Document:

Loan Agreement dated December 2, 2009

 Exhibit 10.54 
  
  
  
 2 December 2009

 CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 
 and 
 JELEGAT HOLDINGS LIMITED 
  
  
 LOAN AGREEMENT 
  
  

 

 

  
  
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

			
	 ARTICLE 1 THE LOAN
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	 ARTICLE 2 INTEREST
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	 ARTICLE 3 REPAYMENT
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	 ARTICLE 4 FEES AND EXPENSES
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	 ARTICLE 5 PAYMENTS
	  	5
		
	 ARTICLE 6 NOTICES
	  	5
		
	 ARTICLE 7 SEVERABILITY
	  	6
		
	 ARTICLE 8 NO ASSIGNMENT
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	 ARTICLE 9 GOVERNING LAW
	  	6
		
	 ARTICLE 10 DISPUTE RESOLUTION
	  	6
		
	 ARTICLE 11 COUNTERPARTS
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 THIS LOAN AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) signed on 2 December 2009 is entered into
between: 
 CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its
registered office at Corporate Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801, USA (the “Lender”), 
 and 

JELEGAT HOLDINGS LIMITED a company incorporated under the laws of Cyprus, with its registered seat at 2-4 Arch Makarios Ave.,
Capital Center, 9th Floor, P.O. Box 21255, Nicosia 1505,
Cyprus, with registration number 256696 (the “Borrower”). 
 WHEREAS: 
  

	(A)	As of the date of this Agreement, the Lender has issued USD 380,000,000 in 9.125% senior secured notes due in 2016 (the “Dollar Notes”) and EUR
380,000,000 in 8.875% senior secured notes due in 2016 (the “Euro Notes” and together with the Dollar Notes, the “Notes”) pursuant to an indenture dated [2] December 2009 (the “Indenture”), among
the Lender, the Borrower, Central European Distribution Corporation (the “Parent”), certain subsidiaries of Parent as guarantors (together with Parent, the “Guarantors”), Deutsche Trustee Company Limited as trustee,
Deutsche Trust Company Americas and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. as registrar, transfer and paying agent, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch as principal paying agent and Polish Security Agent and TMF Trustee Limited as global security agent. The
price for the Euro Notes at issue has been established at EUR 377,571,800 (with a discount of 0.639% of principal amount of the Euro Notes (the “Euro Notes Discount”)). The price for the Dollar Notes at issue has been established at
USD 377,590,800 (with a discount of 0.634% of principal amount of the Dollar Notes (the “Dollar Notes Discount” and together with the Euro Notes Discount, the “Discount”)). 

  

	(B)	Pursuant to a purchase agreement dated 24 November 2009 between the Lender, Parent, the Guarantors, Goldman Sachs International, Citigroup Global Markets
Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (the “Initial Purchasers”), the Lender is obliged to pay the underwriting commission amounting to 1.4% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which
is USD 5,320,000 with respect to the Dollar Notes (the “Fees”). 

  

	(C)	The Lender intends to grant to the Borrower a loan in the amount of USD 263,985,000 (the “Loan”) from the proceeds obtained by the Lender from
the issuance of the Notes. The Lender intends to enter into an agreement (the “Carey Agri Loan Agreement”) pursuant to which it will grant loans to Carey Agri International-Poland SP. Z O.O. of the remainder of the proceeds obtained
by the Lender from the issuance of the Notes (the “Carey Agri Loans”). 

 Capitalised terms used herein and not
otherwise defined, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

 ARTICLE 1 
 THE LOAN 
  

	1.1.	The Loan shall be made in one advance and paid to the Borrower on the date of this Agreement. The Loan shall be paid to such accounts as the Borrower shall specify to
the Lender in writing. 

  

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	1.2.	The Loan shall be executed in the form of a bank transfer made from the Lender’s bank accounts. 

 ARTICLE 2 
 INTEREST 
  

	2.1.	For the purposes of this Article 2 only “Loan” shall mean the aggregate of the Loan divided by 0.99366 and an amount equal to the pro-rated amount of
the Fees attributable to the Loan. 

  

	2.2.	Interest on the Loan shall accrue from the date of this Agreement until the repayment of the Loan and shall be paid at the rate of 9.125% per annum.

  

	2.3.	Accrued interest on the Loan shall be payable in arrears in immediately available funds not later than May 31 and November 30 of each year and in any event on
such date as the Lender shall reasonably request such that the Lender shall be able to comply with its obligations to make corresponding payments in respect of the Notes. The first such interest payments shall be made on or before May 31, 2010.

  

	2.4.	If the rate of interest on the Dollar Notes increases pursuant to the terms of the Indenture: (i) the rate of interest on the Loan shall increase automatically by
the same percentage; and (ii) the Borrower will pay to the Lender, to cover such increase in interest rate, an amount equal to the additional rate required pursuant to the Indenture. 

 ARTICLE 3 
 REPAYMENT 
  

	3.1.	The Loan (together with all costs thereon) shall mature and be repaid in full on November 30, 2016. In the event that the entire principal amount of the Dollar
Notes (or a portion of the principal of such Notes) is due and payable prior to their stated maturity (whether due to a redemption or offer of payment of the Dollar Notes, a declaration of acceleration of the stated maturity date of such Notes or
otherwise), the Borrower shall, promptly after demand by the Lender, repay a principal amount of the Loan under this Agreement, together with the accrued interest, premiums in respect of the Notes (if any) and the amounts of any fees, costs and
expenses as are due and payable under Article 4 as determined and allocated by the Lender in its absolute discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, no prepayment of the Loan (whether in whole or in part) shall be permitted unless a corresponding
prepayment of the Dollar Notes is made concurrently therewith. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, the Carey Agri Loan Agreement, or any similar loan agreement, Lender shall make such demand for repayment under such agreements in its
discretion provided, however, that it shall obtain from the aggregate of such demands an amount sufficient to discharge its corresponding payment obligations in respect of the Notes. 

  

	3.2.	In the event of: (a) a declaration of an acceleration of the stated maturity of the Notes (to the extent such declaration has not been rescinded); (b) the
failure by the Borrower to make a repayment of the Loan by any date specified in Section 3.1; or (c) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, then at any time thereafter the Lender may, in its absolute discretion, by notice in writing
to the Borrower cancel the Loan and declare such Loan to be immediately due and payable together with all interest, fees and other amounts payable hereunder and upon such declaration such sums shall become immediately due without further demand.

 ARTICLE 4 
 FEES AND EXPENSES 
  

	4.1.	 The Borrower shall pay to the Lender on the maturity date such costs, expenses, fees (including, but not limited to the pro-rated amount of the Fees
attributable to the Loan) and

  

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taxes (legal and out-of-pocket expenses) determined by the Lender in its absolute discretion to be attributable to the Loan and incurred by the Lender in contemplation of, or otherwise in
connection with: (i) the Notes; and (ii) the enforcement of any rights under this Agreement from the date on which such expenses were incurred to the date of payment (as well after as before judgment). The Borrower also agrees to pay on
demand to the Lender an amount equal to the amounts required to be paid in satisfaction of franchise taxes and other amounts required to be paid (or advisable) to maintain corporate existence or in satisfaction of reasonable accounting, legal,
management and administrative expenses. 

  

	4.2.	All expenses payable pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be paid together with Value Added Tax (if any) thereon. 

  

	4.3.	The Borrower shall also incur all other expenses, in contemplation of, or otherwise in connection with the Notes (such as rating agency fees, legal, tax and financial
advisory expenses), which it is obliged to pay under relevant agreements with third parties. 

 ARTICLE 5 

 PAYMENTS 
  

	5.1.	If any payment under this Agreement falls due on a day that is not a Business Day, the period (or the date for payment) shall be extended to end on the next succeeding
Business Day. Where a date for payment is altered under this Section, interest shall be re-calculated accordingly. 

  

	5.2.	All payments by the Borrower shall be made in immediately available funds to such account as it may specify in writing, and free and clear of any present or future tax,
withholding or other deduction, unconditionally and without any set-off or counter-claim whatsoever, save for any deduction which the Borrower is required to make by law. 

  

	5.3.	All payments by the Borrower in respect of the Loan shall be made in US Dollars only. 

  

	5.4.	If the Borrower is required by law to make any deduction or withhold any amounts, it shall pay to the Lender such additional amount as makes the net amount received by
the Lender equal to the full amount payable if there had been no deduction or withholding. The Borrower shall promptly deliver to the Lender any receipts or other proof evidencing the amounts deducted or withheld from the amounts payable to the
Lender. 

 ARTICLE 6 
 NOTICES 
  

	6.1.	Any notice or notification in any form to be given hereunder may be delivered in person or sent by letter or facsimile addressed to: 

  

	 	(a)	the Borrower at: ul. Bobrowiecka 00-728, Warsaw, Poland, fax +48 22 488 3410 (Attention: Mr. Christopher Biedermann); and 

  

	 	(b)	the Lender at: Two Bala Plaza, Suite 300, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 1990004, fax +1 610-667-3308 (Attention: James Archibold), 

 or in each case, to such other address(es) and marked for the attention of such other person(s) as any of the parties may from time to time
notify to the others in writing. 
  

	6.2.	Any such notice shall take effect, in the case of a letter, at the time of delivery, or in the case of a facsimile transmission, at the time of receipt by the sender of
confirmation that the fax message has been transmitted to the addressee. 

  

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	6.3.	No failure or delay by the Lender in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or
remedy preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by law. 

 ARTICLE 7 
 SEVERABILITY 
 If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part,
under any applicable enactment or rule of law, such provision or part shall (so far as it is illegal, invalid or unenforceable) be given no effect and shall be deemed to be not included in this Agreement, but the legality, validity and
enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement (or this Agreement generally under the laws of any other jurisdiction) shall not be affected. 
 ARTICLE 8 
 NO ASSIGNMENT 
 Neither the rights, benefits and obligations of the Borrower nor the Lender under this Agreement are capable of assignment without the consent of the other
and the trustee under the Indenture for the Notes; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit or restrict the grant of any lien thereon in favor of the Security Agent for the Benefit of the Secured Parties (or any foreclosure thereon in
accordance with the terms thereon). The Lender as an agent to the Borrower shall maintain a register (the “Register”) of the name and address of the person that has the rights, benefits and obligations as Lender hereunder. Any
transfer of the rights, benefits and obligations as lender hereunder shall be reflected in the Register. 
 ARTICLE 9 

 GOVERNING LAW 
 This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 
 ARTICLE
10 
 DISPUTE RESOLUTION 
 Any disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled by the common courts having jurisdiction over the registered seat of the Borrower. 
 ARTICLE 11 
 COUNTERPARTS 
 This Agreement has been executed in English in two (2) counterparts. 
  

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 CEDC FINANCE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ William V. Carey
	Name: 	 	William V. Carey
	Title:	 	President

 JELEGAT HOLDINGS LIMITED 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ William V. Carey
	Name: 	 	William V. Carey
	Title:	 	Director

  

 7On-Loan Facility Agreement dated December 1, 2009

 Exhibit 10.55 
 EXECUTION VERSION 
 DATED 1 DECEMBER 2009 
 JELEGAT HOLDINGS LIMITED 
 as the Lender 
 and 
 JOINT STOCK COMPANY «DISTILLERY «TOPAZ» 
 OOO “FIRST TULA DISTILLERY” 
 BRAVO PREMIUM LLC 
 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY «THE TRADING HOUSE «RUSSIAN 
 ALCOHOL» 
 JOINT STOCK COMPANY «RUSSIAN
ALCOHOL GROUP» 
 ZAO “SIBIRSKY LVZ” 
 CLOSED JOINT STOCK COMPANY «MID-RUSSIAN DISTILLERIES» 
 as the Borrowers 
  
  
 ON-LOAN FACILITY
AGREEMENT 
  
  

 

 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
	 1.
	 	 INTERPRETATION
	  	1
			
	 2.
	 	 ADVANCE
	  	3
			
	 3.
	 	 PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL
	  	3
			
	 4.
	 	 DEMAND
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	 5.
	 	 PREPAYMENT
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	 6.
	 	 TAXES
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	 7.
	 	 UNDERTAKINGS
	  	4
			
	 8.
	 	 REPRESENTATIONS
	  	4
			
	 9.
	 	 ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER
	  	5
			
	 10.
	 	 REMEDIES, WAIVERS AND PARTIAL INVALIDITY
	  	6
			
	 11.
	 	 CERTIFICATE
	  	6
			
	 12.
	 	 GENERAL
	  	6
			
	 13.
	 	 NOTICES
	  	6
			
	 14.
	 	 GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
	  	9
			
	 15.
	 	 SERVICE OF PROCESS
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	 16.
	 	 COUNTERPARTS
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	 SCHEDULE 1 Security Arrangements
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 THIS ON-LOAN FACILITY (this “AGREEMENT”) is made on 1 DECEMBER 2009 BETWEEN: 
  

	(1)	JELEGAT HOLDINGS LIMITED, a company incorporated in Cyprus (corporate identity no. 256696) having its registered office at: 2-4 Arch Makarios Ave., Capital
Center, 9th Floor, P.O. Box 21255, Nicosia 1505, Cyprus (the “Lender”); and 

  

	(2)	JOINT STOCK COMPANY «DISTILLERY «TOPAZ», a company incorporated under the laws of Russia (principal state registration number: 1025004907916)
having its registered office at 46, Oktyabrskaya str., Pushkino, Moscow region, 141200, Russia, OOO “FIRST TULA DISTILLERY”a company incorporated under the laws of Russia (principal state registration number: 1047101123630) having
its registered office at 5, Nekrasova street, Tula, the Tula region, 300045, Russia, BRAVO PREMIUM LLC, a company incorporated under the laws of Russia (principal state registration number: 1027804850303) having its registered office at Liter
A, 52/4, Kuznetsovskaya str., Saint-Petersburg, I96I05, Russian Federation, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY «THE TRADING HOUSE «RUSSIAN ALCOHOL», a company incorporated under the laws of Russia (principal state registration
number: 1047796690611) having its registered office at 3, Krasnayasosna str., Moscow, 129337, Russian Federation, ZAO “SIBIRSKY LVZ”, a company incorporated under the laws of Russia (principal state registration number:
1075475004087) having its registered office at, industrial area of Sibirsky LVZ, No 1, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk district, Novosibirsk region, 630559, Russian Federation, CLOSED JOINT STOCK COMPANY «MID-RUSSIAN DISTILLERIES», a
company incorporated under the laws of Russia (principal state registration number 1057747177861) having its registered office at Degtyarny per. 5. corp. 2, Moscow, 125009, Russian Federation, JOINT STOCK COMPANY «RUSSIAN ALCOHOL
GROUP», a company incorporated under the laws of Russia (principal state registration number: 1037705023190) having its registered office at 1, Eniseiskaya str., Moscow, 129344, Russian Federation (acting on its own behalf and as a
Managing Company on behalf of the following above mentioned companies: JOINT STOCK COMPANY «DISTILLERY «TOPAZ», OOO “FIRST TULA DISTILLERY” and ZAO “SIBIRSKY LVZ” ) (the “Borrowers” and each a
“Borrower”). 

 THE PARTIES AGREE as follows: 
  

	1.	INTERPRETATION 

  

	1.1	In this Agreement: 

 “Advances” means the advances set out under clause 2.1 and an “Advance” refers to any one of them; 
 “Advance Date” means the date on which each Advance will be made by the Lender being such date prior to the Repayment Date as the Lender and the Borrowers shall agree in writing;

 “Allocable Arrangement and Commitment Fee” means, for each Borrower, $3,772,519 multiplied by that
Borrower’s Pro Rated Percentage; 
 “Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which
banks are open for general business in Nicosia and Moscow; 
  

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 “Jelegat Loan” means the loan agreement between CEDC Finance Corporation
International, Inc. and the Lender to be entered into on 2 December 2009; 
 “Interest Payment Date” means
30 May 2010 and semi annual dates thereafter; 
 “Lender’s Account” means the account number in the
name of the Lender as shall be notified to the Borrowers under this Agreement; 
 “Pro-Rated Percentage” means,
in respect of each Borrower, the amount of that Borrower’s Advance divided by the aggregate amount of all Advances outstanding expressed as a percentage; 
 “RAG Guarantor Accession Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Jelegat Loan; 
 “Repayment Date” means 29 November 2016; and 
 “Repayment Fee” means, for each Borrower, $1,708,414 multiplied by the Pro-Rated Percentage. 
  

	1.2	In this Agreement, a reference to: 

  

	 	1.2.1	words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa; 

  

	 	1.2.2	a clause, paragraph or schedule, unless the context otherwise requires, is a reference to a clause or paragraph of, or schedule to, this Agreement;

  

	 	1.2.3	any document shall be construed as references to that document as amended, varied, novated or supplemented; 

  

	 	1.2.4	any statute or statutory provision include any statute or statutory provision which amends, extends, consolidates or replaces the same, or which has been amended,
extended, consolidated or replaced by the same, and shall include any orders, regulations, instruments or other subordinate legislation made under the relevant statute; 

  

	 	1.2.5	the words “including” and “in particular” shall be construed as being by way of illustration or emphasis only and shall not be
construed as, nor shall they take effect as, limiting the generality of any preceding words; 

  

	 	1.2.6	the words “other” and “otherwise” shall not be construed ejusdem generis with any foregoing words where a wider construction is
possible; 

  

	 	1.2.7	a “person” shall be construed so as to include that person’s assigns, transferees or successors in title and shall be construed as including
references to an individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, company, corporation, body corporate, unincorporated body of persons or any state or any agency of a state; and 

  

	 	1.2.8	“$” or “Dollars” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America. 

  

	1.3	The headings in this Agreement do not affect its interpretation. 

  

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	2.	ADVANCE 

  

	2.1	On the Advance Date, the Lender shall make the following Advances to the Borrowers: 

  

	 	2.1.1	$193,995,000 to JOINT STOCK COMPANY «DISTILLERY «TOPAZ»; 

  

	 	2.1.2	$13,400,000 to OOO “FIRST TULA DISTILLERY”; 

  

	 	2.1.3	$18,000,000 to BRAVO PREMIUM LLC; 

  

	 	2.1.4	$5,000 to LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY «THE TRADING HOUSE «RUSSIAN ALCOHOL»; 

  

	 	2.1.5	$15,680,000 to JOINT STOCK COMPANY «RUSSIAN ALCOHOL GROUP»; 

  

	 	2.1.6	$22,900,000 to ZAO “SIBIRSKY LVZ”; and 

  

	 	2.1.7	$5,000 to CLOSED STOCK COMPANY «MID-RUSSIAN DISTILLERIES». 

  

	3.	PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL 

  

	3.1	Scheduled Interest 

  

	 	3.1.1	Each Borrower shall pay interest on its respective Advance at the rate of 9.50 per cent. per annum. 

  

	 	3.1.2	If the rate of interest under the Jelegat Loan increases pursuant to its terms the rate of interest on each Advance shall increase automatically by the same percentage.

  

	 	3.1.3	Interest on each Advance will be computed by reference to interest periods of six months. Interest will be calculated on the basis of days outstanding in a 365 day
year. 

  

	 	3.1.4	Interest shall be payable by each Borrower to the Lender in immediately available funds not later than the Interest Payment Dates. In the event that any Interest
Payment Date is not a Business Day such interest shall be paid in immediately available funds not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date. 

  

	3.2	Repayment of Advance 

 Unless
otherwise demanded and repaid under this Agreement, each Borrower shall repay on the Repayment Date its respective Advance in full to the Lender together with all interest accrued thereon and all other amounts due from the Borrower under this
Agreement together with the Allocable Arrangement and Commitment Fee and the Repayment Fee. 
  

	4.	DEMAND 

 Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Lender may demand repayment by the Borrowers of all or any part of their respective Advances (together with the Allocable Arrangement and Commitment Fee and the Repayment Fee) in the

  

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amount of the Lender’s first demand for such repayment. Any such repayment shall be made together with any other amounts (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) due under this
Agreement. To the extent that the Borrowers repay part of their respective Advances under this Clause 4, the Allocable Arrangement and Commitment Fee and the Repayment Fee will each be pro-rated by reference to the amount of the Advance being
repaid. 
  

	5.	PREPAYMENT 

  

	5.1	Prepayment of Advance 

  

	 	5.1.1	No Borrower may repay all or any part of the Advances except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement. All prepayments under this
Agreement shall be irrevocable. 

  

	 	5.1.2	Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 5.1.1, or any other provision of this Agreement, each Borrower shall be entitled to prepay or reduce the amount of its Advance
in any manner at the request of the Lender to facilitate or otherwise accommodate or reflect a corresponding repayment, redemption or repurchase under the Jelegat Loan. 

  

	5.2	No Reborrowing 

 No Borrower
shall be entitled to reborrow any amount paid. 
  

	6.	TAXES 

  

	 	6.1	All payments to be made by the Borrowers to the Lender hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for or on account of all present or future taxes,
withholding, levies, duties, imposts and deductions. 

  

	7.	UNDERTAKINGS 

 Each
Borrower hereby undertakes to cooperate with the Lender and any agent appointed by the Lender in relation thereto to effect the security arrangements set out in Schedule 1 to this Agreement in so far as such arrangements pertain to such Borrower
and/or its subsidiary. The parties agree to effect such security arrangements within the time periods specified in Schedule 1. 
  

	8.	REPRESENTATIONS 

 Each
Borrower makes the representations and warranties set out in this clause 8 to the Lender on the date of this Agreement. 
  

	8.1	Status 

  

	 	8.1.1	It is duly incorporated and validly existing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation. 

  

	 	8.1.2	It has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted. 

  

	8.2	Binding obligations 

 The
obligations expressed to be assumed by it in this Agreement are legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations. 
  

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	8.3	Non-conflict with other obligations 

 The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement do not and will not conflict with: 
  

	 	8.3.1	any law or regulation applicable to it; or 

  

	 	8.3.2	its constitutional documents. 

  

	8.4	Power and authority 

 It has the
power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of this Agreement to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 
  

	8.5	Validity and admissibility in evidence 

 All authorisations required: 
  

	 	8.5.1	to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in this Agreement; and 

  

	 	8.5.2	to make this Agreement admissible in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation, 

  

	 	8.5.3	have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect. 

  

	8.6	Pari passu ranking 

 At
all times any unsecured and unsubordinated claims of the Lender against it under this Agreement shall rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for those creditors whose claims
are mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally. 
  

	9.	ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER 

  

	9.1	Binding Agreement 

 This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each party hereto and its or any subsequent successors and assignees. 
  

	9.2	Assignments and Transfers 

 Save
for the assignment of this Agreement to be entered into between the Lender and TMF Trustee Limited, neither the Borrowers nor the Lender shall be entitled to assign or transfer all or any of their respective rights, benefits and obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of the Borrowers in the case of the Lender or the Lender in the case of a Borrower and TMF Trustee Limited in either case. The Lender as an agent of the Borrowers shall maintain a register (the
“Register”) of the name and address of the person that has rights, benefits and obligations as Lender hereunder. Any transfer of rights, benefits and obligations of the Lender hereunder shall be reflected in the Register.

  

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	10.	REMEDIES, WAIVERS AND PARTIAL INVALIDITY 

  

	10.1	No failure by the Lender to exercise, nor any delay by the Lender in exercising, any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, or shall any single or
partial exercise of any other right or remedy prevent any further or another exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights nor remedies
provided by law. 

  

	10.2	If at any time any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the laws of any jurisdiction, that shall not affect:

  

	 	10.2.1	the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other provision of this Agreement; or 

  

	 	10.2.2	the legality, validity or enforceability under the laws of any other jurisdiction of that or another provision of this Agreement. 

  

	11.	CERTIFICATE 

 A
certificate from the Lender as to the amount at any time due from a Borrower to the Lender in relation to an Advance shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive. 
  

	12.	GENERAL 

  

	12.1	A variation of this Agreement is valid only if it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each party. 

  

	12.2	Save as otherwise provided herein, any payment to be made by any party under this Agreement shall be made in the currency of the relevant Advance (or as otherwise
determined by the Lender) and in full without any set-off, restriction, condition or deduction for or on account of any counterclaim. 

  

	12.3	Except as provided herein, a person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this
Agreement. 

  

	12.4	Unless otherwise specified in writing, all payments to the Lender under this Agreement shall be made to the Lender’s Account. 

  

	13.	NOTICES 

  

	13.1	A notice or other communication under or in connection with this Agreement (a “Notice”) shall be: 

  

	 	13.1.1	in writing; 

  

	 	13.1.2	in the English language; and 

  

	 	13.1.3	sent by first class post (and air mail if overseas) or by fax as set out below: 

  

	 	(a)	for Joint Stock Company «Distillery «Topaz» at: 

	 	    	46, Oktyabrskaya str. 

	 	    	Pushkino 

	 	    	Moscow region 

  

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	 	    	141200 

	 	    	Russia 

	 	    	Facsimile:        +7 (495) 993-33-36 

	 	    	Attention:         General Director 

  

	 	(b)	for OOO “First Tula Distillery” at: 

	 	    	5, Nekrasova street 

	 	    	Tula 

	 	    	the Tula region 

	 	    	300045 

	 	    	Russia 

	 	    	Facsimile:        +7 (4872) 25-02-25 

	 	    	Attention:        General Director 

  

	 	(c)	for Bravo Premium LLC at: 

	 	    	Liter A, 52/4 

	 	    	Kuznetsovskaya str. 

	 	    	Saint-Petersburg 

	 	    	I96I05 

	 	    	Russian Federation 

	 	    	Facsimile:        +7 (812)336-48-86 

	 	    	Attention:        General Director 

  

	 	(d)	for Limited Liability Company «The Trading House «Russian 

	 	    	Alcohol» at: 

	 	    	3, Krasnaya sosna str. 

	 	    	Moscow 

	 	    	129337 

	 	    	Russian Federation 

	 	    	Facsimile:        +7 (495) 642-82-83 

	 	    	Attention:        General Director 

  

	 	(e)	for Joint Stock Company «Russian Alcohol Group» at: 

	 	    	1, Eniseiskaya str. 

	 	    	Moscow 

	 	    	129344 

	 	    	Russian Federation 

	 	    	Facsimile:        +7 (495) 642-82-83 

	 	    	Attention:        General Director 

  

	 	(f)	for ZAO “Sibirsky LVZ” at: 

	 	    	industrial area of Sibirsky LVZ, No 1 

	 	    	Koltsovo 

	 	    	Novosibirsk district 

	 	    	Novosibirsk region 

	 	    	630559 

	 	    	Russian Federation 

	 	    	Facsimile:        +7 (383) 363-33-98 

	 	    	Attention:        General Director 

  

	 	(g)	for Closed Joint Stock Company «Mid-Russian Distilleries» at: 

	 	    	Building 1, 1st Eniseiskaya str. 

	 	    	Moscow 

	 	    	129344 

	 	    	Russian Federation 

  

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	 	    	Facsimile:        +7 (495) 993-33-36 

	 	    	Attention:        General Director 

  

	 	    	and for each of (a) to (g) with a copy to (but which shall not constitute notice): 

  

	 	    	Joint Stock Company «Russian Alcohol Group» at: 

	 	    	1, Eniseiskaya str. 

	 	    	Moscow 

	 	    	129344 

	 	    	Russian Federation 

	 	    	Facsimile:        +7 (495) 642-82-83 

	 	    	Attention:        General Director 

  

	 	(h)	for the Lender at: 

  

	 	    	Jelegat Holdings Limited 

	 	    	2-4 Arch Makarios Ave. 

	 	    	Capital Center 

	 	    	9th Floor 

	 	    	P.O. Box 21255 

	 	    	Nicosia 1505 

	 	    	Cyprus 

	 	    	Facsimile:        +(357) 22670670 

	 	    	Attention:        Corporate Secretary 

  

	 	    	and with a copy to (but which shall not constitute notice): 

  

	 	    	Central European Distribution Corporation at: 

	 	    	Two Bala Plaza, Suite 300 

	 	    	Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 

	 	    	U.S.A. 

	 	    	Facsimile: +48 22 455 1810 

	 	    	Attention: Chris Biedermann, Chief Financial Officer 

  

	 	    	and 

  

	 	    	Biuro Zarządu CEDC 

	 	    	Bobrowiecka 6, 00-728, 

	 	    	Warsaw 

	 	    	Poland 

	 	    	Facsimile: +48 22 45 66 001 

	 	    	Attention: the CEDC Management Board 

  

	13.2	Unless there is evidence that it was received earlier, a Notice is deemed given if: 

  

	 	13.2.1	sent by mail, ten (10) Business Days after posting it; and 

  

	 	13.2.2	sent by fax, when confirmation of its transmission has been recorded by the sender’s fax machine. 

  

	14.	GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION 

  

	14.1	This Agreement is governed by English law. 

  

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	14.2	Subject to clause 14.4, the courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising from or connected with this Agreement (a
“Dispute”) including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or the consequences of its nullity. 

  

	14.3	The parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle any Dispute and, accordingly, that they will not argue to the
contrary. 

  

	14.4	In addition to clause 14.2 above, the Lender shall have the right to refer any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement to final and binding
arbitration in London, England, pursuant to the arbitration rules of LCIA (the “LCIA Rules”). The language of the arbitration proceedings shall be English. Such arbitration shall be conducted by an arbitrator appointed in accordance
with LCIA Rules. The seat or legal place of arbitration shall be deemed to be England, and accordingly the substantive laws of England shall be applicable for purposes of the arbitration. The procedural law for any reference to arbitration shall be
English law. Any right of appeal or reference on points of law to the courts is hereby waived, to the extent that such waiver can be validly made. The arbitral tribunal shall have the power to order on a provisional basis any relief which it would
have power to grant in a final award. Any award given by the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the Parties and shall be in lieu of any other remedy. 

  

	15.	SERVICE OF PROCESS 

  

	15.1	Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each Borrower: 

  

	 	15.1.1	irrevocably appoints Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited, Fifth Floor 100 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7EX as its agent for service of process in relation to any
proceedings before the English courts in connection with this Agreement; and 

  

	 	15.1.2	agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Borrower of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned. 

  

	15.2	Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, the Lender: 

  

	 	15.2.1	irrevocably appoints Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited, Fifth Floor 100 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7EX as its agent for service of process in relation to any
proceedings before the English courts in connection with this Agreement; and 

  

	 	15.2.2	agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Lender of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned. 

  

	16.	COUNTERPARTS 

 This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered is an original and all of which together evidence the same agreement. 
  

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 SCHEDULE 1 
 SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS 
  

	1.	Within two months of the RAG Guarantor Accession Date each Borrower shall enter into arrangements with the Lender and any agent appointed by the Lender to provide as
security to the Advances, registered pledges of participatory interests of or the shares in, as appropriate, each of the Borrowers. 

  

	2.	Within two months of the RAG Guarantor Accession Date each Borrower, the Lender and any agent appointed by the Lender shall enter into arrangements to provide as
security to the Advances, assignments of: 

  

	2.1	the rights under each non-Russian bank account; and 

  

	2.2	withdrawal rights agreements for each Russian bank account, 

 of each of the Borrowers containing at least $5.0 million (or the U.S. dollar equivalent thereof) in deposits, measured as of 13 November 2009, and thereafter as of the last day of each fiscal
quarter after 2 December 2009. 
  

	3.	Within six months of the RAG Guarantor Accession Date the relevant Borrower, the Lender and any agent appointed by the Lender shall enter into arrangements to provide
as security to the Advances, mortgage agreements and evidence of filing motions with the appropriate registry to register the mortgages over real property, land rights and fixtures (to the extent qualified as real property under Russian law) of:

  

	3.1	the distillery belonging to ZAO “Sibirsky LVZ”, with the address: industrial area of Sibirsky LVZ, No ,1Koltsovo, Novosibirsk district, Novosibirsk region,
Russia; and 

  

	3.2	the factory belonging to OOO “First Tula Distillery”, with the address: 5, Nekrasova street, Tula, the Tula region, Russia. 

  

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 THIS AGREEMENT has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.

 THE LENDER 
  
  

			
	JELEGAT HOLDINGS LIMITED
		
	By:	 	/s/ William V. Carey
	Name:	 	William V. Carey
	Title:	 	Director

  

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 THE BORROWERS 
  

			
	JOINT STOCK COMPANY «DISTILLERY «TOPAZ»
		
	By:	 	/s/ Carlo Radicati di Primeglio
	Name:	 	Carlo Radicati di Primeglio
	Title:	 	General Director of the Managing Company

  

			
	By:	 	/s/ Platonova Tatiana Ivanovna
	Name:	 	Platonova Tatiana Ivanovna
	Title:	 	Chief Accountant

 Address: 46, Oktyabrskaya str. Pushkino
Moscow region 141200 Russia 
  

			
	OOO “FIRST TULA DISTILLERY”
		
	By:	 	/s/ Carlo Radicati di Primeglio
	Name:	 	Carlo Radicati di Primeglio
	Title:	 	General Director of the Managing Company

  

			
	By:	 	/s/ Shagunova Natalia Alexandrovna
	Name:	 	Shagunova Natalia Alexandrovna
	Title:	 	Chief Accountant

 Address: 5, Nekrasova street Tula the
Tula region 300045 Russia 
  

			
	BRAVO PREMIUM LLC
		
	By:	 	/s/ Kopitel Sergey Igorevich
	Name:	 	Kopitel Sergey Igorevich
	Title:	 	General Director

  

			
	By:	 	/s/ Marugina Elena Vladimirovna
	Name:	 	Marugina Elena Vladimirovna
	Title:	 	Chief Accountant

 Address: Liter A, 52/4 Kuznetsovskaya
str. Saint-Petersburg 196105 Russian Federation 
  

			
	 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
 «THE TRADING HOUSE «RUSSIAN
 ALCOHOL»

		
	By:	 	/s/ Yablokov Evgeny Vladimirovich
	Name:	 	Yablokov Evgeny Vladimirovich
	Title:	 	General Director

  

			
	By:	 	/s/ Yakubovskaya Irina Ivanovna
	Name:	 	Yakubovskaya Irina Ivanovna
	Title:	 	Chief Accountant

 Address: 3, Krasnaya sosna str. Moscow
129337 Russian Federation 
  

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	JOINT STOCK COMPANY «RUSSIAN ALCOHOL GROUP»
		
	By:	 	/s/ Carlo Radicati di Primeglio
	Name:	 	Carlo Radicati di Primeglio
	Title:	 	General Director

  

			
	By:	 	/s/ Lavrinovich Tatiana Germonovna
	Name:	 	Lavrinovich Tatiana Germonovna
	Title:	 	Chief Accountant

 Address: 1, Eniseiskaya str. Moscow
129344 Russian Federation 
  

			
	ZAO “SIBIRSKY LVZ”
		
	By:	 	/s/ Carlo Radicati di Primeglio
	Name:	 	Carlo Radicati di Primeglio
	Title:	 	General Director of the Managing Company

  

			
	By:	 	/s/ Ilina Irina Nikolaevna
	Name:	 	Ilina Irina Nikolaevna
	Title:	 	Chief Accountant

 Address: Industrial area of Sibirsky
LVZ, No 1, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk district Novosibirisk region, 630559, Russia 
  

			
	CLOSED JOINT STOCK COMPANY «MID-RUSSIAN DISTILLERIES»
		
	By:	 	/s/ Zhangozin Kairat Nakoshevich
	Name:	 	Zhangozin Kairat Nakoshevich
	Title:	 	General Director

  

			
	By:	 	/s/ Kolmakova Irina Nikolaevna
	Name:	 	Kolmakova Irina Nikolaevna
	Title:	 	Chief Accountant

 Address: Degtyainmyper.5. corp 2 Moscow
125009 Russia 
  

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