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Form of Income Tax Receivable Agreement - Blackstone Capital Partners

 Exhibit 10.32 
 FORM OF INCOME TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT 
 dated as of

 February     , 2010 

 Table of Contents 
  

					
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	 ARTICLE I
 DEFINITIONS
	  	
	  	
			
	Section 1.01.	  	Definitions	  	2
		
	 ARTICLE II
 DETERMINATION OF REALIZED TAX BENEFIT
	  	
			
	Section 2.01.	  	Pre-IPO NOL and 1998 Basis Adjustment Utilization	  	8
	Section 2.02.	  	Tax Benefit Schedule	  	8
	Section 2.03.	  	Procedures, Amendments	  	8
		
	 ARTICLE III
 TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS
	  	
			
	Section 3.01.	  	Payments	  	9
	Section 3.02.	  	No Duplicative Payments	  	10
	Section 3.03.	  	Coordination of Benefits With Other Tax Receivable Agreement	  	10
		
	 ARTICLE IV
 TERMINATION
	  	
	  	
			
	Section 4.01.	  	Termination, Early Termination and Breach of Agreement	  	10
	Section 4.02.	  	Early Termination Notice	  	12
	Section 4.03.	  	Payment upon Early Termination	  	12
		
	 ARTICLE V
 LATE PAYMENTS
	  	
	  	
			
	Section 5.01.	  	Late Payments by the Corporation	  	13
		
	 ARTICLE VI
 NO DISPUTES; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION
	  	
			
	Section 6.01.	  	The Existing Stockholders Representative’s Participation in the Corporation Tax Matters	  	13
	Section 6.02.	  	Consistency	  	13
	Section 6.03.	  	Cooperation	  	13
		
	 ARTICLE VII
 MISCELLANEOUS
	  	
	  	
			
	Section 7.01.	  	Notices	  	14
	Section 7.02.	  	Counterparts	  	15

  

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	Section 7.03.	  	Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries	  	15
	Section 7.04.	  	Governing Law	  	15
	Section 7.05.	  	Severability	  	15
	Section 7.06.	  	Successors; Assignment; Amendments; Waivers	  	15
	Section 7.07.	  	Titles and Subtitles	  	16
	Section 7.08.	  	Resolution of Disputes	  	16
	Section 7.09.	  	Reconciliation	  	17
	Section 7.10.	  	Withholding	  	18
	Section 7.11.	  	Affiliated Corporations; Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets	  	18
	Section 7.12.	  	Confidentiality	  	19
	Section 7.13.	  	Headings	  	19
	Section 7.14.	  	Appointment of Existing Stockholders Representative	  	19

  

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 This INCOME TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (as amended from time to time, this
“Agreement”), dated as of February     , 2010, is hereby entered into by and among Graham Packaging Company Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation,” formerly known as
BMP/Graham Holdings Corporation or “BMP/Graham”) and Blackstone Capital Partners III Merchant Banking Fund L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Existing Stockholders Representative”). 

RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, the Existing Stockholders (as defined below), in the aggregate, hold 100% of the capital stock of the Corporation, directly or indirectly; 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to the 1998 Recapitalization (as defined below), BMP/Graham acquired, directly and indirectly, 85.0% of the limited partnership interests of Graham Packaging Holdings Company, a
Pennsylvania limited partnership (the “Partnership”); 
 WHEREAS, the Partnership and each of its direct
and indirect subsidiaries that were classified as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes, if any, had in effect (at the time of the 1998 Recapitalization), an election under Section 754 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”), which election resulted in an adjustment to the tax basis (the “1998 Basis Adjustment,” which term, for purposes of this Agreement, shall include only that portion of such
adjustments that have not yet been amortized for tax purposes as of the time of the Reorganization Transactions (as defined below)) of the assets owned by the Partnership and each of its direct and indirect non-corporate subsidiaries at the time of
the 1998 Recapitalization, (such assets and any asset whose tax basis is determined, in whole or in part, by reference to the adjusted basis of any such asset, the “Original Assets”) by reason of the 1998 Recapitalization;

 WHEREAS, in the Reorganization Transactions (as defined below), BMP/Graham will be renamed Graham Packaging Company Inc. and
will become a public company pursuant to the IPO (as defined below); 
 WHEREAS, after the IPO, the Corporation will have net
operating losses, capital losses, charitable deductions, AMT credit carryforwards (including AMT credits that arise after the IPO as a result of limitations on the use of NOLs under the AMT) and other tax attributes (collectively,
“NOLs”) that relate to periods (or portions thereof) during which the Existing Stockholders owned 100% of the capital stock of BMP/Graham (the “Pre-IPO NOLs”); 
 WHEREAS, the Pre-IPO NOLs may reduce the reported liability for Taxes (as defined below) that the Corporation might otherwise be required to
pay; 
 WHEREAS, the income, gain, loss expense and other Tax (as defined below) items of (i) the Partnership with respect
to the Corporation may be affected by the 1998 Basis Adjustments, and (ii) the Corporation may be affected by the Imputed Interest (as defined below); 
 WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement desire to make certain arrangements with respect to the effect of the Pre-IPO NOLs, 1998 Basis Adjustment and Imputed Interest (as defined below) on the reported
liability for Taxes of the Corporation; 

 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and
agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 

 DEFINITIONS 
 Section 1.01. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth in this Article I shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and
plural forms of the terms defined). 
 “1998 Recapitalization” means the transactions that occurred
pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Recapitalization, Redemption and Purchase dated as of December 18, 1997 by and among the Partnership, Graham Capital Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, Graham Family Growth Partnership, a Pennsylvania
limited partnership, Graham Packaging Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, BCP/Graham Holdings L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, BMP/Graham, Graham Engineering Corporation, Graham Recycling Corporation and Donald C. Graham.

 “Advisory Firm” means (i) Deloitte & Touche LLP or (ii) any other law or
accounting firm that is (A) nationally recognized as being expert in Tax matters and (B) that is agreed to by the Corporation and the Existing Stockholders Representative. 
 “Advisory Firm Report” shall mean (a) an attestation report from the Advisory Firm expressing an opinion on
management’s assertion as to whether the Tax Benefit Schedule has been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the Agreement, or (b) another type of report or letter from the Advisory Firm related to whether the information
in the Tax Benefit Schedule and/or the Early Termination Schedule has been prepared in a manner consistent with the terms of the Agreement. 
 “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common
Control with, such first Person. 
 “Agreed Rate” means LIBOR plus 100 basis points. 
 “Agreement” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement. 
 “Amended Schedule” is defined in Section 2.03(b) of this Agreement. 
 A “Beneficial Owner” of a security is a Person who directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement,
understanding, relationship or otherwise has or shares: (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security and/or (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose of, or to direct the
disposition of, such security. The terms “Beneficially Own” and “Beneficial Ownership” shall have correlative meanings. 
  

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 “Board” means the board of directors of the Corporation. 

“Business Day” means Monday through Friday of each week, except that a legal holiday recognized as such by the
government of the United States of America or the State of New York shall not be regarded as a Business Day. 
 “Change of Control” means: 
 (i) a merger, reorganization, consolidation or similar form of
business transaction directly involving the Corporation or indirectly involving the Corporation through one or more intermediaries unless, immediately following such transaction, more than 50% of the voting power of the then outstanding voting stock
or other equities of the Corporation resulting from consummation of such transaction (including, without limitation, any parent or ultimate parent corporation of such Person that as a result of such transaction owns directly or indirectly the
Corporation and all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets) is held by the existing Corporation equityholders (determined immediately prior to such transaction and related transactions); or 
 (ii) a transaction in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all
or substantially all of its assets to another Person other than an Affiliate; or 
 (iii) a transaction in which there is an
acquisition of control of the Corporation by a Person or group of Persons (other than Existing Stockholders and their Affiliates). The term “control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to either (i) vote
more than 50% of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or comparable positions in the case of partnerships and limited liability companies), or (ii) direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise (for the avoidance of doubt, consent rights do not constitute control for the purpose of this definition); or; 
 (iv) a transaction in which individuals who constitute the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority
of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, whose election or nomination for election is either (A) contemplated by a written agreement among
equityholders of the Corporation on the effective date of this Agreement or (B) was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the
Corporation in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the Corporation
as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any Person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an
Incumbent Director; or 
 (v) the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation. 
 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
  

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 “Compensated NOLs” means, for a Taxable Year, (i) the Pre-IPO
NOLs utilized in determining the Realized Tax Benefit under this Agreement or (ii) if Section 3.03 applies for such Taxable Year, then the Pre-IPO NOLs utilized in determining the Realized Tax Benefit multiplied by the fraction that is
described in Section 3.03. 
 “Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. 
 “Corporation” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement. 
 “Corporation Return” means the federal Tax Return and/or state and/or local and/or foreign Tax Return, as applicable, of the Corporation filed with respect to Taxes of any Taxable Year. 
 “Default Rate” means LIBOR plus 500 basis points. 
 “Determination” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1313(a) of the Code or similar
provision of state, local and foreign tax law, as applicable, or any other event (including the execution of a Form 870-AD) that finally and conclusively establishes the amount of any liability for Tax. 
 “Early Termination Date” means the date of an Early Termination Notice for purposes of determining the Early
Termination Payment. 
 “Early Termination Notice” is defined in Section 4.02 of this Agreement.

 “Early Termination Payment” is defined in Section 4.03(b) of this Agreement. 
 “Early Termination Rate” means LIBOR plus 100 basis points. 
 “Early Termination Schedule” is defined in Section 4.02 of this Agreement. 
 “Expert” is defined in Section 7.09 of this Agreement. 
 “Existing Stockholders” means the stockholders of the Corporation immediately prior to the IPO and Reorganization
Transactions (including the Existing Stockholders Representative in its capacity as an Existing Stockholder), including, without limitation, MidOcean Capital Investors, L.P. 
 “Existing Stockholders Representative” is defined in the Preamble of this Agreement. 
 “Graham Family Tax Receivable Agreement” means the Income Tax Receivable Agreement dated as of February
    , 2010 by and among the Corporation and GPC Holdings, L.P, a Pennsylvania limited partnership. 
 “Holdings” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement. 
  

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 “Imputed Interest” shall mean any interest imputed under
Section 1272, 1274 or 483 or other provision of the Code and any similar provision of state, local and foreign tax law with respect to the Corporation’s payment obligations under this Agreement. 
 “Interest Amount” is defined in Section 3.01(b) of this Agreement. 
 “IPO” shall mean the initial public offering of Common Stock of the Corporation pursuant to the Registration
Statement. 
 “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service. 
 “ITR Payment” means any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment required to be made by the Corporation to
the Existing Stockholders under this Agreement. 
 “LIBOR” means for each month (or portion thereof)
during any period, an interest rate per annum equal to the rate per annum reported, on the date two days prior to the first day of such month, on the Telerate Page 3750 (or if such screen shall cease to be publicly available, as reported on Reuters
Screen page “LIBO” or by any other publicly available source of such market rate) for London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits for such month (or portion thereof). 
 “Material Objection Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02. 
 “Net Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.01(b) of this Agreement. 
 “NOLs” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement. 
 “Non-NOL Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the liability for Taxes of the Corporation using
the same methods, elections, conventions and similar practices used on the relevant Corporation Return, but (i) without taking into account the Pre-IPO NOLs, if any, (ii) using the Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis instead of the tax basis of the
Original Assets and (iii) excluding any deduction attributable to Imputed Interest under the Tax Receivable Agreements. If all or any portion of the liability for Taxes for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority
of such Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Non-NOL Tax Liability unless and until there has been a Determination. 
 “Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis” means, with respect to any asset at any time, the tax basis that such asset would have had at such time if such basis were reduced by the remaining
amount of the 1998 Basis Adjustment and (ii) there were no asset basis adjustments that are the subject of the Graham Family Tax Receivable Agreement. 
 “Objection Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a). 
 “Overall Realized Tax Benefit” means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the Non-NOL Tax Liability over the actual liability for Taxes of the Corporation for such Taxable
Year. If all or a portion of the actual tax liability for Taxes for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Benefit unless and
until there has been a Determination. 
  

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 “Partnership” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

 “Partnership Agreement” means the Sixth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the
Partnership, dated as of February     , 2010. 
 “Payment Date” means any date on
which a payment is required to be made pursuant to this Agreement. 
 “Person” means any individual,
corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity. 
 “Pre-IPO NOLs” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement; provided, however, that in order to determine whether an NOL is a Pre-IPO NOL, the Taxable Year of the Corporation that
includes the effective date of the IPO and Reorganization Transactions shall be deemed to end as of the close of such effective date. 
 “Realized Tax Benefit” means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the Non-NOL Tax Liability over the actual liability for Taxes of the Corporation for such Taxable Year as modified by assuming (i) that
the Corporation could use all Uncompensated NOLs in such Taxable Year in accordance with all the applicable limitations on the use of such NOLs, and (ii) that the Corporation does not have any asset basis adjustments that are the subject of the
Graham Family Tax Receivable Agreement. If all or a portion of the actual tax liability for Taxes for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the
Realized Tax Benefit unless and until there has been a Determination. 
 “Reconciliation Dispute” has
the meaning set forth in Section 7.09(a) of this Agreement. 
 “Reconciliation Procedures” shall
mean those procedures set forth in Section 7.09 of this Agreement. 
 “Registration Statement”
means the registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-163956) of the Corporation. 
 “Reorganization
Transactions” shall mean generally those transactions described in the Registration Statement and any other transactions ancillary to such transactions to effect the post-IPO organizational structure of the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries. 
 “Schedule” means any Tax Benefit Schedule and the Early Termination Schedule.

  

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 “Subsidiaries” means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of
determination, any other Person as to which such Person, owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls more than 50% of the voting power or other similar interests or the sole general partner interest or managing member or similar interest of
such Person. 
 “Tax Benefit Payment” is defined in Section 3.01(b) of this Agreement. 

“Tax Benefit Schedule” is defined in Section 2.02 of this Agreement. 
 “Tax Receivable Agreements” shall mean this Agreement and the Graham Family Tax Receivable Agreement. 
 “Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report or similar statement required to be filed with respect to Taxes
(including any attached schedules), including, without limitation, any information return, claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated Tax. 
 “Taxable Year” means a taxable year as defined in Section 441(b) of the Code or comparable section of state, local or foreign tax law, as applicable, (and, therefore, for the
avoidance of doubt, may include a period of less than 12 months for which a Tax Return is made) ending on or after the date hereof. 
 “Taxes” means any and all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign taxes, assessments or similar charges measured with respect to net income or profits and any interest related to such Tax. 
 “Taxing Authority” shall mean any domestic, foreign, federal, national, state, county or municipal or other local
government, any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any quasi-governmental body exercising any taxing authority or any other authority exercising Tax regulatory authority. 
 “Treasury Regulations” means the final, temporary and proposed regulations under the Code promulgated from time to
time (including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) as in effect for the relevant taxable period. 
 “Uncompensated NOLs” means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the Pre-IPO NOLs over the sum of all Compensated NOLs for all prior Taxable Years. 
 “Valuation Assumptions” shall mean, as of an Early Termination Date, the assumptions that (i) in each Taxable
Year ending on or after such Early Termination Date, the Corporation will generate an amount of taxable income in accordance with management’s preexisting projections (or, in the absence of such projections, as projected in good faith by
management in a manner consistent with their projections for other purposes), (ii) the utilization of the Pre-IPO NOLs, the deduction relating to the 1998 Basis Adjustments and the Imputed Interest for such Taxable Year or future Taxable Years,
as applicable, will be determined based on the Tax laws in effect on the Early Termination Date and (iii) the federal income tax rates and state, local and foreign income tax rates that will be in effect for each such Taxable Year will be those
specified for each such Taxable Year by the Code and other law as in effect on the Early

  

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Termination Date. For the purposes of clause (i) of this definition, the taxable income projections made by the management of the Corporation shall be subject to the Reconciliation
Procedures. Such assumptions shall relate only to the projected income and loss of the Corporation (extending the same beyond the years of projection, as applicable, at the same imputed growth rate), and shall include only the utilization of tax
attributes subject to the Tax Receivable Agreements and not any anticipated future attributes that might result from acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations or refinancings. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a Change of Control, such
assumptions shall not take into account any changes in the Corporation’s stand alone tax position that might result from the transaction giving rise to the Change of Control. 
 ARTICLE II 
 DETERMINATION OF REALIZED TAX BENEFIT

 Section 2.01. Pre-IPO NOL and 1998 Basis Adjustment Utilization. The Corporation, on the one hand, and the
Existing Stockholders, on the other hand, acknowledge that 
 (a) the Corporation may utilize the Pre-IPO NOLs to reduce the
amount of Taxes that the Corporation would otherwise be required to pay in the future; and 
 (b) the 1998 Basis Adjustment
resulted from the 1998 Recapitalization, and that the Tax items of the Partnership with respect to the Corporation may be affected by the 1998 Basis Adjustments. 
 Section 2.02. Tax Benefit Schedule. Within ninety (90) calendar days after the filing of the U.S. federal income tax return of the Corporation for any Taxable Year in which there is a
Realized Tax Benefit (or as soon as practicable thereafter), the Corporation shall provide to the Existing Stockholders Representative a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, (i) the calculation of the Realized Tax Benefit for such Taxable
Year, and (ii) the calculation of any payment to be made to the Existing Stockholders pursuant to Article III with respect to such Taxable Year, (collectively a “Tax Benefit Schedule”). Concurrently the Corporation shall
also deliver to the Existing Stockholders Representative all supporting information (including work papers and valuation reports) reasonably necessary to support the calculation of such payment. The Schedule will become final as provided in
Section 2.03(a) and may be amended as provided in Section 2.03(b) (subject to the procedures set forth in Section 2.03(a)). 
 Section 2.03. Procedures, Amendments. 
 (a) Procedure. Every
time the Corporation delivers to the Existing Stockholders Representative an applicable Schedule under this Agreement, including any Amended Schedule delivered pursuant to Section 2.03(b), and including any Early Termination Schedule or amended
Early Termination Schedule, the Corporation shall also (x) deliver to the Existing Stockholders Representative schedules, valuation reports, if any, and work papers providing reasonable detail regarding the preparation of the Schedule and an
Advisory Firm Report related to such Schedule and (y) allow the Existing Stockholders Representative

  

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reasonable access at no cost to the appropriate representatives at each of the Corporation and the Advisory Firm in connection with a review of such Schedule. The applicable Schedule shall become
final and binding on all parties unless the Existing Stockholders Representative, within thirty calendar days after receiving any Schedule or amendment thereto, provides the Corporation with notice of a material objection to such Schedule
(“Objection Notice”) made in good faith. If the parties, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in any notice within thirty calendar days of receipt by the Corporation of such notice, the
Corporation and the Existing Stockholders Representative shall employ the reconciliation procedures described in Section 7.09 of this Agreement (the “Reconciliation Procedures”). 
 (b) Amended Schedule. The applicable Schedule for any Taxable Year may be amended from time to time by the Corporation (i) in
connection with a Determination affecting such Schedule, (ii) to correct material inaccuracies in the Schedule identified as a result of the receipt of additional factual information relating to a Taxable Year after the date the Schedule was
provided to the Existing Stockholders Representative, (iii) to comply with the Expert’s determination under the Reconciliation Procedures, (iv) to reflect a material change (relative to the amounts in the original Schedule) in the
Realized Tax Benefit for such Taxable Year attributable to a carryback or carryforward of a loss or other tax item to such Taxable Year, or (v) to reflect a material change (relative to the amounts in the original Schedule) in the Realized Tax
Benefit for such Taxable Year attributable to an amended Tax Return filed for such Taxable Year (such Schedule, an “Amended Schedule”); provided, however, that such a change under clause (i) attributable to
an audit of a Tax Return by an applicable Taxing Authority shall not be taken into account on an Amended Schedule unless and until there has been a Determination with respect to such change. The Corporation shall provide any Amended Schedule to the
Existing Stockholders Representative, within thirty calendar days of the occurrence of an event referred to in clauses (i) through (v) of the preceding sentence, and any such Amended Schedule shall be subject to approval procedures similar
to those described in Section 2.03(a). 
 ARTICLE III 
 TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS 
 Section 3.01. Payments.

 (a) Timing of Payments. (i) Within five Business Days of a Tax Benefit Schedule delivered to the Existing
Stockholders Representative becoming final in accordance with Section 2.03(a), the Corporation shall pay to each Existing Stockholder for such Taxable Year its share (based on such Existing Stockholder’s ownership percentage in the
Corporation at the time of the IPO) of the Tax Benefit Payment determined pursuant to Section 3.01(b), subject to reduction pursuant to Section 3.03. Each such Tax Benefit Payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to a bank account of the applicable Existing Stockholder previously designated by the Existing Stockholder to the Corporation or as otherwise agreed by the Corporation and the Existing Stockholder. For the avoidance of doubt, no Tax Benefit
Payment shall be made in respect of estimated tax payments, including, without limitation, estimated federal income tax payments. 
  

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 (b) A “Tax Benefit Payment” means an amount, not less than zero,
equal to 85% of the sum of the Net Tax Benefit (as defined below) and the Interest Amount (as defined below). The “Net Tax Benefit” shall equal: (i) the Corporation’s Realized Tax Benefit, if any, for a Taxable Year
plus (ii) the amount of the excess of the Realized Tax Benefit reflected on an Amended Tax Benefit Schedule for a previous Taxable Year over the Realized Tax Benefit reflected on the Tax Benefit Schedule for such previous Taxable Year, minus
(iii) the excess of the Realized Tax Benefit reflected on a Tax Benefit Schedule for a previous Taxable Year over the Realized Tax Benefit reflected on the Amended Tax Benefit Schedule for such previous Taxable Year; provided,
however, that to the extent of the amounts described in 3.01(b)(ii) and (iii) were taken into account in determining any Tax Benefit Payment in a preceding Taxable Year, such amounts shall not be taken into account in determining a Tax
Benefit Payment attributable to any other Taxable Year; provided, further, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Existing Stockholders shall not be required to return any portion of any previously made Tax Benefit Payment. The
“Interest Amount” shall equal the interest on any Net Tax Benefit calculated at the Agreed Rate from the due date (without extensions) for filing the Corporation Return with respect to Taxes for the Taxable Year for which the
Net Tax Benefit is being measured until the Payment Date. 
 Section 3.02. No Duplicative Payments. It is intended that
the provisions of this Agreement will not result in duplicative payment of any amount (including interest) required under this Agreement. It is also intended that the provisions of this Agreement provide that 85% of the Corporation’s Realized
Tax Benefit and Interest Amount be paid to the Existing Stockholders pursuant to this Agreement, and that with respect to any Taxable Year, the Corporation will not make payments pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreements exceeding 85% of the Overall
Realized Tax Benefit. The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed in the appropriate manner so that such intentions are realized. 
 Section 3.03. Coordination of Benefits With Other Tax Receivable Agreement. In the event that payments are due from the Corporation in any Taxable Year with respect to this Agreement and the
Graham Family Tax Receivable Agreement, and the amount due under this Agreement plus the amount due under the Graham Family Tax Receivable Agreement exceeds 85% of the Overall Realized Tax Benefit to the Corporation for such Taxable Year, then the
Tax Benefit Payments due (or deemed to be due) under each Tax Receivable Agreement for such Taxable Year shall be equal to 85% of the Overall Realized Tax Benefit for such Taxable Year multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount
that would be due under such Tax Receivable Agreement for such Taxable Year (without regard to Section 3.03 of either Tax Receivable Agreement), and the denominator of which is the sum of the amounts that would be due under both Tax Receivable
Agreements for such Taxable Year (without regard to Section 3.03 of either Tax Receivable Agreement). 
 ARTICLE IV 

 TERMINATION 
 Section 4.01. Termination, Early Termination and Breach of Agreement. 
  

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 (a) This Agreement shall terminate at the time that all Tax Benefit Payments have been made
to the Existing Stockholders under this Agreement. 
 (b) Notwithstanding Section 4.01(a), the Corporation may terminate
this Agreement by paying to the Existing Stockholders the Early Termination Payment; provided that the Corporation shall not so elect to terminate this Agreement by paying the Early Termination Payment unless the Corporation contemporaneously elects
to terminate the Graham Family Tax Receivable Agreement pursuant to Section 4.01 thereto. Upon payment of the Early Termination Payments by the Corporation, neither the Corporation nor any Existing Stockholder shall have any further payment
obligations under this Agreement, other than any (i) Tax Benefit Payment agreed to by the Corporation and the Existing Stockholders as due and payable but unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice and (ii) Tax Benefit Payment due for a
Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the date of the Early Termination Notice (except to the extent that such amount is included in the Early Termination Payment). 
 (c) In the event that the Corporation breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make
any payment when due, failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, then all obligations hereunder
shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated pursuant to this Article IV as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach and shall include, but not be limited to, (1) the Early Termination
Payment calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of a breach, (2) any Tax Benefit Payment agreed to by the Corporation and the Existing Stockholders as due and payable but unpaid as of the Early Termination
Notice and (3) any Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the date of a breach. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Corporation breaches this Agreement, the Existing Stockholders shall
be entitled to elect to receive the amounts set forth in (1), (2) and (3) above or to seek specific performance of the terms hereof. The parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within six months of
the date such payment is due shall be deemed to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it will not be considered to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a
payment due pursuant to this Agreement within six months of the date such payment is due, provided that in the event that payment is not made within six months of the date such payment is due, the Existing Stockholders (through the Existing
Stockholders Representative) shall be required to give written notice to the Corporation that the Corporation has breached its material obligations and so long as such payment is made within five Business Days of the delivery of such notice to the
Corporation, the Corporation shall no longer be deemed to be in material breach of its obligations under this Agreement. 
 (d)
Change of Control. In the event of a Change of Control, then all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated pursuant to this Article IV as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the
closing date of the Change of Control and shall include, but not be limited to, (1) the Early Termination Payment calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the effective date of a Change of Control, (2) any Tax
Benefit Payment agreed to by the Corporation and the Existing Stockholders as due and payable but unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice and (3) any Tax

  

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Benefit Payment due for any Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the effective date of a Change of Control. In the event of a Change of Control, the Early Termination Payment shall be
calculated utilizing the Valuation Assumptions and by substituting in each case the terms “the closing date of a Change of Control” for an “Early Termination Date”. 
 Section 4.02. Early Termination Notice. If the Corporation chooses to exercise its right of early termination under Section 4.01
above, the Corporation shall deliver to the Existing Stockholders Representative notice of such intention to exercise such right (“Early Termination Notice”) and a schedule (the “Early Termination
Schedule”) specifying the Corporation’s intention to exercise such right and showing in reasonable detail the information required pursuant to Section 2.02 and the calculation of the Early Termination Payment (including the
projections of the Corporation’s taxable income under clause (i) of the Valuation Assumptions). The Early Termination Schedule shall become final and binding on all parties unless the Existing Stockholders Representative, within thirty
calendar days after receiving the Early Termination Schedule thereto provides the Corporation with notice of a material objection to such Schedule made in good faith (“Material Objection Notice”). If the parties, for any
reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in such notice within thirty calendar days after receipt by the Corporation of the Material Objection Notice, the Corporation and the Existing Stockholders Representative shall employ the
Reconciliation Procedures as described in Section 7.09 of this Agreement. 
 Section 4.03. Payment upon Early
Termination. (a) Within three Business Days after agreement between the Existing Stockholders Representative and the Corporation of the Early Termination Schedule, the Corporation shall pay to each Existing Stockholder its share (based on
such Existing Stockholder’s ownership percentage in the Corporation at the time of the IPO) of an amount equal to the Early Termination Payment. Such payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account
designated by the applicable Existing Stockholders or as otherwise agreed by the Corporation and the Existing Stockholder. 
 (b) The “Early Termination Payment” as of the date of the delivery of an Early Termination Schedule shall equal with respect to the Existing Stockholders the present value, discounted at the Early Termination Rate as
of such date, of all Tax Benefit Payments that would be required to be paid by the Corporation to the Existing Stockholders beginning from the Early Termination Date assuming the Valuation Assumptions are applied (and, for the avoidance of doubt,
taking into account Section 3.03 for purposes of such computation). For purposes of calculating the present value pursuant to this Section 4.03(b) of all Tax Benefit Payments that would be required to be paid, it shall be assumed that
absent the Early Termination Notice all Tax Benefit Payments would be paid on the due date (without extensions) for filing the Corporation Return with respect to Taxes for each Taxable Year. The computation of the Early Termination Payment is
subject to the Reconciliation Procedures as described in Section 7.09(b) of this Agreement. 
  

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 ARTICLE V 
 LATE PAYMENTS 
 Section 5.01. Late Payments by the
Corporation. The amount of all or any portion of any ITR Payment not made to the Existing Stockholders when due under the terms of this Agreement shall be payable together with any interest thereon, computed at the Default Rate and commencing
from the date on which such ITR Payment was due and payable. 
 ARTICLE VI 
 NO DISPUTES; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION 
 Section 6.01. The Existing Stockholders Representative’s Participation in the Corporation Tax Matters. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Corporation shall have full responsibility for,
and sole discretion over, all Tax matters concerning the Corporation including without limitation the preparation, filing or amending of any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to Taxes, subject to a requirement
that the Corporation act in good faith in connection with its control of any matter which is reasonably expected to affect any Existing Stockholder’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation
shall notify the Existing Stockholders Representative of, and keep the Existing Stockholders Representative reasonably informed with respect to, the portion of any audit of the Corporation by a Taxing Authority the outcome of which is reasonably
expected to affect any Existing Stockholder’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, and shall give the Existing Stockholders Representative reasonable opportunity to provide information and participate in the applicable portion of such
audit. 
 Section 6.02. Consistency. Except upon the written advice of an Advisory Firm, the Corporation and the Existing
Stockholders Representative agree to report and cause to be reported for all purposes, including federal, state, local and foreign Tax purposes and financial reporting purposes, all Tax-related items (including without limitation the Tax Benefit
Payment) in a manner consistent with that specified by the Corporation in any Schedule required to be provided by or on behalf of the Corporation under this Agreement. Any dispute concerning such advice shall be subject to the terms of
Section 7.09. In the event that an Advisory Firm is replaced with another firm acceptable to the Corporation and the Existing Stockholders Representative pursuant to the definition of Advisory Firm, such replacement Advisory Firm shall be
required to perform its services under this Agreement using procedures and methodologies consistent with those used by the previous Advisory Firm, unless otherwise required by law or the Corporation and the Existing Stockholders Representative agree
to the use of other procedures and methodologies. 
 Section 6.03. Cooperation. Each of the Corporation and the Existing
Stockholders (through the Existing Stockholders Representative) shall (a) furnish to the other party in a timely manner such information, documents and other materials as the other party may reasonably request for purposes of making or
approving any determination or computation necessary or appropriate under this Agreement, preparing any Tax Return or contesting or defending any audit, examination or controversy with any Taxing Authority, (b) make itself 
  

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available to the other party and its representatives to provide explanations of documents and materials and such other information as the requesting party or its representatives may reasonably
request in connection with any of the matters described in clause (a) above, and (c) reasonably cooperate in connection with any such matter, and the requesting party shall reimburse the other party for any reasonable third-party costs and
expenses incurred pursuant to this Section. 
 ARTICLE VII 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 Section 7.01. Notices. All
notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given and received (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or by facsimile upon confirmation of transmission by the
sender’s fax machine if sent on a Business Day (or otherwise on the next Business Day) or (b) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service. All notices hereunder shall be
delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice: 
 If to the Corporation, to: 
 Graham Packaging Company Inc. 
 2401 Pleasant Valley Road 
 York, Pennsylvania 17402 
 (T) (717) 849-8500 
 Attention: Chief Financial Officer 
 with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice): 
 Simpson Thacher &
Bartlett LLP 
 425 Lexington Avenue 
 New York, New York 10017 
 (F) (212) 455-2502 
 Attention: Wilson Neely 
 If to the Existing Stockholders Representative, to: 
 Blackstone Capital Partners III Merchant Banking Fund L.P.

 345 Park Avenue 
 New York, New York 10154 
 (F): (212) 583-5722 
 Attention: Chinh Chu 
  

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 with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice): 
 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 
 425 Lexington Avenue 
 New York, New York 10017 
 (F): (212) 455-2502 
 Attention: Wilson Neely 
 Any party may change its address or fax number by giving the other party written notice of
its new address or fax number in the manner set forth above. 
 Section 7.02. Counterparts. This Agreement may be
executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties, it being
understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement. 
 Section 7.03. Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all
prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns. The parties to this Agreement agree that (i) the Existing Stockholders are expressly made third party beneficiaries to this Agreement and (ii) the parties to the Graham Family Tax Receivable Agreement are expressly made
third party beneficiaries of the provisions of Section 3.03 and the first sentence of Section 4.01(b) of this Agreement. Other than as provided in the preceding sentence, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or
shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. 
 Section 7.04. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York. 
 Section 7.05. Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of
this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term
or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in
order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible. 
 Section 7.06. Successors; Assignment; Amendments; Waivers. (a) The Existing Stockholders Representative may not assign this Agreement to any person without the prior written consent of the Corporation; provided,
however that the Existing Stockholders Representative may assign this agreement to any of their Affiliates, as long as such transferee has executed and delivered, or, in connection with such transfer, executes and delivers, a joinder to this
Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation agreeing to be bound by all provisions of this Agreement and acknowledging specifically the last sentence of the next paragraph. 
  

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 (b) No provision of this Agreement may be amended unless such amendment is approved in
writing by the Corporation and the Existing Stockholders (through the Existing Stockholders Representative) and, in the case of Section 3.03, the first sentence of Section 4.01(b), the third sentence of Section 7.03 and this
Section 7.06(b), by the parties to the Graham Family Tax Receivable Agreement. No provision of this Agreement may be waived unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective. 
 (c) All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the
parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Corporation shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise)
to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no
such succession had taken place. 
 Section 7.07. Titles and Subtitles. The titles of the sections and subsections of
this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement. 
 Section 7.08.
Resolution of Disputes. 
 (a) Any and all disputes which cannot be settled amicably, including any ancillary claims of
any party, arising out of, relating to or in connection with the validity, negotiation, execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement (including the validity, scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision)
shall be finally settled by arbitration conducted by a single arbitrator in New York in accordance with the then-existing Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. If the parties to the dispute fail to agree on the selection of
an arbitrator within thirty calendar days of the receipt of the request for arbitration, the International Chamber of Commerce shall make the appointment. The arbitrator shall be a lawyer and shall conduct the proceedings in the English language.
Performance under this Agreement shall continue if reasonably possible during any arbitration proceedings. 
 (b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a), the Corporation may bring an action or special proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of compelling a party to arbitrate, seeking temporary or preliminary relief in aid of
an arbitration hereunder, and/or enforcing an arbitration award and, for the purposes of this paragraph (b), each Existing Stockholder (through the Existing Stockholders Representative) (i) expressly consents to the application of paragraph
(c) of this Section 7.08 to any such action or proceeding, (ii) agrees that proof shall not be required that monetary damages for breach of the provisions of this Agreement would be difficult to calculate and that remedies at law
would be inadequate, and (iii) irrevocably appoints the Corporation as its agent for service of process in connection with any such action or proceeding and agrees that service of process upon such agent, who shall promptly

  

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advise the Existing Stockholders Representative of any such service of process, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon such Existing Stockholder in any such action or
proceeding. 
 (c) (i) EACH EXISTING STOCKHOLDER (THROUGH THE EXISTING STOCKHOLDERS REPRESENTATIVE) HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS
TO THE JURISDICTION OF COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION 7.08, OR ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING ANCILLARY TO AN ARBITRATION OR
CONTEMPLATED ARBITRATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO OR CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT. Such ancillary judicial proceedings include any suit, action or proceeding to compel arbitration, to obtain temporary or preliminary judicial relief in aid of
arbitration, or to confirm an arbitration award. The parties acknowledge that the fora designated by this paragraph (c) have a reasonable relation to this Agreement, and to the parties’ relationship with one another. 
 (ii) The parties hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they now or hereafter may have to
personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such ancillary suit, action or proceeding brought in any court referred to in paragraph (c) (i) of this Section 7.08 and such parties agree not to plead or claim the same.

 Section 7.09. Reconciliation. 
 (a) In General. In the event that the Corporation and the Existing Stockholders Representative are unable to resolve a disagreement with respect to the matters governed by Sections 2.04, 4.02 and
6.02 within the relevant period designated in this Agreement (“Reconciliation Dispute”), the Reconciliation Dispute shall be submitted for determination to a nationally recognized expert (the “Expert”)
in the particular area of disagreement mutually acceptable to both parties. The Expert shall be a partner in a nationally recognized accounting firm or a law firm (other than the Advisory Firm), and the Expert shall not, and the firm that employs
the Expert shall not, have any material relationship with the Corporation or any of the Existing Stockholders or other actual or potential conflict of interest. If the parties are unable to agree on an Expert within fifteen (15) days of receipt
by the respondent(s) of written notice of a Reconciliation Dispute, the Expert shall be appointed by the International Chamber of Commerce Centre for Expertise. The Expert shall resolve any matter relating to the Early Termination Schedule or an
amendment thereto within thirty calendar days and shall resolve any matter relating to a Tax Benefit Schedule or an amendment thereto within fifteen calendar days or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, in each case after the matter has
been submitted to the Expert for resolution. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the matter is not resolved before any payment that is the subject of a disagreement is due or any Tax Return reflecting the subject of a disagreement is due,
such payment shall be made on the date prescribed by this Agreement and such Tax Return may be filed as prepared by the Corporation, subject to adjustment or amendment upon resolution. The costs and expenses relating to the engagement of such Expert
or amending any Tax Return shall be borne by the Corporation; except as provided in the next sentence. Each of the Corporation and the Existing Stockholders shall bear their own costs and expenses of such proceeding. Any dispute as to

  

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whether a dispute is a Reconciliation Dispute within the meaning of this Section 7.09 shall be decided by the Expert. The Expert shall finally determine any Reconciliation Dispute and the
determinations of the Expert pursuant to this Section 7.09 shall be binding on the Corporation and the Existing Stockholders and may be entered and enforced in any court having jurisdiction. 
 (b) Income Projections for Early Termination Payments. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.09(a), solely with respect to
disagreements regarding the computation of an Early Termination Payment that relates to the taxable income projections described in clause (i) of the definition of “Valuation Assumptions,” the Corporation and the Existing Stockholders
(through the Existing Stockholders Representative) shall each submit the Reconciliation Dispute for determination to an Expert in the area of valuation services. Based on the income projections of such Experts, if the higher of the resulting Early
Termination Payment computations does not exceed 110% of the lower, then the Early Termination Payment shall be the average of such two amounts. If the higher of the Early Termination Payment computations is more than 110% of the lower, then the two
Experts shall, within 20 days from such determination, select a third Expert and shall notify the Corporation and the Existing Holders of such selection. If the Early Termination Payment computed by the third Expert is equal to the average of the
first two Early Termination Payment computations, then the Early Termination Payment shall be such average. If the third Early Termination Payment computation is higher than the average of the first two computations, then the Early Termination
Payment shall be the average of such third computation and the higher of the first two computations; provided that if such average exceeds 110% of the higher of the first two computations, then the Early Termination Payment shall be 110% of the
higher of the first two computations. If the third Early Termination Payment computation is lower than the average of the first two computations, then the Early Termination Payment shall be the average of such third computation and the lower of the
first two computations; provided that if such average is less than 90% of the lower of the first two computations, then the Early Termination Payment shall be 90% of the lower of the first two computations. 
 Section 7.10. Withholding. The Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment payable pursuant to this
Agreement such amounts as the Corporation is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to
the appropriate Taxing Authority by the Corporation, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Existing Stockholders. The Corporation shall provide evidence of such payment to the Existing
Stockholders (through the Existing Stockholders Representative) to the extent that such evidence is available. 
 Section
7.11. Affiliated Corporations; Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets. 
 (a) If the Corporation is or becomes a member of an affiliated or consolidated group of corporations that files a consolidated income tax return pursuant to Sections 1501 et seq. of the Code or any corresponding provisions of state, local
or foreign law, then: (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall be applied with respect to the group as a whole; and (ii) Tax Benefit Payments shall be computed with reference to the consolidated taxable income of the group as a whole.

  

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 (b) If any Person the income of which is included in the income of the Corporation’s
affiliated or consolidated group transfers one or more assets to a corporation with which such entity does not file a consolidated tax return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code, for purposes of calculating the amount of any Tax Benefit
Payment (e.g., calculating the gross income of the Corporation’s affiliated or consolidated group and determining the Realized Tax Benefit) due hereunder, such Person shall be treated as having disposed of such asset in a fully taxable
transaction on the date of such transfer. The consideration deemed to be received by such entity shall be equal to the fair market value of the transferred asset, plus (i) the amount of debt to which such asset is subject, in the case of a
transfer of an encumbered asset or (ii) the amount of debt allocated to such asset, in the case of a transfer of a partnership interest. 
 Section 7.12. Confidentiality. (a) Each Existing Stockholder (through the Existing Stockholders Representative) and each of its assignees acknowledges and agrees that the information of
the Corporation is confidential and, except in the course of performing any duties as necessary for the Corporation and its Affiliates, as required by law or legal process or to enforce the terms of this Agreement, shall keep and retain in the
strictest confidence and not to disclose to any Person all confidential matters, acquired pursuant to this Agreement, of the Corporation or the Existing Stockholders. This clause 7.12 shall not apply to (i) any information that has been made
publicly available by the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, becomes public knowledge (except as a result of an act of any Existing Stockholder in violation of this Agreement) or is generally known to the business community and (ii) the
disclosure of information to the extent necessary for any Existing Stockholder to prepare and file its Tax returns, to respond to any inquiries regarding the same from any Taxing Authority or to prosecute or defend any action, proceeding or audit by
any taxing authority with respect to such returns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each Existing Stockholder (and each employee, representative or other agent of such Existing Stockholder) may disclose to any and all Persons,
without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of (x) the Corporation and (y) any of its transactions, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to such Existing
Stockholder relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. 
 (b) If the Existing Stockholders Representative or any of its
assignees commits a breach, or threatens to commit a breach, of any of the provisions of this Section 7.12, the Corporation shall have the right and remedy to have the provisions of this Section 7.12 specifically enforced by injunctive
relief or otherwise by any court of competent jurisdiction without the need to post any bond or other security, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach shall cause irreparable injury to the Corporation or any of
its Subsidiaries and the accounts and funds managed by the Corporation and that money damages alone shall not provide an adequate remedy to such Persons. Such rights and remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and
remedies available at law or in equity. 
 Section 7.13. Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 
 Section 7.14. Appointment
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 The Existing Stockholders Representative is hereby appointed to act as the sole
representative, agent and attorney-in-fact for the Existing Stockholders and their successors and assigns for all the purposes specified under this Agreement, and the Existing Stockholders Representative, by its signature below, agrees to serve in
such capacity. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation and the Existing Stockholders Representative have duly
executed this Agreement as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	 GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.

		
	By:	 	  

		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:

	
	 BLACKSTONE CAPITAL PARTNERS III MERCHANT BANKING FUND L.P., as Existing Stockholders Representative
  

	 By:
	 	Blackstone Management Associates III LLC, its General Partner
		
	By:	 	  

		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:Form of Stockholders Agreement

 Exhibit 10.33 
  
  
  
 FORM OF STOCKHOLDERS’
AGREEMENT 
 by and among 
 GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC. 
 and 
 BLACKSTONE CAPITAL PARTNERS III MERCHANT BANKING FUND L.P., 
 BLACKSTONE OFFSHORE CAPITAL PARTNERS III L.P. 
 and

 BLACKSTONE FAMILY INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP III L.P. 
 Dated as of February     , 2010 
  
  
  

 Table of Contents 
  

					
	 	  	 	  	Page
	Article I.	  	INTRODUCTORY MATTERS	  	1
	 1.1
	  	Defined Terms	  	1
	 1.2
	  	Construction	  	3
			
	Article II.	  	CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS	  	3
	 2.1
	  	Board of Directors	  	3
	 2.2
	  	VCOC	  	5
			
	Article III.	  	COVENANTS	  	5
	 3.1
	  	Books and Records; Access	  	5
	 3.2
	  	Periodic Reporting	  	5
			
	Article IV.	  	MISCELLANEOUS	  	6
	 4.1
	  	Termination	  	6
	 4.2
	  	Notices	  	6
	 4.3
	  	Further Assurances	  	7
	 4.4
	  	Assignment	  	7
	 4.5
	  	Amendment; Waiver	  	7
	 4.6
	  	Third Parties	  	7
	 4.7
	  	Governing Law	  	7
	 4.8
	  	Jurisdiction	  	7
	 4.9
	  	MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	  	8
	 4.10
	  	Specific Performance	  	8
	 4.11
	  	Entire Agreement	  	8
	 4.12
	  	Titles and Headings	  	8
	 4.13
	  	Severability	  	8
	 4.14
	  	Counterparts	  	8
	 4.15
	  	Effectiveness	  	8

  

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 STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT 
 STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT, dated as of February     , 2010 (and effective as set forth in Section 4.15 of
this Agreement), by and among Graham Packaging Company Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Blackstone Capital Partners III Merchant Banking Fund L.P., Blackstone Offshore Capital Partners III L.P. and Blackstone Family
Investment Partnership III L.P. 
 BACKGROUND: 
 WHEREAS, the Company is currently contemplating an underwritten initial public offering (“IPO”) of shares of its Common Stock (as defined in Section 1.1); and 
 WHEREAS, in connection with, and effective upon, the date of completion of the IPO (the “Closing Date”) of the Company, the
Company and the Blackstone Entities wish to set forth certain understandings between such parties, including with respect to certain governance matters. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE I. INTRODUCTORY
MATTERS 
 1.1 Defined Terms. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms have the following
meanings when used herein with initial capital letters: 
 “Affiliate” has the meaning ascribed
thereto in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date hereof. 
 “Agreement” means this Stockholders’ Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof. 
 “Applicable Law” means, with respect to any Person, any statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule,
injunction, order, decree, governmental approval, directive, requirement, or other governmental restriction or any similar form of, decision of, or determination by, any governmental authority or the Exchange, applicable to such Person or its
Subsidiaries or their respective assets. 
 “Blackstone Designee” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(c). 
 “Blackstone Entities” means Blackstone Capital Partners III Merchant
Banking Fund L.P., Blackstone Offshore Capital Partners III L.P., Blackstone Family Investment Partnership III L.P., their Affiliates and their respective successors and Permitted Assigns. 
 “Board” means the board of directors of the Company. 
 “Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, federal or New York State holiday or other day on
which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close. 
 “Closing
Date” has the meaning set forth in the Background. 

 “Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 “Common Stock” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company,
and any other capital stock of the Company into which such stock is reclassified or reconstituted and any other common stock of the Company. 
 “Control” (including its correlative meanings, “Controlled by” and “under common Control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise) of a Person. 
 “Director” means any member of the Board. 
 “Exchange” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange or such other stock exchange or securities market on which
the Common Stock is listed or quoted. 
 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to time. 
 “Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government. 
 “Independent Director” shall mean an “independent director” as such
term is used in the listing requirements of the Exchange. 
 “IPO” has the meaning set forth in
the Background. 
 “Law” means any statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule, injunction, order,
decree, governmental approval, directive, requirement, or other governmental restriction or any similar form of decision of, or determination by, or any interpretation or administration of any of the foregoing by, any Governmental Authority.

 “Permitted Assigns” means with respect to the Blackstone Entities, their respective
Affiliates and a Transferee of shares of Common Stock transferred other than pursuant to a widely distributed public sale that agrees to become party to, and to be bound to the same extent as its transferor by the terms of, this Agreement.

 “Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an
association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof. 
 “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association or other business entity of which: (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, representatives or
trustees thereof is at the time owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; or (ii) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or
other business entity, a majority of the total voting power of stock (or equivalent ownership interest) of the limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity is at the time owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly,
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more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company,
partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or Control the managing director or
general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity. 
 “Total Number of Directors” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c). 
 “Transfer” (including its correlative meanings, “Transferor”, Transferee” and “Transferred”) shall mean, with respect to any security, directly or indirectly, to sell, contract
to sell, give, assign, hypothecate, pledge, encumber, grant a security interest in, offer, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer
or dispose of any economic, voting or other rights in or to such security. When used as a noun, “Transfer” shall have such correlative meaning as the context may require. 
 1.2 Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their
mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party. Unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “or” is disjunctive but not exclusive, (b) words in the singular include the plural, and in
the plural include the singular, and (c) the words “hereof”, “herein”, and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement, and Section references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. 
 ARTICLE II. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS 
 2.1 Board of Directors. (a) On the Closing Date, the Board
shall consist of seven members (each a “Director”). Four Directors shall be nominated by the Blackstone Entities. In addition, the Board shall nominate three Independent Directors. Immediately prior to the Closing Date, the
Blackstone Entities shall vote by written consent of all of their Common Stock such that the Blackstone Designees (defined below) and the Independent Directors nominated by the Board shall be elected to the Board of Directors. 
 (b) The initial Directors shall consist of the following individuals, which shall be members of the class set forth opposite their name
below: 
  

			
	Class I (initial term expiring in 20    ):	  	James A. Quella (Blackstone Designee)
		  	Charlie Kiernan (Independent Director)
		
	Class II (initial term expiring in 20    ):	  	Mark Burgess (Chief Executive Officer)
		  	Gary Michael (Independent Director)
		  	Angelo Acconcia (Blackstone Designee)
		
	Class III (initial term expiring in 20    ):	  	Chinh Chu (Blackstone Designee)
		  	John Chiminski (Independent Director)
		  	

 (c) Following the Closing Date, the Blackstone Entities and/or their Permitted
Assigns (as defined herein) shall have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate to the Board a number of designees equal to: (i) at least a majority of the total number of directors comprising the Board (the “Total Number of
Directors”), so long as the Blackstone Entities collectively beneficially own 35% or

  

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more of the voting power of all shares of the Company’s capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors; (ii) 42% of the Total Number of Directors, in the event
that the Blackstone Entities collectively beneficially own 25% or more, but less than 35%, of the voting power of all shares of the Company’s capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors; (iii) 28% of the Total
Number of Directors, in the event that the Blackstone Entities collectively beneficially own 15% or more, but less than 25%, of the voting power of all shares of the Company’s capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of
Directors; (iv) 14% of the Total Number of Directors, in the event that the Blackstone Entities collectively beneficially own 5% or more, but less than 15%, of the voting power of all shares of the Company’s capital stock entitled to vote
generally in the election of Directors. For purposes of calculating the number of directors that the Blackstone Entities (and/or their Permitted Assigns) are entitled to designate pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, any fractional
amounts shall automatically be rounded up to the nearest whole number (e.g., one and one quarter (1 1/4) Directors shall equate to two (2) Directors) and any such calculations shall be made on a pro forma basis, including, for the avoidance of doubt, taking into account any
increase in the size of the Board. In the event that the Blackstone Entities (and/or their Permitted Assigns) has nominated less than the total number of designees the Blackstone Entities (and/or their Permitted Assigns) shall be entitled to
nominate pursuant to this Section 2.1(c), the Blackstone Entities (and/or their Permitted Assigns) shall have the right, at any time, to nominate such additional designees to which it is entitled, in which case, the Directors shall take all
necessary corporation action to (x) enable the Blackstone Entities (and/or their Permitted Assigns) to nominate such additional individuals, whether by increasing the size of the Board, subject to the maximum number of Directors set forth in
Article VI, paragraph (A) of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, or otherwise and (y) to designate such additional individuals nominated by the Blackstone Entities (and/or their Permitted Assigns) to fill such
newly-created vacancies. Each such person whom the Blackstone Entities (and/or their Permitted Assigns) shall actually nominate pursuant to this Section 2.1(c) and who is thereafter elected to the Board to serve as a Director shall be referred
to herein as a “Blackstone Designee”) 
 (d) In accordance with the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, and as indicated in Section 2.1(b), the initial Board shall be divided into three classes designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as possible, of one-third of the total number of Directors
constituting the entire Board. Class I directors (“Class I Directors”) shall be originally elected for a term expiring at the succeeding annual meeting of stockholders, Class II directors (“Class II Directors”)
shall be originally elected for a term expiring at the second succeeding annual meeting of stockholders, and Class III directors (“Class III Directors”) shall be originally elected for a term expiring at the third succeeding annual
meeting of stockholders, in each case following the Closing Date. The Blackstone Designees shall at all times be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of Directors in each class as nearly equal as possible. 
 (e) Within one year of the Closing Date, if the Board is required by Applicable Law to have a majority of Independent Directors, the
Blackstone Entities will use their best efforts to cause the size of the Board to increase to nine directors. The Board shall fill the vacancies thus created with Independent Directors, each of whom shall be apportioned as evenly as possible among
the classes. 
 (f) If at any time the Board is required by Applicable Law to have additional Independent Directors beyond those
provided for in this Agreement, the Blackstone Entities will use their best efforts to cause the size of the Board to be increased by such number as is necessary to comply with Applicable Law. Each vacancy thus created shall be filled with an
Independent Director, each of whom shall be apportioned as evenly as possible among the classes. 
 (g) In the event that a
vacancy is created at any time by the death, disability, retirement or resignation of any Director designated pursuant to this Section 2.1, the remaining Directors

  

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and the Company shall cause the vacancy created thereby to be filled by a new designee of the Blackstone Entities (and/or their Permitted Assigns), if such Director was designated by the
Blackstone Entities (and/or their Permitted Assigns), as soon as possible, and the Company hereby agrees to take, at any time and from time to time, all actions necessary to accomplish the same. 
 (h) The Company agrees to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board the persons designated pursuant to this Section 2.1
and to use its best efforts to cause the election of each such designee to the Board, including nominating such individuals to be elected as Directors as provided herein. 
 2.2 VCOC. (a) In the event that the Company ceases to qualify as an “operating company” (as defined in 29 C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101(c)) (a “VCOC Event”), then the
Company and each Blackstone Entity will cooperate in good faith to take all reasonable action necessary to provide that the investment (or at least 51% of the investment valued at cost) of each Blackstone Entity that qualifies as a “venture
capital operating company” (as defined in 29 C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101(d) (a “VCOC Stockholder”) shall continue to qualify as a “venture capital investment” (as defined in 29 C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101(d)) (a “VC
Investment”). 
 (b) Each VCOC Stockholder shall execute a side letter in the form attached hereto as Annex A and shall
have the supplemental rights and obligations provided in such side letter. 
 ARTICLE III. COVENANTS 
 3.1 Books and Records; Access. The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books, records and accounts, in
which full and correct entries shall be made of all financial transactions and the assets and business of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company shall, and shall cause its
Subsidiaries to, permit the Blackstone Entities and their respective designated representatives, at reasonable times and upon reasonable prior notice to the Company, to review the books and records of the Company or any of such Subsidiaries and to
discuss the affairs, finances and condition of the Company or any of such Subsidiaries with the officers of the Company or any such Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to disclose any privileged information
of the Company so long as the Company has used its best efforts to enter into an arrangement pursuant to which it may provide such information to the Blackstone Entities without the loss of any such privilege. 
 3.2 Periodic Reporting. (a) The Company will promptly deliver to each Blackstone Entity when available one copy of each annual
report on Form 10-K and quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Company, as filed with the SEC. In the event the Company is not required to file an annual report on Form 10-K or quarterly report on Form 10-Q, the Company may, in lieu of the
requirements of the preceding sentence, deliver, or cause to be delivered, the following to each Blackstone Entity: 
 (i) as soon as available, but not later than ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and
the related statements of operations and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, all in reasonable detail; 
 (ii) commencing with the fiscal period ending after September 30, 2010, as soon as available, but in any event not later
than forty five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for
such quarter and for the period commencing on the first day of the fiscal year and ending on the last day of such quarter; 
  

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 (b) The Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Blackstone
Entity: 
 (i) to the extent otherwise prepared by the Company, operating and capital expenditure budgets and
periodic information packages relating to the operations and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and 
 (ii) such other reports and information as may be reasonably requested by any Blackstone Entity; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to disclose any privileged information of the Company so long as the Company
has used its best efforts to enter into an arrangement pursuant to which it may provide such information to the Blackstone Entities without the loss of any such privilege. 
 ARTICLE IV. MISCELLANEOUS 
 4.1 Termination. This Agreement shall
terminate on the earlier to occur of: (x) such time as the Blackstone Entities are no longer entitled to designate a Director pursuant to Section 2.1(c) and (y) upon the delivery of a written notice by the Blackstone Entities to the
Company requesting that this Agreement terminate. 
 4.2 Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document
to be given hereunder by any party hereto to another party hereto shall be in writing, shall be and shall be deemed given when (a) delivered personally, (b) five (5) Business Days after being sent by certified or registered mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested, (c) one (1) Business Day after being sent by Federal Express or other nationally recognized overnight courier, or (d) if transmitted by facsimile, if confirmed within 24 hours thereafter
by a signed original sent in the manner provided in clause (a), (b) or (c) to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by notice from such party): 
 if to the Company: 
 Graham Packaging Company Inc. 
 2401 Pleasant Valley Road 
 York, Pennsylvania 17402 
 Attention: Chief Legal Officer 
 Fax: (717) 849-8541 
 with a required copy to: 
 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 
 425 Lexington Avenue 
 New York, NY 10017-3954 
 Attention: Wilson S. Neely 
 Fax: (212) 455-2502 
  

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 if to the Blackstone Entities: 
 c/o The Blackstone Group L.P. 
 345 Park Avenue, 31st Floor 
 New York, New York 10154 
 Attention: Chinh Chu 
 Fax: (212) 583-5722 
 with a required copy to: 
 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 
 425 Lexington Avenue 
 New York, NY 10017-3954 
 Attention: Wilson S. Neely 
 Fax: (212) 455-2502 
 4.3 Further Assurances. The parties hereto will use their best efforts to sign such further documents, cause such meetings to be
held, resolutions passed, exercise their votes and do and perform and cause to be done such further acts and things as may be necessary in order to give full effect to this Agreement and every provision hereof. 
 4.4 Assignment. Neither the Company nor the Blackstone Entities shall assign all or any part of this Agreement without the prior
written consent of the other party; provided, however, that the Blackstone Entities shall be entitled to assign, in whole or in part, to any of their Permitted Assigns without such prior written consent. Except as otherwise provided
herein, this Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding on the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. 
 4.5 Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified only by a written instrument executed by the parties hereto. No waiver by any party of any of the provisions
hereof will be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and executed by the party so waiving. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation, any investigation by or on
behalf of any party, will be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any covenants or agreements contained herein. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement will not
operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach. 
 4.6 Third Parties. This Agreement does not create any
rights, claims or benefits inuring to any Person that is not a party hereto nor create or establish any third party beneficiary hereto. 
 4.7 Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware. 
 4.8 Jurisdiction. The Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and any state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware
(or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware having jurisdiction) shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the parties with
respect to any dispute or controversy between them arising under or in connection with this agreement and, by execution and delivery of this agreement, each of the parties to this Agreement submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of those courts,
including but not limited to the in personam and subject matter jurisdiction of those courts, waives any objections to such jurisdiction on the grounds of venue or forum non conveniens, 
  

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the absence of in personam or subject matter jurisdiction and any similar grounds, consents to service of process by mail (in accordance with the notice provisions of this Agreement) or
any other manner permitted by Law, and irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment rendered thereby in connection with this Agreement. 
 4.9 MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS OR REMEDIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.

 4.10 Specific Performance. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that in the event of any breach of this
Agreement by any of them, the non-breaching party would be irreparably harmed and could not be made whole by monetary damages. Each party accordingly agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be
adequate and that the parties, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity, shall be entitled to compel specific performance of this Agreement. 
 4.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof. There are no agreements, representations, warranties, covenants or undertakings with respect to the subject matter hereof other than those expressly set forth herein. This Agreement supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings
between the parties with respect to such subject matter. 
 4.12 Titles and Headings. The section headings contained in
this Agreement are for reference purposes only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. 
 4.13
Severability. If one or more of the provisions, paragraphs, words, clauses, phrases or sentences contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the
validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision, paragraph, word, clause, phrase or sentence in every other respect and of the remaining provisions, paragraphs, words, clauses, phrases or sentences hereof shall not be in any way
impaired, it being intended that all rights, powers and privileges of the parties hereto shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by Law. 
 4.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original and all of which together will be deemed to be one and the same
instrument. 
 4.15 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon the Closing Date and shall be of no force
and effect (i) prior to the Closing Date and (ii) if the closing of the IPO has not been consummated within ten (10) Business Days from the date of this Agreement. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement or caused this
Agreement to be executed on its behalf as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	
	
	BLACKSTONE CAPITAL PARTNERS III MERCHANT BANKING FUND L.P.
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	
	
	BLACKSTONE OFFSHORE CAPITAL PARTNERS III L.P.
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	
	
	BLACKSTONE FAMILY INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP III L.P.
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

 ANNEX A 
 GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC. 
 [                            ], [        ]

 [VCOC INVESTOR] 
 [ADDRESS]

 Dear Sir/Madam: 
 Reference is made to the Stockholders’ Agreement dated as of [                ] [    ], 2010 among Graham Packaging
Company Inc. (the “Company”), [                    ] (the “VCOC Investor”) and the other stockholders of the
Company identified therein (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”) to which a form of this letter agreement is attached as Annex A. 
 The Company hereby agrees that for so long as a VCOC Investor, directly or indirectly through one or more conduit subsidiaries, continues to hold, together with its affiliates, securities of the Company
representing (or convertible into equity securities of the Company representing) at least [5]% of the total voting power of the Company’s equity securities, without limitation or prejudice of any the rights provided to such VCOC Investor under
the LLC Agreement or any stockholders agreement relating to the Company, the Company shall: 
  

	 	1)	Provide such VCOC Investor or its designated representative with: 

  

	 	a.	the right to visit and inspect any of the offices and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries and inspect and copy the books and records of the Company and its
subsidiaries, at such times as the VCOC Investor shall reasonably request; 

  

	 	b.	as soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, consolidated balance sheets
of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the end of such period, and consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries for the period then ended prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
in the United States applied on a consistent basis, except as otherwise noted therein, and subject to the absence of footnotes and to year-end adjustments; 

  

	 	c.	as soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its subsidiaries
as of the end of such year, and consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries for the year then ended prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a
consistent basis, except as otherwise noted therein, together with an auditor’s report thereon of a firm of established national reputation; 

  

	 	d.	to the extent the Company is required by law or pursuant to the terms of any outstanding indebtedness of the Company to prepare such reports, any annual reports,
quarterly reports and other periodic reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, actually prepared by the Company as soon as available; and 

	 	e.	copies of all materials provided to the Company’s Board of Directors. 

  

	 	2)	Make appropriate officers and/or directors of the Company available periodically and at such times as reasonably requested by such VCOC Investor for consultation with
the VCOC Investor or its designated representative with respect to matters relating to the business and affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries, including, without limitation, significant changes in management personnel and compensation of
employees, introduction of new products or new lines of business, important acquisitions or dispositions of plants and equipment, significant research and development programs, the purchasing or selling of important trademarks, licenses or
concessions or the proposed commencement or compromise of significant litigation; 

  

	 	3)	To the extent consistent with applicable law (and with respect to events which require public disclosure, only following the Company’s public disclosure thereof
through applicable securities law filings or otherwise), inform such VCOC Investor or its designated representative in advance with respect to any significant corporate actions, including, without limitation, extraordinary dividends, mergers,
acquisitions or dispositions of assets, issuances of significant amounts of debt or equity and material amendments to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company, and to provide such VCOC Investor or its
designated representative with the right to consult with the Company with respect to such actions; and 

  

	 	4)	Provide such VCOC Investor or its designated representative with such other rights of consultation which the VCOC Investor’s counsel may determine to be reasonably
necessary under applicable legal authorities promulgated after the date to qualify its investment in the Company as a “venture capital investment” for purposes of the United States Department of Labor Regulation published at 29 C.F.R.
Section 2510.3-101(d)(3)(i) (the “Plan Asset Regulation”). 

 The Company agrees to
consider, in good faith, the recommendations of the VCOC Investor or its designated representative in connection with the matters on which it is consulted as described above, recognizing that the ultimate discretion with respect to all such matters
shall be retained by the Company. 
 The VCOC Investor agrees, and will require each designated representative of the VCOC
Investor to agree, to hold in confidence and not use or disclose to any third party (other than its legal counsel and accountants) any confidential information provided to or learned by such party in connection with the VCOC Investor’s rights
under this letter agreement. 
 In the event the VCOC Investor or any of its affiliates transfers all or any portion of their
investment in the Company to an affiliated entity that is intended to qualify as a venture capital operating company under the Plan Asset Regulation, such transferee shall be afforded the same rights with respect to the Company afforded to the VCOC
Investor hereunder and shall be treated, for such purposes, as a third party beneficiary hereunder. 
 This letter agreement and
the rights and the duties of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware and may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all
of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 

			
	GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

 Agreed and acknowledged as of the date first above written: 
  

			
	[VCOC INVESTOR]
	
	By:
                            , its General Partner
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:

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