# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000849869
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-196215
**Filing Date:** 2025-9
**Character Count:** 139871
**Document Hash:** 703f7c367f81f8dfb9826f374e425593
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-196215.hdr.sgml**: 20250904

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-196215

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 15

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250903

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250904

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250904

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** SILGAN HOLDINGS INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000849869
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** METAL CANS [3411]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 061269834
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-41459
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251294157

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 601 MERRITT 7
- **CITY:** NORWALK
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06851
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2039757110

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 601 MERRITT 7
- **STREET 2:** FLOOR 1
- **CITY:** NORWALK
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06851

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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

### FORM 8-K

#### CURRENT REPORT

#### Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

#### of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

#### Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 3, 2025

## SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.

#### (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Delaware** | **001-41459** | **06-1269834** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction**<br> **of incorporation)** | **(Commission**<br> **file number)** | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |

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| **601 Merritt 7, Floor 1** |  |
| **Norwalk, Connecticut** | **06851** |
| **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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(203) 975-7110

#### (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

#### N/A

#### (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading**<br> **Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange**<br> **on which registered** |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | SLGN | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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#### Section 1—Registrant's Business and Operations

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| **Item 1.01** | **Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.**  |

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On September 3, 2025, Silgan Holdings Inc. (the "Company") and certain of its U.S. subsidiaries entered into a purchase agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with Merrill Lynch International, on behalf of itself and as representative of the other Initial Purchasers named therein (collectively, the "Initial Purchasers"). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to sell to the Initial Purchasers in a private placement in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, €600 million aggregate principal amount of its 4<sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub>% Senior Notes due 2031 (the "Notes") at 100 percent of their principal amount. The Notes will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the U.S. subsidiaries of the Company (the "Guarantors") that guarantee obligations under the Company's senior secured credit facility (the "Credit Agreement") and existing senior secured and unsecured notes. The closing for the sale of the Notes is subject to customary conditions and is expected to occur on or about September 12, 2025. The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties and indemnification and contribution provisions whereby the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities and will contribute to payments the other party may be required to make in respect thereof.

The net proceeds from the offering of the Notes will be approximately €592.8 million after deducting the Initial Purchasers' discount and estimated offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to repay outstanding revolving loan borrowings under the Credit Agreement and for other general corporate purposes.

The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

#### Section 8—Other Events

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| **Item 8.01** | **Other Events.**  |

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On September 3, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing for the Notes. A copy of this press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

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#### Section 9—Financial Statements and Exhibits

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| **Item 9.01** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits.**  |

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*(d) Exhibits* 

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| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 10.1 | [Purchase Agreement, dated September 3, 2025, among Silgan Holdings Inc., the Guarantors party thereto, and Merrill Lynch International, on behalf of itself and as representative of the Initial Purchasers named therein.](d915533dex101.htm) |
| 99.1 | [Press Release dated September 3, 2025 announcing pricing of new senior notes offering.](d915533dex991.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive File (the cover page tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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| SILGAN HOLDINGS INC. | SILGAN HOLDINGS INC. |
| By: | /s/ Frank W. Hogan, III |
|  | Frank W. Hogan, III |
|  | Executive Vice President, General<br> Counsel and Secretary |

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Date: September 4, 2025

## Exhibit 10.1

**Exhibit 10.1** 

***Execution Version***

**PURCHASE AGREEMENT** 

September 3, 2025

MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As Representative of the Initial Purchasers

c/o Merrill Lynch International

2 King Edward Street

London EC1A 1HQ

United Kingdom

Ladies and Gentlemen:

**Introductory**. Silgan Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "**Company**"), proposes to issue and sell to Merrill Lynch International and the other several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule A (the "**Initial Purchasers**"), acting severally and not jointly, the respective amounts set forth in such Schedule A of €600 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's 4.250% Senior Notes due 2031 (the "**Notes**"). Merrill Lynch International has agreed to act as the representative of the several Initial Purchasers (the "**Representative**") in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities (as defined below).

The Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture, to be dated as of September 12, 2025 (the "**Indenture**"), by and among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined below) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the "**Trustee**"). The Securities will be issued only in book-entry form to the depositary of the Securities, as nominee of Euroclear Bank SA/NV ("**Euroclear**"), as operator of the Euroclear system, and Clearstream Banking, *société anonyme* ("**Clearstream**").

The payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis, jointly and severally by (i) each of the Company's existing wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries that guarantees the obligations of the Company and the other borrowers under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2017, as amended (the "**Credit Agreement**"), by and among the Company, Silgan Containers LLC, Silgan Plastics LLC, Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation, Silgan International Holdings B.V. and such other borrowers party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch, as Co-Syndication Agents, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, MUFG Bank, Ltd., TD Bank, N.A. and CoBank, ACB, as Co-Documentation Agents, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, and the various lenders party thereto, which subsidiaries, as of the Closing Date, are set forth on Schedule C hereto and (ii) any U.S. subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the Closing Date that executes an additional guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (the subsidiaries of the Company described clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, the "**Guarantors**"), pursuant to their guarantees (the "**Guarantees**"). The Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively referred to as the "**Securities**".

This Purchase Agreement (this "**Agreement**"), the Securities and the Indenture are referred to herein as the "**Transaction Documents**." 

The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers propose to make an offering of the Securities on the terms and in the manner set forth herein and in the Pricing Disclosure Package (as defined below) and agrees that the Initial Purchasers may resell, subject to the conditions set forth herein, all or a portion of the

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Securities to purchasers (the "**Subsequent Purchasers**") on the terms set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package (the first time when sales of the Securities are made is referred to as the "**Time of Sale**"). The Securities are to be offered and sold to or through the Initial Purchasers without being registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "**Commission**") under the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, the "**Securities Act**," which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder), in reliance upon exemptions therefrom. Pursuant to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, investors who acquire Securities shall be deemed to have agreed that Securities may only be resold or otherwise transferred, after the date hereof, if such Securities are registered for sale under the Securities Act or if an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available (including the exemptions afforded by Rule 144A under the Securities Act ("**Rule 144A**") or Regulation S under the Securities Act ("**Regulation S**")).

The Company has prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a Preliminary Offering Memorandum, dated September 3, 2025 (the "**Preliminary Offering Memorandum**"), and has prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a Pricing Supplement, dated September 3, 2025 (the "**Pricing Supplement**"), attached as Schedule B hereto, describing the terms of the Securities, each for use by such Initial Purchaser in connection with its solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Pricing Supplement are herein referred to collectively as the "**Pricing Disclosure Package**." Promptly after this Agreement is executed and delivered, the Company will prepare and deliver to each Initial Purchaser a final offering memorandum dated the date hereof (the "**Final Offering Memorandum**").

All references herein to the terms "Pricing Disclosure Package" and "Final Offering Memorandum" shall be deemed to mean and include all information filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the "**Exchange Act**," which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder) prior to the Time of Sale and incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package (including the Preliminary Offering Memorandum) or the Final Offering Memorandum (as the case may be), and all references herein to the terms "**amend**," "**amendment**" or "**supplement**" with respect to the Final Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to mean and include all information filed under the Exchange Act after the Time of Sale and incorporated by reference in the Final Offering Memorandum.

The Company and the Guarantors hereby confirm their agreement with the Initial Purchasers as follows:

**SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties**. Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, hereby represents, warrants and covenants to each Initial Purchaser that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (references in this Section 1 to the "**Offering Memorandum**" are to (x) the Pricing Disclosure Package in the case of representations and warranties made as of the date hereof and (y) the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum in the case of representations and warranties made as of the Closing Date):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(a) No Registration Required.** Subject to compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 hereof and with the procedures set forth in Section 7 hereof, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and the initial resale by the Initial Purchasers of the Securities to each Subsequent Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Offering Memorandum to register the Securities under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "**Trust Indenture Act**," which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder).

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(b) No Integration of Offerings or General Solicitation.** None of the Company, or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act) (each, an "**Affiliate**"), or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty) has, directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy or offered to sell, or will, directly or indirectly, solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell, in the United States or to any United States citizen or resident, any security which is or would be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the Securities to be registered under the Securities Act. None of the Company, its Affiliates, or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage, in connection with the offering of the Securities, in any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. With respect to those Securities sold in reliance upon Regulation S, (i) none of the Company, its Affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S and (ii) each of the Company and its Affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty) has complied and will comply with the offering restrictions set forth in Regulation S.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(c) Eligibility for Resale under Rule 144A.** The Securities are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and will not be, at the Closing Date, of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated interdealer quotation system.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(d) The Pricing Disclosure Package and Offering Memorandum.** Neither the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Time of Sale, nor the Final Offering Memorandum, as of its date or (as amended or supplemented in accordance with Section 3(a), as applicable) as of the Closing Date, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that this representation, warranty and agreement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto, as the case may be. The Company and the Guarantors have not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the Closing Date and the completion of the Initial Purchasers' distribution of the Securities, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(e) Company Additional Written Communications.** Neither the Company nor the Guarantors has prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or distributed and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or distribute any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than (i) the Pricing Disclosure Package, (ii) the Final Offering Memorandum and (iii) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case used in accordance with Section 3(a). Each such communication by the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence (each, a "**Company Additional Written Communication**"), when taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, did not as of the Time of Sale, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances

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under which they were made, not misleading; provided that this representation, warranty and agreement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from each such Company Additional Written Communication made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in any Company Additional Written Communication.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(f) Incorporated Documents.** The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission (collectively, the "**Incorporated Documents**") complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(g) The Purchase Agreement.** This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(h) [Reserved].** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(i) Authorization of the Notes and the Guarantees.** The Notes to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers from the Company will on the Closing Date be in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized by the Company for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the aggregate purchase price therefor, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles (the "**Enforceability Exceptions**") and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. The Guarantees of the Notes on the Closing Date will be in the forms contemplated by the Indenture and have been duly authorized by the Guarantors for issuance pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture; the Guarantees of the Notes, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by each of the Guarantors and, when the Notes have been authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and issued and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, the Guarantees of the Notes will constitute valid and binding agreements of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(j) Authorization of the Indenture.** The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and the Guarantors and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(k) Description of the Transaction Documents.** This Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities will conform in all material respects to the respective descriptions thereof contained in the Offering Memorandum.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(l) No Material Adverse Change.** Since the filing date of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2025, there has not been any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or affecting the earnings, business, properties, assets, operations, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of business (any such change is called a "**Material Adverse Change**"). The Company and the

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Guarantors have no material contingent obligations which are not disclosed in the Company's financial statements which are included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(m) Independent Accountants.** Ernst & Young LLP, which expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements (which term as used in this Agreement includes the related notes thereto) filed with the Commission and included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(n) Preparation of the Financial Statements.** The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, together with the related schedules and notes, as set forth or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of and the results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries, at the indicated dates and for the indicated periods. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("**GAAP**"), consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein, and all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation in all material respects of results for such periods have been made. The summary financial data included in the Offering Memorandum under the caption "Summary–Summary Financial and Other Information" fairly present in all material respects the information set forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements contained or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum. The statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects and represent their good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum fairly present the information called for in all material respects and have been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(o) Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company and the Guarantors.** The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Offering Memorandum. Each of the Guarantors has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with corporate or limited liability company power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Offering Memorandum. The Company is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business or ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification except as would not be reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. The outstanding shares of capital stock or membership interests of each of the Guarantors have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. The outstanding shares of capital stock or membership interests of each of the Guarantors are owned by the Company or another Guarantor free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and equities and claims, other than: (i) the pledges of such capital stock or membership interests existing on the date hereof made in connection with (A) the Credit Agreement, (B) the US Pledge Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement), (C) the 2026 Senior Secured Notes (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and (D) that certain Pledge Agreement dated as of February 10, 2021, by the Company and the Company's subsidiaries party thereto from time to time in favor of Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time, and

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (ii) any such liens, encumbrances and equities and claims described in the Offering Memorandum or that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(p) Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required.** Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors is, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, will be, in violation of or in default under (i) its Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws or other comparable organizational documents, as amended, (ii) any agreement, lease, contract, indenture or other instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by which it, or any of its properties, is bound and, solely with respect to this clause (ii), which violation or default would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. The execution and delivery by the Company and the Guarantors of, and the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their obligations under, this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the Company's or any of the Guarantor's Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws or other comparable organizational documents, as amended, or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of the subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities, except (1) such as may have been obtained, (2) as may be required by applicable federal or state securities laws, (3) to the extent that failure to obtain any such consent, approval, authorization, order or qualification would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities and (4) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings, registrations or qualifications as may be required in connection with an application to list the Securities on the Official List of the Irish Stock Exchange (the "**Exchange**") and to admit the Securities to trading on the Global Exchange Market of the Exchange.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(q) No Material Actions or Proceedings.** Other than as described in the Offering Memorandum (including the documents incorporated by reference therein), there is no action, suit, claim or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of the Guarantors, threatened against the Company or any of the Guarantors or any of their properties by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or prevent the Company or any of the Guarantors from performing their obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Offering Memorandum.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(r) All Necessary Permits, etc.** The Company and each of the Guarantors hold all material licenses, certificates and permits from governmental authorities which are necessary to the conduct of their businesses, except where the failure to hold any such license, certificate or permit would not result in a Material Adverse Change.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(s) Company Not an "Investment Company".** Neither the Company nor any Guarantor is, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Offering Memorandum none of the Company or the Guarantors will be, required to register as an "investment company" as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(t) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation.** None of the Company or any of the Guarantors has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities. The Company has not and will not issue

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any press or other public announcement referring to the offering of the Securities that does not adequately disclose the fact that stabilizing action may take place with respect to the Securities. The Company authorizes the Representative to make adequate public disclosure of the information required by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority's Code of Market Conduct (MAR 2): Stabilisation.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(u) [Reserved].**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(v) Company's Accounting System.** The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S.; and (iii) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(w) Disclosure Controls and Procedures.** The Company maintains an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that has been designed by, or under the supervision of, management to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms. The Company has carried out an evaluation, with the participation of management, of the effectiveness of such disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(x) Regulations T, U, X.** Neither the Company nor any Guarantor nor any agent thereof acting on their behalf has taken, and none of them will take, any action that might cause this Agreement or the issuance or sale of the Securities to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(y) Compliance with and Liability Under Environmental Laws.** Except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum (including the documents incorporated by reference therein), the Company and the Guarantors (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants ("**Environmental Laws**"), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(z) Costs of Environmental Compliance.** There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which could, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(aa) No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments.** Neither the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their respective subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would

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result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA, any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010 (the "**Bribery Act**"), or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law, which could, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any "foreign official" (as such term is defined in the FCPA or other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA or other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law, and the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

"**FCPA**" means Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(bb) No Conflict with Money Laundering Laws.** The operations of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the "**Money Laundering Laws**") and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, threatened.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(cc) No Conflict with Sanctions Laws.** Neither the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their respective subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is currently the subject of any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, or His Majesty's Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority with jurisdiction over the Company (collectively, "**Sanctions**"), nor is the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (currently, the Crimea region of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, the so-called Luhansk People's Republic, and the non-government controlled areas of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran and North Korea). The Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person, (i) to fund any activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the offering, whether as initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(dd) Cybersecurity.** (i) To the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, there has been no security breach, or unauthorized access or other compromise of or relating to any of the Company's, the Guarantors' and their respective subsidiaries' information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data and databases (including the data and information of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained,

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processed or stored by the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries, and any such data processed or stored by third parties on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries), equipment or technology (collectively, "**IT Systems and Data**"); (ii) neither the Company, the Guarantors, nor any of their respective subsidiaries has received any written notice nor has any knowledge of any event or condition that could reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach, or unauthorized access or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data; and (iii) the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification except as would not, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(ee) Regulation S.** The Company, the Guarantors and their respective affiliates and all persons acting on their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation), have complied with and will comply with the offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S in connection with the offering of the Securities outside the United States, and in connection therewith, the Offering Memorandum will contain the disclosure required by Rule 902. The Company is a "reporting issuer," as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act. The Securities sold in reliance on Regulation S will be represented upon issuance by a temporary global security that may not be exchanged for definitive securities until the expiration of the 40-day restricted period referred to in Rule 903 of the Securities Act and only upon certification of beneficial ownership of such Securities by non-U.S. persons or U.S. persons who purchased such Securities in transactions that were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(ff) Taxes.** Each of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries have paid all material national, regional, local and other taxes and have filed all material tax returns required to be paid or filed, each through the date hereof; and there is no tax deficiency that has been asserted or threatened in writing against the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except for any such deficiency that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(gg) No Withholding Tax.** All payments to be made by or on behalf of the Company or the Guarantors under this Agreement and, except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, all payments of interest, principal, premium, if any, additional amounts, if any, and other payments on or under the Securities will not be subject to withholding or other taxes under the current laws and regulations of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(hh) Stamp Duty.** No stamp, registration, documentary, capital, issuance, transfer or other similar taxes or duties ("**Stamp Taxes**") are payable by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers in the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein in connection with (i) the creation, issuance or delivery by the Company and the Guarantors of the Securities, (ii) the purchase by the Initial Purchasers of the Securities in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) the resale and delivery by the Initial Purchasers of the Securities in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, (iv) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, or (v) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(ii) Compliance with FSMA**. The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (i) the Closing Date and (ii) the completion of the distribution of the Securities, will not

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distribute any material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum or other materials, if any, permitted by the Securities Act and the U.K. Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the "**FSMA**"), or regulations promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act or the FSMA, and approved by the parties to this Agreement.

Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company or any Guarantor and delivered to the Initial Purchasers or to counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company or such Guarantor to each Initial Purchaser as to the matters set forth therein.

**SECTION 2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Securities.** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(a) The Securities.** Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, all of the Securities, and, subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Initial Purchasers agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and the Guarantors the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their names on Schedule A, at a purchase price equal to 99.125% of the principal amount thereof, payable on the Closing Date, and on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms herein set forth.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(b) The Closing Date.** Delivery of certificates for the Securities in definitive form to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, 32 Old Slip, New York, NY, 10005 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representative) at 9:00 a.m. London time, on September 12, 2025, or such other time and date as the Representative shall designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the "**Closing Date**"). The Company hereby acknowledges that circumstances under which the Representative may provide notice to postpone the Closing Date as originally scheduled include, but are in no way limited to, any determination by the Company or the Initial Purchasers to recirculate to investors copies of an amended or supplemented Offering Memorandum or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 17 hereof.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(c) Delivery of the Securities.** The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Representative for the accounts of the several Initial Purchasers certificates for the Securities at the Closing Date against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the aggregate purchase price therefor. The certificates for the Securities shall be in such denominations (€100,000 or integral multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof) and registered in book-entry form to the depositary for the Securities, as nominee of Euroclear, as operator of the Euroclear system and Clearstream. The certificates for the Securities shall be made available for inspection on the business day preceding the Closing Date at a location in New York City, as the Representative may designate. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers.

On behalf of the Initial Purchasers, Merrill Lynch International, or such other Initial Purchaser as the Initial Purchasers may agree (the "**Settlement Bank**") shall coordinate with the Company to ensure settlement of the Securities on the Closing Date. The Settlement Bank acknowledges that the Securities will initially be credited free of payment to an account (the "**Commissionaire Account**") for the benefit of the Settlement Bank, the terms of which include a third-party beneficiary clause ('*stipulation pour autrui'*), with the Company as the third-party beneficiaries, and which provide that such Securities are to be delivered to investors only against payment of the proceeds of the offering of the Securities into the Commissionaire Account by the Settlement Bank on a delivery against payment basis (with costs and expenses that the Company have agreed to pay pursuant to this Agreement being, in the sole discretion of the Representative,

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deducted from the gross proceeds of the Securities and such amounts not being deposited into the Commissionaire Account).

The Settlement Bank acknowledges that (i) the Securities shall be held to the order of the Company as set out above and (ii) the net proceeds of the Securities received in the Commissionaire Accounts will be held on behalf of the Securities until such time as they are transferred to the Company's order. The Settlement Bank undertakes that the net proceeds of the Securities will be transferred to the Company's order promptly following receipt of such proceeds in the Commissionaire Accounts (and for the avoidance of doubt no later than the Closing Date), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the Company in accordance with this Agreement. The Company acknowledges and accepts the benefit of the third-party beneficiary clause ('stipulation pour autrui') pursuant to the Belgian Civil Code, as amended from time to time in the case of Euroclear, and the Luxembourg Civil Code, in the case of Clearstream, in each case in respect of the Commissionaire Account.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(d) Initial Purchasers as Accredited Investors.** Each Initial Purchaser severally and not jointly represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) it will offer and sell Securities only to (a) persons who it reasonably believes are "qualified institutional buyers" within the meaning of Rule 144A ("**Qualified Institutional Buyers**") in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A or (b) upon the terms and conditions set forth in <u>Annex I</u> to this Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) it is an institutional "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7) or (9) under the Securities Act; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) it will not offer or sell Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including but not limited to the methods described in Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act.

**SECTION 3. Additional Covenants.** Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, further covenants and agrees with each Initial Purchaser as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(a) Preparation of Final Offering Memorandum; Initial Purchasers' Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements and Company Additional Written Communications.** As promptly as practicable following the Time of Sale and in any event not later than the second business day following the date hereof, the Company will prepare and deliver to the Initial Purchasers the Final Offering Memorandum, which shall consist of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum as modified only by the information contained in the Pricing Supplement. The Company will not amend or supplement the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Pricing Supplement. The Company will not amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum prior to the Closing Date unless the Representative shall previously have been furnished a copy of the proposed amendment or supplement prior to the proposed use or filing, and shall not have reasonably objected to such amendment or supplement. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving or distributing any Company Additional Written Communication, the Company will furnish to the Representative a copy of such written communication for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve or distribute any such written communication to which the Representative reasonably object.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(b) Amendments and Supplements to the Final Offering Memorandum and Other Securities Act Matters.** If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact

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necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement any of the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and (subject to Section 3(a) hereof) furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to any of the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that any of the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with all applicable law. If, prior to the completion of the placement of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers with the Subsequent Purchasers, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum, as then amended or supplemented, in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Final Offering Memorandum is delivered to a Subsequent Purchaser, not misleading, or if in the judgment of the Representative or counsel for the Initial Purchasers it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum to comply with law, the Company agrees to promptly prepare (subject to Section 3(a) hereof) (or in the case of documents incorporated by reference into the Final Offering Memorandum, to file with the Commission) and furnish at its own expense to the Initial Purchasers, amendments or supplements to the Final Offering Memorandum so that the statements in the Final Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances at the Closing Date and at the time of sale of Securities, be misleading or so that the Final Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, will comply with all applicable law.

The Company hereby expressly acknowledges that the indemnification and contribution provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof are specifically applicable and relate to each offering memorandum, amendment or supplement referred to in this Section 3.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(c) Copies of the Offering Memorandum.** The Company agrees to furnish the Initial Purchasers, without charge, as many copies of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and any amendments and supplements thereto as they shall reasonably request.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(d) Blue Sky Compliance.** Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall cooperate with the Representative and counsel for the Initial Purchasers to qualify or register (or to obtain exemptions from qualifying or registering) all or any part of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities laws of the several states of the United States, the provinces of Canada or any other jurisdictions designated by the Representative, shall comply with such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities. None of the Company or any of the Guarantors shall (i) be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or other form of entity or (ii) take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation. The Company will advise the Representative promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Securities for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof as soon as reasonably practicable.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(e) Use of Proceeds.** The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities sold by it in the manner described under the caption "Use of Proceeds" in the Pricing Disclosure Package.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(f) Clearance and Settlement**. The Company will cooperate with the Initial Purchasers and use its best efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of Euroclear and Clearstream.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(g) Additional Issuer Information.** Prior to the completion of the placement of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers with the Subsequent Purchasers, the Company shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission all reports and documents required to be filed under Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act. Additionally, at any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act, for the benefit of holders and beneficial owners from time to time of the Securities, the Company shall furnish, at its expense, upon request, to holders and beneficial owners of Securities and prospective purchasers of Securities information ("**Additional Issuer Information**") satisfying the requirements of Rule 144A(d).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(h) Listing of the Securities**. The Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) obtain the listing of the Securities on the Exchange and the admission to trading of the Securities on the Global Exchange Market of the Exchange as promptly as practicable after the date hereof, and (ii) maintain such listing and admission to trading for so long as such Securities are outstanding.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(i) Agreement Not To Offer or Sell Additional Securities.** During the period of 30 days following the date hereof, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Representative), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open "put equivalent position" within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any debt securities of the Company or securities exchangeable for or convertible into debt securities of the Company (other than as contemplated by this Agreement).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(j) No Integration.** The Company agrees that it will not and will cause its Affiliates not to make any offer or sale of securities of the Company of any class if, as a result of the doctrine of "integration" referred to in Rule 502 under the Securities Act, such offer or sale would render invalid (for the purpose of (i) the sale of the Securities by the Company to the Initial Purchasers, (ii) the resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers or (iii) the resale of the Securities by such Subsequent Purchasers to others) the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof or by Rule 144A or by Regulation S thereunder or otherwise.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(k) No General Solicitation or Directed Selling Efforts**. The Company agrees that it will not and will not permit any of its Affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no covenant is given) to (i) solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Securities within the meaning of Regulation S, and the Company will and will cause all such persons to comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S with respect to the Securities.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(l) No Restricted Resales.** During the period of one year after the Closing Date, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to resell any of the Notes that have been reacquired by any of them.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(m) Legended Securities.** Each certificate for a Security will bear the legend contained in "Notice to Investors" in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum for the time period and upon the other terms stated in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(n) Taxes.** The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Initial Purchasers against any Stamp Taxes imposed by the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein in connection with (i) the creation, issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities, (ii) the initial resale thereof by the Initial Purchasers, and (iii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(o) Payments.** All payments made by the Company and the Guarantors under this Agreement shall be exclusive of any value added tax or any other tax of a similar nature ("**VAT**") which is chargeable thereon and if any VAT is or becomes chargeable in respect of any such payment, the Company and the Guarantors shall, subject to receipt of an appropriate VAT invoice, pay in addition the amount of such VAT (at the same time and in the same manner as the payment to which such VAT relates). For the avoidance of doubt, all amounts charged by the Initial Purchasers or for which the Initial Purchasers are to be reimbursed will be invoiced and payable together with VAT, where applicable. Any amount for which the Initial Purchasers are to be reimbursed or indemnified under this Agreement will be reimbursed or indemnified together with an amount equal to any VAT payable in relation to the cost, fee, expense or other amount to which the reimbursement or indemnification relates.

The Representative may, in its sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by the Company or any of the Guarantors of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance.

**SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.** Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Securities (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers, (iii) all fees and expenses of the Company's and the Guarantors' counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors of the Company, (iv) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum (including financial statements and exhibits), and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities, (v) all filing fees, attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by the Company, the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities laws of the several states of the United States, the provinces of Canada or other jurisdictions designated by the Initial Purchasers (including, without limitation, the cost of preparing, printing and mailing preliminary and final blue sky or legal investment memoranda and any related supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum), (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities, (vii) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities with the ratings agencies, (viii) any filing fees incident to, and any reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Initial Purchasers in connection with, the review by FINRA, if any, of the terms of the sale of the Securities, (ix) all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of Company counsel) of the Company and the Guarantors in connection with approval by Euroclear and Clearstream of the Securities for "book-entry" transfer, and the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their respective other obligations under this Agreement and (x) all expenses incident to the "road show" for the offering of the Securities. Except as provided in this Section 4 and Sections 6, 8 and 9

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hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.

**SECTION 5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Initial Purchasers.** The obligations of the several Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Securities as provided herein on the Closing Date shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in Section 1 hereof as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though then made and to the timely performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(a) Accountants' Comfort Letter.** On the date hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company, a "comfort letter" dated the date hereof addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, covering the financial information in the Pricing Disclosure Package and other customary matters. In addition, on the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from such accountants a "bring-down comfort letter" dated the Closing Date addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, in the form of the "comfort letter" delivered on the date hereof, except that (i) it shall cover the financial information in the Final Offering Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto and (ii) procedures shall be brought down to a date no more than 3 days prior to the Closing Date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(b) No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change.** For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) in the judgment of the Representative there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package
provided to prospective purchasers of the Securities that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and
in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or
potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of their securities or
indebtedness by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" registered under Section 15E of the Exchange Act.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(c) Opinion of Counsel for the Company.** On the Closing Date the Initial Purchasers shall have received the opinion of Jenner & Block LLP, counsel for the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit A.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(d) Opinion of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers.** On the Closing Date the Initial Purchasers shall have received the opinion of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, dated as of such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as may be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(e) Officers' Certificate.** On the Closing Date the Initial Purchasers shall have received a written certificate executed by (i) the Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company or the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and (ii) any other authorized officer of the Company reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Section 5(b)(ii) hereof, and further to the effect that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(x) the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in Section 1 hereof were true and correct as of the date hereof and are true and correct as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of the Closing Date; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(y) each of the Company and the Guarantors has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date.

The officers signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of their knowledge as to proceedings threatened.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(f) Chief Financial Officer Certificate**. On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received a written certificate executed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, with respect to certain financial information contained in the Offering Memorandum.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(g) Indenture**. The Company and the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered the Indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received executed copies thereof.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(h) Additional Documents.** On or before the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall have received such information and documents as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.

If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Sections 4, 6, 8 and 9 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

**SECTION 6. Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers' Expenses.** If this Agreement is terminated by the Representative pursuant to Section 5 or 10 hereof, including if the sale to the Initial Purchasers of the Securities on the Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to reimburse the Initial Purchasers, severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering and sale of the Securities, including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges.

**SECTION 7. Offer, Sale and Resale Procedures**. Each of the Initial Purchasers and the Company and each of the Guarantors, hereby agree to observe the following procedures in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(a)** Offers and sales of the Securities will be made only by the Initial Purchasers or Affiliates thereof qualified to do so in the jurisdictions in which such offers or sales are made. Each such offer or sale shall only be made to persons whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes to be Qualified Institutional Buyers or non-U.S. persons outside the United States to whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes offers and sales of the Securities may be made in reliance upon Regulation S upon the terms and conditions set forth in Annex I hereto, which Annex I is hereby expressly made a part hereof.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(b)** No general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act) or directed selling efforts will be used in the United States in connection with the offering of the Securities.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(c)** Upon original issuance by the Company, and until such time as the same is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Securities (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear the following legend:

"THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A")), (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION OR (C) IT IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES TO OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUE HEREOF ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE

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REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S AND THE TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM."

Following the sale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers pursuant to the terms hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall not be liable or responsible to the Company for any losses, damages or liabilities suffered or incurred by the Company, including any losses, damages or liabilities under the Securities Act, arising from or relating to any resale or transfer of any Security.

**SECTION 8. Indemnification.** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(a) Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers.** Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors, officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which such Initial Purchaser, affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company or is otherwise permitted under Section 8(d)), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and to reimburse each Initial Purchaser and each such affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of one counsel (together with local counsel) chosen by the Representative) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Initial Purchaser or such affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto). The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(b) Indemnification of the Company and the Guarantors.** Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each Guarantor, each of their respective directors, officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which the Company, any Guarantor or any such director, officer and employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Initial Purchaser), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication or the

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Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the Company, any Guarantor and each such director, officer and employee, or controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by the Company, any Guarantor or such director or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby acknowledges that the only information that the Initial Purchasers through the Representative have furnished to the Company expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are (i) the names of the Initial Purchasers on the cover page of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum, and (ii) the statements set forth in (x) the second, third and fourth sentences of the fifth paragraph, the first sentence of the seventh paragraph, the ninth paragraph, the tenth paragraph and the twenty-seventh paragraph under the caption "Plan of Distribution" in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and (y) the second, third and fourth sentences of the fifth paragraph, the first sentence of the seventh paragraph, the ninth paragraph, the tenth paragraph and the twenty-seventh paragraph under the caption "Plan of Distribution" in the Final Offering Memorandum. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Initial Purchaser may otherwise have.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(c) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures**. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; provided that the failure to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party under this Section 8 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced by such failure (through the forfeiture of substantive rights and defenses) and shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that the indemnifying party may have to an indemnified party other than under this Section 8. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying party's election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with local counsel), which shall be selected by the Representative (in the case of counsel representing the Initial Purchasers or their

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related persons), representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(d) Settlements.** The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this Section 8, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include any statements as to or any findings of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

**SECTION 9. Contribution.** If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 hereof is for any reason held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions or inaccuracies in the representations and warranties herein which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, and the total discount received by the Initial Purchasers bear to the aggregate initial offering prices of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact or any such inaccurate or alleged inaccurate representation or warranty relates to information supplied by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, or the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission or inaccuracy.

The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8 hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. The provisions set forth in Section 8 hereof with respect to notice of

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commencement of any action shall apply if a claim for contribution is to be made under this Section 9; provided, however, that no additional notice shall be required with respect to any action for which notice has been given under Section 8 hereof for purposes of indemnification.

The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Initial Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price or prices of the Securities purchased and sold by it hereunder exceeds the amount of any damages which such Initial Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue state or omission or alleged omission in connection with the Securities distributed by it. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers' obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several, and not joint, in proportion to their respective commitments as set forth opposite their names in Schedule A. For purposes of this Section 9, each director, officer and employee of an Initial Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls an Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Initial Purchaser, and each director of the Company or any Guarantor, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the Guarantors.

**SECTION 10. Termination of this Agreement.** Prior to the Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice given to the Company if at any time: (i) trading or quotation in any of the Company's securities shall have been suspended or limited by the Commission or by the New York Stock Exchange, or trading in securities generally on either the Nasdaq Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited; (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any of the United Kingdom, the European Union or any U.S. federal or New York state authorities; or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities in the manner and on the terms described in the Pricing Disclosure Package. Any termination pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of (i) the Company or any Guarantor to any Initial Purchaser, except that the Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Sections 4 and 6 hereof, (ii) any Initial Purchaser to the Company, or (iii) any party hereto to any other party except that the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

**SECTION 11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery.** The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Guarantors, their respective officers and the several Initial Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser, the Company, any Guarantor or any of their partners, officers or directors or any controlling person or affiliates of the Initial Purchasers, as the case may be, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.

**SECTION 12. Notices.** All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered, couriered or facsimiled and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:

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If to the Initial Purchasers of the Securities:

Merrill Lynch International

2 King Edward Street

London EC1A 1HQ United Kingdom

Attention: High Yield Syndicate Desk

Tel: +44 (0)20 7995 1999 Fax: +44 (0)20 7995 2886

Email: levfin_hy_london@bofa.com

with a copy to:

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

32 Old Slip

New York, NY 10005

Facsimile: (212) 378-2169

Attention: James Clark

If to the Company or the Guarantors:

Silgan Holdings Inc.

601 Merritt 7

Floor 1

Norwalk, Connecticut 06851

Facsimile: (203) 975-4598

Attention: Frank W. Hogan, III

with a copy to:

Jenner & Block LLP

1155 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036-2711

Facsimile: 212-891-1699

Attention: Robert J. Rawn

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alexander J. May

Any party hereto may change the address or facsimile number for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others.

**SECTION 13. Successors.** This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and to the benefit of the indemnified parties referred to in Sections 8 and 9 hereof, and in each case their respective successors, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The term "successors" shall not include any Subsequent Purchaser or other purchaser of the Securities as such from any of the Initial Purchasers merely by reason of such purchase.

**SECTION 14. Authority of the Representative.** Any action by the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be taken by the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, and any such action taken by the Representative shall be binding upon the Initial Purchasers.

**SECTION 15. Partial Unenforceability.** The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason

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determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

**SECTION 16. Governing Law Provisions.** THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(a) Consent to Jurisdiction.** Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby ("**Related Proceedings**") may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York (collectively, the "**Specified Courts**"), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for suits, actions, or proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any Specified Court in a Related Proceeding (a "**Related Judgment**"), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of the Specified Courts in any Related Proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party's address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any Related Proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any Specified Court that any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

**SECTION 17. Default of One or More of the Several Initial Purchasers.** If any one or more of the several Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on the Closing Date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Initial Purchasers shall be obligated, severally, in the proportions that the number of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A bears to the aggregate number of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Initial Purchasers with the consent of the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase on the Closing Date. If any one or more of the Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and the Company for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Sections 4, 6, 8 and 9 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In any such case either the Initial Purchasers or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Final Offering Memorandum or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.

As used in this Agreement, the term "**Initial Purchaser**" shall be deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Initial Purchaser under this Section 17. Any action taken under this Section 17 shall not relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any default of such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.

**SECTION 18. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.** Each of the Company and the Guarantors acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the offering prices of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm's-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Guarantors, on the

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one hand, and the several Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and the Company and the Guarantors are capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with each transaction contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Initial Purchaser is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company and the Guarantors, or their respective affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii) no Initial Purchaser has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company and the Guarantors with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Initial Purchaser has advised or is currently advising the Company and the Guarantors on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company and the Guarantors except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the several Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Guarantors, and the several Initial Purchasers have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any fiduciary or advisory relationship; and (v) the Initial Purchasers have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby, and the Company and the Guarantors have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate.

The Company and the Guarantors hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company and the Guarantors may have against the several Initial Purchasers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of fiduciary duty.

**SECTION 19. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) In the event that any Initial Purchaser that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Initial Purchaser of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In the event that any Initial Purchaser that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Initial Purchaser becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Initial Purchaser are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

For purposes of this Section 19, a "**BHC Act Affiliate**" has the meaning assigned to the term "affiliate" in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). "**Covered Entity**" means any of the following: (i) a "covered entity" as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a "covered bank" as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a "covered FSI" as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). "**Default Right**" has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. "**U.S. Special Resolution Regime**" means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

**SECTION 20. Patriot Act.** In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L, 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Initial Purchasers are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their clients, which may include the name and address of their clients, as well as other information that will allow the Initial Purchasers to properly identify their clients.

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**SECTION 21. General Provisions.** This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Any signature to this Agreement may be delivered by facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf) or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000 or the New York Electronic Signature and Records Act or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. Each of the parties represents and warrants to the other parties that it has the corporate or other capacity and authority to execute this Agreement through electronic means and there are no restrictions for doing so in that party's constitutive documents. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

**SECTION 22. Agreement and Acknowledgment with Respect to the Exercise of European Union Bail-in Powers**. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement or any other agreements, arrangements or understandings between any Initial Purchaser that is a purchaser of the Securities and any other party to this Agreement, each of the other parties to this Agreement acknowledges and accepts that a BRRD Liability arising under this Agreement may be subject to the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority, and acknowledges, accepts and agrees to be bound by:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(a)** the effect of the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority in relation to any BRRD Liability of an Initial Purchaser (the "**Relevant BRRD Party**") to such other party under this Agreement, that (without limitation) may include and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the reduction of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability or outstanding amounts due thereon;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability into shares, other securities or other obligations of the Relevant BRRD Party or another person, and the issue to or conferral on such other party to this Agreement of such shares, securities or obligations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) the cancellation of the BRRD Liability; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) the amendment or alteration of any interest, if applicable, thereon, or the dates on which any payments are due, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(b)** the variation of the terms of this Agreement, as deemed necessary by the Relevant Resolution Authority, to give effect to the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority.

For purposes of this Section 22:

"**Bail-in Legislation**" means in relation to the United Kingdom and a member state of the European Economic Area which has implemented, or which at any time implements, the BRRD, the relevant implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement as described in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule from time to time;

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"**Bail-in Powers**" means any Write-down and Conversion Powers as defined in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule, in relation to the relevant Bail-in Legislation;

"**BRRD**" means Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms;

"**BRRD Liability**" has the same meaning as in such laws, regulations, rules or requirements implementing the BRRD under the applicable Bail-in Legislation; and

"**EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule**" means the document described as such, then in effect, and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person) from time to time at http://www.lma.eu.com/documents-guidelines/eu-bail-legislation-schedule.

"**Relevant Resolution Authority**" means the resolution authority with the ability to exercise any Bail-in Powers in relation to the Relevant BRRD Party.

**SECTION 23. Agreement and Acknowledgment with Respect to the Exercise of UK Bail-in Powers.** Notwithstanding and to the exclusion of any other term of this Agreement or any other agreements, arrangements or understandings between any Initial Purchaser and any other party to this Agreement, each of the other parties to this Agreement acknowledges and accepts that a UK Bail-in Liability arising under this Agreement may be subject to the exercise of UK Bail-in Powers by the relevant UK resolution authority, and acknowledges, accepts and agrees to be bound by:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(a)** the effect of the exercise of UK Bail-in Powers by the relevant UK Resolution Authority in relation to any UK Bail-in Liability of an Initial Purchaser (the "Relevant UK Bail-in Party") to such other party under this Agreement, that (without limitation) may include and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the reduction of all, or a portion, of the UK Bail-in Liability or outstanding amounts due thereon;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the UK Bail-in Liability into shares or other securities or other obligations of a Relevant UK Bail-in Party or another person (and the issue to or conferral on such other party to this Agreement of such shares, securities or obligations);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) the cancellation of the UK Bail-in Liability; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) the amendment or alteration of any interest, if applicable, thereon, the maturity or the dates on which any payments are due, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(b)** the variation of the terms of this Agreement, as deemed necessary, to give effect to the exercise of UK Bail-in Powers by the relevant UK Resolution Authority.

For purposes of this Section 23:

"**UK Bail-in Legislation**" means Part I of the UK Banking Act 2009 and any other law or regulation applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolutions of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (otherwise than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings);

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"**UK Bail-in Liability**" means a liability in respect of which the UK Bail-in Powers may be exercised;

"**UK Bail-in Powers**" means the powers under the UK Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or affiliate of a bank or investment firm, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability; and

"**UK Financial Institution**" means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

"**UK Resolution Authority**" means the resolution authority with the ability to exercise any UK Bail-in Powers in relation to a Relevant UK Bail-in Party.

**SECTION 24. Acknowledgment Related to Co-Manufacturer Responsibilities**.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(a)** EU Product Governance: Solely for the purposes of the requirements of Article 9(8) of the MIFID Product Governance rules under EU Delegated Directive 2017/593 (the "**Product Governance Rules**") regarding the responsibilities of manufacturers under the Product Governance Rules: (a) Scotiabank (Ireland) Designated Activity Company (the "**Manufacturer**") acknowledges that it understands the responsibilities conferred upon it under the Product Governance Rules relating to each of the product approval process, the target market and the proposed distribution channels as applying to the Securities and the related information set out in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum in connection with the Securities; and (b) the Initial Purchasers and the Company note the application of the Product Governance Rules and acknowledge the target market and distribution channels identified as applying to the Securities by the Manufacturer and the related information set out in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum in connection with the Securities.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(b)** UK Product Governance: Solely for the purposes of the requirements of 3.2.7R of the FCA Handbook Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook (the "**UK MiFIR Product Governance Rules**") regarding the mutual responsibilities of manufacturers under the UK MiFIR Product Governance Rules (A) each of Merrill Lynch International, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Mizuho International plc and Wells Fargo Securities International Limited (each, a "**UK Manufacturer**") acknowledges that it understands the responsibilities conferred upon it under the UK MiFIR Product Governance Rules relating to each of the product approval process, the target market and the proposed distribution channels as applying to the Notes and the related information set out in the Offering Memorandum in connection with the Notes; and (B) the other Initial Purchasers note the application of the UK MiFIR Product Governance Rules and acknowledge the target market and distribution channels identified as applying to the Notes by the UK Manufacturer and the related information set out in the Offering Memorandum in connection with the Notes.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.

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| Very truly yours, | Very truly yours, |
| SILGAN HOLDINGS INC. | SILGAN HOLDINGS INC. |
| By: | /s/ Frank W. Hogan, III |
| Name: | Frank W. Hogan, III |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
| SILGAN HOLDINGS LLC | SILGAN HOLDINGS LLC |
| SILGAN CORPORATION | SILGAN CORPORATION |
| By: | /s/ Frank W. Hogan, III |
| Name: | Frank W. Hogan, III |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |

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| SILGAN CONTAINERS LLC | SILGAN CONTAINERS LLC |
| SILGAN PLASTICS LLC | SILGAN PLASTICS LLC |
| SILGAN WHITE CAP LLC | SILGAN WHITE CAP LLC |
|  SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION | SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION |
| SILGAN PLASTICS CORPORATION | SILGAN PLASTICS CORPORATION |
| SILGAN TUBES HOLDING COMPANY | SILGAN TUBES HOLDING COMPANY |
| SILGAN WHITE CAP CORPORATION | SILGAN WHITE CAP CORPORATION |
| SILGAN WHITE CAP AMERICAS LLC | SILGAN WHITE CAP AMERICAS LLC |
| SILGAN EQUIPMENT COMPANY | SILGAN EQUIPMENT COMPANY |
| SILGAN IPEC CORPORATION | SILGAN IPEC CORPORATION |
|  SILGAN PLASTIC FOOD CONTAINERS CORPORATION | SILGAN PLASTIC FOOD CONTAINERS CORPORATION |
| PORTOLA PACKAGING LLC | PORTOLA PACKAGING LLC |
|  SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS HOLDINGS COMPANY | SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS HOLDINGS COMPANY |
|  SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS CORPORATION | SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS CORPORATION |
|  SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS SLATERSVILLE LLC | SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS SLATERSVILLE LLC |
|  SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS THOMASTON CORPORATION | SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS THOMASTON CORPORATION |
|  SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS METAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION | SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS METAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION |
|  SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS METAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION<br> SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS COVIT AMERICA CORPORATION | SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS METAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION<br> SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS COVIT AMERICA CORPORATION |
| SILGAN SPECIALTY PACKAGING LLC | SILGAN SPECIALTY PACKAGING LLC |
| SILGAN UNICEP PACKAGING LLC | SILGAN UNICEP PACKAGING LLC |
|  SILGAN SPECIALTY PACKAGING TRIADELPHIA LLC | SILGAN SPECIALTY PACKAGING TRIADELPHIA LLC |
| WEENER PLASTICS, INC. | WEENER PLASTICS, INC. |
| By: | /s/ Frank W. Hogan, III |
| Name: | Frank W. Hogan, III |
| Title: | Vice President and Secretary |

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The foregoing Purchase Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Initial Purchasers as of the date first above written.

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| MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL | MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL |
| Acting on behalf of itself<br> and as the Representative of<br> the several Initial Purchasers | Acting on behalf of itself<br> and as the Representative of<br> the several Initial Purchasers |
| By: | /s/ Edward Martin |
| Name: | Edward Martin |
| Title: | Managing Director |

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| **J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES PLC** | **J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES PLC** |
| By: | /s/ Nicoleta Zaicovici |
| Name: | Nicoleta Zaicovici |
| Title: | Executive Director |

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| **MIZUHO INTERNATIONAL PLC** | **MIZUHO INTERNATIONAL PLC** |
| By: | /s/ Manabu Shibuya |
| Name: | Manabu Shibuya |
| Title: | Authorised Signatory |

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| **WELLS FARGO SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED** | **WELLS FARGO SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED** |
| By: | /s/ Damon Mahon |
| Name: | Damon Mahon |
| Title: | Managing Director |

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| **SMBC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC** | **SMBC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC** |
| By: | /s/ Josh Presley |
| Name: | Josh Presley |
| Title: | MD |

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| **COÖPERATIEVE RABOBANK U.A.** | **COÖPERATIEVE RABOBANK U.A.** |
| By: | /s/ Othmar ter Waarbeek |
| Name: | Othmar ter Waarbeek |
| Title: | Head of Corporate Bond Origination |
| By: | /s/ Melle Franken |
| Name: | Melle Franken |
| Title: | Executive Director |

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| **TRUIST SECURITIES, INC.** | **TRUIST SECURITIES, INC.** |
| By: | /s/ Tim Jones |
| Name: | Tim Jones |
| Title: | Director |

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| **GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC** | **GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC** |
| By: | /s/ Douglas C. Buffone |
| Name: | Douglas C. Buffone |
| Title: | Managing Director |

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| **MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC** | **MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC** |
| By: | /s/ Candice Kountz |
| Name: | Candice Kountz |
| Title: | Authorized Signatory |

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| **FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.** | **FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.** |
| By: | /s/ Paul Gerwe |
| Name: | Paul Gerwe |
| Title: | Director, High Yield |

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| **M&T SECURITIES, INC.** | **M&T SECURITIES, INC.** |
| By: | /s/ Rachel Jennings |
| Name: | Rachel Jennings |
| Title: | Managing Director |

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| **RAIFFEISEN BANK INTERNATIONAL AG** | **RAIFFEISEN BANK INTERNATIONAL AG** |
| By: | /s/ Thomas Schopper |
| Name: | Thomas Schopper |
| Title: | Senior Director |
| By: | /s/ Francesco Feliziani |
| Name: | Francesco Feliziani |
| Title: | Head of Syndicate |

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| **TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC** | **TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC** |
| By: | /s/ Luiz Lanfredi |
| Name: | Luiz Lanfredi |
| Title: | Managing Director |

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| **U.S. BANCORP INVESTMENTS, INC.** | **U.S. BANCORP INVESTMENTS, INC.** |
| By: | /s/ Thomas M. Brown |
| Name: | Thomas M. Brown |
| Title: | Managing Director |

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| **RBC Europe Limited** | **RBC Europe Limited** |
| By: | /s/ Edward Dickinson |
| Name: | Edward Dickinson |
| Title: | Managing Director |

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| **SCOTIABANK (IRELAND) DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY** | **SCOTIABANK (IRELAND) DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY** |
| By: | /s/ Nicola Vavasour |
| Name: | Nicola Vavasour |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1** 

**Silgan** 

**<u>Holdings Inc.</u>** 

**SILGAN ANNOUNCES PRICING** 

**OF NEW SENIOR NOTES OFFERING** 

NORWALK, CT, September 3, 2025 — Silgan Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SLGN), a leading supplier of sustainable rigid packaging solutions for the world's essential consumer goods products, announced today that it priced its previously announced private offering of new senior unsecured notes. Silgan announced that it entered into an agreement to sell €600 million aggregate principal amount of its new 4<sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub>% Senior Notes due 2031 at 100 percent of their principal amount. The new notes will mature on February 15, 2031, and interest on the new notes will be payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 of each year, commencing on February 15, 2026. The new notes will be guaranteed by the U.S. subsidiaries of Silgan that guarantee obligations under Silgan's senior secured credit facility and existing senior secured and unsecured notes. Silgan intends to use the net proceeds from the notes to repay outstanding revolving loans under its senior secured credit facility and for other general corporate purposes.

The notes being offered by Silgan will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, or under any state securities law and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The notes will be offered only to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A and outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering would be unlawful.

In connection with this offering, a stabilizing manager (or persons acting on behalf of the stabilizing manager) may over-allot the notes or effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the notes during the stabilization period at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail. However, stabilization action may not necessarily occur. Any stabilization action may begin on or after the date on which adequate public disclosure of the terms of the offer of the notes is made and, if begun, may be ended at any time, but it must end no later than 30 calendar days after the date on which Silgan receives the proceeds from the issuance of the notes or no later than 60 calendar days after the date of allotment of the notes, whichever is the earlier. Any stabilization action or over-allotment must be conducted by the stabilizing manager (or persons acting on behalf of the stabilizing manager) in accordance with all applicable laws and rules.

The manufacturer target market (MiFID II and UK MiFIR product governance) is eligible counterparties and professional clients only (all distribution channels). No key information document (KID) has been prepared pursuant to Regulation (EU) 1286/2014 (PRIIPs) or Regulation (EU) 1286/2014 as it forms part of domestic law in the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (UK PRIIPs) as the notes will not be available to retail investors in the EEA or the United Kingdom.

Promotion of the notes in the United Kingdom is restricted by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (the "FSMA"), and accordingly the notes are not being promoted to the general public in the United Kingdom. This press release is for distribution only to, and is only directed at, persons who (i) are outside the United Kingdom, (ii) have professional experience in matters relating to investments and who qualify as investment professionals within the meaning of Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the "Financial Promotion Order"), (iii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) ("high net worth companies, unincorporated associations etc.") of the Financial Promotion Order or (iv) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) in connection with the issue or sale of any notes may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons").The notes will only be available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such notes will be engaged in only with, relevant persons.

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This press release is directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons.

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Silgan is a leading supplier of sustainable rigid packaging solutions for the world's essential consumer goods products with annual net sales of approximately $5.9 billion in 2024. Silgan operates 124 manufacturing facilities in North and South America, Europe and Asia. The Company is a leading worldwide supplier of dispensing and specialty closures for fragrance and beauty, food, beverage, personal and health care, home care and lawn and garden products. The Company is also a leading supplier of metal containers in North America and Europe for pet and human food and general line products. In addition, the Company is a leading supplier of custom containers for shelf-stable food and personal care products in North America.

Statements included in this press release which are not historical facts are forward looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward looking statements are made based upon management's expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting the Company and therefore involve a number of uncertainties and risks, including, but not limited to, those described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2024 and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Therefore, the actual results of operations or financial condition of the Company could differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward looking statements.

**<u>Contact:</u>** 

Alexander Hutter

Vice President, Investor Relations

AHutter@silgan.com

203-406-3187