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Exhibit 10.119


 


 

 



Indemnification Agreement



Dated 15 July 2011



Reynolds Group Holdings Limited



for the benefit and in favour of



the Indemnitees defined in Indemnification Agreement



(Netherlands)



 


 

 


 









 





Contents




	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	Page	 
	1. Definitions
	 	 	2	 
	2. Indemnification
	 	 	2	 
	3. Limitations on Indemnification
	 	 	2	 
	4. Indemnification Procedure
	 	 	3	 
	5. Severability
	 	 	4	 
	6. Governing law
	 	 	4	 
	7. Amendments
	 	 	4	 
	8. Continuation of Agreement
	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1. Part
A: Netherlands Guarantor
	 	 	6	 
	2. Part B: List of Indemnitees
	 	 	7	 






 









 





THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT is made on 15 July 2011



BY:



Reynolds Group Holdings Limited, a company registered in New Zealand whose registered office is at
c/o Bell Gully (GJM), Level 22, Vero Centre, 48 Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand
(“RGHL”);




IN FAVOUR AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF:



Each Indemnitee (as defined below).



BACKGROUND





	A.	 	As part of the Reynolds group of companies (the “Reynolds Group”), each
Netherlands Guarantor (as defined below) is a borrower, guarantor and/or a
security provider (as relevant) in respect of the Reynolds Group’s existing
financing arrangements (the “Existing Financing Arrangements”).
	 
	B.	 	It is currently intended that RGHL will indirectly acquire Graham Packaging
Company Inc. (“GPC”) through the merger of an indirect wholly owned
subsidiary of RGHL with and into GPC, with GPC surviving such merger and
becoming an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of RGHL (the “Acquisition”).
	 
	C.	 	In order to fund the Acquisition and the associated costs and transactions
required to effect the Acquisition, certain members of the Reynolds Group
intend to incur additional indebtedness; in connection with this additional
indebtedness, the Existing Financing Arrangements may be supplemented
and/or amended (collectively, the “Financing Transactions”).
	 
	 	 	In addition, certain of the Netherlands Guarantors may be required to take certain steps as
may be necessary or desirable to effect corporate restructuring(s) and other steps
necessary or desirable to implement the Acquisition and may also participate in and take
steps in connection with the acquisition of certain of the GPC entities, and associated
steps to fund such acquisitions, by members of the Reynolds Group upon or following closing
of the Acquisition, including, without limitation, by way of entry into any acquisition
agreement(s), loan agreements, capital increases and/or any other related and necessary
documents (the “Acquisition and Structuring Transactions”).
	 
	 	 	Furthermore, certain of the Netherlands Guarantors may be required to take certain steps as
may be necessary or desirable to effect other acquisitions, dispositions, financings,
refinancings or corporate restructurings in connection with any future acquisition,
disposition, financing, corporate restructuring or any other transaction entered into by
members of the Reynolds Group, including, without limitation, by way of entry into any
acquisition agreement, indenture, credit or other financing agreement, intercreditor
agreement, guarantee, security document, purchase agreement, registration rights agreement
or any other document, or any joinder to, or amendment or




 









 





	 	 	affirmation of, such document (each such transaction, a “Prospective Transaction”,
and collectively, the “Prospective Transactions”).
	 
	 	 	(The Financing Transactions together with the Acquisition and Structuring Transactions and
the Prospective Transactions are, collectively, the “Transactions”, and the
documents relating to the Transactions, are collectively, the “Transaction
Documents”.)
	 
	D.	 	RGHL has agreed to provide an indemnity to the Indemnitees (as defined below) in respect
of the Transactions, as further described below.




It is the intention of RGHL that this document be executed as an agreement (this
“Agreement”) in favour and for the benefit of each Indemnitee.



THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES as follows:





	1.	 	Definitions






	 	 	“Indemnitee” means each person listed in Part B of the Schedule to this Agreement
and, after the date of this Agreement, any person serving as or elected to or appointed to
serve as a director of a Netherlands Guarantor; and
	 
	 	 	“Netherlands Guarantor” means the companies listed in Part A of the Schedule to
this Agreement.






	2.	 	Indemnification






	 	 	Subject to an Indemnitee complying with the procedures of clause 4 below, RGHL shall
indemnify each Indemnitee against all legal expenses, losses, liabilities, judgments,
fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and
other charges in connection therewith) (collectively, the “Indemnified
Liabilities”) incurred by an Indemnitee or on an Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with
any proceeding resulting from or relating to decisions the Indemnitee made or any actions
the Indemnitee took on behalf of a Netherlands Guarantor in his or her capacity as a
director of that company in connection with any Transactions or the approval or execution
of any Transaction Document or associated corporate authorization or resolutions or
documents in relation to the Transactions.






	3.	 	Limitations on Indemnification






	 	 	Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, an Indemnitee shall not be entitled
to indemnification under this Agreement:






	 	(a)	 	to the extent that such indemnification is not permitted by applicable
laws; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities are the result of the bad faith or
wilful misconduct of the Indemnitee; or




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	 	(c)	 	to the extent that payment has or will be made to the relevant Indemnitee
by a Netherlands Guarantor or any affiliate of RGHL otherwise than pursuant to this
Agreement; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) or appeal in relation
to a proceeding initiated by an Indemnitee, unless:






	 	(i)	 	such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law,
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the proceeding was authorised by the shareholder(s) (or
other
decision making organ) of the relevant Netherlands Guarantor;
or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	such indemnification is provided by the relevant
Netherlands Guarantor, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested
in the relevant Netherlands Guarantor under applicable law.






	4.	 	Indemnification Procedure






	 	(a)	 	To qualify for indemnification under this Agreement, each Indemnitee shall
give RGHL notice in writing as soon as practicable of any proceeding in
relation to that Indemnitee for which indemnification will or could be sought
under this Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	To obtain indemnification payments or advances under this Agreement, an
Indemnitee shall submit to RGHL a written request therefore, together with such
invoices or other supporting information as may be reasonably requested by RGHL and
reasonably available to the relevant Indemnitee.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Subject to clauses 4 (b) and 4 (d), RGHL shall make such indemnification
payment within 15 business days of receipt of such invoices and supporting
information.
	 
	 	(d)	 	There shall be no presumption in favour of indemnification. If there is a
dispute between RGHL and an Indemnitee as to whether that Indemnitee is entitled to
indemnification, then independent legal counsel shall be selected by the board of
directors of RGHL to make such determination. The selected independent legal counsel
shall make such determination within 30 business days of being selected and the
decision of such independent legal counsel shall be binding upon all RGHL and the
relevant Indemnitee.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Subject to the procedures set out in clauses 4 (a), 4 (b), 4 (c) and 4 (d) of
this Agreement the relevant Indemnitee is entitled to immediate relief and assistance
in any way possible from RGHL for as far as direct actions against the relevant
Indemnitee are taken in connection with any proceeding resulting from or relating to
decisions the Indemnitee made or any actions the Indemnitee took on behalf of a




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	 	 	 	Netherlands Guarantor in his or her capacity as a director of that company in
connection with any Transactions or the approval or execution of any resolutions or
documents in relation to the Transactions. In case the procedures set out in
clauses 4 (a), 4 (b), 4 (c) and 4 (d) of this Agreement lead to the conclusion that
the relevant Indemnitee can not exercise any rights under the Agreement, the
relevant Indemnitee shall reimburse any and all costs made by RGHL in relation
thereto.






	5.	 	Severability






	 	 	 	If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall
remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.






	6.	 	Governing law






	 	 	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and its provisions construed in accordance with
Netherlands law.






	7.	 	Amendments






	 	 	 	No amendment or modification of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is approved in
writing by each Indemnitee having the benefit of this Agreement.






	8.	 	Continuation of Agreement.






	 	 	 	This Agreement shall remain in effect in favour and for the benefit of each Indemnitee with
respect to any action or failure to act of such Indemnitee during the term of service of
such Indemnitee as a director of the relevant Netherlands Guarantor, whether or not the
term of service of such Indemnitee has concluded.




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IN WITNESS of which this Agreement has been executed and has been delivered on the date stated at
the beginning of this Agreement for the benefit and in favour of each Indemnitee.




Reynolds Group Holdings Limited




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	/s/ Gregory Cole
 	 
	 	Name:  	Gregory Cole 	 



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	/s/ FRamsay
 	 
	 	Signature of witness 	 
	 	 	 
	 	SECRETARY
 	 
	 	Occupation 	 
	 	 	 
	 	AUCKLAND	 
	 	City of Residence 	 
	 	 	 	 



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Schedule



Part A



Netherlands Guarantor




	•	 	Closure Systems International B.V.
	 
	•	 	Reynolds Consumer Products International B.V.
	 
	•	 	Evergreen Packaging International B.V.
	 
	•	 	Reynolds Packaging International B.V.




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Part B



List of Indemnitees




	•	 	Gregory Alan Cole
	 
	•	 	Bryce MaCheyne Murray
	 
	•	 	Eleonora Jongsma
	 
	•	 	Orangefield Trust (Netherlands) B.V.
	 
	•	 	Thomas James Degnan






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