Document:

Exhibit

EXHIBIT 10.1

THIRD AMENDMENT
TO CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT 

THIRD AMENDMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of October 24, 2019 among BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (the “Borrower”), the “Guarantors” referred to on the signature pages hereto, the Lenders executing this Agreement on the signature pages hereto and HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, in its capacity as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”) under the Credit Agreement referred to below.

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of April 13, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). 

WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, the Lenders party hereto constituting the Requisite Lenders and the Administrative Agent desire to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms set forth herein.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Section 1.Definitions.  Except as otherwise defined in this Agreement, terms defined in the Credit Agreement, after giving effect to this Agreement, are used herein as defined therein.  This Agreement shall constitute a Credit Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

Section 2.Amendments.  Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 4 below, effective as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:  
(a)The following new definitions shall be added to Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement in the appropriate alphabetical order:

“Average Availability” means, as of any date, the sum of the aggregate amount of “Excess Availability” (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) for each of the 10 consecutive Business Days immediately preceding such date (as calculated by the Borrower as of the end of each respective day) divided by ten.

“Other Leaseback Transactions” means any Sale and Leaseback Transaction in respect of real property following the Third Amendment Effective Date. 

“Permitted Leaseback Transactions” means each of the 2019 Leaseback Transactions and the Other Leaseback Transactions.

“Specified Properties Payment Threshold” means, as of any date of determination, an Average Availability equal to or greater than $80,000,000.

“Third Amendment” means that certain Third Amendment to Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, by and among the Borrower, the “Guarantors” referred to the on the signature pages thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.

“Third Amendment Effective Date” October 24, 2019.

“Third Amendment Fee Letter” means that certain Fee Letter dated as of the Third Amendment Effective Date among the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(b)The definition of “2019 Leaseback Transactions” shall be restated in its entirety as follows: 

““2019 Leaseback Transactions” means one or more Sale and Leaseback Transactions in respect of the 2019 Leaseback Properties.”

(c)The definition of “Applicable Make-Whole Amount” shall be restated in its entirety as follows:

““Applicable Make-Whole Amount” means, with respect to any repayment or prepayment of the Loans (other than (i) any prepayment made with proceeds of a 2019 Leaseback Transaction to the extent set forth in clause (B) of the proviso to Section 2.11, (ii) a prepayment made with the proceeds of the Specified Properties to the extent set forth in clause (C)(1) of the proviso to Section 2.11 and (iii) to the extent set forth in clause (D) of the proviso to Section 2.11), an amount equal to the amount of interest that would have been paid on the principal amount of the Loans being so repaid or prepaid for the period from and including the date of such repayment or prepayment to but excluding the date that is the one (1) year anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date (in each case, calculated on the basis of the interest rate with respect to the Loans that is in effect on the date of such repayment or prepayment and on the basis of actual days elapsed over a year of three hundred sixty-five (365) days).”

(d)The definition of “Asset Sale” shall be amended by replacing the final sentence thereof with the following:

“Each Permitted Leaseback Transaction shall constitute an Asset Sale.”

(e)The definition of “Attributable Indebtedness” shall be restated in its entirety as follows:

““Attributable Indebtedness” means, when used with respect to any Permitted Leaseback Transaction, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at a rate equivalent to Borrower’s then-current weighted average cost of funds for borrowed money as at the time of determination, compounded on a semi-annual basis) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in any such Permitted Leaseback Transaction.”

(f)The definition of “Credit Document” shall be restated in its entirety as follows:

““Credit Document” means any of this Agreement, the Notes, if any, the Collateral Documents, the Second Amendment Fee Letter, the Third Amendment Fee Letter, and all other documents, certificates, instruments or agreements executed and delivered by or on behalf of a Credit Party for the benefit of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement on or after the date hereof.”

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(g)The definition of “Real Property Capital Leases” shall be restated in its entirety as follows:

““Real Property Capital Leases” means (i) each Capital Lease obligation or financing obligation with respect to Real Estate Assets set forth on Schedule 6.1(a) and (ii) any future lease of (or any agreement conveying the right to use) any Real Estate Asset by such Person as lessee which is permitted under Section 6.1(i) and which, in accordance with GAAP, is or is required to be reflected as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such Person; provided, that, for purposes of calculating compliance with the Total Net Leverage Ratio, any lease or financing permitted hereunder occurring after the Closing Date that (a) involves any Real Estate Asset and (b) that arises out of a Permitted Leaseback Transaction, shall be excluded from clause (i)(A) of the calculation of the Total Net Leverage Ratio, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii) above, notwithstanding any accounting treatment that may be required under GAAP.”

(h)The definition of Sale and Leaseback Transaction” shall be restated in its entirety as follows:

““Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any transaction pursuant to which a Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, becomes or remains liable as lessee or as a guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, which a Credit Party (a) has sold or transferred or is to sell or to transfer to any other Person, or (b) intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by a Credit Party to any Person in connection with such lease.”

(i)Section 1.4 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by adding the following clause (e) immediately following clause (d) thereof: 

“(e)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.7, (i) in the event that the outstanding principal balance of the Loans is greater than $95,298,863.91 on January 31, 2020, (A) the ratios required to comply with Section 6.7 for the Fiscal Quarter ending on December 28, 2019 and each Fiscal Quarter ending thereafter shall revert to the ratios set forth for such Fiscal Quarters in Section 6.7 immediately prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date (and the effectiveness of the amendments to Section 6.7 pursuant to the Third Amendment shall automatically terminate and be unwound), (B) the $10,000,000 cap set forth in clause (a) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income” shall be reduced to zero and no adjustments to Consolidated EBITDA shall be permitted to be made under sub-clauses (vi) and (xiv) of clause (a) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” (which amounts under such sub-clauses shall be deemed to be zero), in each case, for purposes of calculating the Total Net Leverage Ratio for the Fiscal Quarter ending on December 28, 2019 and each Fiscal Quarter ending thereafter, and (C) the Borrower shall no longer be permitted to exercise the cure rights set forth in Section 8.3 hereof, and (ii) in the event that the Borrower has made voluntary prepayments of the Loans under Section 2.9 and/or mandatory prepayments of the Loans under Section 2.10(a) or 2.10(c) in an aggregate principal amount of at least $50,925,000 during the period commencing on the Third Amendment Effective Date and ending on January 31, 2020, the principal amount of the Loans included in Consolidated Total Debt for purposes of 

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calculating the Total Net Leverage Ratio for the Fiscal Quarter ending December 28, 2019 shall be deemed to be the principal amount of the Loans outstanding as of January 31, 2020.”

(j)Section 2.10(a) of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows:

“(a)    Asset Sales.  Not later than the fifth Business Day following the date of receipt by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Asset Sale Proceeds (other than from (x) the sale of any Specified Properties after the Third Amendment Effective Date and (y) Permitted Leaseback Transactions), the Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Asset Sale Proceeds, together with accrued interest thereon and any premium payable pursuant to Section 2.11; provided that (i) to the extent any such Net Asset Sale Proceeds constitute proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral (including the portion of Net Asset Sale Proceeds constituting proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral from an Asset Sale of the Equity Interests of any Credit Party that owns ABL Priority Collateral), then the mandatory prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.10(a) with respect to Net Asset Sale Proceeds constituting proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral shall be in an amount equal to 100% of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds minus the amount of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds that are then required to be used to prepay Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement, and (ii) (A) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (B) to the extent that (x) such Net Asset Sale Proceeds consist of proceeds of the sale of Specified Properties prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date, or (y) the Net Asset Sale Proceeds (other than from the sale of any Specified Properties) reinvested in accordance with this Section 2.10(a) from the Closing Date through the applicable date of determination, together with the aggregate amount of Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds reinvested in accordance with Section 2.10(b) and Net Extraordinary Receipts reinvested in accordance with Section 2.10(f), do not exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate, then, in each case, Borrower shall have the option, directly or through one or more of its Subsidiaries, to invest (or commit to invest) all or a portion of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds in long‐term productive assets of the general type used in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries within twelve (12) months of receipt thereof (or, if committed to be reinvested within such twelve (12) month period, within six (6) months of such twelve (12) month period); provided that with respect to any Net Asset Sale Proceeds from the sale of any Specified Property prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date, such permitted reinvestment period shall end on January 30, 2020.  For the avoidance of doubt, any Net Asset Sale Proceeds not so invested during such twelve (12) month period (or, (x) in the case of commitments, within six (6) months of such twelve (12) month period and (y) in the case of Net Asset Sale Proceeds from the sale of any applicable Specified Property, by January 30, 2020) shall be required to be used to make a mandatory prepayment of the Loans on the Business Day after such period ends. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.10(a), the Net Asset Sale Proceeds of (I) any Specified Property sold after the Third Amendment Effective Date and (II) any Permitted Leaseback Transaction shall be excluded from the requirements of this Section 2.10(a) and shall instead be required to repay the Loans and applied in accordance with Section 2.10(c) of this Agreement.”

(k)Section 2.10(c) of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows:

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“(c)    Proceeds of Sale and Leaseback Transaction; Specified Properties. Not later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of the Net Asset Sale Proceeds of any Permitted Leaseback Transaction or, to the extent sold after the Third Amendment Effective Date, any Specified Property, the Borrower shall apply such Net Asset Sale Proceeds as follows:

(i)    in the case of 2019 Leaseback Transactions made prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date, (A) the first $30,000,000 of Net Asset Sale Proceeds for all 2019 Leaseback Transactions shall be paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, for application to the prepayment of the principal amount of the Loans, together with accrued interest thereon and the Prepayment Premium payable pursuant to Section 2.11; and (B) thereafter, any remaining Net Asset Sale Proceeds in an aggregate amount in excess of $30,000,000 for all 2019 Leaseback Transactions, after giving effect to the payments specified in the foregoing clause (i)(A), shall be applied to repay Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement; 

(ii)     all Net Asset Sale Proceeds from Other Leaseback Transactions shall be paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, for application to the prepayment of the principal amount of the Loans, together with accrued interest thereon and any Prepayment Premium applicable thereto; provided that the aggregate amount required to be paid pursuant to this clause (c)(ii) from and after February 1, 2020 shall be reduced by an amount equal to $40,000,000 minus the aggregate Net Asset Sale Proceeds that the Borrower has paid pursuant to this clause (c)(ii) during the period from the Third Amendment Effective Date through and including January 31, 2020 (which amount shall in no event be less than $0); and

(iii)    all Net Asset Sale Proceeds from Specified Properties sold after the Third Amendment Effective Date shall be paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, for application to the prepayment of the principal amount of the Loans, together with accrued interest thereon and any Prepayment Premium applicable thereto; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the first $10,000,000 of Net Asset Sale Proceeds from Specified Properties received by the Borrower after January 31, 2020 (A) if, as of the date of receipt of any such Net Asset Sale Proceeds, the Specified Properties Payment Threshold is not satisfied, 100% of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds shall be used to repay Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement, and (B) if, as of the date of receipt of any such Net Asset Sale Proceeds, the Specified Properties Payment Threshold is satisfied, 50% of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds shall be used to repay Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement, with the remainder to be paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, for application to the prepayment of the principal amount of the Loans, together with accrued interest thereon and any Prepayment Premium applicable thereto (and thereafter all such Net Asset Sale Proceeds in excess of $10,000,000 shall be paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, for application to the prepayment of the principal amount of the Loans, together with accrued interest thereon and any Prepayment Premium applicable thereto).”

(l)Section 2.11 of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows:

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“2.11    Prepayment Premium.  In the event that all or any portion of the Loans is repaid or prepaid for any reason (including as a result of any mandatory prepayments, voluntary prepayments, payments made following acceleration of the Loans or after an Event of Default but excluding payments of the purchase price in connection with an assignment of the Loans made pursuant to Section 2.20(b)) prior to the fourth anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date, such repayments or prepayments will be made together with a premium equal to (i) 3.00% of the amount repaid or prepaid and accompanied by the Applicable Make-Whole Amount as of the date of such repayment or prepayment, if such repayment or prepayment occurs on or prior to the first anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date, (ii) 3.00% of the amount repaid or prepaid, if such repayment or prepayment occurs after the first anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date but on or prior to the second anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date, (iii) 2.00% of the amount repaid or prepaid, if such repayment or prepayment occurs after the second anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date but on or prior to the third anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date and (iv) 1.00% of the amount repaid or prepaid, if such repayment or prepayment occurs after the third anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date but on or prior to the fourth anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date (the foregoing premiums (including the Applicable Make-Whole Amount), the “Prepayment Premium”); provided that 

(A)     the Prepayment Premium shall not apply to (1) scheduled amortization Installment payments made by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.8, (2) mandatory prepayments by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.10(b), Sections 2.10(e), 2.10(f) and 2.10(g), and (3) mandatory prepayments by Borrower pursuant to Sections 2.10(a) and 2.10(c) not exceeding $15,000,000 in the aggregate prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date, 

(B)     in the case of mandatory prepayments by Borrower with the Net Asset Sale Proceeds of a 2019 Leaseback Transaction pursuant to Section 2.10(c) made prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date, the Applicable Make-Whole Amount component of the Prepayment Premium shall not apply and such prepayments will be made together with a premium equal to 3.00% of the amount prepaid in lieu of any other Prepayment Premium (except to the extent permitted by the immediately preceding clause (A)(3)), 

(C)     in the case of prepayments of the Loans made with the proceeds of the Specified Properties made on or prior to the first anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date, (1) for the first $25,000,000 of such prepayments of the Loans, the Applicable Make-Whole Amount component of the Prepayment Premium shall not apply and such prepayments will be made together with a premium equal to 3.00% of the amount prepaid in lieu of any other Prepayment Premium, and (2) for such prepayments of the Loans in excess of the amount specified in the immediately preceding sub-clause (1), the Prepayment Premium (including the Applicable Make-Whole Amount component thereof) shall apply, and

(D)     for the first $50,925,000 of voluntary prepayments of the Loans under Section 2.9 and/or mandatory prepayments of the Loans under Section 2.10(a) or 2.10(c) made by Borrower during the period commencing on the Third 

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Amendment Effective Date and ending on January 31, 2020, the Applicable Make-Whole Amount component of the Prepayment Premium shall not apply to such prepayments and such prepayments will be made together with a premium equal to 3.00% of the amount prepaid in lieu of any other Prepayment Premium.

If the Loans are accelerated or otherwise become due prior to their maturity date, in each case, as a result of an Event of Default (including upon the occurrence of a bankruptcy or insolvency event (including the acceleration of claims by operation of law)), the amount of principal of and premium on the Loans that becomes due and payable shall equal 100% of the principal amount of the Loans plus the Prepayment Premium in effect on the date of such acceleration or such other prior due date, as if such acceleration or other occurrence were a voluntary prepayment of the Loans accelerated or otherwise becoming due.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that if the Loans are accelerated or otherwise become due prior to their maturity date, in each case, in respect of any Event of Default (including upon the occurrence of a bankruptcy or insolvency event (including the acceleration of claims by operation of law)), the Prepayment Premium applicable with respect to a voluntary prepayment of the Loans will also be due and payable on the date of such acceleration or such other prior due date as though the Loans were voluntarily prepaid as of such date and shall constitute part of the Obligations, in view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of ascertaining actual damages and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of each Lender’s loss as a result thereof.  Any premium payable above shall be presumed to be the liquidated damages sustained by each Lender and the Borrower agrees that it is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing.  THE BORROWER EXPRESSLY WAIVES (TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LAWFULLY DO SO) THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF THE PREPAYMENT PREMIUM IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH ACCELERATION. The Borrower expressly agrees (to the fullest extent it may lawfully do so) that: (A) the Prepayment Premium is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s length transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel; (B) the Prepayment Premium shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time payment is made; (C) there has been a course of conduct between the Lenders and the Borrower giving specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the Prepayment Premium; and (D) the Borrower shall be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as agreed to in this paragraph.”

(m)Section 2.12(b) of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows:

“(b)    Application of Mandatory Prepayments by Type of Loans.  Any amount required to be paid pursuant to Sections 2.10(a) through 2.10(g) shall be applied on a pro rata basis to the remaining scheduled amortization Installments of principal of the Loans (including the final payment).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.10(c) shall be applied to the remaining scheduled amortization Installments of principal of the Loans (including the final payment) in inverse order of maturity.”

(n)Section 6.1(i) of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows:

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“(i)    (x) Attributable Indebtedness with respect to Permitted Leaseback Transactions, and (y) Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries with respect to Capital Lease obligations and purchase money obligations in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $30,000,000 and 29.0% of Consolidated EBITDA as of the most recently ended Measurement Period; provided that any such Indebtedness (i) is issued and any Liens securing such Indebtedness are created within 180 days after the acquisition, construction, lease or improvement of the asset financed, and (ii) shall be secured only by the asset acquired in connection with the incurrence of such Indebtedness;”

(o)Section 6.7 of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows: 

“6.7    Financial Covenant
.  The Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter (commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending September 29, 2018) shall not exceed the corresponding ratio set forth below:
	
		
	Fiscal Quarter Ending
	Total Net Leverage Ratio

	September 29, 2018
	8.25 to 1.00

	December 29, 2018
	6.75 to 1.00

	March 30, 2019
	8.00 to 1.00

	June 29, 2019
	8.25 to 1.00

	September 28, 2019
	7.50 to 1.00

	December 28, 2019
	6.25 to 1.00

	March 28, 2020
	6.25 to 1.00

	June 27, 2020
	6.50 to 1.00

	September 26, 2020
	6.00 to 1.00

	January 2, 2021
	5.25 to 1.00

	April 3, 2021
	5.00 to 1.00

	July 3, 2021
	4.75 to 1.00

	October 2, 2021
	4.50 to 1.00

	January 1, 2022
	4.25 to 1.00

	April 2, 2022
	4.00 to 1.00

	July 2, 2022
	3.75 to 1.00

	Thereafter
	3.50 to 1.00

(p)Section 6.8(e) of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows:

“(e)    Dispositions of the Specified Properties, so long as (i) the consideration received for such assets shall be (A) in an amount at least equal to the Fair Market Value thereof and (B) paid solely in Cash, and (ii) if such sale occurs after the Third Amendment Effective Date, not later than two (2) Business Days after receipt thereof, the Net Asset Sale Proceeds thereof shall be applied to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.10(c);”

(q)Section 6.8(g) of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows:

“(g)     Other Leaseback Transactions, so long as (A) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or would result therefrom, (B) the consideration received therefor shall be (i) in an amount at least equal to the Fair Market Value thereof (determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the 

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Borrower (or similar governing body)) and (ii) paid solely in Cash, and (C) not later than two (2) Business Days after receipt thereof, the Net Asset Sale Proceeds thereof shall be applied to prepay the Loans to the extent required pursuant to Section 2.10(c); and”

(r)Section 6.8(h) of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows:

“(h)    the 2019 Leaseback Transactions made prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date, so long as (A) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or would result therefrom, and after giving effect to such transaction, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance (determined in accordance with Section 1.4(d)) with Section 6.7 of the Credit Agreement for the Measurement Period most recently ended, (B) such 2019 Leaseback Transactions shall be completed within (x) six (6) months after the Second Amendment Effective Date in the case of any Initial Leaseback Property, provided that if the Borrower has entered into a binding contract for the sale and leaseback of such Initial Leaseback Property within six (6) months after the Second Amendment Effective Date, the period specified in this sub-clause (x) to consummate such 2019 Leaseback Transaction shall be extended to nine (9) months after the Second Amendment Effective Date, or (y) nine months of the Second Amendment Effective Date in the case of any Other Leaseback Property, (C) the aggregate Fair Market Value of all such properties sold in such 2019 Leaseback Transactions does not exceed $50,000,000 and the consideration received therefor shall be (i) in an amount at least equal to the Fair Market Value thereof (determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Borrower (or similar governing body)) and (ii) paid solely in Cash, and (D) not later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of the Net Asset Sale Proceeds of the 2019 Leaseback Transactions, the Borrower shall apply the proceeds as required by Section 2.10(c).” 

(s)Section 6.8 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by deleting the following paragraph at the end thereof:

“Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.8 or the provisions of Section 6.10 to the contrary, the 2019 Leaseback Transactions shall be permitted to made under Section 6.8(h) but not any other clause of this Section 6.8 or Section 6.10.”

(t)Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows:  

““6.10    [Reserved].”

(u)Section 8.3(d) of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows:

“(d)    During the term of this Agreement, the Borrower may not exercise the cure right set forth in this Section 8.3 (x) in connection with any Event of Default in respect of Section 6.7 as of the end of the Fiscal Quarter ending December 28, 2019 or (y) more than three (3) times in the aggregate.”

Section 3.Representations and Warranties.  Each Credit Party represents and warrants to each Agent and the Lenders that, after giving effect to this Agreement, (a) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement, and in each of the other Credit Documents, are true and complete in all material respects on the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof (or, if 

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any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct as of such specific date), and as if each reference in said Section 4 to “this Agreement” included reference to the Credit Agreement  after giving effect to this Agreement and (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof.

Section 4.Conditions Precedent.  The amendments set forth in Section 2 hereof shall each become effective, as of the date hereof (the “Third Amendment Effective Date”), upon satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a)Execution.  The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of (i) this Agreement executed by the Borrower, the Guarantors party to the Credit Agreement and Lenders party to the Credit Agreement constituting the Requisite Lenders and (ii) the Third Amendment Fee Letter executed by the Borrower.

(b)Corporate Authorizations.  The Administrative Agent shall have received the following, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent resolutions of the board of directors or similar governing body of the Borrower approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement as of the date hereof, certified as of the date hereof by its secretary or an assistant secretary as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment. 

(c)Amendment Fee.  The Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, shall have received the amendment fee specified in the Third Amendment Fee Letter.

(d)Expenses.  The Borrower shall have paid all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements due and payable under the Credit Documents on or prior to the date hereof, including all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of Administrative Agent and counsel to Administrative Agent.

Section 5.No Novation or Mutual Departure.  The Borrower expressly acknowledges and agrees that there has not been, and this Agreement does not constitute or establish, a novation with respect to the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, or a mutual departure from the strict terms, provisions, and conditions thereof, other than with respect to the amendments contained in Section 2 hereof. 

Section 6.Confirmation.  Each Credit Party (a) confirms its obligations under the Collateral Documents, (b) confirms that its Obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby are entitled to the benefits of the pledges set forth in the Collateral Documents, (c) confirms that its Obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby constitute “Secured Obligations” (as defined in the Collateral Documents) and (d) agrees that the Credit Agreement as modified hereby is the Credit Agreement under and for all purposes of the Collateral Documents.  Each party, by its execution of this Agreement, hereby confirms that the Secured Obligations shall remain in full force and effect, and such Secured Obligations shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of the grant set forth in the Collateral Documents. Each Guarantor (a) confirms its Guaranteed Obligations under the Credit Agreement, (b) confirms that the Guaranteed Obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby are entitled to the benefits of the guarantee set forth in Section 7 of the Credit Agreement and (c) confirms that the Obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby constitute “Guaranteed Obligations”.  Each Credit Party, by its execution of this Agreement, hereby confirms that the Guaranteed Obligations shall remain in full force and effect.  

Section 7.Miscellaneous.  

(a)This Agreement shall be limited as written and nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an amendment or waiver of any other term, provision or condition of any of the Credit Documents in any other instance than as expressly set forth herein or prejudice any right or remedy that any Lender or any Agent may now have or may in the future have under any of the Credit Documents.  Except as herein 

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provided, the Credit Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.  This Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same amendatory instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart.  Delivery of a counterpart by electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

(b)THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY CLAIMS SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW OR TORT LAW ARISING OUT OF THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND ANY DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO POST-JUDGMENT INTEREST) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(c)Each of the undersigned Lenders, by its execution hereof, authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver this Agreement upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent described above (which shall be conclusively evidenced by such Lender’s execution hereof).

(d)Each of the undersigned Lenders confirms the authority of the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to, and the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent each agrees to, in each case without further written consent or authorization from any Secured Party, execute any documents or instruments necessary to release any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of a Permitted Leaseback Transaction permitted under the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby).

[Signature pages follow]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
	
		
	BORROWER:
	BLUELINX HOLDINGS INC.
By:  /s/ Mitchell B. Lewis
Name:  Mitchell B. Lewis
Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer

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	GUARANTORS:
	CEDAR CREEK HOLDINGS, INC. 
By:  /s/ Mitchell B. Lewis
Name:  Mitchell B. Lewis
Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer

	 
	BLUELINX CORPORATION 
By:  /s/ Mitchell B. Lewis
Name:  Mitchell B. Lewis
Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer

	 
	BLUELINX FLORIDA HOLDINGS NO.1 INC.
BLUELINX FLORIDA HOLDINGS N O. 2 INC.
CEDAR CREEK LLC
CEDAR CREEK CORP.
ASTRO BUILDINGS INC.
LAKE STATES LUMBER, INC.
VENTURE DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION, LLC 
By:  /s/ Mitchell B. Lewis
Name:  Mitchell B. Lewis
Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer

	 
	BLUELINX FLORIDA LP
By:BlueLinx Florida Holdings No. 2 Inc.,
its General Partner 
By:  /s/ Mitchell B. Lewis
Name:  Mitchell B. Lewis
Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer

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	ABP AL (MIDFIELD) LLC
ABP CO II (DENVER) LLC
ABP FL (LAKE CITY) LLC
ABP FL (PENSACOLA) LLC
ABP FL (YULEE) LLC
ABP IA (DES MOINES) LLC
ABP IL (UNIVERSITY PARK) LLC
ABP IN (ELKHART) LLC
ABP KY (INDEPENDENCE) LLC
ABP LA (NEW ORLEANS) LLC
ABP ME (PORTLAND) LLC
ABP MI (GRAND RAPIDS) LLC
ABP MN (MAPLE GROVE) LLC
ABP MO (KANSAS CITY) LLC
ABP MO (SPRINGFIELD) LLC
ABP MO (BRIDGETON) LLC
ABP MO (KANSAS CITY) LLC
ABP NC (CHARLOTTE) LLC
ABP NJ (DENVILLE) LLC
ABP NY (YAPHANK) LLC
ABP OH (TALMADGE) LLC
ABP OK (TULSA) LLC
ABP PA (STANTON) LLC
ABP SC (CHARLESTON) LLC
ABP TN (ERWIN) LLC
ABP TN (MEMPHIS) LLC
ABP TN (MADISON) LLC
ABP TX (EL PASO) LLC
ABP TX (HOUSTON) LLC
ABP TX (LUBBOCK) LLC
ABP TX (SAN ANTONIO) LLC
ABP VA (RICHMOND) LLC
ABP VT (SHELBURNE) LLC
By:BlueLinx Holdings Inc., as Sole Manager 
By:  /s/ Mitchell B. Lewis
Name:  Mitchell B. Lewis
Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer

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	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
	HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, as Administrative Agent 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	REQUISITE LENDERS:
	SPECIALTY LOAN FUND 2016, L.P., as Lender
By:HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	SPECIALTY LOAN ONTARIO FUND 2016, L.P., as Lender
By:HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	SPECIALTY LOAN FUND 2016-L, L.P., as Lender
By:HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	SLF 2016 INSTITUTIONAL HOLDINGS, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its Service 
Provider 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	MORENO STREET DIRECT LENDING FUND, L.P., as Lender
By:PS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	SPECIALTY LOAN VG FUND, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	NDT SENIOR LOAN FUND, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its Investment Manager 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	AIGUILLES ROUGES SECTOR B INVESTMENT FUND, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	FALCON CREDIT FUND, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager  
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	TMD-DL HOLDING, LLC, as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	TOKIO MILLENNIUM RE AG, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	SPECIALTY LOAN FUND - CX - 2, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	CACTUS DIRECT LENDING FUND, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	PRIVATE LOAN OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	RED CEDAR FUND 2016, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	PACIFIC INDEMNITY COMPANY, as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

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	AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/ Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

S-22EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

CROWN HOLDINGS, INC. 

ISSUANCE BY 
 CROWN
EUROPEAN HOLDINGS S.A. 
 OF 

€550,000,000 0.750% Senior Notes due 2023 

Purchase Agreement 

October 22, 2019 
 BNP Paribas 

As Representative of the several Initial 

Purchasers named in Schedule I hereto 
 c/o BNP
Paribas 
 10 Harewood Avenue 

London NW1 6AA 
 United Kingdom

 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 Crown Holdings,
Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Holdings”), and the indirect parent company of Crown European Holdings S.A., a société anonyme organized under the laws of France (the “Issuer”),
proposes that the Issuer issue and sell to the several purchasers named in Schedule I hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom BNP Paribas (the “Representative”) is acting as representative,
€550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 0. 750% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by Holdings and the other guarantors named in
Schedule II hereto (together with Holdings, the “Guarantors”; the Guarantors collectively with the Issuer, the “Companies”). The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture to be dated as
of October 31, 2019 (the “Indenture”) among the Issuer, the Guarantors, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch, as paying agent, and Elavon
Financial Services DAC, as registrar and transfer agent. The Notes will have the benefit of the guarantees (the “Guarantees” and, together with the Notes, the “Securities”) provided for in the Indenture. The use of
the neuter in this Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) shall include the feminine and masculine wherever appropriate. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 18 hereof. 

As described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum (each as defined below), the Issuer intends to use the net proceeds
from the issuance and sale of the Securities to repay a portion of the Term B Loans outstanding as defined and under that certain credit agreement, dated as of December 19, 2013 among Crown Americas LLC, the Issuer, Crown Metal Packaging Canada
LP and each of the Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time 

 
party hereto, as borrowers, Holdings, Crown International Holdings, Inc., and Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., as parent guarantors, the lenders referred to therein, Deutsche Bank AG New
York Branch, as administrative agent, Deutsche Bank AG London Branch, as U.K. administrative agent, and Deutsche Bank AG Canada Branch, as Canadian administrative agent, as such credit agreement has been amended, amended and restated or otherwise
modified from time to time prior to the Closing Date (such agreement, the “Existing Credit Agreement,” and such repayment, the “Refinancing”), and to pay related fees and expenses. 

On the Closing Date, Signode Industrial Group Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. (the “Joinder Party”) shall become party to this
Agreement pursuant to a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D (the “Joinder Agreement”). Upon execution of the Joinder Agreement, the agreements of the Joinder Party made under this Agreement shall become
effective as of the Time of Execution and the Joinder Party shall, without any further action by any person, become a party to this Agreement. 

This Agreement, the Joinder Agreement, the Securities, the Indenture and the agreements and instruments to which Holdings or any of its
subsidiaries is a signatory relating to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the issuance and sale of the Securities contemplated hereby, collectively, are referred to herein as the “Transaction Documents”.

 The sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers will be made without registration of the Securities under the Act in reliance upon
exemptions from the registration requirements of the Act. 
 In connection with the sale of the Securities, the Companies have prepared a
preliminary offering memorandum dated October 22, 2019 (including the information incorporated by reference therein, the “Preliminary Memorandum”), setting forth or including a description of the terms of the Securities, the
terms of the offering of the Securities, a description of the Companies and any material developments relating to the Companies occurring after the date of the most recent historical financial statements included therein. As used herein,
“Pricing Disclosure Package” shall mean the Preliminary Memorandum, as supplemented or amended by the written communications listed on Annex A hereto in the most recent form that has been prepared and delivered by the
Companies to the Initial Purchasers in connection with their solicitation of offers to purchase Securities prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Execution”). Promptly after the Time of
Execution and in any event no later than the second Business Day following the Time of Execution, the Companies will prepare and deliver to the Initial Purchasers a final offering memorandum (including the information incorporated by reference
therein, the “Final Memorandum”), which will consist of the Preliminary Memorandum with such changes therein as are required to reflect the information contained in the amendments or supplements listed on Annex A hereto. The
Companies hereby confirm that they have authorized the use of the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Memorandum and the Recorded Road Show (as defined below) in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers. 

1.    Representations and Warranties. As of the Time of Execution and at the Closing Date (as defined in
Section 3 below), the Companies, jointly and severally, represent and 

  
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warrant to and agree with each of the Initial Purchasers and, upon execution of the Joinder Agreement, the Joinder Party jointly and severally represents and warrants to and agrees with each of
the Initial Purchasers, as follows (references in this Section 1 to the “Offering Memorandum” are to (i) the Pricing Disclosure Package in the case of representations and warranties made as of the Time of Execution and
(ii) both the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum in the case of representations and warranties made at the Closing Date): 

(a)    The Preliminary Memorandum, at the date thereof, did not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. At the Time of Execution, the Pricing Disclosure Package does not, and on the Closing
Date, will not, and the Final Memorandum as of its date and on the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Companies make no representation or warranty as to the information contained in or omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum, in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Companies by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers specifically for inclusion therein. The Companies have not distributed or referred to and will not distribute or refer to any
written communications (as defined in Rule 405 of the Act) that constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Companies or their agents and representatives (other than the Pricing
Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum) an “Issuer Written Communication”) other than the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Memorandum and the recorded electronic road show made available to investors (the “Recorded
Road Show”). Any information in an Issuer Written Communication that is not otherwise included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum does not conflict with the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Memorandum, and
each Issuer Written Communication, when taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, does not at the Time of Execution and, when taken together with the Final Memorandum at the Closing Date, will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 

(b)    None of the Companies or their respective Affiliates, or any person acting on behalf of any of them
(other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which the Companies make no representation or warranty), has, directly or indirectly, made offers or sales of any security, or solicited offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require the
registration of the Securities under the Act. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers in Section 4 of this Agreement, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the
Securities to the Initial Purchasers or the initial resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers, in each case, in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, to register any of the Securities under the Act or to qualify the Indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act. 
 (c)    None of the Companies or their respective Affiliates, or any person acting
on behalf of any of them (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which the Companies 

  
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make no representation or warranty), has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the
Securities in the United States. 
 (d)    The Securities satisfy the eligibility requirements of Rule
144A(d)(3) under the Act. 
 (e)    None of the Companies or their respective Affiliates, or any person
acting on behalf of any of them (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which the Companies make no representation or warranty), has engaged in any “directed selling efforts” with respect to the Securities, and each of the Companies and
their respective Affiliates has complied with the “offering restrictions” requirement of Regulation S. Terms used in this paragraph have the meanings given to them by Regulation S. 

(f)    No securities of any of the Companies are of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A under
the Act) as any of the Securities and listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system. 

(g)    None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the use of
the proceeds from the sale of the Securities) will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System. 
 (h)    Application will be made by the Companies for the Notes to be
listed on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to be admitted to trading on the Euro MTF Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. 

(i)    None of the Companies or their respective subsidiaries 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 them will be, required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act. 

(j)    Holdings is subject to the reporting requirements of, and has timely filed all material required to
be filed by it pursuant to, Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. 
 (k)    None of
the Companies or their respective Affiliates has paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any securities of any of them (except as contemplated by this Agreement). 

(l)    None of the Companies or their respective Affiliates has taken, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to cause or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of any of them to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Securities. 

  
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 (m)    The information to be provided by the Companies
pursuant to Section 5(h) hereof will not, at the date thereof, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. 
 (n)    The statements in the Offering Memorandum set forth or referenced under
the headings “Crown’s Business—Legal Proceedings”, “Description of Certain Indebtedness”, “Description of the Notes”, “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” and “Material French Tax
Considerations” fairly summarize the matters therein described. 
 (o)    The statistical and
market-related data included in the Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources which the Companies believe to be reliable and accurate in all material respects. 

(p)    There are no contracts, agreements or other documents or pending legal or governmental proceedings
to which any of the Companies or their respective subsidiaries is a party or any property of any of the Companies or their respective subsidiaries is subject that would be required to be described in a prospectus under the Act that have not been
described in the Offering Memorandum. The contracts, agreements and other documents so described in the Offering Memorandum are in full force and effect on the date of this Agreement. None of the Companies or their respective subsidiaries or, to the
knowledge of any of the Companies, any other party is in breach of or default under any such contracts, agreements or other documents, other than a breach or default that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
(i) the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, the Refinancing and the application of the proceeds from the issuance of the
Securities) or (ii) the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of Holdings and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business
(“Material Adverse Effect”). 
 (q)    Holdings and each of its subsidiaries have been
duly organized and are validly existing as a corporation or other legal entity in good standing (to the extent that such concept exists under the laws of such jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are organized, with full
corporate or other statutory power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and operate their properties and conduct their business as described in the Offering Memorandum. Holdings and each of its subsidiaries are duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and are in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the failure to do so qualify or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (r)    All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
subsidiary of Holdings have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and, except as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, all outstanding shares of capital stock of such subsidiaries are owned by Holdings, either directly or
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free and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances, except for any such perfected security interests, or other security interests,
claims, liens or encumbrances described in the Offering Memorandum or that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture). 

(s)    Holdings’ capitalization is, on the basis stated in the Offering Memorandum, as set forth in
the “Actual” column of the table set forth under the heading “Capitalization” in the Offering Memorandum. On the Closing Date, Holdings’ capitalization will be, on the basis stated in the Offering Memorandum, consistent in
all material respects with the “As Adjusted” column of the table set forth under the heading “Capitalization” in the Offering Memorandum. 

(t)    This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Company and, assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Initial Purchasers, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Company, enforceable against such Company in accordance with its terms (except that the enforcement thereof
may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws of general applicability affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity
and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and except that any rights to indemnity and contribution further may be
limited or prohibited by applicable laws and public policy considerations). 
 (u)    On or prior to the
Closing Date, the Joinder Agreement will have been duly authorized by the Joinder Party, and on the Closing Date, will be executed and delivered by the Joinder Party and will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Joinder Party
(subject to the exclusions, exceptions and limitations provided herein and therein), enforceable against the Joinder Party in accordance with its terms (except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws of general applicability affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court before which any
proceeding thereof may be brought regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and except that any rights to indemnity and contribution further may be limited or prohibited by applicable laws and public
policy considerations). 
 (v)    The Indenture has been duly authorized by each of the Companies and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, when executed and delivered by each of the Companies, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Companies, enforceable against each of the
Companies in accordance with its terms (except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws of general applicability affecting creditors’
rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in
equity). The Indenture meets the requirements for qualification under the Trust Indenture Act. 

  
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 (w)    [Reserved]. 

(x)    The Notes have been duly authorized by the Issuer and, when executed and authenticated in accordance
with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchasers in accordance with the terms hereof, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Issuer and will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations
of the Issuer, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms (except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, moratorium or other laws of general applicability affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be
brought regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity). 

(y)    The Guarantees have been (or in the case of the Joinder Party will be prior to the Closing Date)
duly authorized by the Guarantors and, when the Notes have been executed in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantors and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Guarantors, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms (except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to applicable provisions of corporate law regarding the preservation of
share capital and statutory reserves as well as bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws of general applicability affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general
principles of equity (and corresponding provisions under the laws applicable to the respective Guarantor) and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity or as described in the Offering Memorandum). 
 (z)    Each other
Transaction Document has been (or in the case of the Joinder Party, will be prior to the Closing Date) duly authorized by each Company a party thereto and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto,
when executed and delivered by each such Company, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of each such Company (each subject to the exclusions, exceptions and limitations provided therein), enforceable against each such Company in
accordance with its terms (except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws of general applicability affecting creditors’ rights generally
from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and except
that any rights to indemnity and contribution further may be limited or prohibited by Federal or state securities laws and public policy considerations). 

  
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 (aa)    The documents (or portions thereof) incorporated
by reference in the Offering Memorandum when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of
such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 

(bb)    No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or
body is required in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents, except such as may be required by the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or under the blue sky
laws of any state in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated herein and in the Offering Memorandum, and except where the failure to obtain the same would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (cc)    None of the execution and delivery by any of the
Companies party thereto of any of the Transaction Documents, the issue and sale of the Securities, the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, the Refinancing and the
application of the proceeds from the issuance of the Securities) will conflict with, result in a breach or violation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of any of the Companies or their respective
subsidiaries pursuant to (i) the organizational documents of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries; (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement, credit agreement or other
agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which Holdings or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which any property or assets of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) any statute, law, rule,
regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to Holdings or any of its subsidiaries or any property or assets of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other
authority having jurisdiction over Holdings or any of its subsidiaries or property or assets of any of its subsidiaries, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect or to materially adversely affect the rights of the holders of the Securities or of the Initial Purchasers under the Transaction Documents. 

(dd)    The consolidated historical financial statements and schedules of Holdings and its consolidated
subsidiaries included in the Offering Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of Holdings and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods indicated,
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as
otherwise noted therein). The selected historical financial data set forth under the caption “Selected Historical Financial Data” in the Offering Memorandum comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
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ended December 31, 2014 and 2015 is omitted) and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved
(except as otherwise noted therein). The financial data set forth under the caption “Summary—Summary Historical Financial Data” in the Offering Memorandum fairly present, on the basis stated in the Offering Memorandum, the information
included therein. The adjusted financial data included in the Offering Memorandum include assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions and events described therein, the
related adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the adjustments reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the historical amounts in the adjusted financial data included in the Offering Memorandum. 

(ee)    Other than as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, no action, suit or proceeding by or before any
court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving Holdings or any of its subsidiaries or any property or assets of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries is pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings, threatened that would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (ff)    Holdings and each of its
subsidiaries own or lease all such properties as are necessary to the conduct of their operations as presently conducted. Holdings and each of its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other
limited property interests in, or are licensed to use, all their material properties and assets, except for minor defects that do not interfere with their ability to conduct their business as currently conducted or utilize such properties and assets
for their intended purposes, and except where failure to have such title, leasehold interests, easements or other limited property interests or licenses to use, in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
All material properties and assets of Holdings and each of its subsidiaries are free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances or restrictions, except for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Indenture) and as described in the Offering Memorandum.
Each of the Companies and their respective subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all personal property it purports to own, except as described in the Offering Memorandum. 

(gg)    Neither Holdings nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation or default of (i) any provision
of its organizational documents; (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement, credit agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a
party or bound or to which its property or assets is subject; or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to it or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental
body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over it or any such subsidiaries or any of their respective property or assets, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such violation or default which would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (hh)    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have
certified certain financial statements of Holdings and its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and schedules included in the Offering Memorandum, are independent public
accountants with respect to Holdings within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations thereunder. 

  
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 (ii)    [Reserved]. 

(jj)    Holdings and each of its subsidiaries have timely filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax
returns (or the equivalents thereof) that are required to be filed or have requested extensions thereof, except in any case in which the failure so to file would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Holdings and each of its
subsidiaries have timely paid all taxes required to be paid by them whether or not shown in such returns (including withholding taxes) and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against them, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and
payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is being contested in good faith or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(kk)    No labor problem or dispute with the employees of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to
the knowledge of the Companies, is threatened or imminent, and there is no existing or imminent labor disturbance or collective bargaining activities by the employees of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of any of the
Companies, by the employees of any of the principal suppliers, contractors or customers of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries, in each case, that would have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(ll)    Holdings and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged, except, in each case, as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum or to the extent that such lack of insurance
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring Holdings or any of its subsidiaries or the businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors of Holdings or any
of its subsidiaries are in full force and effect other than any policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds that, if not in full force and effect, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Holdings and each of its
subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects. There are no claims by Holdings or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying
liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause, except for such claims which, if successfully denied, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Holdings nor any of its subsidiaries has been refused any
insurance coverage sought or applied for. Neither Holdings nor any of its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from
similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(mm)    No subsidiary of Holdings is prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends on such
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such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to Holdings or any other subsidiary of Holdings, any loans or advances to such subsidiary from Holdings or such other subsidiary or from
transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to Holdings or any other subsidiary of Holdings, except as described in or contemplated by the Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto). 

(nn)    Holdings and each of its subsidiaries own or possess adequate licenses or other rights to use all
patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights and know-how that are necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Offering Memorandum, except where the failure to own or
possess such licenses or other rights to use such patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights and know-how would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Holdings
nor any of its subsidiaries has received in the last three years, any notice of infringement of or conflict with (or knows of any such infringement of or conflict with) asserted rights of others with respect to any patents, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, copyrights or know-how that, if such assertion of infringement or conflict were sustained, could have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(oo)    Holdings and each of its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other
authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted, except where the failure to possess such licenses, certificates, permits or other
authorizations would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither Holdings nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate,
authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(pp)    Holdings and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient
to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Holdings and each of its subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial
reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, management to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 

(qq)    (i) Holdings and each of its subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with any and
all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations and rules of common law relating to pollution or the protection of the environment, natural resources or occupational health and safety, including without limitation those

  
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relating to the release or threat of release of Hazardous Materials (“Environmental Laws”); (ii) Holdings and each of its subsidiaries have received and are in compliance in
all material respects with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of it under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their businesses as currently conducted; (iii) neither Holdings nor any of its subsidiaries has received written
notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any Hazardous Materials; (iv) there is no civil, criminal or administrative action, suit, demand, claim, hearing, notice of violation, investigation,
proceeding, notice or demand letter or request for information pending or, to the knowledge of any of the Companies, threatened against Holdings or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Law; (v) no lien, charge, encumbrance or
restriction has been recorded under any Environmental Law with respect to any assets, facility or property owned, operated, leased or controlled by Holdings or any of its subsidiaries; (vi) neither Holdings nor any of its subsidiaries is
subject to any order, decree, consent, settlement or agreement requiring, or is otherwise obligated or required to perform, any response or corrective action relating to any Hazardous Materials; (vii) neither Holdings nor any of its
subsidiaries has received written notice that it has been identified as a potentially responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (“CERCLA”), or any comparable
state or foreign law; (viii) no property or facility of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries is (x) listed or, to the knowledge of the Companies, proposed for listing on the National Priorities List under CERCLA or (y) listed in the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System List promulgated pursuant to CERCLA, or on any comparable list maintained by any governmental authority; and (ix) there are no past or present actions, events,
operations or activities which would reasonably be expected to prevent or interfere with compliance by Holdings or any of its subsidiaries with any applicable Environmental Law or result in liability (including, without limitation, fines or
penalties) under any applicable Environmental Law, except, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (ix) above, as (A) described in the Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) or (B) would not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. “Hazardous Materials” means any hazardous or toxic substance, chemical, material, pollutant, waste, contaminant or constituent, which is
subject to regulation under or could give rise to liability under any Environmental Law. 
 (rr)    In
the ordinary course of its business, Holdings periodically reviews the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of Holdings and its subsidiaries in the course of which it seeks to identify and evaluate associated costs
and liabilities. On the basis of such review, and except as described in the Offering Memorandum, Holdings does not reasonably expect that such associated costs and liabilities would, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(ss)    Holdings and each of its subsidiaries have fulfilled their obligations, if any, under the minimum
funding standards of Section 302 of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to each “plan” (as
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employees of any of the Companies or their respective subsidiaries are eligible to participate, and each such plan is, and on the Closing Date will be, in compliance in all material respects with
the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and such regulations and published interpretations. Neither Holdings nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any unpaid liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (other than for the payment
of premiums in the ordinary course) under Title IV of ERISA. 
 (tt)    None of the Companies, any of
their respective Affiliates or any director, officer, agent or employee of any of the Companies or their respective Affiliates has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense
relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977;
(iv) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or of any other applicable European Union or local law regulating payments to any government official or employee or (v) made any bribe,
rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. Holdings and its subsidiaries have instituted and will maintain and enforce, policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Holdings and its subsidiaries with all
applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws. 
 (uu)    The operations of Holdings and its
subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements (including, but not limited to, the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended) and the
money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions that apply to Holdings and its subsidiaries, the rules and regulations thereunder, and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued administered or enforced by any relevant
governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no material action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving Holdings or any of its
subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings, threatened. 

(vv)    None of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Companies, any of their
respective Affiliates, any director, officer, agent or employee of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries is or has been in violation of any applicable economic or trade sanctions or laws relating to money laundering, unlawful financial activities or
unlawful use or appropriation of corporate funds, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury, European Union (including, without limitation, economic sanctions imposed against certain
states, organizations and individuals under the European Union’s Common Foreign & Security Policy), the United Nations Security Council, Her Majesty’s Treasury, France, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively,
“Sanctions”) or is the subject or the target of Sanctions or owned 50% or more by or otherwise controlled by or acting on behalf of one or more persons or entities that are the subject to Sanctions or located, organized or resident
in a country or territory that is the subject to Sanctions (especially but not limited to Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea and the Crimean Region, 

  
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each a “Sanctioned Country”); the Issuer agrees that it will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering and sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or
otherwise make available such proceeds to any person or entity, or any subsidiary, joint venture partner or sub-division of such other person or entity, for the purpose of financing or facilitating the
activities of any person or entity then subject to Sanctions or in a Sanctioned Country. With regard to Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Crédit Agricole Corporate and
Investment Bank, Banco Santander, S.A., Scotiabank Europe plc, UniCredit Bank AG, Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. and SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited, the representations in this paragraph (vv) shall not apply if and to the extent that the
expression of, or compliance with, or receipt or acceptance of, such representation would breach any provision of (i) Council Regulation (EC) No. 2271/96, as amended from time to time (the “EU Blocking Regulation”), or any law or
regulation implementing the EU Blocking Regulation in any member state of the European Union or the United Kingdom; or (ii) any other applicable and similar anti-boycott law, instrument or regulation in the United Kingdom; or (iii) solely
to the extent such regulation applies to the applicable Initial Purchasers, Section 7 of the German Foreign Trade Regulation (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung) or any similar applicable anti-boycott law or regulation. 

(ww)    The issue of the Notes by the Issuer and the Guarantees by the Guarantors (subject to the
exclusions and limitations set forth therein and in the Indenture) will not result in a breach of any provisions relating to financial assistance, principles of corporate benefit or any similar law or regulation of the jurisdictions applicable to
them, which could affect the enforceability of the Notes or the Guarantees; 
 (xx)    None of Holdings,
its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Holdings, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries has distributed or, prior to the later to occur of (i) the Closing Date and (ii) the completion
of the distribution of the Notes, will distribute any material referring to the offering and sale of the Notes other than the Preliminary Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Memorandum or other materials, if any, permitted by the
Act and the U.K. Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”) (or regulations or legislation promulgated pursuant to the Act or the FSMA) or required to be distributed by the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. 

(yy)    Except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, and subject to the limitations described therein,
no income, stamp or other taxes or levies, imposts, deductions, charges, compulsory loans or withholdings whatsoever (collectively, “Taxes”) are or will be, under applicable law in France, the United States or any other jurisdiction
of incorporation, organization, formation, tax residency or place of business, as the case may be, of the Companies, or a jurisdiction in which any Company has a paying agent (for the avoidance of doubt, such paying agent not to include any
Guarantor) with respect to the Notes, or any political subdivision thereof or therein (each, a “Taxing Jurisdiction”), imposed on, assessed against, levied against or collected with respect to any holder of the Notes by any such
Taxing Jurisdiction on or in respect of principal, interest, premiums and penalties or other amounts payable under the Securities, or on account of the issue and sale, by the Companies or the execution, delivery or performance

  
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of this Agreement, the Joinder Agreement, the Indenture or any payments hereunder or thereunder, except for Taxes of a holder of the Notes levied, imposed, deducted, charged, compulsorily lent or
withheld by any jurisdiction where such holder is incorporated, organized, formed or tax resident. 

(zz)    None of the Companies or any property or assets of any of the Companies has any immunity from
jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process. 
 (aaa)    After giving effect to savings clauses
in the Indenture and the Guarantees that limit the liability of the Guarantors in certain cases to the extent provided therein, the fair value and present fair saleable value of the assets of each of the Companies and their respective subsidiaries
exceeds, and immediately after the consummation of the issue and sale of the Securities and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will exceed, the sum of its stated liabilities and identified contingent
liabilities. After giving effect to savings clauses in the Indenture and the Guarantees that limit the liability of the Guarantors in certain cases to the extent provided therein, none of the Companies or their respective subsidiaries is, and
immediately after the consummation of the issue and sale of the Securities and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents none of them will be, (x) left with unreasonably small capital with which to
carry on its business as it is proposed to be conducted, (y) unable to pay its debts (contingent or otherwise) as they mature or (z) otherwise insolvent. 

(bbb)    None of the French subsidiaries of Holdings nor any of the Companies has applied, or will apply,
for until the Closing Date or is or will be at the Closing Date subject to:  

(i)    a mandat ad hoc proceedings (mandat ad hoc); 

(ii)    a conciliation proceedings (procédure de conciliation); 

(iii)    a safeguard proceedings (procédure de sauvegarde), an accelerated financial
safeguard proceedings (procédure de sauvegarde financière accélérée) or an accelerated safeguard proceedings (procédure de sauvegarde accélérée); 

(iv)    a judgment issued for (x) the judicial reorganization (redressement judiciaire) or
(y) the liquidation proceedings (liquidation judiciaire); 
 (v)    a transfer of the whole
of the business (cession totale de l’entreprise); 
 (vi)    a voluntary liquidation; 

(vii)    any other proceedings under any applicable laws which has an analogous effect to any of the
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 (viii)    any conveyance, assignment or other
arrangement for the benefit of its creditors; or 
 (ix)    any composition with its creditors. 

(ccc)    None of the Companies or their respective Affiliates, or any person acting on behalf of any of
them (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which the Companies make no representation or warranty), has offered or sold and will offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any Notes to the public in France other than pursuant to an exemption under
Article 1(4) of the Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 as amended from time to time (the “Prospectus Regulation”) or has distributed or caused to be distributed or will
distribute or cause to be distributed to the public in France the Preliminary Memorandum, the Final Memorandum or any other offering or marketing material relating to the Notes, and that such offers, sales and distributions have been and shall only
be made in France to qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés), as defined in the Prospectus Regulation and any related applicable French laws and regulations implementing the Prospectus Regulation. 

(ddd)    Holdings and its subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers,
systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the
business of Holdings and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants. Holdings and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained
commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all
personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) used or held for use in connection with their businesses, and there have been no breaches, violations, disruptions, compromises or
unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except for the duty to notify any other person or where such breaches, violations, disruptions, compromises or unauthorized uses of or access to same, would not, individually or in the aggregate, be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Holdings and its subsidiaries are presently in material compliance with all applicable laws, statutes and regulations (including the European Union General Data Protection Regulation) and all
judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations and, to the extent applicable, PCI-DSS, relating to
the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification. 

(eee)    Holdings and each of its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls
and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by Holdings in reports that it files or submits under the
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controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to Holdings’ management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure. Holdings and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations, with the participation of management, of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of
the Exchange Act. 
 Any certificate signed by any officer of any of the Companies and delivered to the Initial Purchasers or counsel for
the Initial Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Initial Purchaser. 

2.    Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and
warranties herein set forth, the Issuer agrees to sell to each Initial Purchaser, and each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Issuer, at a purchase price equal to 99.375% of the principal amount of the Notes,
plus accrued interest, if any, from October 31, 2019 to the Closing Date, the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Initial Purchaser’s name in Schedule I hereto. 

3.    Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made at 10:00 A.M., London
time, on October 31, 2019, or at such time on such later date (not later than November 7, 2019) as the Initial Purchasers shall designate, which date and time may be postponed among the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer or as provided in
Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Initial Purchasers for the respective accounts of the
several Initial Purchasers against payment by the several Initial Purchasers of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Issuer by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to the account specified
by the Issuer. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear System (“Euroclear”), and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme
(“Clearstream”), or their designated nominee, unless the Initial Purchasers shall otherwise instruct. 

4.    Offering by Initial Purchasers. Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to
and agrees with the Issuer that: 
 (a)    It is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of
Rule 501 of the Act and acknowledges that it is purchasing the Securities pursuant to a private sale exemption from registration under the Act. 

(b)    It has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, any Securities except (i) to those it
reasonably believes to be qualified institutional buyers (as defined in Rule 144A under the Act) and that, in connection with each such sale, it has taken or will take reasonable steps to ensure that the purchaser of such Securities is aware
that such sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A or (ii) in accordance with the restrictions set forth in Exhibit A hereto. Each of the Initial Purchasers will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in
each jurisdiction in which it acquires, offers, sells or delivers Securities or has in its possession or distributes the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Memorandum, any Issuer Written Communication or any such other material, in all cases at
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 (c)    Neither it nor any person acting on its behalf
has made or will make offers or sales of the Securities in the United States by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in the United States or in any manner
involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a) of the Act. 
 (d)    Each Initial
Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Issuer and, for the purposes of the opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 6(a) through 6(d), (i) counsel for the Companies and (ii) counsel for the Initial
Purchasers, respectively, may rely upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of such Initial Purchaser, and compliance of such Initial Purchaser with its agreements, contained in paragraphs 4(a) through (c), above, and such Initial
Purchaser hereby consents to such reliance. 
 5.    Agreements. The Companies, jointly and severally, agree, and
upon execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the Joinder Party, joint and severally with the Companies, agrees, with each Initial Purchaser that: 

(a)    The Companies will furnish to each Initial Purchaser and to counsel for the Initial Purchasers,
without charge, during the period referred to in paragraph (c) below, as many copies of the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Issuer Written Communication and the Final Memorandum and any amendments and supplements thereto as they may reasonably
request and each as so delivered shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative. 

(b)    The Companies will not amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Memorandum,
other than by filing documents under the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference therein, or distribute or refer to any Issuer Written Communication, in each case, without the prior written consent of the Representative;
provided, however, that prior to the completion of the distribution of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers (as determined by the Representative in its sole discretion), Holdings and its subsidiaries will not file any document
under the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Memorandum unless, prior to such proposed filing, the Companies have furnished the Representative with a copy of such document for their review
and the Representative has not reasonably objected to the filing of such document. The Companies will promptly advise the Initial Purchasers when any document filed under the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure
Package or the Final Memorandum shall have been filed with the Commission. The Companies will promptly, upon the reasonable request of the Representative or counsel for the Initial Purchasers, make any amendments or supplements to the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum that may be necessary or advisable in connection with the resale of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers. 

  
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 (c)    If at any time prior to the completion of the
sale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers (as determined by the Representative), (i) any governmental or regulatory authority issues any order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Memorandum
or (ii) any event occurs as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Issuer Written Communication or the Final Memorandum, as then amended or supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, or if it should be necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure
Package, any Issuer Written Communication or the Final Memorandum to comply with applicable law, the Companies will promptly (i) notify the Initial Purchasers of any such event; (ii) subject to the requirements of paragraph (b) of
this Section 5, prepare an amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and (iii) supply any supplemented or amended Pricing Disclosure Package, Issuer Written Communication or the Final
Memorandum to the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers without charge in such quantities as they may reasonably request. 

(d)    To the extent a Company may do so under applicable law, the Companies will arrange, if necessary,
for the qualification of the Securities for sale by the Initial Purchasers under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the sale of
the Securities; provided that in no event shall any Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified, to execute a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction with respect to
which such a consent has not been previously executed or to subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not otherwise be subject to tax but for the requirements of this paragraph. The Companies will promptly advise the
Representative of the receipt by any Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. 

(e)    The Companies will not, and will not permit any of their respective Affiliates to, resell any
Securities that have been acquired by any of them. 
 (f)    None of the Companies or their respective
Affiliates, or any person acting on behalf of any of them, will, directly or indirectly, make offers or sales of any security, or solicit offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require the registration of the Securities under the
Act. 
 (g)    None of the Companies or their respective Affiliates, or any person acting on behalf of
any of them, will engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the Securities in the United States. 

(h)    So long as any of the Securities are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule
144(a)(3) under the Act, each Company will, during any period in which it is not subject to and in compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or it is 

  
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not exempt from such reporting requirements pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Exchange Act, provide to each holder of such
restricted securities and to each prospective purchaser (as designated by such holder) of such restricted securities, upon the request of such holder or prospective purchaser, any information required to be provided by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act.
This covenant is intended to be for the benefit of the holders, and the prospective purchasers designated by such holders, from time to time, of such restricted securities. 

(i)    None of the Companies or their respective Affiliates, or any person acting on behalf of any of them,
will engage in any “directed selling efforts” with respect to the Securities, and each of them will comply with the “offering restrictions” requirement of Regulation S. Terms used in this paragraph have the meanings given to
them by Regulation S. 
 (j)    The Companies will cooperate with the Representative and use their
respective reasonable best efforts to permit the Notes to be eligible for clearance and settlement through Euroclear and Clearstream. The Companies will use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Notes to be listed on the Official List of the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to be admitted to trading on the Euro MTF Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange as soon as practicable after the date hereof. If the Notes cease to be listed on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, the
Companies will use their reasonable best efforts as soon as practicable to list such Notes on another recognized stock exchange or exchange regulated market in western Europe. 

(k)    The Companies will not and will not permit any of their subsidiaries to, for a period of ninety
(90) days following the Time of Execution, without the prior written consent of the Representative, offer, sell or contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected
to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by any Company or any Affiliate of any Company or any person in privity with any Company or any Affiliate of any
Company, directly or indirectly, or announce the offering of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by any Company (or any subsidiary of a Company) and intercompany notes. 

(l)    The Companies will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or which has constituted
or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Act or the Exchange Act or otherwise, in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of any Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities. 

(m)    The Companies, jointly and severally, agree to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following
matters: (i) the preparation of the Joinder Agreement, the Indenture, the issuance of the Securities and the fees of the Trustee; (ii) the preparation, printing or reproduction of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum and
each amendment or supplement thereto; (iii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum,
and all amendments or supplements to either of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably 

  
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requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iv) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities,
including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (v) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed
(or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and
the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Initial Purchasers relating to such registration and qualification); (vii) admitting the Notes for listing on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and for trading on the Euro MTF
Market; (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Companies’ representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the
Companies’ accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Companies; (x) any appraisal or valuation performed in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; and (xi) all
other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Companies of their respective obligations hereunder. 

(n)    The Companies will apply the proceeds from the offering and sale of the Securities as provided under
the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum. 

(o)    On the Closing Date, (i) the Companies shall cause to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers
executed copies of the Joinder Agreement executed by the Joinder Party and (ii) the Joinder Party shall have appointed CT Corporation System, located at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011, as its agent for service of process in the
United States under this Agreement, the Joinder Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities in accordance with Section 19 hereof and the equivalent provision in the Indenture. 

6.    Conditions to the Obligations of the Initial Purchasers. The obligations of the Initial Purchasers to
purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Companies contained herein at their respective times of execution of this Agreement, as of the Closing Date and as of any settlement
date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Companies made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Companies of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following
additional conditions: 
 (a)    The Companies shall have requested and caused (i) Dechert LLP,
special United States counsel for the Companies, to furnish to the Initial Purchasers their opinion and negative assurance letter, each delivered on the Closing Date and dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, substantially
in the form of Exhibits B-1 and B-2 hereto (with such modifications as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers
and their counsel) and (ii) William T. Gallagher, General Counsel of Holdings, to furnish to the Initial Purchasers his opinion, delivered on the Closing Date and dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, substantially in
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the Initial Purchasers and their counsels). In rendering such opinions and assurances, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other
than the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the State of New York, the Federal laws of the United States and the Delaware General Corporation Law, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good
standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers; and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Companies and public
officials. 
 (b)    The Companies shall have requested and caused Dechert (Paris) LLP, special French
counsel to the Companies, to furnish to the Initial Purchasers their opinion, delivered on the Closing Date and dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto (with such
modifications as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the Republic of
France, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers; and (B) as to matters of
fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Companies and public officials. 

(c)    The Companies shall have requested and caused one or more local counsel for the Companies,
reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and counsel to the Initial Purchasers, in each of Canada, Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom to furnish to the Initial Purchasers their opinion,
delivered on the Closing Date and dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of
relevant Companies. 
 (d)    The Initial Purchasers shall have received from each of (i) Cahill
Gordon & Reindel LLP, special United States counsel for the Initial Purchasers, and (ii) Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I., special French counsel for the Initial Purchasers, such opinion or opinions, delivered on the
Closing Date and dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, with respect to such matters as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably require, and the Companies shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for
the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. 
 (e)    Holdings shall have furnished to the
Initial Purchasers a certificate of Holdings and the Issuer, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President and the principal financial or accounting officer of each of Holdings and the Issuer, delivered on the Closing Date and dated the
Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final 

  
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Memorandum, any amendment or supplement to the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum and this Agreement and that: 

(i)    the representations and warranties of the Companies in this Agreement are true and correct in all
material respects (other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 1(tt), (uu) and (vv) which shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date, and
the Companies have complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date; and 

(ii)    since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Issuer, individually, or of Holdings
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or
supplement thereto). 
 (f)    At the Time of Execution, Holdings shall have caused
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to furnish to the Initial Purchasers a comfort letter, dated the Time of Execution, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers with respect to the audited and any unaudited or pro forma
financial information in the Pricing Disclosure Package. On the Closing Date, Holdings shall have caused PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to furnish to the Initial Purchasers a comfort letter dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to
counsel for the Initial Purchasers and reaffirming or updating as of a more recent date, the information in the comfort letter dated the Time of Execution. 

(g)    [Reserved]. 

(h)    Subsequent to the Time of Execution or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (f) of this
Section 6; or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Issuer or of Holdings and its subsidiaries,
whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in
any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto). 

(i)    The Companies and the Trustee shall have entered into the Indenture in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representative, and the Representative shall have received counterparts, conformed as executed, thereof. 

  
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 (j)    Each of the Guarantors shall have executed a
Guarantee in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received counterparts, conformed as executed, thereof. 

(k)    The Companies shall have filed an application to list the Notes on the Official List of the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange, and the Notes shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through Euroclear and Clearstream. 

(l)    The Companies shall have appointed CT Corporation System, located at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York,
New York 10011, as its agent for service of process in the United States under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities in accordance with Section 19 hereof and the equivalent provision in the Indenture. 

(m)    The Issuer and each of the Guarantors shall have taken all necessary corporate action required to
execute, deliver and perform the obligations under the Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, the Refinancing and the application of the proceeds from the issuance of the Securities) and such documents shall be in full force and
effect. 
 (n)    Subsequent to the Time of Execution, there shall not have been any decrease in the
rating of any debt securities of any of the Companies by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” registered under Section 15E of the Exchange Act or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any
such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change. 

(o)    Prior to the Closing Date, each of the Companies shall have furnished to the Representative such
further information, certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request. 

(p)    On the date hereof and the Closing, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from the Chief
Financial Officer of Holdings, a certificate dated the date hereof addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers. 

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled in all respects when and as provided in this
Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Initial Purchasers,
this Agreement and all obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Initial Purchasers. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Companies in writing or by telephone or
facsimile confirmed in writing. 
 The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 will be delivered at the office of Cahill
Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, at 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005. 

  
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 7.    Reimbursement of Expenses. If the sale of the Securities
provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal,
inability or failure on the part of any Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Initial Purchasers, the Companies, jointly and severally, agree to reimburse the
Initial Purchasers severally through the Representative promptly after demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities. 

8.    Indemnification and Contribution. 

(a)    The Companies, jointly and severally, agree, and upon the execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the
Joinder Party, jointly and severally with the Companies, agrees, to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents of each Initial Purchaser and each person who controls any Initial
Purchaser within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or
state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Issuer Written Communication, the Final Memorandum (or in any supplement or amendment thereto) or any information provided by any Company to any holder or prospective purchaser of Securities pursuant
to Section 5(h), or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Companies will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Memorandum, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Companies by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Companies may otherwise have. 

(b)    Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless (i) as of the date
hereof, each Company, each of their directors, each of their officers, each of their employees, each of their agents and each person who controls a Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and (ii) upon the execution and
delivery of the Joinder Agreement, as of the Closing Date, the Joinder Party, each of its directors, each of its officers, each of its employees, each of its agents and each person who controls the Joinder Party within the meaning of either the Act
or the Exchange Act, in each case, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Companies to each Initial Purchaser, but only with reference to written information relating to such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Companies by

  
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or on behalf of such Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Memorandum (or in any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Issuer Written
Communication. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Initial Purchaser may otherwise have. The Companies acknowledge that the statements set forth in the paragraph related to stabilization, syndicate covering
transactions and penalty bids and the third sentence in the thirty-first paragraph, each under the heading “Plan of Distribution” in the Preliminary Memorandum and Final Memorandum, constitute the only information furnished in writing by
or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers for inclusion in the Pricing Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum (or in any amendment or supplement thereto). 

(c)    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 the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the
indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of
substantial rights and defenses; and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The
indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the
indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local
counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a
conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded 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; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the
indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an
unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include any statement as to or any findings of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any
indemnified party. An indemnifying party shall not be liable under this Section 8 to any indemnified party regarding any settlement or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action,
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which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise
or consent is consented to by such indemnifying party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 
 (d)    In
the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Companies (with respect to the Joinder Party, subject to the
exclusions and limitations set forth in the Joinder Agreement) and the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively “Losses”) to which one or more of the Companies and the Initial Purchasers may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Companies on the one hand and by the Initial Purchasers on the other hand from the offering of the Securities; provided, however, that in no case shall any Initial Purchaser (except as may be provided in any agreement
among the Initial Purchasers relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the purchase discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Initial Purchaser hereunder. If the allocation
provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Companies and the Initial Purchasers shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of
the Companies on the one hand and of the Initial Purchasers on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Companies
shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Issuer, and benefits received by the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be equal to the total purchase discounts and commissions.
Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the
Companies on the one hand or the Initial Purchasers on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Issuer and the Guarantors, the Initial
Purchasers and, upon execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the Joinder Party agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), no Initial Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the discount received by such Initial Purchaser in
connection with the Securities distributed by it. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Initial Purchaser within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee,
affiliate and agent of an Initial Purchaser shall have the same rights to contribution as such Initial Purchaser, and each person who controls a Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each officer, director, employee
and agent of a Company shall have the same rights to contribution as such Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (d), the Joinder Party
and any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons shall not be entitled to any contribution hereunder until the Joinder Party has executed the Joinder Agreement. 

  
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 9.    Default by an Initial Purchaser. If any one or more Initial
Purchasers shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Initial Purchaser hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this
Agreement, the remaining Initial Purchasers shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (at the respective purchase prices set forth in Section 2 and in the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set forth opposite their
names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Initial Purchasers) the Securities which the defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed
but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of
Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto, the remaining Initial Purchasers shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Initial
Purchasers do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Initial Purchaser or the Companies. In the event of a default by any Initial Purchaser as set forth in this Section 9, the
Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representative shall determine in order that the required changes in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum or in any other documents or
arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement and no action taken under this paragraph shall relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser of its liability, if any, to the Companies or any nondefaulting Initial Purchaser for damages
occasioned by its default hereunder. 
 10.    Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the
absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice given to the Issuer prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such time (i) trading in any of Holdings’ securities shall have been suspended by the
Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Global Market shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established
on any such exchange or Nasdaq Global Market; (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State authorities or by authorities in the European Union or any member state thereof; or (iii) there shall have
occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States or the European Union or any member state thereof of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to
make it, in the sole judgment of the Representative, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or
supplement thereto). 
 11.    Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective indemnities, rights of
contribution, qualified financial contracts resolution stay and bail-in provisions, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Companies or their respective officers and of the Initial
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Initial Purchasers or the Companies or any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for
the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7, 8 and 11 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement. 

12.    Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the
Initial Purchasers, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to BNP Paribas, 10 Harewood Avenue, London NW1 6AA, United Kingdom, Attention: Fixed Income Syndicate; if sent to the Companies, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Crown Holdings,
Inc., 770 Township Line Road, Yardley, PA 19067, Attention: General Counsel (fax no.: (215) 676-6011), with a copy to Dechert LLP, Cira Center, 2929 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Attention: William
G. Lawlor (fax no.: (215) 994-2222). 
 13.    Agreement and Acknowledgment
with Respect to the Exercise of Bail-in Powers. Notwithstanding 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, accepts and agrees to be bound by: 

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

(iii)    the cancellation of any such BRRD Liability; and 

(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 
 (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 13: 

“Bail-in Legislation” means in relation to 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 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, as amended; 
 “BRRD Liability” has the same meaning as in such laws, regulations, rules or requirements
implementing the BRRD under the applicable Bail-in Legislation; 
 “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/; and

 “Relevant Resolution Authority” means the resolution authority with the ability to exercise any Bail-in Powers in relation to the Relevant BRRD Party. 
 14.    Successors.
This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and, except as expressly set forth in
Section 5(h) hereof, no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. 
 15.    Applicable Law.
This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York. Any right to trial by jury with respect to any claim or proceeding
related to or arising out of this Agreement or any transaction or conduct in connection herewith is waived. 

16.    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile, email or other electronic transmission (i.e., “pdf” or
“tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart to this Agreement. 
 17.    No
Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. Each of the Companies acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s length commercial transaction between the Companies, on the one
hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Initial Purchaser is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Companies, (iii) no
Initial Purchaser has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Companies with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Initial Purchaser has advised or is
currently advising the Companies on other matters) or any other obligation to the Companies except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) the Companies have consulted their own legal and financial advisors to the extent
they deemed appropriate. Each of the Companies agrees that it will not claim that any Initial Purchaser has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to it, in connection with such transaction or the
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 18.    Headings. The section headings used herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 
 19.    Definitions. The terms which follow,
when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated. 
 “Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. 
 “Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in
Rule 501(b) of Regulation D. 
 “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday
or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in The City of New York. 

“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder. 
 “Investment Company Act” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. 
 “Regulation D” shall mean
Regulation D under the Act. 
 “Regulation S” shall mean Regulation S under the Act. 

“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder. 
 20.    Limitations. 

(a)    Limitations Applicable to the Issuer and Guarantors organized under the laws of France (each a
“French Company”) and under the laws of England and Wales (each an “English Company”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) the representations, warranties and covenants made by any
French Company or English Company in this Agreement shall be made for its own account and be strictly limited to matters related to such French Company or such English Company and its subsidiaries in connection, to the extent applicable, with the
Guarantees granted by such French Company or such English Company, (ii) no French Company is acting jointly and severally with the other Guarantors or the Issuer and no French Company shall be considered as “co-débiteurs solidaires” as to any obligation under this Agreement, (iii) any expenses or indemnities to be paid by any French Company under this Agreement shall be limited to the expenses or
indemnities incidental to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and (iv) any obligations, representations or liabilities incurred or assumed under this Agreement by any French Company shall not include any obligations,
representations or liabilities which if incurred would constitute a violation to its corporate benefit or interest (“intérêt social”) in particular within the meaning of Articles
L.241-3, L. 242-6, L. 243-1 or L.244-1 of the French Code de commerce, and/or
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assistance within the meaning of Article L.225-216 of the French Code de commerce and/or would constitute a misuse of corporate assets within the
meaning of Articles L. 241-3, L.242-6, L.243-1 or L. 244-1 of the French Code de
commerce or any other law or regulations having the same effect, as interpreted by French courts. 

(b)    Limitations Applicable to the Guarantors organized under the laws of Spain (each a “Spanish
Company”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any obligations, representations or liabilities incurred or assumed under this Agreement by any Spanish Company shall be deemed to have been incurred or assumed only to
the extent that such obligations, representations or liabilities would not, if incurred or assumed, contravene the Spanish law rules on financial assistance ex articles 143.2 or 150, as applicable, of the Spanish Capital Companies Act
(Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2010, de 2 de julio, por el que se aprueba el texto refundido de la Ley de Sociedades de Capital) (“LSC”), and the Spanish law limitations on the issuance or guaranteeing of notes by limited
liability companies (sociedades de responsabilidad limitada) ex article 401 LSC. 
 21.    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 or the courts of the State of New York in each case sitting in the borough of Manhattan, the city 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. Each party not located in the United States shall, prior to the Closing Date, irrevocably appoint CT
Corporation System as its agent to receive service of process or other legal summons for purposes of any Related Proceeding that may be instituted in any Specified Court. 

22.    Waiver of Immunity. With respect to any Related Proceeding, each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise) from jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after judgment) and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled in the
Specified Courts, and with respect to any Related Judgment, each party waives any such immunity in the Specified Courts or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and will not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity at or in
respect of any such Related Proceeding or Related Judgment, including, without limitation, any immunity pursuant to the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as amended. 

23.    Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum
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used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Initial Purchasers could purchase Euros with such other currency in the City of New York on the business day
preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligations of each Company in respect of any sum due from it to any Initial Purchaser shall, notwithstanding any judgment in any currency other than Euros, not be discharged until the first
business day, following receipt by such Initial Purchaser of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Initial Purchaser may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase Euros with
such other currency. 
 24.    Acknowledgement Related to Co-manufacturer
Responsibilities. 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)    each of BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank AG, Citigroup Global
Markets Limited, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Mizuho Securities Europe GmbH, Banco Santander, S.A., Scotiabank Europe plc, UniCredit Bank AG and Wells Fargo Securities International Limited (collectively, the “Manufacturers”)
acknowledges to each other Manufacturer 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 Notes and the related information set out in the Final Memorandum; and 
 (b)    Each of the
Manufacturers, together with Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. Merrill Lynch International and SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited,
the Issuer and the Guarantors note the application of the Product Governance Rules and acknowledge the target market and distribution channels identified as applying to the Notes by the Manufacturers and the related information set out in the Final
Memorandum. 
 25.    QFC Stay Rules. 

(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. 

(b)    In the event that any Purchaser that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Purchaser becomes subject
to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such 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. 

  
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 (c)    For purposes of this Agreement: 

(i)    “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). 
 (ii)    “Covered
Entity” means any of the following: 
 (A)    a “covered entity” as that term is
defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); 
 (B)    a “covered
bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3; or 

(C)    a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R.
§ 382.2(b). 
 (iii)    “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. 

(iv)    “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. 

  
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 If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this Agreement and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Companies and the several Initial Purchasers. 

 

					
	Very truly yours,
	
	CROWN EUROPEAN HOLDINGS S.A.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Laurent Watteaux

		 	Name:	 	Laurent Watteaux
		 	Title:	 	Administrateur & Président-Directeur Général
	
	CROWN HOLDINGS, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Timothy J. Donohue

		 	Name:	 	Timothy J. Donahue
		 	Title:	 	President & Chief Executive Officer

  
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	GUARANTORS:
	
	CR USA, INC.
	 CROWN BEVERAGE
 PACKAGING PUERTO
RICO, INC.

	CROWN CONSULTANTS, INC.
	CROWN CORK & SEAL COMPANY (DE), LLC
	CROWN CORK & SEAL COMPANY, INC.
	CROWN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
	CROWN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
	CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
	FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS FINANCE CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kevin C. Clothier

		 	Name:	 	Kevin C. Clothier
		 	Title:	 	Vice President & Treasurer
	
	CROWN BEVERAGE PACKAGING, LLC
	CROWN CORK & SEAL USA, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kevin C. Clothier

		 	Name:	 	Kevin C. Clothier
		 	Title:	 	Assistant Treasurer

  
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	KIWIPLAN INC.
	PACKAGE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING, INC.
	SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP LLC
	SIGNODE PICKLING HOLDING LLC
	SIGNODE US IP HOLDINGS LLC
	SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP HOLDINGS US INC.
	SIGNODE INTERNATIONAL IP HOLDINGS LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kevin C. Clothier

		 	Name:	 	Kevin C. Clothier
		 	Title:	 	Vice President & Assistant Treasurer

  
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	SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP US INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kevin C. Clothier

		 	Name:	 	Kevin C. Clothier
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	CROWN AMERICAS LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kevin C. Clothier

		 	Name:	 	Kevin C. Clothier
		 	Title:	 	Vice President & Treasurer

  
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	3079939 NOVA SCOTIA COMPANY/3079939 COMPAGNIE DE LA NOUVELLE ECOSSE 889273 ONTARIO INC.
	CROWN CANADIAN HOLDINGS ULC
	CROWN METAL PACKAGING CANADA INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kevin C. Clothier

		 	Name:	 	Kevin C. Clothier
		 	Title:	 	Vice President & Treasurer
	
	SIGNODE PACKAGING GROUP CANADA ULC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jon Fowkes

		 	Name:	 	Jon Fowkes
		 	Title:	 	President

  
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	CROWN METAL PACKAGING CANADA LP
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kevin C. Clothier

		 	Name:	 	Kevin C. Clothier
		 	Title:	 	Vice President & Treasurer

  
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	CROWN BEVCAN FRANCE SAS
	CROWN EMBALLAGE FRANCE SA
	CROWN EUROPE SAS
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Didier Callet

		 	Name:	 	Didier Callet
		 	Title:	 	Président
	
	CROWN DÉVELOPPEMENT
	 SOCIÉTÉ DE PARTICIPATIONS

CARNAUDMETALBOX

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Paul Browett

		 	Name:	 	Paul Browett
		 	Title:	 	Président

  
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	GUNTER SAS
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nils Stenger

		 	Name:	 	Nils Stenger
		 	Title:	 	Gérant de la Société

  
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	LITEC FRANCE SAS
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nils Stenger

		 	Name:	 	Nils Stenger
		 	Title:	 	Director
	
	MIMA PACKAGING SYSTEMS SAS
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nils Stenger

		 	Name:	 	Nils Stenger
		 	Title:	 	Director
	
	NORDIC SAS
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nils Stenger

		 	Name:	 	Nils Stenger
		 	Title:	 	Director
	
	SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE IMMOBILIÉRE DES BACQUETS
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nils Stenger

		 	Name:	 	Nils Stenger
		 	Title:	 	Director

  
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	SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE IMMOBILIÉRE ROUSSEAU-IVRY
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nils Stenger

		 	Name:	 	Nils Stenger
		 	Title:	 	Director
	
	SCYBELE SAS
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nils Stenger

		 	Name:	 	Nils Stenger
		 	Title:	 	Director
	
	SPG FRANCE HOLDINGS SAS
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nils Stenger

		 	Name:	 	Nils Stenger
		 	Title:	 	Director
	
	STRAPEX SAS
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nils Stenger

		 	Name:	 	Nils Stenger
		 	Title:	 	Director

  
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	CROWN FOODCAN GERMANY GMBH
	CROWN FOODCAN GMBH
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John Beardsley

		 	Name:	 	John Beardsley
		 	Title:	 	Managing Director
	
	 CROWN COMMERCIAL

VERMÖGENSVERWALTUNG GMBH

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Rolf Willke

		 	Name:	 	Rolf Willke
		 	Title:	 	Managing Director
	
	CROWN COMMERCIAL GERMANY GMBH & CO. KG
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Rolf Willke

		 	Name:	 	Rolf Willke
		 	Title:	 	Managing Director

  
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	CROWN CORK & SEAL DEUTSCHLAND HOLDINGS GMBH
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Rolf Willke

		 	Name:	 	Rolf Willke
		 	Title:	 	Authorized Representative

  
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	SPG PACKAGING SYSTEMS GMBH
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ellen Fleischmann

		 	Name:	 	Ellen Fleischmann
		 	Title:	 	Business Unit Manager
	
	KIWIPLAN GMBH
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Steve Whillis

		 	Name:	 	Steve Whillis
		 	Title:	 	Business Unit Manager – EMEA
	
	MEZGER HEFTSYSTEME GMBH
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ellen Fleischmann

		 	Name:	 	Ellen Fleischmann
		 	Title:	 	Business Unit Manager
	
	SIGNODE PACKAGING EQUIPMENT GERMANY GMBH
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Gynter Lorenzen

		 	Name:	 	Gynter Lorenzen
		 	Title:	 	GESCHÄFTSFÜHRER
	
	SIGNODE SYSTEM GMBH
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Oliver Schmid

		 	Name:	 	Oliver Schmid
		 	Title:	 	GESCHÄFTSFÜHRER

  
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	SPG GERMANY SERVICE MANAGEMENT GMBH
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nils Stenger

		 	Name:	 	Nils Stenger
		 	Title:	 	GESCHÄFTSFÜHRER
	
	SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP GMBH
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John Paulsen

		 	Name:	 	John Paulsen
		 	Title:	 	GESCHÄFTSFÜHRER
	
	SIGNODE SYSTEM PACKAGING GMBH & CO KG
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Oliver Schmid

		 	Name:	 	Oliver Schmid
		 	Title:	 	GESCHÄFTSFÜHRER of the General
		 		 	Partner, SIGNODE SYSTEM GMBH
	
	SMB SCHWEDE MASCHINENBAU GMBH
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ellen Fleischmann

		 	Name:	 	Ellen Fleischmann
		 	Title:	 	Business Unit Manager
	
	 SMP SCHWEDE MASCHINENBAU WEISCHLITZ

                        
GMBH

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ellen Fleischmann

		 	Name:	 	Ellen Fleischmann
		 	Title:	 	Business Unit Manager

  
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	CROWN PACKAGING LUX III, S.À.R.L.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Paul Browett

		 	Name:	 	Paul Browett
		 	Title:	 	Manager A
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Laurent GERARD

		 	Name:	 	Laurent GERARD
		 	Title:	 	Manager B

  
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	SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP HOLDINGS LUX S.À.R.L.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nils Stenger

		 	Name:	 	Nils Stenger
		 	Title:	 	Manager A
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jacques Lancelon

		 	Name:	 	Jacques Lancelon
		 	Title:	 	Manager B
	
	SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP LUX S.A.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nils Stenger

		 	Name:	 	Nils Stenger
		 	Title:	 	Manager A
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jacques Lancelon

		 	Name:	 	Jacques Lancelon
		 	Title:	 	Manager B
	
	MIMA FILMS S.À.R.L.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jacques Lancelon

		 	Name:	 	Jacques Lancelon
		 	Title:	 	Manager
	
	SPG INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING S.À.R.L.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nils Stenger

		 	Name:	 	Nils Stenger
		 	Title:	 	Manager A
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jacques Lancelon

		 	Name:	 	Jacques Lancelon
		 	Title:	 	Manager B

  
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	MIMA FILMS S.À.R.L.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Laurent Gérard

		 	Laurent Gérard
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jacques Lancelon

		 	Jacques Lancelon
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nils Stenger

		 	Nils Stenger

  
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	 CROWN ENVASES MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V.

FÁBRICAS MONTERREY, S.A. DE C.V.
 CIERRES
HERMÉTICOS, S.A. DE C.V.
 CROWN FAMOSA, S.A. DE C.V.

PROLATAMEX, S.A. DE C.V.
 SILICES DE VERACRUZ, S.A. DE C.V.

GLASS & SILICE, S.A. DE C.V.
 SILICE DEL ISTMO, S.A. DE
C.V.
 VICHISA, S.A. DE C.V.

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kevin C. Clothier

		 	Name:	 	Kevin C. Clothier
		 	Title:	 	Vice President & Treasurer

  
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	CROWN MEXICAN HOLDINGS, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kevin C. Clothier

		 	Name:	 	Kevin C. Clothier
		 	Title:	 	Vice President & Treasurer

  
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	CROWN VERPAKKING NEDERLAND B.V.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John Beardsley

		 	Name:	 	John Beardsley
		 	Title:	 	President

  
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	 FAMOSA B.V.
 SIVESA B.V.

SISA MEXICO B.V.

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Paul Browett

		 	Name:	 	Paul Browett
		 	Title:	 	President

  
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	CROWN FOOD ESPAÑA, S.A.U.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jean-François Lelouch

		 	Name:	 	Jean-François Lelouch
		 	Title:	 	Sole Director

  
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	 CROWN PACKAGING EUROPEAN
 HOLDINGS
GMBH

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Laurent Watteaux

		 	Name:	 	Laurent Watteaux
		 	Title:	 	Managing Officer
	
	CROWN PACKAGING EUROPEAN DIVISION GMBH
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John Beardsley

		 	Name:	 	John Beardsley
		 	Title:	 	Managing Officer

  
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	 SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP GMBH

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Lennart Bángman

		 	 Name:
	 	 Lennart Bángman

		 	 Title:
	 	 Managing Director

  
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	 CARNAUDMETALBOX ENGINEERING LIMITED

CARNAUDMETALBOX GROUP UK LIMITED CARNAUDMETALBOX OVERSEAS LIMITED CROWN AEROSOLS UK LIMITED

CROWN PROMOTIONAL PACKAGING UK LIMITED
 CROWN PACKAGING
MANUFACTURING
 UK LIMITED

 
					
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Paul Browett

		 	Name:	 	Paul Browett
		 	Title:	 	Director

  
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	CROWN PACKAGING DISTRIBUTION UK LIMITED
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Aidan Ruddock

		 	Name:	 	Aidan Ruddock
		 	Title:	 	Director

  
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	SPG PACKAGING UK LTD.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nils Stenger

		 	Name:	 	Nils Stenger
		 	Title:	 	Director
	
	STRAPEX HOLDINGS LIMITED
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nils Stenger

		 	Name:	 	Nils Stenger
		 	Title:	 	Director

  
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	CROWN UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John Beardsley

		 	Name:	 	John Beardsley
		 	Title:	 	Director

  
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	The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
	
	BNP PARIBAS
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Hugh Pryse-Davies

		 	Name:	 	Hugh Pryse-Davies
		 	Title:	 	Duly Authorized Signatory
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Benedict Foster

		 	Name:	 	Benedict Foster
		 	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory
	
	For itself and the other several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I to the foregoing Agreement.

  
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