Document:

EX-10.5

 

Exhibit 10.5

August 25, 2005

	 	 	 
	AMENDMENT #1
	 	Dr Pepper/Seven Up Bottling Group, Inc.

CROWN Cork & Seal USA, Inc (“Crown”) is pleased to offer to Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Bottling Group, Inc.
(“Dr Pepper/Seven Up”) this first Amendment to the
June 15, 2004 Agreement between Crown and
Dr Pepper/Seven Up for the supply of aluminum 12 ounce beverage cans and ends (“Containers”). The
purpose of this Amendment is to include additional Dr Pepper/Seven Up filling locations into the
Agreement and to revise certain other provisions of the Agreement as described below:

TERM OF AGREEMENT: The term of the Agreement shall be extended for an additional * period for a total of * years beginning January 1, 2005 through *. *.

LOCATIONS & VOLUMES: In addition to the Dr Pepper/Seven Up filling locations included in the
current Agreement, Crown shall supply and Dr Pepper/Seven Up agrees to purchase from Crown,
*% of their Consumer requirements for the following Dr Pepper/Seven Up filling locations
beginning January 1, 2006:

	 	 	 
	Location	 	Estimated Annual Volumes
	Ottumwa, IA
	 	*
	Northlake, IL
	 	*
	Holland, MI
	 	*
	 

	 	 
	Total Additional Volume
	 	*

If any of the Dr Pepper/Seven Up can filling locations supplied under the Agreement
as amended herein are closed and volume is moved to a replacement filling location,
Crown shall have the right to supply such relocated Container volume at the
replacement filling location pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. If Dr
Pepper/Seven-Up acquires an additional can filling operation(s) during the term of
the amended Agreement, Crown shall have the first right to supply such additional
Container volume pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, but not to
the extent that Dr Pepper/Seven Up is prohibited from awarding Crown such new volume
as a result of prior existing contractual obligations.

PRICING: The current prices under the Agreement (as of April 1, 2005) for the cans and ends
supplied by Crown are:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	with SuperEnd®	 	with LOE Ends
	12 ounce can bodies
	 	$*	 	$*
	202 diameter ends
	 	$*
	 	$*
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Total Container	 	$*	 	$*

 

*Confidential treatment has been requested. The redacted material has been separately filed with
the Commission.

 

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* the selling prices *
will be * effective January 1, 2006 as
follows:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	With SuperEnd®	 	with LOE Ends
	12 ounce can bodies

	 	$*
	 	$*
	202 diameter ends

	 	$*
	 	$*
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	Total Container

	 	$*
    	 	$*

The above “Base Prices” shall be adjusted as described in the Agreement. As of
January 1, 2006, any 202 diameter “LOE” ends supplied under the amended Agreement
shall be sold at the “Super End®” end price shown above, provided
that, Dr Pepper/Seven Up has committed to a mutually agreeable “Super
End®” conversion schedule for each of the filling locations involved.
Base coated can bodies require an upcharge of * per thousand cans.

PAYMENT TERMS: As in the current Agreement, payments for Containers supplied under the amended
Agreement shall be due net * days from the date of invoice—no cash discounts will be
allowed.

SUPER-ENDS®: Conversion of the various Dr Pepper/Seven Up filling
locations from “LOE” to
“Super-End®” ends shall be completed on a mutually agreeable schedule. The goal of
both parties is for all locations to be running “Super-End®” ends prior to April 1,
2006.

FREIGHT: The above prices include freight delivery costs to the various Dr Pepper/Seven Up filling
locations. Dr Pepper/Seven Up may use its own fleet of trucks to pick-up cans and/or ends at
the Crown manufacturing facilities and Crown shall give a freight allowance equal to its cost
to deliver by commercial carrier. Crown intends to supply can bodies to the various Dr
Pepper/Seven Up filling locations from the following can manufacturing facilities:

	 	 	 
	Dr Pepper/Seven Up	 	Crown's Can Supply
	Filling Locations	 	Location (& Back-up)
	 
	 	 
	Ottumwa, IA

	 	*
	Northlake, IL

	 	*
	Holland, MI

	 	*

Crown agrees to establish warehouses, at mutually agreeable locations, for the
purpose of storing can bodies that will be available for pick-up by Dr Pepper/Seven
Up trucks for delivery to the above filling locations. Freight pick-up allowances
from these warehouse locations will be available to Dr Pepper/Seven Up and shall be
no less than *.

 

*Confidential treatment has been requested. The redacted material has been separately filed with
the Commission.

 

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PRICE CHANGES: During the term of the amended Agreement, the Base Prices shall be adjusted
pursuant to the provisions of the current Agreement.

ALUMINUM SUPPLY ALTERNATIVES: During the term of the amended Agreement, Crown agrees to cooperate
with Dr Pepper/Seven Up in providing alternatives to *. Such alternatives may include *. Dr Pepper/Seven Up acknowledges full responsibility
for any additional costs associated with such alternative * and understands that there
is a period of time required to reposition from one * to another.*

CADBURY SCHWEPPES: Upon receipt of Dr Pepper/Seven Up’s written request at any time during the
term of this Agreement, Crown shall supply Containers to Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages,
Inc. or one of its affiliates (“CSAB”) in the United States under the same terms and
conditions contained herein including, but not limited to, the prices offered under this
Agreement, provided Crown has sufficient production capacity and subject to a price adjustment
based upon *. The parties shall meet at the earliest opportunity to determine the volume,
specifications, locations and timing for shipment of Containers to CSAB. Dr Pepper/Seven Up
shall have no obligation, at any time, to exercise the option described above.

*

*

 

*Confidential treatment has been requested. The redacted material has been separately filed with
the Commission.

 

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CONFIDENTIALITY: Dr Pepper/Seven-Up and Crown agree to maintain strict confidentiality regarding
the contents of this Amendment including pricing and all other terms set forth herein.

OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Except as specifically modified by this Amendment, all other terms
and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

(Signature page follows.)

 

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If you are in agreement with the provisions of this Amendment as set forth above, please sign in
the space provided below and return one original copy to Crown.

	 	 	 	 	 
	CROWN Cork & Seal USA, Inc.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	/s/	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Title:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	DR PEPPER / SEVEN UP BOTTLING GROUP, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	/s/	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Title:EX-10.6

 

Exhibit 10.6

	 	 	 
	CROWN Beverage Packaging USA

One Crown Way 

Philadelphia, PA 19154-4599

tel: 215-698-5100

	 	

     June 21, 2006

	 	 	 
	AMENDMENT #2

	 	Cadbury Schweppes Bottling Group, Inc.

CROWN Cork & Seal USA, Inc (“Crown”) is pleased to offer this Amendment #2 to the June 15,
2004 Agreement (as previously amended on August 25, 2005) between Crown and Dr Pepper/Seven
Up Bottling Group, Inc. (“Dr Pepper/Seven Up”) now known as Cadbury Schweppes Bottling
Group Inc. (“Cadbury”) for the supply of aluminum 12 ounce beverage cans and ends
(“Containers”). The purpose of this Amendment #2 is to include additional Cadbury filling
locations into the Agreement and to revise certain other provisions of the Agreement as
described below:

LOCATIONS & VOLUMES: In addition to the Cadbury filling locations included in the current
Agreement (as previously amended), Crown shall supply and Cadbury agrees to purchase
from Crown, *% of their Container requirements for the following Cadbury filling
locations beginning Monday, July 17, 2006:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Location	 	Estimated Annual Volumes	 
	Denver, CO
	 	*
	Louisville, KY
	 	*
	 
	 	 	 
	Total Additional Volume
	 	*

If any of the Cadbury can filling locations supplied under the Agreement as
amended herein are closed and volume is moved to a replacement filling
location, Crown shall have the right to supply such relocated Container
volume at the replacement filling location pursuant to the terms of the
Agreement.

CROWN Cork & Seal USA, Inc.

     

 

*Confidential treatment has been requested. The redacted material has been separately filed with
the Commission.

 

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PRICING: The current prices under the amended Agreement (as of April 1, 2006) for the cans
and ends supplied by Crown are:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	with SuperEnd ®	 	 	with LOE Ends	 
	12 ounce can bodies
	 	$*	 	$*
	202 diameter ends
	 	$*	 	$*
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Total Container
	 	$*	 	$*

*
the selling prices * will be * as follows:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	With SuperEnd ®	 	 	with LOE Ends	 
	12 ounce can bodies
	 	$*	 	$*
	202 diameter ends
	 	$*	 	$*
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Total Container
	 	$*	 	$*

*

The above “Base Prices” shall be adjusted as described in the amended
Agreement. Base coated can bodies require an upcharge of * per thousand
cans.

PAYMENT TERMS: As in the current Agreement, payments for Containers supplied
under the amended Agreement shall be due net * days from the date of invoice -
no cash discounts will be allowed.

SUPER-ENDS ® : Conversion of the Denver and Louisville filling locations from
“LOE” to “Super-End ® ” ends shall be completed on a mutually agreeable schedule;
however, such conversions shall be completed no later than December 31, 2006.
* agrees to * required to convert the Denver and Louisville locations to
Super-End ®. Seamer overhaul and repair costs *.

 

	 	 	 
	*	Confidential treatment has been requested. The redacted material has been separately filed with
the Commission.

 

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FREIGHT: The above prices include freight delivery costs to
the various Cadbury filling locations. Cadbury may
use its own fleet of trucks to pick-up cans and/or
ends at the Crown manufacturing facilities and Crown
shall give a freight allowance equal to its cost to
deliver by commercial carrier. Crown intends to
supply can bodies to the various Cadbury filling
locations from the following can manufacturing
facilities:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Cadbury

	 	 	 	Crown’s Can Supply
	Filling Locations

	 	 
	 	Location (& Back-up)
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Denver, CO

	 	 	 	*
	Louisville, KY

	 	 	 	*

PRICE CHANGES:The Base Prices shall be adjusted pursuant to the provisions of
the current amended Agreement *.

CONFIDENTIALITY:Cadbury and Crown agree to maintain strict confidentiality
regarding the contents of this Amendment #2 including pricing and all other
terms set forth herein.

OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Except as specifically modified by this
Amendment #2, all other terms and conditions
of the amended Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect

 

	 	 	 
	*	Confidential treatment has been requested. The redacted material has been separately filed with
the Commission.

(Signature page follows.)

 

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If you are in agreement with the provisions of this Amendment #2 as set forth above, please
sign in the space provided below and return one original copy to Crown.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	CROWN Cork & Seal USA, Inc.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	/s/	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	CADBURY SCHWEPPES BOTTLING GROUP, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	/s/	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	Title:

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