Document:

Letter Agreement

 Exhibit 10.43 
 [LETTERHEAD OF BANK PEKAO SA HEAD OFFICE] 
  

	To:	Carey Agri International-Poland Sp. z o.o. (“Borrower”) 

 Date: 12 November 2009 
 Dear Sirs, 
 Facility Agreement dated 21 December 2007 (as amended and restated on 24 February 2009) 
 We refer to the PLN 240,000,000 Facility Agreement (“Facility Agreement”) entered into on 21 December 2007 as amended and restated on 24 February 2009 and subsequently amended
on 24 February 2009 between, among others, Carey Agri International-Poland Sp. z o.o. as borrower and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A. as Agent, Security Agent and the Lender. 
 Unless defined in this letter or the context otherwise requires, a term defined in the Facility Agreement has the same meaning in this letter. 
 We have been provided with and have reviewed the documents and other information furnished to us by your sole shareholder Central European Distribution Corporation (“CEDC”) in respect of
CEDC’s refinancing plans (the “Transaction Documents”), including: (i) a summary of the intended new high yield bond transaction (the “New Bond”); (ii) the sources and uses of funds to be raised by
CEDC in a proposed equity offering and offering of the New Bonds; (iii) the intended funds flow and inter-company loans; (iv) the draft dated 11 November 2009 setting out the terms and conditions of the New Bond (the
“Description of Notes”), which will form the basis for part of a new indenture (the “New Indenture”) as to which Deutsche Bank will be Trustee; (v) the summary description of the proposed transaction with
affiliates of Lion Capital LLP (the “Russian Alcohol Transaction”) including the deferred payments to be made thereunder; and (vi) the draft dated 11 November 2009 of a proposed intercreditor agreement between us and the
Trustee in respect of the security, and have had the opportunity to ask questions about the same with CEDC. 
  

	1.	CONSENT  

  

	1.1	We understand and agree that all of the security (the “Existing Security”) currently provided for our benefit in relation to the Facility Agreement
(set out in Schedule 1 hereto) will, as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, be provided for the benefit of the holders of the New Bonds and, consequently, we will share the benefit of the Existing Security with
the holders of the New Bonds. 

  

	1.2	 We agree for purposes of the Facility Agreement that no action contemplated to be taken in respect of the Transaction Documents, or otherwise related
thereto, or any 

  
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modification thereof that may be undertaken in connection therewith, including without limitation the New Indenture, New Bond and the Russian Alcohol Transaction, or the failure to take any
action or complete any steps provided in the Facility Agreement in respect of the Transaction Documents or the satisfaction and discharge (and deposit of funds sufficient to redeem the existing high yield notes into trust in respect thereof) and the
redemption of the existing high yield notes shall be in violation of, or constitute a Default or Event of Default under, the Facility Agreement. 

  

	1.3	We agree for purposes of the Facility Agreement that notwithstanding anything in the Facility Agreement to the contrary, no provision thereof shall limit or prohibit in
any way any action or transaction taken or document entered into in respect of or relation to the Transaction Documents, no provision of the Facility Agreement shall require any person to take any action the result of which would be in violation of,
or constitute a Default or Event of Default under, the Facility Agreement, and in the event of a conflict between the Facility Agreement and the New Indenture, we agree that the New Indenture shall control and shall take priority, provided however
that the covenant set out in clause 21.2.2 (Consolidated Cover Ratio) of the Facility Agreement shall not be affected by the priority afforded to the New Indenture pursuant to this letter. 

 

	1.4	We agree for purposes of the Facility Agreement that we will take all steps reasonably necessary to effect the sharing of the Existing Security as contemplated hereby
and in respect of the Transaction Documents and as more particularly described in the intercreditor agreement to be executed in connection with the closing of the transaction. 

 

	1.5	The consent referred to in this letter agreement is given on the following terms: 

 

	 	1.5.1 	the Financial Indebtedness arising under the New Bond does not exceed $950,000,000; and 

 

	 	1.5.2 	the Finance Parties under the Facility Agreement will, after giving effect to the actions and transactions contemplated hereby and by the Transaction Documents, be
senior secured creditors on a pari passu basis with the holders of the New Bond, in the security listed in Schedule 1 hereto. 

  

	2.	UNDERTAKINGS  

  

	2.1	No Obligor shall engage in any negotiations or transactions to be entered into for the purpose of financing of any working capital needs with any institution without
first notifying the Agent sufficiently in advance of the planned transaction and ensuring that the Agent has the right to match the best offer received by any Obligor from other institutions in respect of at least 60% of working capital needs of the
Borrower’s Group. 

  
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	2.2	Other than in connection with the transactions contemplated herein or as provided in paragraph 2.1 above, no Obligor shall engage in any negotiations or transactions to
be entered into for the purpose of refinancing the Financial Indebtedness in respect of the Finance Documents, Bank Handlowy Facility Documents and BZWBK Facility Documents, or incurring any Financial Indebtedness to finance any other purposes, in
each case where such refinancing of Financial Indebtedness is intended to be obtained from commercial banks, without first notifying the Agent sufficiently in advance of the planned transaction and ensuring that the Agent has the right to:
(i) file the first offer in respect of such financing or refinancing and (ii) match the best offer in respect of such financing or refinancing received from other institutions. 

 

	2.3	The parties shall cooperate in good faith and do all acts and things reasonably necessary or desirable in order to release and replace the Existing Security (and if
necessary the Guarantors’ grant of their obligations), consistent with the New Indenture and this letter. 

  

	2.4	The parties shall use their best efforts to execute the amended and restated agreement reflecting the provisions of this letter agreement as soon as reasonably possible
after the final execution of the New Indenture, and in any case by 31 January 2010. The validity of the foregoing waivers and agreements in respect of the Facility Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement shall not be affected whether or not
such an amendment and restatement is entered into, provided that (a) in the event that the New Bonds are not issued prior to or on 31 January 2010 the foregoing waivers and agreements shall cease to be valid; and (b) in the event that
Borrower notifies the Agent prior to 31 January 2010 that the New Bonds will not be issued then the foregoing waivers and agreements shall cease to be valid from the date that the Borrower notifies the Agent. 

 

	2.5	Pursuant to Clause 17.2 (Amendment Costs), in relation to the negotiation, preparation and execution of this letter agreement, any Transaction Document and the
completion of the transactions herein contemplated (including the amendments to the Facility Agreement and the Existing Security and their registration with appropriate courts) the Lender shall be reimbursed by the Borrower for the amount of costs
and expenses agreed in advance between the parties acting in good faith. 

  

	3.	CONSENT FEE  

  

	3.1	Within 5 Business Days of the date of execution of this letter, you shall pay a non-refundable fee to the Agent in the amount of PLN 50,000. 

 

	3.2	All payments to be made under this letter: 

  

	 	(a)	shall be paid in the currency of invoice and in immediately available, freely transferable, cleared funds to us; 

  
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	 	(b)	shall be paid without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counter-claim and without any deduction or withholding for or on account of tax (a
“Tax Deduction”) unless a Tax Deduction is required by law. If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made, the amount of the payment due shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount
equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required; and 

  

	 	(c)	are exclusive of any value added tax or similar charge (“VAT”). If VAT is chargeable, you shall also and at the same time pay to us an amount equal to
the amount of the VAT. 

  

	4.	FINANCE DOCUMENT  

 This
letter is a Finance Document. 
  

	5.	NON - WAIVER  

 Nothing in
this letter shall affect the rights of the Finance Parties in respect of the occurrence of any Default which is continuing and which has not been waived or which arises on or after the date of this letter except in respect of the matters addressed
in paragraph 1 hereof. 
  

	6.	COUNTERPARTS  

 This
letter agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy thereof. 
  

	7.	LAW  

 This letter
agreement is governed by Polish law. 

  
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	 Yours faithfully
  

Agent
  
 BANK POLSKA KASA OPIEKI S.A.

		
	By:	 	/s/ Monika Karolak
		
		 	/s/ Barbara Jarzembowska

  

			
	 We agree to the terms and conditions of this letter agreement.

 
 Borrower for itself and each of the Obligors as Obligors’
Agent
  
 CAREY AGRI INTERNATIONAL-POLAND SP. Z
O.O.

		
	By:	 	/s/ William V. Carey
		
		 	/s/ Prezes Zarzadu

  
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 SCHEDULE 1  

Existing Security1  
  

	 	•	 	 Registered pledge over 4,039,680 shares in Przedsiębiorstwo “Polmos” Białystok S.A.; and 

 

	 	•	 	 Pledge over 100% of shares in Bols Hungary Kft. 

  

 

	1	Existing Security also contain rights to a submission to execution, which ease the enforcement of security under Polish law 

  
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 Exhibit 10.44 
 [LETTERHEAD OF CAREY AGRI INTERNATIONAL POLAND SP. Z O.O.] 
 Warsaw,
12 November 2009 
  

			
	To:	  	Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A.
		  	ul. Senatorska 16
		  	00-923 Warszawa
		  	as Arranger, Lender, Agent and Security Agent (“Citibank”)

 Re: Carey Agri International-Poland Sp. z o.o. – USD 40,000,000.00 Facility Agreement dated 2 July 2008 (the “Facility Agreement”)  

Dear Sirs, 
 As you are aware our sole
shareholder Central European Distribution Corporation (“CEDC”) intends to take various steps in connection with a refinancing. You have been provided with and have reviewed the following documents and other information
provided by CEDC in respect of CEDC’s refinancing plans (the “Transaction Documents”): 
  

	 	(i)	the draft dated 11 November 2009 of the summary of the intended new high yield bond transaction (the “New Bond”) (document reference
LN-494899-1); 

  

	 	(ii)	the draft dated 11 November 2009 of the sources and uses of funds to be raised by CEDC in a proposed equity offering and offering of the New Bonds (document
reference MX-7001N-20091111-165832); 

  

	 	(iii)	the draft dated 11 November 2009 of the intended funds flow and inter-company loans (document reference LN-494909-1) ; 

 

	 	(iv)	the draft dated 11 November 2009 setting out the terms and conditions of the New Bond (the “Description of Notes”), which will form the
basis for part of a new indenture (the “New Indenture”) as to which Deutsche Bank will be Trustee (document reference 38048380-19) ; 

 

	 	(v)	the draft dated 11 November 2009 of the summary description of the proposed transaction with affiliates of Lion Capital LLP (the “Russian Alcohol
Transaction”) (including the deferred payments to be made thereunder) (document reference NY2-2041867); 

  

	 	(vi)	the draft dated 11 November 2009 of a proposed intercreditor agreement between us and the Trustee in respect of the security (document reference LN-494840-4),

 and have had the opportunity to ask questions about the same with CEDC. 

In agreeing to the terms of this letter agreement you understand and agree that all of the security (the “Existing Security”)
currently provided for your benefit in relation to the Facility Agreement (set out in Schedule 1 hereto) will, as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, be provided for the benefit of the holders of the New Bonds, on
a pari passu basis. 

 Capitalized terms used in this letter agreement shall have the same meaning as provided in the Facility
Agreement, unless explicitly provided otherwise herein. 
 In agreeing to the terms of this letter agreement you agree, for the purposes of the
Facility Agreement, that: 
  

	(1)	no action contemplated to be taken in respect of the Transaction Documents, or otherwise related thereto, or any modification thereof that may be undertaken in
connection therewith, including without limitation the New Indenture, New Bond and the Russian Alcohol Transaction, or the failure to take any action or complete any steps provided in the Facility Agreement in respect of the Transaction Documents or
the satisfaction and discharge (and deposit of funds sufficient to redeem the existing high yield notes into trust in respect thereof) and the redemption of the existing high yield notes shall be in violation of, or constitute a default or event of
default under, the Facility Agreement; 

  

	(2)	notwithstanding anything in the Facility Agreement to the contrary, no provision thereof shall limit or prohibit in any way any action or transaction taken or document
entered into in respect of or relation to the Transaction Documents, no provision of the Facility Agreement shall require any person to take any action the result of which would be in violation of, or constitute a default or event of default under,
the Facility Agreement, and in the event of a conflict between the Facility Agreement and the New Indenture, we agree that the New Indenture shall control and shall take priority; 

 

	(3)	you will take all steps reasonably necessary to effect the sharing of the Existing Security as contemplated hereby and in respect of the Transaction Documents;

 provided that (i) the Financial Indebtedness arising under the New Bond does not exceed $950,000,000; (ii) the
Finance Parties under the Facility Agreement will, after giving effect to the actions and transactions contemplated hereby and by the Transaction Documents, be senior secured creditors on a pari passu basis with the holders of the New Bond,
in the security listed on Schedule 1 hereto; (iii) the Guarantors’ obligations shall be in form and substance consistent with the ones existing at the date of this letter agreement and (iv) Citigroup remains a joint bookrunner on the
offering of the New Bonds. 
 In addition to the above the parties to this letter agreement hereby agree as follows: 

 

	1.	They shall cooperate in good faith and do all acts and things reasonably necessary or desirable in order to release and replace the Existing Security (and if necessary
the Guarantors’ grant of their obligations), consistent with the New Indenture. 

  

	2.	They shall cooperate in good faith and do all acts and things reasonably necessary or desirable in order to execute an amendment and restatement agreement relating to
the Facility Agreement and any related intercreditor agreement, all in form and substance consistent with the New Indenture. The commercial terms of the Facility Agreement shall not be changed. In particular but without limitation, the parties shall
accordingly amend the following clauses of the Facility Agreement: 

  

	 	(a)	Definitions of Permitted Financial Indebtedness, Permitted Security and Permitted Transactions; 

	 	(b)	Clause 1.4 (Construction Consistent with the Indenture); 

  

	 	(c)	Clause 22 (Financial Covenants), except for clause 22.2.1 (the New Leverage Ratio), which will remain unchanged and effective. Clause 22.2.2 (the Consolidated Coverage
Ratio) shall be replaced by the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio at the level not lower than 2x. 

  

	 	(d)	Schedule 6 to the Agreement – Existing Security; 

  

	 	(e)	Schedule 7 to the Agreement – CEDC Group Undertakings (Based on Indenture). 

 

	3.	They shall use their best efforts to execute the amended and restated agreement reflecting the provisions of this letter agreement as soon as reasonably possible after
the final execution of the New Indenture, and in any case by 31 January 2010. The validity of the foregoing waivers and agreements in respect of the Facility Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement shall not be affected whether or not such an
amendment and restatement is entered into, provided that in the event that the New Bonds are not issued prior to or on 31 January 2010 the foregoing waivers and agreements shall cease to be valid. 

 

	4.	Pursuant to Clause 18.2 (Amendment Costs), in relation to the negotiation, preparation and execution of this letter agreement, any Transaction Document and the
completion of the transactions herein contemplated (including the amendments to the Facility Agreement and the Existing Security and their registration with appropriate courts) the Lender shall be reimbursed by the Borrower for the amount of costs
and expenses agreed in advance between the parties acting in good faith. 

  

	5.	This letter agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy
thereof. 

  

	6.	This letter agreement is governed by Polish law. 

If the terms of this letter agreement are satisfactory, please indicate your acceptance by signing a copy hereof in the place indicated below and
returning it to our office. 
 Acting in the name of Carey Agri International-Poland Sp. z o.o. as Borrower and Obligors’ Agent:

  

					
	William Vernon Carey	 	 President of the
 Management Board
	 	/s/ William V. Carey 12/11/2009
	Name	 	Position	 	Date and signature

  

 We hereby agree to this letter agreement. 
 Acting in the name of Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A. as Arranger, Lender, Agent and Security Agent: 
  

					
	Sebastian Perczak	 	Director	 	 /s/ Sebastian Perczak
                 12/11/2009            

	Name	 	Position	 	Date and signature

  

					
	Malogorzata Okuń	 	Director	 	 /s/ Małogorzata Okuń
             12/11/2009            

	Name	 	Position	 	Date and signature

 Enclosure 1 
 Existing
Security1 

 

	 	•	 	 Financial pledge over 947220 shares in Carey Agri International-Poland Sp. z o.o.; 

 

	 	•	 	 Registered pledge over 947220 shares in Carey Agri International-Poland Sp. z o.o.; 

 

	 	•	 	 Financial pledge over 48349 shares in Carey Agri International-Poland Sp. z o.o.; 

 

	 	•	 	 Registered pledge over 48349 shares in Carey Agri International-Poland Sp. z o.o.; 

 

	 	•	 	 Financial pledge over 47065 of shares in Bols Sp. z o.o.; and 

 

	 	•	 	 Registered pledge over 47065 of shares in Bols Sp. z o.o. 

 

	1	Existing Security also contain rights to a submission to execution, which ease the enforcement of security under Polish law

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