SUPPLEMENT TO GUARANTEE

EX-4.2 3 dex42.htm SUPPLEMENT TO GUARANTEE, DATED DECEMBER 1, 2010 Supplement to Guarantee, dated December 1, 2010

Exhibit 4.2

SUPPLEMENT TO GUARANTEE

TO:

BNY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA as trustee (the “Trustee”) under a Trust Indenture (as the same may be supplemented, amended, restated or replaced from time to time, the “Trust Indenture”) dated as of June 1, 2010 providing for the issuance of Notes (as defined therein) of Tim Hortons Inc. (the “Obligor”).

THIS SUPPLEMENT TO GUARANTEE is made as of this 1^st day of December, 2010.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the guarantee made the 1^st day of June 2010 (the “Guarantee”) by the undersigned (hereinafter referred to as the “Guarantor”) in favour of the Trustee and each of the holders of the Notes, the Guarantor has guaranteed the Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee) of the Obligor pursuant to and subject to the terms of the Trust Indenture;

AND WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Trust Indenture, the Obligor and the Trustee entered into a first supplemental trust indenture (the “First Supplement”) dated as of June 1, 2010 providing for the issuance of Series 1 Notes (as defined therein) in the aggregate principal amount of Cdn.$200,000,000 (the “Initial Issuance Notes”);

AND WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Trust Indenture, the Obligor and the Trustee are entering into a first (reopening) supplemental indenture (collectively with the First Supplement, the “Supplements”) dated as of the date hereof providing for the issuance of additional Series 1 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of Cdn.$100,000,000 (the “Reopening Issuance Notes” and, collectively with the Initial Issuance Notes, the “Issued Notes”);

NOW THEREFORE THIS SUPPLEMENT TO GUARANTEE WITNESSES that, for value received, and intending to be legally bound by this Supplement to Guarantee, the Guarantor hereby confirms in favour of, and acknowledges and covenants with the Trustee as follows:

All of the Issued Notes, including without limitation the Reopening Issuance Notes, are Notes and, accordingly, all principal of and Premium (as defined in the Trust Indenture), if any, and interest on the Issued Notes and all other amounts due or owing to Noteholders (as defined in the Guarantee) in accordance with the terms of the Issued Notes and the Trust Indenture (as supplemented by the Supplements) are Obligations in respect of which the terms set forth in the Guarantee apply.

The Guarantee, as supplemented by this Supplement to Guarantee, shall remain in full force and effect, and shall continue to guarantee the due and punctual payment to the Noteholders of all Obligations (as such term has been supplemented in Section 1 above) of the Obligor in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture and Notes, subject to the release conditions set forth in the Guarantee and the Trust Indenture.

3.	The Guarantor shall deliver all such other documents and shall do all such other things as the Trustee reasonably requires from time to time to perform and carry out the purpose and intent of this Supplement to Guarantee.

This Supplement to Guarantee will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein.


THE TDL GROUP CORP.

By:		/s/ CYNTHIA J. DEVINE
		Name: Cynthia J. Devine
		Title: Chief Financial Officer

By:		/s/ DIANA FIFE
		Name: Diana Fife
		Title: Treasurer