.  Execution, Authentication and Effectuation.  One Officer shall execute the Notes, on behalf of the Company, by manual or facsimile signature.  If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Definitive Note or the Registrar authenticates the Global Note and, in the case of a Global Note, the CSK effectuates the Global Notes, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.

 

A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (with respect to Definitive Notes and the Registrar with respect to a Global Note) manually authenticates the Note and, in the case of the Global Note, the Global Note is effectuated by the CSK by the manual or facsimile signature of one of its authorized signatories.  The signature of the Trustee or the Registrar on a Note and, in the case of a Global Note, evidence via facsimile transmission, electronic means or such other evidence in writing as may be acceptable to the Registrar of the execution by the CSK of the certificate of effectuation on such Note shall be conclusive evidence that such Note has been duly and validly authenticated, effectuated and issued under this Indenture.  A Note shall be dated the date of its authentication or, if later (in the case of a Global Note), effectuation.

 

The Company authorizes and instructs the Registrar to (i) authenticate the Global Notes, (ii) transmit such Global Notes electronically to the CSK and to give effectuation instructions in respect of the Global Notes following its authentication thereof and (iii) instruct the Clearing Systems to make appropriate entries in their records to reflect the initial oustanding aggregate principal amount of the Notes.

 

The Registrar shall authenticate and make available for delivery and the CSK shall effectuate: (1) at any time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, a Global Note representing the Initial Notes for issue on the Issue Date in an aggregate principal amount of €600,000,000; (2) if and when issued (subject to Section 2.01(e)), a Global Note or Global Notes representing each tranche of the Subsequent Notes for issue on the issue date thereof, in each case upon a written order of the Company signed by two Officers or by an Officer and an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the Company (the “Company Order”); and (3) if and when issued in accordance with Section 2.01(e), a Definitive Note or Definitive Notes.  Such Company Order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and (in the case of a Global Note) effectuated, the date on which the issue of Notes is to be authenticated and (in the case of a Global Note) effectuated and whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes or Subsequent Notes.  The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered and (in the case of a Global Note) effectuated under this Indenture is initially limited to €600,000,000 outstanding (plus any Subsequent Notes), except for Notes authenticated and delivered and (in the case of a Global Note) effectuated upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the same class pursuant to Section 2.08, Section 2.09, Section 2.11, Section 5.09 or Section 9.05 hereof.  All Notes issued on the Issue Date and all Subsequent Notes shall be identical in all respects other than issue date, issue price and the date from which interest accrues and any changes relating thereto; provided that if the Subsequent Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for United States federal income tax purposes, the Subsequent Notes will have a separate CUSIP number, Common Code, and ISIN number and/or any other identifying number.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Initial Notes and any Subsequent Notes of the same class will be treated as a single class of securities under this Indenture.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing

 

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sentence, unless otherwise provided in this Indenture, all Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class and no Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.

 

The Trustee may appoint an agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Definitive Notes and the Registrar may appoint an agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Global Notes, as applicable (the “Authenticating Agent”).  Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, any such Authenticating Agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee or Registrar may do so.  Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee or Registrar includes authentication by the Authenticating Agent.  An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as a Paying Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.

 

Where the Registrar delivers any authenticated Global Note to a CSK for effectuation using electronic means, it is authorized and instructed to destroy the Global Note retained by it following its receipt of confirmation from the CSK that the relevant Global Note has been effectuated.

 

Section 2.03.  Registrar and Paying Agent.  The Company shall cause to be kept a register for the Notes (the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Company may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of the Notes and of all transfers and exchanges with respect thereto.  The Note Register shall be maintained by the Trustee or such other Person (including the Company or the Guarantor) appointed by the Company as the registrar (the “Registrar”).  The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Place of Payment”).  The Company shall cause the Paying Agent to maintain an office or agency in the City of London, United Kingdom and the Registrar to maintain an office or agency in Ireland.  The Place of Payment will initially be the office of the Paying Agent at 5th Floor, 125 Old Broad Street, London EC2N, 1AR, United Kingdom (or such other office of the Paying Agent in London, United Kingdom as agreed to by the Company and the Paying Agent).  The Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents.  The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent.

 

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar and Paying Agent that is not a party to this Indenture.  The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent.  The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of each such agent.  If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee or a Subsidiary of the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof.  The Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Company or the Guarantor may act as Paying Agent, Registrar, co registrar or transfer agent.

 

The Company will initially appoint the CSK to act as common safe-keeper for the Clearing Systems with respect to the Global Note.  The Company has entered or will enter into an Issuer — ICSD Agreement in the form mandated by the Clearing Systems in connection with the servicing of the Notes by the Clearing Systems.

 

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The Company shall undertake, to the extent permitted by law, to maintain a paying agent that will not be required to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such European Council Directive. The Company has, pursuant to that certain Agency Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2016, initially appointed Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch, as the Paying Agent and Elavon Financial Services Limited as the Registrar for the Notes.

 

Section 2.04.  Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.  By at least 10:00 a.m. (London time) on the date on which any principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any Note is due and payable, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum in Euros sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest when due.  The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Noteholders or the Trustee all money held by such Paying Agent for the payment of principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Notes and shall notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company or the Guarantor in making any such payment.  If the Company, the Guarantor or a Subsidiary of the Company or the Guarantor acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund.  The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by such Paying Agent.  Upon complying with this Section 2.04, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or the Guarantor) shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.  Upon any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

 

Section 2.05.  Additional Responsibilities of the Paying Agent Regarding the Global Notes.

 

(a)                       The Paying Agent will inform the Clearing Systems (through the common service provider (the “CSP”) appointed by the Clearing Systems to service the Global Notes) of the initial issue outstanding amount (“IOA”) for the Notes on or prior to the applicable closing date.

 

(b)                       If any event occurs that requires a mark-up or mark-down of the records that Euroclear or Clearstream holds for its customers to reflect such customers’ interest in any Global Note, the Paying Agent will promptly provide details of the amount of such mark-up or mark-down, together with a description of the event that requires it, to the Clearing Systems (through the CSP) to ensure that the records of the Clearing Systems reflecting the IOA of the Notes remain at all times accurate.

 

(c)                        The Paying Agent will at least once every month perform a reconciliation process with the Clearing Systems (through the CSP) with respect to the IOA for the Notes and will promptly inform the Clearing Systems (through the CSP) of any discrepancies.

 

(d)                       The Paying Agent will promptly assist the Clearing Systems (through the CSP) in resolving any discrepancy identified in the records reflecting the IOA of the Notes.

 

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(e)                        The Paying Agent will promptly provide to the Clearing Systems (through the CSP) details of all amounts paid under the Notes.

 

(f)                         The Paying Agent will promptly provide to the Clearing Systems (through the CSP) notice of any changes to the Notes that will affect the amount of, or date for, any payment due under the Notes.

 

(g)                        The Paying Agent will promptly provide to the Clearing Systems (through the CSP) copies of all notices in its possession that are given by or on behalf of the Company to the holders of the Notes.

 

(h)                       The Paying Agent will promptly pass on to the Company all communications it receives from the Clearing Systems directly or through the CSP relating to the Notes.  Any such notice shall be deemed to have been conclusively given by being sent by facsimile to the Company in accordance with the provision of Section 11.02 hereof.

 

(i)                           The Paying Agent will promptly notify the Clearing Systems (through the CSP) of any failure by the Company to make any payment or delivery due under the Notes when due.

 

Section 2.06.  Certain Rights of the Paying Agent.  For avoidance of doubt, the rights, protections and exculpations available to the Trustee under the Indenture shall also be available to the Trustee in each of its capacities thereunder, including as Paying Agent.

 

Section 2.07.  Noteholder Lists.  The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Noteholders and shall otherwise comply with Trust Indenture Act, Section 312(a).  If the Trustee is not the Registrar, or to the extent otherwise required under the Trust Indenture Act, the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Guarantor, shall furnish to the Trustee, in writing at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Noteholders and the Company shall otherwise comply with Trust Indenture Act, Section 312(a).

 

Section 2.08.  Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a)                                                         The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof or this Section 2.08.  The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable prior written notice to the Registrar.

 

(b)                                                         Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes.

 

(i)                                                             To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall, subject to the other terms and conditions of this Article 2, execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Notes and the Registrar shall authenticate Global Notes at the Registrar’s or co-registrar’s request; provided that the Registrar shall instruct, or shall cause the Paying Agent to instruct, the CSK to effectuate any such Global Notes and such

 

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Global Notes shall have been effectuated by (or on behalf of) the CSK on the proposed issue date thereof.

 

(ii)                                                          No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Guarantor may require from a Holder payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charges payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Section 3.14 and Section 9.05 hereof).

 

(iii)                                                       The Registrar or co-registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of, or exchange of, any Note for a period beginning (1) 15 days before the mailing of a notice of an offer to repurchase or redeem Notes and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (2) 15 days before an interest payment date and ending on such interest payment date.

 

(iv)                                                      Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

(v)                                                         All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt, and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

 

(vi)                                                      All Global Notes shall be registered in the name of a nominee of the CSK, for, and in respect of interests held through the Clearing Systems and all transfers of beneficial ownership interests therein will be made in accordance with the rules of the Clearing Systems.  The Paying Agent will instruct Euroclear and Clearstream to make the appropriate entries in their records in respect of all Global Notes.  No investor or other party purchasing, selling or otherwise transferring beneficial ownership interests in Global Notes shall receive, hold or deliver any certificate representing the same.  The Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability for transfers of beneficial ownership interests in any Global Note.

 

(vii)                                                   Each Holder of a Note agrees to indemnify the Company and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Note in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable United States Federal or state securities law.

 

(c)                                                          No Obligation of the Trustee.

 

(i)                                                             The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, an Agent Member or any other Person with respect to (A) the accuracy of the records of the CSK, the Clearing Systems or its nominee or of any

 

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participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes, (B) the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Clearing Systems) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Notes (or other security or property) under or with respect to such Notes, or (C) the selection of the particular Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed or refunded in the event of a partial redemption or refunding of the Notes.  All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders in respect of the Notes shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be the CSK or its nominee in the case of a Global Note).  The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the CSK subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Clearing Systems.  The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Clearing Systems with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.

 

(ii)                                                          The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among the Clearing Systems, their Agent Members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture with respect to transfers between Holders, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

(iii)                               None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the CSK or the Clearing Systems, as the case may be.

 

Section 2.09.  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.  If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code are met and the Holder satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee.  Such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar and any co-registrar from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced, and, in the absence of notice to the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon Company Order the Trustee (in the case of Definitive Notes) and the Registrar (in the case of Global Notes) shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange for any such mutilated Note or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding; provided, that in the case of any Global Notes, the Registrar shall instruct, or shall cause the Paying Agent to instruct, the CSK to effectuate such Note and such Global Note shall have been effectuated by the CSK.

 

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In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note.

 

Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section 2.09, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) in connection therewith.

 

Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.09 in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, the Guarantor (if applicable) and any other obligor upon the Notes, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

 

The provisions of this Section 2.09 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.

 

Section 2.10.  Outstanding Notes.  Notes outstanding at any time are all Definitive Notes authenticated by the Trustee and, in the case of the Global Notes, all Global Notes authenticated by the Registrar and effectuated by the CSK except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.10 as not outstanding.  A Note ceases to be outstanding in the event the Company holds the Note; provided, however, that (i) for purposes of determining which are outstanding for consent or voting purposes hereunder, Notes shall cease to be outstanding in the event the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note and (ii) in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making a determination whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Notes are present at a meeting of Holders of Notes for quorum purposes or have consented to or voted in favor of any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, amendment or modification hereunder, or relying upon any such quorum, consent or vote, only Notes which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be held by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall not be considered outstanding.  In the case of a Global Note, save for the purposes of clause (i) of the preceding sentence, the Trustee shall rely on the records of the Clearing Systems, Luxembourg in relation to any determination of the principal amount outstanding of such Global Note.  For this purpose, “records” means the records that each of the Clearing Systems, Luxembourg holds for its customers which reflect the amount of such customer’s interest in the Notes.

 

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.

 

If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest 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

 

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the Noteholders 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.

 

Section 2.11.  Temporary Notes.  Until Definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes.  Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes.  Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Notes.  After the preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at any office or agency maintained by the Company for that purpose and such exchange shall be without charge to the Holder.  Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor, one or more Definitive Notes representing an equal principal amount of Notes.  Until so exchanged, the Holder of temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as a holder of Definitive Notes.

 

Section 2.12.  Cancellation.  The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation.  The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment.  The Trustee, and no one else, shall cancel and dispose of all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation, in its customary manner.  The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for any reason other than in connection with a transfer or exchange.  In the case of the cancellation of Notes represented by a Global Note, the Paying Agent shall instruct the Clearing Systems to make the appropriate entries in their records.

 

Section 2.13.  Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest.  Interest on any Note which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any interest payment date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof.

 

Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not paid when the same becomes due and payable and such nonpayment continues for a period of 30 days shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the regular record date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such defaulted interest and (to the extent lawful) interest on such defaulted interest at the rate borne by the Notes (such defaulted interest and interest thereon herein collectively called “Defaulted Interest”) shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:

 

(a)                                                         The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business (London time) on a Special Record Date (as defined below) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner.  The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date (not less than 30 days after such notice) of the proposed payment (the “Special Interest Payment Date”), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or the Paying

 

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Agent 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 in this clause provided.  Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be as of the close of the Business Day immediately prior to the Special Interest Payment Date (the “Special Record Date”).  The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date, and in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor to be given in the manner provided for in Section 11.02 hereof, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.  Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor having been so given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid on the Special Interest Payment Date to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business (London time) on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (b).

 

(b)                                                         The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest 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 Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

 

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.13, 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.

 

Section 2.14.  Computation of Interest.  Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid or duly provided for (or from and including the original issue date of the Notes, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for with respect to the Notes) on the Notes, to, but excluding the next scheduled interest payment date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.  This payment convention is referred to as ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) (as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Market Association).

 

Section 2.15.  CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN Numbers.  The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP,” “Common Code” and “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP,” “Common Code” and “ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no liability for any defect in the “CUSIP,” “Common Code” or “ISIN” numbers as they appear on any Notes, notice or elsewhere, and provided further, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such CUSIP, Common Code or ISIN numbers.  The Company shall

 

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promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers.

 

Section 2.16.  Tax Treatment.  The Company and each holder and beneficial owner intend, and will take all actions consistent with the intention, that the Notes be treated as indebtedness for all federal, state, local, and foreign income and franchise tax purposes.  The Company, by entering into this Indenture, and each holder and beneficial owner, by its acceptance of its Note, agree to treat the Notes as indebtedness for federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax purposes.

 

ARTICLE 3
COVENANTS

 

Section 3.01.  Payment of Notes.  The Company shall promptly pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture.  Principal and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent in any Place of Payment holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Noteholders on that date.

 

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, at the rate specified therefor in the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture and subject to Section 11.15, the Company may, to the extent it is required to do so by law, deduct or withhold income or other taxes imposed by the United States of America (or any political subdivision thereof) from principal or interest payments hereunder.

 

Section 3.02.  Limitation and Restrictions on Activities of the Company.  (a) The Company shall not engage in any business or enterprise or enter into or be a party to any transaction or agreement other than in connection with (i) the issuance and sale of the Notes, (ii) the incurrence of other Permitted Indebtedness, (iii) the entering into of Hedge Agreements relating to the Notes or the other Permitted Indebtedness having a notional amount not exceeding the aggregate principal amount of the Notes and such other Permitted Indebtedness then outstanding and (iv) the use of the net proceeds from the issuance of the Notes or the other Permitted Indebtedness to either increase its investment in the Series 2003-1 VFC, repay the Notes or other Permitted Indebtedness outstanding from time to time or pay expenses incurred in connection with such Permitted Indebtedness.

 

(b)                                 The Company shall not acquire or own any subsidiary or other assets or property (either real or personal), except for (i) the Series 2003-1 VFC, (ii) Hedge Agreements, and (iii) instruments evidencing the interests in the foregoing.

 

(c)                                  The Company shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness.

 

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(d)                                 The Company shall not create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Company Permitted Liens) upon or with respect to any of its Property; provided, however, it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Company shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien, including any Lien which would otherwise constitute a Permitted Lien in the case of the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than Company Permitted Liens.

 

(e)                                  The Company shall not enter into any consolidation, merger, amalgamation, joint venture, syndicate or other form of combination with any Person, and shall not sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of any of its assets or receivables, including, without limitation, the Series 2003-1 VFC or any interest in the Series 2003-1 VFC.

 

(f)                                   The Company shall not amend, supplement, waive or modify, or consent to any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification of, any Master Trust Transaction Document except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.02(f).  Any provision of any Master Trust Transaction Document may be amended, waived, supplemented, restated, discharged or terminated without the consent of the Holders so long as in each case, the Trustee shall have received prior notice thereof together with copies of any documentation related thereto; provided that such amendment, waiver, supplement or restatement does not (i) render the Series 2003-1 VFC subordinate in payment to any other Series under the Bunge Master Trust or otherwise adversely discriminate against the Series 2003-1 VFC relative to any other Series under the Bunge Master Trust, (ii) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, distributions which are required to be made on or in respect of the Series 2003-1 VFC, (iii) change the definition of, the manner of calculating, or in any way the amount of, the interest of the Company in the assets of the Bunge Master Trust, (iv) change the definition of “Eligible Loans” or, to the extent used in such definition, other defined terms used in such definition, (v) result in a Default or Event of Default, or (vi) terminate the Bunge Master Trust with respect to less than all of the then outstanding Series issued by the Bunge Master Trust; and provided, further, that, the Bunge Master Trust may be terminated at any time with respect to all Series then outstanding without the consent of the Holders.  Any amendment, waiver, supplement or restatement of a Master Trust Transaction Document (including any exhibit thereto) of the type described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of this Section 3.02(f) shall require the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes.

 

Section 3.03.  Limitation on Liens.  The Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, upon or with respect to any Restricted Property or upon any shares of stock or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary, to secure any Indebtedness incurred or guaranteed by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Notes), unless all of the outstanding Notes and the Guarantee are secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, such Indebtedness for so long as such Indebtedness shall be so secured.

 

Section 3.04.  Limitation on Sale-Leaseback Transactions.  The Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale-Leaseback Transaction unless:

 

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(a)                                                         the Sale-Leaseback Transaction occurs within six months from the date of the acquisition of the Restricted Property subject thereto or the date of the completion of construction or commencement of full operations of such Restricted Property, whichever is later; or

 

(b)                                                         the Sale-Leaseback Transaction is between the Guarantor and a Restricted Subsidiary of the Guarantor, or between Restricted Subsidiaries of the Guarantor; or

 

(c)                                                          the Sale-Leaseback Transaction involves a lease for a period, including renewals, of not more than three years; or

 

(d)                                                         the Sale-Leaseback Transaction constitutes a Permitted Lien for the purposes of Section 3.03 hereof; or

 

(e)                                                          the Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary, within a one year period after such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, (i) applies or causes to be applied an amount not less than the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction to the prepayment, repayment, redemption, reduction or retirement of any Indebtedness of the Guarantor or any Subsidiary having a maturity of more than one year that is not subordinated to the Notes or the Guarantee or (ii) enters into a bona fide commitment to expend an amount not less than the Attributable Indebtedness for such Sale-Leaseback Transaction during such one-year period to the acquisition, construction or development of other similar Property.

 

Section 3.05.  Exclusion from Limitations.  Notwithstanding Sections 3.03 and 3.04 hereof, the Guarantor may, and may permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any Restricted Property or the shares of stock or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary to secure Indebtedness incurred or guaranteed by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Notes) or effect any Sale-Leaseback Transaction of a Restricted Property that is not excepted by Section 3.04(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) hereof, without equally and ratably securing the Notes or the Guarantee; provided that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness (other than the Notes) secured by Liens (other than Permitted Liens) upon Restricted Property and the shares of stock or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary plus the Attributable Indebtedness from Sale-Leaseback Transactions of Restricted Property not so excepted, do not exceed 20% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

 

Section 3.06.  Corporate Existence.  Subject to Article 4 hereof, each of the Company and the Guarantor will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and take all reasonable action to maintain its corporate rights (charter and statutory), licenses, privileges and franchises; provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantor shall not be required to preserve any such right, license, privilege or franchise if the Board of Directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business and that the loss thereof is not, and will not be, disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders; and provided further, the Guarantor may amalgamate or merge in accordance with Section 4.01 hereof.

 

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Section 3.07.  Maintenance of Properties; Insurance.  The Guarantor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep all property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition, except where failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Guarantor shall maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all its property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks as are customary for the Guarantor’s type of business.

 

Section 3.08.  Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.  Each of the Company and the Guarantor shall pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all federal income and other material taxes, assessments and similar governmental charges imposed on it, except where (i) the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves to the extent required by U.S. GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the Company or the Guarantor or (ii) the nonpayment of such federal income and other material taxes, assessments and claims in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.09.  Payments for Consent.  Neither the Company, the Guarantor nor any Subsidiaries of the Company or the Guarantor will, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fees or otherwise, to any Holder of any Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid or is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

 

Section 3.10.  Compliance Certificate.  The Company and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Company and the Guarantor a certificate signed by the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company and the Guarantor, respectively, stating that in the course of the performance by the signer of his or her duties as an officer of the Company and the Guarantor he or she would normally have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default and whether or not the signer knows of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during such period.  If he or she does, the certificate shall describe the Default or Event of Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.  The Company also shall comply with Trust Indenture Act, Section 314(a)(4).

 

Section 3.11.  Further Instruments and Acts.  Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

 

Section 3.12.  Statement by Officers as to Default.  The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or default and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

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Section 3.13.  Notice of Change in Bermuda Law, Debt Ratings.  The Guarantor shall give written notice to the Trustee promptly after becoming aware of (i) any changes in taxes, duties or other fees of Bermuda or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or any change in any laws of Bermuda, in each case, that may affect any payment due under this Indenture, (ii) any change in such Guarantor’s public or private debt ratings by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined by the SEC for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act, and (iii) any development or event which has had, or which the Guarantor in its good faith judgment believes will have, a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the Trustee shall have no responsibilities or duties with respect to any such notice.  Delivery of any such notice to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such notice shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

 

Section 3.14.  Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.  (a)  If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has previously or concurrently irrevocably exercised its right to redeem all the outstanding Notes as described under Section 5.06 hereof without such redemption being subject to any conditions precedent, the Company shall make an offer to purchase all of the Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (the “Change of Control Payment”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of the Notes of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.  Within 60 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company shall send notice of such Change of Control Offer by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Clearing Systems with a copy to the Trustee, with the following information:

 

(i)                                                             that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.14 and that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be accepted for payment by the Company;

 

(ii)                                                          the date of the Change of Control Triggering Event;

 

(iii)                                                       the date, which will be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, by which the Company must purchase the Notes (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);

 

(iv)                                                      the price that the Company must pay for the Notes it is obligated to purchase;

 

(v)                                                         the name and address of the Trustee;

 

(vi)                                                      that any Note not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;

 

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(vii)                                                   that unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(viii)                                                that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes completed, to the paying agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(ix)                                                      that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Company to purchase such Notes; provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the close of business on the 30th day following the date of the Change of Control notice, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder of the Notes, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased;

 

(x)                                                         that if the Company is repurchasing less than all of the Notes, the Holders of the remaining Notes will be issued new Notes and such new Notes will be equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered.  The unpurchased portion of the Notes must be equal to €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof; and

 

(xi)                                                      the other instructions, as determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 3.14, that a Holder must follow.

 

The notice, if mailed in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder or the Trustee receives such notice.  If (a) the notice is mailed in a manner herein provided and (b) any Holder fails to receive such notice or a Holder receives such notice but it is defective, such Holder’s failure to receive such notice or such defect shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the purchase of the Notes as to all other Holders that properly received such notice without defect.  The Company shall comply with all federal and state securities laws, including, specifically, Rule 13e-4, if applicable, under the Exchange Act, and any related Schedule 13E-4 required to be submitted under that rule, to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer.  To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 3.14, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 3.14 by virtue thereof.

 

(b)                                                         On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent permitted by law:

 

(i)                                                             accept for payment all Notes issued by it or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer (subject to minimum denomination requirements as provided in Section 3.14(a)(x)),

 

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(ii)                                                          deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered, and

 

(iii)                                                       deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating the aggregate principal amount of such Notes or portions thereof that have been tendered to, and purchased by, the Company.

 

(c)                                                          The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 3.14 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control Triggering Event, conditional upon such Change of Control Triggering Event, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.

 

(d)                                                         Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.14, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.14 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.05, 5.07 and 5.09 hereof.

 

(e)                                                          Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company shall not purchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default, unless such Event of Default results from the Company’s failure to pay the Change of Control Payment following the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event.

 

ARTICLE 4
SUCCESSOR GUARANTOR

 

Section 4.01.  Consolidation, Merger, Amalgamation and Sale of Assets by the Guarantor.  The Guarantor shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Subsidiary to, consolidate with or merge or amalgamate with or into, or sell, lease, or convey all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, unless:

 

(a)                                                         in the case of the Guarantor:

 

(i)                                                             the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Guarantor”) shall be either the Guarantor or a Person organized under the laws of Bermuda, the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, any full member state of the European Union, Canada, Australia or Switzerland, and the Successor Guarantor (if not the Guarantor) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee and this Indenture; and

 

(ii)                                                          immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time would be an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; or

 

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(b)                                                         in the case of any Subsidiary of the Guarantor (other than the Company):

 

(i)                                                             such transaction is a merger or amalgamation of such Subsidiary with or into, or a consolidation of such Subsidiary with, the Guarantor (so long as the Guarantor is the surviving, continuing or resulting entity) or another Subsidiary or the sale, lease or conveyance by such Subsidiary of all or substantially all of its property to the Guarantor or another Subsidiary; or

 

(ii)                                                          such transaction is the merger or amalgamation of such Subsidiary with or into, the consolidation of such Subsidiary with, or the sale, lease or conveyance by such Subsidiary of all or substantially all of its property to, another Person (provided that such Person is not an Affiliate of such Subsidiary), so long as immediately prior to, and after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists or would exist.

 

For purposes of this Section 4.01, the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Guarantor, which properties and assets, if held by the Guarantor instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Guarantor on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Guarantor.

 

If the Guarantor engages in one of the transactions described above and complies with the conditions listed above, the Successor Guarantor will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Guarantor under this Indenture, but, in the case of a lease of all or substantially all its assets, the Guarantor will not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes (including additional amounts).

 

In the event that the Guarantor consolidates with or merges or amalgamates with or into, or sells, leases or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, another Person subject to the terms of this Section 4.01 (a “Transfer”) and the Successor Guarantor is a Person organized under the laws of a member state of the European Union, Canada, Australia or Switzerland, then the Guarantor and the Successor Guarantor shall, as a condition to such Transfer, (A) enter into a supplemental indenture with the Trustee providing for full, unconditional and irrevocable indemnification of the holders and beneficial owners of the Notes and the Trustee against any tax or duty of whatever nature (other than any tax imposed by reason of the holders or beneficial owners of the Notes having some connection with any such jurisdiction, other than their participation as holders or beneficial owners of the Notes under this Indenture) which is incurred or otherwise suffered by such holders and beneficial owners and the Trustee with respect to the Notes and which would not have been incurred or otherwise suffered in the absence of such Transfer; and (B) deliver to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, legal opinions of independent legal counsel in New York and the applicable member state of the European Union, Canada, Australia or Switzerland the laws of which the Successor Guarantor is organized under, as applicable, to the effect that the Obligations of the Successor Guarantor with respect to the Guarantee, as the case may be, are legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms.

 

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ARTICLE 5
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION OF NOTES

 

Section 5.01.  Optional Redemption by the Company.  The Notes may be redeemed at any time as a whole or from time to time in part, subject to the conditions and at the Redemption Prices specified in the form of Notes set forth in Exhibit A hereto, which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Indenture, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date.

 

Section 5.02.  Redemption for Changes in Tax.  The Notes may be redeemed as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company at any time prior to maturity, upon the giving of a notice of tax redemption to the Noteholders, if the Company determines that, as a result of:

 

(a) any change in or amendment to the laws, or any regulations or rulings promulgated under the laws of a Relevant Jurisdiction, or of any political subdivision or taxing authority of or in a Relevant Jurisdiction affecting taxation, or

 

(b) any change in official position regarding the application, interpretation or administration of the laws, regulations or rulings referred to above,

 

which change or amendment becomes effective or, in the case of a change in official position, is announced on or after the Issue Date or on or after the date a successor assumes the obligation under the Note or the Guarantee, the Company or the Guarantor is or will become obligated to pay additional amounts with respect to the Notes or the Guarantee, as the case may be, as contemplated under Section 11.15; provided such obligation cannot be avoided by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, taking reasonable measures available to it.

 

The redemption price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption.  The notice of tax redemption will be given in accordance with Section 5.06 and not earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company or as the case may be, the Guarantor, would be obligated to pay such additional amounts if a payment in respect of the Notes were actually due on such date and, at the time such notification of redemption is given, such obligation to pay such additional amounts remains in effect.

 

Prior to giving the notice of a tax redemption, the Company will deliver to the Trustee, with a copy to the Paying Agent, a certificate signed by a duly authorized officer stating that the conditions precedent to the right of the Company to so redeem have occurred; and an opinion of independent legal counsel of recognized standing to the effect that the Company or the Guarantor is or would be obligated to pay additional amounts as a result of a change in tax law.  The Trustee will accept such certificate and opinion as sufficient evidence of the conditions precedent as described in this Section 5.02 absent manifest error, in which event it will be conclusive and binding on all Holders of the Notes.

 

Section 5.03.  Applicability of Article.  Redemption of Notes at the election of the Company or otherwise, as permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in accordance with such provision and this Article 5.

 

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Section 5.04.  Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.  The election of the Company to redeem any Notes pursuant to Section 5.01 hereof shall be evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company.  In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, upon not later than the earlier of the date that is 30 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company or the date on which notice is given to the Holders (except as provided in Section 5.06 hereof or unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and shall deliver to the Trustee such documentation and records as shall enable the Trustee to select the Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 5.05 hereof.

 

Section 5.05.  Selection by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed.  If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed at any time pursuant to an optional redemption, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption, in compliance with the requirements of the principal securities exchange, if any, on which such Notes are listed, or, if such Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis or by lot, which shall comply with the procedures of the Clearing Systems and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal of the Notes; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Note not redeemed to less than €100,000.

 

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Notes selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to redemption of Notes shall relate, in the case of any Note redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Note which has been or is to be redeemed.

 

Section 5.06.  Notice of Redemption.  Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided for in Section 11.02 hereof not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.  The Trustee shall give notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, at least 15 days prior to the date the notice of redemption is to be given (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee), an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the following items.

 

All notices of redemption shall state:

 

(1)                                 the Redemption Date,

 

(2)                                 the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued interest to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 5.08 hereof, if any,

 

(3)                                 if less than all outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification of the particular Notes (or portion thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the aggregate principal amount of

 

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Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be outstanding after such partial redemption,

 

(4)                                 in case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such Note shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, the Holder will receive, without charge, a new Note or Notes of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,

 

(5)                                 that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price (and accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 5.08 hereof) will become due and payable upon each such Note, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed, and, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment, that interest on Notes called for redemption (or the portion thereof) will cease to accrue on and after said date,

 

(6)                                 the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any,

 

(7)                                 the name and address of the Paying Agent,

 

(8)                                 that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price,

 

(9)                                 the CUSIP, Common Code or ISIN number (if any), and that no representation is made as to the accuracy or correctness of the CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes, and

 

(10)                          any conditions applicable to such redemption.

 

Section 5.07.  Deposit of Redemption Price.  Prior to 10:00 A.M. (London time) on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.04 hereof) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest on, all the Notes which are to be redeemed on that date.

 

Section 5.08.  Notes Payable on Redemption Date.  Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Notes to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified (together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Notes shall cease to bear interest.  Upon surrender of any such Note for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Note shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date (subject to the rights of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and premium, if any, shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Notes.

 

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Section 5.09.  Notes Redeemed in Part.  Any Note which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article 5) shall be surrendered at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee (in the case of Definitive Notes) and the Registrar (in the case of Global Notes) shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder of such Note at the expense of the Company, and in the case of any Global Note, instruct or cause the Paying Agent or Registrar to instruct the CSK to effectuate, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered, provided that each such new Note will be in a principal amount of €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a redemption of Notes represented by a Global Note, the Clearing Systems shall select the Notes for redemption according to the Clearing Systems’ stated procedures therefor, the Registrar shall record such redemption in the Note Register and the Paying Agent will provide details of such redemption to the Clearing Systems in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof.  In the case of a redemption of Notes represented by a Global Note, the Paying Agent shall instruct the Clearing Systems to make such appropriate entries in their records in respect of all Notes redeemed by the Company to reflect such redemptions.

 

ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.01.  Events of Default.  With respect to the Notes, an “Event of Default” occurs if:

 

(1)                                 the Company defaults in any payment of interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

 

(2)                                 the Company defaults in the payment of the principal or premium, if any, on any Note when the same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;

 

(3)                                 the Company or the Guarantor defaults in the performance of or a breach by the Company or the Guarantor of any other covenant or agreement in this Indenture or under any Note (other than those referred to in (1) or (2) above) and such default continues for 60 days after written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes;

 

(4)                                 the Company, the Guarantor, a Designated Obligor or a Material Subsidiary shall (i) default in making any payment of any principal of any  indebtedness for borrowed money, including obligations evidenced by any mortgage, indenture, bond, debenture, note, guarantee or other similar instruments to which it is a party on the scheduled or original due date with respect thereto; or (ii) default in making any payment of any interest on any such indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such indebtedness was created; or (iii) default in the observance or performance of any other

 

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agreement or condition relating to any such indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, the effect of which default or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or beneficiary of such indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or (in the case of any such indebtedness constituting a guarantee) to become payable and such acceleration has not been cured within 15 days after notice of acceleration; provided, that a default, event or condition described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph (4) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more defaults, events or conditions of the type described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (4) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to such indebtedness in an amount exceeding U.S.$100,000,000; or

 

(5)                                 (i) the Company, the Guarantor, a Designated Obligor or a Material Subsidiary shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or the Company, the Guarantor, a Designated Obligor or any Material Subsidiary shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against the Company, the Guarantor, a Designated Obligor or any Material Subsidiary any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against the Company, the Guarantor, a Designated Obligor or any Material Subsidiary any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets that results in the entry of an order for any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) the Company, the Guarantor, a Designated Obligor or any Material Subsidiary shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) the Company, the Guarantor, a Designated Obligor or any Material Subsidiary shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due.

 

The foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 10 days after becoming aware of the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any Default or Event of Default under clauses (3), (4) or (5) of this Section 6.01, which such notice shall contain the status thereof and a description of the action being taken or proposed to be taken by the Company in respect thereof.

 

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Section 6.02.  Acceleration.  (a) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Notes, the Trustee by written notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in outstanding principal amount of the Notes by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the written request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable.  Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest shall be immediately due and payable.  If an Event of Default described in paragraph (5) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs and is continuing with respect to the Notes, then in each and every such case, the principal amount of the Notes, the premium, if any, and all accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes shall be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders.

 

(b)                                 In the event the principal of and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes becomes due and payable pursuant to Section 6.02(a) hereof, the Trustee shall instruct the Company, and the Company shall instruct the Master Trust Trustee, to declare due and payable the principal and accrued interest in respect of the intercompany loans that had been made using the net proceeds from the sale of such Notes invested in the Series 2003-1 VFC.

 

Section 6.03.  Other Remedies.  If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

 

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding.  A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Noteholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default.  No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy.  All available remedies are cumulative.

 

Section 6.04.  Waiver of Past Defaults.  The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes that have been accelerated (voting as a single class) by notice to the Trustee may (a) waive, by their consent (including, without limitation consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences with respect to the Notes except (i) a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on a Note or (ii) a Default or Event of Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 hereof cannot be amended without the consent of each Noteholder affected and (b) rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences if (1) rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (2) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived.  When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any consequent right.

 

Section 6.05.  Control by Majority.  The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee.

 

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However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01 and Section 7.02 hereof, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Noteholders or would involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.  Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

 

Section 6.06.  Limitation on Suits.  Subject to Section 6.07 hereof, a Noteholder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or any of the Notes unless:

 

(1)                                 the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating that an Event of Default is continuing;

 

(2)                                 the Holders of at least 25% in outstanding principal amount of the Notes make a request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

(3)                                 such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

 

(4)                                 the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and

 

(5)                                 the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes do not give the Trustee a direction that, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with such request during such 60-day period.

 

A Noteholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Noteholder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Noteholder (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Noteholders).

 

Section 6.07.  Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture (including, without limitation, Section 6.06 hereof), the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and  premium, if any, or interest on the Notes held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Notes (including in connection with a Change of Control Offer), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 6.08.  Collection Suit by Trustee.  If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01 (1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 6.07 hereof.

 

Section 6.09.  Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.  The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,

 

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disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Noteholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, the Guarantor, any of the Subsidiaries or their respective creditors or properties and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may be entitled and empowered to participate as a member of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter and, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof.

 

Section 6.10.  Priorities.  If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

 

FIRST:  to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof;

 

SECOND:  to Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal  and premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, respectively; and

 

THIRD:  to the Company.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Noteholders pursuant to this Section 6.10.  At least 15 days before such record date, the Company shall mail to each Noteholder and the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.

 

Section 6.11.  Undertaking for Costs.  In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.  This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by the Company, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in outstanding principal amount of the Notes.

 

ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01.  Duties of Trustee.  (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs; provided that if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it against loss, liability

 

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or expense.

 

Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(1)                                 the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(2)                                 in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture.  However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

 

(b)                                                         The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(1)                                 this paragraph does not limit the effect of the second paragraph of Section 7.01(a);

 

(2)                                 the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

(3)                                 the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.

 

(c)                                                          Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs Section 7.01(a) and (b) hereof.

 

(d)                                                         The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.

 

(e)                                                          Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

(f)                                                           No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

 

(g)                                                          Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01 and to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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(h)                                                         Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.

 

(i)                                                             The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

Section 7.02.  Rights of Trustee.  Subject to Section 7.01 hereof:

 

(a)                                                         The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document (whether in its original or facsimile form) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person.  The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.  The Trustee shall receive and retain financial reports and statements of the Company as provided herein, but shall have no duty to review or analyze such reports or statements to determine compliance under covenants or other obligations of the Company, and the receipt of such reports or statements shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein;

 

(b)                                                         Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel.  The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel;

 

(c)                                                          The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care;

 

(d)                                                         The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence;

 

(e)                                                          The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel;

 

(f)                                                           The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Principal Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture;

 

(g)                                                          The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder (including Registrar and Paying Agent), and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

 

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(h)                                                         The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer’s Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded;

 

(i)                                                             The Trustee is not required to give any bond or surety with respect to the performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers under this Indenture;

 

(j)                                                            The Trustee’s rights, powers, indemnities, immunities and protections from liability and its rights to compensation and indemnification in connection with the performance of its duties under this Indenture shall extend to (1) the Trustee, whether serving in any other capacity hereunder, including, without limitation, in the capacity of Paying Agent or Registrar and (2) the Trustee’s officers, directors, agents, counsel and employees.  Such immunities and protections and rights to indemnification, together with the Trustee’s right to compensation, shall survive the Trustee’s resignation or removal, the discharge of this Indenture and final payment of the Notes;

 

(k)                                                         The Trustee shall have no responsibility for any information in any offering document or other disclosure material distributed with respect to the Notes, and the Trustee shall have no responsibility for compliance with any state or federal securities laws in connection with the Notes, other than the filing of any documents required to be filed by an indenture trustee pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act or otherwise required in this Indenture;

 

(l)                                                             Notwithstanding anything else herein contained, whenever any provision of this Indenture indicates that any confirmation of a condition or event is qualified by the words “to the knowledge of” or “known to” the Trustee or other words of similar meaning, said words shall mean and refer to the current awareness of one or more Trust Officers who are located at the Principal Trust Office of the Trustee or who are otherwise responsible for administering the trusts created under this Indenture;

 

(m)                             The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled, during regular business hours and upon providing reasonable advance notice to the Company, to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation; and

 

(n)                                 In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

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capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or its 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.  However, the Trustee must comply with Section 7.10 and Section 7.11 hereof.  In addition, the Trustee shall be permitted to engage in transactions with the Company; provided, however, that if the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest the Trustee must (i) eliminate such conflict within 90 days of acquiring such conflicting interest, (ii) apply to the Commission for permission to continue acting as Trustee or (iii) resign.

 

Section 7.04.  Trustee’s Disclaimer.  The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee and shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

 

None of the Trustee, the Registrar or any Paying Agent shall be liable for any failure on the part of the CSK to effectuate any Global Note or for any failure on the part of the CSK to do so in a timely manner, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee, Registrar or Paying Agent was negligent in instructing the CSK to effectuate any such Global Note in accordance with the applicable provision hereof; provided, that the Trustee, Registrar or Paying Agent shall not be deemed to have acted with negligence if it shall have given such instructions in the manner and by the time prescribed by the CSK, provided further that in the absence of any such prescribed manner or timing, the Trustee, Registrar or Paying Agent shall be entitled to give, and shall incur no liability hereunder if it shall give, such instructions by facsimile transmission (without any requirement for telephonic confirmation) to a telephone number provided by the CSK for such purpose or by email to an email address provided by the CSK for such purpose and shall be protected in giving and shall incur no liability hereunder in giving such instructions no later than one Business Day after the applicable Global Note shall have been delivered to the Registrar for authentication.

 

Section 7.05.  Notice of Defaults.  If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if a Trust Officer has actual knowledge thereof, the Trustee shall send to each Noteholder at the address set forth in the Note Register notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs.  Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to the optional redemption or required repurchase provisions of such Note, if any), the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Noteholders.

 

Section 7.06.  Report by Trustee to Holders.  Within 60 days after each February 15 beginning with the February 15 following the date of this Indenture, and in any event prior to April 15 in each year, the Trustee shall transmit to each Noteholder a brief report dated as of such February 15 that complies with Trust Indenture Act, Section 313(a), but only if required under such Section.  The Trustee also shall comply with Trust Indenture Act, Section 313(b).  The Trustee shall also transmit all reports required by Trust Indenture Act, Section 313(c).

 

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A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed.  The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee in writing whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

 

Section 7.07.  Compensation and Indemnity.  The Company shall pay to the Trustee such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and for its services hereunder as Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar and in all other capacities in which it is serving hereunder as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing.  The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust.  The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, costs of preparing and reviewing reports, certificates and other documents, costs of preparation and mailing of notices to Noteholders and reasonable costs of counsel retained by the Trustee, in addition to the compensation for its services.  Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts.  The Company shall indemnify the Trustee, and any predecessor Trustee and their respective officers, directors, employees, counsel and agents, against any and all loss, liability, damages, claims or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it without negligence or willful misconduct on its part in connection with the administration of this trust or the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture (including this Section 7.07) and of defending itself against any claims (whether asserted by any Noteholder, the Company or otherwise).  The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity.  Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder.  The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel, and the Company shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes the obligation for defending the Trustee, and, in the reasonable judgment of the Trustee, there is no conflict of interest between the Company and the Trustee in connection with such action, and there is no defense that could not be adequately raised if the Company assumes such obligation.  The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or negligence.

 

To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and premium, if any, and interest on particular Notes.  Such lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.  The Trustee’s right to receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 7.07 shall not be subordinate to any other liability or Indebtedness of the Company.

 

The Company’s payment obligations pursuant to this Section 7.07 shall survive the discharge of this Indenture.  When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(5) hereof with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law.

 

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Section 7.08.  Replacement of Trustee.  The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company.  The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes (voting as a single class) may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee.  The Company shall remove the Trustee if:

 

(1)                                 the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;

 

(2)                                 the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;

 

(3)                                 a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(4)                                 the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

 

If the Trustee resigns or is removed by the Company or by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes (voting as a single class) and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

 

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company.  Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture.  The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Noteholders.  The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof.

 

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in principal amount of the Notes may petition, at the Company’s expense, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, any Noteholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

Section 7.09.  Successor Trustee by Merger.  If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

 

In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion, consolidation or transfer of assets to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so

 

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authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee.

 

Section 7.10.  Eligibility; Disqualification.  The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Trust Indenture Act, Section 310(a).  The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least U.S. $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent filed annual report of condition.  The Trustee shall comply with Trust Indenture Act, Section 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of Trust Indenture Act, Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in Trust Indenture Act, Section 310(b)(1) are met.

 

Section 7.11.  Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.  The Trustee shall comply with Trust Indenture Act, Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in Trust Indenture Act, Section 311(b).  A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Trust Indenture Act, Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.

 

Section 7.12.  Trustee’s Application for Instruction from the Company.  Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective.  The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than three Business Days after the date any officer of the Company actually receives such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

 

ARTICLE 8
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE

 

Section 8.01.  Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance.  (a) Subject to Section 8.01(b) hereof, when (i)(x) the Company delivers to the Trustee all outstanding Notes (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.09 hereof) for cancellation or (y) all outstanding Notes not theretofore delivered for cancellation have become due and payable, whether at maturity or upon redemption or will become due and payable within one year or 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 name and at the expense of the Company and the Company or the Guarantor irrevocably deposits or causes to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders cash in Euros, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal and premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption, (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or

 

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constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or the Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or the Guarantor is bound; (iii) the Company or the Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture and the Notes; and (iv) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of such Notes at maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be, then the Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture on demand of the Company (accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent specified herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with) and at the cost and expense of the Company.

 

(b)                                                         Subject to Section 8.01(c) and Section 8.02 hereof, the Company at any time may terminate (i) all its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (“legal defeasance option”), and after giving effect to such legal defeasance, any omission to comply with such obligations shall no longer constitute a Default or Event of Default or (ii) its obligations under, Section 3.02, Section 3.03, Section 3.04, Section 3.05, Section 3.07, Section 3.08 and Section 3.14 hereof, and the Company 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 the operation of Section 6.01(3) (only with respect to the covenants terminated pursuant to this Section 8.01(b)(ii)), Section 6.01(4) and Section 6.01(5) hereof, and the events specified in such Sections shall no longer constitute an Event of Default (clause (ii) being referred to as the “covenant defeasance option”), but except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and the Notes shall be unaffected thereby.  The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option. If the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option, the Company may elect to have the Guarantee terminate.

 

If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option with respect to the Notes, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default, and the Guarantee shall terminate.  If the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option with respect to the Notes, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(3) (only with respect to the covenants terminated pursuant to Section 8.01(b)(ii) above), Section 6.01(4) and Section 6.01(5) hereof.

 

Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Company terminates.

 

(c)                                                          Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.01(a) and (b) hereof, the Company’s obligations in Section 2.02, Section 2.03, Section 2.04, Section 2.07, Section 2.08, Section 2.09, Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 2.12, Section 3.01, Section 3.06, Section 3.09, Section 3.10, Section 3.11, Section 3.12, Section 3.13, Section 3.14, Section 6.07, Section 7.07, Section 7.08 hereof and in this Article 8 shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full.  Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in Section 7.07 and Section 8.04 hereof shall survive.

 

Section 8.02.  Conditions to Defeasance.  The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option with respect to the Notes only if:

 

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(1)                                 the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders cash in Euros for the payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

 

(2)                                 the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a firm of independent accountants expressing their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited cash in Euros will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal and interest when due on all the Notes to maturity;

 

(3)                                 no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or, with respect to certain bankruptcy or insolvency Events of Default, on the 91st day after such date of deposit;

 

(4)                                 such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company, the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;

 

(5)                                 the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) to the effect that (A) the Notes and (B) assuming no intervening bankruptcy of the Company between the date of deposit and the 91st day following the deposit and that no Holder of the Notes is an insider of the Company, after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ right generally;

 

(6)                                 the deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement binding on the Company;

 

(7)                                 the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) to the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

 

(8)                                 in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States stating that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the beneficial owners of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to 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;

 

(9)                                 in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States to the effect that the beneficial owners of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same

 

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amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and covenant defeasance had not occurred; and

 

(10)                          the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Notes and this Indenture as contemplated by this Article 8 have been complied with.

 

Section 8.03.  Application of Trust Money.  The Trustee shall hold cash in Euros deposited with it pursuant to this Article 8.  It shall apply the deposited cash in Euros through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes.

 

Section 8.04.  Repayment to Company.  The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any excess cash in Euros held by them upon payment of all the obligations under this Indenture.

 

Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any cash in Euros held by them for the payment of principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Notes that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Noteholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors.

 

Section 8.05.  Reinstatement.  If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any cash in Euros in accordance with this Article 8 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 8 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such cash in Euros in accordance with this Article 8; provided, however, that, if the Company has made any payment of interest on or principal of any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the cash in Euros held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

The Trustee’s rights under this Article 8 shall survive termination of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS

 

Section 9.01.  Without Consent of Holders.  The Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Notes without notice to or consent of any Noteholder:

 

(1)                                 to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;

 

(2)                                 to comply with Article 4 in respect of the assumption by a Successor Guarantor or Successor Issuer of the respective obligation of the Guarantor or the Company under this Indenture;

 

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(3)                                 to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provided, however, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;

 

(4)                                 to add guarantees with respect to the Notes;

 

(5)                                 to secure the Notes;

 

(6)                                 to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantor;

 

(7)                                 to make any change that does not adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder;

 

(8)                                 to provide for the issuance of any Subsequent Notes; or

 

(9)                                 to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

 

After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Noteholders a notice briefly describing such amendment.  The failure to give such notice to all Noteholders at the address set forth in the Note Register, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.

 

Section 9.02.  With Consent of Holders.  The Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Notes without notice to any Noteholder but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes.  However, without the consent of each Noteholder affected, an amendment may not:

 

(1)                                 reduce the percentage in principal amount of outstanding Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment of this Indenture or the Notes;

 

(2)                                 reduce the percentage in principal amount of outstanding Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment of provisions of the Master Trust Transaction Documents pursuant to Section 3.02(f) hereof;

 

(3)                                 reduce the stated rate of or extend the stated time for payment of interest on any Note;

 

(4)                                 reduce the principal of, or extend the Stated Maturity of, any Note;

 

(5)                                 reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Note as described above under Article 5 hereof or any similar provision, whether through an amendment to or waiver of Article 5 hereof, a definition or otherwise;

 

(6)                                 make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Note;

 

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(7)                                 impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes;

 

(8)                                 make any change to the amendment provisions which require each Holder’s consent or to the waiver provisions; or

 

(9)                                 release the Guarantor or modify the Guarantee other than in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

 

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

 

After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Noteholders a notice briefly describing such amendment.  The failure to give such notice to all Noteholders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.

 

Section 9.03.  Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.  Every amendment to this Indenture or the Notes shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

 

Section 9.04.  Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers.  A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Note shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Note.  However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Note or portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective or otherwise in accordance with any related solicitation documents.  After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Noteholder.  An amendment or waiver shall become effective upon receipt by the Trustee of the requisite number of written consents under Section 9.01 or 9.02 hereof, as applicable.

 

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Noteholders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture.  If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Noteholders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date.  No such consent shall become valid or effective more than 120 days after such record date.

 

Section 9.05.  Notation on or Exchange of Notes.  If an amendment changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee.  The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder.  Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee (in the case of Definitive Notes) and the Registrar (in the case of Global Notes) shall authenticate, and, in the case of any Global Note, instruct or cause

 

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the Paying Agent to instruct the CSK to effectuate, a new Note that reflects the changed terms.  Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity of such amendment.

 

Section 9.06.  Trustee to Sign Amendments.  The Trustee shall sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment does not in the opinion of the Trustee affect the rights, duties, protections, privileges, indemnities, powers, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.  If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it.  In signing such amendment the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and shall be provided with, and (subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02 hereof), shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that it conforms to the applicable requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and that such amendment is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and any Guarantors, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions and complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03 hereof).

 

ARTICLE 10
GUARANTEE

 

Section 10.01.  Guarantee.  The Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, 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 principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other obligations of the Company under this Indenture, including, without limitation, the obligations of the Company under Section 7.07 hereof (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Obligations”).  The 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 it, and that it will remain bound under this Article 10 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Obligation.

 

The 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 Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Obligations.  The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (a) the failure of the Trustee or any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (d) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Obligations or any of them; or (e) any change in the ownership of the Company.

 

The 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 or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Obligations.

 

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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 Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this 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 Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of the Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

 

The 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 and premium, if any, or interest on any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.

 

In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder has at law or in equity against the 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 Guarantor hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid amount of such Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law).

 

The Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in this Indenture for the purposes of the Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby and (y) 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 Guarantor for the purposes of this Guarantee.

 

The Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Section.

 

Section 10.02.  No Subrogation.  Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by the Guarantor hereunder, the Guarantor shall not be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Trustee or any Holder against the Company or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Trustee or any Holder for the payment of the Obligations, nor shall the Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company in respect of payments made by the Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Trustee and the Holders, as well as the holders of any other Permitted Indebtedness, by the Company on account of the Obligations are paid in full.  If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by the Guarantor in trust for the Trustee and the Holders,

 

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segregated from other funds of the Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by the Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by the Guarantor (duly indorsed by the Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Obligations.

 

Section 10.03.  Consideration.  The Guarantor has received, or will receive, direct or indirect benefits from the making of the Guarantee.

 

ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.01.  Trust Indenture Act Controls.  If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act, the provision required by the Trust Indenture Act shall control.  The Guarantor in addition to performing its obligations under the Guarantee shall perform such other obligations as may be imposed upon it with respect to this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

 

Section 11.02.  Notices.  Any notice or communication shall be in writing and (a) delivered in person, (b) sent by a recognized overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid), or (c) sent by telecopy if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), addressed as follows:

 

If to the Company:

Bunge Finance Europe B.V.

11720 Borman Drive

St. Louis, Missouri 63146

Attention: Treasurer

Telephone No:  (314) 292-2908

Telecopy:  (314) 292-4908

 

with a copy to:

 

Rajat Gupta

Telecopy:  (914) 684-3283

 

If to the Guarantor:

 

Bunge Limited

50 Main Street

White Plains, New York 10606

Attention:  Treasurer

Telephone:  (914) 684-3365

Telecopy:  (914) 684-3283

 

if to the Trustee:

 

U.S. Bank National Association

 

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Global Corporate Trust Services

Two Midtown Plaza

1349 West Peachtree Street, Suite 1050

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Attention:  David Ferrell

Phone:  (404) 898-8821

Email:  david.ferrell@usbank.com

 

The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

Any notice or communication mailed to a registered Noteholder shall be mailed to the Noteholder at the Noteholder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.

 

Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Noteholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Noteholders.  If a notice or communication is sent in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except that notices to the Trustee shall be effective only upon receipt.

 

Section 11.03.  Communication by Holders with Other Holders.  Noteholders may communicate pursuant to Trust Indenture Act, Section 312(b) with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes.  The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of Trust Indenture Act, Section 312(c).

 

Section 11.04.  Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.  Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

 

(1)                                 an Officer’s Certificate in form and substance 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

 

(2)                                 an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood that an opinion under this Section will not be required in connection with the initial issuance of Notes.

 

Section 11.05.  Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.  Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:

 

(1)                                 a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

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(2)                                 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;

 

(3)                                 a statement that, in the opinion of 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

 

(4)                                 a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.

 

In giving such Opinion of Counsel, counsel may rely as to factual matters on an Officer’s Certificate or on certificates of public officials.

 

Section 11.06.  When Notes Disregarded.  In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or by an Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.  Also, subject to the foregoing, only Notes outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.

 

Section 11.07.  Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar.  The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by, or a meeting of, Noteholders.  The Registrar and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.

 

Section 11.08.  Legal Holidays.  A “Legal Holiday” is (a) a day that is not a TARGET Settlement Date and (b) a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions are authorized or required to be closed in Bermuda, New York, New York or London, United Kingdom and, for any place of payment outside of Bermuda, New York, New York, or London, United Kingdom, in such place of payment.  If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

 

Section 11.09.  GOVERNING LAW.  THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

 

Section 11.10.  No Recourse Against Others.  An incorporator, director, officer, employee, affiliate or stockholder of the Company or the Guarantor, solely by reason of this status, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture or the Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.  By accepting a Note, each Noteholder shall waive and release all such liability.  The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

 

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bind its successors.

 

Section 11.12.  Consent to Jurisdiction.  The Company and the Guarantor irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York state or U.S. federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in any action or proceeding relating to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising out of or in connection with this Indenture or the Notes.  The Company and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York state or U.S. federal court.  The Company and the Guarantor also hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection to venue or the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any such action or proceeding in any such court.  The Company and the Guarantor agree that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company or the Guarantor, respectively, and may be enforced in any courts to the jurisdiction of which the Company or the Guarantor, respectively, is subject by a suit upon such judgment.

 

Section 11.13.  Appointment for Agent for Service of Process.  The Company and the Guarantor each hereby (i) irrevocably designates and appoints its Chief Financial Officer (from time to time) at its principal executive offices at 50 Main Street, White Plains, New York 10606 (the “Authorized Agent”), as its agent upon which process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding described in the first sentence of Section 11.12 hereof and represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has accepted such designation and (ii) agrees that service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of said service to the Company mailed or delivered to its Treasurer at 11720 Borman Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63146 or the Guarantor mailed or delivered to its Secretary at its registered office at 2 Church Street, Hamilton, Bermuda, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company or the Guarantor, respectively, in any such suit or proceeding.  The Company and the Guarantor each further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of the Authorized Agent in full force and effect so long as any of the Notes shall be outstanding.

 

Section 11.14.  Waiver of Immunities.  To the extent that the Company or the Guarantor, respectively, or any of their properties, assets or revenues may have or may hereafter become entitled to, or have attributed to them, any right of immunity, on the grounds of sovereignty, from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any court, from service of process, from attachment upon or prior to judgment, or from attachment in aid of execution of judgment, or from execution of judgment, or other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of any judgment, in any jurisdiction in which proceedings may at any time be commenced, with respect to their respective obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Indenture or the Notes, the Company and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally, to the extent permitted by applicable law, waive and agree not to plead or claim any such immunity and consent to such relief and enforcement.

 

Section 11.15.  Additional Amounts.  The Company will and, in the event that payments are required to be made by the Guarantor pursuant to its obligations under the Guarantee, the Guarantor will pay to the Holder of any Note such additional amounts as may be necessary so

 

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that the net amounts received in respect of such payments, after deducting or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, assessment or other similar governmental charge duly imposed by The Netherlands or Bermuda, as applicable, will equal the amount that would have been received in respect of such payments in the absence of such deduction or withholding.  The Company or the Guarantor will not be required, however, to make any payment of additional amounts for or on account of any such tax imposed by reason of (i) the Holder or beneficial owner of a Note having some present or former connection with The Netherlands or Bermuda, as applicable, other than solely its participation as Holder or beneficial owner of a Note, (ii) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable other than by withholding or deduction from payments on or in respect of any Note, (iii) the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner of a Note, following written request by the Company or the Guarantor to the Holder or beneficial owner, to comply with any certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements, but only to the extent the Holder or beneficial owner is legally entitled to do so, (iv) sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any regulations promulgated thereunder, any official interpretations thereof, any similar law or regulation adopted pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement between a non-U.S. Holder’s jurisdiction and the United States with respect to the foregoing or any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code; or (v) any combination of items (i) through (iv) above.

 

Section 11.16.  Judgment Currency.  If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder into any currency other than Euros, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee or any Holder, as the case may be, could purchase Euros with such other currency in London, United Kingdom on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.  The obligation of the Guarantor or the Company with respect to any sum due from it to the Trustee or any Holder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than Euros, be discharged only if and to the extent that on the first Business Day following receipt by the Trustee or such Holder, as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, the Trustee or such Holder may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase Euros with such other currency.  If the Euros so purchased are less than the sum originally due to the Trustee or such Holder hereunder, the Guarantor agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Trustee or such Holder against such loss.  If the Euros so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to the Trustee or such Holder hereunder, the Trustee or such Holder, as the case may be, agrees to pay to the Guarantor an amount equal to the excess of the Euros so purchased over the sum originally due to the Trustee or such Holder hereunder.

 

Section 11.17.  No Bankruptcy Petition Against the Company; Liability of the Company.  Each of the Noteholders and the Trustee hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the payment in full of the last maturing Note and all other Indebtedness of the Company ranking equal with or junior to the Notes in right of payment, it will not institute against, or join with or assist any other Person in instituting against, the Company, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any applicable insolvency laws.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the sole remedy of any Noteholder, the Trustee or any other Person against the Company in respect of any obligation, covenant,

 

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representation, warranty or agreement of the Company under or related to this Indenture or the Notes shall be against the assets of the Company.  Neither the Trustee, nor any Noteholder nor any other Person shall have any claim against the Company to the extent that such assets are insufficient to meet such obligations, covenant, representation, warranty or agreement (the difference being referred to herein as a “shortfall”) and all claims in respect of the shortfall shall be extinguished; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 11.17 apply solely to the obligations of the Company and shall not extinguish such shortfall or otherwise restrict such Person’s rights or remedies against the Guarantor for purposes of the obligations of the Guarantor to any Person under the Guarantee.

 

The provisions of this Section 11.17 shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

Section 11.18.  Multiple Originals.  The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture.  Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.  One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.  The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes.  Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

Section 11.19.  Qualification of Indenture.  The Company shall qualify this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses for the Company, the Trustee and the Holders) incurred in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, costs and expenses of qualification of this Indenture and the Notes and printing this Indenture and the Notes.  The Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the Company any such Officer’s Certificates, Opinions of Counsel or other documentation as it may reasonably request in connection with any such qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

 

Section 11.20.  Table of Contents; Headings.  The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 11.21                      Force Majeure.  In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and also including interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services resulting therefrom; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

Section 11.22                      U.S.A. Patriot Act.  The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order

 

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to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee.  The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may reasonably request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

BUNGE FINANCE EUROPE B.V., as
Issuer

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

BUNGE LIMITED, as Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE AND SUBSEQUENT NOTE]

 

[Depositary Legend, if applicable]

 

No. [     ]

 

Principal Amount €[         ], as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Note attached hereto

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No.

[         ]

 

 

ISIN No:

[         ]

 

 

Common Code No.:

[         ]

 

1.850% Senior Notes Due 2023

 

[Bunge Finance Europe B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands having its corporate seat (statutaire zetel) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and its registered office at 11720 Borman Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63146, United States of America and registered with the commercial register (handelsregister) of the Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel) under number 24347428, promises to pay to the bearer hereof, the principal sum of €[         ], as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Note attached hereto, on June 16, 2023].(1)

 

[This certifies that the person whose name is entered in the register maintained by the Registrar in relation to the Notes (the “Register”) is the duly registered holder (the “Holder”) of Notes in the aggregate principal amount of €[         ] or such other amount as is shown on Register as being represented by this Global Note and is duly endorsed (for information purposes only) in the fourth column of the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Note attached to this Global Note.

 

Bunge Finance Europe B.V. (a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands having its corporate seat (statutaire zetel) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and registered with the commercial register (handelsregister) of the Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel) under number 24347428) promises to pay to [each Holder] the aggregate principal amount shown on the Register as being represented by this Global Note on June 16, 2023.](2)

 

Interest Payment Date:  June 16

 

Record Date:  the Business Day immediately prior to the Interest Payment Date

 


(1)  For Definitive Notes.

(2)  For NSS Global Notes.

 



 

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the reverse side hereof.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

 

 

BUNGE FINANCE EUROPE B.V.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF

 

 

AUTHENTICATION

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

 

as Trustee, certifies that this is one of

 

 

the Notes referred to in the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

Date:                 , 20   ](3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REGISTRAR’S CERTIFICATE OF

 

 

AUTHENTICATION

 

 

 

 

 

ELAVON FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED, as

 

 

Registrar, certifies that this is one of the Notes

 

 

referred to in the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

Date:                 , 20   ]

 

 

 

 

 

EFFECTUATED for and on behalf of

 

 

[EUROCLEAR BANK S.A./N.V.]

 

 

[CLEARSTREAM BANKING,

 

 

SOCIETE ANONYME]

 

 

as common safe-keeper, without recourse,

 

 

warranty or liability

 

 

 


(3)  For Definitive Notes.

 



 

By:

 

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:                  , 20   ](4)

 

 

 


(4)  For NSS Global Notes.

 



 

[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL NOTE AND SUBSEQUENT NOTE]

 

1.850% Senior Note Due 2023

 

1.                                      General

 

Bunge Finance Europe B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands having its corporate seat (statutaire zetel) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and its registered office at 11720 Borman Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63146, United States of America and registered with the commercial register (handelsregister) (such company, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of June 16, 2016, among the Company, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”) (as such Indenture may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Indenture”).  The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “Trust Indenture Act”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.  The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Noteholders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of those terms.

 

The Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of the Company, including (a) €600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 1.850% Notes being offered on the Issue Date (subject to Section 2.09 of the Indenture) and (b) any Subsequent Notes.  The Notes rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company.  This Note is one of the [Initial Notes] [Subsequent Notes] referred to in the Indenture.

 

The Company may from time to time, without the consent of existing Holders, create and issue Subsequent Notes having the same terms and conditions as the Initial Notes in all respects, except for the Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest thereon.  Subsequent Notes issued in this manner will be consolidated with and will form a single class with the previously outstanding Notes; provided, that if the Subsequent Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for United States federal income tax purposes, the Subsequent Notes will have a separate CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN number and/or any other identifying number.  If this Note is represented by a Global Note, details of such Subsequent Notes may be entered in the records of the relevant Clearing Systems such that the nominal amount of Notes represented by this Global Note may be increased by the amount of such Subsequent Notes so issued.

 

Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Initial Notes and any Subsequent Notes will be treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture.  The Indenture includes various covenants that limit the ability of the Company, among other things, to engage in any business or transaction, acquire assets or subsidiaries, incur Indebtedness or Liens or enter into any consolidations, mergers, amalgamations or sales of assets. In addition, the Indenture imposes certain limitations on, among other things, (i) the incurrence of Liens by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) Sale-Leaseback Transactions by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary and (iii) consolidations, mergers, amalgamations and sales of assets of the Guarantor, the Company or any Subsidiary.

 



 

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Guarantor has unconditionally guaranteed such obligations pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.  The Guarantee is an unsecured and unsubordinated obligation of the Guarantor and ranks equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and obligations of the Guarantor.

 

2.                                      Interest

 

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above.

 

The Company will pay interest annually in arrears on June 16 of each year commencing June 16, 2017.  Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on the Notes or, if no interest has been paid, from June 16, 2016.  The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal or premium, if any, plus interest on such interest to the extent lawful, at the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful.  Interest will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid or duly provided for (or from and including the original issue date of the Notes, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for with respect to the Notes) on the Notes, to, but excluding the next scheduled interest payment date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be. This payment convention is referred to as ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) (as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Market Association).  In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Note is not a Business Day, then a payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable. If the Stated Maturity or any Redemption Date with respect to this Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest, will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amounts so payable for the period from and after such date to the next succeeding Business Day. The rights of Holders of beneficial interests in this Note to receive the payments of interest on such Note are subject to the applicable procedures of the Clearing Systems.

 

3.                                      Method of Payment

 

By at least 10:00 a.m. local time in any Place of Payment on the date on which any principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any Note is due and payable, the Company shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, and/or interest.  The Company will pay interest (except Defaulted Interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the Record Date next preceding the interest payment date even if Notes are cancelled, repurchased or redeemed after the Record Date and on or before the interest payment date.  Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments.  The Company will pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment

 



 

of public and private debts.  Except as described in the succeeding two sentences, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in London, United Kingdom, or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Indenture; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, each installment of interest may be paid by check mailed to addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear on the Note Register.

 

Whilst any Notes are represented by a Global Note, all payments due in respect of the Notes shall be made to, or to the order of, the holder of the Global Note, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Global Note, and each payment so made will discharge the Company’s obligations in respect thereof.  On the occasion of each payment, the Paying Agent shall procure that the amount so paid shall be entered pro rata in the records of the relevant Clearing Systems but any failure to make such entries shall not affect the discharge referred to in the previous sentence.  Payments in respect of Notes represented by Definitive Notes (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) held by a Holder of at least €1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes will be made by wire transfer to a Euro account maintained by the payee with a branch of a designated bank in the European Union if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 15 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).

 

All payments of interest and principal on the Notes, including payments made upon any redemption of the Notes, will be made in Euros.  If the Euro is unavailable to the Company due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Company’s control or if the Euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Economic and Monetary Union that have adopted the Euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of the Notes shall be made in U.S. dollars until the Euro is again available to the Company or so used.  The amount payable on any date in Euros shall be converted into U.S. dollars on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate for Euros.  The Market Exchange Rate most recently available on, or prior to, the second Business Day before the relevant determination date will be the basis for determining the equivalent of Euro in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose under the Indenture. Any payment in respect of such Notes so made in U.S. dollars shall not constitute an Event of Default under the Notes or the Indenture.  Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent shall have any responsibility for obtaining exchange rates, effecting conversions or otherwise handling redenominations.

 

4.                                      Paying Agent and Registrar

 

Initially, Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch, will act as Paying Agent and Elavon Financial Services Limited will act as Registrar.  The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice to any Noteholder.  The Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

 



 

5.                                      Optional Redemption by the Company

 

Prior to the Par Call Date, the Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, on at least 30 days but not more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed to the registered address of each Holder of Notes to be so redeemed, at a redemption price equal to (a) the greater of (i) 100% of their principal amount to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) thereon from the date of redemption to the Par Call Date (except for currently accrued but unpaid interest) discounted to the date of redemption, on an annual, ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) basis (as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Market Association)), at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate (as defined below), plus 35 basis points (such greater amount, the “Make-Whole Redemption Price”), plus (b) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption.

 

On and after the Par Call Date, the Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on at least 30 days but not more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed to the registered address of each Holder of Notes to be so redeemed, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed (the “Par Call Redemption Price” and, together with the Make-Whole Redemption Price, the “Redemption Price”) plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed to the date of redemption.

 

For purposes of determining the Redemption Price, the following definitions are applicable:

 

Comparable Government Bond” means, in relation to any Comparable Government Bond Rate calculation, at the discretion of an Independent Investment Banker selected by the Company, a German government bond (Bundesanieihe) whose maturity is closest to the maturity of the Notes being redeemed, calculated as if the Stated Maturity of such Notes were the Par Call Date, or if such Independent Investment Banker in its discretion determines that such similar bond is not in issue, such other German government bond as such Independent Investment Banker may, with the advice of three brokers of, and/or market makers in, German government bonds selected by such Independent Investment Banker, determine to be appropriate for determining the Comparable Government Bond Rate.

 

Comparable Government Bond Rate” means the price, expressed as a percentage (rounded to three decimal places, with 0.0005 being rounded upwards), at which the gross redemption yield on the Notes, if they were to be purchased at such price on the third (3rd) Business Day prior to the date fixed for redemption, would be equal to the gross redemption yield on such Business Day of the Comparable Government Bond on the basis of the middle market price of the Comparable Government Bond prevailing at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Business Day as determined by an Independent Investment Banker selected by the Company.

 

Independent Investment Banker” means any of BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, ING Bank N.V. and J.P. Morgan Securities plc or, if none of such firms are willing or able to select the applicable Comparable Government Bond, a leading independent investment banking institution appointed by the Company.

 



 

Notes called for redemption will become due on the date fixed for redemption, but such redemption may be subject to one or more conditions precedent.  Notices of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption to each Holder at its registered address.  The notice will state any conditions applicable to a redemption and the amount of Notes to be redeemed.  On and after the date fixed for redemption, interest will cease to accrue on any redeemed Notes.  If less than all the Notes are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate in accordance with the depositary’s procedures.

 

In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not listed, then on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate, although no Notes of €100,000 in original principal amount or less will be redeemed in part.  If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption relating to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.  A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note.  On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption as long as the Company has deposited with the Paying Agent funds in satisfaction of the applicable Redemption Price pursuant to the Indenture.

 

[For so long as the Notes are represented by this Global Note, the Company shall procure that the details of such redemption, payment or purchase and cancellation (as the case may be) be entered pro rata in the records of the relevant Clearing Systems and, upon any such entry being made, the nominal amount of the Notes recorded in the records of the relevant Clearing Systems and represented by this Global Note shall be reduced by the aggregate nominal amount of the Notes so redeemed or purchased and cancelled or by the aggregate amount of such installment so paid.](5)

 

Par Call Date” means March 16, 2023 (three months prior to the Stated Maturity).

 

6.                                      Offers to Repurchase

 

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company shall make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”).  The Change of Control Offer shall be made in accordance with Section 3.14 of the Indenture.

 


(5)  For Global Notes only.

 



 

7.                                      Additional Amounts

 

The Company will and, in the event that payments are required to be made by the Guarantor pursuant to its obligations under the Guarantee, the Guarantor will pay to the Holder of any Note such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment to a Holder or beneficial owner of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Note, after deducting or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, fee, assessment or other similar governmental charge duly imposed by The Netherlands or Bermuda, as applicable, will not be less than the amount provided in such Note to be then due and payable.  The Company or the Guarantor will not be required, however, to make any payment of additional amounts for or on account of any such tax imposed by reason of (i) the Holder or beneficial owner of a Note having some connection with The Netherlands or Bermuda, as applicable, other than its participation as a Holder or beneficial owner of a Note or (ii) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable other than by withholding or deduction from payments on or in respect of any Note, (iii) the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner of a Note, following written request by the Company or the Guarantor to the Holder or beneficial owner, to comply with any certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements, but only to the extent the Holder or beneficial owner is legally entitled to do so, (iv) sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any regulations promulgated thereunder, any official interpretations thereof, any similar law or regulation adopted pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement between a non-U.S. Holder’s jurisdiction and the United States with respect to the foregoing or any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code; or (v) any combination of items (i) through (iv) above.

 

8.                                      Notices

 

Notwithstanding Section 11.02 of the Indenture, so long as this Global Note is held on behalf of the Clearing Systems, or any other clearing system (an “Alternative Clearing System”), notices to Holders of Notes represented by this Global Note may be given by delivery of the relevant notice to the Clearing Systems or (as the case may be) such Alternative Clearing System.

 

9.                                      Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

 

The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of principal amount of €100,000 and whole multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof.  A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture.  The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.  The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange (i) any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) for a period beginning 15 days before the mailing of a notice of Notes to be redeemed and ending on the date of such mailing or (ii) any Notes for a period beginning 15 days before an interest payment date and ending on such interest payment date.

 

10.                               Persons Deemed Owners

 

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 



 

11.                               Unclaimed Money

 

If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person.  After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

 

12.                               Defeasance

 

Subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee cash in Euros for the payment of principal and interest on such Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

13.                               Amendment, Waiver

 

The Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes; provided, however, that the consent of each Noteholder affected is required to (i) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment of the Indenture, the Notes or specified provisions of the Master Trust Transaction Documents, (ii) reduce the stated rate or extend the stated time for payment of interest on a Note, (iii) reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of a Note, (iv) reduce the premium payable upon redemption of a Note, (v) make any Note payable in money other than that stated herein, (vi) impair the right of a Holder to receive payment under the Note or institute suit for the enforcement of such payment, (vii) make any change to the amendment provisions which require each Holder’s consent or the waiver provisions, or (viii) release the Guarantor or modify the Guarantee.

 

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Noteholder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, or to comply with Article 4 of the Indenture, or to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, or to add guarantees with respect to the Notes, or to secure the Notes, or to add additional covenants of the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary, or surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary, issue Subsequent Notes, or to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, or to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Noteholder.

 

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, any default (other than with respect to nonpayment or in respect of a provision that cannot be amended without the written consent of each Noteholder affected) or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, on behalf of all Holders of the Notes.

 



 

14.                               Defaults and Remedies

 

Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (1) default for 30 days in payment of interest or additional interest when due on the Notes; (2) default in payment of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes at Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon declaration or otherwise; (3) the failure by the Company or the Guarantor to comply for 60 days after written notice with its other agreements contained in the Indenture or under the Notes (other than those referred to in (1) or (2) above); (4) the failure of the Company, the Guarantor, a Designated Obligor or a Material Subsidiary (a) to pay the principal of any indebtedness for borrowed money, including obligations evidenced by any mortgage, indenture, bond, debenture, note, guarantee or other similar instruments, on the scheduled or original date due; (b) to pay interest on any such indebtedness beyond any provided grace period; or (c) to observe or perform any agreement or condition relating to such indebtedness, the effect of which is to cause such indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity and such acceleration has not been cured within 15 days after notice of acceleration; provided that an event described in clause (a), (b) or (c) above shall not constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more events of the type described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) shall have occurred or be continuing with respect to indebtedness in an amount exceeding U.S. $100,000,000; or (5) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, the Guarantor, a Designated Obligor or a Material Subsidiary (the “bankruptcy events”).  However, a default under clause (3) with respect to the Notes will not constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Notes until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes notify the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, of the default and the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, does not cure such default within the time specified in clause (3) hereof after receipt of such notice.

 

If an Event of Default other than a bankruptcy event occurs and is continuing with respect to the Notes, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes by written notice to the Company to be due and payable immediately.  If an Event of Default in connection with a bankruptcy event occurs and is continuing, the principal amount of the Notes, the premium, if any, and all accrued and unpaid interest shall be immediately due and payable without any action or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders.

 

Noteholders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture.  The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security.  Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes (voting as a single class) may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.  The Trustee may withhold from Noteholders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.

 

15.                               Trustee Dealings with the Company

 

Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, 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 Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 



 

16.                               No Recourse Against Others

 

An incorporator, director, officer, employee, affiliate, stockholder or shareholder of each of the Company or the Guarantor, solely by reason of this status, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes, the Indenture or the Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.  By accepting a Note, each Noteholder waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

 

17.                               No Petition

 

By its acquisition of this Note, each Holder hereof agrees that neither it nor the Trustee on its behalf may commence, or join with any other person in the commencement of, a bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding with respect to the Company under any applicable insolvency laws until one year and one date after the Notes and all other Indebtedness of the Company ranking equal with or junior to the Notes in right of payment, including all interest and premium thereon, if any, are paid in full.

 

18.                               Authentication

 

This Note shall not be valid for any purposes until an authorized signatory of the [Trustee](6) [Registrar](7) (or an authenticating agent acting on its behalf) has manually signed the certificate of authentication appearing on this Note.

 

19.                               [Effectuation

 

This Note shall not be valid for any purposes until it has been effectuated for or on behalf of the entity appointed as common safe-keeper by the relevant Clearing Systems.](8)

 

20.                               Abbreviations

 

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Noteholder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian) and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

21.                               CUSIP Numbers and ISIN Numbers

 

Pursuant to recommendations promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures and the International Securities Identification Numbers Organization, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and/or ISIN numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and/or ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Noteholders.  No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers

 


(6)  For Definitive Notes.

(7)  For Global Notes.

(8)  For Global Notes only.

 



 

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 thereon.

 

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 conflicts of law principles thereof.

 

The Company will furnish to any Noteholder upon written request and without charge to the Noteholder a copy of the Indenture.  Requests may be made to:

 

Bunge Finance Europe B.V.

11720 Borman Drive

St. Louis, Missouri 63146

Attention: Treasurer

Telephone No:  (314) 292-2908

Telecopy:  (314) 292-4908

 



 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

 

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

 

and irrevocably appoint              agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company.  The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

 

Date:

 

Your Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

 

                                  (Signature must be guaranteed)

 

 

 

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

 

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.

 



 

[TO BE ATTACHED TO NOTES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE

 

The following increases or decreases in this Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

 

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of this
Note

 

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this
Note

 

Principal Amount of this
Note following such
decrease or increase

 

Signature of authorized
signatory of [Trustee
/Common Service Provider to
the Clearing Systems]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.14 of the Indenture, check the box below:

 

o Section 3.14

 

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.14 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

€                           

 

Date:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Signature:

 

 

 

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

 

 

 

 

Tax Identification No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Signature Guarantee*:

 

 

 


* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 



 

SCHEDULE 1.1

 

Designated Obligors and Material Subsidiaries

 

The following Subsidiaries constitute all of the Designated Obligors as of the date hereof:

 

·                  Bunge Global Markets Inc.

 

·                  Bunge N.A. Holdings, Inc.

 

·                  Bunge North America, Inc.

 

·                  Koninklijke Bunge B.V.

 

·                  Bunge Alimentos S.A.

 

·                  Bunge Argentina S.A.

 

·                  Bunge Fertilizantes International Limited

 

·                  Bunge Fertilizantes S.A. (Brazil)

 

·                  Bunge International Commerce Ltd.

 

·                  Bunge S.A.

 

The following Subsidiaries constitute all of the Material Subsidiaries as of the date hereof:

 

·                                          Bunge North America, Inc.

 

·                                          Koninklijke Bunge B.V.

 

·                                          Bunge Alimentos S.A.

 

·                                          Bunge Argentina S.A.

 



 

SCHEDULE 3.4

 

Existing Liens

 

Subsidiary/Joint 
Ventures

 

Facility

 

Amount 
Outstanding

 

Description of Collateral

Terminal 6 SA (unconsolidated joint ventures in Argentina)

 

Bank (Bunge’s share)

 

$1.0 million

 

Shares of Terminal 6 SA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bunge Alimentos S.A.

 

BNDES

 

$6.4 million

 

Land, buildings and equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black Sea Industries Ukraine

 

EBRD Loan

 

$32.5 million

 

Extraction plant, Preparation plant and Boiler house (buildings and equipment) of BSIU crushing plant at Illychevsk, Ukraine

 


 

EX-5.1 4 a16-13529_1ex5d1.htm EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

Reed Smith LLP

 

599 Lexington Avenue

 

New York, New York 10022

 

212.521.5400

 

Fax 212.521.5450

 

June 16, 2016

 

To each of the Persons Listed

on Schedule A Attached hereto

 

Re:                     EUR 600,000,000 Bunge Finance Europe B.V. 1.850% Senior Notes Due 2023

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special counsel to Bunge Finance Europe B.V., a private company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands (“BFE” or the “Company”), and Bunge Limited, a company organized with limited liability under the laws of Bermuda (“Bunge” or the “Guarantor”; together BFE and the Guarantor are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Clients” and each a “Client”), in connection with their execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents (as defined below) to which they are parties.

 

A.                                    DOCUMENTS EXAMINED

 

In so acting as special counsel to the Clients, we have examined and are familiar with and have relied upon executed originals, counterparts or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents:

 

1.                                      the Indenture, dated June 16, 2016 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, as issuer, Bunge, as guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), which includes the Guarantee (the “Guarantee”) of the Note (defined below) by the Guarantor set forth therein;

 

2.                                      the Global Note for the 1.850% Senior Notes Due 2023, dated June 16, 2016 (the “Note”), issued by the Company pursuant to the Indenture;

 

3.                                      the Underwriting Agreement, dated June 9, 2016 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company, the Guarantor and the Underwriters listed in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement;

 



 

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4.                                      the Eighth Amended and Restated Guaranty, dated as of November 20, 2014 (the “Master Trust Guaranty”), by the Guarantor for the benefit of Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank International”, New York Branch, as letter of credit agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee and collateral agent;

 

5.                                      the Agency Agreement, dated June [·], 2016 (the “Agency Agreement”), among the Trustee, the Company, Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch and Elavon Financial Services Limited;

 

6.                                      the International Central Securities Depositaries Agreement, dated June [·], 2016 (the “ICSD Agreement”), among the Company, Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“Euroclear”) and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream”);

 

7.                                      the Executive Officer’s Certificate by BFE dated as of June 16, 2016, as required by the Underwriting Agreement;

 

8.                                      the Executive Officer’s Certificate by  Bunge dated as of June 16, 2016, as required by the Underwriting Agreement; and

 

9.                                      the Officer’s Certificate by BFE dated as of June 16, 2016, as required by the Indenture.

 

The documents referred to in the foregoing items 1 through 6 are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Transaction Documents.”  The documents referred to in the foregoing items 7 through 9 and the Officer’s Certificates (as defined below) are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Certificates.” Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Transaction Documents.

 

This opinion letter is delivered to you pursuant to Section 5(f) of the Underwriting Agreement and is given at the request, and with the consent, of the Clients.

 

In rendering the opinions set forth herein, we have reviewed the Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, Article 2 and Section 11.04 and 11.05 of the Indenture) and have also examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion letter, including without limitation:  (i) the Transaction Documents; (ii) the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (iii) the Officer’s Certificate attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Company Certificate”); (iv) the Officer’s Certificate attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Guarantor Certificate”; together the Company Certificate and the Guarantor Certificate are referred to herein as the “Officers’ Certificates”); and (v) the Master Trust Transaction Documents.  We have made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable us to express the opinions set forth below.

 



 

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B.                                    ASSUMPTIONS

 

We have assumed, without investigation, (x) the due authorization by each party to the Transaction Documents of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, entering into the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (the “Transactions”), (y) the due execution and delivery by each party to the Transaction Documents (other than, to the extent set forth in our opinions in opinion paragraphs 1 and 3, Part C, the Company and the Guarantor) of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (z) the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of such Transaction Documents against the parties thereto (other than the Clients).  We have also assumed (i) that each party to the Transaction Documents has the full corporate power to enter into and perform its obligations under each and every one of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; (ii) that the execution, delivery and performance of each of the Transaction Documents by each party thereto will not breach, contravene, conflict with, or constitute a violation of any provision of the articles or certificate of incorporation or by-laws or other organizational documents of such party; (iii) that the execution, delivery and performance of each of the Transaction Documents by each party thereto (other than the Company and the Guarantor to the extent set forth in our opinions in opinion paragraphs 5, 6 and 7, Part C below) will not breach, contravene, conflict with, or constitute a violation of any provision of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument by which such party is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject or any requirements of applicable law or regulation of any jurisdiction; (iv) that each of the parties to the Transaction Documents (including the Company and the Guarantor) has acted in good faith and has complied with all laws applicable to them that affect the Transactions; (v) routine procedural matters such as service of process or qualification to do business in relevant jurisdictions will be satisfied by the person seeking to enforce the Transaction Documents; (vi) the parties will perform their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents in accordance with terms thereof; and (vii) that there are no other agreements or understandings among the parties to the Transaction Documents that would modify the terms of the Transaction Documents or respective rights or obligations of the parties to the Transaction Documents.

 

In addition, in rendering the opinions expressed below, we have assumed legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all items submitted to us as originals, and the conformity with originals of all items submitted to us as copies.  As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon written (and with respect to facts related to the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, oral) statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Clients and other public officials. Additionally, we have assumed and relied upon the following:

 

(a)                                 the accuracy and completeness of all certificates and other statements, documents, records, financial statements and papers reviewed by us, and the accuracy and completeness of all representations, warranties, schedules and exhibits contained in the Transaction Documents and the Master Trust Transaction Documents, in each case with respect to the factual matters set forth therein; and

 



 

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(b)                                 the parties to the Transaction Documents (other than the Company and the Guarantor, to the extent set forth in our opinion in opinion paragraph 4, Part C below) have obtained and there are in full force and effect, any and all required consents, permits, and approvals required by or from any and all federal, state, local or foreign governmental agencies and authorities in connection with the Transactions, to the extent necessary for the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of such documents.

 

Whenever our opinion with respect to the existence or absence of facts is indicated to be based on our knowledge or awareness, we are referring to the actual knowledge of the particular Reed Smith LLP attorneys who have represented the Clients during the course of our representation of them in connection with the Transaction Documents, the Master Trust Transaction Documents and the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.  Except as expressly set forth herein, we have not undertaken any independent investigation, examination or inquiry to determine the existence or absence of any facts (and have not caused the review of any court file or indices) and no inference as to our knowledge concerning any facts should be drawn as a result of the limited representation undertaken by us.

 

C.                                    OPINIONS

 

Based upon the foregoing but subject to the assumptions, limitations, qualifications and reliances set forth herein, we are of the opinion, as of this date, that:

 

1.                                      The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.  Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company under the laws of The Netherlands, the Indenture, the Note, the Underwriting Agreement, the Agency Agreement and the ICSD Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by the Company (to the extent execution and delivery are governed by the laws of the State of New York).  Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Guarantor under Bermuda law, the Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor (to the extent execution and delivery are governed by the laws of the State of New York).  Each of the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement, the Agency Agreement and the ICSD Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.  Each of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

 

2.                                      Assuming the Note is duly authenticated by the Trustee, the Registrar or a duly appointed agent of the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, and effectuated by the relevant common safekeeper (the “CSK”) for Euroclear and Clearstream, as International Central Securities Depositaries, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and paid for by the Underwriters (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Note constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; provided that we express no opinion as to the validity, legality or

 



 

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enforceability of the obligations of the Trustee under the Indenture.  The form of the Note complies with the requirements of the Indenture and based solely on our review of the Indenture and, as to factual matters only, the Certificates supplied by the Clients, all conditions to the issuance and authentication thereof set forth in the Indenture have been satisfied in full.

 

3.                                      Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Guarantor under Bermuda law, at such time as the Note has been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and duly effectuated by the relevant CSK (to the extent execution and delivery are governed by the laws of the State of New York) and paid for as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, the Guarantee is a valid and legally binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; provided that we express no opinion as to the validity, legality or enforceability of the obligations of the Trustee under the Indenture.

 

4.                                      No authorization, consent, approval or other action by, or filing with, any New York or United States federal regulatory body or New York or United States federal governmental agency or authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of the Indenture, Underwriting Agreement, the Agency Agreement, the ICSD Agreement and the Note, or by the Guarantor of the Indenture, or for the validity or enforcement, of the Indenture, the Agency Agreement, the ICSD Agreement and the Note, except (i) as have been obtained or effected as of the date hereof or (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations or orders as are not required on the date hereof (under existing laws, regulations and conditions).

 

5.                                      The execution and delivery by the Company of the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement, the Agency Agreement, the ICSD Agreement and the Note, and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder will not breach, contravene, conflict with, or constitute a violation of any statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation of the State of New York or the United States that in our experience is normally applicable to transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or, to our knowledge, any judgment, order or decree, applicable to the Company or any of its properties or assets.

 

6.                                      The execution and delivery by the Guarantor of the Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement, and the performance by the Guarantor of its obligations thereunder will not breach, contravene, conflict with, or constitute a violation of any statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation of the State of New York or the United States that in our experience is normally applicable to transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or, to our knowledge, any judgment, order or decree, applicable to the Guarantor or any of its properties or assets.

 

7.                                      Based upon our review of the indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, loan agreements or other agreements or instruments set forth on Annex I attached to each of the Officers’ Certificates (collectively, the “Material Agreements”), the execution and delivery by the Company of the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement, the Agency Agreement, the ICSD

 



 

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Agreement, the Note and the Underwriting Agreement, the execution and delivery by the Guarantor of the Master Trust Guaranty, the Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement, and the performance by either the Company or the Guarantor of its obligations thereunder do not (and, in the case of performance, under current terms will not) breach, contravene, conflict with, or constitute a violation of any Material Agreement by which the Company or the Guarantor is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject (except we express no opinion as to violations of financial covenants or similar provisions to the extent they require financial calculations to ascertain compliance).

 

8.                                      Neither the Company nor the Guarantor is, nor will either of them be, as a result of the Transactions, an “investment company” or a company “controlled by” an “investment company”, in each case within the meaning of and subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

9.                                      Each of the Indenture, the Note and the Master Trust Transaction Documents conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

10.                               Under the laws of the State of New York relating to submission to personal jurisdiction, the Company and the Guarantor have, pursuant to provisions of the Indenture, validly and irrevocably submitted to the personal jurisdiction of any New York State or U.S. federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and any appellate court thereof, in any suit, action or proceeding relating to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising out of or in connection with the Indenture and have validly and irrevocably waived any objection to the venue of a proceeding in any such court, and have validly appointed the authorized agent named in the Indenture for the purposes described therein, and the service of process effected on such agent in the manner set forth in the Indenture is effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Guarantor.

 

D.                                    FURTHER EXCEPTIONS, LIMITATIONS, ASSUMPTIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS

 

The opinions as expressed herein are subject to the following qualifications and comments:

 

(a)                                 The enforceability of the Transaction Documents and the obligations of the Clients thereunder and the availability of certain rights and remedial provisions provided for in the Transaction Documents are subject to (1) the effect of applicable bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation, conservatorship, and moratorium laws, and are subject to limitations imposed by other laws and judicial decisions relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, (2) the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in proceedings at law or in equity), including, without limitation, where (i) the breach of such covenants or provisions imposes restrictions or

 



 

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burdens upon a debtor and it cannot be demonstrated that the enforcement of such remedies, restrictions or burdens is reasonably necessary for the protection of a creditor; (ii) a creditor’s enforcement of such remedies, covenants or provisions under the circumstances, or the manner of such enforcement, would violate such creditor’s implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, or would be commercially unreasonable; or (iii) a court having jurisdiction finds that such remedies, covenants or provisions were, at the time made, or are in application, unconscionable as a matter of law or contrary to public policy and (3) possible judicial action giving effect to governmental actions or foreign laws affecting creditors’ rights.

 

(b)                                 We express no opinion as to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any indemnification provisions of the Transaction Documents to the extent such provisions are violative of the public policy underlying any law, rule or regulation.

 

(c)                                  Requirements in the Transaction Documents specifying that provisions thereof may be waived only in writing may not be valid, binding or enforceable to the extent that an oral agreement or an implied agreement by trade practice or course of conduct has been created modifying any provision of such documents.

 

(d)                                 We express no opinion with respect to the applicability or effect of United States federal or state anti-trust or tax laws, or state securities or “blue sky” laws with respect to the Transactions.

 

(e)                                  With respect to the submissions to the jurisdiction of the United States federal courts sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the Indenture, we note the limitations of 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and § 1332 on the subject matter jurisdiction of the United States federal courts.  In connection with the foregoing provisions insofar as they relate to forum selection (including, without limitation, the waiver of any objection to venue or any objection that a court is an inconvenient forum), we note that under the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (NYCPLR) § 510 a New York State court may have discretion to transfer the place of trial, and under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) a United States District Court has discretion to transfer an action from one United States federal court to another.

 

The opinions expressed herein are based upon and are limited to the laws of the State of New York and the laws of the United States of America.  We express no opinion with respect to the laws of any other state or jurisdiction.

 

Our opinions set forth in this letter are based upon the facts in existence and laws in effect on the date hereof and we expressly disclaim any obligation to update our opinions herein, regardless of whether changes in such facts or laws come to our attention after the delivery hereof.

 



 

To each of the Persons Listed on Schedule A attached hereto

June 16, 2016

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This opinion letter is solely for the benefit of the addressees hereof, in connection with the Transactions.  This opinion letter may not be relied upon in any manner by any other person and may not be disclosed, quoted, filed with a governmental agency or otherwise referred to without our prior written consent, except that you may furnish a copy hereof (but no such person shall be entitled to rely thereon) (i) to your independent auditors and attorneys, (ii) to any state or federal authority or independent banking, insurance board or body having regulatory jurisdiction over you, (iii) pursuant to order or legal process of any court or governmental agency and (iv) in connection with any legal action to which you are a party arising out of or in respect of any of the Transaction Documents.

 

No attorney-client relationship exists or has existed by reason of our preparation, execution and delivery of this opinion letter to any addressee hereof or other person or entity except for the Clients.  In permitting reliance hereon by any person or entity other than the Clients, we are not acting as counsel for such other person or entity and have not assumed and are not assuming any responsibility to advise such other person or entity with respect to the adequacy of this opinion letter for its purposes.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

REED SMITH LLP

 

 

JMB/MP/DB/DMG

 

 

 

Legalop.

 

 



 

SCHEDULE A

 

BNP Paribas

10 Harewood Avenue

London NW1 6AA

United Kingdom

 

HSBC Bank plc

Transaction Management
Level 3
8 Canada Square
London E14 5HQ

United Kingdom

 

Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft

Kaiserstraße 16 (Kaiserplatz)
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Federal Republic of Germany

 

Citigroup Global Markets Limited

Citigroup Centre, Canada Square

Canary Wharf

London E14 5LB

United Kingdom

 

Lloyds Bank plc

10 Gresham St

London EC2V 7AE

United Kingdom

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

Global Debt Capital Markets
60 Wall Street, 10005-2836

New York, NY, USA

ING Bank N.V.

Foppingadreef 7

1102 BD Amsterdam

The Netherlands

 

SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited
One New Change
London, EC4M 9AF,

United Kingdom

 

ICBC Standard Bank plc

20 Gresham Street

London

EC2V 7JE

United Kingdom

 

J.P. Morgan Securities plc

25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf

London E14 5JP

United Kingdom

 

Société Générale

10 Bishops Square

London E1 6EG

United Kingdom

NATIXIS

47 quai d’Austerlitz

75013 Paris

France

ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

Gustav Mahlerlaan 10

1082 PP Amsterdam

The Netherlands

 

ANZ Securities, Inc.

277 Park Avenue, 31st Floor

New York, NY 10172

 

Standard Chartered Bank

One Basinghall Avenue

London EC2V 5DD

United Kingdom

Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A

Croeselaan 18
3521 CB Utrecht

The Netherlands

 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.

One Canada Square

44th Floor

Canary Wharf, London E14 5AA

 

UniCredit Bank AG

Arabellastr. 12

81925 Munich

Germany

 

Crédit Agricole Corporate

and Investment Bank

9 quai du Président Paul Doumer

92920 Paris La Défense Cedex

 

Barclays Bank PLC

5 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London E14 4BB

United Kingdom

 

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee

1050 West Peachtree Street, Suite 1050

Atlanta, GA 30309

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

CERTIFICATE OF BUNGE FINANCE EUROPE B.V.

 

This certificate (“Certificate”) is being delivered by Bunge Finance Europe B.V., a private company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands (“BFE”), in connection with an opinion letter of Reed Smith LLP dated and delivered concurrently with this Certificate (the “Opinion”), addressing the enforceability of, and certain corporate matters in connection with, the Indenture, dated as of June 16, 2016 (the “Indenture”), by and among BFE, Bunge Limited, as guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, and the other Transaction Documents described in the Opinion.  BFE hereby certifies as follows, although nothing contained herein shall be deemed to constitute a conclusion of law:

 

1.                                      Attached as Annex I hereto is a complete list of each indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument (other than the Transaction Documents) by which BFE is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject, in each case which is material to the business, operations, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of BFE.

 

2.                                      BFE has not entered into any other agreements or understandings that would modify the terms of the Transaction Documents or the respective rights or obligations of the parties to the Transaction Documents.

 

Capitalized terms used in this Certificate and not otherwise defined herein or in the Opinion shall have the meaning given such terms in the Transaction Documents.

 



 

It is understood and acknowledged that the undersigned is executing this Certificate not in an individual capacity but solely in his capacity as an officer of BFE and is without any personal liability as to the matters contained in this Certificate.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, BFE, by its duly authorized signatory, has executed this Certificate.

 

Dated as of June    , 2016

 

 

 

 

Bunge Finance Europe B.V.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

Signature Page to BFE Opinion Certificate

 



 

ANNEX I

 

MATERIAL AGREEMENTS

 

1.              Third Amended and Restated Series 2003-1 Supplement, dated as of May 13, 2016, among Bunge Funding, Inc., Bunge Management Services, Inc., as servicer, BFE, as Series 2003-1 purchaser, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.

 

2.              Revolving Facility Agreement, dated March 17, 2014, among BFE, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, ING Bank N.V., The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Standard Chartered Bank, Unicredit Bank AG, New York Branch, SG Americas Securities LLC, Natixis, Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (trading as Rabobank International), Lloyds Bank plc, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, HSBC Bank plc, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd., New York Branch, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as mandated lead arrangers, and ABN AMRO Bank N.V., as agent, as amended by the Amendment Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2015.

 

3.              Uncommitted Line of Credit Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2014, between BFE and Bayerische Landesbank, New York Branch.

 

4.              Uncommitted Line of Credit Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2012, between BFE and ING Bank, N.V., as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of July 28, 2014.

 

5.              Uncommitted Line of Credit Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2008, between BFE and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of March 2009, as further amended by Amendment No. 2, dated as of October 28, 2010, as further amended by Amendment No. 3, dated as of February 24, 2011, as further amended by Amendment No. 4, dated as of April 18, 2012, and as further amended by Amendment No. 5, dated as of May 27, 2014.

 



 

To each of the Persons Listed on Schedule A attached hereto

June 16, 2016

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EXHIBIT B

 

CERTIFICATE OF BUNGE LIMITED

 

This certificate (“Certificate”) is being delivered by Bunge Limited, a company organized under the laws of Bermuda (“Bunge”), in connection with an opinion letter of Reed Smith LLP dated and delivered concurrently with this Certificate (the “Opinion”), addressing the enforceability of, and certain corporate matters in connection with, the Indenture, dated as of June 16, 2016 (the “Indenture”), by and among Bunge Finance Europe B.V. (“BFE”), Bunge, as guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association., as Trustee, and the other Transaction Documents described in the Opinion.  BL hereby certifies as follows, although nothing contained herein shall be deemed to constitute a conclusion of law:

 

1.                                      Attached as Annex I hereto is a complete list of each indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument (other than the Transaction Documents) by which Bunge is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject, in each case which is material to the business, operations, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of Bunge.

 

2.                                      Bunge has not entered into any other agreements or understandings that would modify the terms of the Transaction Documents or the respective rights or obligations of the parties to the Transaction Documents.

 

Capitalized terms used in this Certificate and not otherwise defined herein or in the Opinion shall have the meaning given such terms in the Transaction Documents.

 



 

It is understood and acknowledged that the undersigned is executing this Certificate not in an individual capacity but solely in his capacity as an officer of Bunge and is without any personal liability as to the matters contained in this Certificate.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bunge, by its duly authorized signatory, has executed this Certificate.

 

Dated as of June    , 2016

 

 

 

 

Bunge Limited

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

Signature Page to BL Opinion Certificate

 



 

ANNEX I

 

MATERIAL AGREEMENTS

 

1.              Fifth Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2004, among Bunge Funding, Inc., Bunge Management Services, Inc., as servicer, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.

 

2.              Fifth Amended and Restated Series 2000-1 Supplement, dated as of June 28, 2004, among Bunge Funding, Inc., Bunge Management Services, Inc., as servicer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent, Cooperative Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenbenbank B.A., “Rabobank International,” New York branch, as letter of credit agent, Bunge Asset Funding Corp., and The Bank of New York Mellon, as collateral agent and trustee.

 

3.              Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 20, 2014, among Bunge Limited Finance Corp. (“BLFC”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the financial institutions from time to time party thereto.

 

4.              Guaranty, dated as of November 20, 2014, by Bunge Limited, as guarantor, in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.

 

5.              Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2014, among BLFC, CoBank, ACB, as administrative agent, and the financial institutions from time to time party thereto.

 

6.              Amended and Restated Guaranty, dated as of June 17, 2014, by Bunge Limited, as guarantor, in favor of CoBank, ACB, as administrative agent.

 

7.              Revolving Facility Agreement, dated March 17, 2014, among BFE, as Borrower, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, ING Bank N.V., The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Standard Chartered Bank, Unicredit Bank AG, New York Branch, SG Americas Securities LLC, Natixis, Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (trading as Rabobank International), Lloyds Bank plc, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, HSBC Bank plc, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd., New York Branch, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as mandated lead arrangers, and ABN AMRO Bank N.V., as agent, as amended by the Amendment Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2015.

 

8.              Amended and Restated Guaranty, dated August 10, 2015, by Bunge Limited, as guarantor, in favor of ABN AMRO Bank N.V., as agent.

 

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9.              Receivables Transfer Agreement, dated June 1, 2011, among Bunge Securitization B.V., as seller, Bunge Finance B.V., as master servicer, the persons from time to time party thereto as conduit purchasers, the persons from time to time party thereto as committed purchasers, the persons from time to time party thereto as purchaser agents, Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., as administrative and purchaser agent, and Bunge Limited, as performance undertaking provider, as amended by the First Amendment to Receivables Transfer Agreement, dated May 24, 2012, the Second Amendment and Consent to Receivables Transfer Agreement, dated July 25, 2012, the Third Amendment to Receivables Transfer Agreement, dated April 23, 2013, the Fourth Amendment to Receivables Transfer Agreement, dated May 28, 2013, the Fifth Amendment to Receivables Transfer Agreement, dated March 14, 2014, the Sixth Amendment to Receivables Transfer Agreement, dated May 27, 2014, the Seventh Amendment to and Restatement of the Receivables Transfer Agreement, dated May 22, 2015 and the Eighth Amendment to and Restatement of Receivables Transfer Agreement, dated May 26, 2016.

 

10.       Servicing Agreement, dated June 1, 2011, among Bunge Securitization B.V., as seller, Bunge North America Capital, Inc., as U.S. intermediate transferor, Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., as Italian intermediate transferor, Bunge Finance B.V., as master servicer, the persons named therein as sub-servicers, and Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., as administrative agent, as amended and restated on May 26, 2016.

 

11.       Performance and Indemnity Agreement, dated June 1, 2011, between Bunge Limited, as performance undertaking provider, and Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., as administrative agent, as amended by the First Amendment to Performance and Indemnity Agreement, dated May 24, 2012.

 

12.       Subordinated Loan Agreement, dated June 1, 2011, among Bunge Finance B.V., as subordinated lender, Bunge Securitization B.V., as seller, Bunge Finance B.V., as master servicer, and Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., as administrative agent.

 

13.       U.S. Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated June 1, 2011, among Bunge North America, Inc., Bunge Oils, Inc., Bunge North America (East), LLC, Bunge Milling, Inc., Bunge North America (OPD West), Inc., each as a seller, respectively, Bunge Finance B.V., as seller agent, and Bunge North America Capital, Inc., as buyer, as amended by the First Amendment to U.S. Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated June 15, 2012.

 

14.       U.S. Intermediate Transfer Agreement, dated June 1, 2011, among Bunge North America Capital, Inc., as the transferor, Bunge Finance B.V., as the transferor

 

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agent, and Bunge Securitization B.V., as the transferee, as amended by the First Amendment to U.S. Intermediate Transfer Agreement, dated June 15, 2012.

 

15.       Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, by and among BLFC, as issuer, Bunge Limited, as guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

 

16.       Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2012, by and among BLFC, as issuer, Bunge Limited, as guarantor, and Union Bank, N.A., as trustee.

 

17.       Indenture, dated as of November 24, 2015, by and among BLFC, as issuer, Bunge Limited, as guarantor, and MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as trustee.

 

18.       Twelfth Amended and Restated Liquidity Agreement, dated as of November 20, 2014, among Bunge Asset Funding Corp., the financial institutions party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

19.       Eighth Amended and Restated Guaranty, dated as of November 20, 2014, by Bunge Limited as guarantor for the benefit of Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank International”, New York Branch, as letter of credit agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee and collateral agent.

 

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EX-99.1 5 a16-13529_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

GRAPHIC

 

 

 

 

Investor Contact:

Mark Haden

 

 

 

 

Bunge Limited

 

 

 

 

914-684-3398

 

 

 

 

mark.haden@bunge.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media Contact:

Susan Burns

 

 

 

 

Bunge Limited

 

 

 

 

914-684-3246

 

 

 

 

susan.burns@bunge.com

 

Bunge Limited Announces Pricing of Senior Notes Offering

 

WHITE PLAINS, NY —  June 9, 2016 — Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG) today announced that Bunge Finance Europe B.V., its wholly owned finance subsidiary, has priced a public offering of €600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.850% senior notes due 2023.  The senior notes will be guaranteed by Bunge Limited.  The offering was made pursuant to a registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  The transaction is expected to close on June 16, 2016.

 

Bunge Limited intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, the repayment of outstanding indebtedness, which may include indebtedness under its revolving credit facilities.

 

Citigroup Global Markets Limited, BNP Paribas, J.P. Morgan Securities plc and ING Bank N.V. are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, HSBC Bank plc, Lloyds Bank plc, SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited, and Société Générale are acting as senior co-managers, and ANZ Securities, Inc., Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, ICBC Standard Bank Plc, Natixis, Standard Chartered Bank, and UniCredit Bank AG are acting as co-managers.

 

This offering of senior notes may be made only by means of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus related to the offering.  Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering can be obtained by calling Citigroup Global Markets Limited toll-free at (800) 831-9146, BNP Paribas toll-free at (800) 854-5674, J.P. Morgan Securities plc collect at +44 (0)207-134-2468 or ING Bank N.V. toll free at +31 20-563-8019.

 

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, these senior notes in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

 



 

The prospectus in the registration statement and the prospectus supplement relating to the offering have been prepared on the basis that any offer of notes in any Member State of the European Economic Area (each, a “Member State”) will be made pursuant to an exemption under Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 4 November 2003 as amended (the “Prospectus Directive”) from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of notes. Accordingly any person making or intending to make an offer in that Member State of notes which are the subject of the offering contemplated in the prospectus supplement may only do so in circumstances in which no obligation arises for Bunge Limited, Bunge Finance Europe B.V. or any of the underwriters to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive, in each case, in relation to such offer. Neither we nor the joint bookrunners have authorized, nor do they authorize, the making of any offer of notes in circumstances in which an obligation arises for us or the underwriters to publish or supplement a prospectus for such offer.

 

The prospectus in the registration statement and the prospectus supplement relating to the offering are for distribution only to persons who (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the “Financial Promotion Order”), (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (“high net worth companies, unincorporated associations etc.”) of the Financial Promotion Order, (iii) are outside the United Kingdom, or (iv) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) in connection with the issue or sale of any securities may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). The prospectus in the registration statement and the prospectus supplement relating to the offering are directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which the such documents relate is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons.

 

Relevant stabilization regulations including FCA / ICMA apply.

 

About Bunge Limited

 

Bunge Limited (www.bunge.com, NYSE: BG) is a leading global agribusiness and food company operating in over 40 countries with approximately 35,000 employees. Bunge buys, sells, stores and transports oilseeds and grains to serve customers worldwide; processes oilseeds to make protein meal for animal feed and edible oil products for commercial customers and consumers; produces sugar and ethanol from sugarcane; mills wheat, corn and rice to make ingredients used by food companies; and sells fertilizer in South America. Founded in 1818, the company is headquartered in White Plains, New York.

 

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Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release contains both historical and forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward looking statements are not based on historical facts, but rather reflect our current expectations and projections about our future results, performance, prospects and opportunities, including statements with respect to the completion, timing and anticipated use of proceeds of the offering.  We have tried to identify these forward looking statements by using words including “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “plan,” “intend,” “estimate,” “continue” and similar expressions.  These forward looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results, performance, prospects or opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward looking statements, including those risk factors described in or incorporated by reference in the prospectus supplement for the offering.  The following important factors, among others, could affect our business and financial performance: industry conditions, including fluctuations in supply, demand and prices for agricultural commodities and other raw materials and products used in our business; fluctuations in energy and freight costs and competitive developments in our industries; the effects of weather conditions and the outbreak of crop and animal disease on our business; global and regional agricultural, economic, financial and commodities market, political, social and health conditions; the outcome of pending regulatory and legal proceedings; our ability to complete, integrate and benefit from acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and strategic alliances; our ability to achieve the efficiencies, savings and other benefits anticipated from our cost reduction, margin improvement and other business optimization initiatives; changes in government policies, laws and regulations affecting our business, including agricultural and trade policies, tax regulations and biofuels legislation; and other factors affecting our business generally. The forward-looking statements included in this release are made only as of the date of this release, and except as otherwise required by federal securities law, we do not have any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

 

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