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Exhibit 4.5

EXECUTION COPY

          THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of January 19, 2007, to the Indenture dated as of
September 2, 1997 (as amended and supplemented to the date hereof, the “Indenture”), by and between
EOP Operating Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”), and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered the Indenture, and
the Issuer has issued pursuant to the Indenture, among other securities, the following outstanding
securities: 6.763% Notes due 2007 (the “6.763% Notes”) and 7.25% Notes due 2028 (the “7.25% 2028
Notes” and, together with the 6.763% Notes, the “Notes”);

          WHEREAS, Section 902 of the Indenture provides that the Issuer and the Trustee may, with the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes
affected by such supplemental indenture, enter into a supplemental indenture for the purpose of
amending certain provisions of (i) the Indenture and (ii) the Notes;

          WHEREAS, in connection with the mergers, including the merger of Equity Office Properties
Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (“EOPT”), with Blackhawk Acquisition Trust, a
Maryland real estate investment trust, with Blackhawk Acquisition Trust continuing as the surviving
real estate investment trust (the “EOPT Merger”), contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger
dated as of November 19, 2006, as amended to the date hereof, among EOPT, the Issuer, Blackhawk
Parent LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Blackhawk Acquisition Trust and Blackhawk
Acquisition, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, the Issuer has offered to purchase for cash any
and all of the outstanding Notes upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated as of December 26, 2006 (as the same
may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Statement”), and in the related Consent and
Letter of Transmittal, dated as of December 26, 2006 (as the same may be amended or supplemented
from time to time, the “Consent and Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Statement, with
respect to the Notes, the “Offers”), from each Holder of the Notes;

          WHEREAS, in connection with the Offers, the Issuer has sought consents from Holders of the
Notes to certain amendments to the Notes as set forth in Article Two of this Third Supplemental
Indenture (the “Amendments”), as well as certain other amendments to the Notes and the Indenture
that are not the subject of this Third Supplemental Indenture;

          WHEREAS, the Issuer has received the consents from Holders of not less than a majority of the
outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Notes to effect the Amendments;

          WHEREAS, the Issuer has been authorized by resolution to enter into this Third Supplemental
Indenture; and

          WHEREAS, all other acts and proceedings required by law and by the Indenture to make this
Third Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement for the purposes expressed herein, in
accordance with its terms, have been duly done and performed;

 

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          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained
herein, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,
the Issuer and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

          SECTION 1.01. Definitions.

          Capitalized terms used in this Third Supplemental Indenture and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture.

ARTICLE TWO

          SECTION 2.01. Elimination of Certain Provisions in the Notes.

          Each Note is deemed amended by the insertion of the following text on the reverse of the Note:

     “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
terms of the Indenture and this Note have been amended and the
following provisions of this Note are no longer applicable: Any
obligation to provide information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to any holder of this Note
or any prospective purchaser has been eliminated.”

ARTICLE THREE

          SECTION 3.01. Effectiveness of Third Supplemental Indenture; Operation of
Amendments to Indenture and Notes.

          This Third Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon its execution by the parties hereto.
The Amendments set forth in Article Two hereof will only become operative concurrently with the
consummation of the EOPT Merger, provided that all validly tendered Notes are accepted for purchase
pursuant to the applicable Offers upon consummation of the EOPT Merger.

          SECTION 3.02. Severability.

          In case any provision in this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Notes shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

          SECTION 3.03. Continuing Effect of Indenture.

          Except as expressly provided herein, all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Indenture and the Notes shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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          SECTION 3.04. Construction of Third Supplemental Indenture.

          This Third Supplemental Indenture is executed as and shall constitute an indenture
supplemental to the Indenture and shall be construed in connection with and as part of the
Indenture. THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

          SECTION 3.05. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

          If any provision of this Third Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
another provision of this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture that is required to be
included by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and as in force at the date as of which
this Third Supplemental Indenture is executed, the provision required by said Act shall control.

          SECTION 3.06. Disclaimer.

          The recitals contained in this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be taken as the statements
of the Issuer and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes
no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture.

          SECTION 3.07. Counterparts.

          This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same instrument.

 

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	EOP OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	Equity Office Properties Trust, as General Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By
	 	/s/ Stanley M. Stevens	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name: Stanley M. Stevens

Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Legal

            Counsel
and Secretary
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By
	 	/s/ Richard Prokosch	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name: Richard Prokosch

Title:   Vice PresidentEx-10.1

 

Exhibit 10.1

THIRD AMENDMENT TO ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     This Third Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of January 18, 2007 (this
“Amendment”), among (a) Brown-Forman Tequila Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., a corporation
formed under the laws of Mexico (“Buyer”), (b) Brown-Forman Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (“BFC”), (c) Jose Guillermo Romo de la Peña (“JGR”) and Luis Pedro
Pablo Romo de la Peña (“LPR” and together with JGR, the “Romo de la Peña
Brothers”), (d) Grupo Industrial Herradura, S.A. de C.V., a corporation formed under the laws
of Mexico (“Parent”), Fabrica de Tequila Hacienda Las Norias, S.A. de C.V., a corporation
organized under the laws of Mexico (“Las Norias”), Comercializadora Herradura, S.A. de
C.V., a corporation organized under the laws of Mexico (“Comercializadora”), Tequila
Herradura, S.A. de C.V., a corporation organized under the laws of Mexico (“Tequila
Herradura”), Sociedad Romo, S.A. de C.V., a corporation organized under the laws of Mexico
(“Sociedad Romo”), and Transportes de Carga Millenium, S.A. de C.V., a corporation
organized under the laws of Mexico (“Transportes” and together with the Romo de la Peña
Brothers, Parent, Las Norias, Comercializadora, Tequila Herradura and Sociedad Romo, the
“Sellers”) and (e) Corporación de Servicios Herradura, S.A. de C.V., a corporation
organized under the laws of Mexico (“Cosesa”), CH Acciones S.A. de C.V., a corporation
organized under the laws of Mexico (“CH Acciones”), Corporativo Herradura, S.A. de C.V., a
corporation organized under the laws of Mexico, La Moraleda Operadora Comercial, S.A. de C.V., a
corporation organized under the laws of Mexico, and Destilados de Agave, S.A. de C.V., a
corporation organized under the laws of Mexico (the Persons listed in this clause (e),
collectively, the “Additional Seller Parties”).

     WHEREAS, Buyer, BFC, the Sellers and the Additional Seller Parties have entered into an Asset
Purchase Agreement dated as of August 25, 2006, as amended by the First Amendment to the Asset
Purchase Agreement dated as of December 19, 2006 and by the Second Amendment to the Asset Purchase
Agreement dated as of January 11, 2007 (the “Agreement”); and

     WHEREAS, Buyer, BFC, the Sellers and the Additional Seller Parties desire to amend certain
provisions of the Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and intending to be legally bound by this
Amendment, Buyer, BFC, the Sellers and the Additional Seller Parties hereby agree as follows:

     SECTION 1. Definitions. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement.

     SECTION 2. Amendment to Section 2.1 of the Agreement. Section 2.1 of the Agreement
is hereby amended by deleting from the first sentence of such Section 2.1 the amount
“US$876,000,000.00” and replacing it with the amount “US$776,000,000.00”.

     SECTION 3. Amendment to Attachment to Schedule 4.13(a). The Attachment to Schedule
4.13(a) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as provided in Attachment 4.13(a) hereto.

 

 

     SECTION 4. Amendment to Schedule 4.7. Schedule 4.7 is hereby deemed amended,
effective as of August 25, 2006, by adding to the end of such Schedule 4.7 the contents of Schedule
A to this Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement and for the
avoidance of doubt, none of the information set forth on Schedule A to this Amendment and no action
or failure to act by any Seller or any Additional Seller in connection with or related to the
financial condition or results of operations of the Business reflected on such Schedule A, will, or
under any circumstances be deemed to, constitute a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant
or agreement of any Seller or Additional Seller Party set forth in the Agreement.

     SECTION 5. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be effective as of the date first
written above.

     SECTION 6. Governing Law. This Amendment will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

     SECTION 7. Continuation. Buyer, BFC, the Sellers and the Additional Seller Parties
agree and acknowledge that the Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, continues in full force and
effect in accordance with its terms. Nothing in this Amendment shall be deemed to work as a
novation (novación) of any of the obligations under the Agreement. All references to the Agreement
shall refer to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

     SECTION 8. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered will be an original, but all
such counterparts will together constitute one and the same instrument. Each counterpart may
consist of a number of copies, facsimiles or facsimiles of copies hereof each signed by less than
all, but together signed by all of the parties hereto.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, have duly
executed this Amendment on the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BROWN-FORMAN TEQUILA MEXICO, S. DE

R.L. DE C.V.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Nelea A. Absher
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	NELEA A. ABSHER 	 
	 	 	Title:  	ATTORNEY-IN-FACT 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Donald C. Berg
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	DONALD C. BERG 	 
	 	 	Title:  	SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	SELLERS:

 	 
	 		/s/
Jose Guillermo Romo de la Peña
 	 
	 	 	Jose Guillermo Romo de la Peña 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 		/s/
Luis Pedro Pablo Romo de la Peña
 	 
	 	 	Luis Pedro Pablo Romo de la Peña 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	GRUPO INDUSTRIAL HERRADURA, S.A. DE C.V.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Juan Casillas Ruiz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	JUAN CASILLAS RUIZ 	 
	 	 	Title:  	ATTORNEY IN FACT 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TEQUILA HERRADURA, S.A. DE C.V

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Juan Casillas Ruiz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	JUAN CASILLAS RUIZ 	 
	 	 	Title:  	ATTORNEY IN FACT 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	FABRICA DE TEQUILA HACIENDA LAS NORIAS,

S.A. DE C.V.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Juan Casillas Ruiz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	JUAN CASILLAS RUIZ 	 
	 	 	Title:  	ATTORNEY IN FACT 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	COMERCIALIZADORA HERRADURA,

S.A. DE C.V.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Juan Casillas Ruiz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	JUAN CASILLAS RUIZ 	 
	 	 	Title:  	ATTORNEY IN FACT 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TRANSPORTES DE CARGA MILLENIUM,

S.A. DE C.V.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Juan Casillas Ruiz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	JUAN CASILLAS RUIZ 	 
	 	 	Title:  	ATTORNEY IN FACT 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ADDITIONAL SELLER PARTIES:

CORPORACIÓN DE SERVICIOS HERRADURA, S.A. DE C.V.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Juan Casillas Ruiz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	JUAN CASILLAS RUIZ 	 
	 	 	Title:  	ATTORNEY IN FACT 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CH ACCIONES, S.A. DE C.V.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Jose Guillermo Romo de la Peña
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	JOSE GUILLERMO ROMO DE LA PEÑA     	 
	 	 	Title:  	ATTORNEY IN FACT 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Luis Pedro Pablo Romo de la Peña
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	LUIS PEDRO PABLO ROMO DE LA PEÑA	 
	 	 	Title:  	ATTORNEY IN FACT 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CORPORATIVO HERRADURA, S.A. DE C.V.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Jose Guillermo Romo de la Peña
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	JOSE GUILLERMO ROMO DE LA PEÑA	 
	 	 	Title:  	ATTORNEY IN FACT 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Luis Pedro Pablo Romo de la Peña
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	LUIS PEDRO PABLO ROMO DE LA PEÑA	 
	 	 	Title:  	ATTORNEY IN FACT 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	LA MORALEDA OPERADORA COMERCIAL, S.A.

DE C.V.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Juan Casillas Ruiz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	JUAN CASILLAS RUIZ 	 
	 	 	Title:  	ATTORNEY IN FACT 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	DESTILADOS DE AGAVE, S.A. DE C.V.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Juan Casillas Ruiz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	JUAN CASILLAS RUIZ 	 
	 	 	Title            ATTORNEY IN FACT 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	SOCIEDAD ROMO, S.A. DE C.V

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Juan Casillas Ruiz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	JUAN CASILLAS RUIZ 	 
	 	 	Title:  	ATTORNEY IN FACT

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