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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): May 1, 2025

 

 

 

LOGO

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33829   98-0517725

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

53 South Avenue, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

781-418-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address if changed 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):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-14(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-14(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

  

Trading

Symbol

  

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common stock    KDP    Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

 
 


Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 5, 2025, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (the “Company”) issued $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes, consisting of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Floating Rate Notes”), $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.350% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.600% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”) and $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.150% Senior Notes due 2035 (the “2035 Notes” and, together with the 2028 Notes and the 2030 Notes, the “Fixed Rate Notes,” and together with the Floating Rate Notes, the “Notes”), pursuant to an indenture, dated as of March 7, 2024, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of May 5, 2025, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined herein) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).

The Floating Rate Notes will bear interest at a floating rate, reset quarterly, equal to the compounded secured overnight financing rate plus 0.580%. Interest on the Floating Rate Notes will be payable on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on August 15, 2025. The Floating Rate Notes will mature on November 15, 2026.

Interest on each series of Fixed Rate Notes will be payable on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on November 15, 2025. The 2028 Notes will mature on May 15, 2028, the 2030 Notes will mature on May 15, 2030 and the 2035 Notes will mature on May 15, 2035.

The Notes will not be entitled to any sinking fund. The Notes were issued in an underwritten offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The Notes are the unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s current and future unsubordinated indebtedness. The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by certain of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor”) and all of its existing and future subsidiaries that guarantee any of its other indebtedness (each a “Subsidiary Guarantee”). Each such Subsidiary Guarantee is an unsecured and unsubordinated obligation of the Subsidiary Guarantor providing such Subsidiary Guarantee and ranks equally in right of payment with such Subsidiary Guarantor’s current and future unsubordinated indebtedness.

The Company may redeem the Fixed Rate Notes of each series, in whole or in part, from time to time, at the applicable redemption price set forth in the Indenture and the applicable note certificates. The Company may not redeem the Floating Rate Notes prior to maturity. If a change of control triggering event (as defined in the Indenture) occurs, subject to certain exceptions, the Company must give holders of the Notes the opportunity to sell to the Company their Notes, in whole or in part, at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of purchase.

The Indenture contains customary events of default, including: (i) default in any payment of interest on any Note when due, continued for 30 days, (ii) default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on any Note when due, (iii) failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under the Indenture, in certain cases subject to notice and grace periods and (iv) specified events involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company or certain of its subsidiaries.

The Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries are subject to certain negative covenants under the Indenture, including limitations on the ability of the Company and each such subsidiary to, among other things: (i) incur indebtedness secured by principal properties, (ii) enter into certain sale and leaseback transactions with respect to principal properties and (iii) enter into certain mergers, consolidations and transfers of substantially all of its assets.

The summary of the terms and provisions of the Notes and the Indenture set forth in this Item 1.01 is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full and complete text of the Base Indenture (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 7, 2024), the Second Supplemental Indenture (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K) and the form of each series of the Notes (in global form) attached as exhibits to the Second Supplemental Indenture, which are incorporated by reference herein.


Item 2.03.

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 above with respect to the Notes and the Indenture is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference insofar as it relates to the creation of a direct financial obligation.

 

Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On May 5, 2025, JAB BevCo B.V. (the “Selling Stockholder”) completed the previously announced registered public secondary offering (the “Offering”) of 75,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company for gross proceeds to the Selling Stockholder of approximately $2.5 billion.

The Company did not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of Common Stock by the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder is a holding company majority-owned by JAB Holding Company s.à.r.l.

In connection with the Offering, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated May 1, 2025 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Selling Stockholder and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as underwriter. The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing summary of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement.

The Company has previously filed with the SEC a registration statement (including a prospectus) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-266989) as well as a resale prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on August 19, 2022, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement, filed with the SEC on May 5, 2025, for the Offering.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

 1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated May 1, 2025, by and among Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., JAB BevCo B.V. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.
 4.1    Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2025, among Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee.
 4.2    Form of Floating Rate Senior Note due 2026 (included in Exhibit 4.1).
 4.3    Form of 4.350% Senior Note due 2028 (included in Exhibit 4.1).
 4.4    Form of 4.600% Senior Note due 2030 (included in Exhibit 4.1).
 4.5    Form of 5.150% Senior Note due 2035 (included in Exhibit 4.1).
 5.1    Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
 5.2    Opinion of Polsinelli Law Group.
23.1    Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2    Consent of Polsinelli Law Group (included in Exhibit 5.2).
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in Inline XBRL.


SIGNATURES

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

 

    KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.
Dated: May 5, 2025      
    By:  

/s/ Anthony Shoemaker

    Name:   Anthony Shoemaker
    Title:   Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
EX-1.1 2 d941579dex11.htm EX-1.1 EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

75,000,000 Shares

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

May 1, 2025


May 1, 2025

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The shareholder of Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), named in Schedule I hereto (the “Selling Shareholder”) proposes to sell to the Underwriter named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriter”), an aggregate of 75,000,000 shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Shares”). The shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company are hereinafter referred to as the “Common Stock.”

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-266989), including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. The registration statement as amended at the time it becomes effective, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”; the prospectus in the form first used to confirm sales of Shares (or in the form first made available to the Underwriter by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Base Prospectus.” The Base Prospectus, as supplemented by (i) the prospectus supplement, dated August 19, 2022 (the “Resale Prospectus Supplement”), that registers for resale from time to time shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Shares in the form first used to confirm sales of the Shares (or in the form first made available to the Underwriter by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus” and the term “preliminary prospectus” means any preliminary form of the Prospectus, including without limitation, the Time of Sale Prospectus (as defined below).

For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the documents and pricing information set forth in Schedule III(A) hereto, and “broadly available road show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person. As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “Base Prospectus,” “preliminary prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein as of the date of reference to any such “Registration Statement,” “Base Prospectus,” “preliminary prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus.” The terms “supplement,” “supplemented,”


“amendment,” “amended” and “amend” as used herein with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Resale Prospectus Supplement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.

1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with the Underwriter that:

(a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act are pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission.

(b) (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) the Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (iv) the Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale of the Shares in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date (as defined in Section 5), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (v) each broadly available road show and free writing prospectus set forth in Schedule III(B), if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (vi) as of its date and the Closing Date, the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the date of such amendment or supplement, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use therein.

 

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(c) The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule III(B) hereto, and electronic road shows, if any, each furnished to the Underwriter before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without the Underwriter’s prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.

(d) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own or lease its property and to conduct its business as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus 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, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(e) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated, organized or formed, is validly existing as a corporation or other business entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or formation (to the extent the concept of good standing is applicable in such jurisdiction), has the corporate or other business entity power and authority to own or lease its property and to conduct its business as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus 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 (to the extent the concept of good standing is applicable in such jurisdiction), except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all of the issued shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent such concepts are applicable under relevant law) and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company (except, for investments in those subsidiaries of the Company set forth together with the Company’s approximate ownership interest in each such subsidiary as of March 31, 2025 on Schedule IV hereto and, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares, none of which constitute a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) and except as required by applicable law, free and clear of any material lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party (other than transfer restrictions under applicable securities laws and liens permitted by the debt instruments (each, as amended and supplemented as of the date hereof) of the Company and its subsidiaries described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus).

 

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

(g) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

(h) The shares of Common Stock (including the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder) outstanding as of the date hereof have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

(i) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement will not contravene (i) any provision of applicable law, (ii) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company, (iii) any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iv) any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, except, in the cases of clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) above, as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body, agency or court is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, except such as may have already been obtained or made or be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares.

(j) 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 Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(k) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (i) other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and proceedings that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus or (ii) that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus and are not so described in all material respects; and there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.

 

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(l) 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.

(m) The Company is not required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(n) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits, or other authorizations (“Permits”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, and have fulfilled all material obligations with respect to such Permits, except where the failure to possess such Permits or perform such obligations would not singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any Permit or has any knowledge that any such Permits will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except for such revocations, modifications or renewals as would not singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(o) No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company and its subsidiaries, is contemplated or threatened, except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(p) The Company and each of its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment, natural resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in such notice, 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 would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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(q) There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which would, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(r) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus and as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (i) each employee benefit pension plan, within the meaning of Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) subject to Title IV of ERISA that is maintained and established by the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA or any entity that would be regarded as a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan, excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no “accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in Section 412 of the Code, whether or not waived, has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (iv) the fair market value of the assets of each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (v) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) not waived by the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (“PBGC”) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; and (vi) neither the Company, and to the knowledge of the Company, nor any member of the Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the PBGC, in the ordinary course and without default) with respect to the termination of a Plan (or the withdrawal from a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).

(s) Except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole: (i) the Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as the applicable entity deems are adequate to protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses, as applicable; and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its 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 at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.

 

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(t) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to include such securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, except as such have been duly waived or complied with in connection with the sale of the Shares contemplated hereby.

(u) (i) None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, nor any director of the Company, or, to the Company’s knowledge, any officer, employee, agent, controlled affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries, has taken or will take any unlawful action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment, giving or receipt of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any government official (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) (“Government Official”) in order to influence official action, or to any person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws; and (ii) the Company and each of its subsidiaries and controlled affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintained and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representations and warranties contained herein.

(v) The operations of the Company and each of its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and each of its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

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(w) (i) None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any director or, to the Company’s knowledge, any officer, employee, agent, controlled affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is an individual or entity (“Person”) that is, or is owned or controlled by one or more Persons that are:

(A) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), or

(B) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Crimea Region and the non-government controlled areas of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria or any other Covered Region of Ukraine identified pursuant to Executive Order 14065).

(ii) Since April 24, 2019, except as would not result in a violation of Sanctions by any person, the Company and each of its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, and are not now engaged in, and will not engage in any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.

(x) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are material to their respective businesses, taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries, except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) would not singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(y) Except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole: (i) the Company and its subsidiaries own or possess the right to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names copyrights, know-how and trade secrets (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary for the conduct of their businesses as currently conducted; (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, conduct of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ businesses, as currently conducted, does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise conflict with any Intellectual Property Rights of any third party; and (iii) the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any written notice of any claim against the Company concerning the foregoing.

(z) [Reserved]

 

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(aa) Except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole: (i) the Company and each of its subsidiaries have complied and are presently in compliance with all internal and external privacy policies, contractual obligations, industry standards, applicable laws, statutes, judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or other governmental or regulatory authority and any other legal obligations, in each case, relating to the collection, use, transfer, import, export, storage, protection, disposal and disclosure by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of personal, personally identifiable, household, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Data Security Obligations”, and such data, “Data”); (ii) the Company has not received any notification of or complaint regarding and is unaware of any other facts that would result in a non-compliance with any Data Security Obligation; and (iii) of there is no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened alleging non-compliance with any Data Security Obligation.

(bb) Except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole: (i) the Company and each of its subsidiaries have taken technical and organizational measures necessary to protect the information technology systems and Data used in connection with the operation of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ businesses; (ii) without limiting the foregoing, the Company and its subsidiaries have used reasonable efforts to establish and maintain, and have established, maintained, implemented and complied with reasonable information technology, information security, cyber security and data protection controls, policies and procedures, including oversight, access controls, encryption, technological and physical safeguards and business continuity/disaster recovery and security plans that are designed to protect against and prevent breach, destruction, loss, unauthorized distribution, use, access, disablement, misappropriation or modification, or other compromise or misuse of or relating to any information technology system or Data used in connection with the operation of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ businesses (“Breach”); and (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, there has been no Breach, and the Company and its subsidiaries have not been notified of and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any Breach.

(cc) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date of this Agreement or have requested extensions thereof (except where the failure to file would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole) and have paid all taxes required to be paid thereon (except for cases in which the failure to file or pay would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or, except as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) have been created in the financial statements of the Company), and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets which, singly or in the aggregate, has had a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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(dd) The financial statements included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes thereto, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates shown and its results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby except for any normal year-end adjustments in the Company’s quarterly financial statements. The other financial information included in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.

(ee) Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”), who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, delivered its respective reports with respect to such audited consolidated financial statements and schedules filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement and included in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), as applicable, in each case, during the periods covered by such financial statements.

(ff) The Company maintains a system of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that have been designed by, or under the supervision of, its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP, including, but not limited to 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. GAAP 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. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls.

 

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(gg) To the Company’s knowledge, the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(hh) As of the time of each sale of the Shares in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, none of (A) the Time of Sale Prospectus or (B) any free writing prospectus, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will 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.

(ii) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares in violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act.

(jj) No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included or incorporated by reference in any of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed by the Company without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

2. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholder. The Selling Shareholder represents and warrants to and agrees with the Underwriter that:

(a) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholder.

(b) The execution and delivery by the Selling Shareholder of, and the performance by the Selling Shareholder of its obligations under, this Agreement will not contravene (i) any provision of applicable law, (ii) the organizational documents of the Selling Shareholder, (iii) any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Selling Shareholder or (iv) any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Selling Shareholder, except in the case of (i), (iii) and (iv) as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Selling Shareholder’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body, agency or court is required for the performance by the Selling Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement, except (i) such as may have already been obtained, (ii) such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares or (iii) such that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Selling Shareholder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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(c) The Selling Shareholder has, and on the Closing Date will have, valid title to, or a valid “security entitlement” within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code in respect of, the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances and the legal right and power, and all authorization and approval required by law, to enter into this Agreement and to sell, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder or a security entitlement in respect of such Shares.

(d) Upon payment for the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement, delivery of such Shares, as directed by the Underwriter, to Cede & Co. (“Cede”) or such other nominee as may be designated by the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), registration of such Shares in the name of Cede or such other nominee and the crediting of such Shares on the books of DTC to securities accounts of the Underwriter (assuming that neither DTC nor the Underwriter has notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”)) to such Shares), (A) DTC shall be a “protected purchaser” of such Shares within the meaning of Section 8-303 of the UCC, (B) under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriter will acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Shares and (C) no action based on any “adverse claim”, within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, to such Shares may be successfully asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; for purposes of this representation, the Selling Shareholder may assume that when such payment, delivery and crediting occur, (x) such Shares will have been registered in the name of Cede or another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the Company’s share registry in accordance with its certificate of incorporation, bylaws and applicable law, (y) DTC will be registered as a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC and (z) appropriate entries to the account of the Underwriter on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the UCC.

(e) The Selling Shareholder has delivered to the Underwriter an executed lock-up agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Lock-up Agreement”).

(f) The Selling Shareholder has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares in violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act.

(g) The Selling Shareholder is not prompted by any information concerning the Company or its subsidiaries which is not set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus to sell its Shares pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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(h) (i) the Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale of the Shares in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date (as defined in Section 5) , the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (iii) the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph 2(g) are limited in all respects to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Selling Shareholder furnished to the Company in writing by the Selling Shareholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this Agreement, the only information furnished by the Selling Shareholder consists of the name of the Selling Shareholder, the number of offered shares and the address and other information with respect to the Selling Shareholder (excluding percentages) which appear in the Registration Statement or any Prospectus in the table (and corresponding footnotes) under the caption “The Selling Stockholder” (the “Selling Shareholder Information”).

(i) (i) None of the Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Selling Shareholder, any director, officer, employee, agent, representative, or affiliate thereof, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by one or more Persons that are:

(A) the subject of any Sanctions, or

(B) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Crimea Region and the non-government controlled areas of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria or any other Covered Region of Ukraine identified pursuant to Executive Order 14065).

(ii) The Selling Shareholder will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person:

(A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions; or

(B) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).

 

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(iii) Since April 24, 2019, the Selling Shareholder has not knowingly engaged in, is not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.

(iv) (a) None of the Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Selling Shareholder, any director, officer, employee, agent, representative, or affiliate thereof has taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment giving or receipt of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any Government Official in order to influence official action, or to any person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws; (b) the Selling Shareholder and each of its subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintained and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representations and warranties contained herein; and (c) neither the Selling Shareholder nor any of its subsidiaries will use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of the offering in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws.

(v) The operations of the Selling Shareholder and each of its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Selling Shareholder, threatened.

(j) The Selling Shareholder represents and warrants that it is not (i) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (iii) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plan or account under Section 3(42) of ERISA, 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101, or otherwise.

(k) The Selling Shareholder represents that no stamp, documentary, issuance, registration, transfer, withholding, capital gains, income or other taxes or duties are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriter, the Company or any of its subsidiaries or to any taxing authority thereof or therein in connection with (i) the execution, delivery or consummation of this Agreement by the Selling Shareholder, (ii) the sale and delivery of the Shares by the Selling Shareholder to the Underwriter or purchasers procured by the Underwriter, or (iii) the resale and delivery of such Shares by the Underwriter in the manner contemplated herein.

(l) The Selling Shareholder has the power to submit, and pursuant to Section 20(a) has, to the extent permitted by law, legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the jurisdiction of the Specified Courts (as defined in Section 20(a)), and has the power to designate, appoint and empower, and pursuant to Section 20(b), has legally, validly and effectively designated, appointed and empowered an agent for service of process in any suit or proceeding based on or arising under this Agreement in any of the Specified Courts.

 

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3. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Selling Shareholder hereby agrees to sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, agrees to purchase the Shares from the Selling Shareholder at $33.12 a share (the “Purchase Price”).

4. Terms of Public Offering. The Selling Shareholder is advised by the Underwriter that it proposes to make a public offering of the Shares as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have become effective as in the Underwriter’s judgment is advisable.

5. Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder shall be made to the Selling Shareholder in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Shares for the account of the Underwriter at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on May 5, 2025, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than May 15, 2025, as shall be designated in writing by the Underwriter. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.”

The Shares shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as the Underwriter shall request not later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date. The Shares shall be delivered to the Underwriter on the Closing Date for the account of the Underwriter. The Purchase Price payable by the Underwriter shall be reduced by (i) any transfer taxes paid by, or on behalf of, the Underwriter in connection with the transfer of the Shares to the Underwriter duly paid and (ii) any withholding required by law.

6. Conditions to the Underwriter’s Obligations. The obligations of the Selling Shareholder to sell the Shares to the Underwriter and the obligations of the Underwriter to purchase and pay for the Shares on the Closing Date are subject to the condition that the Registration Statement became effective prior to the execution of this Agreement.

The obligations of the Underwriter are subject to performance by the Company and the Selling Shareholder of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following further conditions:

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

(i) no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; (ii) 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 any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act; and

 

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(iii) 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 Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus that, in the Underwriter’s judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the Underwriter’s judgment, impracticable to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(b) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date (i) a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Sections 6(a)(i) and 6(a)(ii) above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company has 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 and (ii) a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the Selling Shareholder to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Selling Shareholder contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Selling Shareholder has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date.

The officer signing and delivering such certificate pursuant to Section 6(b)(i) may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.

(c) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date (i) an opinion and negative assurance letter of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and (ii) an opinion of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, special tax counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter.

(d) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date, an opinion of Allen & Overy LLP, outside Dutch counsel for the Selling Shareholder, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter.

(e) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion and negative assurance letter of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, outside counsel for the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter.

 

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(f) The Underwriter 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 reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, from Deloitte, 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 pertaining to the Company contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.

(g) The Lock-up Agreement between the Underwriter and the Selling Shareholder shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.

(h) The Underwriter shall have received on the date hereof and the Closing Date a certificate, dated the date hereof and the Closing Date, respectively, and signed by the chief financial officer of the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter.

7. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with the Underwriter as follows:

(a) (i) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Underwriter and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act prior to the earlier of (A) the Closing Date and (B) the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the date of this Agreement or such earlier time as may be required under the Securities Act; and (ii) to furnish to the Underwriter, without charge, two signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference) and to furnish to the Underwriter in New York City, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in Section 7(f) or 7(g) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as the Underwriter may reasonably request.

(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, to furnish to the Underwriter a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Underwriter reasonably objects, and to file with the Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any prospectus required to be filed pursuant to such Rule.

(c) To notify the Underwriter of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement that is in effect, and of any proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act that is pending before or threatened by the Commission; to file the Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of each free writing prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 7(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriter.

 

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(d) To furnish to the Underwriter 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 not to use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus to which the Underwriter reasonably objects.

(e) Not to take any action that would result in the 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 Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares 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 Time of Sale Prospectus 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 Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriter and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

(g) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter 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 the Underwriter or a 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 Underwriter, 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 Underwriter and to the dealers (whose names and addresses the Underwriter will furnish to the Company) to which Shares may have been sold by the Underwriter 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.

 

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(h) To endeavor to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriter shall reasonably request; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

(i) To make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to the Underwriter as soon as practicable an earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company 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, provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such requirement by filing such earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (or any successor system).

(j) If the Selling Shareholder is not a U.S. person for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Company will deliver to the Underwriter (or its agent), on or before the Closing Date, (i) a certificate with respect to the Company’s status as a “United States real property holding corporation,” dated not more than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date, as described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.897-2(h) and 1.1445-2(c)(3), and (ii) proof of delivery to the IRS of the required notice, as described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h)(2).

The Company also covenants with the Underwriter that, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, it will not, and will not publicly disclose an intention to, during the period ending 60 days after the date of the Prospectus, (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) file any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.

 

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The restrictions contained in the preceding paragraph shall not apply to (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise or settlement (including any “net” or “cashless” exercises or settlements) of options, restricted stock units, warrants or similar securities or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof as described in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus, (C) the issuance by the Company of any shares of Common Stock, or securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s incentive plans that are in effect as of the date hereof and described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus, (D) facilitating the establishment of a trading plan on behalf of a shareholder, officer or director of the Company pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of shares of Common Stock, provided that (i) such plan does not provide for the transfer of Common Stock during the lock-up period set forth in any such shareholder’s, officer’s or director’s individual lock-up agreement and (ii) to the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act, if any, is required of or voluntarily made by the Company regarding the establishment of such plan, such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of Common Stock may be made under such plan during the lock-up period set forth in any such shareholder’s, officer’s or director’s individual lock-up agreement, (E) the repurchase of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to existing agreements or rights providing for an option to repurchase or a right of first refusal on behalf of the Company pursuant to the Company’s repurchase rights or agreements that were in existence on the date hereof and described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (including the information incorporated by reference therein), (F) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive shares of Common Stock in connection with (1) the acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of the securities, business, technology, property or other assets of another person or entity or pursuant to an employee benefit plan assumed by the Company in connection with such acquisition, and the issuance of any such securities pursuant to any such agreement, or (2) the Company’s joint ventures, commercial relationships and other strategic transactions, provided the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that the Company may sell or issue or agree to sell or issue pursuant to this clause (F) shall not exceed 5% of the total number of shares of capital stock outstanding immediately following the offering of the Shares contemplated by this Agreement.

8. Covenants of the Selling Shareholder. The Selling Shareholder covenants with the Underwriter as follows:

(a) The Selling Shareholder will deliver to the Underwriter (or its agent), prior to or at the Closing Date, a properly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-9 or an IRS Form W-8, as appropriate, together with all required attachments to such form.

(b) The Selling Shareholder will deliver to the Underwriter (or its agent), on the date of execution of this Agreement, a properly completed and executed Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners of Legal Entity Customers, together with copies of identifying documentation, and the Selling Shareholder undertakes to provide such additional supporting documentation as the Underwriter may reasonably request in connection with the verification of the foregoing Certification.

 

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(c) All sums payable by the Selling Shareholder under this Agreement shall be paid free and clear of and without deductions or withholdings of any present or future taxes or duties, unless such deduction or withholding is required by law, in which case the Selling Shareholder shall pay such additional amount as will result in the receipt by the Underwriter of the full amount that would have been received had no deduction or withholding been made. For the avoidance of doubt, no additional amounts shall be payable by the Company or the Selling Shareholder in respect of taxes or duties imposed on a net income basis due to some connection of the Underwriter with the jurisdiction imposing the tax other than the entering into of this Agreement or receipt of payments hereunder.

(d) All sums payable to the Underwriter under this Agreement shall be considered exclusive of any value added or similar taxes. Where the Selling Shareholder is obliged to pay value added or similar tax on any amount payable hereunder to the Underwriter, the Selling Shareholder shall in addition to the sum payable hereunder pay an amount equal to any applicable value added or similar tax, provided that the Underwriter has issued a valid invoice to the Selling Shareholder.

9. Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel, the Company’s accountants and counsel for the Selling Shareholder in connection with the registration and delivery of the Shares 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 Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriter and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriter, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 7(h) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter 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 Underwriter incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Shares by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (provided that the amount payable by the Company with respect to fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter pursuant to subsections (iii) and (iv) shall not exceed $30,000 in the aggregate), (v) all costs and expenses incident to listing the Shares on the NASDAQ, (vi) the cost of printing certificates representing the Shares, (vii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Shares, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics and fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company, (ix) the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section.

 

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It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, Section 11 entitled “Indemnity and Contribution” and the last paragraph of Section 12 below, the Underwriter will pay all of its costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of its counsel, stock transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Shares by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

The provisions of this Section shall not supersede or otherwise affect any agreement that the Company and the Selling Shareholder may otherwise have for the allocation of such expenses among themselves.

10. Covenants of the Underwriter. The Underwriter covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the Underwriter.

11. Indemnity and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each affiliate of the 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 reasonably incurred and documented legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any “road show” as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (a “road show”), the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of, or are based upon, 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 arise out of, or are based upon, any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the information described as such in paragraph (c) below.

 

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(b) The Selling Shareholder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange 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) that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any road show, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of, or are based upon, 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, but only with reference to the Selling Shareholder Information relating to the Selling Shareholder. The liability of the Selling Shareholder under the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and under the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 11 shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate net proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, received by the Selling Shareholder from the sale of Shares sold by the Selling Shareholder under this Agreement.

(c) The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Selling Shareholder, the directors of the Company, the officers of the Company who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Selling Shareholder within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange 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) that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any road show, or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of, or are based upon, 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, but only with reference to information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus, road show or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus: the information concerning stabilizing transactions, short sales and other information appearing in the fifteenth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting.”

 

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(d) 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 11(a), 11(b) or 11(c), 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 reasonably incurred and documented 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 reasonably incurred and documented 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; (ii) the indemnifying party has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified; (iii) the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party; and (iv) 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 Underwriter and all persons, if any, who control the Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act or who are affiliates of the Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, (ii) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either such Section and (iii) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Selling Shareholder and all persons, if any, who control the Selling Shareholder within the meaning of either such Section, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of any such separate firm for the Underwriter and such control persons and affiliates of the Underwriter, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Underwriter. In the case of any such separate firm for the Company, and such directors, officers and control persons of the Company, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Company. In the case of any such separate firm for the Selling Shareholder and such control persons of the Selling Shareholder, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Selling Shareholder. 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

 

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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 (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party, in form and substance satisfactory to the indemnified party, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(e) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 11(a), 11(b) or 11(c) 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 indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party or parties on the other hand from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 11(e)(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 11(e)(i) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and of the indemnified party or parties 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 Selling Shareholder on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Shares shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Selling Shareholder bear to the result of the price at which the Underwriter sells the Shares less the price at which the Underwriter purchases the Shares from the Selling Shareholder. The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholder together on the one hand, and the Underwriter 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 either the Company or the Selling Shareholder or by the Underwriter, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(f) The Company, the Selling Shareholder and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 11 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 11(e). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 11(e) 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 Section 11, the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that the Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

 

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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 11 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.

(g) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 11 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the Selling Shareholder 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 the Underwriter, any person controlling the Underwriter or any affiliate of the Underwriter, or by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholder or any person controlling the Selling Shareholder, or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Shares.

12. Termination. The Underwriter may terminate this Agreement by notice given by the Underwriter to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to or on 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 American, 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 Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in the Underwriter’s judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in the Underwriter’s judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus.

13. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriter because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company or the Selling Shareholder to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, including pursuant to Section 12(ii) hereof, or if for any reason the Company or the Selling Shareholder shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Company or the Selling Shareholder, as applicable, will reimburse the Underwriter for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of its counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriter in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.

 

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14. Entire Agreement. (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 Shares, represents the entire agreement between the Company and the Selling Shareholder, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other, with respect to the preparation of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Shares.

(b) The Selling Shareholder and the Company each acknowledge that in connection with the offering of the Shares: (i) the Underwriter has acted at arm’s length, is not an agent of, and owes no fiduciary duties to, the Selling Shareholder or the Company or any other person, (ii) the Underwriter owes the Selling Shareholder and the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement, any contemporaneous written agreements and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, (iii) the Underwriter may have interests that differ from those of the Selling Shareholder and the Company and (iv) the Underwriter may be required or choose to provide certain Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS disclosures to the Selling Shareholder and the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, but none of the activities of the Underwriter in connection with the transactions contemplated herein constitutes a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation of any action by the Underwriter with respect to any entity or natural person, including any recommendation to participate in the transactions contemplated herein, enter into this Agreement, or sell any Shares at the price determined in this Agreement, and nothing set forth in such disclosures is intended to suggest that the Underwriter is making such a recommendation. The Selling Shareholder and the Company each waive to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Underwriter arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Shares.

15. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes. (a) In the event that the Underwriter is a Covered Entity and becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from the Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

(b) In the event that the Underwriter is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of the Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against the Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

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For purposes of this Section a “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

16. 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. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

17. Applicable Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

18. 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.

19. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt and if to the Underwriter shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the Underwriter in care of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department; if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to 6425 Hall of Fame Lane Frisco, TX 75034, Attention: Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel; if to the Selling Shareholder shall be delivered, mailed or sent to Piet Heinkade 55, 1019 GM Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Attention: Joachim Creus.

20. Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agents for Service. (a) The Selling Shareholder irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or United States Federal court sitting in The City of New York (the “Specified Courts”) over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the offering of the Shares (each, a “Related Proceeding”). The Selling Shareholder irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any Related Proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such Related Proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

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To the extent that the Selling Shareholder 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, the Selling Shareholder irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, such immunity in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding.

(b) The Selling Shareholder herby irrevocably appoints C T Corporation, with offices at 28 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10005 as its agent for service of process in any Related Proceeding and agrees that service of process in any such Related Proceeding may be made upon it at the office of such agent. The Selling Shareholder waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any other requirements of or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto. The Shareholder represents and warrants that such agent has agreed to act as the Selling Shareholder’s agent for service of process, and the Selling Shareholder agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect.

21. Waiver of Jury Trial. 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.

22. Compliance with USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriter is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies its clients, including the Company and the Selling Shareholder, which information may include the name and address of its clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify its clients.

23. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to herein and the affiliates of the Underwriter. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Shares from the Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.

24. 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 Underwriter and the Selling Shareholder 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 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 Selling Shareholder with respect to any sum due from it to the Underwriter or any person controlling the Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than United States dollars, not be discharged until the first business day following receipt by the Underwriter or controlling person of any sum in such other currency, and only to the extent that the Underwriter or controlling person may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase United States dollars with such other currency.

 

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If the United States dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to the Underwriter or controlling person hereunder, the Selling Shareholder agrees as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Underwriter or controlling person against such loss. If the United States dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to the Underwriter or controlling person hereunder, the Underwriter or controlling person agrees to pay the Selling Shareholder an amount equal to the excess of the dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to the Underwriter or controlling person hereunder.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

Very truly yours,
KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.
By:   /s/ Sudhanshu Priyadarshi
  Name: Sudhanshu Priyadarshi
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
JAB BEVCO B.V.
By:   /s/ Sebastiaan Wolvers
  Name: Sebastiaan Wolvers
  Title: Managing Director
By:   /s/ Leo Burgers
  Name: Leo Burgers
  Title: Managing Director

 

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Accepted as of the date hereof
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By:   /s/ Brittany Collier
  Name: Brittany Collier
  Title: Managing Director

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Selling Shareholder

   Number of Shares To Be
Sold
 

JAB BevCo B.V.

     75,000,000  
  

 

 

 

Total:

     75,000,000  
  

 

 

 

 

I-1


SCHEDULE II

 

Underwriter

   Number of Shares To Be
Purchased
 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     75,000,000  
  

 

 

 

Total:

     75,000,000  
  

 

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE III

 

A.

Time of Sale Prospectus:

 

1.

Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated May 1, 2025, Resale Prospectus Supplement and Base Prospectus.

 

2.

Pricing information provided orally by the Underwriter:

Number of Shares:   75,000,000 shares of common stock

Price to the Public:   $33.45

 

B.

Free Writing Prospectus:

 

1.

Free writing prospectuses filed by the Company under Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act: None.

 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

[•], 2025

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

 

c/o

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned understands that J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Underwriter”) proposes to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Selling Stockholder named in Schedule I thereto (the “Selling Stockholder”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) by the Underwriter of shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share of the Company (the “Common Stock”).

To induce the Underwriter to continue its efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, it will not, and will not publicly disclose an intention to, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 60 days after the date of the final prospectus supplement (the “Restricted Period”) relating to the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), by the undersigned or any other securities so owned convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, in cash or otherwise or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.

The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to:


(a) transactions relating to shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering, provided that no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of Common Stock or other securities acquired in such open market transactions, (b) transfers or dispositions of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible or exercisable or exchangeable into Common Stock (i) as a bona fide gift or charitable contribution, or for bona fide estate planning purposes, (ii) if the undersigned is a natural person, to any member of the undersigned’s immediate family (as defined below) or to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned or if the undersigned is a trust, to a trustor, a trustee or a beneficiary of the trust or to the estate of a trustor, trustee or beneficiary of such trust, (iii) if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other business entity, (1) to limited partners, members, stockholders or holders of similar equity interests in the undersigned (or in each case its nominee or custodian) or (2) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity (or in each case its nominee or custodian) that is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the undersigned, or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned or affiliates of the undersigned, (iv) upon death or by will, testamentary document or intestate succession to the legal representative, heir, beneficiary or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned, or (v) to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under clauses (b)(i) through (b)(iv); provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (b)(i) through (b)(iii) and (b)(v), each donee or distributee shall sign and deliver a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of this agreement for the balance of the Restricted Period and, in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (b)(ii), (b)(iii) and (b)(v), no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Restricted Period, other than as a result of the filing of a Form 4 required by another event that is otherwise permissible under this agreement,

(c) the establishment of a trading plan on behalf of a shareholder, officer or director of the Company pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of shares of Common Stock, provided that (i) such plan does not provide for the transfer of Common Stock during the Restricted Period and (ii) to the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act, if any, is required of or voluntarily made by or on behalf of the undersigned or the Company regarding the establishment of such plan, such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of Common Stock may be made under such plan during the Restricted Period,

(d) transfers or sales to the Company in connection with the repurchase of shares of Common Stock (or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock) granted under any existing stock incentive plan or stock purchase plan of the Company, which plan is described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (including the information incorporated by reference therein), provided that the underlying shares shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this agreement and provided further that no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of the underlying shares, or other public announcement reporting, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Restricted Period,

 

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(e) the transfer of shares of Common Stock (or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock) to the Company pursuant to any existing stock incentive plan or stock purchase plan of the Company, which plan is described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (including the information incorporated by reference therein), upon a vesting or settlement event of the Company’s restricted stock units or other securities or upon the exercise of options to purchase the Company’s securities on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis to the extent permitted by the instruments representing such options (and any transfer to the Company necessary in respect of such amount needed for the payment of taxes, including estimated taxes and withholding tax and remittance obligations, due as a result of such vesting, settlement or exercise whether by means of a “net settlement” or otherwise) so long as such vesting, settlement, “cashless” exercise or “net exercise” is effected solely by the surrender of outstanding options (or the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise thereof) or shares of Common Stock to the Company and the Company’s cancellation of all or a portion thereof to pay the exercise price and/or withholding tax and remittance obligations in connection with the vesting, settlement or exercise of the restricted stock unit, option or other equity award, provided that the shares received upon vesting, settlement or exercise of the restricted stock unit, option or other equity award are subject to this agreement, and provided further that if the undersigned is required to file a report under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, the undersigned shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that the filing relates to the circumstances described in this subpart (e),

(f) the transfer or disposition of the undersigned’s Common Stock (or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock) that occurs by operation of law, pursuant to the rules of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement, provided that each transferee shall sign and deliver a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of this agreement and provided further that any associated filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that the filing relates to the circumstances described in this subpart (f),

(g) the transfer of shares of Common Stock (or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock) pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidated or other similar transaction made to all holders of the capital stock of the Company involving a change of control (as defined below) of the Company which occurs after the consummation of the Public Offering, is open to all holders of the Company capital stock and has been approved by the board of directors of the Company; provided that in the event that the tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the Common Stock owned by the undersigned shall remain subject to the restrictions contained in this agreement,

(h) pledges of Common Stock (or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock) as collateral in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of a loan agreement and any related pledge and security agreements that were entered into prior to the date hereof (as the same may be amended, supplemented, modified, extended, refinanced, replaced and/or renewed from time to time), and any subsequent foreclosure on such collateral shares pledged in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of such loan agreement and any related pledge and security agreements, or

(j) transfers or sales to the Underwriter pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

For purposes of this agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage, domestic partnership or adoption, not more remote than first cousin and “change of control” shall mean the consummation of any bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction the result of which is that any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or group of persons, other than the Company or JAB Holdings B.V. or any of its controlled affiliates, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the voting stock of the Company, occurring after the consummation of the Public Offering, that has been approved by the board of directors of the Company. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

 

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If the Underwriter waives or terminates any of the restrictions contained in this agreement (or any such other related agreements) with respect to the securities of the Selling Stockholder (a “Lock-Up Release” and such stockholder, the “Triggering Release Party”), the restrictions contained in this agreement (or any such other related agreements) shall be automatically and concurrently waived or terminated, as applicable, to the same extent and on the same terms with respect to the same pro rata percentage of securities of the undersigned (other than the Triggering Release Party) as the percentage of Common Stock (or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock) being released in the Lock-Up Release represents with respect to the securities held by the applicable Triggering Release Party; provided that the provisions of this sentence will not apply if (i)(a) the release, waiver or termination is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration that was not otherwise permitted under the terms of agreement (or any such other related agreements) and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this agreement (or any such other related agreements) to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of such transfer; (ii) the Lock-Up Release is granted in connection with a sale of Common Stock (or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock) in an underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, whether or not such registration statement is wholly or partially a secondary offering of the Company’s Common Stock or (or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock) (other than with respect to the Public Offering); provided that the undersigned is offered the opportunity to participate in such sale and the undersigned is released from its lock-up restrictions set forth herein to the extent of the undersigned’s participation in such underwritten public offering; or (iii) the Lock-Up Release is granted to one or more individual parties in an aggregate amount for all such Lock-Up Releases less than or equal to one percent (1%) of the Company’s total outstanding Common Stock (determined as of immediately following the closing of the Public Offering and assuming conversion, exercise and exchange of all securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock). In the event that, as a result of this paragraph, any Common Stock (or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock) are released from the restrictions imposed by this agreement, the Underwriter shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the Company within two business days of the effective date of such release, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not give rise to any claim or liability against the Underwriter.

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriter has not made any recommendation or provided any investment advice to the undersigned nor has the Underwriter solicited any action from the undersigned with respect to this agreement or the subject matter hereof, and the undersigned has consulted its own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors with respect to this agreement and the subject matter hereof to the extent the undersigned has deemed appropriate.

 

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The undersigned further acknowledges and agrees that, although the Underwriter may be required or choose to provide certain Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS disclosures to the undersigned in connection with the transaction contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriter is not making a recommendation to the undersigned to participate in the transaction contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, enter into this agreement or the Underwriting Agreement, or sell any Shares at the price determined in the Underwriting Agreement, and nothing set forth in such disclosures is intended to suggest that the Underwriter is making such a recommendation.

The undersigned understands that, if (i) the Underwriter, on the one hand, or the Company, on the other hand, informs the other in writing, prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, that it has determined not to proceed with the Public Offering; (ii) the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective by May 31, 2025; or (iii) the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder; then this agreement shall automatically terminate and the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this agreement.

The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriter are relying upon this agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public Offering. The undersigned further understands that this agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns. This agreement may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com or www.echosign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriter.

This agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

Very truly yours,

 

(Name and Title - Print)
 

 

(Signature)
 

 

(Address)

 

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EX-4.1 3 d941579dex41.htm EX-4.1 EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

This SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Second Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of May 5, 2025, among KEURIG DR PEPPER INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors listed in Schedule I (the “Guarantors”), and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an indenture, dated as of March 7, 2024 (the “Base Indenture” and, together with this Second Supplemental Indenture, and as such may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its debt securities to be issued in one or more series;

WHEREAS, Sections 2.1 and 9.1 of the Base Indenture provide, among other things, that the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of Holders, enter into indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture to provide for specific terms applicable to any series of notes;

WHEREAS, Section 2.1 of the Base Indenture provides, among other things, that there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate of the Company or in a Company Order, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series whether Securities of the series are entitled to the benefits of any Securities Guarantee of any Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture, the identity of any such Guarantors, whether Notations of such Securities Guarantees are to be included on such Securities and any terms of such Securities Guarantee with respect to the Securities of the series in addition to those set forth in Article X of the Base Indenture, or any exceptions to or changes to those set forth in Article X of the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 10.1 of the Base Indenture provides that prior to the authentication and delivery upon original issuance of Securities of any series that are to be guaranteed by a Person, the Company, the Trustee and such Person shall have entered into a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 9.1(11) of the Base Indenture whereby such Person shall have executed a Securities Guarantee under the Base Indenture with respect to any series of Securities as to which such Person has been so established pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Base Indenture as a Guarantor thereof;

WHEREAS, the Company intends by this Second Supplemental Indenture to create and provide for the issuance of four new separate series of debt securities to be designated as the “Floating Rate Notes due 2026” (the “Floating Rate Notes”), the “4.350% Senior Notes due 2028” (the “2028 Notes”), the “4.600% Senior Notes due 2030” (the “2030 Notes”) and the “5.150% Senior Notes due 2035” (the “2035 Notes” and, collectively with the Floating Rate Notes, the 2028 Notes and the 2030 Notes, the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Company intends by this Second Supplemental Indenture to provide that each series of the Notes will be entitled to the benefits of the Securities Guarantee of the Guarantors; WHEREAS, the Guarantors intend by this Second Supplemental Indenture to execute a Securities Guarantee with respect to each series of the Notes;


WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.1(9) and (11) of the Base Indenture, the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this Second Supplemental Indenture to amend or supplement the Base Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of Notes; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, issued upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth hereinafter and in the Base Indenture and delivered as provided in the Base Indenture against payment therefor, valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company and the Guarantors according to their terms, and all actions required to be taken by the Company and the Guarantors under the Base Indenture to make this Second Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, have been done;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01 Definitions.

(a) All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined below shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Base Indenture.

(b) The following are definitions used in this Second Supplemental Indenture, and to the extent that a term is defined both herein and in the Base Indenture, the definition in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall govern with respect to the Notes.

“Attributable Debt” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at any time of determination, the present value at that time of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction. Such present value will be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that if such sale and leaseback transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Attributable Debt represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capital Lease Obligation.” For the avoidance of doubt, such amount of net rental payments under any such lease for any such period shall be the aggregate amount of the rent payable by the lessee with respect to such period after excluding amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and repairs, services, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates and similar charges and contingent rents (such as those based on sales).

 

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“Benchmark” means, initially, Compounded SOFR; provided that if the Company or its designee determine on or prior to the Reference Time that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to Compounded SOFR (or the published daily SOFR Index used in the calculation thereof) or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement.

“Benchmark Replacement” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Company or its designee as of the Benchmark Replacement Date:

 

  (1)

the sum of (a) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;

 

  (2)

the sum of (a) the ISDA Fallback Rate and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; or

 

  (3)

the sum of (a) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected by the Company or its designee as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark giving due consideration to any industry-accepted rate of interest as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated floating rate notes at such time and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Company or its designee as of the Benchmark Replacement Date:

 

  (1)

the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement;

 

  (2)

if the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is equivalent to the ISDA Fallback Rate, the ISDA Fallback Adjustment; or

 

  (3)

the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Company or its designee giving due consideration to any industry-accepted spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the then-current Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated floating rate notes at such time.

“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of the Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, rounding of amounts or tenors and other administrative matters) that the Company or its designee decide may be appropriate to reflect the adoption of such Benchmark Replacement in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Company or its designee decide that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Company or its designee determine that no market practice for use of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner as the Company or its designee determine is reasonably necessary).

 

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“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark (including the daily published component used in the calculation thereof):

 

  (1)

in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of the Benchmark permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide the Benchmark (or such component); or

 

  (2)

in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.

“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark (including the daily published component used in the calculation thereof):

 

  (1)

a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the Benchmark (or such component) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark (or such component), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark (or such component);

 

  (2)

a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Benchmark (or such component), the central bank for the currency of the Benchmark (or such component), an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the Benchmark, which states that the administrator of the Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark (or such component) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark (or such component); or

 

  (3)

a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Benchmark announcing that the Benchmark is no longer representative.

“Calculation Agent” shall initially mean U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, or any successor appointed from time to time by the Company, acting as calculation agent.

 

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“Capital Lease Obligation” means, at any time of determination, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that all obligations of any Person that are or would have been treated as operating leases for purposes of GAAP after the application of Accounting Standard Codification Topic 842 shall not constitute Capital Lease Obligations for the purposes of the Indenture (whether or not such operating lease obligations were in effect on such date) notwithstanding the fact that such obligations are required in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification Topic 842 to be treated as balance sheet liabilities in any financial statements to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04.

“Capital Stock” means: (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and (4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) resulting in any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries) becoming the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d- 5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company or other Voting Stock into which the Voting Stock of the Company is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares or (2) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in a transaction or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to one or more Persons (other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be considered to be a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (b)(i) immediately following that transaction, the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of the holding company are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (ii) immediately following that transaction no Person is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the holding company.

“Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.

“Compounded SOFR” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the rate computed in accordance with the following formula set forth below:

 

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“Consolidated Total Assets” means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, the total assets reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of such Person for which consolidated financial statements have been prepared, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Credit Agreements” means the Existing Credit Agreements as such agreements may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and any agreement, indenture or other documentation relating to extensions, refinancings, replacements or restructuring of the credit facilities governed by the Existing Credit Agreements, whether the same or any other agent, agents, lenders or group of lenders is or are parties thereto.

“dc” is the actual number of calendar days from (and including) SOFR IndexStart to (but excluding) SOFR IndexEnd (the actual number of calendar days in the applicable Observation Period).

“Existing Credit Agreements” means (1) the credit agreement, dated as of March 31, 2025 (as amended, restated, increased, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among the Company, as borrower, the lenders and issuing banks from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent; and (2) the term loan credit agreement, dated as of October 25, 2024 (as amended, restated, increased, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among the Company, as borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent.

“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc.

“Fixed Rate Notes” means the 2028 Notes, the 2030 Notes and the 2035 Notes.

“Floating Rate Interest Payment Date” means each day on which interest on the Floating Rate Notes will be paid, which will be quarterly in arrears on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on August 15, 2025, and at maturity.

“Funded Debt” means Indebtedness which by its terms matures at or is extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor to date more than 12 months after the date of the creation or incurrence of such Indebtedness.

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent: (1) in respect of borrowed money; (2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements with respect thereto); (3) in respect of banker’s acceptances, bank guarantees, surety bonds or similar instruments; (4) representing Capital Lease Obligations; or (5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services due more than six months after such property is acquired or such services are completed, except any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor incurred in the ordinary course of business; if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the notes thereto) of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

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In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all of the following items, whether or not any such items would appear as a liability on a balance sheet of the specified Person in accordance with GAAP: (1) all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person); and (2) to the extent not otherwise included, any guarantee by the specified Person of Indebtedness of any other Person.

“Initial Interest Period” means the period from and including the date of this Supplemental Indenture to, but excluding, the first Floating Rate Interest Payment Date.

“Interest Determination Date” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the second U.S. Government Securities Business Day preceding such Floating Rate Interest Payment Date.

“Interest Payment Date” means the stated maturity of an installment of interest on the Fixed Rate Notes of any series (being May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on November 15, 2025).

“Interest Period” means, after the Initial Interest Period, the period from and including a Floating Rate Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the immediately succeeding Floating Rate Interest Payment Date (such succeeding Floating Rate Interest Payment Date, the “Latter Floating Rate Interest Payment Date”); provided that the final Interest Period for the Floating Rate Notes will be the period from and including the Floating Rate Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the maturity date of the Floating Rate Notes to, but excluding, the maturity date, or, in the case of an offer to repurchase upon a Change of Control Triggering Event, from and including the Floating Rate Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the payment date in connection therewith to, but excluding, the payment date in connection therewith. Interest on the Floating Rate Notes will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a 360-day year.

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch, Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

“ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time.

“ISDA Fallback Adjustment” means the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be determined upon the occurrence of an index cessation event with respect to the Benchmark.

“ISDA Fallback Rate” means the rate that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon the occurrence of an index cessation date with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor excluding the applicable ISDA Fallback Adjustment.

 

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“Latter Floating Rate Interest Payment Date” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “Interest Period” hereto.

“Lien” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance of any kind, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) of any jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an operating lease shall not be deemed to constitute a Lien.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

“New York Federal Reserve” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate).

“New York Federal Reserve’s Website” means the website of the New York Federal Reserve, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.

“Observation Period” means, in respect of each Interest Period, the period from and including two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the first date of such relevant Interest Period to, but excluding, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the Latter Floating Rate Interest Payment Date for such Interest Period; provided that the first Observation Period shall be the period from and including two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the date hereof to, but excluding, the two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the first Floating Rate Interest Payment Date.

“Par Call Date” means April 15, 2028 (in the case of the 2028 Notes), April 15, 2030 (in the case of the 2030 Notes) and February 15, 2035 (in the case of the 2035 Notes).

 

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“Permitted Encumbrances” means: (1) Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments or governmental charges that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith; (2) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, landlords’ and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 60 days (or if more than 60 days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Liens) or are being contested in good faith; (3) (i) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations and (ii) pledges and deposits in the ordinary course of business securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (4) Liens arising out of pledges or deposits to secure the performance of bids, tender, insurance, trade or other contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, indemnity, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations), in each case in the ordinary course of business; (5) judgment liens for the payment of money (i) not in excess of $75,000,000 in the aggregate (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance) or (ii) in respect of judgments that the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is in good faith prosecuting an appeal or other proceeding for review or Liens incurred by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company for the purpose of obtaining a stay or discharge in the course of any litigation or other proceeding to which the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is a party; (6) easements, restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances and minor title defects on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any payment obligations and do not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (7) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not (i) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) secure any Indebtedness; (8) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business; (9) Liens (i) of a collection bank on the items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set off) and which are customary in the banking industry; (10) any interest or title of a lessor under leases entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and financing statements with respect to a lessor’s right in and to personal property leased to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business; (11) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; (12) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Permitted Investments and reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; (13) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off: (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks or other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business; (14) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Company or any Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement; (15) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are located; (16) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto; (17) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental authority to control or regulate the use of any real property that does not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (18) Liens securing indebtedness outstanding or incurred pursuant to credit facilities (including any Indebtedness under the Credit Agreements) outstanding on the issue date; (19) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and the proceeds thereof securing such Person’s obligations in respect of documentary letters of credit or banker’s acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or goods; (20) Liens in connection with the sale or transfer of the common stock in a Subsidiary and customary rights and restrictions contained in agreements relating to such sale or transfer, in each case, pending the completion thereof; (21) Liens arising by virtue of Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings (or similar filings under applicable law) regarding operating leases entered into by the Company in the ordinary course of business; and (22) Liens on cash, cash equivalents or marketable securities of the Company or any Subsidiary securing obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary under swap agreements not incurred for speculative purposes.

 

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“Permitted Investments” means: (1) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; (2) investments in commercial paper maturing within 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof; (3) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000; (4) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (1) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (3) above; and (5) money market funds that (a) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (b) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (c) have portfolio assets of at least $1,000,000,000.

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

“Principal Property” means any manufacturing, processing or bottling plant, warehouse or distribution center (including the land upon which it is situated), owned and operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that the book value of such property is an amount greater than 1% of Consolidated Total Assets of the Company.

“Rating Agencies” means (a) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (b) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act) selected by the Company as a replacement Rating Agency for a former Rating Agency.

“Rating Event” means the rating on the applicable series of Notes is lowered by each of the Rating Agencies and such Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any day within the 60-day period (which 60-day period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier of (a) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (b) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control; provided that a Rating Event will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if each Rating Agency making the reduction in rating does not publicly announce or confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Rating Event).

 

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If any Rating Agency that provided a rating of a series of Notes on the day immediately prior to the beginning of such 60-day period (or extension thereof) is not providing a rating of such series of Notes at the end of such 60- day period (or extension thereof) for any reason, such 60-day period (or extension thereof) shall be extended an additional 30 days and, if the Company has not selected a replacement Rating Agency on or before the end of such 30-day period, then such Rating Agency shall be deemed to have lowered its rating of such series of Notes at the end of such 30-day period to be below an Investment Grade Rating.

“Reference Time” with respect to any determination of the Benchmark means (1) if the Benchmark is Compounded SOFR, the SOFR Determination Time, and (2) if the Benchmark is not Compounded SOFR, the time determined by the Company or its designee after giving effect to the Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.

“Regular Record Date” means, (1) for the interest payable on any Floating Rate Interest Payment Date in respect of the Floating Rate Notes, each January 31, April 30, July 31 or October 31 (whether or not such date is a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Floating Rate Interest Payment Date and (2) for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date in respect of the 2028 Notes, the 2030 Notes or the 2035 Notes, each May 1 or November 1 (whether or not such date is a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.

“Secured Overnight Financing Rate” or “SOFR” means the daily secured overnight financing rate as provided by the New York Federal Reserve on the New York Federal Reserve’s Website.

“SOFR Determination Time” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “SOFR Index” hereto.

“SOFR Index” means, with respect to any U.S. Government Securities Business Day:

 

  (1)

the SOFR Index value as published by the New York Federal Reserve as such index appears on the New York Federal Reserve’s Website at 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on such U.S. Government Securities Business Day (the “SOFR Determination Time”); provided that:

 

  (2)

if a SOFR Index value does not so appear as specified in clause (1) above at the SOFR Determination Time, then:

 

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  (i)

if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have not occurred with respect to SOFR, then Compounded SOFR shall be the rate determined pursuant to Section 7.12 hereto; or

 

  (ii)

if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to SOFR, then Compounded SOFR shall be the rate determined pursuant to Section 7.13 hereto.

“SOFR IndexStart” is the SOFR Index value for the day that is two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the first date of the relevant Interest Period;

“SOFR IndexEnd” is the SOFR Index value for the day that is two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the Latter Floating Rate Interest Payment Date relating to such Interest Period; and

“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.

The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the applicable Par Call Date (as applicable, the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields—one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life—and shall interpolate to the applicable Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.

If on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the applicable Par Call Date.

 

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If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the applicable Par Call Date, but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the applicable Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the applicable Par Call Date, and one with a maturity date following the applicable Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the applicable Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the applicable Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.

“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities.

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.

Section 1.02 Other Definitions.

 

Term

  

Defined in
Section

“2028 Notes”    Recitals
“2028 Maturity Date”    2.05(b)
“2030 Notes”    Recitals
“2030 Maturity Date”    2.06(b)
“2035 Notes”    Recitals
“2035 Maturity Date”    2.07(b)
“Base Indenture”    Recitals
“Change of Control Offer”    5.01(b)
“Change of Control Payment”    5.01(a)
“Change of Control Payment Date”    5.01(b)(ii)
“Floating Rate Notes”    Recitals
“Floating Rate Maturity Date”    2.04(b)
“Indenture”    Recitals

 

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Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

The Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of the Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act terms have the following meanings:

“indenture securities” means the Notes.

“indenture security holder” means a Holder.

“indenture to be qualified” means this Second Supplemental Indenture.

“indenture trustee” means the Trustee.

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

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

ARTICLE II

APPLICATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND CREATION, FORMS,

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF NOTES

Section 2.01 Application of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture, including the covenants set forth herein, are expressly and solely for the benefit of the holders of the Notes. The Notes constitute four separate series of Securities as provided in Section 2.1 of the Base Indenture.

Section 2.02 Creation of the Notes. In accordance with Section 2.1 of the Base Indenture, the Company hereby creates each of the Floating Rate Notes, the 2028 Notes, the 2030 Notes and the 2035 Notes as a separate series of its Securities issued pursuant to the Indenture. The Floating Rate Notes shall be issued initially in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000. The 2028 Notes shall be issued initially in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000. The 2030 Notes shall be issued initially in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000. The 2035 Notes shall be issued initially in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000.

Section 2.03 Form of the Notes. The Notes shall each be issued in the form of a Global Note, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee, which shall be deposited with the Trustee as custodian for DTC and registered in the name of “Cede & Co.,” as the nominee of DTC. The Floating Rate Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, the 2028 Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, the 2030 Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto and the 2035 Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto.

 

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So long as DTC, or its nominee, is the registered owner of a Global Note, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, shall be considered the sole owner or Holder of the Notes represented by such Global Note for all purposes under the Indenture. Ownership of beneficial interests in such Global Note shall be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effective only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to beneficial interests of participants) or by participants or Persons that hold interests through participants (with respect to beneficial interests of beneficial owners).

Section 2.04 Terms and Conditions of the Floating Rate Notes.

The Floating Rate Notes shall be governed by all the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Second Supplemental Indenture. In particular, the following provisions shall be terms of the Floating Rate Notes:

(a) Title and Conditions of the Floating Rate Notes. The title of the Floating Rate Notes shall be as specified in the recitals; and the aggregate principal amount of the Floating Rate Notes shall be as specified in Section 2.02 of this Article II, except for Floating Rate Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, Notes pursuant to Sections 2.8, 2.9, 2.13, 2.16, 5.7 or 9.5 of the Base Indenture.

(b) Stated Maturity. The Floating Rate Notes shall mature, and the principal of the Floating Rate Notes shall be due and payable in U.S. Dollars to the Holders thereof, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on November 15, 2026 (the “Floating Rate Maturity Date”).

(c) Payment of Principal and Interest. The Floating Rate Notes will bear interest at a floating rate, reset quarterly on each Floating Rate Interest Payment Date, equal to Compounded SOFR, plus 0.580% per annum. In no event will the interest on the Floating Rate Notes be less than zero. Interest on the Floating Rate Notes will be payable quarterly in arrears on each Floating Rate Interest Payment Date, to holders of record on the applicable Regular Record Date. Interest on the Floating Rate Notes will accrue from and including the most recent Floating Rate Interest Payment Date or, if no interest has been paid, from the settlement date of the Floating Rate Notes. If the Floating Rate Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day will be the applicable Floating Rate Interest Payment Date and interest accrued and payable on the Floating Rate Notes will be paid on such next succeeding Business Day (unless such next succeeding Business Day falls in the succeeding calendar month, in which case the applicable Floating Rate Interest Payment Date will be the Business Day immediately preceding such Floating Rate Interest Payment Date and interest on the Floating Rate Notes will be paid on such immediately preceding Business Day). If the maturity date of the Floating Rate Notes is not a Business Day, the payment of principal of, and interest on, the Floating Rate Notes will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after the maturity. The amount of interest accrued and payable on the Floating Rate Notes for each Interest Period will be equal to the product of (i) the outstanding principal amount of the Floating Rate Notes multiplied by (ii) the product of (a) the interest rate for the relevant Interest Period multiplied by (b) the quotient of the actual number of calendar days in such Interest Period divided by 360. Payments of interest shall be made to the Person in whose name a Floating Rate Note is registered (which shall initially be the Depositary) at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date.

 

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(d) Registration and Form. The Floating Rate Notes shall be issuable as registered securities as provided in Section 2.03 of this Article II. The form of the Floating Rate Notes shall be as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto. The Floating Rate Notes shall be issued and may be transferred only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. All payments of principal, redemption price and accrued and unpaid interest in respect of the Floating Rate Notes shall be made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds in U.S. Dollars to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the Global Notes representing such Floating Rate Notes.

(e) Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The provisions for legal defeasance in Section 8.2 of the Base Indenture, and the provisions for covenant defeasance in Section 8.3 of the Base Indenture, shall be applicable to the Floating Rate Notes.

(f) Further Issuance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Base Indenture, the Company may, from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Holders, create and issue further securities having the same ranking and interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Floating Rate Notes, except for the issue date, and, in some cases the public offering price and the first interest payment date. Additional Floating Rate Notes issued in this manner shall be consolidated and shall form a single series with the previously outstanding Floating Rate Notes.

(g) Redemption. The Floating Rate Notes are not subject to redemption by the Company.

(h) Guarantees. The payment of the principal and any accrued and unpaid interest on the Floating Rate Notes, whether at the Floating Rate Maturity Date, by acceleration or otherwise, is fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Guarantors as provided in Article X of the Base Indenture.

(i) Priority. The Floating Rate Notes and the Securities Guarantees are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and are equal in right of payment with all unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively.

(j) Sinking Fund. The Floating Rate Notes are not entitled to any sinking fund.

(k) Other Terms and Conditions. The Floating Rate Notes shall have such other terms and conditions as provided in the form thereof attached as Exhibit A hereto.

 

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Section 2.05 Terms and Conditions of the 2028 Notes.

The 2028 Notes shall be governed by all the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Second Supplemental Indenture. In particular, the following provisions shall be terms of the 2028 Notes:

(a) Title and Conditions of the 2028 Notes. The title of the 2028 Notes shall be as specified in the recitals; and the aggregate principal amount of the 2028 Notes shall be as specified in Section 2.02 of this Article II, except for 2028 Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, Notes pursuant to Sections 2.8, 2.9, 2.13, 2.16, 5.7 or 9.5 of the Base Indenture.

(b) Stated Maturity. The 2028 Notes shall mature, and the principal of the 2028 Notes shall be due and payable in U.S. Dollars to the Holders thereof, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on May 15, 2028 (the “2028 Maturity Date”).

(c) Payment of Principal and Interest. The 2028 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 4.350% per annum, from and including May 5, 2025, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or provided for until the principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the 2028 Notes shall be payable semi-annually in arrears in U.S. Dollars on each Interest Payment Date. Payments of interest shall be made to the Person in whose name a 2028 Note (or predecessor 2028 Note) is registered (which shall initially be the Depositary) at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date.

(d) Registration and Form. The 2028 Notes shall be issuable as registered securities as provided in Section 2.03 of this Article II. The form of the 2028 Notes shall be as set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto. The 2028 Notes shall be issued and may be transferred only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. All payments of principal, redemption price and accrued and unpaid interest in respect of the 2028 Notes shall be made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds in U.S. Dollars to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the Global Notes representing such 2028 Notes.

(e) Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The provisions for legal defeasance in Section 8.2 of the Base Indenture, and the provisions for covenant defeasance in Section 8.3 of the Base Indenture, shall be applicable to the 2028 Notes.

(f) Further Issuance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Base Indenture, the Company may, from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Holders, create and issue further securities having the same ranking and interest rate, maturity and other terms as the 2028 Notes, except for the issue date, and, in some cases the public offering price and the first interest payment date. Additional 2028 Notes issued in this manner shall be consolidated and shall form a single series with the previously outstanding 2028 Notes.

 

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(g) Redemption. The 2028 Notes are subject to redemption by the Company in whole or in part in the manner described herein.

(h) Guarantees. The payment of the principal and any accrued and unpaid interest on the 2028 Notes, whether at the 2028 Maturity Date, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, is fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Guarantors as provided in Article X of the Base Indenture.

(i) Priority. The 2028 Notes and the Securities Guarantees are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and are equal in right of payment with all unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively.

(j) Sinking Fund. The 2028 Notes are not entitled to any sinking fund.

(k) Other Terms and Conditions. The 2028 Notes shall have such other terms and conditions as provided in the form thereof attached as Exhibit B hereto.

Section 2.06 Terms and Conditions of the 2030 Notes.

The 2030 Notes shall be governed by all the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Second Supplemental Indenture. In particular, the following provisions shall be terms of the 2030 Notes:

(a) Title and Conditions of the 2030 Notes. The title of the 2030 Notes shall be as specified in the recitals; and the aggregate principal amount of the 2030 Notes shall be as specified in Section 2.02 of this Article II, except for 2030 Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, Notes pursuant to Sections 2.8, 2.9, 2.13, 2.16, 5.7 or 9.5 of the Base Indenture.

(b) Stated Maturity. The 2030 Notes shall mature, and the principal of the 2030 Notes shall be due and payable in U.S. Dollars to the Holders thereof, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on May 15, 2030 (the “2030 Maturity Date”).

(c) Payment of Principal and Interest. The 2030 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 4.600% per annum, from and including May 5, 2025, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or provided for until the principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the 2030 Notes shall be payable semi-annually in arrears in U.S. Dollars on each Interest Payment Date. Payments of interest shall be made to the Person in whose name a 2030 Note (or predecessor 2030 Note) is registered (which shall initially be the Depositary) at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date.

 

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(d) Registration and Form. The 2030 Notes shall be issuable as registered securities as provided in Section 2.03 of this Article II. The form of the 2030 Notes shall be as set forth in Exhibit C attached hereto. The 2030 Notes shall be issued and may be transferred only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. All payments of principal, redemption price and accrued and unpaid interest in respect of the 2030 Notes shall be made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds in U.S. Dollars to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the Global Notes representing such 2030 Notes.

(e) Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The provisions for legal defeasance in Section 8.2 of the Base Indenture, and the provisions for covenant defeasance in Section 8.3 of the Base Indenture, shall be applicable to the 2030 Notes.

(f) Further Issuance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Base Indenture, the Company may, from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Holders, create and issue further securities having the same ranking and interest rate, maturity and other terms as the 2030 Notes, except for the issue date, and, in some cases the public offering price and the first interest payment date. Additional 2030 Notes issued in this manner shall be consolidated and shall form a single series with the previously outstanding 2030 Notes.

(g) Redemption. The 2030 Notes are subject to redemption by the Company in whole or in part in the manner described herein.

(h) Guarantees. The payment of the principal and any accrued and unpaid interest on the 2030 Notes, whether at the 2030 Maturity Date, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, is fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Guarantors as provided in Article X of the Base Indenture.

(i) Priority. The 2030 Notes and the Securities Guarantees are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and are equal in right of payment with all unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively.

(j) Sinking Fund. The 2030 Notes are not entitled to any sinking fund.

(k) Other Terms and Conditions. The 2030 Notes shall have such other terms and conditions as provided in the form thereof attached as Exhibit C hereto.

Section 2.07 Terms and Conditions of the 2035 Notes.

The 2035 Notes shall be governed by all the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Second Supplemental Indenture. In particular, the following provisions shall be terms of the 2035 Notes:

(a) Title and Conditions of the 2035 Notes. The title of the 2035 Notes shall be as specified in the recitals; and the aggregate principal amount of the 2035 Notes shall be as specified in Section 2.02 of this Article II, except for 2035 Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, Notes pursuant to Sections 2.8, 2.9, 2.13, 2.16, 5.7 or 9.5 of the Base Indenture.

 

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(b) Stated Maturity. The 2035 Notes shall mature, and the principal of the 2035 Notes shall be due and payable in U.S. Dollars to the Holders thereof, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on May 15, 2035 (the “2035 Maturity Date”).

(c) Payment of Principal and Interest. The 2035 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 5.150% per annum, from and including May 5, 2025, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or provided for until the principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the 2035 Notes shall be payable semi-annually in arrears in U.S. Dollars on each Interest Payment Date. Payments of interest shall be made to the Person in whose name a 2035 Note (or predecessor 2035 Note) is registered (which shall initially be the Depositary) at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date.

(d) Registration and Form. The 2035 Notes shall be issuable as registered securities as provided in Section 2.03 of this Article II. The form of the 2035 Notes shall be as set forth in Exhibit D attached hereto. The 2035 Notes shall be issued and may be transferred only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. All payments of principal, redemption price and accrued and unpaid interest in respect of the 2035 Notes shall be made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds in U.S. Dollars to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the Global Notes representing such 2035 Notes.

(e) Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The provisions for legal defeasance in Section 8.2 of the Base Indenture, and the provisions for covenant defeasance in Section 8.3 of the Base Indenture, shall be applicable to the 2035 Notes.

(f) Further Issuance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Base Indenture, the Company may, from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Holders, create and issue further securities having the same ranking and interest rate, maturity and other terms as the 2035 Notes, except for the issue date, and, in some cases the public offering price and the first interest payment date. Additional 2035 Notes issued in this manner shall be consolidated and shall form a single series with the previously outstanding 2035 Notes.

(g) Redemption. The 2035 Notes are subject to redemption by the Company in whole or in part in the manner described herein.

(h) Guarantees. The payment of the principal and any accrued and unpaid interest on the 2035 Notes, whether at the 2035 Maturity Date, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, is fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Guarantors as provided in Article X of the Base Indenture.

 

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(i) Priority. The 2035 Notes and the Securities Guarantees are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and are equal in right of payment with all unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively.

(j) Sinking Fund. The 2035 Notes are not entitled to any sinking fund.

(k) Other Terms and Conditions. The 2035 Notes shall have such other terms and conditions as provided in the form thereof attached as Exhibit D hereto.

ARTICLE III

OPTIONAL REDEMPTION

Section 3.01 Optional Redemption. Prior to the applicable Par Call Date for such series, the Company may redeem any series of the Fixed Rate Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:

(i) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Fixed Rate Notes matured on the applicable Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points in the case of the 2028 Notes, the 2030 Notes and the 2035 Notes less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption; and

(ii) 100% of the principal amount of the Fixed Rate Notes to be redeemed,

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

On or after the applicable Par Call Date for a series of Fixed Rate Notes, the Company may redeem such series of Fixed Rate Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such series of Fixed Rate Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

The Floating Rate Notes are not subject to optional redemption prior to maturity.

The Trustee will have no obligation to calculate or verify the calculation of the amount of the redemption price.

Section 3.02 Notices to Trustee.

If the Company elects to redeem the Fixed Rate Notes of any series pursuant to this Article III, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date and the principal amount of Fixed Rate Notes to be redeemed.

 

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The Company shall give each notice to the Trustee provided for in this Section 3.02 upon not later than the earlier of 45 days before the redemption date or the date on which notice is given to the Holders (unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period). Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein and in the Base Indenture.

Section 3.03 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.

If fewer than all the Fixed Rate Notes of a series are to be redeemed, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, at least three Business Days before the notice of redemption is to be sent to Holders (unless the Trustee agrees to a shorter period of time), an Officers’ Certificate requesting the Trustee select the Fixed Rate Notes of such series to be redeemed. The Trustee shall, subject to applicable law, select the Fixed Rate Notes of such series to be redeemed pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion deems appropriate and fair. No Fixed Rate Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Fixed Rate Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Fixed Rate Note will state the portion of the principal amount of the Fixed Rate Note to be redeemed. A new Fixed Rate Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Fixed Rate Note will be issued in the name of the holder of the Fixed Rate Note upon surrender for cancellation of the original Fixed Rate Note. For so long as the Fixed Rate Notes are held by the Depositary, the redemption of the Notes shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Depositary.

The Trustee shall make the selection of Fixed Rate Notes to be redeemed from outstanding Fixed Rate Notes of such series not previously called for redemption. Provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture that apply to the Fixed Rate Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of the Fixed Rate Notes called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of the Fixed Rate Notes or portions of the Fixed Rate Notes to be redeemed.

Section 3.04 Notice of Redemption.

At least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the applicable redemption date of any series of Fixed Rate Notes, the Company shall send a notice of redemption by first-class mail or by electronic transmission to each Holder of such series of Fixed Rate Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address; provided, that redemption notices may be delivered more than 30 days prior to the redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Fixed Rate Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture.

The notice shall identify the Fixed Rate Notes to be redeemed (including the series, issue date, interest rate and maturity date) and shall state:

(a) the redemption date;

(b) the redemption price and the amount of accrued interest to the redemption date;

(c) the name and address of the Paying Agent; (d) that the Fixed Rate Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

 

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(e) if fewer than all the outstanding Fixed Rate Notes are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers and principal amounts of the particular Fixed Rate Notes to be redeemed;

(f) if the Fixed Rate Notes are to be redeemed in part, upon surrender of such Fixed Rate Notes, the Holder will receive, without charge, a new Fixed Rate Note for the principal amount remaining unredeemed;

(g) that, unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Fixed Rate Notes or portions thereof called for redemption;

(h) any conditions applicable to a redemption;

(i) the CUSIP number, if any, printed on the Fixed Rate Notes being redeemed;

(j) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Fixed Rate Notes; and

(k) that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption may be delayed until such time as any or all of the conditions stated in the notice shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion), or that such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all of the conditions stated in the notice shall not have been satisfied or waived by the redemption date, or by the redemption date so delayed.

At the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided, however, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least three Business Days before the notice of redemption is to be sent to Holders (unless the Trustee agrees to a shorter period), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information required by this Section 3.04.

In connection with any redemption of Fixed Rate Notes described in this Section 3.04, any such redemption and/or notice of redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including the completion of any related refinancing or a Change of Control. In addition, if such redemption or notice is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or waived by the redemption date, or by the redemption date so delayed.

 

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Section 3.05 Effect of Notice of Redemption.

Once notice of redemption is sent, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions stated therein, in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, the Fixed Rate Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Fixed Rate Notes shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest, if any, to the redemption date; provided, however, that installments of interest on the Fixed Rate Notes that are due and payable on the relevant Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on such Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date according to the terms of the Fixed Rate Notes and the Indenture. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.

Section 3.06 Deposit of Redemption Price.

Prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Fixed Rate Notes to be redeemed on that date.

Section 3.07 Notes Redeemed in Part.

Upon surrender of a Fixed Rate Note that is redeemed in part, the Company and the Guarantors shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Company’s expense), a new Fixed Rate Note of such series equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Fixed Rate Notes surrendered.

ARTICLE IV

CHANGE OF CONTROL

Section 4.01 Change of Control.

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event with respect to a series of Notes, unless, with respect to the Fixed Rate Notes, such Notes have been called for redemption pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof, with such notice of redemption delivered on or before 30 days after such Change of Control Triggering Event, each Holder of such Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to an integral multiple of $1,000) of such Holder’s Notes at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to, but excluding, the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”).

(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any proposed Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the proposed Change of Control, the Company shall send, or cause to be sent, a notice (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and specifying:

 

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(i) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.01 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment;

(ii) the Change of Control Payment and the purchase date, which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);

(iii) the CUSIP numbers for the Notes;

(iv) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;

(v) 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 after the Change of Control Payment Date;

(vi) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Notes to the Paying Agent 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;

(vii) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election referred to in clause (vi) if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased;

(viii) that Holders whose Notes of any series are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes of such series equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion will be equal to a minimum of $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; and

(ix) if the notice is sent prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change in Control, conditioned upon the consummation of such Change in Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time the Change of Control Offer is made.

 

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(c) The Company shall cause the Change of Control Offer to remain open for at least 20 Business Days or such longer period as is required by applicable law. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.01, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.01 by virtue of such conflict.

(d) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

(i) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

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

(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company.

(e) The Paying Agent will promptly send to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and send (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note of the same series equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each new Note will be equal to a minimum of $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.

(f) The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon 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 4.01 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. In addition, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.01, if an Event of Default exists under the Indenture (which is unrelated to the repurchase provisions of this Section 4.01), including Events of Default arising with respect to other series of Securities, the Company shall not be required to repurchase the Notes.

ARTICLE V

COVENANTS

The covenants set forth in this Article V shall be applicable to the Company in addition to the covenants in Article III of the Base Indenture, which shall in all respects be applicable in respect of the Notes.

 

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Section 5.01 Limitation on Secured Indebtedness.

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, incur, issue, assume, or guarantee any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on any Principal Property or on any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Company owning any Principal Property, owned or acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, without effectively providing that the outstanding Notes and the Securities Guarantees (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary then existing or thereafter created which is not subordinate to the Notes or the Securities Guarantees) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such secured Indebtedness so long as such secured Indebtedness shall be so secured. The foregoing restrictions do not apply to:

(a) Permitted Encumbrances;

(b) Liens on any asset or property existing at the date of the Second Supplemental Indenture, provided that,

(i) such Liens shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the proceeds or products of the property or asset originally subject to such Liens), and

(ii) such Liens shall secure only those obligations which they secure on the date of the Second Supplemental Indenture and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;

(c) Liens on any asset or property of any corporation or other Person existing at the time such corporation or other Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, provided that,

(i) such Liens were in existence prior to such corporation or other Person becoming an obligor under the Indenture, or becoming a Subsidiary of the Company or such merger or consolidation and shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the proceeds or products of the property or asset originally subject to such Liens), and

(ii) such Liens shall secure only those obligations which they secure on the date that such corporation or other Person becomes an obligor under the Notes, a Subsidiary of the Company or the date of such merger or consolidation, and

(iii) extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;

(d) Liens securing Indebtedness of:

(i) a Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or a Guarantor, (ii) the Company to a Guarantor, or

 

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(iii) the Company or a Guarantor to the Company or another Guarantor;

(e) Liens on any property or asset to secure the payment of all or any part of the Capital Lease Obligations or purchase price of such property or asset upon the acquisition or lease of such property or asset by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or to secure any Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 12 months after, the later of the date of acquisition or lease of such property or asset and the date such property or asset is placed in service, for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof or Capital Lease Obligations with respect thereto, or Liens to secure any Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing the cost to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company of construction, alteration or improvement to such acquired property or asset;

(f) Liens securing industrial revenue bonds, pollution control bonds or other similar tax-exempt bonds;

(g) any other Liens incidental to construction or maintenance of real property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company which were not incurred in connection with borrowing money or obtaining advances or credits or the acquisition of property or assets and in the aggregate do not materially impair the use of any property or assets or which are being contested in good faith by the Company or such Subsidiary of the Company, as applicable;

(h) Liens relating to accounts receivable of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which have been sold, assigned or otherwise transferred to another Person in a transaction classified as a sale of accounts receivable in accordance with GAAP (to the extent the sale by the Company or the applicable Subsidiary is deemed to give rise to a lien in favor of the purchaser thereof in such accounts); or

(i) any extension, renewal or replacement (including successive extensions, renewals or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any of the Liens enumerated in clauses (a) through (h) above; provided, however, that

(i) such extension, renewal or replacement Liens are limited to all or part of the same property or asset that secured the Liens extended, renewed, or replaced (plus improvements on such property or asset), and

(ii) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens at such time is not increased.

 

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Section 5.02 Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.

The Company shall not directly or indirectly, and shall not permit any Subsidiary directly or indirectly to, engage in the sale or transfer of any Principal Property to a Person and the taking back by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, of a lease of such Principal Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, unless:

(a) such transaction was entered into prior to date of the Second Supplemental Indenture;

(b) such transaction was for the sale and leasing back to the Company by any one of its Subsidiaries;

(c) such transaction involves a lease for not more than three years;

(d) such transaction occurs within 12 months from the date of acquisition of the subject Principal Property or the date of the completion of construction or commencement of full operations of such Principal Property, whichever is later;

(e) the Company or such Subsidiary under Sections 5.01(a) through (i) of this Second Supplemental Indenture may incur Attributable Debt secured by a Lien with respect to such sale and leaseback transaction without equally and ratably securing the Notes; or

(f) the Company or a Subsidiary applies an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of such Principal Property to the purchase of other property or assets used or useful in its business or to the retirement of Funded Debt within 12 months before or after the effective date of any such sale and leaseback transaction; provided that, in lieu of applying such amount to the retirement of Funded Debt, the Company or a Subsidiary may deliver any of the Notes in equal principal amount to the Trustee for cancellation, such Notes to be credited to the amount of net proceeds from the sale of such property or assets at the cost of acquisition of such Notes to the Company or such Subsidiary.

Section 5.03 Exceptions.

(a) Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 5.01 of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Company and its Subsidiaries will be permitted to incur, issue, assume or guarantee Indebtedness secured by a Lien on any Principal Property or on any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Company owning any Principal Property which would otherwise be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 5.01 of this Second Supplemental Indenture without equally and ratably securing the Notes and the Securities Guarantees, if as of the time of such incurrence, issuance, assumption or guarantee, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness secured by Liens on any Principal Property or on any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Company owning any Principal Property (not including Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted under clauses (a) through (i) of Section 5.01), together (without duplication) with the aggregate amount of Attributable Debt outstanding in respect of sale and leaseback transactions entered into pursuant Section 5.03(b), does not at the time exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Assets of the Company calculated as of the time of such incurrence, issuance, assumption or guarantee of secured Indebtedness.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 5.02 of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Company and its Subsidiaries may enter into any sale and leaseback transaction which would otherwise be prohibited by Section 5.02, if as of the time of entering into such sale and leaseback transaction, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to sale and leaseback transactions (not including Attributable Debt with respect to sale and leaseback transactions permitted under clauses (a) through (f) of Section 5.02), together (without duplication) with the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness secured by Liens on any Principal Property or on any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Company owning any Principal Property outstanding pursuant to Section 5.03(a), does not at the time exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Assets of the Company calculated as of the time of entry into such sale and leaseback transaction.

Section 5.04 Reports.

(a) The Company will provide the Trustee with copies of its annual report and the information, documents and other reports which the Company files with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, within 15 days after the Company files such annual report, documents and other reports with the SEC. In addition, the Company will comply with the other provisions of Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act;

(b) The requirement for the Company to provide such reports, documents and information pursuant to this Section 5.04 may be satisfied by filing of such reports, documents and information via the SEC’s EDGAR system (or any successor electronic filing system) or posting such reports, documents and information on its website, in each case within the time periods specified herein; and

(c) Delivery of such reports, information and documents pursuant to this Section 5.04 to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt thereof will not constitute actual or constructive knowledge or notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s or any other person’s compliance with any of the covenants under the Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates). The Trustee will not be obligated to monitor or confirm, on a continuing basis or otherwise, the Company’s or any other person’s compliance with any of the covenants described herein and in the Base Indenture or to determine whether such reports, information or documents have been filed via the SEC’s EDGAR system (or any successor electronic filing system) or posted on any website or other online data system or to participate in any conference calls.

ARTICLE VI

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND; SECURITIES GUARANTEE

Section 6.01 Agreements to be Bound. Each Guarantor hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Guarantor and as such shall have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture. The Guarantors agree to be bound by all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Guarantor and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.

 

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Section 6.02 Guarantees. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor, to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Maturity, by redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the other guaranteed obligations of the Company set forth in Article X of the Base Indenture. The terms of each Securities Guarantee are more fully set forth in Article X of the Base Indenture and each Guarantor agrees to be bound by such terms.

Section 6.03 Future Guarantors. The Company shall cause any Subsidiary of the Company that guarantees, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness of the Company (including any Indebtedness under the Credit Agreements) to at the same time, execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplement to the Indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary will guarantee payment of the Notes on the same terms and conditions as those set forth in the Indenture. Thereafter, such Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor for all purposes of the Indenture until such Securities Guarantee is released in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.01 Ratification of Indenture.

This Second Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be construed as an indenture supplement to the Base Indenture, and as supplemented and modified hereby, the Base Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 7.02 Trust Indenture Act Controls.

If any provision of this Second Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision that is required or deemed to be included in this Second Supplemental Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act, the required or deemed provision shall control.

Section 7.03 Notices.

All notices and other communications shall be given as provided in the Base Indenture; provided that notices to a Guarantor shall be given to such Guarantor in care of the Company; provided further that any notice or communication mailed to the Company or the Trustee shall be addressed as follows:

if to the Company:

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

6425 Hall of Fame Lane

Frisco, Texas 75034

Attention: Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association

 

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if to the Trustee:

One Federal Street

Boston, MA 02110

Attention: Global Corporate Trust

Section 7.04 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.

THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE SECURITIES GUARANTEES AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

Section 7.05 Successors.

All agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall bind their successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.

Section 7.06 Multiple Originals.

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Second Supplemental 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 Second Supplemental Indenture.

Section 7.07 Headings.

The headings of the Articles and Sections of this Second Supplemental 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 7.08 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals.

The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the Company and the Guarantors, and the Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Second Supplemental Indenture and perform its obligations hereunder. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed, by the Trustee by reason of this Second Supplemental Indenture. In acting hereunder and with respect to the Notes, each of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee acknowledges and agrees that all of the rights, privileges, protections, indemnities, immunities and benefits afforded to the Trustee under the Indenture, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are deemed to be incorporated herein, and shall be enforceable by the Trustee hereunder, in each of its capacities hereunder as if set forth herein in full.

 

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Section 7.09 Force Majeure.

In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, (i) any act or provision of present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, (ii) labor disputes, strikes or work stoppages, (iii) accidents, (iv) acts of war or terrorism, (v) civil or military disturbances or unrest, (vi) nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, (vii) epidemics or pandemics, (viii) disease, (ix) national emergency, (x) interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services, (xi) communications system failure, (xii) malware or ransomware, (xiii) the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire, telex or other communication or wire facility or (xiv) unavailability of any securities clearing system; it being understood that the Trustee shall undertake commercially reasonable efforts to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

Section 7.10 Damages.

In no event shall the Trustee be liable to any Person for special, punitive, indirect, consequential or incidental loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

Section 7.11 Calculation Agent.

The Calculation Agent’s determination of any interest rate and its calculation of the amount of interest for any Interest Period will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error. All percentages resulting from any calculation are to be rounded to the nearest one hundred- thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward. Dollar amounts used in the calculation are to be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upward). So long as Compounded SOFR is required to be determined with respect to the Notes, there will at all times be a Calculation Agent. In the event that any then-acting Calculation Agent shall be unable or unwilling to act, or that such Calculation Agent shall fail duly to establish the Compounded SOFR for any Interest Period, or that the Company proposes to remove such Calculation Agent, the Company shall appoint the Company or another person which is a bank, trust company, investment banking firm or other financial institution to act as the Calculation Agent.

Neither the Trustee nor the Calculation Agent shall have any (i) responsibility or liability for (A) the determination of whether a Benchmark Transition Event or Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred or (B) the determination or calculation of a Benchmark Replacement, Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, Benchmark Replacement Adjustment, or Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes and, in each such case under clauses (A) and (B) above, shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the selection, determination, and/or calculation thereof as provided by the Company or its designee, as applicable, and (ii) liability or responsibility for any failure or delay in performing its duties hereunder as a result of the unavailability of a Benchmark rate as described in the definition thereof, including, without limitation, as a result of the Company or its designee’s failure to select a Benchmark Replacement, Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement or Benchmark Replacement Adjustment or the failure of the Company or its designee to calculate a Benchmark or Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

 

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Each of the Trustee and the Calculation Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively on all notices from the Company or its designee regarding any Benchmark, Benchmark Replacement, Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement or Benchmark Replacement Adjustment, including, without limitation, in regard to a Benchmark Transition Event, Benchmark Replacement Date and Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. Neither the Trustee nor the Calculation Agent shall be responsible or liable for the failure or delay of the Company or its designee in the performance of the Company’s or such designee’s duties or obligations with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event, nor shall they be under any obligation to monitor or oversee the Company’s or its designee’s performance with respect thereto. The Trustee and the Calculation Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made, and any instruction, notice, officers’ certificate or other instruction or information provided by the Company or its designee with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event without independent verification, investigation or inquiry of any kind. If the Calculation Agent at any time or times determines in its reasonable judgment that guidance is needed to perform its duties, or if it is required to decide between alternative courses of action, the Calculation Agent may (but is not obligated to) reasonably request guidance in the form of written instructions (or, in its sole discretion, oral instruction followed by written confirmation) from the Company or its designee on which the Calculation Agent shall be entitled to rely without liability. The Calculation Agent shall be entitled to refrain from action pending receipt of such instruction.

The Company will give the Trustee and the Calculation Agent written notice of the person appointed as its designee.

Section 7.12 SOFR Unavailable.

If a SOFR IndexStart or SOFR IndexEnd is not published on the associated Interest Determination Date and a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have not occurred with respect to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, “Compounded SOFR” means, for the applicable Interest Period for which such index is not available, the rate of return on a daily compounded interest investment calculated in accordance with the formula for SOFR Averages, and definitions required for such formula, published on the New York Federal Reserve’s Website at https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/treasury-repo-reference-rates-information. For the purposes of this provision, references in the SOFR Averages compounding formula and related definitions to “calculation period” shall be replaced with “Observation Period” and the words “that is, 30-, 90-, or 180- calendar days” shall be removed. If the daily Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFRi”) does not so appear for any day, “i” in the Observation Period, SOFRi for such day “i” shall be the Secured Overnight Financing Rate published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which the Secured Overnight Financing Rate was published on the New York Federal Reserve’s Website.

 

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Section 7.13 Effect of a Benchmark Transition Event .

(a) If the Company or its designee determine on or prior to the relevant Reference Time that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the then-current Benchmark, the Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes relating to the Floating Rate Notes in respect of all determinations on such date and for all determinations on all subsequent dates.

(b) In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Company or its designee will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time.

(c) Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Company or its designee pursuant to this Section 7.13, including a determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection:

(i) will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error;

(ii) will be made in the sole discretion of the Company or its designee; and

(iii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the documentation relating to the Floating Rate Notes, shall become effective without consent from the holders of the Floating Rate Notes or any other party.

(d) If the event that gives rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination.

(e) For purposes of the definitions of Benchmark Replacement Date and Benchmark Transition Event, references to Benchmark also include any reference rate underlying such Benchmark.

Section 7.14 U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

The parties acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order 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 agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

Section 7.15 Electronic Signatures.

This Second Supplemental Indenture and any certificate, agreement or other document to be signed in connection with this Second Supplemental Indenture and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party only when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) an original manual signature, (ii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or (iii) in the case of this Second Supplemental Indenture and any certificate, agreement or other document to be signed in connection with this Second Supplemental Indenture and the transactions contemplated hereby, other than any Notes, any electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code (collectively, “Signature Law”).

 

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Each electronic signature (except in the case of any Notes) or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature (except in the case of any Notes), of any party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. For avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the Uniform Commercial Code or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings. For the avoidance of doubt, all notices, approvals, consents, requests and any communications hereunder or with respect to the Notes must be in writing (provided that any communication sent to Trustee hereunder must be in the form of a document that is signed manually or by way of a digital signature provided by DocuSign or Adobe (or such other digital signature provider as specified in writing to Trustee by the authorized representative)), in English. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of using digital signatures and electronic methods to submit communications to Trustee, including without limitation the risk of Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

[Signature page follows]

 

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

 

COMPANY:
KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.
By:   /s/ Sudhanshu Priyadarshi
 

Name: Sudhanshu Priyadarshi

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to the Second Supplemental Indenture]


GUARANTORS:

 

234DP AVIATION, LLC

A & W CONCENTRATE COMPANY

BAI BRANDS LLC

BEVERAGES DELAWARE INC.

DP BEVERAGES INC.

DPS AMERICAS BEVERAGES, LLC

DPS BEVERAGES, INC.

DPS HOLDINGS INC.

DR PEPPER/SEVEN-UP BEVERAGE SALES COMPANY

DR PEPPER/SEVEN UP MANUFACTURING COMPANY

DR PEPPER/SEVEN UP, INC.

MOTT’S DELAWARE LLC

MOTT’S LLP

NANTUCKET ALLSERVE, LLC

SNAPPLE BEVERAGE CORP.
SPLASH TRANSPORT, INC.

THE AMERICAN BOTTLING COMPANY

By:   /s/ Dan Morrell
Name:   Dan Morrell

Title:

 

Vice President & Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to the Second Supplemental Indenture]


TRUSTEE:

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:   /s/ David Ganss
 

Name: David Ganss

Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to the Second Supplemental Indenture]


SCHEDULE I

LIST OF GUARANTORS

 

234DP Aviation, LLC
A & W Concentrate Company
Bai Brands LLC
Beverages Delaware Inc.
DP Beverages Inc.
DPS Americas Beverages, LLC
DPS Beverages, Inc.
DPS Holdings Inc.
Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Beverage Sales Company
Dr Pepper/Seven Up Manufacturing Company
Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc.
Mott’s Delaware LLC
Mott’s LLP
Nantucket Allserve LLC
Snapple Beverage Corp.
Splash Transport, Inc.
The American Bottling Company

 

Schedule I-1


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF FLOATING RATE GLOBAL NOTE DUE 2026

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A NOTE REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

CUSIP NO. 49271V AY6

ISIN NO. US49271VAY65

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.

FLOATING RATE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2026

$__________ No.: R-__

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of ___________ DOLLARS or such other Principal Amount as shall be set forth on Schedule I hereto on November 15, 2026. The interest rate for the Initial Interest Period shall be Compounded SOFR as determined on August 13, 2025 plus 0.580% per annum. Thereafter, the interest rate for any Interest Period will be Compounded SOFR, as determined on the applicable Interest Determination Date plus 0.580% per annum. The interest rate shall be reset quarterly on each day on which interest on the Floating Rate Notes will be paid, which will be quarterly in arrears on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on August 15, 2025, and at maturity (each a “Floating Rate Interest Payment Date”), until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

 

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If February 15, May 15, August 15 or November 15 of any year is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day will be the applicable Floating Rate Interest Payment Date and interest on the Floating Rate Notes will be paid on such next succeeding Business Day (unless such next succeeding Business Day falls in the succeeding calendar month, in which case the applicable Floating Rate Interest Payment Date will be the Business Day immediately preceding such February 15, , May 15, August 15 or November 15, and interest on the Floating Rate Notes will be paid on such immediately preceding Business Day). If the maturity date of the Floating Rate Notes is not a Business Day, the payment of principal of, and interest on, the Floating Rate Notes will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after the maturity date.

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Floating Rate Interest Payment Date will, except as provided in the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest, which will be the January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31 (whether or not such date is a Business Day), as the case may be (each, a “Regular Record Date”), immediately preceding each Floating Rate Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and either may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the Holders not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose pursuant to the Indenture (initially the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in St. Paul, Minnesota (the “Corporate Trust Office”)), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register. Payments of principal and interest at maturity will be made against presentation of this Note at the Corporate Trust Office (or such other office as may be established pursuant to the Indenture), by check or wire transfer.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse side hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an authenticating agent under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed in its name by the manual or facsimile signature of two of its Officers.

Date: May 5, 2025

 

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.
By:    
 

Name:

Title:

By:    
 

Name:

Title:


Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: May 5, 2025

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:    
  Authorized Officer


(Reverse of Note)

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.

FLOATING RATE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2026

1. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company designated as its Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) limited in aggregate principal amount to $__________ issued and to be issued under an indenture, dated as of March 7, 2024 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture), and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2025 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, as so supplemented and as it may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, is herein referred to as the “Indenture”), among the Company, the guarantors named therein and the Trustee. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The indebtedness of the Company evidenced by the Notes, including the principal thereof and interest thereon (including post-default interest), will constitute unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s current and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.

2. The Notes are not subject to redemption prior to maturity.

3. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to an integral multiple of $1,000) of such Holder’s Notes at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of repurchase. “Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event, as such terms are defined in the Indenture. The Change of Control Offer will be made in accordance with the terms specified in the Indenture.

4. The payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors, if any, on the terms set forth in the Indenture.

5. If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

6. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.

 

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Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

7. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provisions of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

8. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, and duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

9. The Notes are issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes in authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

10. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

11. Prior to the due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer or exchange, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

12. The amount of interest accrued and payable on the Notes for each Interest Period will be equal to the product of (i) the outstanding principal amount of the Notes multiplied by (ii) the product of (a) the interest rate for the relevant Interest Period multiplied by (b) the quotient of the actual number of calendar days in such Interest Period divided by 360. Interest shall be payable to and excluding any Floating Rate Interest Payment Date.

13. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

 

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14. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or of the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Securities Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver and release may not be effective to waive or release liabilities under the federal securities laws.

15. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

16. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUT (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

17. Each Holder of this Note covenants and agrees by such Holder’s acceptance thereof to comply with and be bound by the foregoing provisions.

18. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

19. All capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing ___________________________________ attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: __________________________

Signature: ____________________________

 

NOTICE:    THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE WITHIN INSTRUMENT IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

Signature Guarantee:

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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Schedule I

SCHEDULE OF TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES

The following increases or decreases in Principal Amount of this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

       

Amount of
Decrease in
Principal Amount
of this Global
Security

       

Amount of Increase
in Principal Amount
of this Global
Security

       

Principal Amount of
this Global Security
following such
Decrease or
Increase

       

Signature of
Authorized
Signatory of Trustee
or Custodian

                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE DUE 2028

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A NOTE REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

CUSIP NO. 49271V AZ3

ISIN NO. US49271VAZ31

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.

4.350% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2028

$__________ No.: R-__

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of ___________ DOLLARS or such other Principal Amount as shall be set forth on Schedule I hereto on May 15, 2028 and to pay interest thereon at the rate of 4.350% per annum from and including May 5, 2025, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2025 (each an “Interest Payment Date”), until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

 

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The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, except as provided in the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest, which will be the May 1 and November 1 (whether or not such date is a Business Day), as the case may be (each, a “Regular Record Date”), immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and either may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the Holders not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose pursuant to the Indenture (initially the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in St. Paul, Minnesota (the “Corporate Trust Office”)), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register. Payments of principal and interest at maturity will be made against presentation of this Note at the Corporate Trust Office (or such other office as may be established pursuant to the Indenture), by check or wire transfer.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse side hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an authenticating agent under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed in its name by the manual or facsimile signature of two of its Officers.

Date: May 5, 2025

 

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
By:    
  Name:
  Title:


Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: May 5, 2025

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:    
  Authorized Officer


(Reverse of Note)

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.

4.350% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2028

1. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company designated as its 4.350% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”) limited in aggregate principal amount to $__________ issued and to be issued under an indenture, dated as of March 7, 2024 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture), and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2025 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, as so supplemented and as it may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, is herein referred to as the “Indenture”), among the Company, the guarantors named therein and the Trustee. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The indebtedness of the Company evidenced by the Notes, including the principal thereof and interest thereon (including post-default interest), will constitute unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s current and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.

2. The Notes are subject to redemption at any time and from time to time prior to the Par Call Date, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:

 

  (i)

(a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption; and

 

  (ii)

100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

“Par Call Date” means April 15, 2028.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.

 

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The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Par Call Date (as applicable, the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields—one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life—and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.

If on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date, but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date, and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.

The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

 

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Notice of any redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed. Any notice to Holders of Notes of a redemption pursuant to this paragraph 2 hereof will include, among other things set forth in the Indenture, the redemption date, the redemption price, the amount of accrued interest to the redemption date, and conditions applicable to redemption and the name and address of the Paying Agent.

In the case of a partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion deems appropriate and fair. No Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Note will state the portion of the principal amount of the Note to be redeemed. A new Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Note will be issued in the name of the holder of the Note upon surrender for cancellation of the original Note. For so long as the Notes are held by the Depositary, the redemption of the Notes shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Depositary.

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

3. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless all Notes have been called for redemption pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Note, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to an integral multiple of $1,000) of such Holder’s Notes at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of repurchase. “Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event, as such terms are defined in the Indenture. The Change of Control Offer will be made in accordance with the terms specified in the Indenture.

4. The payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors, if any, on the terms set forth in the Indenture.

5. If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

6. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

 

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7. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provisions of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

8. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, and duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

9. The Notes are issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes in authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

10. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

11. Prior to the due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer or exchange, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

12. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. Interest shall be payable to and excluding any Interest Payment Date.

13. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

14. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or of the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Securities Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver and release may not be effective to waive or release liabilities under the federal securities laws.

 

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15. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

16. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUT (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

17. Each Holder of this Note covenants and agrees by such Holder’s acceptance thereof to comply with and be bound by the foregoing provisions.

18. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

19. All capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR

OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing ___________________________________ attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: __________________________

Signature: ____________________________

 

NOTICE:    THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE WITHIN INSTRUMENT IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

Signature Guarantee:

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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Schedule I

SCHEDULE OF TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES

The following increases or decreases in Principal Amount of this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

       

Amount of
Decrease in
Principal Amount
of this Global
Security

       

Amount of Increase
in Principal Amount
of this Global
Security

       

Principal Amount of
this Global Security
following such
Decrease or
Increase

       

Signature of
Authorized
Signatory of Trustee
or Custodian

                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE DUE 2030

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A NOTE REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

CUSIP NO. 49271V BA7

ISIN NO. US49271V BA70

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.

4.600% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2030

$__________ No.: R-__

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of ___________ DOLLARS or such other Principal Amount as shall be set forth on Schedule I hereto on May 15, 2030 and to pay interest thereon at the rate of 4.600% per annum from and including May 5, 2025, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2025 (each an “Interest Payment Date”), until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

 

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The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, except as provided in the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest, which will be the May 1 and November 1 (whether or not such date is a Business Day), as the case may be (each, a “Regular Record Date”), immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and either may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the Holders not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose pursuant to the Indenture (initially the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in St. Paul, Minnesota (the “Corporate Trust Office”)), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register. Payments of principal and interest at maturity will be made against presentation of this Note at the Corporate Trust Office (or such other office as may be established pursuant to the Indenture), by check or wire transfer.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse side hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an authenticating agent under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed in its name by the manual or facsimile signature of two of its Officers.

Date: May 5, 2025

 

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
By:    
  Name:
  Title:


Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: May 5, 2025

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:    
  Authorized Officer


(Reverse of Note)

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.

4.600% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2030

1. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company designated as its 4.600% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”) limited in aggregate principal amount to $__________ issued and to be issued under an indenture, dated as of March 7, 2024 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture), and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2025 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, as so supplemented and as it may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, is herein referred to as the “Indenture”), among the Company, the guarantors named therein and the Trustee. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The indebtedness of the Company evidenced by the Notes, including the principal thereof and interest thereon (including post-default interest), will constitute unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s current and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.

2. The Notes are subject to redemption at any time and from time to time prior to the Par Call Date, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:

 

  (i)

(a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption; and

 

  (ii)

100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

“Par Call Date” means April 15, 2030.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.

 

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The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Par Call Date (as applicable, the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields—one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life—and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.

If on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date, but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date, and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.

The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

 

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Notice of any redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed. Any notice to Holders of Notes of a redemption pursuant to this paragraph 2 hereof will include, among other things set forth in the Indenture, the redemption date, the redemption price, the amount of accrued interest to the redemption date, and conditions applicable to redemption and the name and address of the Paying Agent.

In the case of a partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion deems appropriate and fair. No Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Note will state the portion of the principal amount of the Note to be redeemed. A new Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Note will be issued in the name of the holder of the Note upon surrender for cancellation of the original Note. For so long as the Notes are held by the Depositary, the redemption of the Notes shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Depositary.

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

3. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless all Notes have been called for redemption pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Note, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to an integral multiple of $1,000) of such Holder’s Notes at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of repurchase. “Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event, as such terms are defined in the Indenture. The Change of Control Offer will be made in accordance with the terms specified in the Indenture.

4. The payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors, if any, on the terms set forth in the Indenture.

5. If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

6. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

 

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7. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provisions of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

8. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, and duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

9. The Notes are issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes in authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

10. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

11. Prior to the due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer or exchange, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

12. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. Interest shall be payable to and excluding any Interest Payment Date.

13. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

14. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or of the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Securities Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver and release may not be effective to waive or release liabilities under the federal securities laws.

 

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15. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

16. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUT (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

17. Each Holder of this Note covenants and agrees by such Holder’s acceptance thereof to comply with and be bound by the foregoing provisions.

18. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

19. All capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing ___________________________________ attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: __________________________

Signature: ____________________________

 

NOTICE:    THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE WITHIN INSTRUMENT IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

Signature Guarantee:

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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Schedule I

SCHEDULE OF TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES

The following increases or decreases in Principal Amount of this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

       

Amount of
Decrease in
Principal Amount
of this Global
Security

       

Amount of Increase
in Principal Amount
of this Global
Security

       

Principal Amount of
this Global Security
following such
Decrease or
Increase

       

Signature of
Authorized
Signatory of Trustee
or Custodian

                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 

 

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE DUE 2035

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A NOTE REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

CUSIP NO. 49271V BB5

ISIN NO. US49271VBB53

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.

5.150% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2035

$__________ No.: R-__

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of ___________ DOLLARS or such other Principal Amount as shall be set forth on Schedule I hereto on May 15, 2035 and to pay interest thereon at the rate of 5.150% per annum from and including May 5, 2025, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2025 (each an “Interest Payment Date”), until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

 

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The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, except as provided in the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest, which will be the May 1 and November 1 (whether or not such date is a Business Day), as the case may be (each, a “Regular Record Date”), immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and either may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the Holders not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose pursuant to the Indenture (initially the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in St. Paul, Minnesota (the “Corporate Trust Office”)), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register. Payments of principal and interest at maturity will be made against presentation of this Note at the Corporate Trust Office (or such other office as may be established pursuant to the Indenture), by check or wire transfer.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse side hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an authenticating agent under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed in its name by the manual or facsimile signature of two of its Officers.

Date: May 5, 2025

 

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.
By:    
 

Name:

Title:

By:    
 

Name:

Title:


Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: May 5, 2025

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:    
  Authorized Officer


(Reverse of Note)

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.

5.150% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2035

1. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company designated as its 5.150% Senior Notes due 2035 (the “Notes”) limited in aggregate principal amount to $__________ issued and to be issued under an indenture, dated as of March 7, 2024 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture), and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2025 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, as so supplemented and as it may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, is herein referred to as the “Indenture”), among the Company, the guarantors named therein and the Trustee. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The indebtedness of the Company evidenced by the Notes, including the principal thereof and interest thereon (including post-default interest), will constitute unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s current and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.

2. The Notes are subject to redemption at any time and from time to time prior to the Par Call Date, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:

 

  (i)

(a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption; and

 

  (ii)

100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

“Par Call Date” means February 15, 2035.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.

 

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The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Par Call Date (as applicable, the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields—one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life—and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.

If on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date, but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date, and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.

The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

 

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Notice of any redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed. Any notice to Holders of Notes of a redemption pursuant to this paragraph 2 hereof will include, among other things set forth in the Indenture, the redemption date, the redemption price, the amount of accrued interest to the redemption date, and conditions applicable to redemption and the name and address of the Paying Agent.

In the case of a partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion deems appropriate and fair. No Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Note will state the portion of the principal amount of the Note to be redeemed. A new Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Note will be issued in the name of the holder of the Note upon surrender for cancellation of the original Note. For so long as the Notes are held by the Depositary, the redemption of the Notes shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Depositary.

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

3. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless all Notes have been called for redemption pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Note, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to an integral multiple of $1,000) of such Holder’s Notes at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of repurchase. “Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event, as such terms are defined in the Indenture. The Change of Control Offer will be made in accordance with the terms specified in the Indenture.

4. The payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors, if any, on the terms set forth in the Indenture.

5. If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

6. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

 

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7. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provisions of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

8. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, and duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

9. The Notes are issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes in authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

10. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

11. Prior to the due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer or exchange, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

12. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. Interest shall be payable to and excluding any Interest Payment Date.

13. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

14. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or of the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Securities Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver and release may not be effective to waive or release liabilities under the federal securities laws.

 

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15. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

16. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUT (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

17. Each Holder of this Note covenants and agrees by such Holder’s acceptance thereof to comply with and be bound by the foregoing provisions.

18. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

19. All capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing ___________________________________ attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: __________________________

Signature: ____________________________

 

NOTICE:    THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE WITHIN INSTRUMENT IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

Signature Guarantee:

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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Schedule I

SCHEDULE OF TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES

The following increases or decreases in Principal Amount of this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

       

Amount of
Decrease in
Principal Amount
of this Global
Security

       

Amount of Increase
in Principal Amount
of this Global
Security

       

Principal Amount of
this Global Security
following such
Decrease or
Increase

       

Signature of
Authorized
Signatory of Trustee
or Custodian

                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 

 

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EX-5.1 4 d941579dex51.htm EX-5.1 EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO

May 5, 2025

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

53 South Avenue

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-266989)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to (i) Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), (ii) each of the entities listed on Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “Delaware Guarantors”), and (iii) each of the entities listed on Schedule II hereto (collectively, the “Non-Delaware Guarantors” and, together with the Delaware Guarantors, the “Guarantors”), in connection with the issuance and sale of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2026, $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.350% Notes due 2028, $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.600% Notes due 2030 and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.150% Notes due 2035 (the “Notes”), including the guarantees thereof issued as of the date hereof (the “Guarantees”), which securities are registered under the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-266989) (the “Registration Statement”), which became effective on August 19, 2022, and which securities are being sold today pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated April 28, 2025 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Truist Securities, Inc., as representatives of the underwriters named on Schedule II thereto (the “Underwriters”), the Company and the Guarantors. You have asked us to furnish our opinion as to the legality of the Notes including the Guarantees.

The Notes and the related Guarantees are to be issued under the Indenture, dated as of March 7, 2024 (the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, dated as of the date hereof (the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), and pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Company’s board of directors on April 18, 2025, and the resolutions adopted by the board of directors, the management committee or the board of managers, as applicable, of each Guarantor on April 28, 2025.


LOGO

 

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

   2

 

In connection with the furnishing of this opinion, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents:

1. the Registration Statement;

2. the preliminary prospectus supplement dated April 28, 2025 (the “Preliminary Prospectus”);

3. the pricing term sheet dated April 28, 2025 set forth on Schedule V to the Underwriting Agreement;

4. the final prospectus supplement dated April 28, 2025 (the “Final Prospectus”);

5. the Underwriting Agreement;

6. the Indenture; and

7. the form of Notes to be issued on the date of this letter.

In addition, we have examined (i) such corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership records of the Company and the Delaware Guarantors that we have considered appropriate, including a copy of the certificate of incorporation, the certificate of formation or the certificate of limited partnership, as applicable, and the by-laws, the operating agreement, the limited liability company agreement or the limited partnership agreement, as applicable, and, in each case, as amended, of the Company and each Delaware Guarantor certified by the Company and each Delaware Guarantor, as applicable, as in effect on the date hereof, (ii) copies of resolutions of the board of directors of the Company and the board of directors, the management committee or the board of managers, as applicable, of the Delaware Guarantors relating to the issuance of the Notes and the Guarantees certified by the Company and each Delaware Guarantor and (iii) such other certificates, agreements and documents as we deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed below.

We have also relied upon oral and written statements of officers and representatives of the Company and the Guarantors, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors made in the Underwriting Agreement as to factual matters and upon certificates of public officials and the officers of the Company.

In our examination of the documents referred to above, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all individuals who have executed any of the documents reviewed by us, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as certified, photostatic, reproduced or conformed copies of valid existing agreements or other documents, the authenticity of all such latter documents and that the statements regarding matters of fact in the certificates, records, agreements, instruments and documents that we have examined are accurate and complete.


LOGO

 

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

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We have also assumed, without independent investigation, that (i) each Non-Delaware Guarantor is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, (ii) each Non-Delaware Guarantor has all corporate or limited liability company power, as applicable, to execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under the Guarantees, (iii) the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees by each Non-Delaware Guarantor does not violate any organizational documents of such Non-Delaware Guarantor or the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and (iv) the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture and the Notes and the issuance of the Guarantees do not conflict with or constitute a breach of the terms of any agreement or instrument to which each Non-Delaware Guarantor is subject or violate applicable law or contravene any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over such Non-Delaware Guarantor.

Based upon the above, and subject to the stated assumptions, exceptions and qualifications, we are of the opinion that:

1. The Notes, when duly authenticated by the Trustee, and duly issued and delivered by the Company against payment as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except that the enforceability of the Notes may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

2. When the Notes are duly issued and delivered by the Company against payment as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, the Guarantee of each Guarantor will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except that the enforceability of each Guarantee may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

The opinions expressed above are limited to the laws of the State of New York, the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware, the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act and the federal laws of the United States of America. Our opinions are rendered only with respect to the laws, and the rules, regulations and orders under those laws, that are currently in effect.


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We hereby consent to use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the heading “Legal Matters” in the base prospectus included in the Registration Statement and in the Final Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP

 


Schedule I

Delaware Guarantors

1. 234DP Aviation, LLC

2. A & W Concentrate Company

3. Beverages Delaware Inc.

4. DP Beverages Inc.

5. DPS Americas Beverages, LLC

6. DPS Beverages, Inc.

7. DPS Holdings Inc.

8. Dr Pepper/Seven Up Manufacturing Company

9. Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc.

10. Mott’s Delaware LLC

11. Mott’s LLP

12. Nantucket Allserve, LLC

13. Snapple Beverage Corp.

14. Splash Transport, Inc.

15. The American Bottling Company 1. Bai Brands LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company


Schedule II

Non-Delaware Guarantors

2. Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Beverage Sales Company, a Texas corporation

EX-5.2 5 d941579dex52.htm EX-5.2 EX-5.2

Exhibit 5.2

 

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900 W. 48th Place, Suite 900, Kansas City, MO 64112 • (816) 753-1000

May 5, 2025

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

 

  Re:

New Jersey & Texas Local Counsel Opinion

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special local opinion counsel in the States of New Jersey and Texas in connection with the transactions (the “Transactions”) contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2025 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among the Representatives of the Underwriters, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (the “Company”) and the subsidiary guarantors therein (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), including the Opinion Parties (as defined below), the Indenture dated as of March 7, 2024 (the “Base Indenture”), by and among the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (referred to herein as “Indenture Trustee”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of the date hereof (the “Supplemental Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Indenture Trustee. The Base Indenture as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the “Indenture.” Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Beverage Sales Company, a Texas corporation (“Dr Pepper”), and Bai Brands LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (“Bai”), are each referred to herein as an “Opinion Party,” and collectively as the “Opinion Parties.” Capitalized terms used in this letter without definition have the meanings set forth by definition or reference in the Indenture (as defined below).

A. Documents Reviewed.

In rendering the opinions expressed in this letter, we have examined and relied solely upon executed originals or copies of the following documents:

Company Records

(i) Dr Pepper’s Articles of Incorporation filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas on May 19, 1977, as amended by the Articles of Amendment filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas on May 28, 1993 (collectively, “Dr Pepper’s Articles”);

(ii) Dr Pepper’s Bylaws (“Dr Pepper’s Bylaws”);

(iii) a Certificate of Fact regarding Dr Pepper dated of May 2, 2025, issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Texas;

(iv) Bai’s Certificate of Formation as filed in the office of the State Treasurer of the State of the State of New Jersey on October 28, 2009, Certificate of Merger as filed in the office of the State Treasurer of the State of the State of New Jersey on January 31, 2017, and Certificate of Merger as filed in the office of the State Treasurer of the State of the State of New Jersey on March 30, 2017 (collectively, “Bai’s Articles,” and together with Dr Pepper’s Articles, such Opinion Party’s “Articles”); (v) Bai’s Seventh Amended and Restated Operating Agreement dated as of January 31, 2017, as amended by Amendment No.


1 thereto dated as of March 1, 2021, and as further amended by Amendment No. 2 thereto dated as of October 22, 2024 (collectively, “Bai Operating Agreement,” and together with Dr Pepper’s Bylaws, such Opinion Party’s “Governing Document”);

(vi) a Certificate of Good Standing regarding Bai dated May 2, 2025, issued by the Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey;

(vii) the Officer’s Certificate of the Opinion Parties dated as of the date hereof (the “Officer’s Certificate”) and the exhibits or addenda thereto (including a copy of the action by written consent of the Opinion Parties duly authorizing the Transactions, which copy is certified by an officer of the Opinion Parties to be true and correct written consent of the of Opinion Parties and in full force and effect as of the date hereof);

Transaction Documents

(viii) the Base Indenture;

(ix) the Supplemental Indenture;

(x) the Notes;

(xi) the Underwriting Agreement.

The documents listed in clauses (i) through (vii) above are collectively referred to in this letter as the “Company Records”; the documents listed in clauses (viii) through (xi) above are collectively referred to in this letter as the “Transaction Documents.”

B. Limitations, Qualifications & Assumptions.

We call your attention to the fact that we did not conduct an investigation that independently confirms the assumptions or facts upon which we render this opinion and have not reviewed any document other than the documents listed above in Paragraphs (i) – (xi), and, with your permission, we have relied upon the representations and warranties as to factual matters contained in and made by the Opinion Parties in the Transaction Documents and the Company Records together with certain representations and statements made to us by the Opinion Parties, their officers, and public officials as to factual matters material to the opinions expressed in this letter. We have relied solely upon the foregoing documents, the statements and information set forth therein, and the additional matters recited or assumed herein, all of which we have assumed to be true, complete and accurate in all material respects as of the date hereof. We have no independent knowledge that any of such facts, representations, or statements are untrue. Where our opinions indicate that they are “to our actual knowledge,” it means that they involve only the independent knowledge of the attorneys of our firm who worked on and possessed knowledge concerning the matters set forth in this letter, without any independent investigation or verification thereof. Specifically, but without limitation, we have made no inquiries of securities holders or employees of the Opinion Parties (other than obtaining representations in the Officer’s Certificate). No inference as to our knowledge of the existence or absence of any fact should be drawn from the fact of our limited representation of the Opinion Parties in connection with the Transactions.


We have not, for purposes of the opinions in this letter, (i) searched computerized or electronic databases for the docket or records of any court, governmental agency, regulatory body or other filing office in any jurisdiction, or (ii) undertaken any further inquiry other than as stated in this letter. In rendering our opinions set forth in Paragraphs 1 and 2 below, we have relied exclusively on the Company Records. In rendering our opinion set forth in Paragraph 3 below as to the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, we note that we did not witness the actual execution of the Supplemental Indenture or Underwriting Agreement and are relying instead on a review of the incumbency statements in the Officer’s Certificate and the final executed Transaction Documents.

The opinions and statements expressed in this letter are subject to the following assumptions, comments, conditions, exceptions, qualifications, and limitations:

(a) Our opinions and statements expressed in this letter are restricted to matters governed by United States federal law and the laws of the State of New Jersey and the State of Texas, as indicated or applicable (the “Opinion States”). To the extent that the laws of any other jurisdiction apply, we express no opinion.

(b) We assume that the Transaction Documents are valid, legally binding, and enforceable against all parties thereto.

(c) We express no opinion as to any federal, state or local laws, rules, or regulations of or pertaining to any county, municipality or any other political subdivision.

(d) We assume and rely upon the accuracy of all factual information set forth in the Transaction Documents, Company Records, instruments, and certificates referred to in this letter. In reviewing the Transaction Documents, Company Records, instruments, and certificates, we assume the genuineness of all signatures and initials thereon (including those of the Opinion Parties), the genuineness of all notaries contained thereon, conformance of all copies with the original thereof and originals to all copies thereof, and, with respect to factual matters, the accuracy of all statements, representations, and warranties contained therein. We further assume that all certificates, documents, and instruments dated prior to the date hereof remain accurate and correct on the date hereof.

(e) Except as expressly stated herein, we have not reviewed any agreements, documents or transactions described or referred to in the Company Records, and we express no opinion as to the effect of such agreements, documents, and transactions upon the Transaction Documents or the matters discussed in this letter.

(f) We assume (i) the due authorization, execution, and delivery of the Transaction Documents by all parties (excluding Opinion Parties), the due corporate or other existence of all parties (excluding Opinion Parties), and the power and full legal right of all parties (excluding Opinion Parties) under all applicable laws and regulations (without approvals, or authorizations, consents or other orders of any public or private body or board other than those previously obtained) to execute, and deliver, and perform all of such parties’ (excluding Opinion Parties) respective obligations under, the Transaction Documents, (ii) all natural persons who have executed the Transaction Documents had or have sufficient legal capacity to enter into and perform the obligations described in such documents, and (iii) in the case of any acknowledged document, the execution thereof has been duly acknowledged by a notary public, commissioner of deeds or other person necessary under the law of the applicable jurisdiction to authenticate such document.


(g) None of the opinions set forth in this letter include any implied opinion unless such implied opinion is both (i) essential to the legal conclusion reached by the express opinions set forth herein and (ii) based upon prevailing norms and expectations among experienced lawyers in the Opinion States, reasonable under the circumstances.

C. Opinions.

Based on the foregoing, and qualified in the manner and to the extent set forth in this letter, we are of the opinion that:

1. Dr Pepper is a corporation validly existing in the State of Texas and its right to transact business in the State of Texas is intact; Bai is a limited liability company validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of New Jersey.

2. Each Opinion Party has all the requisite corporate or limited liability company power and authority to execute and deliver the Underwriting Agreement and Supplemental Indenture and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents. The execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement and Supplemental Indenture, and performance by each Opinion Party of the Transaction Documents, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company action.

3. Each Opinion Party has duly executed and delivered the Underwriting Agreement and Supplemental Indenture.

This opinion letter is rendered only to and for the benefit of the opinion addressee, together with its successors and assigns, and only for use in connection with the Transactions. This letter is not to be quoted in whole or in part or otherwise referred to, furnished, used, reproduced, distributed or disclosed, nor is it to be filed with any governmental agency or any other Person without, in each instance, the prior written consent of this law firm. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the opinion addressee and its successors and assigns may deliver copies of this opinion letter to their accountants, attorneys and other professional advisors and to regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the opinion addressee, or as otherwise may be required by law or pursuant to legal process, and to any prospective successor or assign.

The information set forth in this letter is as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation or responsibility to, after the date hereof, update or supplement this opinion in response to or to make you aware of subsequent changes in the status of the law, future events occurring or information arising that, in any such case, affects or may affect the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The foregoing opinions should not be construed as relating to any matter other than the Transactions.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Polsinelli
POLSINELLI