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PEPSIAMERICAS, INC. 4.375% Note due 2014

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Title: PEPSIAMERICAS, INC. 4.375% Note due 2014
Governing Law: Minnesota     Date: 2/10/2009
Industry: Beverages (Non-Alcoholic)     Sector: Consumer/Non-Cyclical

PEPSIAMERICAS, INC. 
4.375% Note due 2014, Parties: cede & co , pepsiamericas  inc , wells fargo bank  national association
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Exhibit 4.1

[Face of Note]

 

 

 

 

 

Registered No. 1

 

PEPSIAMERICAS, INC.

 

CUSIP No. 71343P AF 8

4.375% Note due 2014
(Fixed Rate)

     If this Note is a Book-Entry Note, the registered owner of this Note (as indicated below) is The Depository Trust Company (the “Depository”) or a nominee of the Depository, and the following legend is applicable: Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), 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 in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

     The following summary of terms is subject to the information set forth on the reverse hereof:

 

 

 

Principal Amount and Currency or Currency Unit:

 

 

U.S. $350,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

Denominations
(If other than U.S. Dollars or the U.S. Dollar denominations set forth on the reverse): N.A.

 

Form: Book-Entry: þ
          Certificated:
o

 

 

 

Option to receive payments in specified currency:
          Yes:
o     No:  þ

 

Exchange Rate Agent: N.A.

 

 

 

Issue Date: February 12, 2009

 

Stated Maturity Date: February 15, 2014

 

 

 

Interest Rate: 4.375% per annum

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Payment Date(s):

 

 

February 15 and August 15, commencing August 15, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

Record Date(s): February 1 and August 1

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Date(s) (option of the Company): At any time on or after the Issue Date

 

Redemption Price(s): The greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed, and (ii) as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of this Note to be redeemed plus interest thereon from the Redemption Date (exclusive of interest payable on such Redemption Date) through the Stated Maturity Date, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined herein) plus 0.40%.

 

 

 

Minimum Denomination: $2,000, and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

 

 

 

 

Repayment Date(s) (option of the Holder): N.A.

 

Repayment Price(s): N.A.

 


 

 

 

 

Notice Period: Not less than 30 nor more than 60 days

 

 

 

 

 

Sinking Fund: Yes: o      No: þ

 

Optional extension of stated maturity date:

 

 

                    Yes: o No: þ

 

 

 

Amortizing Note: Yes: o      No: þ

 

Extension Period: N.A.

 

 

Number of Extension Periods: N.A.

 

 

Final Maturity Date: N.A.

 

 

 

Original Issue Discount Security:
          Yes: 
o      No: þ

 

Other Provisions: See “Repurchase at the Option of Holders Upon a Change of Control” on the reverse of this Note.

 

          Total Amount of OID:

 

 

 

 

 

          Yield to Maturity:

 

 

 

 

 

          Initial Accrual Period OID:

 

 

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     PEPSIAMERICAS, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the Principal Amount specified above (any currency or currency unit other than U.S. dollars being hereinafter referred to as a “Specified Currency”) on the Stated Maturity Date specified above, and to pay interest thereon from and including the Issue Date specified above or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date specified above to which interest on this Note (or any predecessor Note) has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, to but excluding the relevant Interest Payment Date or redemption date, as applicable.

     Interest will be paid on the Interest Payment Date or Dates specified above, commencing with the first such Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Issue Date specified above (except as provided below), at the rate per annum specified above, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment; provided that, unless the Holder hereof is entitled to make, and has made, a Specified Currency Payment Election (as hereinafter defined) with respect to one or more such payments, the Company will make all such payments in U.S. dollars in amounts determined as set forth herein. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Holder of this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) at the close of business on the Record Date specified above immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. The first payment of interest on any Note originally issued between a Record Date and the next Interest Payment Date will be made on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Record Date to the Holder on such next succeeding Record Date. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Record Date and may either be paid to the Holder of this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) at the close of business on a subsequent record date fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to Holders not less than 15 days prior to such subsequent record date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

     If this Note is a Book-Entry Note as specified above, while this Note is represented by one or more Book-Entry Notes registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, the Company will cause payments of principal of, and any premium and interest on, this Note to be made to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the funds and in the manner required by agreements with, or regulations or procedures prescribed from time to time by, the Depository or its nominee, and otherwise in accordance with such agreements, regulations and procedures. If this Note is a Book-Entry Note as specified above, the following legend is applicable except as specified on the reverse hereof: THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF THE DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR.

     If this Note is a certificated Note as specified above, payments of the principal of, and any premium and interest on, this Note will be made in immediately available funds if this Note is surrendered at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in Minneapolis, Minnesota, provided that this Note is presented to the Trustee in time for the Trustee to make such payment in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures. A Holder of $10,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of Notes denominated and payable in U.S. dollars and having the same Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive such payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by such Holder with a bank located in the United States, provided that the Holder shall have provided in writing to

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the Trustee, on or prior to the relevant Record Date, appropriate payment instructions. The Company will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by wire transfer, but not any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed upon the Holder of this Note.

     Payment of the principal of, and any premium and interest on, this Note shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public debts: provided that, if this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency, the Holder hereof is entitled to make, and has made, a Specified Currency Payment Election with respect to such payments, the Exchange Rate Agent is able to convert such payments as provided below and the Specified Currency is not unavailable due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, then (i) the payment of interest on this Note will be made in the Specified Currency (or, if such Specified Currency is not at the time of such payment legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, in such other coin or currency of the country which issued such Specified Currency as at the time of such payment is legal tender for the payment of such debts) by check drawn on a bank office located outside the United States and mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register and (ii) the payment of principal, and any premium and interest, due at Maturity will be made in such Specified Currency (or, if applicable, such other currency or currencies) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by the Holder hereof with a bank office located in the country which issued the Specified Currency (or, in the case of Euros, Brussels), as shall have been designated at least fifteen days prior to Maturity by the Holder, upon presentation of this Note to the Trustee (or a duly authorized paying agent) in time for such wire transfer to be made by the Trustee (or such paying agent) in accordance with its normal procedures. Unless otherwise specified above, if this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency the Holder hereof may elect to receive payments of principal, and any premium and interest, in such Specified Currency (a “Specified Currency Payment Election”) by delivery of a written request (including, in the case of an election with respect to payments at Maturity, appropriate wire transfer instructions) to the Trustee at its principal corporate trust office referred to above on or prior to the relevant Record Date or the fifteenth day prior to Maturity, as the case may be. Such request may be in writing (mailed or hand delivered) or by cable, telex or other form of facsimile transmission. The Holder may elect to receive payment in the Specified Currency for all principal, premium and interest payments and need not file a separate election for each payment. Such election shall remain in effect until revoked by written notice to the Trustee, but written notice of any such revocation must be received by the Trustee on or prior to the relevant Record Date or at least fifteen days prior to Maturity, as the case may be.

     If a Specified Currency is not available for the payment of principal of, or any premium or interest on, this Note due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the Holder of this Note by making payment in U.S. dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate on the second Business Day prior to such payment, or if such Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate or as otherwise specified above. Any payment made under such circumstances in U.S. dollars where the required payment is in other than U.S. dollars will not constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture.

     If payment in respect of this Note is required to be made in any currency unit, and such currency unit is unavailable due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, then the Company will be entitled, but not required, to make any payments in respect of this Note in U.S. dollars until such currency unit is again available. The amount of each payment in U.S. dollars will be computed on the basis of the equivalent of the currency unit in U.S. dollars, which will be determined by the Company or its agent on the following basis. The component currencies of the currency unit for this purpose (the “Component Currencies” or, individually, a “Component Currency”) will be the currency amounts that were components of the currency unit as of the last day of which the

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currency unit was used. The equivalent of the currency unit in U.S. dollars shall be calculated by aggregating the U.S. dollar equivalents of the Components Currencies. The U.S. dollar equivalent of each of the Component Currencies will be determined by the Company or such agent on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate for each such Component Currency or as otherwise specified above.

     If the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the number of units of the currency as a Component Currency will be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If two or more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the amounts of whose currencies as Component Currencies will be replaced by an amount in such single currency equal to the sum of the amounts of the consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single currency. If any Component Currency is divided into two or more currencies, the amount of the original Component Currency will be replaced by the amounts of such two or more currencies, the sum of which will be equal to the amount of the original Component Currency.

     All determinations referred to above made by the Company or its agent (including the Exchange Rate Agent) will be at the Company’s sole discretion and will, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Holder of this Note.

     REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH AT THIS PLACE.

     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof, or its successor as Trustee, or its Authenticating Agent, by manual signature of an authorized signatory, this Note will not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PEPSIAMERICAS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its: Secretary

 

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated
herein issued under the within-mentioned Indenture.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 

Dated: February 12, 2009

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[Reverse of Note]

PEPSIAMERICAS, INC.

4.375% Note due 2014

          SECTION 1. General . This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of August 15, 2003 (herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the Securities of the series designated as the “4.375% Notes due 2014” (the “Notes”). The Company may, without the consent of any of the Holders of the Notes, create and issue additional debt securities so that those additional debt securities will form a single series with the Notes.

          SECTION 2. Payments . Interest on this Note will be payable on the Interest Payment Date or Interest Payment Dates as specified on the face hereof and, in either case, at Maturity.

     Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, payments on this Note with respect to any Interest Payment Date or Maturity will include interest accrued from and including the Issue Date, or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, to but excluding such Interest Payment Date or Maturity. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, interest on this Note will be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

     Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, if this Note is an Amortizing Note, payments with respect to this Note will be applied first to interest due and payable hereon and then to the reduction of the unpaid principal amount hereof. If this Note is an Amortizing Note, a table setting forth repayment information in respect to this Note will be set forth on the face hereof.

     All percentages resulting from any calculation with respect to this Note will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point (with five one-millionths of a percentage point being rounded upward) and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from any such calculation with respect to this Note will be rounded to the nearest cent or, if this Note is denominated in one or more currencies or currency units other than U.S. dollars, the nearest unit (with one-half cent or five one-thousandths of a unit being rounded upward).

     If this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency, unless the Holder hereof is entitled to make, and has made, a Specified Currency Payment Election with respect to such payments as provided on the face hereof, the Holder of this Note shall receive payment of principal, and any premium and interest, in U.S. dollars at an exchange rate based on the highest bid quotation in The City of New York received by the Exchange Rate Agent (who, unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, will be the Trustee) at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date from three recognized foreign exchange dealers (one of which may be the Exchange Rate Agent) selected by the Exchange Rate Agent and approved by the Company for the purchase by the quoting dealer of the Specified Currency for U.S. dollars for settlement on such payment date in the aggregate amount of such Specified Currency payable to all Holders of Securities of this Series denominated in a Specified Currency and scheduled to receive U.S. dollar payments on such payment date and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a contract. If three such bid quotations are not

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available, payments will be made in the Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the Holder of this Note by deductions from such payments.

     “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday and other than a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or Minneapolis, Minnesota are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. If an Interest Payment Date or Maturity for this Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, payment of principal, and any premium or interest, to be made on such day with respect to this Note will be made on the next day that is a Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the due date, and no additional interest will be payable on the date of payment for the period from and after the due date as a result of such delayed payment.

     “Euro” means the lawful currency of the participating member states of the European Union that adopted a single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community as amended by the Treaty on European Union signed February 7, 1992.

          SECTION 3. Redemption . This Note will be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to the Stated Maturity Date only if one or more Redemption Dates is specified on the face hereof. If so specified, this Note will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company on the Redemption Date (or during any such range of dates) in whole or from time to time in part in increments of $1,000 or the minimum denomination, if any, specified on the face hereof (provided that any remaining principal amount hereof shall be at least $1,000 or such minimum denomination), at the Redemption Price or Prices specified on the face hereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the Redemption Date, but interest payments due with respect to this Note on any Interest Payment Date on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of this Note at the close of business on the relevant Record Date specified on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture. The Company may exercise such option by causing the Trustee to mail a notice of such redemption, at least 30 but not more than 60 calendar days prior to the date of redemption, in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, this Note will be cancelled and a new Note or Notes representing the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof.

     “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the week immediately prior to


 
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