THIRD AMENDMENT TO ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Third
Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of January 18,
2007 (this “ Amendment ”), among
(a) Brown-Forman Tequila Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., a
corporation formed under the laws of Mexico (“
Buyer ”), (b) Brown-Forman Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (“ BFC ”),
(c) Jose Guillermo Romo de la Peña (“
JGR ”) and Luis Pedro Pablo Romo de la
Peña (“ LPR ” and together with
JGR, the “ Romo de la Peña Brothers
”), (d) Grupo Industrial Herradura, S.A. de C.V., a
corporation formed under the laws of Mexico (“
Parent ”), Fabrica de Tequila Hacienda Las
Norias, S.A. de C.V., a corporation organized under the laws of
Mexico (“ Las Norias ”), Comercializadora
Herradura, S.A. de C.V., a corporation organized under the laws of
Mexico (“ Comercializadora ”), Tequila
Herradura, S.A. de C.V., a corporation organized under the laws of
Mexico (“ Tequila Herradura ”), Sociedad
Romo, S.A. de C.V., a corporation organized under the laws of
Mexico (“ Sociedad Romo ”), and
Transportes de Carga Millenium, S.A. de C.V., a corporation
organized under the laws of Mexico (“
Transportes ” and together with the Romo de la
Peña Brothers, Parent, Las Norias, Comercializadora, Tequila
Herradura and Sociedad Romo, the “ Sellers
”) and (e) Corporación de Servicios Herradura,
S.A. de C.V., a corporation organized under the laws of Mexico
(“ Cosesa ”), CH Acciones S.A. de C.V., a
corporation organized under the laws of Mexico (“ CH
Acciones ”), Corporativo Herradura, S.A. de C.V., a
corporation organized under the laws of Mexico, La Moraleda
Operadora Comercial, S.A. de C.V., a corporation organized under
the laws of Mexico, and Destilados de Agave, S.A. de C.V., a
corporation organized under the laws of Mexico (the Persons listed
in this clause (e), collectively, the “ Additional
Seller Parties ”).
WHEREAS, Buyer,
BFC, the Sellers and the Additional Seller Parties have entered
into an Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of August 25, 2006,
as amended by the First Amendment to the Asset Purchase Agreement
dated as of December 19, 2006 and by the Second Amendment to
the Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of January 11, 2007 (the
“ Agreement ”); and
WHEREAS, Buyer,
BFC, the Sellers and the Additional Seller Parties desire to amend
certain provisions of the Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises, and intending to be legally bound by
this Amendment, Buyer, BFC, the Sellers and the Additional Seller
Parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
Definitions . All capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in
the Agreement.
SECTION 2.
Amendment to Section 2.1 of the Agreement .
Section 2.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
from the first sentence of such Section 2.1 th
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