Exhibit 10.6
7 MAY 2009
OPTION AGREEMENT
relating to shares
in
LION/RALLY CAYMAN
6
between
LION/ RALLY CAYMAN
4
and
LION/RALLY CAYMAN
5
and
LION/RALLY CAYMAN 7
L.P.
and
CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION
CORPORATION
W EIL ,
G OTSHAL & M ANGES
One South Place London EC2M
2WG
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7903
1000 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7903
0990
www.weil.com
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTERPRETATION
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1
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2
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GRANT OF PUT AND CALL
OPTIONS
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EXERCISE AND COMPLETION OF PUT
AND CALL OPTIONS
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COMPLETION OF THE SALE OF SHARES
UNDER PUT AND CALL OPTIONS
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20
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5
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CONSIDERATION PAYABLE FOR GRANT
OF CAYMAN 7 CALL OPTIONS
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ANTITRUST OBLIGATIONS
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DEFERRAL OF ISSUE OF SHARES AND
WARRANTS
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ADJUSTMENTS TO INITIAL CASH AMOUNTS AND ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION
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OFFER TO INITIAL SELLER
PARTIES
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WARRANTIES AND
UNDERTAKINGS
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CEDC GUARANTEE
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DEFAULT
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SECURITY
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US TAX COMPLIANCE
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ASSIGNMENT
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ENTIRE AGREEMENT
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VARIATION
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WAIVER
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ILLEGALITY AND
SEVERANCE
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RIGHTS OF THIRD
PARTIES
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COUNTERPARTS
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NOTICES
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JURISDICTION
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GOVERNING LAW
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SCHEDULE 1
INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY
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SCHEDULE 2
CONSIDERATION PAYABLE
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44
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SCHEDULE 3 FORM OF
OPTION NOTICES
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THIS AGREEMENT is made on 7 May 2009 between the following
parties:
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(1)
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LION/RALLY CAYMAN 4
a company incorporated in the Cayman
Islands whose principal place of business is at c/o Stuarts
Corporate Services Ltd., PO Box 2510 Grand Cayman KY1-1104, Cayman
Islands (“ Cayman 4 ”);
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(2)
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LION/RALLY CAYMAN 5
a company incorporated in the Cayman
Islands whose principal place of business is at c/o Stuarts
Corporate Services Ltd., PO Box 2510 Grand Cayman KY1-1104, Cayman
Islands (“ Cayman 5 ”);
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(3)
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LION/RALLY CAYMAN 7
L.P. , a Cayman Exempted
Limited Partnership whose principal place of business is at c/o
Stuarts Corporate Services Ltd., PO Box 2510 Grand Cayman KY1-1104,
Cayman Islands acting through its general partner Lion/Rally Cayman
8 (“ Cayman 7 ”); and
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(4)
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION
CORPORATION , a company
incorporated in Delaware, whose principal place of business is at
ul. Bobrowiecka 6, 02-728 Warszawa, Poland (“ CEDC
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WHEREAS
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(A)
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LION/RALLY CAYMAN 6
(the “ Company ”)
was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on 30 April 2009 with
registered number 225655 with its principal place of business at
c/o Stuarts Corporate Services Ltd., PO Box 2510 Grand Cayman
KY1-1104, Cayman Islands. Particulars of the Company are set out in
Schedule 1.
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(B)
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The Holdcos (as defined below)
have agreed to grant to Cayman 7 the Cayman 7 Call Options (as
defined below), and Cayman 7 has agreed to grant to the Holdcos the
Holdco Put Option and the Holdco Call Option (each as defined
below) on the terms of and subject to the conditions set out in
this Agreement.
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(C)
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CEDC has agreed, in consideration
of Cayman 4 and Cayman 5 entering into this Agreement, to guarantee
the obligations of Cayman 7 under this Agreement in accordance with
the terms set out in Clause 11 ( CEDC Guarantee ) and to
issue shares of CEDC Common Stock (as defined below) and the
Warrants (also as defined below) to Cayman 4 and Cayman
5.
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IT IS AGREED
as follows
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1.1
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In this Agreement (including its
recitals), the words and expressions set out below have the
meanings given to each of them respectively:
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“2009 Earnout
Amount”
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has the meaning given in Clause
8.4.1;
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“2009 Group
EBITDA”
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has the meaning given in Clause
8.4.1;
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“2009
Shares”
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has the meaning given in Clause
5.2.1(a);
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“2009 Shares Issue
Date”
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the date on which the 2009 Shares
are issued;
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“2009 Shares Registration
Effective
Date”
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the date on which the
registration statement filed under the Securities Act with the
Securities and Exchange Commission to register the 2009 Shares is
declared effective;
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“2010
Shares”
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has the meaning given in Clause
5.2.1(b)
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“2011
Warrants”
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the 1,490,550 warrants over CEDC
Common Stock, exercisable on 31 May 2011, on the terms of the 2011
Warrants Instrument;
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“2011 Warrants
Instrument”
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the warrant instrument issued by
CEDC in the agreed form as set out in the Commitment
Letter;
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“2012
Shares”
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has the meaning given in Clause
5.2.1(c);
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“2012
Warrants”
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the 300,000 warrants over CEDC
Common Stock, exercisable on 31 July 2012, on the terms of the 2012
Warrants Instrument;
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“2012 Warrants
Instrument”
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the warrant instrument issued by
CEDC in the agreed form as set out in the Commitment
Letter;
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“2013
Warrants”
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the 1,803,813 warrants over CEDC
Common Stock, exercisable on 31 May 2013, on the terms of the 2013
Warrants Instrument;
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“2013 Warrants
Instrument”
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the warrant instrument issued by
CEDC in the agreed form as set out in the Commitment
Letter;
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“31 October 2009 Upside
VWAP”
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the Thirty Day VWAP of CEDC
Common Stock on (x) the 2009 Shares Registration Effective Date; or
(y) if the 2009 Shares Issue Date is earlier than the 2009 Shares
Registration Effective Date, and if the Holdcos notify CEDC in
writing no later than the Business Day following the 2009 Shares
Issue Date, the 2009 Shares Issue Date;
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“Accounting
Principles”
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IFRS, or, if Cayman 5 elects, US
GAAP, such election (if made) to be final and notified to the
Parties in writing no later than 31 December 2009;
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“Acquired Unit
Count”
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the Cayman 7 Ownership Proportion
minus 42;
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“Advance
Payment”
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has the meaning given in Clause
8.6.2;
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“Affiliate”
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with respect to any Person,
another Person Controlled by such first Person, Controlling such
first Person or under the same Control as such first Person, and
“ Affiliated ” shall have a meaning correlative
to the foregoing;
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“Antitrust Adjustment
Payment”
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an amount calculated as at the
Relevant Cayman 7 Call Option Exercise Date in $ in cash equal to
the product of (i) the Acquired Unit Count; and (ii) the Antitrust
Unit Price Adjustment;
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“Antitrust
Approval”
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shall have the meaning set out in
the Governance and Shareholders Agreement;
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“Antitrust Unit Price
Adjustment”
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the amount by which the Overall
Average Unit Price exceeds the Realised Average Unit
Price;
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“Approved
Bank”
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means any of the following:
(i) JP
Morgan
(ii) Citi
(iii) Morgan
Stanley
(iv) Renaissance
Capital
(v) RBS
(vi) Deutsche
Bank
or such other Person as CEDC and the
Holdcos shall otherwise agree in writing;
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“Approved
Jurisdictions”
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The federal or state courts in
the State of New York, the federal or state courts in the State of
Delaware, the Cayman Islands and Poland.
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“Bank
Guarantee”
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a guarantee given in respect of
obligations of a Person to another Person from a bank of
international repute and good standing whose long-term credit
rating is A1 or higher by Moody’s Investor Services Limited,
A or higher by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, and A
or higher by Fitch Rating Limited.
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“Business
Day”
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any day other than a Saturday or
Sunday on which banks are normally open for general banking
business in London, New York, Warsaw and the Cayman
Islands;
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“Cash”
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in relation to the Lux 1 Group
shall mean the consolidated cash in hand or at bank (so long as
such cash is repayable immediately on demand) as shown in the
accounting records of members of the Lux 1 Group on the relevant
date, less trapped cash;
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“Cash
Equivalent”
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means, in relation to a number of
shares of CEDC Common Stock, a cash amount in US Dollars equal to:
(i) that number of shares; multiplied by (ii) the Ten Day VWAP on
the dealing day immediately preceding the date on which such shares
are issued pursuant to this Agreement;
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“Cayman
1”
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Lion/Rally Cayman 1 L.P., a
Cayman Exempted Limited Partnership, whose principal place of
business is at c/o Stuarts Corporate Services Ltd, PO Box 2510,
George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands;
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“Cayman 4 Put Option
Price”
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shall mean the $ amount equal to:
(A) (i) the aggregate of all $ Initial Cash
Amounts; plus (ii) the aggregate of all € Initial Cash Amounts
in each case, which would become payable by Cayman 7 to Cayman 4
following the exercise of the Cayman 7 Call Options not already
completed at the Holdco Put Option Exercise Date; plus
(B) (i) if the 2009 Shares have not
been issued, $15,197,051; plus (ii) if the 2010 Shares have not
been issued, $22,738,588; plus (iii) if the 2012 Shares have not
been issued, $4,570,373;
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“Cayman 4 Outstanding
Consideration”
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has the meaning set out in Clause
4.2.2(c)(i);
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“Cayman 5 Outstanding
Consideration”
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has the meaning set out in Clause
4.2.2(c)(ii);
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“Cayman 5 Put Option
Price”
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shall mean the $ amount equal to:
(A) the aggregate of all $ Initial Cash Amounts
which would become payable by Cayman 7 to Cayman 5 following the
exercise of the Cayman 7 Call Options not already completed at the
Holdco Put Option Exercise Date; plus
(B) (i) if the 2009 Shares have not
been issued, $4,802,949; plus (ii) if the 2010 Shares have not been
issued, $7,186,412; plus (iii) if the 2012 Shares have not been
issued, $1,444,443;
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“Cayman 7 Call
Option”
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has the meaning given in Clause
2.1.1;
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“Cayman 7 Call Option
Completion
Date”
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has the meaning given in Clause
3.1.4;
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“Cayman 7 Call Option
Exercise
Date”
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each of those dates set out in
Column B of Schedule 2 as such dates may be modified in accordance
with this Agreement;
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“Cayman 7 Call Option
Notice”
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has the meaning given in Clause
3.1.3;
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“Cayman 7 Call Option
Consideration
Notice”
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has the meaning given in Clause
3.1.2;
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“Cayman 7 Call Option
Period”
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has the meaning given in Clause
3.1.1;
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“Cayman 7 Call Option
Substitute
Right”
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each of the Second Cayman 7 Call
Option Substitute Right, the Third Cayman 7 Call Option Substitute
Right, the First Final Cayman 7 Call Option Substitute Right, the
Second Final Cayman 7 Call Option Substitute Right and the Third
Final Cayman 7 Call Option Substitute Right;
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“Cayman 7 Early Call Option
Notice”
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has the meaning given in Clause
3.1.5;
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“Cayman 7
Pledge”
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the Cayman 7 pledge, in the
agreed form, as set out in the Commitment Letter;
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“Cayman 7 Ownership
Proportion”
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the proportion of Ordinary Shares
held by Cayman 7 as a percentage of all the Ordinary Shares then in
issue, multiplied by the percentage ownership of the Company in Lux
1, in each case on the relevant date, multiplied by 100. In the
event that any new shares have been issued by either the Company or
Lux 1 after the date of this Agreement and on or before the date in
respect of which the Cayman 7 Ownership Proportion is being
calculated, such new shares shall be excluded from the calculation
of the Cayman 7 Ownership Proportion, which shall be calculated as
if such issue of new shares had not occurred;
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“CEDC Common
Stock”
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$0.01 common stock of CEDC,
listed for trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the
symbol “ CEDC ”;
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“CEDC Finance
Default”
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shall mean any of the following
events: (a) a default by any member of the CEDC Group with respect
to any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there
may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced,
any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $40 million in the
aggregate of the Company and/or any member of the CEDC Group,
whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created,
either: (i) resulting in such indebtedness becoming or being
declared due and payable; or (ii) constituting a failure to pay the
principal or interest of any such debt when due and payable at its
stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or
otherwise; or (b) a final judgment for the payment of $40 million
or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance) is rendered
against any member of the CEDC Group, which judgment is not
discharged or stayed within 60 days after: (i) the date on which
the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has
commenced; or (ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been
extinguished;
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“CEDC
Group”
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CEDC or any of its Subsidiaries
which it controls at the relevant time (which for the avoidance of
doubt shall include the Group where CEDC is entitled to exercise
its rights to become the Controlling Shareholder under Clause 2 of
the Governance and Shareholders Agreement);
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“Change of
Control”
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the completion of the acquisition
of Control of CEDC, or any successor entity, or of any future
ultimate Holding Company of CEDC, by any Person or group acting in
concert;
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“Class A Limited
Partner”
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has the meaning given in the
Limited Partnership Agreement;
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“Code”
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US Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended;
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“Commitment
Letter”
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the commitment letter entered
into on 24 April 2009 between the Holdcos, Lion Capital LLP and
CEDC;
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“Common Stock
Equivalents”
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has the meaning given in Clause
5.2.2(b);
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“Control”
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(including, with their
correlative meanings, “ Controlled by ”, “
Controlling ” and “ under common
Control with ”) shall mean possession, directly or
indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management
or policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership
or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise) of any
other Person, provided that, in any event, any Person which owns,
directly or indirectly, a majority of the securities having
ordinary voting power or otherwise having the power to elect a
majority of the directors or other governing body of a corporation
or having a majority of the partnership or other ownership
interests of any other Person (other than as a limited partner of
such other Person) will be deemed to control such corporation or
other Person; and for the avoidance of doubt a limited partnership
is Controlled by its general partner;
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“Corporate Income
Tax”
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all taxes based upon, measured
by, or calculated with respect to (i) gross or net income or gross
(or any intermediate measure) or net receipts or profits (including
any capital gains and municipal business tax or any similar tax but
not including sales, value added, consumption, use, real or
personal property, transfer or other similar t axes); (ii)
withholding taxes measured by, or calculated with respect to, any
payments or distributions (other than wages) and in the case of (i)
or (ii) payments on account of or in respect of to those taxes and
(iii) any interest, fine, penalty or charge paid, payable or
accrued in respect of or in relation to (i) or (ii);
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“Cyprus
1”
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Pasalba Limited, a company
incorporated in the Republic of Cyprus with company number 202291
having its principal place of business at Theklas Lysioti 35, Eagle
Star House, 5th Floor, 3030 Limossol, Cyprus;
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“Earnout Dispute
Notice”
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has the meaning given in Clause
8.4.6;
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“Earnout Evaluation
Period”
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has the meaning given in Clause
8.4.5;
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“Earnout
Notice”
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has the meaning given in Clause
8.4.4;
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“Elective Minority
Purchase”
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has the meaning given in Clause
9.1;
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“Earnout Settlement
Amount”
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has the meaning given in Clause
8.5.3;
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“Encumbrance”
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any mortgage, charge (fixed or
floating), pledge, lien, hypothecation, option, right of set off,
security trust, assignment by way of security, reservation of
title, option, restriction, right of first refusal, right of
pre-emption, third party right or interest, or any other
encumbrance or security interest whatsoever created or arising or
any other agreement or arrangement (including any sale and
leaseback transaction) entered into for the purposes of conferring
security or having similar effect and any agreement to enter into,
create or establish any of the foregoing;
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“ Enforcement Event
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has the meaning given in Clause
12.1;
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“Enterprise
Value”
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has the meaning given in Clause
2.3.2;
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“Equity
Value”
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has the meaning given in Clause
2.3.3;
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“Exit”
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shall have the meaning set out in
the Governance and Shareholders Agreement;
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“Exchange
Rate”
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1.30;
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“Fair Market
Value”
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shall mean Ten Day
VWAP;
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“Final Cayman 7 Call
Option”
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the Cayman 7 Call Option
exercisable on the Cayman 7 Call Option Exercise Date set out in
the sixth row of Schedule 2;
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“Final Cayman 7 Call Option
Completion
Date”
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the Cayman 7 Call Option
Completion Date relating to the Final Cayman 7 Call
Option;
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“Final Cayman 7 Call Option
Exercise
Date”
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the Cayman 7 Call Option Exercise
Date of the Final Cayman 7 Call Option;
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“Final Discharge
Date”
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the first date on which Cayman 7
has satisfied all obligations under this Agreement in respect of
any exercise of the Cayman 7 Call Options, the Holdco Put Option
and the Holdco Call Option, and the transfer of shares thereunder,
and on which there is no Outstanding Consideration actually or
potentially payable hereunder by Cayman 7;
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“Finance
Documents”
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the Finance Documents as defined
in the Senior Facilities Agreement and the Finance Documents as
defined in the Definitions and Schedules Deed (as defined in the
On-Loan Facility Agreement). On-Loan Facility Agreement has the
meaning given in the Senior Facilities Agreement. Senior Facilities
Agreement means the senior facilities agreement dated 10 July 2008
(as amended on or around 23 December 2008, and as further amended
and/or restated from time to time) between, among others, Nowdo
Limited as Senior Borrower, Pasalba Limited as the Company, the
Arrangers, the Original Lenders, the Facility Agent, the Security
Agent and the Issuing Bank (each as defined therein);
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“First Cayman 7 Call
Option”
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the Cayman 7 Call Option
exercisable on the Cayman 7 Call Option Exercise Date set out in
the second row of Schedule 2;
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“First Cayman 7 Call Option
Exercise
Date”
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the Cayman 7 Call Option Exercise
Date of the First Cayman 7 Call Option;
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“Fourth Cayman 7 Call
Option”
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the Cayman 7 Call Option
exercisable on the Cayman 7 Call Option Exercise Date set out in
the fifth row of Schedule 2;
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“Fourth Cayman 7 Call
Option
Completion
Date”
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the Cayman 7 Call Option
Completion Date relating to the Fourth Cayman 7 Call
Option;
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“Fourth Cayman 7 Call
Option
Exercise
Date”
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the Cayman 7 Call Option Exercise
Date of the Fourth Cayman 7 Call Option;
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“Governance and
Shareholders
Agreement”
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the Governance and Shareholders
Agreement dated on or about the date hereof and made between the
Company, the Holdcos, Cayman 7 and CEDC, as set out in the
Commitment Letter;
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“Group”
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the Company and its Subsidiaries
from time to time and “ member of the Group ”
and “ Group Company ” shall be construed
accordingly; for the avoidance of doubt, no Shareholder nor any of
their respective Affiliates (as such terms are defined in the
Governance and Shareholders Agreement) (other than the Company and
the Subsidiaries of the Company) shall be a member of the Group for
the purposes of this Agreement;
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“Holdcos”
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Cayman 4 and Cayman 5, each being
a “ Holdco ”;
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“Holdco Call
Option”
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has the meaning given in Clause
2.3.1;
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“Holdco Call Option
Completion
Date”
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has the meaning given in Clause
3.3.3;
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“Holdco Call Option
Exercise
Date”
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the date on which the Holdcos
serve a Holdco Call Option Notice on Cayman 7;
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“Holdco Call Option
Notice”
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has the meaning given in Clause
3.3.2;
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“Holdco Call Option
Period”
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has the meaning given in Clause
3.3.1;
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“Holdco Call Option
Valuation
Date”
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31 December in the year
immediately preceding the Holdco Call Option Exercise
Date;
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“Holdco
Pledges”
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the Holdco pledges, in the agreed
form, as set out in the Commitment Letter;
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“Holdco Put
Option”
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has the meaning given in Clause
2.2.1;
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“Holdco Put Option
Completion
Date”
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has the meaning given in Clause
3.2.3;
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“Holdco Put Option Exercise
Date”
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the date on which the Holdcos
serve a Holdco Put Option Notice on Cayman 7;
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“Holdco Put Option
Notice”
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has the meaning given in Clause
3.2.2;
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“Holdco Put Option
Period”
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has the meaning given in Clause
3.2.1;
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“Holdco Sharing
Proportions”
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76 per cent. to Cayman 4 and 24
per cent. to Cayman 5;
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“Indebtedness”
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in relation to the Lux 1 Group, shall mean on
the relevant date:
(a)
all outstanding obligations for
money borrowed, including overdrafts, from any Person (including,
for the avoidance of doubt, any accrued but unpaid interest and
prepayment penalties);
(b) all outstanding
obligations under any hedges, swaps and other derivative contracts
to the extent that they are out of the money;
(c) all outstanding
obligations evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar
instruments for the payment of which the Lux 1 Group is responsible
or liable;
(d) the net present value of
all outstanding obligations as lessees under all finance leases
including sale and leaseback programs, in accordance with the
Accounting Principles, irrespective of whether accrued for in the
relevant accounts or not;
(e) all outstanding recourse
liabilities (whether conditional or unconditional) arising from any
transactions related to the assignment of receivables for financing
purposes by any member of the Lux 1 Group to any Person who is not
a member of the Lux 1 Group, including all factoring agreements and
similar agreements executed for the purpose of obtaining
financing;
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(f) all unfunded
pension and similar liabilities and accruals in accordance with
Accounting Principles whether accrued or not;
(g)
redeemable preference shares or
other similar equity instruments classified as liabilities under
Accounting Principles;
(h) an amount equal to the
lower of: a) $25 million; and b) the aggregate of i) all litigation
provisions; and ii) all tax provisions excluding such tax
provisions to the extent that a claim has been made and settled
under the Original Sale Agreement in respect of the tax relating to
any such tax provision;
(i)
any capital creditors;
(j) all outstanding
obligations of members of the Lux 1 Group issued or assumed for
deferred or contingent purchase price payments associated with
transactions involving acquisitions of assets (for the avoidance of
doubt, including the acquisition of shares, intellectual property,
any business or any other fixed asset but excluding payables to
creditors in relation to goods and/or services provided to the Lux
1 Group in the ordinary course of the Lux 1 Group’s
business), excluding any obligations arising under the Original
Sale Agreement including the current portion of any such
obligation;
(k) all outstanding
liabilities arising from legally binding surety agreements,
guarantees, indemnities, letters of comfort, Encumbrances or
similar arrangements or obligations, furnished for liabilities or
obligations of any third party, whether actual or contingent, with
the exception of guarantees and other similar arrangements entered
into the ordinary course of trading in relation to, inter alia,
customs, excise taxes and VAT;
(l) all outstanding
obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of
credit, banker’s acceptance, guarantee or similar credit
transaction, with the exception of guarantees and other similar
arrangements entered into the ordinary course of trading in
relation to, inter alia, customs, excise taxes, VAT, and
(m) an amount equal to 50 per cent. of
any reasonable provisions or accruals made in respect of actual or
potential obligations of any member of the Group under the Original
Sale Agreement, except to the extent such obligations have actually
been paid, but shall not include any Indebtedness from Lux 1 to the
Company or any Indebtedness arising between members of the Lux 1
Group;
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“Independent
Accountant”
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an independent firm of
internationally recognised chartered accountants as agreed by CEDC
and the Holdcos in writing, or in default of nomination by
agreement between CEDC and the Holdcos, appointed at the request of
either CEDC or the Holdcos by the President, for the time being, of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, or any
successor body thereto;
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“Initial Cash
Amounts”
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the cash amounts payable in
respect of a Cayman 7 Call Option or the Holdco Put Option as set
out in Columns C, D, and E of Schedule 2 (as adjusted in accordance
with this Agreement or as otherwise agreed between the
Parties);
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“Initial Seller Party
Securities”
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has the meaning given in the Lux
1 Shareholders Agreement;
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“Leading
Tranche”
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has the meaning given in the
Registration Rights Agreement;
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“Letter of
Undertaking”
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the letter of undertaking entered
into on 24 April 2009 between the Holdcos, Carey Agri International
– Poland sp. z o.o., Lion Capital LLP and CEDC;
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“Limited Partnership
Agreement”
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the amended and restated limited
partnership agreement relating to Cayman 7 made, on or about the
date of this Agreement, between CEDC, Lion/Rally Cayman 2 and
Lion/Rally Cayman 8 Limited;
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“Lux
1”
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Lion/Rally Lux 1, company number
B139.056, a société anonyme incorporated in
Luxembourg with registered offices at 13-15, avenue de la
Liberté, L-M31 Luxembourg;
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“Lux 1
Group”
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Lux 1 and its Subsidiaries from
time to time;
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“Lux 1 Group
EBITDA”
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for any period, the consolidated Net Profit of
the Lux 1 Group expressed in $ for the relevant period before
bringing into account any of the following items without
duplication, so that, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent any
of the following have been charged, expensed or deducted or
credited in computing such Net Profit they shall be adjusted as
follows:
(a) any interest paid,
payable or accrued by any member of the Lux 1 Group (including fees
or penalties incurred in connection with third party borrowings or
the issue of guarantees and letters of credit) and including any
amounts payable under any interest rate hedging arrangement shall
be added back and any interest owing to or received by any member
of the Lux 1 Group and including any amounts receivable under any
interest rate hedging arrangement shall be deducted;
(b) any Corporate Income Tax
paid, payable or accrued by any member of the Lux 1 Group or any
deferred tax charges arising for such period shall be added back
and any amount received or receivable by any member of the Lux 1
Group in respect of a refund or receipt of Corporate Income Tax or
any deferred tax credit shall be deducted;
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(c) any loss against book
value incurred by any member of the Lux 1 Group on the sale, lease
or any other disposal of any capital asset shall be added back and
any gain against book value incurred by any member of the Lux 1
Group on the sale, lease or any other disposal of any capital asset
shall be deducted;
(d) any provision in respect
of bad debts in excess of $6 million in aggregate shall be added
back;
(e)
any provision for any fundamental
restructuring costs shall be added back and any release or reversal
of such provision shall be deducted;
(f) any loss arising
on any revaluation of any fixed asset shall be added back and any
gain arising on any revaluation of any fixed asset shall be
deducted;
(g) any realised or
unrealised foreign exchange losses shall be added back and any
realised or unrealised foreign exchange gains shall be
deducted;
(h) depreciation shall be
added back;
(i) any amortisation
or impairment of tangible or intangible assets shall be added
back;
(j) any amortisation
of debt issuance costs shall be added back;
(k) the costs paid or
payable in relation to any acquisition or disposal of any company
or business or brand, all M&O Fees and associated expenses paid
or accrued, and all fees paid or accrued in relation to the
Transaction Documents shall be added back;
(l) any dividends paid
or payable shall be added back and any dividends received or
receivable shall be deducted;
(m) any transfer of funds or capital
contributions received by any member of the Lux 1 Group shall be
deducted;
(n) any gain or loss
resulting from any changes in the fair value of financial
instruments (excluding trade receivables and trade payables) shall
be added back or deducted;
(o) any fines, late payment
interest and/or penalties paid or to be paid to the tax authorities
or other governmental authorities shall be added back; any
refunds/credits shall be deducted;
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(p) any taxes paid or
payable in respect to prior periods shall be added back and refunds
or receipts of taxes in respect to prior periods shall be
deducted;
(q) any charge in respect of
the fair value of share options under the Accounting Principles
shall be added back and any reversal of such charge or credit in
respect to the fair value of share options shall be
deducted;
(r) any charge in respect of
any Management Incentive Payments shall be added back and any
reversal of such charge or credit in respect to such Management
Incentive Payments shall be deducted; and
(s) any profit before
interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation or other profit
attributable to any minority interest in any member of the Lux 1
Group shall be deducted by ensuring that Lux 1 Group EBITDA
proportionately consolidates any member of the Lux 1 Group where
there is a minority interest;
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“Lux 1 Shareholders
Agreement”
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the Shareholders Agreement
entered into on 9 July 2008 between Lion/Rally Cayman 2, the
Initial Seller Parties (as defined therein), Lux 1, and Lion
Capital (Guernsey) Limited;
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“Management Incentive
Payment”
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incentive payments made to senior
management of the Group in addition to usual base salary amounts,
consulting fees and/or bonuses;
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“Merger”
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has the meaning given in Clause
5.2.2;
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“Minority
Purchase”
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means an Elective Minority
Purchase or the purchase or redemption by Lux 1 of the shares and
CPECs of Lux 1 in accordance with the Put Option (as defined in the
Lux 1 Shareholders Agreement);
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“NASDAQ Marketplace
Rule”
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the Marketplace Rules of NASDAQ
listed companies and trading in the NASDAQ stock market;
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“Net
Profit”
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the consolidated profit or loss
of Lux 1 after taking account of all items required by the
Accounting Principles to be included in the income statement and
corresponding to the total of net profit, subject thereto being
calculated on a consistent basis with the consolidated audited
accounts of Lux 1 for the relevant period;
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“New
Investment”
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has the meaning given in the
Commitment Letter;
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“Normalised Level of
Working
Capital”
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the average level of Working
Capital of the Lux 1 Group calculated by taking the average of the
last twelve months ends’ or the last four quarters
ends’ (as the Company may determine) Working Capital
immediately prior to the relevant date, having first excluded any
one-off or exceptional items from such Working Capital;
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“Note Purchase
Agreement”
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the note purchase and share
subscription agreement entered into on 24 April 2009 between
CEDC, Carey Agri International – Poland sp. z o.o.,
Lion/Rally Cayman 2 and Cayman 5;
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“Original Sale
Agreement”
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the sale and purchase agreement
dated 22 May 2008 between Cyprus 1 and Cirey Holdings, Inc.
concerning the acquisition of certain entitles comprising the
Russian Alcohol Group;
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“Ordinary
Shares”
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the A Ordinary Shares in the
capital of the Company;
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“Outstanding
Consideration”
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the sum of the Cayman 4
Outstanding Consideration and the Cayman 5 Outstanding
Consideration;
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“Outstanding Consideration
Payment
Notice”
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has the meaning given in Clause
4.2.2(c);
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“Outstanding Consideration
Payment Notice
Period”
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has the meaning given in Clause
4.2.2(c);
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“Overall Average Unit
Price”
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$12,684,412;
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“Person”
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shall mean any natural person,
corporation, general partnership, simple partnership, limited
partnership, proprietorship, other business organisation, trust,
union, association or governmental authority, whether incorporated
or unincorporated; a reference to any Person shall include such
Person’s successors and permitted assigns under any
agreement, instrument, contract or other document;
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“Pledges”
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the Cayman 7 Pledge and the
Holdco Pledges;
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“Preference
Shares”
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the 100 Preference Shares of $1
each in the capital of the Company, as such shares may be
reclassified from time to time;
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“Principal Investment
Value”
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in respect of any Initial Seller
Party Securities the aggregate $ amount paid by the Initial Seller
Parties for such Initial Seller Party Securities as is set out in
Column 3 of Schedule 5 of the Lux 1 Shareholders
Agreement;
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“Realised Average Unit
Price”
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The $ amount equal to (A) (i) the
aggregate of all $ Initial Cash Amounts actually paid by Cayman 7
to the Holdcos under this Agreement prior to the Relevant Cayman 7
Call Option Exercise Date (excluding any adjustments made in
accordance with this Agreement); plus (ii) the aggregate of all
€ Initial Cash Amounts actually paid by Cayman 7 to the
Holdcos under this Agreement prior to the relevant date, multiplied
by the Exchange Rate; plus (iii) $110 million; divided by (B) the
Acquired Unit Count;
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“Registration Rights
Agreement”
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the registration rights agreement
in the agreed form as set out in the Commitment Letter;
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“Relevant Cayman 7 Call
Option”
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has the meaning given in Clause
6.1;
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“Relevant Cayman 7 Call
Option Exercise
Date”
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has the meaning given in Clause
6.2;
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“Reorganisation”
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has the meaning given in Clause
5.2.2;
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“Second Cayman 7 Call
Option”
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the Cayman 7 Call Option
exercisable on the Cayman 7 Call Option Exercise Date set out in
the third row of Schedule 2;
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“Second Cayman 7 Call
Option
Exercise
Date”
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the Cayman 7 Call Option Exercise
Date of the Second Cayman 7 Call Option;
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“Security Impairment
Event”
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any event or circumstance which
has, or is reasonably likely to have, a material adverse effect on
the validity, enforceability or the priority or ranking of any
security granted to the Holdcos pursuant to the Cayman 7 Pledge and
which, if capable of remedy by the Parties, is not remedied within
20 Business Days of the date of such effect occurring;
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“Securities
Act”
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the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended;
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“Share
Equivalent”
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means, in relation to an amount
of cash in US Dollars, a number of shares of CEDC Common Stock
equal to: (i) that cash amount; divided by (ii) the Ten Day VWAP on
the dealing day immediately preceding the date on which such shares
are issued pursuant to this Agreement, rounded up to the nearest
whole share;
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“Shares”
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the Ordinary Shares and the
Preference Shares;
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“Subsidiary”
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in relation to any Person (a
“ Holding Company ”), any other Person directly
or indirectly Controlled by that Holding Company;
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“Tax”
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all forms of taxation, duties,
imposts, contributions and levies and all related withholdings and
deductions of any kind imposed by a relevant tax authority and any
associated interest, penalty, surcharge or fine and any amount
agreed to be paid to any relevant tax authority in settlement of
any claim for any of the foregoing;
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“Ten Day
VWAP”
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on the relevant dealing day, the
volume weighted average VWAP over a period of ten dealing days
prior to and including the relevant dealing day;
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“Third Cayman 7 Call
Option”
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the Cayman 7 Call Option
exercisable on the Cayman 7 Call Option Exercise Date set out in
the fourth row of Schedule 2;
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“Third Cayman 7 Call Option
Exercise
Date”
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the Cayman 7 Call Option Exercise
Date of the Third Cayman 7 Call Option;
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“Third Consideration
Instalment”
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has the meaning given in the Note
Purchase Agreement;
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“Third Completion
Date”
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has the meaning given in the Note
Purchase Agreement;
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“Thirty-Day
VWAP”
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on the relevant dealing day, the
volume weighted average VWAP over a period of thirty dealing days
prior to and including the relevant dealing day;
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“Trailing
Tranche”
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has the meaning given in the
Registration Rights Agreement;
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“Transaction
Documents”
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this Agreement, the Pledges, the
Commitment Letter, the Letter of Undertaking, the Warrant
Instruments, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement, and the Governance and Shareholders Agreement, and
“ Transaction Document ” means any of
them;
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“VWAP”
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with respect to a particular
date, the volume weighted average trading price of a share of CEDC
Common Stock on and as reported by the principal securities
exchange on which the CEDC Common Stock is then listed or admitted
to trading for any relevant trading date, or, if the CEDC Common
Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any securities
exchange, as determined in good faith and in a commercially
reasonable manner by resolution of the Board of Directors of CEDC,
based on the best information available to it and (if so requested
by Cayman 5) having engaged an independent appraiser in such
regard;
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“Warrants”
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the 2011 Warrants, the 2012
Warrants and the 2013 Warrants;
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“Warrant
Instruments”
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the 2011 Warrants Instrument, the
2012 Warrants Instrument and the 2013 Warrants Instrument;
and
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“Working
Capital”
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the aggregate value of:
(a) the
consolidated inventory of the Lux 1 Group;
(b) the
consolidated trade receivables of the Lux 1 Group; and
(c) all
consolidated other current assets of the Lux 1 Group,
less the aggregate value of:
(a) the
consolidated trade payables of the Lux 1 Group; and
(b) the
consolidated other payables of the Lux 1 Group (but excluding
interest accruals),
as at the relevant date, in each
case calculated in accordance with the Accounting
Principles.
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1.2.1
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references to a document in
the “ agreed form ” are to that document in the
form agreed to and initialled for the purposes of identification by
or on behalf of the Parties;
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1.2.2
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references to a Clause or
Schedule are to a clause or schedule of this Agreement, and
references to this Agreement include the Schedules;
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1.2.3
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the headings in this
Agreement do not affect its construction or
interpretation;
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1.2.4
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references to a “
Party ” or to the “ Parties ” are
references to a party or parties to this Agreement;
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1.2.5
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a reference to a document
is a reference to that document as amended or modified from time to
time in writing by the mutual consent of the parties;
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1.2.6
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references to “
$ ”or “ USD ” are references to the
lawful currency for the time being of the United States of
America;
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1.2.7
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references to “
€ ” or “ Euro ” are references
to the single currency and the legal means of payment in the
territory of the European Monetary Union;
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1.2.8
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the singular includes the
plural and vice versa and any gender includes any other gender;
and
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1.2.9
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all obligations of the
Holdcos under this Agreement, including liability in respect of any
claims or any other breach of this Agreement, are several only and
not joint.
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GRANT OF PUT AND CALL
OPTIONS
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2.1
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Cayman 7 Call
Options
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2.1.1
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The Holdcos grant to Cayman
7 a series of options entitling Cayman 7 to acquire the Ordinary
Shares and Preference Shares (each a “ Cayman 7 Call
Option ”). In relation to each Cayman 7 Call Option
Exercise Date Cayman 7 shall be entitled to require:
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Cayman 4 to sell to it the number
of Ordinary Shares set out in Column F of Schedule 2 for the
relevant Cayman 7 Call Option Exercise Date in exchange for the
payment to Cayman 4, in cash, of the aggregate of: (i) the $
Initial Cash Amount set out in Column C of Schedule 2 (as adjusted
in accordance with this Agreement or as otherwise may be agreed
between the Parties); and (ii) the € Initial Cash Amount
set out in Column D of Schedule 2; and
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Cayman 5 to sell to it the number
of Preference Shares set
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