**Exhibit 4.1**

 

 

Dated 13 March 2003

 

 

 

**UNITED BISCUITS (EQUITY) LIMITED**

 

**CINVEN LIMITED**

 

**PAI MANAGEMENT SAS**

 

**UNITED BISCUITS GROUP (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED**

 

**FINALREALM LIMITED AND OTHERS**

 

**NABISCO INTERNATIONAL, INC.**

 

**DBCP EUROPE GP (JERSEY) LIMITED**

 

**MIDOCEAN ASSOCIATES SPC**

 

**DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH AND OTHERS**

 

**and**

 

**SECOND CINVEN FUND NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND OTHERS**

 

 

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**AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENTAL**

**TO THE CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT,**

**THE SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT**

**AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT**

 

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**THIS AGREEMENT** (the“**SecondSupplemental Agreement**”) made on 13 March 2003 **BETWEEN** the followingparties:

 

(1)                                  **UNITEDBISCUITS (EQUITY) LIMITED**(formerly Bladeland Holdings (Cayman)Limited), a company registered in the Cayman Islands whose registered office isat P.O. Box 265 GT, Walker House, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (“**UBEL**”);

 

(2)                                  TheCompanies or other entities whose names addresses and registered numbers areset out in Parts A and B of schedule 1;

 

(3)                                  **CINVENLIMITED**whose registered office is at Pinners Hall, 105-108 OldBroad Street, London EC2N 1EH (Registered No. 2192937) (“**Cinven**”);

 

(4)                                  **PAIMANAGEMENT SAS**(RCS Paris: 414946913) whose registered office is at41, Avenue de L’Opera, 75002, Paris, France (“**PAI Management**”);

 

(5)                                  **UNITEDBISCUITS GROUP (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED**(formerly Bladeland Limited)****(RegisteredNo. 3877866) (“**UB Group**”), **FINALREALM LIMITED** (Registered No.3877932), **RUNECORPLIMITED** (Registered No. 3876056), **SOLVECORP LIMITED** (RegisteredNo. 3876059), **DELUXESTAR LIMITED** (Registered No. 3922513) and **REGENTREALMLIMITED** (No. 3885120) each of registered office at Hayes Park, HaysEnd Road, Hays, Middlesex, UB4 8EE

 

(6)                                  **NABISCOINTERNATIONAL, INC.**, a Delaware corporation whose principal officeis situated at 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154, USA (“**Nabisco**”);

 

(7)                                  **DBCP EUROPEGP (JERSEY) LIMITED** (Jersey Registered No. 79178) (which is in theprocess of changing its name to MidOcean Europe GP (Jersey) Limited) and whoseregistered office is at P.O. Box 87, 22 Grenville Street, St. Helier, JerseyJE4 8PX in its capacity as general partner of, on behalf of and on trust for DBCapital Partners (Europe) 2000-A, L.P. (Registered No. LP 007307) and DBCapital Partners (Europe) 2000-B, L.P. (Registered No. 007306) (“**DBCP Jersey**”);

 

(8)                                  **MIDOCEANASSOCIATES SPC**(Cayman Registered No. 122613), a Cayman Islandsexempted company with limited liability registered as a segregated portfoliocompany, and acting solely on behalf of MidOcean Partners Segregated Portfolio,a segregated portfolio at MidOcean Associates, and whose principal place ofbusiness is at Walkers SPV Limited, PO Box 908GT, Walker House, Mary StreetGeorgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, in its capacity as general partnerof, on behalf of and on trust for MidOcean Partners LP (Cayman Registered No.13926), a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“**MidOcean**”); and

 

(9)                                  **DEUTSCHEBANK AG, LONDON BRANCH**whose branch registered place of business isWinchester House, Great Winchester Street, London, EC2N 2DB (Branch registeredNo. BR000005) and **DB CAPITAL INVESTORS OFFSHORE LP**  (Cayman Registered No. 11121), whoseregistered address is Deutsche Bank (Cayman) Limited, P.O. Box 1984 GT, GrandCayman, Cayman Islands BWI (together “**Deutsche**”).

 

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**WHEREAS**this Second Supplemental Agreement is supplemental to the Consortium Agreement,Shareholders Agreement and the Supplemental Agreement and is entered into forthe following purposes, namely: for each Consenting Party to consent to theTransaction and for each of the parties hereto to make consequential amendmentsto the Shareholders Agreement, the Consortium Agreement, the First SupplementalAgreement and the Articles of Association arising out of a change in ownershipof DBCP Jersey.

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**NOWIT IS HEREBY AGREED** as follows:

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# 1.                                       **Definitions**

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## 1.1                                 Inthis Agreement and in the schedules:

 

“**Affiliate**” means in relation to a personits parent undertakings and its and their respective subsidiary undertakings(parent undertaking and subsidiary undertaking being as defined in s258 of theCompanies Act 1985);

 

“**Articles of Association**” means the articlesof association of UBEL;

 

“**Completion**” means completion of theTransaction;

 

“**Consortium Agreement**” means the ConsortiumAgreement dated 17 March 2000 between UBEL (1), HMTF Europe Fund Cayman L.P.(2), Second Cinven Fund No 1 Limited Partnership and others (3), Cinven (4),PAI Management (5), Finalrealm Limited and others and (6) Deutsche Bank AG,London Branch and others, as amended, supplemented or varied from time to time;

 

“**Consenting Party**” means each of Nabisco,Cinven and PAI Management and the persons whose names and addresses are set outin Part A and Part B of Schedule 1;

 

“**DDBs**” means the Unsecured Loan Notes 2049and the “B” Unsecured Loan Notes 2049 issued by Solvecorp;

 

“**First Supplemental Agreement**” means theAgreement supplemental to the Consortium Agreement, the Shareholders Agreementand the Merger Agreement dated 17 April 2000 among UBEL (1), HMTF Europe FundCayman L.P. (2), Second Cinven Fund No 1 Limited Partnership and others (3),Cinven (4), PAI Management SAS (5), Finalrealm Limited and others (6), DeutscheBank AG, London Branch and others (7), Nabisco International, Inc. (8),Hillsdown Holdings Limited (9), and Hicks, Muse, Tate & First Limited, asamended, supplemented or varied from time to time;

 

“**Merger Agreement**” means the mergeragreement dated 17 March 2000 among Premier Financing Limited, Nabisco, UBGroup, Deluxestar Limited, Finalrealm Limited and Premier Foods (Holdings)Limited (formerly Hillsdown Holdings Limited);

 

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“**MidOcean**”****means MidOcean AssociatesSPC (Cayman Registered No. 122613), a Cayman Islands exempted company withlimited liability registered as a segregated portfolio company and actingsolely on behalf of MidOcean Partners Segregated Portfolio, in its capacity asgeneral partner of, on behalf of an on trust for MidOcean Partners LP (CaymanRegistered No. 13926), a Cayman Islands limited partnership;

 

“**Partnerships**” means DB Capital Partners(Europe) 2000-A LP and DB Capital Partners (Europe) 2000-B LP, in each casehaving, at the date of this Agreement, DBCP Jersey as its general partner;

 

“**Shareholders Agreement**” has the meaningascribed to it in the Consortium Agreement;

 

“**Solvecorp**” means Solvecorp Limited, alimited company organized under the laws of England and Wales;

 

“**Transaction**” means:

 

(i)                                     DeutscheBank AG disposing of all of its interests in and in relation to DBCP Jersey toMidOcean Associates; and

 

(ii)                                  MidOceanPartners L.P. becoming an additional limited partner in each of thePartnerships, in each case with a majority of the economic rights of thelimited partners.

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## 1.2                                 Inthis Agreement:

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### (a)                                  referencesto clauses and schedules are unless otherwise stated to clauses of andschedules to this Agreement;

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### (b)                                 anydocument expressed to be in the agreed form means a document in a form approvedby (and for the purpose of identification signed by or on behalf of) theparties hereto;

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### (c)                                  referencesin this Agreement to statutory provisions shall be construed as references tothose provisions as respectively replaced, amended or re-enacted (whetherbefore or after the date hereof) from time to time and shall include anyprovisions of which they are re-enactments (whether with or withoutmodification) and any subordinate legislation made under such provisions;

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### (d)                                 theInterpretation Act 1978 shall apply to this Agreement in the same way as itapplies to an enactment;

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### (e)                                  theheadings to the clauses are for convenience only and have no legal effect; and

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### (f)                                    wordsimporting the singular include the plural and vice versa, words importing agender include every gender and references to persons include bodies corporateor unincorporated.

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# 2.                                       **Consent andWaiver**

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## 2.1                                 EachConsenting Party hereby unconditionally and irrevocably (i) consents to theimplementation of the Transaction on or before 30 June 2003, (ii) waives anyright to claim that the proposal to implement or the implementation of theTransaction on or before such date is in breach of, or gives rise to any right(including but not limited to any right of pre-emption, first offer or firstrefusal or to tag-along, or a right to require a transfer of shares of UBEL orDDBs set forth in column 3 of Schedule 2) being or becoming exercisablepursuant to or in connection with, the Articles of Association, the ConsortiumAgreement, the Shareholders Agreement and the First Supplemental Agreement, anyrelated deeds of adherence (including but not limited to the Deeds of Adherencedated 20th September, 2001 to the Shareholders Agreement) or theterms of the DDB instruments constituting the DDBs (in each case as amended,supplemented or varied from time to time) or any other agreement, arrangementor understanding relating to UBEL or any of its subsidiaries to which any ofthem is party, (iii) agrees that such consent and waiver shall prevail over andtake effect notwithstanding any provision of any of the foregoing documents.

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# 3.                                       **ConditionalAmendments**

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### (a)                                  Clauses4, 5, 6, 7.1 and 8 of this Agreement take effect only upon and from Completion.

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### (b)                                 Eachof the Consenting Parties and DBCP Jersey each agree (i) to vote all of theirrespective shares in UBEL as shareholders in favor of the amendments set forthin Annex A and (ii) to procure, in their respective capacities as persons withthe right to appoint directors on the boards of UBEL, UB Group and itssubsidiaries, that the Second Supplemental Agreement be approved by andexecuted on behalf of such company that is a party thereto; provided that inthe event Completion shall not occur on or before 30 June 2003, the undertakingin this Clause 3(b) shall lapse and be of no further effect.

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# 4.                                       **ConsortiumAgreement**

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## 4.1                                 Thedefinition of “DB Capital Group” in the Consortium Agreement shall be deletedand replaced with the following:

 

“MidOcean Group” means those Consortium Membersmanaged or advised by MidOcean, and references to any member of the MidOceanGroup shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include any nominee ortrustee, whether directly or indirectly holding shares for the same beneficiaryas such member of the MidOcean Group.

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## 4.2                                 Thedefinition of “Consortium Member” in Clause 1.1 of the Consortium Agreement isdeleted in its entirety and the following new definition shall be inserted inits place:

 

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“Consortium’ or ‘Consortium Members’ means (i) thecompanies or other entities listed in Part A, Part B and Part C of Schedule 1,and (ii) DBCP Europe GP (Jersey) Limited (Jersey Registered No. 79178) andMidOcean Associates SPC (Cayman Registered No. 122613)”.

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## 4.3                                 Schedule1 Part D of the Consortium Agreement is hereby amended to (i) delete referencesin column 1 to “Deutsche Bank AG London” and “BT Capital Investors Offshore LP”and replace them with references to “DBCP Europe GP (Jersey) Limited” (JerseyRegistered No. 79178)” and “MidOcean Associates SPC (Cayman Registered No.122613)” and (ii) delete the addresses in column 2 and replace them with thefollowing: “c/o DB Capital Partners, 99 Bishopsgate, 8th Floor,London EC2M 3XD”.

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## 4.4                                 Thefollowing definition shall be added to Clause 1.1 of the Consortium Agreement:

 

“MidOcean” means MidOcean Associates SPC (CaymanRegistered No. 122613), a Cayman Islands exempted company with limitedliability registered as a segregated portfolio company and acting solely onbehalf of MidOcean Partners Segregated Portfolio, a segregated portfolio atMidOcean Associates, in its capacity as general partner of, on behalf of and ontrust for MidOcean Partners LP (Cayman Registered No. 13926), a Cayman Islandslimited partnership.

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## 4.5                                 Thedefinition of “Subscribed Shares” shall be amended to delete the words “theConsortium Members listed in Part D of Schedule 1” and replace them with  “Deutsche Bank AG London and BT CapitalInvestors Offshore LP”.

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## 4.6                                 Referencesto “DB Capital” in Clauses 3.9, 3.10, 3.16, 3.17, 3.24, 3.25(d), 3.25(e), 11.2,13.2 and 13.3 shall be deleted and replaced by references to “MidOcean” in suchclauses.

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## 4.7                                 Clause18.1 of the Consortium Agreement shall be amended to delete the words “or (inthe case of BT Capital Investors Offshore LP) care of Deutsche Bank AG LondonBranch at the address shown in Schedule 1)”.

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# 5.                                       **ShareholdersAgreement**

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## 5.1                                 Anew definition shall be added to Clause 1.1 of the Shareholders Agreement afterthe definition of “Merger Agreement”:

 

“MidOcean Group” means those Consortium Membersmanaged or advised by MidOcean, and references to any member of the MidOceanGroup shall unless the context otherwise requires include any nominee ortrustee, whether directly or indirectly holding shares for the same beneficiaryas such member of the MidOcean Group.

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## 5.2                                 Thefollowing definition shall be added to Clause 1.1 of the ShareholdersAgreement:

 

“MidOcean” means MidOcean Associates SPC (CaymanRegistered No. 122613), a Cayman Islands exempted company with limitedliability registered as a segregated portfolio company and acting solely on behalfof MidOcean Partners Segregated Portfolio, a segregated portfolio at MidOceanAssociates, in its capacity as general

 

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partner of, on behalf of and on trust for MidOceanPartners LP (Cayman Registered No. CR13926), a Cayman Islands limitedpartnership.

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## 5.3                                 Referencesto “Deutsche” in the definition of “Equity Providers” and in Clauses 2.1(j),2.10, and 8.11(a) shall be deleted and replaced by references to “MidOcean” insuch clauses.

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## 5.4                                 Anew Clause 6.1(f) shall be added following Clause 6.1(e):

 

“6.1(f)                     MidOceanand its Affiliates”.

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## 5.5                                 Anyfees payable under Clause 8.11 to Deutsche shall be paid to MidOcean or itsdesignee.

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## 5.6                                 Clause4.10(d) of the Shareholders Agreement shall be deleted and replaced with thefollowing:

 

“4.10(d)                                            Any memberof the MidOcean Group may transfer any EquityCo Securities to any other memberof the MidOcean Group.  For thesepurposes, the MidOcean Group means any person or company for whom, at therelevant time, MidOcean manages funds or to whom at the relevant time, MidOceanprovides advice in relation to funds.”

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## 5.7                                 Thereference to “Deutsche” and the notice address in Clause 8.1 shall be deletedand replaced with the following:

 

“MidOcean and DBCP Jersey c/o DB Capital Partners, 99Bishopsgate, 8th Floor, London EC2M 3XD, Attention:  Graham Clempson.”

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# 6.                                       **FirstSupplemental Agreement**

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## 6.1                                 Referencesto “DB Capital” in the definitions and in Clauses 3.4, 3.5, 4.3 and 4.4 of theFirst Supplemental Agreement shall be deleted and replaced with references to“MidOcean”.

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# 7.                                       **Miscellaneous**

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## 7.1                                 Saveas amended by this Agreement, the Consortium Agreement, Shareholders Agreementand First Supplemental Agreement shall each continue in full force and effect.

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## 7.2                                 ThisAgreement and the documents referred to in it set out the entire agreement andunderstanding between the parties or any of them in connection with the subjectmatter of this Agreement.

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## 7.3                                 ThisAgreement may be entered into in any number of counterparts and by the partiesto it on separate counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shallbe an original, but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and thesame instrument.

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## 7.4                                 ThisAgreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English lawand the parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Courtof Justice in England.

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# 8.                                       **Release andDischarge**

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## 8.1                                 Subjectto Clause 8.3, the parties (other than DBCP Jersey and MidOcean), heretoacknowledge and agree that the rights and obligations of Deutsche Bank AG andits Affiliates in respect of the Consortium Agreement, the ShareholdersAgreement, the First Supplemental Agreement and the Articles of Associationcease with effect from the date of implementation of the Transaction, withoutprejudice to any rights or liability of Deutsche Bank AG or its Affiliates(including, without limitation, in its or their capacity as a limited partnerin DB Capital Partners (Europe) 2000A LP or DB Capital Partners (Europe) 2000BLP) in respect of any breach of those documents before such date; provided thatthis provision shall not affect any rights or obligations (if any) of DeutscheBank AG and its Affiliates in its or their capacity as a limited partner in DBCapital Partners (Europe) 2000A LP or DB Capital Partners (Europe) 2000B LPafter the date of implementation of the Transaction.

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## 8.2                                 Deutscheacknowledges and agrees that the rights of Deutsche to receive payments underClause 8.11 of the Shareholders Agreement cease with effect from the date ofthe implementation of the Transaction.

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## 8.3                                 Theparties agree that the date of Completion constitutes the “termination date of[the] Shareholders’ Agreement” referred to in Clause 6.1 of the ShareholdersAgreement with respect to the division of Deutsche Bank AG London branchtrading as DB Capital Partners but no other division of Deutsche Bank AGLondon, as referred to in Clause 6.1 of the Shareholders Agreement and DeutscheBank AG London acknowledges and agrees that such Clause 6.1(e) shall continueto apply until and including the day before the first anniversary ofCompletion.

 

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| **SIGNED by Bertrand Meunier**                   | **)**  |                          |
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| for and on behalf of                             | **)**  |                          |
| **United  Biscuits (Equity) Limited**            | **)**  | **Bertrand  Meunier /s/**     |   |
|                                             | **)**  |                          |   |
|                                             |   | **(duly  authorised)**        |
| Date: 13 March 2003                              | )      |                          |
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| **SIGNED  by Dominic Murphy**                    | **)**  |                          |
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| for and on behalf of                             | **)**  |                          |
| **United  Biscuits Group (Investments) Limited** | **)**  | **Dominic  Murphy /s/**       |   |
|                                             | **)**  |                          |   |
|                                             |   | **(duly  authorised)**        |
| Date: 13 March 2003                              | )      |                          |
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| **SIGNED  by A.G. Malcolm Ritchie**              | **)**  |                          |
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| for and on behalf of                             | **)**  |                          |
| **Solvecorp  Limited**                           | **)**  | **A.G.  Malcolm Ritchie /s/** |   |
|                                             | **)**  |                          |   |
|                                             |   | **(duly  authorised)**        |
| Date: 13 March 2003                              | )      |                          |
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| **SIGNED  by A.G. Malcolm Ritchie**              | **)**  |                          |
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| for and on behalf of                             | **)**  |                          |
| **Deluxestar  Limited**                          | **)**  | **A.G.  Malcolm Ritchie /s/** |   |
|                                             | **)**  |                          |   |
|                                             |   | **(duly  authorised)**        |
| Date: 13 March 2003                              | )      |                          |
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| **SIGNED  by A.G. Malcolm Ritchie**              | **)**  |                          |
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| for and on behalf of                             | **)**  |                          |
| **Runecorp  Limited**                            | **)**  | **A.G.  Malcolm Ritchie /s/** |   |
|                                             | **)**  |                          |   |
|                                             |   | **(duly  authorised)**        |
| Date: 13 March 2003                              | )      |                          |
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| **SIGNED  by A.G. Malcolm Ritchie** | **)**  |                          |
|-------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------------|
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| for and on behalf of                | **)**  |                          |
| **Finalrealm  Limited**             | **)**  | **A.G.  Malcolm Ritchie /s/** |   |
|                                | **)**  |                          |   |
|                                |   | **(duly  authorised)**        |
| Date: 13 March 2003                 | )      |                          |
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| **SIGNED  by A.G. Malcolm Ritchie** | **)**  |                          |
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| for and on behalf of                | **)**  |                          |
| **Regentrealm  Limited**            | **)**  | **A.G.  Malcolm Ritchie /s/** |   |
|                                | **)**  |                          |   |
|                                |   | **(duly  authorised)**        |
| Date: 13 March 2003                 | )      |                          |
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| **SIGNED  by Robert Bradish**    | **)**  |                    |
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| for and on behalf of             | **)**  |                    |
| **Nabisco  International, Inc.** | **)**  | **Robert  Bradish /s/** |   |
|                             | **)**  |                    |   |
|                             |   | **(duly  authorised)**  |
| Date: 12 February 2003           | )      |                    |
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| **SIGNED  by Dominic Murphy**                       | **)**  |                    |
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| for and on behalf of                                | **)**  |                    |
| **Cinven  Capital Management (SF No 2)**            | **)**  |                    |
| **Limited  as General Partner of:**                 | **)**  |                    |
| **Cinven  Capital Management (SF No 2**             | **)**  |                    |
| **Limited)  Partnership as General Partner of:**    | **)**  |                    |
| **Second  Cinven Fund US No 1 Limited Partnership** | **)**  |                    |
| **Second  Cinven Fund US No 2 Limited Partnership** | **)**  | **Dominic  Murphy /s/** |   |
| **Second  Cinven Fund US No 3 Limited Partnership** | **)**  |                    |   |
|                                                |   | **(duly  authorised)**  |
| Date: 11 February 2003                              | )      |                    |
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| **SIGNED  by Dominic Murphy**                       | **)**  |                    |
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| for and on behalf of                                | **)**  |                    |
| **Cinven  Nominees Limited (Accounts Nos. 1-25)**   | **)**  | **Dominic  Murphy /s/** |   |
|                                                | **)**  |                    |   |
|                                                |   | **(duly  authorised)**  |
| Date: 11 February 2003                              | )      |                    |
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| **SIGNED  by**                                      | **)**  |                    |
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| for and on behalf of                                | **)**  |                    |
| **Cinven  Limited**                                 | **)**  | **Dominic  Murphy /s/** |   |
|                                                | **)**  |                    |   |
|                                                |   | **(duly  authorised)**  |
| Date: 11 February 2003                              | )      |                    |
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| **SIGNED  by Dominic Murphy**                       | **)**  |                    |
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| for and on behalf of                                | **)**  |                    |
| **Cinven  Capital Management (CN) Limited**         | **)**  |                    |
| **as  General Partner of Cinven**                   | **)**  |                    |
| **Capital  Management (CN) Limited Partnership**    | **)**  |                    |
| **as  General Partner of**                          | **)**  | **Dominic  Murphy /s/** |   |
| **Coal  Pension Venture Limited Partnership**       | **)**  |                    |   |
|                                                |   | **(duly  authorised)**  |
| Date: 11 February 2003                              | )      |                    |

 

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| **SIGNED  by Dominic Murphy**                           | **)**  |                    |
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| for and on behalf of                                    | **)**  |                    |
| **Cinven  Capital Management (BN) Limited**             | **)**  |                    |
| **as  General Partner of**                              | **)**  |                    |
| **Cinven  Capital Management (CN) Limited Partnership** | **)**  |                    |
| **as  General Partner of**                              | **)**  |                    |
| **Barclays  UK Retirement Fund Venture**                | **)**  | **Dominic  Murphy /s/** |   |
| **Limited  Partnership**                                | **)**  |                    |   |
|                                                    |   | **(duly  authorised)**  |
| Date: 11 February 2003                                  | )      |                    |
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| **SIGNED  by Dominic Murphy**                           | **)**  |                    |
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| for and on behalf of                                    | **)**  | **Dominic  Murphy /s/** |   |
| **Railway  Pension Venture Capital Limited**            | **)**  |                    |   |
|                                                    |   | **(duly  authorised)**  |
| Date: 11 February 2003                                  | )      |                    |
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| **SIGNED  by Dominic Murphy**                           | **)**  |                    |
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| for and on behalf of                                    | **)**  |                    |
| **Cinven  Capital Management (SF No. 1) Limited**       | **)**  |                    |
| **as  General Partner of Cinven**                       | **)**  |                    |
| **Capital  Management (SF No. 1) Limited Partnership**  | **)**  |                    |
| **as  General Partner of**                              | **)**  |                    |
| **Second  Cinven Fund No. 1 Limited Partnership**       | **)**  |                    |
| **Second  Cinven Fund No. 2 Limited Partnership**       | **)**  |                    |
| **Second  Cinven Fund Dutch No. 1 Limited Partnership** | **)**  |                    |
| **Second  Cinven Fund Dutch No. 2 Limited Partnership** | **)**  |                    |
| **Second  Cinven Fund Dutch No. 3 Limited Partnership** | **)**  | **Dominic  Murphy /s/** |   |
| **Second  Cinven Fund Dutch No. 4 Limited Partnership** | **)**  |                    |   |
|                                                    |   | **(duly  authorised)**  |
| Date: 11 February 2003                                  | )      |                    |

 

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| **SIGNED  by Dominique Megret**            | **)**  |                      |
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| for and on behalf of                       | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Management SAS**                    | **)**  |                      |
| **as  management company of**              | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  LBO Fund**                          | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Europe III A FCPR**                 | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Europe III B FCPR**                 | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Europe III C FCPR**                 | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Europe III D FCPR**                 | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Europe III D2 FCPR**                | **)**  | **Dominique  Megret /s/** |   |
|                                       | **)**  |                      |   |
|                                       |   | **(duly  authorised)**    |
| Date: 11 February 2003                     | )      |                      |
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| **SIGNED  by Dominique Megret**            | **)**  |                      |
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| for and on behalf of                       | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Europe III General Partner Ltd.**   | **)**  |                      |
| **as  general partner of**                 | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Europe III A Limited Partnership**  | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Europe III B Limited Partnership**  | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Europe III B2 Limited Partnership** | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Europe III B3 Limited Partnership** | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Europe III B4 Limited Partnership** | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Europe III B5 Limited Partnership** | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Europe III B6 Limited Partnership** | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Europe III B7 Limited Partnership** | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Europe III B8 Limited Partnership** | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Europe III C Limited Partnership**  | **)**  | **Dominique  Megret /s/** |   |
| **PAI  Europe III C2 Limited Partnership** | **)**  |                      |   |
|                                       |   | **(duly  authorised)**    |
| Date: 11 February 2003                     | )      |                      |
|                                       |   |                      |
|                                       |   |                      |
| **SIGNED  by Dominique Megret**            | **)**  |                      |
|                                       | **)**  |                      |
| for and on behalf of                       | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Syndication General Partner Ltd.**  | **)**  |                      |
| **as  general partner of**                 | **)**  |                      |
| **PAI  Syndication I L.P.**                | **)**  | **Dominique  Megret /s/** |   |
| **PAI  Syndication II L.P.**               | **)**  |                      |   |
|                                       |   | **(duly  authorised)**    |
| Date: 11 February 2003                     | )      |                      |

 

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| **SIGNED  by G. Donald Johnston III and**          | **)**                             |                            |
|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| **Michael  W. Stock**                              | **)**                             |                            |
| for and on behalf of                               | **)**                             | **G.  Donald Johnston III /s/** |   |
| **DBCP  Europe GP (Jersey) Limited**               | **)**                             |                            |   |
| **in its  capacity as general partner of,**        | **)**                             | **(duly  authorised)**          |
| **on  behalf of and on trust for**                 | **)**                             |                            |
| **DB  Capital Partners (Europe) 2000-A L.P. and**  | **)**                             | **Michael  W. Stock /s/**       |   |
| **DB  Capital Partners (Europe) 2000-B L.P.**      | **)**                             |                            |   |
|                                               |                              | **(duly  authorised)**          |
| Date: 18 February 2003                             | )                                 |                            |
|                                               |                              |                            |
|                                               |                              |                            |
| **SIGNED  by G. Donald Johnson III**               | **)**                             |                            |
|                                               | **)**                             |                            |
| for and on behalf of                               | **)**                             |                            |
| **Deutsche  Bank AG London**                       | **)**                             | **G.  Donald Johnston III /s/** |   |
|                                               | **)**                             |                            |   |
|                                               |                              | **(duly  authorised)**          |
| Date: 18 February 2003                             | )                                 |                            |
|                                               |                              |                            |
|                                               |                              |                            |
| **SIGNED  by G. Donald Johnston III**              | **)**                             |                            |
|                                               | **)**                             |                            |
| for and on behalf of                               | **)**                             |                            |
| **DB  Capital Investors Offshore LP**              | **)**                             | **G.  Donald Johnston III /s/** |   |
|                                               | **)**                             |                            |   |
|                                               |                              | **(duly  authorised)**          |
| Date: 18 February 2003                             | )                                 |                            |
|                                               |                              |                            |
|                                               |                              |                            |
| **SIGNED  by**                                     | **)**                             |                            |
|                                               | )                                 |                            |
| for and on behalf of                               | **)**                             |                            |
| **MidOcean  Associates, SPC** on behalf of         | **)**                             |                            |
| MidOcean Partners Segregated Portfolio,            | )                                 |                            |
| the general partner of MidOcean Partners, LP       | )                                 |                            |
|                                               | )                                 |                            |
| By: Ultramar Capital, Ltd., director of MidOcean   | )                                 |                            |
|                                               | Associates, SPC                   | )                               |   |
|                                               | **)**                             | **J.  Edward Virtue /s/**       |   |
| By: J. Edward Virtue, Director and Chief Executive | )                                 |                            |   |
|                                               | Officer of Ultramar Capital, Ltd. | )                               | **(duly  authorised)** |
|                                               |                              |                            |
| Date:                                              | )                                 |                            |
|                                                    |                                   |                                 |  |  |  |  |  |

 

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**SCHEDULE 1**

** **

**Cinven and PAIFunds**

** **

**Part A**

** **
| **Name**                                                 |   | **Address**                                          |
|----------------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                     |   |                                                 |
| Second  Cinven Fund No 1 Limited Partnership             |   | Pinners  Hall, 105 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1EH |
| Second  Cinven Fund No 2 Limited Partnership             |   | Pinners  Hall, 105 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1EH |
| Second  Cinven Fund US No 1 Limited Partnership          |   | Pinners  Hall, 105 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1EH |
| Second  Cinven Fund US No 2 Limited Partnership          |   | Pinners  Hall, 105 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1EH |
| Second  Cinven Fund US No 3 Limited Partnership          |   | Pinners  Hall, 105 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1EH |
| Second  Cinven Fund Dutch No 1 Limited Partnership       |   | Pinners  Hall, 105 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1EH |
| Second  Cinven Fund Dutch No 2 Limited Partnership       |   | Pinners  Hall, 105 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1EH |
| Second  Cinven Fund Dutch No 3 Limited Partnership       |   | Pinners  Hall, 105 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1EH |
| Second  Cinven Fund Dutch No 4 Limited Partnership       |   | Pinners  Hall, 105 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1EH |
| Coal  Pension Venture Limited Partnership                |   | Pinners  Hall, 105 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1EH |
| Barclays  UK Retirement Fund Venture Limited Partnership |   | Pinners  Hall, 105 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1EH |
| Railway  Pension Venture Capital Limited                 |   | Pinners  Hall, 105 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1EH |
| Cinven  Nominees Limited (Account Nos. 1-25)             |   | Pinners  Hall, 105 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1EH |
| Cinven  Limited                                          |   | Pinners  Hall, 105 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1EH |

 

**Part B**

** **

| **Home**                 |   | **Address**                                          |     | **Registered Number (if applicable)**        |   |
|--------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------------------------------------------|--------|
| PAI  LBO Fund            |   | 41  Avenue de l’Opera 75002 Paris               | * * | *(Fonds  commun de placement à risque)* |   |
| PAI  Syndication I L.P.  |   | 13-15  Victoria Road St. Peter Port Guernsey GY1 32D |     | (No.  RCS Paris B 338 070 782)               |   |
| PAI  Syndication II L.P. |   | 13-15  Victoria Road St. Peter Port Guernsey GY1 32D |     | (No.  RCS Paris B 338 070 782)               |   |
| PAI  Europe III Funds    |   | 13-15  Victoria Road St. Peter Port Guernsey GY1 32D |     |                                         |   |

 

 

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**SCHEDULE 2**

** **
| **(1)  Name**                    |   | **(2)  Company**                  |   | **(3)  Description of Securities**                                     |   |
|----------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| DBCP  Europe GP (Jersey) Limited |   | United  Biscuits (Equity Limited) |   | 142,858  B Class Shares                                                |   |
| DBCP  Europe GP (Jersey) Limited |   | United  Biscuits (Equity Limited) |   | 57,142  B Class Shares                                                 |   |
| DBCP  Europe GP (Jersey) Limited |   | United  Biscuits (Equity Limited) |   | 150,001  D Class Shares                                                |   |
| DBCP  Europe GP (Jersey) Limited |   | United  Biscuits (Equity Limited) |   | 59,999  D Class Shares                                                 |   |
| DBCP  Europe GP (Jersey) Limited |   | United  Biscuits (Equity Limited) |   | 1  Preference Share                                                    |   |
| DBCP  Europe GP (Jersey) Limited |   | United  Biscuits (Equity Limited) |   | 23,809  Special Rights Shares                                          |   |
| DBCP  Europe GP (Jersey) Limited |   | United  Biscuits (Equity Limited) |   | 9,524  Special Rights Shares                                           |   |
| DBCP  Europe GP (Jersey) Limited |   | Solvecorp  Limited                |   | £7,702,470,649  (nominal) Unsecured Loan Notes 2049               |   |
| DBCP  Europe GP (Jersey) Limited |   | Solvecorp  Limited                |   | £3,080,923,559  (nominal) Unsecured Loan Notes 2049               |   |
| DBCP  Europe GP (Jersey) Limited |   | Solvecorp  Limited                |   | £7,351,627,181  (nominal) “B” Unsecured Loan Notes 2049 |   |
| DBCP  Europe GP (Jersey) Limited |   | Solvecorp  Limited                |   | £2,940,589,119  (nominal) “B” Unsecured Loan Notes 2049 |   |

 

 

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