Exhibit 10.8

GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.

2401 Pleasant Valley Road

York, Pennsylvania 17402

January 25, 2010

[            ]

c/o Graham Packaging Company Inc.

2401 Pleasant Valley Road

York, Pennsylvania 17402

 

Re: Public Offering of Common Stock

Dear [            ]:

Reference is made to that certain Management Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as
of February 3, 1998 (the “Management Stockholders’ Agreement”), among Blackstone
Capital Partners III Merchant Banking Fund L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,
Blackstone Offshore Capital Partners III L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited
partnership, Blackstone Family Investment Partnership III L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, Graham Packaging Company Inc. (f/k/a, BMP/Graham Holdings
Corporation), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Graham Packaging Holdings
Company, a Pennsylvania limited partnership (“Holdings”), GPC Capital Corp. II,
a Delaware corporation, and you and the other parties identified on the
signature pages thereto or to the supplementary agreements referred to in
Section 8.12 thereof as Management Investors. Terms used but not defined in this
letter (this “Letter”) shall have the respective meanings set forth in the
Management Stockholders’ Agreement.

This Letter is being delivered to you in connection with a proposed underwriting
agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) relating to a Public Offering, to be
entered into among the Company, Holdings, you and the other selling stockholders
named in Schedule II thereof, and the financial institutions parties thereto as
representatives of a group of underwriters named therein (collectively, the
“Underwriters”).

In order to induce the Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, it
has been requested that you hereby agree to:

(a) effective immediately upon the consummation of the Public Offering pursuant
to the Underwriting Agreement, terminate your rights under (i) Sections 3.5
(Tag-Along Rights) and 4.1 (Put Options) of the Management Stockholders’
Agreement, and (ii) the Registration Rights Agreement; and

(b) become a party to the registration rights agreement in substantially the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

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This Letter may be executed and delivered by facsimile transmission or e-mail
(as a .pdf or similar uneditable attachment), which transmission shall be deemed
delivery of an originally executed copy hereof.

Please indicate your agreement to the terms of this Letter by executing and
dating a copy of this letter where indicated below and returning it to the
undersigned.

 

Very truly yours,

GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.

(F/K/A, BMP/GRAHAM HOLDINGS CORPORATION)

By:  

 

  Michael L. Korniczky   Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO BY:   

[            ]

Dated: January     , 2010

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EXHIBIT A – Form of Registration Rights Agreement