INSTRUMENT OF RESIGNATION OF RESIGNING TRUSTEE, APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND ACCEPTANCE
EXHIBIT 4.2
EXECUTION VERSION
INSTRUMENT OF RESIGNATION OF RESIGNING TRUSTEE, APPOINTMENT OF
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND ACCEPTANCE
INSTRUMENT OF RESIGNATION, APPOINTMENT AND ACCEPTANCE (this “Agreement”) entered into as of December 1, 2006 among Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association, as successor in interest to Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company (“Resigning Trustee”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation (“Successor Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Issuer and Resigning Trustee have entered into the Indenture, dated as of July 30, 1991, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 29, 1992 (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), which provides for the issuance of the Issuer’s Securities, as set forth on Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the “Notes”); and
WHEREAS, Resigning Trustee has been acting as Trustee under the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, Section 7.08 of the Indenture provides that Resigning Trustee may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the Issuer; and
WHEREAS, Section 7.08 of the Indenture further provides that the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee to fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee under the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, Section 7.08 of the Indenture further provides that any successor Trustee appointed in accordance with the Indenture shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer and the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under the Indenture, and thereupon the resignation of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee under the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer wishes to appoint Successor Trustee as successor Trustee and Agent under the Indenture to succeed Resigning Trustee in such capacities; and
WHEREAS, Successor Trustee is willing to accept such appointment as successor Trustee and Agent under the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, Successor Trustee is eligible to act as successor Trustee under the Indenture;
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture and in consideration of the covenants herein contained, it is agreed among the Issuer, Resigning Trustee and Successor Trustee as follows:
| 1. | Pursuant to Section 7.08 of the Indenture, Resigning Trustee hereby resigns as Trustee under the Indenture. Resigning Trustee hereby also resigns as Agent under the Indenture. |
| 2. | Resigning Trustee hereby assigns, transfers, delivers and confirms to Successor Trustee all rights, powers, duties and obligations of the Trustee under the Indentures. |
| 3. | Resigning Trustee represents and warrants to Successor Trustee that: |
| (a) | Resigning Trustee has made, or promptly will make, available to Successor Trustee originals, if available, or copies in its possession, of all documents relating to the Indenture and all information in the possession of its corporate trust department relating to the administration and status of the Indenture; |
| (b) | to the best of the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of Resigning Trustee assigned to its corporate trust department, no default or Event of Default or any event which upon notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default under the Indenture has occurred and is continuing; and |
| (c) | no covenant or condition contained in the Indenture has been waived by Resigning Trustee or, to the best of the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of Resigning Trustee assigned to its corporate trust department, by the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Notes required by the Indenture to effect any such waiver. |
| 4. | The Issuer hereby accepts the resignation of Resigning Trustee as Trustee and Agent under the Indenture. Pursuant to the authority vested in it by Section 7.08 of the Indenture, the Issuer hereby appoints Successor Trustee as successor Trustee under the Indenture, with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties heretofore vested in Resigning Trustee under the Indenture. The Issuer also hereby appoints Successor Trustee as successor Agent under the Indenture. |
| 5. | The Issuer represents and warrants to Resigning Trustee and Successor Trustee that: |
| (a) | it is validly organized and existing under the laws of the state of its incorporation; |
| (b) | the Notes were validly and lawfully issued; |
| (c) | it has performed or fulfilled each covenant, agreement and condition on its part to be performed or fulfilled under the Indenture; |
| (d) | no default or Event of Default or any event which upon notice or lapse of time or both would become and Event of Default under the Indenture has occurred and is continuing; |
| (e) | it has not appointed any Agent under the Indenture other than Resigning Trustee; and |
| (f) | it will continue to perform the obligations undertaken by it under the Indenture. |
| 6. | Successor Trustee represents and warrants to Resigning Trustee and the Issuer that it is qualified and eligible to act as Trustee under Section 7.10 of the Indenture. |
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| 7. | Successor Trustee hereby accepts its appointment as successor Trustee and Agent under the Indenture, and accepts the obligations created thereby, and assumes all rights, powers, duties and obligations of the Trustee and Agent under the Indenture. Successor Trustee will perform said obligations and will exercise said rights, powers, duties and obligations upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture. |
| 8. | Successor Trustee hereby accepts the designation of its Corporate Trust Office as the office or agency of the Issuer in New York, New York where the Notes may be presented for payment or registration of transfer. |
| 9. | Promptly after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Successor Trustee will mail or cause to be mailed to each holder of the Notes a Notice of Succession of Trustee, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B in accordance with Section 7.08 of the Indenture. |
| 10. | Pursuant to the written request of Successor Trustee and the Issuer hereby made, Resigning Trustee, upon payment of its outstanding charges, confirms, assigns, transfers and sets over to Successor Trustee, as successor Trustee under the Indenture, upon the obligations expressed in the Indenture, any and all property and money and all the rights, powers, duties and obligations which Resigning Trustee now holds under and by virtue of the Indenture. |
| 11. | The Issuer and Resigning Trustee hereby agree, upon the request of Successor Trustee, to execute, acknowledge and deliver such further instruments of conveyance and assurance and to do such other things as may be reasonably required for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming in Successor Trustee all of the applicable rights, powers and trusts of Resigning Trustee as Trustee and Agent under the Indenture. |
| 12. | Resigning Trustee agrees to indemnify Successor Trustee and save Successor Trustee harmless from and against any and all costs, claims, liabilities, losses or damages whatsoever (including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of Successor Trustee’s counsel and other advisors), that Successor Trustee suffers or incurs without negligence or bad faith on its part arising out of actions or omissions of Resigning Trustee. Successor Trustee will furnish to Resigning Trustee, promptly after receipt, all papers with respect to any action the outcome of which would make operative the indemnity provided for in this Section. Successor Trustee shall notify Resigning Trustee promptly in writing (and, in any event, within no later than 10 days) of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Resigning Trustee shall have the option to defend the claim and Successor Trustee shall cooperate fully in the defense. If Resigning Trustee shall assume the defense, then Resigning Trustee shall not pay for separate counsel of Successor Trustee. Resigning Trustee shall not be obligated to pay for any settlement made without its consent. |
| 13. | Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the definitions given thereto in the Indenture. |
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| 14. | This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, as applied to contracts made and performed within the State of New York without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws. |
| 15. | In case any provision in this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. |
| 16. | This Agreement may be simultaneously executed in any number of counterparts. Each such counterpart so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. |
| 17. | This Agreement and the resignation, appointment and acceptance effected hereby shall be effective as of the close of business on the date first above written, upon the execution and delivery hereof by each of the parties hereto, and any and all payments required to be made by the Trustee under the Indenture shall be made by Successor Trustee following such effectiveness. |
| 18. | Notwithstanding the resignation of Resigning Trustee effected hereby, the Issuer shall remain obligated under Section 7.07 of the Indenture to compensate, reimburse and indemnify Resigning Trustee in connection with its prior trusteeship under the Indenture. The Issuer also acknowledges and reaffirms its obligations to Successor Trustee as set forth in Section 7.07 of the Indenture, which obligations shall survive the execution hereof. |
| 19. | All notices, whether faxed or mailed, will be deemed received when sent pursuant to the following instructions: |
TO RESIGNING TRUSTEE:
Mr. James R. Lewis
Vice President
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Worldwide Securities Services
4 New York Plaza, 20th Floor
New York, New York 10004
Fax: (212) ###-###-####
Tel: (212) ###-###-####
TO SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Trust & Securities Services
60 Wall Street, 27th Floor
MS: NYC60-2710
New York, NY 10005
Fax: (212) ###-###-####
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with a copy to:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
Trust & Securities Services
25 DeForest Avenue
Mail Stop: SUMOI-0105
Summit, NJ 07901
Fax: (732) ###-###-####
Tel: (908) ###-###-####
TO THE ISSUER:
Joyce King-Lavinder
Vice President and Treasurer
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
P.O. Box 723040
Atlanta, GA 31139-0400
Fax: (770) ###-###-####
Tel: (770) ###-###-####
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Instrument of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
| COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC. | ||||
| By: | /S/ JOYCE KING LAVINDER | |||
| Name: | Joyce King-Lavinder | |||
| Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |||
| JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Resigning Trustee | ||||
| By: | /S/ J. R. LEWIS | |||
| Name: | J. R. Lewis | |||
| Title: | Vice President | |||
| DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Successor Trustee | ||||
| By: | /S/ RICHARD L. BUCKWATER | |||
| Name: | Richard L. Buckwater | |||
| Title: | Vice President | |||
| By: | /S/ ANNIE JAGHATSPANYAN | |||
| Name: | Annie Jaghatspanyan | |||
| Title: | Assistant Vice President | |||
EXHIBIT A
CHART OF OUTSTANDING SECURITIES
| ISSUE | OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT | CUSIP # | |||
| Medium Term Notes due 2018 | $ | 25,500,000 | |||
| 7% Debentures due 2026 | $ | 299,950,000 | 191219AW4 | ||
| Zero Coupon Note Due June 20, 2020 | $ | 629,360,000 | 191219AV6 | ||
| 6.95% Debentures due 2026 | $ | 500,000,000 | 191219AY0 | ||
| 6.70% Debentures due 2036 | $ | 299,990,000 | 191219AX2 | ||
| 7% Debentures Due 2098 | $ | 250,000,000 | 191219BD5 | ||
| 7.125% Notes due 2017 | $ | 300,000,000 | 191219BB9 | ||
| 8 1/2% Debentures Due 2012 | $ | 250,000,000 | 191219AN4 | ||
| 6.75% Debentures Due 2038 | $ | 250,000,000 | 191219BC7 | ||
| 6.75% Debentures Due 2028 | $ | 400,000,000 | 191219BE3 | ||
| 5.75% Notes Due 2008 | $ | 600,000,000 | 191219BF0 | ||
| 7.125% Notes Due 2009 | $ | 131,303,000 | 191219BG8 | ||
| 6.125% Notes due 2011 | $ | 286,938,000 | 191219BJ2 | ||
| 4.375% Notes Due 2009 | $ | 500,000,000 | 191219BM5 | ||
| 4.250% Notes due 2010 | $ | 250,000,000 | 191219BP8 | ||
| 8.50% Debentures due 2022 | $ | 750,000,000 | 191219AP9 | ||
| 6 3/4 % Debentures Due 2023 | $ | 250,000,000 | 191219AU8 | ||
| 8% Debentures Due 2022 | $ | 250,000,000 | 191219AQ7 | ||
| 5.71% Notes Due 2037 | $ | 4,390,000 | 19122EAP7 | ||
EXHIBIT B
NOTICE OF SUCCESSION OF TRUSTEE
To the Holders of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.’s (the “Issuer”)
| ISSUE | CUSIP # | |
| Medium Term Notes due 2018 | ||
| 7% Debentures due 2026 | 191219AW4 | |
| Zero Coupon Note Due June 20, 2020 | 191219AV6 | |
| 6.95% Debentures due 2026 | 191219AY0 | |
| 6.70% Debentures due 2036 | 191219AX2 | |
| 7% Debentures Due 2098 | 191219BD5 | |
| 7.125% Notes due 2017 | 191219BB9 | |
| 8 1/2% Debentures Due 2012 | 191219AN4 | |
| 6.75% Debentures Due 2038 | 191219BC7 | |
| 6.75% Debentures Due 2028 | 191219BE3 | |
| 5.75% Notes Due 2008 | 191219BF0 | |
| 7.125% Notes Due 2009 | 191219BG8 | |
| 6.125% Notes due 2011 | 191219BJ2 | |
| 4.375% Notes Due 2009 | 191219BM5 | |
| 4.250% Notes due 2010 | 191219BP8 | |
| 8.50% Debentures due 2022 | 191219AP9 | |
| 6 3/4 % Debentures Due 2023 | 191219AU8 | |
| 8% Debentures Due 2022 | 191219AQ7 | |
| 5.71% Notes Due 2037 | 19122EAP7 |
(collectively, the “Notes”)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Section 7.08 of the Indenture, dated as of July 30, 1991, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 29, 1992 (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), under which the above mentioned Notes were issued, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as successor in interest to Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, has resigned as Trustee and Agent.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to Section 7.08 of the Indenture, the Issuer has appointed Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation,
as successor Trustee and Agent under the Indenture. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas has, pursuant to Section 7.08 of the Indenture, accepted such appointment, effective as of December 1, 2006. The address of the Corporate Trust Office of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas is 60 Wall Street, 27th Floor, Mail Stop: NYC60-2710, New York, NY 10005, Attn: Trust & Securities Services.
| DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
Dated: December 5, 2006
