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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 1, 2023 (October 31, 2023)

 

BUNGE LIMITED

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Bermuda

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

001-16625

(Commission File Number)

98-0231912

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

    

1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway

Chesterfield, Missouri

(Address of principal executive offices)

63017

(Zip code)

   

(314) 292-2000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N. A.

(Former name or former address, if changes since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

  

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

  

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Shares, $0.01 par value per share   BG   New York Stock Exchange

  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

  

Emerging growth company ¨

   

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Explanatory Note

 

At 12:01 a.m., Eastern Time, on November 1, 2023 (the “Effective Time”), Bunge Limited, a Bermuda company (“Bunge Bermuda”), completed the previously disclosed Bermuda Law Scheme of Arrangement (the “Scheme of Arrangement”) that effected certain transactions (the “Redomestication”) resulting in the shareholders of Bunge Bermuda becoming the holders of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Bunge Global SA, a Swiss corporation (“Bunge Switzerland”).

 

As previously disclosed, the Redomestication was approved by Bunge Bermuda’s shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting held on October 5, 2023. The terms and conditions of the Scheme of Arrangement were sanctioned by the Bermuda Court by an order (“Order”) and the Order was delivered to the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda as required by Section 99 of the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda.

 

In connection with the Redomestication, Bunge Bermuda, Bunge Switzerland and Bunge MergerCo (as defined below), entered into the Agreement and Plan of Merger (as defined below), pursuant to which, among others:

 

Bunge Bermuda merged with and into Bunge MergerCo, following which Bunge Bermuda survived as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Bunge Switzerland; and

 

Each common share of Bunge Bermuda, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Shares”), was cancelled in exchange for an equal number of registered shares of Bunge Switzerland, par value $0.01 per share (the “Registered Shares”)

 

Prior to the Redomestication, the Common Shares were registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The Common Shares were suspended from trading on NYSE at the close of trading on October 31, 2023, and NYSE filed a Form 25 to delist the Common Shares from NYSE and from registration under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act on November 1, 2023. Bunge Bermuda expects to file a Form 15 with the SEC to terminate the registration under the Exchange Act of Common Shares and suspend all of its reporting obligations under Sections 12(g) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act 10 days after the date such Form 25 is filed.

 

The Registered Shares were exempt from registration under Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Exchange Act, Bunge Switzerland is the successor issuer to Bunge Bermuda, the Registered Shares are deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and Bunge Switzerland is subject to the periodic and current reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

The Registered Shares began trading on NYSE under the symbol “BG,” which is the same symbol under which the Common Shares were previously traded. The CUSIP number for the Registered Shares is H11356104.

 

Item 1.01Entry into Material Definitive Agreements

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger

 

On October 31, 2023, in connection with the Redomestication, Bunge Bermuda, Horizon Merger Company Limited, a Bermuda exempted company newly formed for the purpose of merging with Bunge-Bermuda in the Redomestication (“Bunge MergerCo”), and Bunge Switzerland entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Agreement and Plan of Merger”), pursuant to which Bunge Bermuda merged with and into Bunge MergerCo, following which Bunge Bermuda survived as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Bunge Switzerland. A copy of the Agreement and Plan of Merger is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1.

 

Amendments to Debt Facilities

Pursuant to amendments previously disclosed on June 21, 2023, effective in connection with the consummation of the Redomestication, Bunge Switzerland assumed all of the guarantees of Bunge Bermuda under the credit facilities of Bunge Limited Finance Corp. (“Bunge Finance”) and Bunge Finance Europe B.V. (“Bunge Finance Europe”), each of which became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Bunge Switzerland following the Redomestication.

 

Amendments to Senior Notes

 

Effective in connection with the consummation of the Redomestication, Bunge Switzerland also executed supplemental indentures with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association to guarantee the obligations of Bunge Finance under its existing indentures relating to the 1.63% Senior Notes due 2025, 3.25% Senior Notes due 2026, 3.75% Senior Notes due 2027 and 2.75% Senior Notes due 2031, respectively.

 

 

 

 

The foregoing descriptions of these supplemental indentures do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text thereof included as Exhibits 4.1 to 4.4 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 2.01Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.

 

Item 3.01Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing

 

The information set forth in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.01.

 

Item 3.03Material Modification to the Rights of Security Holders

 

The information included under the Introductory Note and Item 5.03 hereof are incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.

 

Item 5.01Changes in Control of Registrant

 

The information set forth in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.01.

 

Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers

 

Directors and Officers

 

On October 31, 2023, in connection with the Redomestication, each of Bunge Bermuda’s directors who was a member of the Board Of Directors immediately prior to the Redomestication ceased to serve as a director, and each of Bunge Bermuda’s executive officers who was an executive officer immediately prior to the Redomestication ceased to serve as an officer. As of October 31, 2023, Eliane Aleixo Lustosa de Andrade, Sheila Bair, Carol Browner, Gregory A. Heckman, Bernardo Hees, Michael Kobori, Monica McGurk, Kenneth Simril, Henry (Jay) Winship and Mark Zenuk were appointed as directors of Bunge Switzerland and the following persons were appointed as officers of Bunge Switzerland Gregory A. Heckman, John Neppl, Christos Dimopoulus, Julio Garros and Joseph Podwika.

 

Bunge Bermuda no longer has any standing committees of its Board Of Directors.

 

Employee Incentive Plans and Awards

 

Effective as of November 1, 2023, Bunge Bermuda amended and restated the 2009 Bunge Equity Incentive Plan, the Bunge 2016 Equity Incentive Plan and the Bunge 2017 Non-Employee Director Equity Incentive Plan (collectively, the “Plans”) to provide for the issuance of Registered Shares instead of the Common Shares in connection with the awards under the Plans. Additionally, the amendments to the Plans include changes to comply with Swiss law regarding minimum payment for shares, share sourcing, the form of shares, data protection and forfeiture of restricted shares.

 

 

 

 

A copy of each Plan, as amended, is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2, and Exhibit 10.3, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing summary of the Plans is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibits.

 

Item 5.03Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Bunge Bermuda amended and restated its Bye-laws effective October 31, 2023. The Amended and Restated Bye-laws are filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger
3.1   Bye-Laws
4.1   Second Supplemental Indenture, 1.63% Senior Notes due 2025, dated as of November 1, 2023 by and among Bunge Limited Finance Corp., Bunge Limited and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (including the form of note)
4.2   Second Supplemental Indenture, 3.25% Senior Notes due 2026 dated as of November 1, 2023 by and among Bunge Limited Finance Corp., Bunge Limited and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (including the form of note)
4.3   Second Supplemental Indenture, 3.75% Senior Notes due 2027 dated as of November 1, 2023 by and among Bunge Limited Finance Corp., Bunge Limited and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (including the form of note)
4.4   Second Supplemental Indenture, 2.75% Senior Notes due 2031 dated as of November 1, 2023 by and among Bunge Limited Finance Corp., Bunge Limited and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (including the form of note)
10.1   2009 Bunge Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated
10.2   Bunge 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated
10.3   Bunge 2017 Non-Employee Director Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated
104   Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Bunge Limited

   
     
  By: /s/ John W. Neppl
    John W. Neppl
    Executive Vice President & Chief  Financial Officer

 

Date: November 1, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 2.1

 

MERGER AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT is made the 31st of October 2023

 

BETWEEN:

 

(1)Bunge Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda having its registered office at Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda (the “First Merging Company”);

 

(2)Horizon Merger Company Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda having its registered office at Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda (the “Second Merging Company”); and

 

(3)Bunge Global SA, route de Florissant 13, 1206 Geneva, Switzerland, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Switzerland and the sole shareholder of the Second Merging Company (“Swiss HoldCo”).

 

WHEREAS:

 

(A)The First Merging Company is undertaking a scheme of arrangement in the matter of Bunge Limited and in the matter of the Companies Act 1981, Section 99 (the “Scheme of Arrangement”), the purpose of which is to effect the redomestication of the parent company of the Bunge group from Bermuda to Switzerland;

 

(B)As a step prior to the Scheme of Arrangement, the First Merging Company shall subscribe at nominal value for a number of registered shares, par value USD 0.01 each, of Swiss HoldCo (the “Swiss HoldCo Shares”) equal to the number of common shares of the First Merging Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (including common shares of the First Merging Company held in treasury by the First Merging Company) (the “Relevant Number of Swiss HoldCo Shares”); and

 

(C)The First Merging Company and the Second Merging Company wish to merge pursuant to section 104H of the Act on the terms and conditions hereinafter appearing with the effect that, inter alia, the First Merging Company and the Second Merging Company will merge and their undertaking, property and liabilities shall vest in the First Merging Company as the surviving company (the "Surviving Company").

 

NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:

 

1.INTERPRETATION

 

In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:

 

  Act the Companies Act 1981;
  Agreement this merger agreement;
  Common Shares has the meaning set forth in Section 4(d);
  Contribution Share has the meaning set forth in Section 4(b);
  Effective Time the date and time at which the order of the Supreme Court of Bermuda which sanctioned the Scheme of Arrangement is filed with the Registrar of Companies of Bermuda, as a result of which the Scheme of Arrangement and all transactions contemplated thereunder shall become effective concurrently;
  Merger the merger of the First Merging Company and the Second Merging Company pursuant to this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

2.Merger

 

On or before the Effective Time, Swiss HoldCo shall issue to the Surviving Company the Relevant Number of Swiss HoldCo Shares for delivery, upon occurrence of the Effective Time, to the holders of Common Shares entitled to such Swiss HoldCo Shares pursuant to Section 4(d) below.

 

At the Effective Time, the First Merging Company and the Second Merging Company shall merge pursuant to section 104H of the Act and in accordance with the Scheme of Arrangement, with the effect that, inter alia:

 

(a)the merger of the First Merging Company and the Second Merging Company and the vesting of their undertaking, property and liabilities in the Surviving Company shall become effective;

 

(b)the Surviving Company shall continue to be liable for the obligations of the First Merging Company and the Second Merging Company;

 

(c)an existing cause of action, claim or liability to prosecution shall be unaffected;

 

(d)a civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding pending by or against the First Merging Company or the Second Merging Company may be continued to be prosecuted by or against the Surviving Company;

 

(e)a conviction against, or ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against, the First Merging Company or the Second Merging Company may be enforced by or against the Surviving Company;

 

(f)the Registrar of Companies of Bermuda shall strike off the register the Second Merging Company;

 

(g)the cession of the Second Merging Company shall not be a winding-up within Part XIII of the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda; and

 

(h)the Surviving Company shall file an election with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to be treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

3.Name, Memorandum and Bye-laws

 

3.1.The name of the Surviving Company shall be "Bunge Limited".

 

3.2.The Memorandum of Association of the First Merging Company immediately prior to the Merger shall be the Memorandum of Association of the Surviving Company immediately after the Merger.

 

3.3.The Bye-laws of the First Merging Company immediately prior to the Merger shall be the Bye-laws of the Surviving Company immediately after the Merger.

 

4.Directors

 

The names of the persons to be directors of the Surviving Company are as follows:

 

 

 

 

  Eliane Aleixo Lustosa de Andrade Sheila Bair
  Carol M. Browner Gregory A. Heckman
  Bernardo Hees Michael Kobori
  Monica McGurk Kenneth Simril
  Henry W. (Jay) Winship Mark N. Zenuk

 

The address of each Surviving Company director shall be 1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017, United States of America.

 

5.Cancellation of Shares

 

At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and the Scheme of Arrangement and without any action on the part of the Surviving Company or the holders of any shares or securities thereof:

 

(a)the respective authorised share capitals of the First Merging Company and the Second Merging Company shall not be combined;

 

(b)each share of the Second Merging Company in issue immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and converted into a share of the Surviving Company (the “Contribution Share”);

 

(c)the Surviving Company shall issue and allot the Contribution Share to Swiss HoldCo’s general reserves from capital contribution (Kapitaleinlagereserven) in accordance with a Swiss law contribution agreement between the Surviving Company as contributor and Swiss HoldCo as contributee, thus becoming a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Swiss HoldCo; and

 

(d)but for the Contribution Share, all common shares, par value US$0.01 per share, of the First Merging Company in issue immediately prior to the Effective Time (including any common shares held by the First Merging Company in treasury) (the “Common Shares”) shall be converted into the right of the holders of such Common Shares to receive, for each Common Share held immediately prior to the Effective Time, one Swiss HoldCo Share.

 

6.U.S. Federal income tax treatment

 

6.1.The transactions under this Agreement constitute a mere change of place of incorporation of the First Merging Company and will be treated as a reorganization described in section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Intended Tax Treatment”).

 

6.2.By entering into this Agreement, the parties hereby adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulations sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) with respect to the Merger. The parties will report the transactions in this Agreement in all cases in accordance with the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

7.Governing Law

 

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Bermuda, and the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Bermuda.

 

[signature page follows]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been executed by or on behalf of each of the parties hereto.

 

First Merging Company    
     
/s/ Rajat Gupta   /s/ Lisa Ware-Alexander

Name: Rajat Gupta

Function: Authorized Signatory

 

Name: Lisa Ware-Alexander

Function: Authorized Signatory

     
Second Merging Company    
     
/s/ Julie Hawkins     

Name: Julie Hawkins

Function: Director

   
     
Swiss HoldCo    
     
/s/ Christos Dimopoulos    /s/ Pierre Mauger 

Name: Christos Dimopoulos

Function: Director

 

Name: Pierre Mauger

Function: Director

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A – Bunge Stock Plans

 

1.2009 Equity Incentive Plan – employee equity plan with only exercisable stock options

 

2.Bunge Limited 2016 Equity Incentive Plan – amended and restated employee equity plan: active plan with new grants of TBRSUs and PBRSUs, and exercisable stock options

 

3.Bunge Limited 2017 Non-Employee Directors Equity Incentive Plan – amended and restated director equity plan with outstanding TBRUs

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

 

 

Bye-laws of

 

Bunge Limited

 

 

 

Clarendon House, 2 Church Street

 

Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda

 

conyers.com

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

interpretation 1
1. Definitions 1
SHARES 3
2. Power to Issue Shares 3
3. Power of the Company to Purchase its Shares 3
4. Rights Attaching to Shares 3
5. Calls on Shares 4
6. Forfeiture of Shares 4
7. Share Certificates 5
8. Fractional Shares 5
REGISTRATION OF SHARES 5
9. Register of Members 5
10. Registered Holder Absolute Owner 6
11. Transfer of Registered Shares 6
12. Transmission of Registered Shares 7
ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL 8
13. Power to Alter Capital 8
14. Variation of Rights Attaching to Shares 8
DIVIDENDS AND CAPITALISATION 9
15. Dividends 9
16. Power to Set Aside Profits 9
17. Method of Payment 9
18. Capitalisation 9
MEETINGS OF MEMBERS 10
19. Annual General Meetings 10
20. Special General Meetings 10
21. Requisitioned General Meetings 10
22. Notice 10
23. Giving Notice and Access 11
24. Postponement of General Meeting 11

 

 

 

 

25. Electronic Participation in Meetings 12
26. Quorum at General Meetings 12
27. Chairman to Preside at General Meetings 12
28. Voting on Resolutions 12
29. Power to Demand a Vote on a Poll 13
30. Voting by Joint Holders of Shares 14
31. Instrument of Proxy 14
32. Representation of Corporate Member 15
33. Adjournment of General Meeting 15
34. Written Resolutions 15
35. Directors Attendance at General Meetings 16
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS 16
36. Election of Directors 16
37. Number of Directors 16
38. Term of Office of Directors 16
39. Alternate Directors 16
40. Removal of Directors 17
41. Vacancy in the Office of Director 18
42. Remuneration of Directors 18
43. Defect in Appointment 18
44. Directors to Manage Business 18
45. Powers of the Board of Directors 19
46. Register of Directors and Officers 20
47. Appointment of Officers 20
48. Appointment of Secretary 20
49. Duties of Officers 20
50. Remuneration of Officers 20
51. Conflicts of Interest 20
52. Indemnification and Exculpation of Directors and Officers 21
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 22
53. Board Meetings 22

 

 

 

 

54. Notice of Board Meetings 22
55. Electronic Participation in Meetings 22
56. Representation of Corporate Director 22
57. Quorum at Board Meetings 22
58. Board to Continue in the Event of Vacancy 22
59. Chairman to Preside 23
60. Written Resolutions 23
61. Validity of Prior Acts of the Board 23
CORPORATE RECORDS 23
62. Minutes 23
63. Place Where Corporate Records Kept 23
64. Form and Use of Seal 23
ACCOUNTS 24
65. Records of Account 24
66. Financial Year End 24
AUDITS 24
67. Annual Audit 24
68. Appointment of Auditor 24
69. Remuneration of Auditor 25
70. Duties of Auditor 25
71. Access to Records 25
72. Financial Statements and the Auditor's Report 25
73. Vacancy in the Office of Auditor 25
VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP AND DISSOLUTION 26
74. Winding-Up 26
CHANGES TO CONSTITUTION 26
75. Changes to Bye-laws 26
76. Changes to the Memorandum of Association 26
77. Discontinuance 26

 

 

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interpretation

 

1.Definitions

 

1.1.In these Bye-laws, the following words and expressions shall, where not inconsistent with the context, have the following meanings, respectively:

 

  “Act” the Companies Act 1981;
     
  “Alternate Director” an alternate director appointed in accordance with these Bye-laws;
     
  “Auditor” includes an individual, company or partnership;
     
  “Board” the board of directors (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a sole director) appointed or elected pursuant to these Bye-laws and acting by resolution in accordance with the Act and these Bye-laws or the directors present at a meeting of directors at which there is a quorum;
     
  “Company” the company for which these Bye-laws are approved and confirmed;
     
  “Director” a director of the Company and shall include an Alternate Director;
     
  “Member” the person registered in the Register of Members as the holder of shares in the Company and, when two or more persons are so registered as joint holders of shares, means the person whose name stands first in the Register of Members as one of such joint holders or all of such persons, as the context so requires;
     
  “notice” written notice as further provided in these Bye-laws unless otherwise specifically stated;
     
  “Officer” any person appointed by the Board to hold an office in the Company;
     
  “Register of Directors and Officers” the register of directors and officers referred to in these Bye-laws;
     
  “Register of Members” the register of members referred to in these Bye-laws;

 

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  “Resident Representative” any person appointed to act as resident representative and includes any deputy or assistant resident representative;
     
  “Secretary” the person appointed to perform any or all of the duties of secretary of the Company and includes any deputy or assistant secretary and any person appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of the Secretary; and
     
  “Treasury Share” a share of the Company that was or is treated as having been acquired and held by the Company and has been held continuously by the Company since it was so acquired and has not been cancelled.

 

1.2.In these Bye-laws, where not inconsistent with the context:

 

(a)words denoting the plural number include the singular number and vice versa;

 

(b)words denoting the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders;

 

(c)words importing persons include companies, associations or bodies of persons whether corporate or not;

 

(d)the words:-

 

(i)"may" shall be construed as permissive; and

 

(ii)"shall" shall be construed as imperative;

 

(e)a reference to a statutory provision shall be deemed to include any amendment or re-enactment thereof;

 

(f)the word "corporation" means a corporation whether or not a company within the meaning of the Act; and

 

(g)unless otherwise provided herein, words or expressions defined in the Act shall bear the same meaning in these Bye-laws.

 

1.3.In these Bye-laws expressions referring to writing or its cognates shall, unless the contrary intention appears, include facsimile, printing, lithography, photography, electronic mail and other modes of representing words in visible form.

 

1.4.Headings used in these Bye-laws are for convenience only and are not to be used or relied upon in the construction hereof.

 

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SHARES

 

2.Power to Issue Shares

 

2.1.Subject to these Bye-laws and to any resolution of the Members to the contrary, and without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of any existing shares or class of shares, the Board shall have the power to issue any unissued shares on such terms and conditions as it may determine and any shares or class of shares may be issued with such preferred, deferred or other special rights or such restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting, return of capital, or otherwise as the Company may by resolution of the Members prescribe.

 

2.2.Subject to the Act, any preference shares may be issued or converted into shares that (at a determinable date or at the option of the Company or the holder) are liable to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner as may be determined by the Board (before the issue or conversion).

 

3.Power of the Company to Purchase its Shares

 

3.1.The Company may purchase its own shares for cancellation or acquire them as Treasury Shares in accordance with the Act on such terms as the Board shall think fit.

 

3.2.The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to purchase or acquire all or any part of its own shares in accordance with the Act.

 

4.Rights Attaching to Shares

 

4.1.Subject to any resolution of the Members to the contrary (and without prejudice to any special rights conferred thereby on the holders of any other shares or class of shares), the share capital shall be divided into shares of a single class the holders of which shall, subject to these Bye-laws:

 

(a)be entitled to one vote per share;

 

(b)be entitled to such dividends as the Board may from time to time declare;

 

(c)in the event of a winding-up or dissolution of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or for the purpose of a reorganisation or otherwise or upon any distribution of capital, be entitled to the surplus assets of the Company; and

 

(d)generally be entitled to enjoy all of the rights attaching to shares.

 

4.2.All the rights attaching to a Treasury Share shall be suspended and shall not be exercised by the Company while it holds such Treasury Share and, except where required by the Act, all Treasury Shares shall be excluded from the calculation of any percentage or fraction of the share capital, or shares, of the Company.

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5.Calls on Shares

 

5.1.The Board may make such calls as it thinks fit upon the Members in respect of any moneys (whether in respect of nominal value or premium) unpaid on the shares allotted to or held by such Members and, if a call is not paid on or before the day appointed for payment thereof, the Member may at the discretion of the Board be liable to pay the Company interest on the amount of such call at such rate as the Board may determine, from the date when such call was payable up to the actual date of payment. The Board may differentiate between the holders as to the amount of calls to be paid and the times of payment of such calls.

 

5.2.The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls and any interest, costs and expenses in respect thereof.

 

5.3.The Company may accept from any Member the whole or a part of the amount remaining unpaid on any shares held by him, although no part of that amount has been called up.

 

6.Forfeiture of Shares

 

6.1.If any Member fails to pay, on the day appointed for payment thereof, any call in respect of any share allotted to or held by such Member, the Board may, at any time thereafter during such time as the call remains unpaid, direct the Secretary to forward such Member a notice in writing in the form, or as near thereto as circumstances admit, of the following:

 

Notice of Liability to Forfeiture for Non-Payment of Call

 

[Name of Company] (the "Company")

 

You have failed to pay the call of [amount of call] made on [date], in respect of the [number] share(s) [number in figures] standing in your name in the Register of Members of the Company, on [date], the day appointed for payment of such call. You are hereby notified that unless you pay such call together with interest thereon at the rate of [ ] per annum computed from the said [date] at the registered office of the Company the share(s) will be liable to be forfeited.

 

Dated this [date]

 

 

 [Signature of Secretary] By Order of the Board

 

6.2.If the requirements of such notice are not complied with, any such share may at any time thereafter before the payment of such call and the interest due in respect thereof be forfeited by a resolution of the Board to that effect, and such share shall thereupon become the property of the Company and may be disposed of as the Board shall determine. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the disposal may take place by sale, repurchase, redemption or any other method of disposal permitted by and consistent with these Bye-laws and the Act.

 

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6.3.A Member whose share or shares have been so forfeited shall, notwithstanding such forfeiture, be liable to pay to the Company all calls owing on such share or shares at the time of the forfeiture, together with all interest due thereon and any costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection therewith.

 

6.4.The Board may accept the surrender of any shares which it is in a position to forfeit on such terms and conditions as may be agreed. Subject to those terms and conditions, a surrendered share shall be treated as if it had been forfeited.

 

7.Share Certificates

 

7.1.Every Member shall be entitled to a certificate under the common seal (or a facsimile thereof) of the Company or bearing the signature (or a facsimile thereof) of a Director or the Secretary or a person expressly authorised to sign specifying the number and, where appropriate, the class of shares held by such Member and whether the same are fully paid up and, if not, specifying the amount paid on such shares. The Board may by resolution determine, either generally or in a particular case, that any or all signatures on certificates may be printed thereon or affixed by mechanical means.

 

7.2.The Company shall be under no obligation to complete and deliver a share certificate unless specifically called upon to do so by the person to whom the shares have been allotted.

 

7.3.If any share certificate shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Board to have been worn out, lost, mislaid, or destroyed the Board may cause a new certificate to be issued and request an indemnity for the lost certificate if it sees fit.

 

8.Fractional Shares

 

The Company may issue its shares in fractional denominations and deal with such fractions to the same extent as its whole shares and shares in fractional denominations shall have in proportion to the respective fractions represented thereby all of the rights of whole shares including (but without limiting the generality of the foregoing) the right to vote, to receive dividends and distributions and to participate in a winding-up.

 

REGISTRATION OF SHARES

 

9.Register of Members

 

9.1.The Board shall cause to be kept in one or more books a Register of Members and shall enter therein the particulars required by the Act.

 

9.2.The Register of Members shall be open to inspection without charge at the registered office of the Company on every business day, subject to such reasonable restrictions as the Board may impose, so that not less than two hours in each business day be allowed for inspection. The Register of Members may, after notice has been given in accordance with the Act, be closed for any time or times not exceeding in the whole thirty days in each year.

 

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10.Registered Holder Absolute Owner

 

The Company shall be entitled to treat the registered holder of any share as the absolute owner thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognise any equitable claim or other claim to, or interest in, such share on the part of any other person.

 

11.Transfer of Registered Shares

 

11.1.An instrument of transfer shall be in writing in the form of the following, or as near thereto as circumstances admit, or in such other form as the Board may accept:

 

Transfer of a Share or Shares
 
[Name of Company] (the "Company")
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED                         [amount] , I, [name of transferor] hereby sell, assign and transfer unto [transferee] of [address] , [number] shares of the Company.

 

DATED this [date]    
     
Signed by:   In the presence of:
     
     
Transferor   Witness
     
Signed by:   In the presence of:
     
     
Transferee   Witness

 

 

11.2.Such instrument of transfer shall be signed by (or in the case of a party that is a corporation, on behalf of) the transferor and transferee, provided that, in the case of a fully paid share, the Board may accept the instrument signed by or on behalf of the transferor alone. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of such share until the same has been registered as having been transferred to the transferee in the Register of Members.

 

11.3.The Board may refuse to recognise any instrument of transfer unless it is accompanied by the certificate in respect of the shares to which it relates and by such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require showing the right of the transferor to make the transfer.

 

11.4.The joint holders of any share may transfer such share to one or more of such joint holders, and the surviving holder or holders of any share previously held by them jointly with a deceased Member may transfer any such share to the executors or administrators of such deceased Member.

 

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11.5.The Board may in its absolute discretion and without assigning any reason therefor refuse to register the transfer of a share. The Board shall refuse to register a transfer unless all applicable consents, authorisations and permissions of any governmental body or agency in Bermuda have been obtained. If the Board refuses to register a transfer of any share the Secretary shall, within three months after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company, send to the transferor and transferee notice of the refusal.

 

11.6.Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Bye-laws, shares that are listed or admitted to trading on an appointed stock exchange may be transferred in accordance with the rules and regulations of such exchange.

 

12.Transmission of Registered Shares

 

12.1.In the case of the death of a Member, the survivor or survivors where the deceased Member was a joint holder, and the legal personal representatives of the deceased Member where the deceased Member was a sole holder, shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to the deceased Member's interest in the shares. Nothing herein contained shall release the estate of a deceased joint holder from any liability in respect of any share which had been jointly held by such deceased Member with other persons. Subject to the Act, for the purpose of this Bye-law, legal personal representative means the executor or administrator of a deceased Member or such other person as the Board may, in its absolute discretion, decide as being properly authorised to deal with the shares of a deceased Member.

 

12.2.Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of any Member may be registered as a Member upon such evidence as the Board may deem sufficient or may elect to nominate some person to be registered as a transferee of such share, and in such case the person becoming entitled shall execute in favour of such nominee an instrument of transfer in writing in the form, or as near thereto as circumstances admit, of the following:

 

Transfer by a Person Becoming Entitled on Death/Bankruptcy of a Member
 
[Name of Company] (the "Company")
 
I/We, having become entitled in consequence of the [death/bankruptcy] of [name and address of deceased/bankrupt Member] to [number] share(s) standing in the Register of Members of the Company in the name of the said [name of deceased/bankrupt Member] instead of being registered myself/ourselves, elect to have [name of transferee] (the "Transferee") registered as a transferee of such share(s) and I/we do hereby accordingly transfer the said share(s) to the Transferee to hold the same unto the Transferee, his or her executors, administrators and assigns, subject to the conditions on which the same were held at the time of the execution hereof; and the Transferee does hereby agree to take the said share(s) subject to the same conditions.

 

DATED this [date]    
     
Signed by:   In the presence of:
     
     
Transferor   Witness
     
Signed by:   In the presence of:
     
     
Transferee   Witness

 

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12.3.On the presentation of the foregoing materials to the Board, accompanied by such evidence as the Board may require to prove the title of the transferor, the transferee shall be registered as a Member. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board shall, in any case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as it would have had in the case of a transfer of the share by that Member before such Member's death or bankruptcy, as the case may be.

 

12.4.Where two or more persons are registered as joint holders of a share or shares, then in the event of the death of any joint holder or holders the remaining joint holder or holders shall be absolutely entitled to such share or shares and the Company shall recognise no claim in respect of the estate of any joint holder except in the case of the last survivor of such joint holders.

 

ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL

 

13.Power to Alter Capital

 

13.1.The Company may if authorised by resolution of the Members increase, divide, consolidate, subdivide, change the currency denomination of, diminish or otherwise alter or reduce its share capital in any manner permitted by the Act.

 

13.2.Where, on any alteration or reduction of share capital, fractions of shares or some other difficulty would arise, the Board may deal with or resolve the same in such manner as it thinks fit.

 

14.Variation of Rights Attaching to Shares

 

If, at any time, the share capital is divided into different classes of shares, the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class) may, whether or not the Company is being wound-up, be varied with the consent in writing of the holders of three-fourths of the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of a resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of the class at which meeting the necessary quorum shall be two persons at least holding or representing by proxy one-third of the issued shares of the class. The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class or series issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class or series, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith.

 

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DIVIDENDS AND CAPITALISATION

 

15.Dividends

 

15.1.The Board may, subject to these Bye-laws and in accordance with the Act, declare a dividend to be paid to the Members, in proportion to the number of shares held by them, and such dividend may be paid in cash or wholly or partly in specie in which case the Board may fix the value for distribution in specie of any assets. No unpaid dividend shall bear interest as against the Company.

 

15.2.The Board may fix any date as the record date for determining the Members entitled to receive any dividend.

 

15.3.The Company may pay dividends in proportion to the amount paid up on each share where a larger amount is paid up on some shares than on others.

 

15.4.The Board may declare and make such other distributions (in cash or in specie) to the Members as may be lawfully made out of the assets of the Company. No unpaid distribution shall bear interest as against the Company.

 

16.Power to Set Aside Profits

 

The Board may, before declaring a dividend, set aside out of the surplus or profits of the Company, such amount as it thinks proper as a reserve to be used to meet contingencies or for equalising dividends or for any other purpose.

 

17.Method of Payment

 

17.1.Any dividend, interest, or other moneys payable in cash in respect of the shares may be paid by cheque or bank draft sent through the post directed to the Member at such Member's address in the Register of Members, or to such person and to such address as the Member may direct in writing, or by transfer to such account as the Member may direct in writing.

 

17.2.In the case of joint holders of shares, any dividend, interest or other moneys payable in cash in respect of shares may be paid by cheque or bank draft sent through the post directed to the address of the holder first named in the Register of Members, or to such person and to such address as the joint holders may direct in writing, or by transfer to such account as the joint holders may direct in writing. If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any shares any one can give an effectual receipt for any dividend paid in respect of such shares.

 

17.3.The Board may deduct from the dividends or distributions payable to any Member all moneys due from such Member to the Company on account of calls or otherwise.

 

18.Capitalisation

 

18.1.The Board may capitalise any amount for the time being standing to the credit of any of the Company's share premium or other reserve accounts or to the credit of the profit and loss account or otherwise available for distribution by applying such amount in paying up unissued shares to be allotted as fully paid bonus shares pro rata to the Members.

 

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18.2.The Board may capitalise any amount for the time being standing to the credit of a reserve account or amounts otherwise available for dividend or distribution by applying such amounts in paying up in full, partly or nil paid shares of those Members who would have been entitled to such amounts if they were distributed by way of dividend or distribution.

 

MEETINGS OF MEMBERS

 

19.Annual General Meetings

 

Subject to an election made by the Company in accordance with the Act to dispense with the holding of annual general meetings, an annual general meeting shall be held in each year (other than the year of incorporation) at such time and place as the president or the chairman of the Company (if any) or any two Directors or any Director and the Secretary or the Board shall appoint.

 

20.Special General Meetings

 

The president or the chairman of the Company (if any) or any two Directors or any Director and the Secretary or the Board may convene a special general meeting whenever in their judgment such a meeting is necessary.

 

21.Requisitioned General Meetings

 

The Board shall, on the requisition of Members holding at the date of the deposit of the requisition not less than one-tenth of such of the paid-up share capital of the Company as at the date of the deposit carries the right to vote at general meetings, forthwith proceed to convene a special general meeting and the provisions of the Act shall apply.

 

22.Notice

 

22.1.At least five days' notice of an annual general meeting shall be given to each Member entitled to attend and vote thereat, stating the date, place and time at which the meeting is to be held, that the election of Directors will take place thereat, and as far as practicable, the other business to be conducted at the meeting.

 

22.2.At least five days' notice of a special general meeting shall be given to each Member entitled to attend and vote thereat, stating the date, time, place and the general nature of the business to be considered at the meeting.

 

22.3.The Board may fix any date as the record date for determining the Members entitled to receive notice of and to vote at any general meeting.

 

22.4.A general meeting shall, notwithstanding that it is called on shorter notice than that specified in these Bye-laws, be deemed to have been properly called if it is so agreed by (i) all the Members entitled to attend and vote thereat in the case of an annual general meeting; and (ii) by a majority in number of the Members having the right to attend and vote at the meeting, being a majority together holding not less than 95% in nominal value of the shares giving a right to attend and vote thereat in the case of a special general meeting.

 

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22.5.The accidental omission to give notice of a general meeting to, or the non-receipt of a notice of a general meeting by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting.

 

23.Giving Notice and Access

 

23.1.A notice may be given by the Company to a Member:

 

(a)by delivering it to such Member in person, in which case the notice shall be deemed to have been served upon such delivery; or

 

(b)by sending it by post to such Member's address in the Register of Members, in which case the notice shall be deemed to have been served seven days after the date on which it is deposited, with postage prepaid, in the mail; or

 

(c)by sending it by courier to such Member's address in the Register of Members, in which case the notice shall be deemed to have been served two days after the date on which it is deposited, with courier fees paid, with the courier service; or

 

(d)by transmitting it by electronic means (including facsimile and electronic mail, but not telephone) in accordance with such directions as may be given by such Member to the Company for such purpose, in which case the notice shall be deemed to have been served at the time that it would in the ordinary course be transmitted; or

 

(e)by delivering it in accordance with the provisions of the Act pertaining to delivery of electronic records by publication on a website, in which case the notice shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the requirements of the Act in that regard have been met.

 

23.2.Any notice required to be given to a Member shall, with respect to any shares held jointly by two or more persons, be given to whichever of such persons is named first in the Register of Members and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the holders of such shares.

 

23.3.In proving service under paragraphs 23.1(b), (c) and (d), it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice was properly addressed and prepaid, if posted or sent by courier, and the time when it was posted, deposited with the courier, or transmitted by electronic means.

 

24.Postponement of General Meeting

 

The Secretary may postpone any general meeting called in accordance with these Bye-laws (other than a meeting requisitioned under these Bye-laws) provided that notice of postponement is given to the Members before the time for such meeting. Fresh notice of the date, time and place for the postponed meeting shall be given to each Member in accordance with these Bye-laws.

 

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25.Electronic Participation in Meetings

 

Members may participate in any general meeting by such telephonic, electronic or other communication facilities or means as permit all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

26.Quorum at General Meetings

 

26.1.At any general meeting two or more persons present in person and representing in person or by proxy in excess of 50% of the total issued voting shares in the Company throughout the meeting shall form a quorum for the transaction of business, provided that if the Company shall at any time have only one Member, one Member present in person or by proxy shall form a quorum for the transaction of business at any general meeting held during such time.

 

26.2.If within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, then, in the case of a meeting convened on a requisition, the meeting shall be deemed cancelled and, in any other case, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day one week later, at the same time and place or to such other day, time or place as the Secretary may determine. Unless the meeting is adjourned to a specific date, time and place announced at the meeting being adjourned, fresh notice of the resumption of the meeting shall be given to each Member entitled to attend and vote thereat in accordance with these Bye-laws.

 

27.Chairman to Preside at General Meetings

 

Unless otherwise agreed by a majority of those attending and entitled to vote thereat, the chairman or the president of the Company, if there be one, shall act as chairman of the meeting at all general meetings at which such person is present. In their absence a chairman of the meeting shall be appointed or elected by those present at the meeting and entitled to vote.

 

28.Voting on Resolutions

 

28.1.Subject to the Act and these Bye-laws, any question proposed for the consideration of the Members at any general meeting shall be decided by the affirmative votes of a majority of the votes cast in accordance with these Bye-laws and in the case of an equality of votes the resolution shall fail.

 

28.2.No Member shall be entitled to vote at a general meeting unless such Member has paid all the calls on all shares held by such Member.

 

28.3.At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall, in the first instance, be voted upon by a show of hands and, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being lawfully attached to any class of shares and subject to these Bye-laws, every Member present in person and every person holding a valid proxy at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote and shall cast such vote by raising his hand.

 

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28.4.In the event that a Member participates in a general meeting by telephone, electronic or other communication facilities or means, the chairman of the meeting shall direct the manner in which such Member may cast his vote on a show of hands.

 

28.5.At any general meeting if an amendment is proposed to any resolution under consideration and the chairman of the meeting rules on whether or not the proposed amendment is out of order, the proceedings on the substantive resolution shall not be invalidated by any error in such ruling.

 

28.6.At any general meeting a declaration by the chairman of the meeting that a question proposed for consideration has, on a show of hands, been carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in a book containing the minutes of the proceedings of the Company shall, subject to these Bye-laws, be conclusive evidence of that fact.

 

29.Power to Demand a Vote on a Poll

 

29.1.Notwithstanding the foregoing, a poll may be demanded by any of the following persons:

 

(a)the chairman of such meeting; or

 

(b)at least three Members present in person or represented by proxy; or

 

(c)any Member or Members present in person or represented by proxy and holding between them not less than one-tenth of the total voting rights of all the Members having the right to vote at such meeting; or

 

(d)any Member or Members present in person or represented by proxy holding shares in the Company conferring the right to vote at such meeting, being shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one-tenth of the total amount paid up on all such shares conferring such right.

 

29.2.Where a poll is demanded, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being lawfully attached to any class of shares, every person present at such meeting shall have one vote for each share of which such person is the holder or for which such person holds a proxy and such vote shall be counted by ballot as described herein, or in the case of a general meeting at which one or more Members are present by telephone, electronic or other communication facilities or means, in such manner as the chairman of the meeting may direct and the result of such poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded and shall replace any previous resolution upon the same matter which has been the subject of a show of hands. A person entitled to more than one vote need not use all his votes or cast all the votes he uses in the same way.

 

29.3.A poll demanded for the purpose of electing a chairman of the meeting or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such time and in such manner during such meeting as the chairman (or acting chairman) of the meeting may direct. Any business other than that upon which a poll has been demanded may be conducted pending the taking of the poll.

 

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29.4.Where a vote is taken by poll, each person physically present and entitled to vote shall be furnished with a ballot paper on which such person shall record his vote in such manner as shall be determined at the meeting having regard to the nature of the question on which the vote is taken, and each ballot paper shall be signed or initialled or otherwise marked so as to identify the voter and the registered holder in the case of a proxy. Each person present by telephone, electronic or other communication facilities or means shall cast his vote in such manner as the chairman of the meeting shall direct. At the conclusion of the poll, the ballot papers and votes cast in accordance with such directions shall be examined and counted by a committee of not less than two Members or proxy holders appointed by the chairman of the meeting for the purpose and the result of the poll shall be declared by the chairman of the meeting.

 

30.Voting by Joint Holders of Shares

 

In the case of joint holders, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote (whether in person or by proxy) shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register of Members.

 

31.Instrument of Proxy

 

31.1.An instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing in substantially the following form or such other form as the chairman of the meeting shall accept:

 

Proxy
 
[Name of Company] (the "Company")
 
I/We, [insert names here] , being a Member of the Company with [number] shares, HEREBY APPOINT [name] of [address] or failing him, [name] of [address] to be my/our proxy to vote for me/us at the meeting of the Members to be held on [date] and at any adjournment thereof. [Any restrictions on voting to be inserted here.]

 

 

Signed this [date]  
   
   
Member(s)  

 

31.2.The instrument appointing a proxy must be received by the Company at the registered office or at such other place or in such manner as is specified in the notice convening the meeting or in any instrument of proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting at which the person named in the instrument appointing a proxy proposes to vote, and an instrument appointing a proxy which is not received in the manner so prescribed shall be invalid.

 

31.3.A Member who is the holder of two or more shares may appoint more than one proxy to represent him and vote on his behalf in respect of different shares.

 

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31.4.The decision of the chairman of any general meeting as to the validity of any appointment of a proxy shall be final.

 

32.Representation of Corporate Member

 

32.1.A corporation which is a Member may, by written instrument, authorise such person or persons as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting and any person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which such person represents as that corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member, and that Member shall be deemed to be present in person at any such meeting attended by its authorised representative or representatives.

 

32.2.Notwithstanding the foregoing, the chairman of the meeting may accept such assurances as he thinks fit as to the right of any person to attend and vote at general meetings on behalf of a corporation which is a Member.

 

33.Adjournment of General Meeting

 

The chairman of a general meeting may, with the consent of the Members at any general meeting at which a quorum is present, and shall if so directed by the meeting, adjourn the meeting. Unless the meeting is adjourned to a specific date, place and time announced at the meeting being adjourned, fresh notice of the date, place and time for the resumption of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each Member entitled to attend and vote thereat in accordance with these Bye-laws.

 

34.Written Resolutions

 

34.1.Subject to these Bye-laws, anything which may be done by resolution of the Company in general meeting or by resolution of a meeting of any class of the Members may be done without a meeting by written resolution in accordance with this Bye-law.

 

34.2.Notice of a written resolution shall be given, and a copy of the resolution shall be circulated to all Members who would be entitled to attend a meeting and vote thereon. The accidental omission to give notice to, or the non-receipt of a notice by, any Member does not invalidate the passing of a resolution.

 

34.3.A written resolution is passed when it is signed by (or in the case of a Member that is a corporation, on behalf of) the Members who at the date that the notice is given represent such majority of votes as would be required if the resolution was voted on at a meeting of Members at which all Members entitled to attend and vote thereat were present and voting.

 

34.4.A resolution in writing may be signed in any number of counterparts.

 

34.5.A resolution in writing made in accordance with this Bye-law is as valid as if it had been passed by the Company in general meeting or by a meeting of the relevant class of Members, as the case may be, and any reference in any Bye-law to a meeting at which a resolution is passed or to Members voting in favour of a resolution shall be construed accordingly.

 

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34.6.A resolution in writing made in accordance with this Bye-law shall constitute minutes for the purposes of the Act.

 

34.7.This Bye-law shall not apply to:

 

(a)a resolution passed to remove an Auditor from office before the expiration of his term of office; or

 

(b)a resolution passed for the purpose of removing a Director before the expiration of his term of office.

 

34.8.For the purposes of this Bye-law, the effective date of the resolution is the date when the resolution is signed by (or in the case of a Member that is a corporation, on behalf of) the last Member whose signature results in the necessary voting majority being achieved and any reference in any Bye-law to the date of passing of a resolution is, in relation to a resolution made in accordance with this Bye-law, a reference to such date.

 

35.Directors Attendance at General Meetings

 

The Directors shall be entitled to receive notice of, attend and be heard at any general meeting.

 

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

36.Election of Directors

 

36.1.The Board shall be elected or appointed in the first place at the statutory meeting of the Company and thereafter, except in the case of a casual vacancy, at the annual general meeting or at any special general meeting called for that purpose.

 

36.2.At any general meeting the Members may authorise the Board to fill any vacancy in their number left unfilled at a general meeting.

 

37.Number of Directors

 

The Board shall consist of not less than one Director or such number in excess thereof as the Members may determine.

 

38.Term of Office of Directors

 

Directors shall hold office for such term as the Members may determine or, in the absence of such determination, until the next annual general meeting or until their successors are elected or appointed or their office is otherwise vacated.

 

39.Alternate Directors

 

39.1.At any general meeting, the Members may elect a person or persons to act as a Director in the alternative to any one or more Directors or may authorise the Board to appoint such Alternate Directors.

 

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39.2.Unless the Members otherwise resolve, any Director may appoint a person or persons to act as a Director in the alternative to himself by notice deposited with the Secretary.

 

39.3.Any person elected or appointed pursuant to this Bye-law shall have all the rights and powers of the Director or Directors for whom such person is elected or appointed in the alternative, provided that such person shall not be counted more than once in determining whether or not a quorum is present.

 

39.4.An Alternate Director shall be entitled to receive notice of all Board meetings and to attend and vote at any such meeting at which a Director for whom such Alternate Director was appointed in the alternative is not personally present and generally to perform at such meeting all the functions of such Director for whom such Alternate Director was appointed.

 

39.5.An Alternate Director's office shall terminate -

 

(a)in the case of an alternate elected by the Members:

 

(i)on the occurrence in relation to the Alternate Director of any event which, if it occurred in relation to the Director for whom he was elected to act, would result in the termination of that Director; or

 

(ii)if the Director for whom he was elected in the alternative ceases for any reason to be a Director, provided that the alternate removed in these circumstances may be re-appointed by the Board as an alternate to the person appointed to fill the vacancy; and

 

(b)in the case of an alternate appointed by a Director:

 

(i)on the occurrence in relation to the Alternate Director of any event which, if it occurred in relation to his appointor, would result in the termination of the appointor's directorship; or

 

(ii)when the Alternate Director's appointor revokes the appointment by notice to the Company in writing specifying when the appointment is to terminate; or

 

(iii)if the Alternate Director's appointor ceases for any reason to be a Director.

 

40.Removal of Directors

 

40.1.Subject to any provision to the contrary in these Bye-laws, the Members entitled to vote for the election of Directors may, at any special general meeting convened and held in accordance with these Bye-laws, remove a Director provided that the notice of any such meeting convened for the purpose of removing a Director shall contain a statement of the intention so to do and be served on such Director not less than 14 days before the meeting and at such meeting the Director shall be entitled to be heard on the motion for such Director's removal.

 

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40.2.If a Director is removed from the Board under this Bye-law the Members may fill the vacancy at the meeting at which such Director is removed. In the absence of such election or appointment, the Board may fill the vacancy.

 

41.Vacancy in the Office of Director

 

41.1.The office of Director shall be vacated if the Director:

 

(a)is removed from office pursuant to these Bye-laws or is prohibited from being a Director by law;

 

(b)is or becomes bankrupt, or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally;

 

(c)is or becomes of unsound mind or dies; or

 

(d)resigns his office by notice to the Company.

 

41.2.The Board shall have the power to appoint any person as a Director to fill a vacancy on the Board occurring as a result of the death, disability, disqualification or resignation of any Director and to appoint an Alternate Director to any Director so appointed.

 

42.Remuneration of Directors

 

The remuneration (if any) of the Directors shall be determined by the Company in general meeting and shall be deemed to accrue from day to day. The Directors may also be paid all travel, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them (or in the case of a director that is a corporation, by its representative or representatives) in attending and returning from Board meetings, meetings of any committee appointed by the Board or general meetings, or in connection with the business of the Company or their duties as Directors generally.

 

43.Defect in Appointment

 

All acts done in good faith by the Board, any Director, a member of a committee appointed by the Board, any person to whom the Board may have delegated any of its powers, or any person acting as a Director shall, notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any Director or person acting as aforesaid, or that he was, or any of them were, disqualified, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a Director or act in the relevant capacity.

 

44.Directors to Manage Business

 

The business of the Company shall be managed and conducted by the Board. In managing the business of the Company, the Board may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not, by the Act or by these Bye-laws, required to be exercised by the Company in general meeting.

 

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45.Powers of the Board of Directors

 

The Board may:

 

(a)appoint, suspend, or remove any manager, secretary, clerk, agent or employee of the Company and may fix their remuneration and determine their duties;

 

(b)exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge or otherwise grant a security interest in its undertaking, property and uncalled capital, or any part thereof, and may issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or any third party;

 

(c)appoint one or more Directors to the office of managing director or chief executive officer of the Company, who shall, subject to the control of the Board, supervise and administer all of the general business and affairs of the Company;

 

(d)appoint a person to act as manager of the Company's day-to-day business and may entrust to and confer upon such manager such powers and duties as it deems appropriate for the transaction or conduct of such business;

 

(e)by power of attorney, appoint any company, firm, person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Board, to be an attorney of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Board) and for such period and subject to such conditions as it may think fit and any such power of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorney as the Board may think fit and may also authorise any such attorney to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions so vested in the attorney;

 

(f)procure that the Company pays all expenses incurred in promoting and incorporating the Company;

 

(g)delegate any of its powers (including the power to sub-delegate) to a committee of one or more persons appointed by the Board which may consist partly or entirely of non-Directors, provided that every such committee shall conform to such directions as the Board shall impose on them and provided further that the meetings and proceedings of any such committee shall be governed by the provisions of these Bye-laws regulating the meetings and proceedings of the Board, so far as the same are applicable and are not superseded by directions imposed by the Board;

 

(h)delegate any of its powers (including the power to sub-delegate) to any person on such terms and in such manner as the Board may see fit;

 

(i)present any petition and make any application in connection with the liquidation or reorganisation of the Company;

 

(j)in connection with the issue of any share, pay such commission and brokerage as may be permitted by law; and

 

(k)authorise any company, firm, person or body of persons to act on behalf of the Company for any specific purpose and in connection therewith to execute any deed, agreement, document or instrument on behalf of the Company.

 

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46.Register of Directors and Officers

 

The Board shall cause to be kept in one or more books at the registered office of the Company a Register of Directors and Officers and shall enter therein the particulars required by the Act.

 

47.Appointment of Officers

 

The Board may appoint such Officers (who may or may not be Directors) as the Board may determine for such terms as the Board deems fit.

 

48.Appointment of Secretary

 

The Secretary shall be appointed by the Board from time to time for such term as the Board deems fit.

 

49.Duties of Officers

 

The Officers shall have such powers and perform such duties in the management, business and affairs of the Company as may be delegated to them by the Board from time to time.

 

50.Remuneration of Officers

 

The Officers shall receive such remuneration as the Board may determine.

 

51.Conflicts of Interest

 

51.1.Any Director, or any Director's firm, partner or any company with whom any Director is associated, may act in any capacity for, be employed by or render services to the Company on such terms, including with respect to remuneration, as may be agreed between the parties. Nothing herein contained shall authorise a Director or a Director's firm, partner or company to act as Auditor to the Company.

 

51.2.A Director who is directly or indirectly interested in a contract or proposed contract with the Company (an "Interested Director") shall declare the nature of such interest as required by the Act.

 

51.3.An Interested Director who has complied with the requirements of the foregoing Bye-law may:

 

(a)vote in respect of such contract or proposed contract; and/or

 

(b)be counted in the quorum for the meeting at which the contract or proposed contract is to be voted on, and no such contract or proposed contract shall be void or voidable by reason only that the Interested Director voted on it or was counted in the quorum of the relevant meeting and the Interested Director shall not be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised thereby.

 

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52.Indemnification and Exculpation of Directors and Officers

 

52.1.The Directors, Resident Representative, Secretary and other Officers (such term to include any person appointed to any committee by the Board) acting in relation to any of the affairs of the Company or any subsidiary thereof and the liquidator or trustees (if any) acting in relation to any of the affairs of the Company or any subsidiary thereof and every one of them (whether for the time being or formerly), and their heirs, executors and administrators (each of which an "indemnified party"), shall be indemnified and secured harmless out of the assets of the Company from and against all actions, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses which they or any of them, their heirs, executors or administrators, shall or may incur or sustain by or by reason of any act done, concurred in or omitted in or about the execution of their duty, or supposed duty, or in their respective offices or trusts, and no indemnified party shall be answerable for the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of the others of them or for joining in any receipts for the sake of conformity, or for any bankers or other persons with whom any moneys or effects belonging to the Company shall or may be lodged or deposited for safe custody, or for insufficiency or deficiency of any security upon which any moneys of or belonging to the Company shall be placed out on or invested, or for any other loss, misfortune or damage which may happen in the execution of their respective offices or trusts, or in relation thereto, PROVIDED THAT this indemnity shall not extend to any matter in respect of any fraud or dishonesty in relation to the Company which may attach to any of the indemnified parties. Each Member agrees to waive any claim or right of action such Member might have, whether individually or by or in the right of the Company, against any Director or Officer on account of any action taken by such Director or Officer, or the failure of such Director or Officer to take any action in the performance of his duties with or for the Company or any subsidiary thereof, PROVIDED THAT such waiver shall not extend to any matter in respect of any fraud or dishonesty in relation to the Company which may attach to such Director or Officer.

 

52.2.The Company may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any Director or Officer against any liability incurred by him under the Act in his capacity as a Director or Officer or indemnifying such Director or Officer in respect of any loss arising or liability attaching to him by virtue of any rule of law in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which the Director or Officer may be guilty in relation to the Company or any subsidiary thereof.

 

52.3.The Company may advance moneys to a Director or Officer for the costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Director or Officer in defending any civil or criminal proceedings against him, on condition that the Director or Officer shall repay the advance if any allegation of fraud or dishonesty in relation to the Company is proved against him.

 

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MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

53.Board Meetings

 

The Board may meet for the transaction of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate its meetings as it sees fit. A resolution put to the vote at a Board meeting shall be carried by the affirmative votes of a majority of the votes cast and in the case of an equality of votes the resolution shall fail.

 

54.Notice of Board Meetings

 

A Director may, and the Secretary on the requisition of a Director shall, at any time summon a Board meeting. Notice of a Board meeting shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to such Director verbally (including in person or by telephone) or otherwise communicated or sent to such Director by post, electronic means or other mode of representing words in a visible form at such Director's last known address or in accordance with any other instructions given by such Director to the Company for this purpose.

 

55.Electronic Participation in Meetings

 

Directors may participate in any meeting by such telephonic, electronic or other communication facilities or means as permit all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

56.Representation of Corporate Director

 

56.1.A Director which is a corporation may, by written instrument, authorise such person or persons as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting and any person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which such person represents as that corporation could exercise if it were an individual Director, and that Director shall be deemed to be present in person at any such meeting attended by its authorised representative or representatives.

 

56.2.Notwithstanding the foregoing, the chairman of the meeting may accept such assurances as he thinks fit as to the right of any person to attend and vote at Board meetings on behalf of a corporation which is a Director.

 

57.Quorum at Board Meetings

 

The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a Board meeting shall be two Directors, provided that if there is only one Director for the time being in office the quorum shall be one.

 

58.Board to Continue in the Event of Vacancy

 

The Board may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its number but, if and so long as its number is reduced below the number fixed by these Bye-laws as the quorum necessary for the transaction of business at Board meetings, the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of (i) summoning a general meeting; or (ii) preserving the assets of the Company.

 

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59.Chairman to Preside

 

59.1.Unless otherwise agreed by a majority of the Directors attending, the chairman or the president of the Company, if there be one, shall act as chairman of the meeting at all Board meetings at which such person is present. In their absence a chairman of the meeting shall be appointed or elected by the Directors present at the meeting.

 

60.Written Resolutions

 

A resolution signed by (or in the case of a Director that is a corporation, on behalf of) all the Directors, which may be in counterparts, shall be as valid as if it had been passed at a Board meeting duly called and constituted, such resolution to be effective on the date on which the resolution is signed by (or in the case of a Director that is a corporation, on behalf of) the last Director. For the purposes of this Bye-law only, "the Directors" shall not include an Alternate Director.

 

61.Validity of Prior Acts of the Board

 

No regulation or alteration to these Bye-laws made by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Board which would have been valid if that regulation or alteration had not been made.

 

CORPORATE RECORDS

 

62.Minutes

 

The Board shall cause minutes to be duly entered in books provided for the purpose:

 

(a)of all elections and appointments of Officers;

 

(b)of the names of the Directors present at each Board meeting and of any committee appointed by the Board; and

 

(c)of all resolutions and proceedings of general meetings of the Members, Board meetings, meetings of managers and meetings of committees appointed by the Board.

 

63.Place Where Corporate Records Kept

 

Minutes prepared in accordance with the Act and these Bye-laws shall be kept by the Secretary at the registered office of the Company.

 

64.Form and Use of Seal

 

64.1.The Company may adopt a seal in such form as the Board may determine. The Board may adopt one or more duplicate seals for use in or outside Bermuda.

 

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64.2.A seal may, but need not, be affixed to any deed, instrument or document, and if the seal is to be affixed thereto, it shall be attested by the signature of (i) any Director, or (ii) any Officer, or (iii) the Secretary, or (iv) any person authorised by the Board for that purpose.

 

64.3.A Resident Representative may, but need not, affix the seal of the Company to certify the authenticity of any copies of documents.

 

ACCOUNTS

 

65.Records of Account

 

65.1.The Board shall cause to be kept proper records of account with respect to all transactions of the Company and in particular with respect to:

 

(a)all amounts of money received and expended by the Company and the matters in respect of which the receipt and expenditure relates;

 

(b)all sales and purchases of goods by the Company; and

 

(c)all assets and liabilities of the Company.

 

65.2.Such records of account shall be kept at the registered office of the Company or, subject to the Act, at such other place as the Board thinks fit and shall be available for inspection by the Directors during normal business hours.

 

65.3.Such records of account shall be retained for a minimum period of five years from the date on which they are prepared.

 

66.Financial Year End

 

The financial year end of the Company may be determined by resolution of the Board and failing such resolution shall be 31st December in each year.

 

AUDITS

 

67.Annual Audit

 

Subject to any rights to waive laying of accounts or appointment of an Auditor pursuant to the Act, the accounts of the Company shall be audited at least once in every year.

 

68.Appointment of Auditor

 

68.1.Subject to the Act, the Members shall appoint an auditor to the Company to hold office for such term as the Members deem fit or until a successor is appointed.

 

68.2.The Auditor may be a Member but no Director, Officer or employee of the Company shall, during his continuance in office, be eligible to act as an Auditor of the Company.

 

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69.Remuneration of Auditor

 

69.1.The remuneration of an Auditor appointed by the Members shall be fixed by the Company in general meeting or in such manner as the Members may determine.

 

69.2.The remuneration of an Auditor appointed by the Board to fill a casual vacancy in accordance with these Bye-laws shall be fixed by the Board.

 

70.Duties of Auditor

 

70.1.The financial statements provided for by these Bye-laws shall be audited by the Auditor in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The Auditor shall make a written report thereon in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.

 

70.2.The generally accepted auditing standards referred to in this Bye-law may be those of a country or jurisdiction other than Bermuda or such other generally accepted auditing standards as may be provided for in the Act. If so, the financial statements and the report of the Auditor shall identify the generally accepted auditing standards used.

 

71.Access to Records

 

The Auditor shall at all reasonable times have access to all books kept by the Company and to all accounts and vouchers relating thereto, and the Auditor may call on the Directors or Officers for any information in their possession relating to the books or affairs of the Company.

 

72.Financial Statements and the Auditor's Report

 

72.1.Subject to the following Bye-law, the financial statements and/or the auditor's report as required by the Act shall

 

(a)be laid before the Members at the annual general meeting; or

 

(b)be received, accepted, adopted, approved or otherwise acknowledged by the Members by written resolution passed in accordance with these Bye-laws; or

 

(c)in circumstances where the Company has elected to dispense with the holding of an annual general meeting, be made available to the Members in accordance with the Act in such manner as the Board shall determine.

 

72.2.If all Members and Directors shall agree, either in writing or at a meeting, that in respect of a particular interval no financial statements and/or auditor's report thereon need be made available to the Members, and/or that no auditor shall be appointed then there shall be no obligation on the Company to do so.

 

73.Vacancy in the Office of Auditor

 

The Board may fill any casual vacancy in the office of the auditor.

 

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VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP AND DISSOLUTION

 

74.Winding-Up

 

If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, with the sanction of a resolution of the Members, divide amongst the Members in specie or in kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may, for such purpose, set such value as he deems fair upon any property to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in the trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator shall think fit, but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any shares or other securities or assets whereon there is any liability.

 

CHANGES TO CONSTITUTION

 

75.Changes to Bye-laws

 

No Bye-law may be rescinded, altered or amended and no new Bye-law may be made save in accordance with the Act and until the same has been approved by a resolution of the Board and by a resolution of the Members.

 

76.Changes to the Memorandum of Association

 

No alteration or amendment to the Memorandum of Association may be made save in accordance with the Act and until same has been approved by a resolution of the Board and by a resolution of the Members.

 

77.Discontinuance

 

The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to discontinue the Company to a jurisdiction outside Bermuda pursuant to the Act.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

Dated as of November 1, 2023

 

1.630% Senior Secured Notes Due 2025

 

 

BY AND AMONG

 

BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP.,

as Issuer

 

BUNGE LIMITED,

as Existing Guarantor

 

BUNGE GLOBAL SA,

as Successor Guarantor

 

AND

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR IN

INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

 

 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 1, 2023 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), by and among BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer” or the “Company”), BUNGE GLOBAL SA, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Switzerland (“BGSA”), as successor guarantor (the “Successor Guarantor”), BUNGE LIMITED, a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda (“BL”), as existing guarantor (the “Existing Guarantor”; prior to the date hereof, the Existing Guarantor, and on and after the date hereof, the Successor Guarantor, shall be referred to herein as the “Guarantor”), and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as successor in interest to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee are parties to that certain Indenture, dated as of August 17, 2020, as supplemented by that certain First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 21, 2023 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the effectiveness of this Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), relating to the Company’s 1.630% Senior Notes Due 2025 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, BL has transferred, sold, assigned or otherwise distributed substantially all of its assets to BGSA (the “Asset Transfer”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 4.01 and Section 9.01(2) of the Indenture permits the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, together, to amend or supplement the Indenture and the Notes for the purposes of the Successor Guarantor assuming the obligations of the Existing Guarantor in connection with the Asset Transfer without the consent of Holders;

 

WHEREAS, effective as of the date hereof, the Successor Guarantor will become the Guarantor and automatically assume all of the obligations of the Guarantor under the Indenture and the Notes in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Trustee has received an Officer’s Certificate from the Company in accordance with Sections 7.02(b) and 11.04(1) of the Indenture and an Opinion of Counsel in accordance with Sections 4.01, 7.02(b) and 11.04(2) of the Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, each of the conditions in the Indenture necessary to give effect to the amendments set forth herein have been satisfied.

 

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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Guarantor, the Successor Guarantor and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:

 

Article 1
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application

 

Section 1.01.         Definitions. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture. All definitions in the Indenture shall be read in a manner consistent with the terms of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

Section 1.02.         Headings. The headings of the sections herein have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Article 2
Assumption of Obligations

 

Section 2.01.         Assumption of Guarantor Obligations. Effective as of 12:01 am (New York City time) on date hereof (the “Guarantee Assignment Effective Date”), automatically without further act or deed, notice, consent or the execution of any other documentation, (i) the Existing Guarantor hereby assigns to the Successor Guarantor, and the Successor Guarantor hereby assumes, all rights, obligations and liabilities of the Existing Guarantor under the Guarantee (including all of the Existing Guarantor’s obligations and duties to perform under the Indenture and the Notes as Guarantor), including, but not limited to, the due and punctual payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest and additional amounts, if any, on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Notes, (ii)  the Successor Guarantor shall become the “Guarantor” with the same force and effect as if originally named in the Indenture as the Guarantor and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all rights, obligations and liabilities of the Existing Guarantor in such capacity, (iii) the Successor Guarantor shall hereby be bound by the covenants, representations, warranties and agreements contained in the Guarantee and which are binding upon, and to be observed or performed by, the Existing Guarantor or “Guarantor” under the Guarantee, (iv) the Successor Guarantor hereby ratifies, and confirms the validity of, all of its obligations and liabilities under the Guarantee, (v) each reference to the “Guarantor” in the Guarantee and in any other document in connection therewith shall hereby be deemed to refer to the Successor Guarantor and (vi) the Existing Guarantor shall be released from its obligations under the Guarantee.

 

Section 2.02.         Indemnity. Each of the Existing Guarantor and the Successor Guarantor shall indemnify (fully, unconditionally and irrevocably) each holder and beneficial owner of the Notes and the Trustee against any tax or duty of whatever nature (other than any tax imposed by reason of the holders or beneficial owners of the Notes having some connection with any such jurisdiction, other than their participation as holders or beneficial owners of the Notes under the Indenture) which is incurred or otherwise suffered by such holders and beneficial owners and the Trustee with respect to the Notes and which would not have been incurred or otherwise suffered in the absence of the Asset Transfer.

 

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Article 3
Amendments to Indenture

 

Section 3.01.         Amendments to Jurisdiction References. References to “Bermuda” or “Hamilton, Bermuda” in Sections 3.14, 11.08, 11.15 of the Indenture shall be replaced with “Switzerland” and “Geneva, Switzerland”, as applicable.

 

Section 3.02.         Amendments to Indenture and Notes.

 

(a)    The definition of “Guarantor” shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

Guarantor” means Bunge Global SA, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Switzerland.

 

(b)   The following provisions are amended as described below:

 

1.             Section 11.02 is amended to delete the notice address for the Guarantor in its entirety and replace it with the following:

 

“If to the Guarantor:

  

Bunge Global SA

Route de Florissant 13

1206 Geneva, Switzerland

 

with a copy to:

 

Bunge Global SA

1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway

Chesterfield, Missouri 63017

Attention: Treasurer

Tel. No: (636) 292-3029

Telecopy: (636) 292-4029”

 

2.             Clause (ii) of Section 11.13 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(ii) agrees that service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of said service to the Guarantor mailed or delivered to its Secretary or Assistant Secretary at its office at 1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Guarantor in any such suit or proceeding.”

 

(c)   Exhibit A (Form of Initial Notes and Subsequent Notes) is deleted in its entirety and replaced with Exhibit A attached to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Article 4
Ratification of Other Terms and Conditions of the Indenture

 

Section 4.01.         Indenture to remain in effect. Except as expressly modified herein, the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. Upon the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture, the Notes shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture and each reference in the Indenture to “this Indenture,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” or “herein” shall mean and be a reference to the Indenture as supplemented and amended hereby, unless the context otherwise requires, and all the terms and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of the Indenture for any and all purposes.

 

Article 5
Miscellaneous

 

Section 5.01.         Provisions of Indenture and Notes for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of Notes. Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes.

 

Section 5.02.         Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section 5.03.         Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service; Waiver of Immunities.

 

(a)           By the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, the Successor Guarantor hereby (i) irrevocably designates and appoints its Chief Financial Officer (from time to time) at its principal executive offices at 1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017 (the “Authorized Agent”), as its agent upon which process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding described in the first sentence of Section 11.12 of the Indenture and represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has accepted such designation and (ii) agrees that service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of said service to the Successor Guarantor mailed or delivered to its Secretary or Assistant Secretary at its office at 1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Successor Guarantor in any such suit or proceeding.

 

(b)          The parties hereto ratify the provisions of Sections 11.11, 11.12, 11.13 and 11.14 of the Indenture with respect to this Supplemental Indenture, as if such provisions were set forth in their entirety herein.

 

Section 5.04.         Successors. All agreements of the Successor Guarantor hereunder and under the Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in the Indenture will bind its successor.

 

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Section 5.05.         Duplicate Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Supplemental Indenture shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Section 5.06.         Separability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 5.07.         No Liability of the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture, or the Notes or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Company.

 

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank – Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP.  
as the Company  
   
   
By: /s/ Rajat Gupta  
Name: Rajat Gupta  
Title: President  
   
BUNGE LIMITED  
as the Existing Guarantor  
   
   
By: /s/ Rajat Gupta  
Name: Rajat Gupta  
Title: Treasurer  
   
   
By: /s/ Lisa Ware- Alexander  
Name: Lisa Ware-Alexander  
Title: Secretary  
   
BUNGE GLOBAL SA  
as the Successor Guarantor  
   
   
By: /s/ Rajat Gupta  
Name: Rajat Gupta  
Title: Treasurer  
   
   
By: /s/ Lisa Ware-Alexander  
Name: Lisa Ware-Alexander  
Title: Secretary  

 

[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as the Trustee

 

 

By: /s/ Gregory M. Jackson  
Name: Gregory M. Jackson  
Title: Vice President  

 

[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF INITIAL NOTES AND SUBSEQUENT NOTES

 

[to be attached]

 

 

 

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE.

 

No. [___]

Principal Amount U.S. $[_______________], as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Note attached hereto

 

CUSIP NO. [__________]

ISIN: [__________]

 

1.630% Senior Notes Due 2025

 

Bunge Limited Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of U.S.$[___________], as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Note attached hereto, on August 17, 2025.

 

Interest Payment Dates: February 17 and August 17

 

Record Dates: February 2 and August 2

 

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the reverse side hereof.

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

  BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP.

 

  By:  
    Name: Rajat Gupta
    Title: President

  

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

U.S. bANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the Indenture.  

 

By:    
  Authorized Signatory  

  

Date: November 1, 2023

 

[Note]

 

 

 

 

1.630% Senior Note Due 2025

 

1.             General

 

Bunge Limited Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of August 17, 2020, among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee (as such Indenture may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “Trust Indenture Act”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Noteholders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of those terms.

 

The Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of the Company, including (a) U.S. $600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 1.630% Notes being offered on the Issue Date (subject to Section 2.07 of the Indenture) and (b) any Subsequent Notes. The Notes rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. This Note is one of the Initial Notes referred to in the Indenture.

 

The Company may from time to time, without the consent of existing Holders, create and issue Subsequent Notes having the same terms and conditions as the Initial Notes in all respects, except for the Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest thereon. Subsequent Notes issued in this manner will be consolidated with and will form a single class with the previously outstanding Notes; provided, that if the Subsequent Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for United States federal income tax purposes, the Subsequent Notes will have a separate CUSIP number, Common Code, ISIN number and/or any other identifying number.

 

Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Initial Notes and any Subsequent Notes will be treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture includes various covenants that limit the ability of the Company, among other things, to engage in any business or transaction, acquire subsidiaries, incur Indebtedness or Liens or enter into any consolidations, mergers, amalgamations or sales of assets. In addition, the Indenture imposes certain limitations on, among other things, (i) the incurrence of Liens by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) Sale-Leaseback Transactions by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary and (iii) consolidations, mergers, amalgamations and sales of assets of the Guarantor, the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Guarantor has unconditionally guaranteed such obligations pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. The Guarantee is an unsecured and unsubordinated obligation of the Guarantor and ranks equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and obligations of the Guarantor.

 

 

 

 

2.             Interest

 

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above.

 

The Company will pay interest semi-annually on February 17 and August 17 of each year commencing February 17, 2021. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on the Notes or, if no interest has been paid, from August 17, 2020. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal or premium, if any, plus interest on such interest to the extent lawful, at the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

3.             Method of Payment

 

By at least 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date on which any principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any Note is due and payable, the Company shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, and/or interest. The Company will pay interest (except Defaulted Interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the February 2 or August 2 next preceding the interest payment date even if Notes are cancelled, repurchased or redeemed after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Except as described in the succeeding two sentences, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in The City of New York, or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Indenture; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, each installment of interest may be paid by check mailed to addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear on the Note Register. Payments in respect of Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by The Depository Trust Company. Payments in respect of Notes represented by Definitive Notes (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) held by a Holder of at least U.S.$1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 15 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).

 

4.             Paying Agent and Registrar

 

Initially, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”), will act as Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice to any Noteholder. The Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

 

 

 

 

5.             Optional Redemption by the Company

 

At any time prior to July 17, 2025 (the “Par Call Date”), the Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, on at least 15 days but not more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed to the registered address of each Holder of Notes to be so redeemed, at a redemption price equal to (a) the greater of (i) 100% of their principal amount to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the Notes to be redeemed that would be due if such Notes matured on the Par Call Date (exclusive of interest accrued but unpaid to the Redemption Date) discounted to their present value as of such Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the applicable Treasury Yield (as defined below), as determined by the Reference Treasury Dealers, plus 25 basis points (such greater amount, the “Make-Whole Redemption Price”), plus (b) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes to the date of redemption.

 

On or after July 17, 2025, the Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on at least 15 days’ but not more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed to the registered address of each Holder of Notes to be so redeemed, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed (the “Par Call Redemption Price” and, together with the Make-Whole Redemption Price, the “Redemption Price”), plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed to the date of redemption.

 

For purposes of determining the Redemption Price, the following definitions are applicable:

 

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed calculated as if the maturity date of such Notes were the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life of such Notes.

 

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at 4:00 P.M. on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date, as set forth on “Bloomberg page PX1” (or such other page as may replace Bloomberg page PX1), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such bid prices at such time, (i) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Company for such date, after excluding the highest and lowest of four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations or (ii) if the Company is unable to obtain at least four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Company.

 

Independent Investment Banker” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or, if none of such firms are willing or able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, a leading independent investment banking institution appointed by the Company.

 

 

 

 

Primary Treasury Dealer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Reference Treasury Dealer”.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and two other primary U.S. Government Securities dealers in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Notes, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Notes (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date.

 

Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the Notes, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

 

In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not listed, then on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate, which shall comply with the procedures of DTC, although no Notes of U.S. $2,000 in original principal amount or less will be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption relating to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption as long as the Company has deposited with the Paying Agent funds in satisfaction of the applicable Redemption Price pursuant to the Indenture.

 

6.             Offers to Repurchase

 

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company shall make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of the Notes of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date (the “Change of Control Payment”). The Change of Control Offer shall be made in accordance with Section 3.15 of the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

7.             Additional Amounts

 

The Guarantor will pay to the Holder of any Note such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment to a holder or beneficial owner of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Note, after deducting or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, fee, assessment or other similar governmental charge duly imposed by Switzerland, will not be less than the amount provided in such Note to be then due and payable. The Guarantor will not be required, however, to make any payment of additional amounts for or on account of any such tax imposed by reason of the holder or beneficial owner having some connection with Switzerland, other than its participation as a holder or beneficial owner of a Note.

 

8.             Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

 

The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of principal amount of U.S. $2,000 and whole multiples of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange (i) any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) for a period beginning 15 days before the mailing of a notice of Notes to be redeemed and ending on the date of such mailing or (ii) any Notes for a period beginning 15 days before an interest payment date and ending on such interest payment date.

 

9.             Persons Deemed Owners

 

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

10.           Unclaimed Money

 

If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

 

11.           Defeasance

 

Subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Securities for the payment of principal and interest on such Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

12.           Amendment, Waiver

 

The Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes; provided, however, that the consent of each Noteholder affected is required to (i) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment of the Indenture or the Notes, (ii) reduce the stated rate or extend the stated time for payment of interest on a Note, (iii) reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of a Note, (iv) reduce the premium payable upon redemption of a Note, (v) make any Note payable in money other than that stated herein, (vi) impair the right of a Holder to receive payment under the Note or institute suit for the enforcement of such payment, (vii) make any change to the amendment provisions which require each Holder’s consent or the waiver provisions, or (viii) release the Guarantor or modify the Guarantee.

 

 

 

 

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Noteholder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, or to comply with Article 4 of the Indenture, or to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, or to add guarantees with respect to the Notes, or to secure the Notes, or to add additional covenants of the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary, or surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary, issue Subsequent Notes, or to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, or to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Noteholder.

 

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, any default (other than with respect to nonpayment or in respect of a provision that cannot be amended without the written consent of each Noteholder affected) or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, on behalf of all Holders of the Notes.

 

13.           Defaults and Remedies

 

Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (1) default for 30 days in payment of interest or additional interest when due on the Notes; (2) default in payment of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes at Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon declaration or otherwise; (3) the failure by the Company or the Guarantor to comply for 60 days after written notice with its other agreements contained in the Indenture or under the Notes (other than those referred to in (1) or (2) above); (4) the failure of the Company, the Guarantor or a Material Subsidiary (a) to pay the principal of any indebtedness for borrowed money, including obligations evidenced by any mortgage, indenture, bond, debenture, note, guarantee or other similar instruments, on the scheduled or original date due; (b) to pay interest on any such indebtedness beyond any provided grace period; or (c) to observe or perform any agreement or condition relating to such indebtedness, the effect of which is to cause such indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity and such acceleration has not been cured within 15 days after notice of acceleration; provided that an event described in clause (a), (b) or (c) above shall not constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more events of the type described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) shall have occurred or be continuing with respect to indebtedness in an amount exceeding U.S. $100,000,000; or (5) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, the Guarantor or a Material Subsidiary (the “bankruptcy events”). However, a default under clause (3) with respect to the Notes will not constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Notes until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes notify the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, of the default and the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, does not cure such default within the time specified in clause (3) hereof after receipt of such notice.

 

 

 

 

If an Event of Default other than a bankruptcy event occurs and is continuing with respect to the Notes, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes by written notice to the Company to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default in connection with a bankruptcy event occurs and is continuing, the principal amount of the Notes, the premium, if any, and all accrued and unpaid interest shall be immediately due and payable without any action or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders.

 

Noteholders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes (voting as a single class) may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Noteholders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.

 

14.           Trustee Dealings with the Company

 

Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

15.           No Recourse Against Others

 

An incorporator, director, officer, employee, affiliate, stockholder or shareholder of each of the Company or the Guarantor, solely by reason of this status, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes, the Indenture or the Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Noteholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

 

16.           [Reserved]

 

17.           Authentication

 

This Note shall not be valid for any purposes until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent acting on its behalf) has manually signed the certificate of authentication appearing on this Note.

 

18.           Abbreviations

 

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Noteholder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian) and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

 

 

 

19.           CUSIP Numbers

 

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Noteholders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

20.           Governing Law

 

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

 

The Company will furnish to any Noteholder upon written request and without charge to the Noteholder a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

 

Bunge Limited Finance Corp. 

1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway 

Chesterfield, Missouri 63017 

Attention: Treasurer 

Telephone No: (636) 292-3029 

Telecopy: (636) 292-4029

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

 

_____________________________________________________

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

__________________________________________

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

 

and irrevocably appoint ____________ agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

 

Date:   Your Signature  

 

Signature Guarantee:    

(Signature must be guaranteed)

 

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

 

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.

 

 

 

 

[TO BE ATTACHED TO NOTES] 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE

 

The following increases or decreases in this Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange  Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of this
Note
  Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this
Note
  Principal Amount of this
Note following such
decrease or increase
  Signature of authorized
signatory of Trustee or
Securities Custodian

 

 

 

 

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.15 of the Indenture, check the box below:

 

[ ] Section 3.15

 

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

$_______________

 

Date: _____________________

 

  Your Signature:  
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

  Tax Identification No.:  

 

Signature Guarantee*: __________________________________

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.2

 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

Dated as of November 1, 2023

 

3.250% Senior Secured Notes Due 2026

 

 

BY AND AMONG

 

BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP.,

as Issuer

 

BUNGE LIMITED,

as Existing Guarantor

 

BUNGE GLOBAL SA,

as Successor Guarantor

 

AND

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR IN

INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

 

 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 1, 2023 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), by and among BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer” or the “Company”), BUNGE GLOBAL SA, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Switzerland (“BGSA”), as successor guarantor (the “Successor Guarantor”), BUNGE LIMITED, a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda (“BL”), as existing guarantor (the “Existing Guarantor”; prior to the date hereof, the Existing Guarantor, and on and after the date hereof, the Successor Guarantor, shall be referred to herein as the “Guarantor”), and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as successor in interest to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee are parties to that certain Indenture, dated as of August 15, 2016, as supplemented by that certain First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 21, 2023 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the effectiveness of this Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), relating to the Company’s 3.250% Senior Notes Due 2026 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, BL has transferred, sold, assigned or otherwise distributed substantially all of its assets to BGSA (the “Asset Transfer”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 4.01 and Section 9.01(2) of the Indenture permits the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, together, to amend or supplement the Indenture and the Notes for the purposes of the Successor Guarantor assuming the obligations of the Existing Guarantor in connection with the Asset Transfer without the consent of Holders;

 

WHEREAS, effective as of the date hereof, the Successor Guarantor will become the Guarantor and automatically assume all of the obligations of the Guarantor under the Indenture and the Notes in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Trustee has received an Officer’s Certificate from the Company in accordance with Sections 7.02(b) and 11.04(1) of the Indenture and an Opinion of Counsel in accordance with Sections 4.01, 7.02(b) and 11.04(2) of the Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, each of the conditions in the Indenture necessary to give effect to the amendments set forth herein have been satisfied.

 

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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Guarantor, the Successor Guarantor and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:

 

Article 1
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application

 

Section 1.01.        Definitions. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture. All definitions in the Indenture shall be read in a manner consistent with the terms of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

Section 1.02.        Headings. The headings of the sections herein have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Article 2
Assumption of Obligations

 

Section 2.01.        Assumption of Guarantor Obligations. Effective as of 12:01 am (New York City time) on date hereof (the “Guarantee Assignment Effective Date”), automatically without further act or deed, notice, consent or the execution of any other documentation, (i) the Existing Guarantor hereby assigns to the Successor Guarantor, and the Successor Guarantor hereby assumes, all rights, obligations and liabilities of the Existing Guarantor under the Guarantee (including all of the Existing Guarantor’s obligations and duties to perform under the Indenture and the Notes as Guarantor), including, but not limited to, the due and punctual payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest and additional amounts, if any, on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Notes, (ii)  the Successor Guarantor shall become the “Guarantor” with the same force and effect as if originally named in the Indenture as the Guarantor and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all rights, obligations and liabilities of the Existing Guarantor in such capacity, (iii) the Successor Guarantor shall hereby be bound by the covenants, representations, warranties and agreements contained in the Guarantee and which are binding upon, and to be observed or performed by, the Existing Guarantor or “Guarantor” under the Guarantee, (iv) the Successor Guarantor hereby ratifies, and confirms the validity of, all of its obligations and liabilities under the Guarantee, (v) each reference to the “Guarantor” in the Guarantee and in any other document in connection therewith shall hereby be deemed to refer to the Successor Guarantor and (vi) the Existing Guarantor shall be released from its obligations under the Guarantee.

 

Section 2.02.        Indemnity. Each of the Existing Guarantor and the Successor Guarantor shall indemnify (fully, unconditionally and irrevocably) each holder and beneficial owner of the Notes and the Trustee against any tax or duty of whatever nature (other than any tax imposed by reason of the holders or beneficial owners of the Notes having some connection with any such jurisdiction, other than their participation as holders or beneficial owners of the Notes under the Indenture) which is incurred or otherwise suffered by such holders and beneficial owners and the Trustee with respect to the Notes and which would not have been incurred or otherwise suffered in the absence of the Asset Transfer.

 

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Article 3
Amendments to Indenture

 

Section 3.01.        Amendments to Jurisdiction References. References to “Bermuda” or “Hamilton, Bermuda” in Sections 3.14, 11.08, 11.15 of the Indenture shall be replaced with “Switzerland” and “Geneva, Switzerland”, as applicable.

 

Section 3.02.        Amendments to Indenture and Notes.

 

(a)            The definition of “Guarantor” shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

Guarantor” means Bunge Global SA, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Switzerland.

 

(b)           The following provisions are amended as described below:

 

1.           Section 11.02 is amended to delete the notice address for the Guarantor in its entirety and replace it with the following:

 

“If to the Guarantor:

 

Bunge Global SA

Route de Florissant 13

1206 Geneva, Switzerland

 

with a copy to:

 

Bunge Global SA

1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway

Chesterfield, Missouri 63017

Attention: Treasurer

Tel. No: (636) 292-3029

Telecopy: (636) 292-4029”

 

2.           Clause (ii) of Section 11.13 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(ii) agrees that service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of said service to the Guarantor mailed or delivered to its Secretary or Assistant Secretary at its office at 1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Guarantor in any such suit or proceeding.”

 

(c)           Exhibit A (Form of Initial Notes and Subsequent Notes) is deleted in its entirety and replaced with Exhibit A attached to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Article 4
Ratification of Other Terms and Conditions of the Indenture

 

Section 4.01.        Indenture to remain in effect. Except as expressly modified herein, the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. Upon the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture, the Notes shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture and each reference in the Indenture to “this Indenture,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” or “herein” shall mean and be a reference to the Indenture as supplemented and amended hereby, unless the context otherwise requires, and all the terms and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of the Indenture for any and all purposes.

 

Article 5
Miscellaneous

 

Section 5.01.        Provisions of Indenture and Notes for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of Notes. Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes.

 

Section 5.02.        Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section 5.03.        Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service; Waiver of Immunities.

 

(a)           By the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, the Successor Guarantor hereby (i) irrevocably designates and appoints its Chief Financial Officer (from time to time) at its principal executive offices at 1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017 (the “Authorized Agent”), as its agent upon which process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding described in the first sentence of Section 11.12 of the Indenture and represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has accepted such designation and (ii) agrees that service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of said service to the Successor Guarantor mailed or delivered to its Secretary or Assistant Secretary at its office at 1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Successor Guarantor in any such suit or proceeding.

 

(b)           The parties hereto ratify the provisions of Sections 11.11, 11.12, 11.13 and 11.14 of the Indenture with respect to this Supplemental Indenture, as if such provisions were set forth in their entirety herein.

 

Section 5.04.        Successors. All agreements of the Successor Guarantor hereunder and under the Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in the Indenture will bind its successor.

 

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Section 5.05.        Duplicate Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Supplemental Indenture shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Section 5.06.        Separability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 5.07.        No Liability of the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture, or the Notes or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Company.

 

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank – Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP.  
as the Company  
   
   
By: /s/ Rajat Gupta  
Name: Rajat Gupta  
Title: President  
   
BUNGE LIMITED  
as the Existing Guarantor  
   
   
By: /s/ Rajat Gupta  
Name: Rajat Gupta  
Title: Treasurer  
   
   
By: /s/ Lisa Ware-Alexander  
Name: Lisa Ware-Alexander  
Title: Secretary  
   
BUNGE GLOBAL SA  
as the Successor Guarantor  
   
   
By: /s/ Rajat Gupta  
Name: Rajat Gupta  
Title: Treasurer  
   
   
By: /s/ Lisa Ware-Alexander  
Name: Lisa Ware-Alexander  
Title: Secretary  

 

[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as the Trustee

 

 

By: /s/ Gregory M. Jackson  
Name: Gregory M. Jackson  
Title: Vice President  

 

[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF INITIAL NOTES AND SUBSEQUENT NOTES

 

[to be attached]

 

 

 

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE.

 

No. [___]  

Principal Amount U.S. $[_______________], as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Note attached hereto

 

CUSIP NO. [__________]

ISIN: [__________]

 

3.250% Senior Notes Due 2026

 

Bunge Limited Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of U.S.$[__________], as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Note attached hereto, on August 15, 2026.

 

Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15

 

Record Dates: February 1 and August 1

 

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the reverse side hereof.

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

  BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP.
   
  By:  
    Name: Rajat Gupta
    Title: President

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee, certifies that this is one of

the Notes referred to in the Indenture.

 

By:    
  Authorized Signatory  

 

Date: November 1, 2023

 

[Note]

 

 

 

3.250% Senior Note Due 2026

 

1.            General

 

Bunge Limited Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of August 15, 2016, among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee (as such Indenture may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “Trust Indenture Act”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Noteholders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of those terms.

 

The Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of the Company, including (a) U.S. $700,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 3.250% Notes being offered on the Issue Date (subject to Section 2.07 of the Indenture) and (b) any Subsequent Notes. The Notes rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. This Note is one of the Initial Notes referred to in the Indenture.

 

The Company may from time to time, without the consent of existing Holders, create and issue Subsequent Notes having the same terms and conditions as the Initial Notes in all respects, except for the Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest thereon. Subsequent Notes issued in this manner will be consolidated with and will form a single class with the previously outstanding Notes; provided, that if the Subsequent Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for United States federal income tax purposes, the Subsequent Notes will have a separate CUSIP number, Common Code, ISIN number and/or any other identifying number.

 

Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Initial Notes and any Subsequent Notes will be treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture includes various covenants that limit the ability of the Company, among other things, to engage in any business or transaction, acquire subsidiaries, incur Indebtedness or Liens or enter into any consolidations, mergers, amalgamations or sales of assets. In addition, the Indenture imposes certain limitations on, among other things, (i) the incurrence of Liens by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) Sale-Leaseback Transactions by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary and (iii) consolidations, mergers, amalgamations and sales of assets of the Guarantor, the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Guarantor has unconditionally guaranteed such obligations pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. The Guarantee is an unsecured and unsubordinated obligation of the Guarantor and ranks equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and obligations of the Guarantor.

 

[Note]

 

 

 

2.            Interest

 

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above.

 

The Company will pay interest semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 of each year commencing February 15, 2017. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on the Notes or, if no interest has been paid, from August 15, 2016. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal or premium, if any, plus interest on such interest to the extent lawful, at the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

3.            Method of Payment

 

By at least 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date on which any principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any Note is due and payable, the Company shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, and/or interest. The Company will pay interest (except Defaulted Interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the February 1 or August 1 next preceding the interest payment date even if Notes are cancelled, repurchased or redeemed after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Except as described in the succeeding two sentences, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in The City of New York, or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Indenture; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, each installment of interest may be paid by check mailed to addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear on the Note Register. Payments in respect of Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by The Depository Trust Company. Payments in respect of Notes represented by Definitive Notes (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) held by a Holder of at least U.S.$1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 15 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).

 

4.            Paying Agent and Registrar

 

Initially, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”), will act as Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice to any Noteholder. The Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

 

 

 

 

5.            Optional Redemption by the Company

 

At any time prior to May 15, 2026, the Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, on at least 30 days but not more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed to the registered address of each Holder of Notes to be so redeemed, at a redemption price equal to (a) the greater of (i) 100% of their principal amount to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued but unpaid to the Redemption Date) discounted to their present value as of such Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the applicable Treasury Yield (as defined below), as determined by the Reference Treasury Dealers, plus 30 basis points (such greater amount, the “Make-Whole Redemption Price”), plus (b) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes to the date of redemption.

 

On or after May 15, 2026, the Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on at least 30 days’ but not more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed to the registered address of each Holder of Notes to be so redeemed, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed (the “Par Call Redemption Price” and, together with the Make-Whole Redemption Price, the “Redemption Price”), plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed to the date of redemption.

 

For purposes of determining the Redemption Price, the following definitions are applicable:

 

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes.

 

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at 4:00 P.M. on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date, as set forth on “Bloomberg page PX1” (or such other page as may replace Bloomberg page PX1), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such bid prices at such time, (i) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Company for such date, after excluding the highest and lowest of four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations or (ii) if the Company is unable to obtain at least four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Company.

 

Independent Investment Banker” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. or, if none of such firms are willing or able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, a leading independent investment banking institution appointed by the Company.

 

 

 

 

Reference Treasury Dealer” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and a Primary Treasury Dealer selected by U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and two other primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Notes, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Notes (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date.

 

Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the Notes, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

 

In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not listed, then on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate, which shall comply with the procedures of DTC, although no Notes of U.S. $2,000 in original principal amount or less will be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption relating to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption as long as the Company has deposited with the Paying Agent funds in satisfaction of the applicable Redemption Price pursuant to the Indenture.

 

6.            Offers to Repurchase

 

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company shall make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of the Notes of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date (the “Change of Control Payment”). The Change of Control Offer shall be made in accordance with Section 3.15 of the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

7.            Additional Amounts

 

The Guarantor will pay to the Holder of any Note such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment to a holder or beneficial owner of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Note, after deducting or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, fee, assessment or other similar governmental charge duly imposed by Switzerland, will not be less than the amount provided in such Note to be then due and payable. The Guarantor will not be required, however, to make any payment of additional amounts for or on account of any such tax imposed by reason of the holder or beneficial owner having some connection with Switzerland, other than its participation as a holder or beneficial owner of a Note.

 

8.            Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

 

The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of principal amount of U.S. $2,000 and whole multiples of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange (i) any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) for a period beginning 15 days before the mailing of a notice of Notes to be redeemed and ending on the date of such mailing or (ii) any Notes for a period beginning 15 days before an interest payment date and ending on such interest payment date.

 

9.            Persons Deemed Owners

 

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

10.            Unclaimed Money

 

If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

 

11.            Defeasance

 

Subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Securities for the payment of principal and interest on such Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

12.            Amendment, Waiver

 

The Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes; provided, however, that the consent of each Noteholder affected is required to (i) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment of the Indenture or the Notes, (ii) reduce the stated rate or extend the stated time for payment of interest on a Note, (iii) reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of a Note, (iv) reduce the premium payable upon redemption of a Note, (v) make any Note payable in money other than that stated herein, (vi) impair the right of a Holder to receive payment under the Note or institute suit for the enforcement of such payment, (vii) make any change to the amendment provisions which require each Holder’s consent or the waiver provisions, or (viii) release the Guarantor or modify the Guarantee.

 

 

 

 

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Noteholder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, or to comply with Article 4 of the Indenture, or to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, or to add guarantees with respect to the Notes, or to secure the Notes, or to add additional covenants of the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary, or surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary, issue Subsequent Notes, or to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, or to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Noteholder.

 

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, any default (other than with respect to nonpayment or in respect of a provision that cannot be amended without the written consent of each Noteholder affected) or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, on behalf of all Holders of the Notes.

 

13.            Defaults and Remedies

 

Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (1) default for 30 days in payment of interest or additional interest when due on the Notes; (2) default in payment of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes at Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon declaration or otherwise; (3) the failure by the Company or the Guarantor to comply for 60 days after written notice with its other agreements contained in the Indenture or under the Notes (other than those referred to in (1) or (2) above); (4) the failure of the Company, the Guarantor or a Material Subsidiary (a) to pay the principal of any indebtedness for borrowed money, including obligations evidenced by any mortgage, indenture, bond, debenture, note, guarantee or other similar instruments, on the scheduled or original date due; (b) to pay interest on any such indebtedness beyond any provided grace period; or (c) to observe or perform any agreement or condition relating to such indebtedness, the effect of which is to cause such indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity and such acceleration has not been cured within 15 days after notice of acceleration; provided that an event described in clause (a), (b) or (c) above shall not constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more events of the type described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) shall have occurred or be continuing with respect to indebtedness in an amount exceeding U.S. $100,000,000; or (5) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, the Guarantor or a Material Subsidiary (the “bankruptcy events”). However, a default under clause (3) with respect to the Notes will not constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Notes until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes notify the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, of the default and the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, does not cure such default within the time specified in clause (3) hereof after receipt of such notice.

 

 

 

 

If an Event of Default other than a bankruptcy event occurs and is continuing with respect to the Notes, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes by written notice to the Company to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default in connection with a bankruptcy event occurs and is continuing, the principal amount of the Notes, the premium, if any, and all accrued and unpaid interest shall be immediately due and payable without any action or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders.

 

Noteholders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes (voting as a single class) may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Noteholders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.

 

14.            Trustee Dealings with the Company

 

Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

15.            No Recourse Against Others

 

An incorporator, director, officer, employee, affiliate, stockholder or shareholder of each of the Company or the Guarantor, solely by reason of this status, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes, the Indenture or the Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Noteholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

 

16.            [Reserved]

 

17.            Authentication

 

This Note shall not be valid for any purposes until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent acting on its behalf) has manually signed the certificate of authentication appearing on this Note.

 

18.            Abbreviations

 

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Noteholder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian) and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

 

 

 

19.            CUSIP Numbers

 

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Noteholders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

20.            Governing Law

 

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

 

The Company will furnish to any Noteholder upon written request and without charge to the Noteholder a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

 

Bunge Limited Finance Corp.

11720 Borman Drive

St. Louis, Missouri 63146

Attention: Treasurer

Telephone No: (314) 292-2908

Telecopy: (314) 292-4908

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

 

_____________________________________________________

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

__________________________________________

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

 

and irrevocably appoint ____________ agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

 

Date:      Your Signature  
         
Signature Guarantee:        

(Signature must be guaranteed)

 

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

 

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.

 

 

 

 

[TO BE ATTACHED TO NOTES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE

 

The following increases or decreases in this Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange   Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of this
Note
  Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this
Note
  Principal Amount of this
Note following such
decrease or increase
  Signature of authorized
signatory of Trustee or
Securities Custodian

 

 

 

 

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.15 of the Indenture, check the box below:

 

[   ] Section 3.15

 

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

$_______________

 

Date: _____________________

 

  Your Signature:  
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
     
  Tax Identification No.:   
     
Signature Guarantee*:       

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.3

 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

Dated as of November 1, 2023

 

3.750% Senior Secured Notes Due 2027

 

 

BY AND AMONG

 

BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP.,

as Issuer

 

BUNGE LIMITED,

as Existing Guarantor

 

BUNGE GLOBAL SA,

as Successor Guarantor

 

AND

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR IN

INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

 

 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 1, 2023 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), by and among BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer” or the “Company”), BUNGE GLOBAL SA, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Switzerland (“BGSA”), as successor guarantor (the “Successor Guarantor”), BUNGE LIMITED, a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda (“BL”), as existing guarantor (the “Existing Guarantor”; prior to the date hereof, the Existing Guarantor, and on and after the date hereof, the Successor Guarantor, shall be referred to herein as the “Guarantor”), and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as successor in interest to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee are parties to that certain Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2017, as supplemented by that certain First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 21, 2023 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the effectiveness of this Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), relating to the Company’s 3.750% Senior Notes Due 2027 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, BL has transferred, sold, assigned or otherwise distributed substantially all of its assets to BGSA (the “Asset Transfer”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 4.01 and Section 9.01(2) of the Indenture permits the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, together, to amend or supplement the Indenture and the Notes for the purposes of the Successor Guarantor assuming the obligations of the Existing Guarantor in connection with the Asset Transfer without the consent of Holders;

 

WHEREAS, effective as of the date hereof, the Successor Guarantor will become the Guarantor and automatically assume all of the obligations of the Guarantor under the Indenture and the Notes in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Trustee has received an Officer’s Certificate from the Company in accordance with Sections 7.02(b) and 11.04(1) of the Indenture and an Opinion of Counsel in accordance with Sections 4.01, 7.02(b) and 11.04(2) of the Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, each of the conditions in the Indenture necessary to give effect to the amendments set forth herein have been satisfied.

 

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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Guarantor, the Successor Guarantor and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:

 

Article 1
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application

 

Section 1.01.         Definitions. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture. All definitions in the Indenture shall be read in a manner consistent with the terms of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

Section 1.02.         Headings. The headings of the sections herein have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Article 2
Assumption of Obligations

 

Section 2.01.         Assumption of Guarantor Obligations. Effective as of 12:01 am (New York City time) on date hereof (the “Guarantee Assignment Effective Date”), automatically without further act or deed, notice, consent or the execution of any other documentation, (i) the Existing Guarantor hereby assigns to the Successor Guarantor, and the Successor Guarantor hereby assumes, all rights, obligations and liabilities of the Existing Guarantor under the Guarantee (including all of the Existing Guarantor’s obligations and duties to perform under the Indenture and the Notes as Guarantor), including, but not limited to, the due and punctual payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest and additional amounts, if any, on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Notes, (ii)  the Successor Guarantor shall become the “Guarantor” with the same force and effect as if originally named in the Indenture as the Guarantor and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all rights, obligations and liabilities of the Existing Guarantor in such capacity, (iii) the Successor Guarantor shall hereby be bound by the covenants, representations, warranties and agreements contained in the Guarantee and which are binding upon, and to be observed or performed by, the Existing Guarantor or “Guarantor” under the Guarantee, (iv) the Successor Guarantor hereby ratifies, and confirms the validity of, all of its obligations and liabilities under the Guarantee, (v) each reference to the “Guarantor” in the Guarantee and in any other document in connection therewith shall hereby be deemed to refer to the Successor Guarantor and (vi) the Existing Guarantor shall be released from its obligations under the Guarantee.

 

Section 2.02.         Indemnity. Each of the Existing Guarantor and the Successor Guarantor shall indemnify (fully, unconditionally and irrevocably) each holder and beneficial owner of the Notes and the Trustee against any tax or duty of whatever nature (other than any tax imposed by reason of the holders or beneficial owners of the Notes having some connection with any such jurisdiction, other than their participation as holders or beneficial owners of the Notes under the Indenture) which is incurred or otherwise suffered by such holders and beneficial owners and the Trustee with respect to the Notes and which would not have been incurred or otherwise suffered in the absence of the Asset Transfer.

 

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Article 3
Amendments to Indenture

 

Section 3.01.         Amendments to Jurisdiction References. References to “Bermuda” or “Hamilton, Bermuda” in Sections 3.14, 11.08, 11.15 of the Indenture shall be replaced with “Switzerland” and “Geneva, Switzerland”, as applicable.

 

Section 3.02.         Amendments to Indenture and Notes.

 

(a)   The definition of “Guarantor” shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

Guarantor” means Bunge Global SA, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Switzerland.

 

(b)   The following provisions are amended as described below:

 

1.           Section 11.02 is amended to delete the notice address for the Guarantor in its entirety and replace it with the following:

 

“If to the Guarantor:

 

Bunge Global SA

Route de Florissant 13

1206 Geneva, Switzerland

 

with a copy to:

 

Bunge Global SA

1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway

Chesterfield, Missouri 63017

Attention: Treasurer

Tel. No: (636) 292-3029

Telecopy: (636) 292-4029”

 

2.           Clause (ii) of Section 11.13 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(ii) agrees that service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of said service to the Guarantor mailed or delivered to its Secretary or Assistant Secretary at its office at 1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Guarantor in any such suit or proceeding.”

 

(c)           Exhibit A (Form of Initial Notes and Subsequent Notes) is deleted in its entirety and replaced with Exhibit A attached to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Article 4
Ratification of Other Terms and Conditions of the Indenture

 

Section 4.01.         Indenture to remain in effect. Except as expressly modified herein, the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. Upon the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture, the Notes shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture and each reference in the Indenture to “this Indenture,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” or “herein” shall mean and be a reference to the Indenture as supplemented and amended hereby, unless the context otherwise requires, and all the terms and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of the Indenture for any and all purposes.

 

Article 5
Miscellaneous

 

Section 5.01.         Provisions of Indenture and Notes for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of Notes. Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes.

 

Section 5.02.         Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section 5.03.         Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service; Waiver of Immunities.

 

(a)           By the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, the Successor Guarantor hereby (i) irrevocably designates and appoints its Chief Financial Officer (from time to time) at its principal executive offices at 1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017 (the “Authorized Agent”), as its agent upon which process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding described in the first sentence of Section 11.12 of the Indenture and represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has accepted such designation and (ii) agrees that service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of said service to the Successor Guarantor mailed or delivered to its Secretary or Assistant Secretary at its office at 1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Successor Guarantor in any such suit or proceeding.

 

(b)           The parties hereto ratify the provisions of Sections 11.11, 11.12, 11.13 and 11.14 of the Indenture with respect to this Supplemental Indenture, as if such provisions were set forth in their entirety herein.

 

Section 5.04.         Successors. All agreements of the Successor Guarantor hereunder and under the Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in the Indenture will bind its successor.

 

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Section 5.05.         Duplicate Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Supplemental Indenture shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Section 5.06.         Separability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 5.07.         No Liability of the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture, or the Notes or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Company.

 

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank – Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP.  
as the Company  
   
   
By: /s/ Rajat Gupta  
Name: Rajat Gupta  
Title: President  
   
BUNGE LIMITED  
as the Existing Guarantor  
   
   
By: /s/ Rajat Gupta  
Name: Rajat Gupta  
Title: Treasurer  
   
   
By: /s/ Lisa Ware-Alexander  
Name: Lisa Ware-Alexander  
Title: Secretary  
   
BUNGE GLOBAL SA  
as the Successor Guarantor  
   
   
By: /s/ Rajat Gupta  
Name: Rajat Gupta  
Title: Treasurer  
   
   
By: /s/ Lisa Ware-Alexander  
Name: Lisa Ware-Alexander  
Title: Secretary  

 

[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as the Trustee

 

 

By: /s/ Gregory M. Jackson  
Name: Gregory M. Jackson  
Title: Vice President  

 

[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF INITIAL NOTES AND SUBSEQUENT NOTES

 

[to be attached]

 

 

 

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE.

 

No. [___]  

Principal Amount U.S. $[_______________], as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Note attached hereto

 

CUSIP NO. [__________]

ISIN: [__________]

 

3.750% Senior Notes Due 2027

 

Bunge Limited Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of U.S.$[__________], as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Note attached hereto, on September 25, 2027.

 

Interest Payment Dates: March 25 and September 25

 

Record Dates: March 10 and September 10

 

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the reverse side hereof.

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

  BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP.
   
  By:  
    Name: Rajat Gupta
    Title: President

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee, certifies that this is one of

the Notes referred to in the Indenture.

 

By:    
  Authorized Signatory  

 

Date: November 1, 2023

 

[Signature Page to Note]

 

 

 

 

3.750% Senior Note Due 2027

 

1.            General

 

Bunge Limited Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2017, among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee (as such Indenture may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “Trust Indenture Act”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Noteholders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of those terms.

 

The Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of the Company, including (a) U.S. $600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 3.750% Notes being offered on the Issue Date (subject to Section 2.07 of the Indenture) and (b) any Subsequent Notes. The Notes rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. This Note is one of the Initial Notes referred to in the Indenture.

 

The Company may from time to time, without the consent of existing Holders, create and issue Subsequent Notes having the same terms and conditions as the Initial Notes in all respects, except for the Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest thereon. Subsequent Notes issued in this manner will be consolidated with and will form a single class with the previously outstanding Notes; provided, that if the Subsequent Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for United States federal income tax purposes, the Subsequent Notes will have a separate CUSIP number, Common Code, ISIN number and/or any other identifying number.

 

Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Initial Notes and any Subsequent Notes will be treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture includes various covenants that limit the ability of the Company, among other things, to engage in any business or transaction, acquire subsidiaries, incur Indebtedness or Liens or enter into any consolidations, mergers, amalgamations or sales of assets. In addition, the Indenture imposes certain limitations on, among other things, (i) the incurrence of Liens by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) Sale-Leaseback Transactions by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary and (iii) consolidations, mergers, amalgamations and sales of assets of the Guarantor, the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Guarantor has unconditionally guaranteed such obligations pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. The Guarantee is an unsecured and unsubordinated obligation of the Guarantor and ranks equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and obligations of the Guarantor.

 

 

 

 

2.            Interest

 

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above.

 

The Company will pay interest semi-annually on March 25 and September 25 of each year commencing March 25, 2018. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on the Notes or, if no interest has been paid, from September 25, 2017. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal or premium, if any, plus interest on such interest to the extent lawful, at the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

3.            Method of Payment

 

By at least 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date on which any principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any Note is due and payable, the Company shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, and/or interest. The Company will pay interest (except Defaulted Interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the March 10 or September 10 next preceding the interest payment date even if Notes are cancelled, repurchased or redeemed after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Except as described in the succeeding two sentences, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in The City of New York, or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Indenture; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, each installment of interest may be paid by check mailed to addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear on the Note Register. Payments in respect of Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by The Depository Trust Company. Payments in respect of Notes represented by Definitive Notes (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) held by a Holder of at least U.S.$1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 15 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).

 

4.            Paying Agent and Registrar

 

Initially, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”), will act as Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice to any Noteholder. The Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

 

 

 

 

5.            Optional Redemption by the Company

 

At any time prior to June 25, 2027 (the “Par Call Date”), the Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, on at least 15 days but not more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed to the registered address of each Holder of Notes to be so redeemed, at a redemption price equal to (a) the greater of (i) 100% of their principal amount to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the Notes to be redeemed that would be due if such Notes matured on the Par Call Date (exclusive of interest accrued but unpaid to the Redemption Date) discounted to their present value as of such Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the applicable Treasury Yield (as defined below), as determined by the Reference Treasury Dealers, plus 25 basis points (such greater amount, the “Make-Whole Redemption Price”), plus (b) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes to the date of redemption.

 

On or after June 25, 2027, the Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on at least 15 days’ but not more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed to the registered address of each Holder of Notes to be so redeemed, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed (the “Par Call Redemption Price” and, together with the Make-Whole Redemption Price, the “Redemption Price”), plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed to the date of redemption.

 

For purposes of determining the Redemption Price, the following definitions are applicable:

 

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed calculated as if the maturity date of such Notes were the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life of such Notes.

 

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at 4:00 P.M. on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date, as set forth on “Bloomberg page PX1” (or such other page as may replace Bloomberg page PX1), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such bid prices at such time, (i) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Company for such date, after excluding the highest and lowest of four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations or (ii) if the Company is unable to obtain at least four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Company.

 

Independent Investment Banker” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and a Primary Treasury Dealer selected by SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. or, if none of such firms are willing or able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, a leading independent investment banking institution appointed by the Company.

 

 

 

 

Primary Treasury Dealer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Reference Treasury Dealer”.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and a primary U.S. Government Securities dealer in New York City selected by SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. and two other primary U.S. Government Securities dealers in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Notes, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Notes (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date.

 

Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the Notes, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

 

In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not listed, then on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate, which shall comply with the procedures of DTC, although no Notes of U.S. $2,000 in original principal amount or less will be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption relating to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption as long as the Company has deposited with the Paying Agent funds in satisfaction of the applicable Redemption Price pursuant to the Indenture.

 

6.            Offers to Repurchase

 

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company shall make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of the Notes of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date (the “Change of Control Payment”). The Change of Control Offer shall be made in accordance with Section 3.15 of the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

7.            Additional Amounts

 

The Guarantor will pay to the Holder of any Note such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment to a holder or beneficial owner of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Note, after deducting or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, fee, assessment or other similar governmental charge duly imposed by Switzerland, will not be less than the amount provided in such Note to be then due and payable. The Guarantor will not be required, however, to make any payment of additional amounts for or on account of any such tax imposed by reason of the holder or beneficial owner having some connection with Switzerland, other than its participation as a holder or beneficial owner of a Note.

 

8.            Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

 

The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of principal amount of U.S. $2,000 and whole multiples of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange (i) any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) for a period beginning 15 days before the mailing of a notice of Notes to be redeemed and ending on the date of such mailing or (ii) any Notes for a period beginning 15 days before an interest payment date and ending on such interest payment date.

 

9.            Persons Deemed Owners

 

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

10.            Unclaimed Money

 

If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

 

11.            Defeasance

 

Subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Securities for the payment of principal and interest on such Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

12.            Amendment, Waiver

 

The Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes; provided, however, that the consent of each Noteholder affected is required to (i) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment of the Indenture or the Notes, (ii) reduce the stated rate or extend the stated time for payment of interest on a Note, (iii) reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of a Note, (iv) reduce the premium payable upon redemption of a Note, (v) make any Note payable in money other than that stated herein, (vi) impair the right of a Holder to receive payment under the Note or institute suit for the enforcement of such payment, (vii) make any change to the amendment provisions which require each Holder’s consent or the waiver provisions, or (viii) release the Guarantor or modify the Guarantee.

 

 

 

 

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Noteholder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, or to comply with Article 4 of the Indenture, or to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, or to add guarantees with respect to the Notes, or to secure the Notes, or to add additional covenants of the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary, or surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary, issue Subsequent Notes, or to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, or to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Noteholder.

 

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, any default (other than with respect to nonpayment or in respect of a provision that cannot be amended without the written consent of each Noteholder affected) or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, on behalf of all Holders of the Notes.

 

13.            Defaults and Remedies

 

Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (1) default for 30 days in payment of interest or additional interest when due on the Notes; (2) default in payment of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes at Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon declaration or otherwise; (3) the failure by the Company or the Guarantor to comply for 60 days after written notice with its other agreements contained in the Indenture or under the Notes (other than those referred to in (1) or (2) above); (4) the failure of the Company, the Guarantor or a Material Subsidiary (a) to pay the principal of any indebtedness for borrowed money, including obligations evidenced by any mortgage, indenture, bond, debenture, note, guarantee or other similar instruments, on the scheduled or original date due; (b) to pay interest on any such indebtedness beyond any provided grace period; or (c) to observe or perform any agreement or condition relating to such indebtedness, the effect of which is to cause such indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity and such acceleration has not been cured within 15 days after notice of acceleration; provided that an event described in clause (a), (b) or (c) above shall not constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more events of the type described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) shall have occurred or be continuing with respect to indebtedness in an amount exceeding U.S. $100,000,000; or (5) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, the Guarantor or a Material Subsidiary (the “bankruptcy events”). However, a default under clause (3) with respect to the Notes will not constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Notes until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes notify the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, of the default and the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, does not cure such default within the time specified in clause (3) hereof after receipt of such notice.

 

 

 

 

If an Event of Default other than a bankruptcy event occurs and is continuing with respect to the Notes, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes by written notice to the Company to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default in connection with a bankruptcy event occurs and is continuing, the principal amount of the Notes, the premium, if any, and all accrued and unpaid interest shall be immediately due and payable without any action or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders.

 

Noteholders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes (voting as a single class) may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Noteholders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.

 

14.            Trustee Dealings with the Company

 

Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

15.            No Recourse Against Others

 

An incorporator, director, officer, employee, affiliate, stockholder or shareholder of each of the Company or the Guarantor, solely by reason of this status, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes, the Indenture or the Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Noteholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

 

16.            [Reserved]

 

17.            Authentication

 

This Note shall not be valid for any purposes until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent acting on its behalf) has manually signed the certificate of authentication appearing on this Note.

 

18.            Abbreviations

 

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Noteholder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian) and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

 

 

 

19.            CUSIP Numbers

 

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Noteholders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

20.            Governing Law

 

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

 

The Company will furnish to any Noteholder upon written request and without charge to the Noteholder a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

 

Bunge Limited Finance Corp.

1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway

Chesterfield, Missouri 63017

Attention: Treasurer

Telephone No: (636) 292-3029

Telecopy: (636) 292-4029

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

 

_____________________________________________________

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

__________________________________________

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

 

and irrevocably appoint ____________ agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

 

Date:      Your Signature  
         
Signature Guarantee:        

(Signature must be guaranteed)

 

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

 

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.

 

 

 

 

[TO BE ATTACHED TO NOTES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE

 

The following increases or decreases in this Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange   Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of this
Note
  Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this
Note
  Principal Amount of this
Note following such
decrease or increase
  Signature of authorized
signatory of Trustee or
Securities Custodian

 

 

 

  

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.15 of the Indenture, check the box below:

 

[   ] Section 3.15

 

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

$_______________

 

Date: _____________________

 

  Your Signature:  
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
     
  Tax Identification No.:   
     
Signature Guarantee*:       

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.4

 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

Dated as of November 1, 2023

 

2.750% Senior Secured Notes Due 2031

 

 

BY AND AMONG

 

BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP.,

as Issuer

 

BUNGE LIMITED,

as Existing Guarantor

 

BUNGE GLOBAL SA,

as Successor Guarantor

 

AND

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR IN

INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

 

 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 1, 2023 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), by and among BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer” or the “Company”), BUNGE GLOBAL SA, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Switzerland (“BGSA”), as successor guarantor (the “Successor Guarantor”), BUNGE LIMITED, a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda (“BL”), as existing guarantor (the “Existing Guarantor”; prior to the date hereof, the Existing Guarantor, and on and after the date hereof, the Successor Guarantor, shall be referred to herein as the “Guarantor”), and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as successor in interest to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee are parties to that certain Indenture, dated as of May 14, 2021, as supplemented by that certain First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 21, 2023 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the effectiveness of this Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), relating to the Company’s 2.750% Senior Notes Due 2031 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, BL has transferred, sold, assigned or otherwise distributed substantially all of its assets to BGSA (the “Asset Transfer”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 4.01 and Section 9.01(2) of the Indenture permits the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, together, to amend or supplement the Indenture and the Notes for the purposes of the Successor Guarantor assuming the obligations of the Existing Guarantor in connection with the Asset Transfer without the consent of Holders;

 

WHEREAS, effective as of the date hereof, the Successor Guarantor will become the Guarantor and automatically assume all of the obligations of the Guarantor under the Indenture and the Notes in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Trustee has received an Officer’s Certificate from the Company in accordance with Sections 7.02(b) and 11.04(1) of the Indenture and an Opinion of Counsel in accordance with Sections 4.01, 7.02(b) and 11.04(2) of the Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, each of the conditions in the Indenture necessary to give effect to the amendments set forth herein have been satisfied.

 

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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Guarantor, the Successor Guarantor and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:

 

Article 1
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application

 

Section 1.01.         Definitions. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture. All definitions in the Indenture shall be read in a manner consistent with the terms of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

Section 1.02.         Headings. The headings of the sections herein have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Article 2
Assumption of Obligations

 

Section 2.01.         Assumption of Guarantor Obligations. Effective as of 12:01 am (New York City time) on date hereof (the “Guarantee Assignment Effective Date”), automatically without further act or deed, notice, consent or the execution of any other documentation, (i) the Existing Guarantor hereby assigns to the Successor Guarantor, and the Successor Guarantor hereby assumes, all rights, obligations and liabilities of the Existing Guarantor under the Guarantee (including all of the Existing Guarantor’s obligations and duties to perform under the Indenture and the Notes as Guarantor), including, but not limited to, the due and punctual payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest and additional amounts, if any, on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Notes, (ii)  the Successor Guarantor shall become the “Guarantor” with the same force and effect as if originally named in the Indenture as the Guarantor and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all rights, obligations and liabilities of the Existing Guarantor in such capacity, (iii) the Successor Guarantor shall hereby be bound by the covenants, representations, warranties and agreements contained in the Guarantee and which are binding upon, and to be observed or performed by, the Existing Guarantor or “Guarantor” under the Guarantee, (iv) the Successor Guarantor hereby ratifies, and confirms the validity of, all of its obligations and liabilities under the Guarantee, (v) each reference to the “Guarantor” in the Guarantee and in any other document in connection therewith shall hereby be deemed to refer to the Successor Guarantor and (vi) the Existing Guarantor shall be released from its obligations under the Guarantee.

 

Section 2.02.         Indemnity. Each of the Existing Guarantor and the Successor Guarantor shall indemnify (fully, unconditionally and irrevocably) each holder and beneficial owner of the Notes and the Trustee against any tax or duty of whatever nature (other than any tax imposed by reason of the holders or beneficial owners of the Notes having some connection with any such jurisdiction, other than their participation as holders or beneficial owners of the Notes under the Indenture) which is incurred or otherwise suffered by such holders and beneficial owners and the Trustee with respect to the Notes and which would not have been incurred or otherwise suffered in the absence of the Asset Transfer.

 

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Article 3
Amendments to Indenture

 

Section 3.01.         Amendments to Jurisdiction References. References to “Bermuda” or “Hamilton, Bermuda” in Sections 3.14, 11.08, 11.15 of the Indenture shall be replaced with “Switzerland” and “Geneva, Switzerland”, as applicable.

 

Section 3.02.         Amendments to Indenture and Notes.

 

(a)   The definition of “Guarantor” shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

Guarantor” means Bunge Global SA, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Switzerland.

 

(b)  The following provisions are amended as described below:

 

1.            Section 11.02 is amended to delete the notice address for the Guarantor in its entirety and replace it with the following:

 

“If to the Guarantor:

 

Bunge Global SA

Route de Florissant 13

1206 Geneva, Switzerland

 

with a copy to:

 

Bunge Global SA

1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway

Chesterfield, Missouri 63017

Attention: Treasurer

Tel. No: (636) 292-3029

Telecopy: (636) 292-4029”

 

2.            Clause (ii) of Section 11.13 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(ii) agrees that service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of said service to the Guarantor mailed or delivered to its Secretary or Assistant Secretary at its office at 1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Guarantor in any such suit or proceeding.”

 

(c)            Exhibit A (Form of Initial Notes and Subsequent Notes) is deleted in its entirety and replaced with Exhibit A attached to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Article 4
Ratification of Other Terms and Conditions of the Indenture

 

Section 4.01.         Indenture to remain in effect. Except as expressly modified herein, the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. Upon the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture, the Notes shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture and each reference in the Indenture to “this Indenture,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” or “herein” shall mean and be a reference to the Indenture as supplemented and amended hereby, unless the context otherwise requires, and all the terms and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of the Indenture for any and all purposes.

 

Article 5
Miscellaneous

 

Section 5.01.         Provisions of Indenture and Notes for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of Notes. Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes.

 

Section 5.02.         Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section 5.03.         Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service; Waiver of Immunities.

 

(a)            By the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, the Successor Guarantor hereby (i) irrevocably designates and appoints its Chief Financial Officer (from time to time) at its principal executive offices at 1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017 (the “Authorized Agent”), as its agent upon which process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding described in the first sentence of Section 11.12 of the Indenture and represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has accepted such designation and (ii) agrees that service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of said service to the Successor Guarantor mailed or delivered to its Secretary or Assistant Secretary at its office at 1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Successor Guarantor in any such suit or proceeding.

 

(b)            The parties hereto ratify the provisions of Sections 11.11, 11.12, 11.13 and 11.14 of the Indenture with respect to this Supplemental Indenture, as if such provisions were set forth in their entirety herein.

 

Section 5.04.         Successors. All agreements of the Successor Guarantor hereunder and under the Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in the Indenture will bind its successor.

 

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Section 5.05.         Duplicate Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Supplemental Indenture shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Section 5.06.         Separability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 5.07.         No Liability of the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture, or the Notes or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Company.

 

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank – Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP.  
as the Company  
   
   
By: /s/ Rajat Gupta  
Name: Rajat Gupta  
Title: President  
   
BUNGE LIMITED  
as the Existing Guarantor  
   
   
By: /s/ Rajat Gupta  
Name: Rajat Gupta  
Title: Treasurer  
   
   
By: /s/ Lisa Ware-Alexander  
Name: Lisa Ware-Alexander  
Title: Secretary  
   
BUNGE GLOBAL SA  
as the Successor Guarantor  
   
   
By: /s/ Rajat Gupta  
Name: Rajat Gupta  
Title: Treasurer  
   
   
By: /s/ Lisa Ware-Alexander  
Name: Lisa Ware-Alexander  
Title: Secretary  

 

[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as the Trustee

 

 

By: /s/ Gregory M. Jackson  
Name: Gregory M. Jackson  
Title: Vice President  

 

[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF INITIAL NOTES AND SUBSEQUENT NOTES

 

[to be attached]

 

 

 

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE.

 

No. [___]  

Principal Amount U.S. $[_______________], as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Note attached hereto

 

CUSIP NO. [__________]

ISIN: [__________]

 

2.750% Senior Notes Due 2031

 

Bunge Limited Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of U.S.$[__________], as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Note attached hereto, on May 14, 2031.

 

Interest Payment Dates: November 14 and May 14

 

Record Dates: October 30 and April 29

 

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the reverse side hereof.

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

  BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP.
   
  By:  
    Name: Rajat Gupta
    Title: President

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee, certifies that this is one of

the Notes referred to in the Indenture.

 

By:    
  Authorized Signatory  

 

Date: November 1, 2023

 

[Note]

 

 

 

2.750% Senior Note Due 2031

 

1.            General

 

Bunge Limited Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of May 14, 2021, among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee (as such Indenture may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “Trust Indenture Act”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Noteholders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of those terms.

 

The Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of the Company, including (a) U.S. $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 2.750% Notes being offered on the Issue Date (subject to Section 2.07 of the Indenture) and (b) any Subsequent Notes. The Notes rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. This Note is one of the Initial Notes referred to in the Indenture.

 

The Company may from time to time, without the consent of existing Holders, create and issue Subsequent Notes having the same terms and conditions as the Initial Notes in all respects, except for the Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest thereon. Subsequent Notes issued in this manner will be consolidated with and will form a single class with the previously outstanding Notes; provided, that if the Subsequent Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for United States federal income tax purposes, the Subsequent Notes will have a separate CUSIP number, Common Code, ISIN number and/or any other identifying number.

 

Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Initial Notes and any Subsequent Notes will be treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture includes various covenants that limit the ability of the Company, among other things, to engage in any business or transaction, acquire subsidiaries, incur Indebtedness or Liens or enter into any consolidations, mergers, amalgamations or sales of assets. In addition, the Indenture imposes certain limitations on, among other things, (i) the incurrence of Liens by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) Sale-Leaseback Transactions by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary and (iii) consolidations, mergers, amalgamations and sales of assets of the Guarantor, the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Guarantor has unconditionally guaranteed such obligations pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. The Guarantee is an unsecured and unsubordinated obligation of the Guarantor and ranks equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and obligations of the Guarantor.

 

 

 

 

2.            Interest

 

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above.

 

The Company will pay interest semi-annually on November 14 and May 14 of each year commencing November 14, 2021. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on the Notes or, if no interest has been paid, from May 14, 2021. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal or premium, if any, plus interest on such interest to the extent lawful, at the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

3.            Method of Payment

 

By at least 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date on which any principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any Note is due and payable, the Company shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, and/or interest. The Company will pay interest (except Defaulted Interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the October 30 or April 29 next preceding the interest payment date even if Notes are cancelled, repurchased or redeemed after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Except as described in the succeeding two sentences, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in The City of New York, or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Indenture; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, each installment of interest may be paid by check mailed to addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear on the Note Register. Payments in respect of Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by The Depository Trust Company. Payments in respect of Notes represented by Definitive Notes (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) held by a Holder of at least U.S.$1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 15 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).

 

4.            Paying Agent and Registrar

 

Initially, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”), will act as Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice to any Noteholder. The Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

 

 

 

 

5.            Optional Redemption by the Company

 

At any time prior to February 14, 2031 (the “Par Call Date”), the Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, on at least 15 days but not more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed to the registered address of each Holder of Notes to be so redeemed, at a redemption price equal to (a) the greater of (i) 100% of their principal amount to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the Notes to be redeemed that would be due if such Notes matured on the Par Call Date (exclusive of interest accrued but unpaid to the Redemption Date) discounted to their present value as of such Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the applicable Treasury Yield (as defined below), as determined by the Reference Treasury Dealers, plus 20 basis points (such greater amount, the “Make-Whole Redemption Price”), plus (b) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes to the date of redemption.

 

On or after February 14, 2031, the Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on at least 15 days’ but not more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed to the registered address of each Holder of Notes to be so redeemed, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed (the “Par Call Redemption Price” and, together with the Make-Whole Redemption Price, the “Redemption Price”), plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed to the date of redemption.

 

For purposes of determining the Redemption Price, the following definitions are applicable:

 

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed calculated as if the maturity date of such Notes were the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life of such Notes.

 

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at 4:00 P.M. on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date, as set forth on “Bloomberg page PX1” (or such other page as may replace Bloomberg page PX1), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such bid prices at such time, (i) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Company for such date, after excluding the highest and lowest of four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations or (ii) if the Company is unable to obtain at least four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Company.

 

Independent Investment Banker” means any of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC or, if none of such firms are willing or able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, a leading independent investment banking institution appointed by the Company.

 

 

 

 

Primary Treasury Dealer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Reference Treasury Dealer”.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer” means Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and two other primary U.S. Government Securities dealers in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Notes, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Notes (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date.

 

Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the Notes, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

 

In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not listed, then on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate, which shall comply with the procedures of DTC, although no Notes of U.S. $2,000 in original principal amount or less will be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption relating to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption as long as the Company has deposited with the Paying Agent funds in satisfaction of the applicable Redemption Price pursuant to the Indenture.

 

6.            Offers to Repurchase

 

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company shall make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of the Notes of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date (the “Change of Control Payment”). The Change of Control Offer shall be made in accordance with Section 3.15 of the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

7.            Additional Amounts

 

The Guarantor will pay to the Holder of any Note such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment to a holder or beneficial owner of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Note, after deducting or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, fee, assessment or other similar governmental charge duly imposed by Switzerland, will not be less than the amount provided in such Note to be then due and payable. The Guarantor will not be required, however, to make any payment of additional amounts for or on account of any such tax imposed by reason of the holder or beneficial owner having some connection with Switzerland, other than its participation as a holder or beneficial owner of a Note.

 

8.            Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

 

The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of principal amount of U.S. $2,000 and whole multiples of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange (i) any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) for a period beginning 15 days before the mailing of a notice of Notes to be redeemed and ending on the date of such mailing or (ii) any Notes for a period beginning 15 days before an interest payment date and ending on such interest payment date.

 

9.            Persons Deemed Owners

 

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

10.            Unclaimed Money

 

If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

 

11.            Defeasance

 

Subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Securities for the payment of principal and interest on such Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

12.            Amendment, Waiver

 

The Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes; provided, however, that the consent of each Noteholder affected is required to (i) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment of the Indenture or the Notes, (ii) reduce the stated rate or extend the stated time for payment of interest on a Note, (iii) reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of a Note, (iv) reduce the premium payable upon redemption of a Note, (v) make any Note payable in money other than that stated herein, (vi) impair the right of a Holder to receive payment under the Note or institute suit for the enforcement of such payment, (vii) make any change to the amendment provisions which require each Holder’s consent or the waiver provisions, or (viii) release the Guarantor or modify the Guarantee.

 

 

 

 

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Noteholder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, or to comply with Article 4 of the Indenture, or to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, or to add guarantees with respect to the Notes, or to secure the Notes, or to add additional covenants of the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary, or surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary, issue Subsequent Notes, or to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, or to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Noteholder.

 

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, any default (other than with respect to nonpayment or in respect of a provision that cannot be amended without the written consent of each Noteholder affected) or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, on behalf of all Holders of the Notes.

 

13.            Defaults and Remedies

 

Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (1) default for 30 days in payment of interest or additional interest when due on the Notes; (2) default in payment of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes at Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon declaration or otherwise; (3) the failure by the Company or the Guarantor to comply for 60 days after written notice with its other agreements contained in the Indenture or under the Notes (other than those referred to in (1) or (2) above); (4) the failure of the Company, the Guarantor or a Material Subsidiary (a) to pay the principal of any indebtedness for borrowed money, including obligations evidenced by any mortgage, indenture, bond, debenture, note, guarantee or other similar instruments, on the scheduled or original date due; (b) to pay interest on any such indebtedness beyond any provided grace period; or (c) to observe or perform any agreement or condition relating to such indebtedness, the effect of which is to cause such indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity and such acceleration has not been cured within 15 days after notice of acceleration; provided that an event described in clause (a), (b) or (c) above shall not constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more events of the type described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) shall have occurred or be continuing with respect to indebtedness in an amount exceeding U.S. $100,000,000; or (5) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, the Guarantor or a Material Subsidiary (the “bankruptcy events”). However, a default under clause (3) with respect to the Notes will not constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Notes until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes notify the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, of the default and the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, does not cure such default within the time specified in clause (3) hereof after receipt of such notice.

 

 

 

 

If an Event of Default other than a bankruptcy event occurs and is continuing with respect to the Notes, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes by written notice to the Company to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default in connection with a bankruptcy event occurs and is continuing, the principal amount of the Notes, the premium, if any, and all accrued and unpaid interest shall be immediately due and payable without any action or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders.

 

Noteholders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes (voting as a single class) may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Noteholders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.

 

14.            Trustee Dealings with the Company

 

Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

15.            No Recourse Against Others

 

An incorporator, director, officer, employee, affiliate, stockholder or shareholder of each of the Company or the Guarantor, solely by reason of this status, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes, the Indenture or the Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Noteholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

 

16.            [Reserved]

 

17.            Authentication

 

This Note shall not be valid for any purposes until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent acting on its behalf) has manually signed the certificate of authentication appearing on this Note.

 

18.            Abbreviations

 

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Noteholder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian) and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

 

 

 

19.            CUSIP Numbers

 

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Noteholders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

20.            Governing Law

 

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

 

The Company will furnish to any Noteholder upon written request and without charge to the Noteholder a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

 

Bunge Limited Finance Corp.

1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway

Chesterfield, Missouri 63017

Attention: Treasurer

Telephone No: (636) 292-3029

Telecopy: (636) 292-4029

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

 

_____________________________________________________

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

__________________________________________

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

 

and irrevocably appoint ____________ agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

 

Date:      Your Signature  
         
Signature Guarantee:        

(Signature must be guaranteed)

 

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

 

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.

 

 

 

 

[TO BE ATTACHED TO NOTES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE

 

The following increases or decreases in this Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange   Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of this
Note
  Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this
Note
  Principal Amount of this
Note following such
decrease or increase
  Signature of authorized
signatory of Trustee or
Securities Custodian

 

 

 

 

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.15 of the Indenture, check the box below:

 

[   ] Section 3.15

 

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

$_______________

 

Date: _____________________

 

  Your Signature:  
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
     
  Tax Identification No.:   
     
Signature Guarantee*:       

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

BUNGE 2009 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

(As Amended, Effective as of November 1, 2023)

Bunge Global SA (“Bunge”) hereby establishes an equity compensation plan to be known as the Bunge 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan shall become effective on the date it is approved by the shareholders of Bunge. Capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined in the text of this Plan are defined in Section 2 below.

Upon the Effective Date, no further Awards will be granted under the Prior Plan.

1.Purposes

The purposes of the Plan are to attract, retain and motivate key employees, consultants and independent contractors of the Company; to compensate them for their contributions to the growth and profits of the Company; to encourage ownership by them of Common Stock in order to align key employee, consultant and independent contractor interests with shareholder interests; and to link the compensation of key employees, consultants and independent contractors to the overall performance of the Company in order to promote cooperation among the Company’s diverse areas of business.

2.Definitions

For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

“Administrator” means the individual or individuals to whom the Committee delegates authority under the Plan in accordance with Section 3(d).

Applicable Law means any and all applicable laws, rules, regulations and other legal requirements, including, as applicable, Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, Section 162(m) and Section 409A and the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange.

“Award” means an award made pursuant to the terms of the Plan to an Eligible Individual in the form of Stock Options, Restricted Stock Units, Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units or Other Awards.

“Award Agreement” means a written document approved in accordance with Section 3 which sets forth the terms and conditions of an Award to a Participant. An Award Agreement may be in the form of (i) an agreement between the Company and a Participant which is executed by an officer on behalf of the Company and is signed by the Participant or (ii) a certificate issued by the Company which is executed by an officer on behalf of the Company but does not require the signature of the Participant.

“Board” means the Board of Directors of Bunge.

“Bunge” means Bunge Global SA, a company incorporated under the laws of Switzerland, and any successor thereto.

“Cause” means the termination of a Participant’s employment or service with the Company as a consequence of:

(i)            the willful and continued failure or refusal of the Participant to substantially perform the duties required of him or her as an employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company;

(ii)            any willful and material violation by the Participant of any law or regulation applicable to any business of the Company, or the Participant’s conviction of, or a plea of nolo contendere to, a felony, or any willful perpetration by the Participant of a common law fraud; or

(iii)            any other willful misconduct by the Participant that is materially injurious to the financial condition or business reputation of, or is otherwise materially injurious to, the Company.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the applicable rulings and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, any successor committee thereto or any other committee appointed from time to time by the Board to administer the Plan. Each individual who is a member of the Committee shall qualify as an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.

Common Stockmeans the common registered shares of Bunge, par value $.01 per share, and such other securities as may become the subject of Awards pursuant to Section 13(b).

Companymeans, individually and collectively, Bunge and its Subsidiaries and any successors thereto.

“Deferral Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).

“Deferral Election Form” means a document in a form approved by the Committee, pursuant to which a Participant may elect to make a Deferral Election.

“Deferral Value” means, with respect to an Award of Restricted Stock Units, (x) the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Vesting Date multiplied by (y) the number of Shares underlying the portion of such Award of Restricted Stock Units that the Participant has elected to defer, with the product subject to reduction for any applicable withholding taxes.

“Disability” means, with respect to any Award other than an Incentive Stock Option, long-term disability, as defined under Bunge’s long-term disability insurance plan or such other applicable plan, as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine. With respect to any Incentive Stock Option, Disability means permanent and total disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

“Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.

“Eligible Individuals” means the individuals described in Section 6 who are eligible for Awards under the Plan.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

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“Fair Market Value” of a share of Common Stock as of any date means:

(i)            if the Common Stock is listed on an established stock exchange or exchanges (including for this purpose, the NASDAQ National Market), (a) the average of the highest and lowest sale prices of the stock quoted for such date as reported in the Transactions Index of each such exchange, as published in The Wall Street Journal and determined by the Committee, or, if no sale price was quoted in any such Index for such date, then as of the next preceding date on which such a sale price was quoted or (b) the value of a share of Common Stock based upon such other averaging method that the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine;

(ii)           if the Common Stock is not then listed on an exchange or the NASDAQ National Market, (a) the average of the closing bid and asked prices per share for the stock in the over-the-counter market as quoted on The NASDAQ Small Cap or OTC Electronic Bulletin Board, as appropriate, on such date or (b) the value of a share of Common Stock based upon such other averaging method that the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine; or

(iii)          if the Common Stock is not then listed on an exchange or quoted in the over-the-counter market, an amount determined in good faith by the Committee; provided, however, that when appropriate, the Committee, in determining Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, may take into account such factors as it may deem appropriate under the circumstances.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fair Market Value of Common Stock for purposes of grants of Incentive Stock Options shall be determined in compliance with applicable provisions of the Code.

“Incentive Stock Option” means a Stock Option that is an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option in an Award Agreement.

“Nonqualified Stock Option” means a Stock Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

“Option Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(e).

“Other Award” means any form of Award other than a Stock Option or Restricted Stock Units authorized under Section 11 of the Plan.

“Participant” means an Eligible Individual to whom an Award has been granted under the Plan.

“Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units” mean Restricted Stock Units with respect to which the vesting is linked to the satisfaction of performance criteria.

Performance Goal” means the financial and non-financial performance measures established by the Committee, from among the performance measures provided on Schedule A hereto, and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.

“Performance Period” means the period established by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement over which the Performance Goals are measured.

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“Permitted Transferee” has the meaning set forth in Section 12(a).

“Person” means any person, entity or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, except that such term shall not include (i) Bunge International Limited, (ii) the Company, (iii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, (iv) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (v) an entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of Bunge in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of Bunge.

“Plan Limit” means the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued for all purposes under the Plan as set forth in Section 5(a).

Prior Plan” means the Bunge Limited Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.

“Restricted Stock Units” mean an Award to receive a specified number of Shares, or the value thereof, upon the completion of the applicable vesting period, subject to the terms and conditions as set forth in Sections 9 and 10 hereof and in the applicable Award Agreement.

“Retirement” means the termination of a Participant’s employment with the Company after such Participant’s 65th birthday and in accordance with the applicable retirement policies of the Company with which the Participant was employed.

Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and any rulings and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Section 162(m) Award” means an Award that is intended to be “qualified performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

Separation Date” means the date of a Participant’s termination of employment or service with the Company or such later date as constitutes the Participant’s “separation from service,” as determined under the default rules set forth in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h) or any successor regulation thereto; provided, however, for the purposes of determining which entity is a service recipient or employer, “at least 20 percent” is substituted for “at least 80 percent” in each place it appears in Treasury Regulation §1.414(c)-2.

“Shares” means shares comprising the Common Stock, as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 13(b).

“Stock Option” means an Award to purchase Shares granted to an Eligible Individual pursuant to Section 7(d) hereof, which Award may be either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option.

“Subsidiary” means (i) a corporation or other entity with respect to which Bunge, directly or indirectly, has the power, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, to elect at least a majority of the members of such corporation’s board of directors or analogous governing body or (ii) any other corporation or other entity in which Bunge, directly or indirectly, has an equity or similar interest; provided, however, that for purposes of any Award of Incentive Stock Options, a Subsidiary shall be defined as any corporation as to which Bunge, directly or indirectly through an unbroken chain of corporations, owns more than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock issued by such corporation.

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“Vesting Date” means the date with respect to which any Award or portion of an Award becomes vested and nonforfeitable.

3.Administration of the Plan

(a)           Power and Authority of the Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have full power and authority, subject to the express provisions hereof:

(i)            to select Participants from the Eligible Individuals;

(ii)            to grant Awards in accordance with the Plan and to issue, allot and purchase Shares;

(iii)          to determine the number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Award or the cash amount payable in connection with an Award;

(iv)         to determine the terms and conditions of each Award, including, without limitation, those related to term, permissible methods of exercise, vesting, cancellation, payment, settlement, exercisability, performance periods, Performance Goals, and the effect, if any, of a Participant’s termination of employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, if applicable, a change of control of the Company;

(v)          to specify and approve the provisions of the Award Agreements delivered to Participants in connection with their Awards;

(vi)         to construe and interpret any Award Agreement delivered under the Plan;

(vii)        to adopt, amend, prescribe, waive and rescind administrative regulations, rules and procedures relating to the Plan;

(viii)       to vary the terms of Awards to take account of tax, securities law and other regulatory requirements of foreign jurisdictions or to procure favorable tax treatment for Participants;

(ix)          subject to the provisions of the Plan and subject to such additional limitations and restrictions as the Committee may impose, to delegate to one or more officers of the Company some or all of its authority under the Plan;

(x)            to employ such legal counsel, independent auditors and consultants as it deems desirable for the administration of the Plan and to rely upon any advice, opinion or computation received therefrom;

(xi)          to correct any defects, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in any Award Agreement or the Plan; and

(xii)         to make all other determinations (including factual and legal determinations) and to formulate such procedures as may be necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

(b)          Plan Construction and Interpretation. The Committee shall have full power and authority, subject to the express provisions hereof, to construe and interpret the Plan.

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(c)           Determinations of Committee Final and Binding. All determinations by the Committee in carrying out and administering the Plan and in construing and interpreting the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes and upon all persons.

(d)           Delegation of Authority. The Committee may, but need not, from time to time delegate some or all of its authority under the Plan to an Administrator consisting of one or more members of the Committee or of one or more officers of the Company; provided, however, that no such delegation of authority shall be permitted with respect to the ability to make Awards to any Eligible Individual who is subject to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act. Any delegation hereunder shall be subject to the restrictions and limits that the Committee specifies at the time of such delegation or thereafter. Nothing in the Plan shall be construed as obligating the Committee to delegate authority to an Administrator, and the Committee may at any time rescind the authority delegated to an Administrator appointed hereunder or appoint a new Administrator. At all times, the Administrator appointed under this Section 3(d) shall serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the Committee. Any action undertaken by the Administrator in accordance with the Committee’s delegation of authority shall have the same force and effect as if undertaken directly by the Committee, and any reference in the Plan to the Committee shall, to the extent consistent with the terms and limitations of such delegation, be deemed to include a reference to the Administrator.

(e)           Liability of Committee. No member of the Committee, the Board or officer of Bunge to whom authority was delegated in accordance with Section 3(d) shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith, and the members of the Committee, the Board or an officer of Bunge to whom authority was delegated in accordance with Section 3(d) shall be entitled to indemnification and reimbursement in the manner provided in Bunge’s articles of association as they may be amended from time to time or in any indemnification agreement of the Company with such Indemnifiable Person. In the performance of their responsibilities with respect to the Plan, such individuals shall be entitled to rely upon information and advice furnished by the Company’s officers, the Company’s accountants, the Company’s counsel and any other party deemed necessary, and no such individual shall be liable for any action taken or not taken in reliance upon any such advice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such individuals may be entitled, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

(f)           Action by the Board. Anything in the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, any authority or responsibility, which, under the terms of the Plan, may be exercised by the Committee may alternatively be exercised by the Board.

4.Effective Date and Term

The Plan was adopted by the Board on March 13, 2009 and shall be effective on the date on which the Plan is approved by the shareholders of Bunge (the “Effective Date”). In no event shall any Awards be made under the Plan after the tenth anniversary of the date of shareholder approval.

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5.Shares of Common Stock Subject to the Plan

(a)           General. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 13 hereof, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued for all purposes under the Plan (the “Plan Limit”) shall be 10,000,000 Shares. Shares available under this Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of Shares issued out of the capital band or the conditional share capital of the Company, Shares held by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in treasury or Shares reacquired by the Company in any manner, or any combination thereof. The number of Shares subject to any Award of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units that, upon vesting, the Participant becomes entitled to receive in the form of cash instead of Shares will be considered available for future Awards under the Plan at the time the number of such Shares is determinable. In addition, as of the date of any Deferral Election by a Participant under Section 7(c) below, the number of Shares underlying the corresponding Award, or any portion thereof, subject to such Deferral Election will be considered available for future Awards under the Plan as long as the corresponding Deferral Value of such Award is settled at the end of the applicable deferral period by a cash payment to the Participant.

(b)           Rules Applicable to Determining Shares Available for Issuance. The number of Shares remaining available for issuance shall be reduced by the number of Shares subject to outstanding Awards and, for Awards that are not denominated by Shares, by the number of Shares the participant becomes entitled to receive upon settlement or payment of the Award. For purposes of determining the number of shares of Common Stock that remain available for issuance, the following Shares shall be added back to the Plan Limit and again be available for granting Awards:

(i)           The number of Shares subject to Awards that expire unexercised, are forfeited or if an Award otherwise terminates without delivery of Shares or other consideration; and

(ii)           The number of Shares underlying an Award, or any portion thereof, subject to a Deferral Election as long as the corresponding Deferral Value of such Award is settled at the end of the applicable deferral period by a cash payment to the Participant.

The following Shares may not again be made available for granting Awards under the Plan: (i) Shares not issued or delivered as a result of the net settlement of an outstanding Award, (ii) Shares used to pay the exercise price or withholding taxes related to an outstanding Award, or (iii) Shares repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of a Stock Option exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Shares that are delivered by the Company, and any Awards that are granted by, or become obligations of, the Company through the assumption by the Company or an affiliate of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an acquired company, shall not be counted against the Shares available for granting Awards under this Plan.

(c)          Special Limits.     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5(a) above, but subject to adjustment under Section 13, the following special limits shall apply to Shares available for Awards under the Plan.

(i)            The maximum number of Shares that may be granted pursuant to Stock Option Awards to any Eligible Individual in any calendar year shall equal 1,000,000 Shares;

(ii)           The maximum number of Shares that may be granted pursuant to Awards (other than those Awards set forth in 5(c)(i)) to any Eligible Individual in any calendar year is 1,000,000 Shares, measured as of the date of grant;

(iii)          All Shares authorized under the Plan may be issued as Incentive Stock Options; and

(iv)          The maximum number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to Awards of (i) Restricted Stock Units, (ii) Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units or (iii) Other Awards that are not subject to payment of an exercise or purchase price is 4,500,000 Shares.

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6.Eligible Individuals

Awards may be granted by the Committee to individuals (“Eligible Individuals”) who (a) are officers, employees, independent contractors or consultants of the Company or (b) the Committee anticipates will become a person described in Section 6(a) above; provided, however, that Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to employees of the Company. Members of the Committee will not be eligible to receive Awards under the Plan. An individual’s status as an Administrator will not affect his or her eligibility to participate in the Plan.

7.Awards in General

(a)           Types of Award. Awards under the Plan may consist of Stock Options, Restricted Stock Units, Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units or Other Awards. Any Award described in Sections (d) through 11 of the Plan may be granted singly or in combination or tandem with any other Award, as the Committee may determine. Awards may be made in combination with, in replacement of, or as alternatives to grants of rights under any other employee compensation or benefit plan of the Company, including the plan of any acquired entity, or may be granted in satisfaction of the Company’s obligations under any such plan.

(b)           Terms Set Forth in Award Agreement. The terms and provisions of an Award shall be set forth in a written Award Agreement approved by the Committee and delivered or made available to the Participant as soon as practicable following the date of the Award. The vesting, exercisability, payment and other restrictions applicable to an Award shall be in accordance with the terms of the Plan unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines that other terms shall apply to any given Award, which alternative terms shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may accelerate (i) the vesting or payment of any Award, (ii) the lapse of restrictions on any Award or (iii) the date on which any Stock Option or Other Award first becomes exercisable. The terms of Awards may vary among Participants, and the Plan does not impose upon the Committee any requirement to make Awards subject to uniform terms. Accordingly, the terms of individual Award Agreements may vary.

(c)           Right to Elect to Defer Value of Awards Prior to Vesting Date.

(i)            The Committee may permit any Participant to elect to defer receipt of the value of all or any portion of an Award of Restricted Stock Units until a date subsequent to the settlement date of the Restricted Stock Units (a “Deferral Election”); provided that the Participant may elect the settlement date for an annual Award of (a) Restricted Stock Units other than Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units, by making an irrevocable Deferral Election on a Deferral Election Form, within the time specified on such form, and delivered to the Company not later than thirty (30) days following the date the Award of Restricted Stock Units is granted, provided that such election is made prior to the date that is twelve months before the date on which the Restricted Stock Units will vest or (b) Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units by making an irrevocable Deferral Election on a Deferral Election Form, within the time specified on such form, and delivered to the Company no later than the close of business on or before the date that is six months before the end of the performance period relating to the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units as such performance period is set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. A Participant may designate on such Deferral Election Form one of the following dates as the settlement date for such Award of Restricted Stock Units:

(A)such Participant’s Separation Date; or

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(B)the earlier to occur of (i) the date specified by such Participant or (ii) such Participant’s Separation Date.

If a Participant fails to designate one of the foregoing alternatives as the settlement date for an Award of Restricted Stock Units, such Participant shall be deemed to have designated alternative (A). Notwithstanding any Deferral Election made by a Participant on any Deferral Election Form, in the event of such Participant’s death, all Restricted Stock Units will be paid in cash or Shares, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, to such Participant’s beneficiary (or if no beneficiary has been designated, to such Participant’s estate) within 90 days, following the date of such Participant’s death. The terms of any deferrals under this Section 7(c) shall comply with Section 409A and other Applicable Law.

(ii)           The Deferral Value will be credited automatically, without any further action on the part of any Participant, to a bookeeping account to be established by the Company on behalf of such Participant on the books and records of the Company on the applicable Vesting Date of such Award that is subject to a Deferral Election.

(d)          Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to any Award under the Plan. The Committee shall determine whether cash, Awards, or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of fractional Shares, or whether fractional Shares or any rights to fractional Shares shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.

8.Stock Options

(a)           Terms of Stock Options Generally; Vesting. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant Stock Options to Eligible Individuals and shall determine whether the Stock Options shall be Nonqualified Stock Options or Incentive Stock Options. A Stock Option shall entitle the Participant to whom the Stock Option was granted to purchase a specified number of Shares during a specified period at a price that is determined in accordance with Section 8(b) below. The terms of any Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision, as amended from time to time. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Award Agreement, Stock Options shall become one-third vested on the first anniversary of the date of grant and shall vest with respect to an additional one-third on each of the second and third such anniversaries.

(b)           Exercise Price. The exercise price per Share purchasable under a Stock Option shall be fixed by the Committee at the time of grant or, alternatively, shall be determined by a method specified by the Committee at the time of grant; provided, however, that the exercise price per share shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per share on the date of grant (or if the exercise price is not fixed on the date of grant, then on such date as the exercise price is fixed); and provided further that, except as provided in Sections 13 and 14 below, the exercise price per Share applicable to a Stock Option may not be adjusted or amended, including by means of amendment, cancellation or the replacement of such Stock Option with a subsequently awarded Stock Option.

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(c)           Adjustments. Notwithstanding Section 8(b) above, in the event of an extraordinary dividend, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may adjust the exercise price of, and number of Shares subject to, Stock Options then outstanding under the Plan; provided, however, that any such adjustment shall not increase the aggregate intrinsic value of any Award and the ratio of the exercise price to the Fair Market Value of each Share subject to such Award shall not be reduced.

(d)           Termination of Employment or Service. The terms of this Section 7(d)(d) shall apply unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines that alternative terms shall be included in any Award Agreement in which case the terms in such Award Agreement shall govern the rights of the Participant. Notwithstanding the terms of this Section 7(d)(d), in no event shall any Stock Option be exercisable after the end of the applicable Option Term.

(i)            Termination for Cause. In the event that a Participant’s employment or service with the Company is terminated for Cause, all unexercised Stock Options (both Incentive Stock Options and Non-Qualified Stock Options) held by such Participant, whether vested or unvested, shall lapse and become void on the date of such termination.

(ii)           Retirement, Death and Disability. In the event of a Participant’s termination of employment or service due to such Participant’s Retirement, death or Disability, all unvested Stock Options (both Incentive Stock Options and Non-Qualified Stock Options) shall become immediately vested and exercisable. Thereafter, all vested Non-Qualified Stock Options shall remain exercisable by the Participant (or by the Participant’s beneficiary, as applicable) until the third anniversary of the date of the Participant’s termination of employment or service. All vested Incentive Stock Options shall remain exercisable until the first anniversary of the Participant’s termination of employment or service, except in the event of a termination due to Retirement, in which case Incentive Stock Options shall remain exercisable for a period of 90 days after the date of termination. Any unexercised Stock Options will thereafter lapse and become void.

(iii)          Early Retirement and Termination by the Company Without Cause. In the event of a Participant’s termination of employment due to such Participant’s early retirement prior to age 65 (as defined under the Company’s applicable retirement policies), or in the event of the Participant’s termination by the Company other than for Cause, any unvested Stock Options (both Incentive Stock Options and Non-Qualified Stock Options) held by such Participant that would have become vested at any time during the 12-month period following the date of his or her termination of employment, had such employment continued, shall become immediately vested and exercisable. Any remaining unvested Stock Options (both Incentive Stock Options and Non-Qualified Stock Options) shall immediately lapse and become void. Thereafter, all vested Incentive Stock Options shall remain exercisable by the Participant until the end of the 90th day after such Participant’s termination of employment. All vested Non-Qualified Stock Options shall remain exercisable by the Participant until the end of the 90th day after such Participant’s termination of employment. Any unexercised vested Stock Options will thereafter lapse and become void.

(iv)         Participant’s Resignation. In the event that a Participant resigns from his or her employment with the Company for any reason, such Participant’s unvested Stock Options (both Incentive Stock Options and Non-Qualified Stock Options) shall immediately lapse and become void. Any vested Stock Options (both Incentive Stock Options and Non-Qualified Stock Options) shall remain exercisable by the Participant until the end of the 90th day after such Participant’s termination of employment. Any unexercised vested Stock Options will thereafter lapse and become void.

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(v)          Committee Determinations. The date of termination of employment or service for any reason shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may permit any Incentive Stock Option to convert into a Non-Qualified Stock Option as of a Participant’s termination of employment for purposes of providing such Participant with the benefit of the extended exercise period applicable to Non-Qualified Stock Options.

(e)          Option Term. The term of each Stock Option (the “Option Term”) shall be fixed by the Committee and shall not exceed ten years from the date of grant.

(f)           Method of Exercise. Subject to the provisions of the applicable Award Agreement, the exercise price of a Stock Option may be paid in cash or previously owned whole Shares or a combination thereof and, if the applicable Award Agreement so provides, in whole or in part through the acquisition by the Company of Shares issued to a Participant upon the exercise of a Stock Option, in accordance with applicable law, with a value equal to the exercise price. In accordance with rules and procedures established by the Committee for this purpose, and subject to applicable law, the Stock Option may also be exercised through “cashless exercise” procedures that afford Participants the opportunity to sell immediately some or all of the shares underlying the exercised portion of the Stock Option in order to generate sufficient cash to pay the Stock Option exercise price and/or to satisfy withholding tax obligations related to the Stock Option.

9.Restricted Stock Units

The terms of this Section 9 are applicable to Awards of Restricted Stock Units other than Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units and are subject to the terms and provisions set forth above in Section 7(c).

(a)           Awards Generally. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant Restricted Stock Units to Eligible Individuals. An Award of Restricted Stock Units shall consist of a right to receive one or more Shares upon the completion of the applicable vesting period (described in Section 9(b) below) for no consideration other than the provision of services (or such minimum payment as may be required under Applicable Law) or for such other consideration as the Committee may specify in connection with the grant. The terms of this Section 9 shall apply to Awards of Restricted Stock Units (other than Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units) unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines that alternative terms shall be included in any Award Agreement, in which case the terms in such Award Agreement shall govern the rights of the Participant.

(b)           Vesting. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Award Agreement, an Award of Restricted Stock Units shall vest and shall become nonforfeitable on the fourth anniversary of the date of grant. In the event that a Participant’s employment or service is terminated by the Company for Cause or as a consequence of the Participant’s resignation for any reason, the Participant shall forfeit any right to the Award of Restricted Stock Units as of the date of such termination. In the event that the Participant’s employment or service terminates for any other reason, the Participant shall become immediately vested on the date of termination in a portion of the Award of Restricted Stock Units equal to the result of the following formula:

(Y÷X) × R, rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares, where

X= number of months from the date of grant until the date the Award would have vested, rounded upward or downward (as applicable) to the nearest whole month;

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Y= number of months from the date of grant until the date of the Participant’s termination of employment or service, rounded upward or downward (as applicable) to the nearest whole month; and

R= number of Shares subject to the Award (including any Shares added as a consequence of dividend payments).

The terms of this Section 9(b) shall apply unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines that alternative terms shall be included in any Award Agreement in which case the terms in such Award Agreement shall govern the rights of the Participant.

(c)           Issuance of Shares. Issuance of Shares in settlement of a vested Restricted Stock Unit Award shall be made as soon as practicable following the Vesting Date.

(d)           No Rights as Shareholder. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any Restricted Stock Unit Award until the Shares in settlement of a vested Restricted Stock Unit Award have been issued to the Participant following the applicable Vesting Date, and subject to Section 13(b) and Section 9(e) below, no adjustment shall be made for dividends or distributions or other rights in respect of any Share for which the record date is prior to the date on which the Participant shall become the registered holder.

(e)          Dividend Equivalent Payments. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, if the Company pays any cash or other dividend or makes any other distribution in respect of the Shares underlying an Award of Restricted Stock Units, the Company will maintain a bookkeeping record to which such amount of the dividend or distribution in respect to such Shares will be credited to an account for the Participant and paid at the time the Award is settled in whole Shares.

10.Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units

The terms of this Section 10 are applicable only to Awards of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units and are subject to the terms and provisions set forth above in Section 7(c).

(a)           Awards Generally. (i)     The Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units to Eligible Individuals. An Award of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units shall vest based on the attainment of Performance Goals over a Performance Period that the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine and the Performance Goals shall have any reasonable definitions that the Committee may specify and may be described in terms of objectives that are related to the individual Participant or objectives that are Company-wide or related to a Subsidiary, division, department, region, segment, product line, function or business unit or any combination of the foregoing and may be measured on an absolute or cumulative basis, an annualized or compound annual basis, or on the basis of percentage of improvement over time, and may be measured in terms of Company performance (or performance of the applicable Subsidiary, division, department, region, segment, product line, function or business unit or any combination of the foregoing) or measured relative to selected peer companies or a market or other index. Performance Goals, the Performance Period, any applicable vesting formula or other elements applicable to the Performance Goals shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreements.

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(ii)            The Committee may, in its sole discretion, determine whether any Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award under the Plan is a Section 162(m) Award. Section 162(m) Awards shall be conditioned on the achievement of one or more Performance Goals to the extent required by the exemption for “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code and shall be subject to all other conditions and requirements of the exemption under Section 162(m). In addition, for Awards other than Section 162(m) Awards, the Committee may establish Performance Goals based on other criteria as it deems appropriate.

(b)           Permitted Adjustments. The Committee may, in its discretion, adjust the Performance Goals (either up or down) and the level of the Award that a Participant may earn under this Plan, to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code, if the Committee determines that the occurrence of, unusual, nonrecurring or unanticipated changes or events have materially affected the fairness of the Performance Goals or have unduly influenced the ability to meet such Performance Goals, including without limitation, events such as material acquisitions and divestitures, restructurings, changes in the capital structure of the Company, and extraordinary accounting changes. In addition, to the extent permitted by Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, unilaterally adjust, to the extent of up to plus or minus 20%, the number of Shares underlying a Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award that has vested based on the attainment of Performance Goals as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.

(c)           Termination of Employment or Service. In the event that a Participant’s employment or service is terminated by the Company for Cause or as a consequence of the Participant’s resignation for any reason, any unvested Awards of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units to such Participant shall lapse and become void as of the date of such termination. In the event that the Participant’s employment or service terminates for any other reason, such Participant’s Awards of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units shall continue to be subject to the applicable terms of vesting and, if such terms are met, shall vest on the Vesting Date on a pro-rata basis from the date of grant until the date of the Participant's termination of employment or service. Notwithstanding the terms of this Section 10(c), the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting of any Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award at the time of an event described herein. The terms of this Section 10(c) shall apply unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines that alternative terms shall be included in any Award Agreement in which case the terms in such Award Agreement shall govern the rights of the Participant.

(d)           Issuance of Shares; Payment of Awards. Subject to Section 7(c) above, settlement of a Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award shall be made as soon as practicable following the Vesting Date, but in no event later than two and one-half months following the end of the calendar year in which the Vesting Date occurs or, at such other time as the Committee shall determine in a manner consistent with the provisions of Section 409A, in either (1) whole Shares, (2) cash equal to the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares on the Vesting Date or (3) any combination of (1) and (2), as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.

(e)          No Rights as Shareholder. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award until the Shares in settlement of a vested Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award have been issued to the Participant following the Vesting Date, and subject to Section 13(b) and Section 10(f) below, no adjustment shall be made for dividends or distributions or other rights in respect of any Share for which the record date is prior to the date on which the Participant shall become the registered holder.

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(f)           Dividend Equivalent Payments. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, if the Company pays any cash or other dividend or makes any other distribution in respect of the Shares underlying an Award of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units, the Company will maintain a bookkeeping record to which such amount of the dividend or distribution in respect to such Shares will be credited to an account for the Participant and paid in whole Shares at the time the Award is settled.

11.Other Awards

The Committee shall have the authority to specify the terms and provisions of other forms of equity-based or equity-related Awards not described above which the Committee determines to be consistent with the purpose of the Plan and the interests of the Company, which Awards may provide for cash payments based in whole or in part on the value or future value of Common Stock, for the acquisition or future acquisition of Common Stock, or any combination thereof. Other Awards shall also include cash payments (including the cash payment of dividend equivalents) under the Plan which may be based on one or more criteria determined by the Committee which are unrelated to the value of Common Stock and which may be granted in tandem with, or independent of, Awards of Stock Options, Restricted Stock Units or Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units under the Plan.

12.Certain Restrictions

(a)           Transfers. Awards may not be transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise disposed of except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order; provided, however, that the Committee may, in its discretion and subject to such terms and conditions as it shall specify, permit the transfer of an Award (other than an Award of any Incentive Stock Option) for no consideration to a Participant’s family members or to one or more trusts or partnerships established in whole or in part for the benefit of one or more of such family members (collectively, “Permitted Transferees”). Any Award transferred to a Permitted Transferee shall be further transferable only by will or the laws of descent and distribution or, for no consideration, to another Permitted Transferee of the Participant.

(b)           Lock-up Periods. Each Participant shall agree to be bound by the applicable terms of any lock-up agreement between the Company and any underwriter that restricts or prohibits transactions in Shares for any period of time.

(c)           Exercise. During the lifetime of the Participant, a Stock Option or similar-type Other Award shall be exercisable only by the Participant or by a Permitted Transferee to whom such Stock Option or Other Award has been transferred in accordance with Section 12(a).

13.Recapitalization or Reorganization; Adjustments

(a)           Authority of the Company and Shareholders. The existence of the Plan, the Award Agreements and the Awards granted hereunder shall not affect or restrict in any way the right or power of the Company or the shareholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of stock or of options, warrants or rights to purchase stock or of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stocks whose rights are superior to or affect the Common Stock or the rights thereof or which are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

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(b)           Change in Capitalization. The number and kind of shares authorized for issuance under Section 5(a) above, shall be equitably adjusted in the event of a stock split, reverse stock split, subdivision, bonus issue, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, division, extraordinary dividend, split-up, spin-off, combination, exchange of shares, warrants or rights offering to purchase Common Stock at a price substantially below Fair Market Value, or other similar corporate event affecting the Common Stock in order to preserve, but not increase, the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan. In addition, upon the occurrence of any of the foregoing events, the number of outstanding Awards and the number and kind of shares subject to any outstanding Award and the purchase price per share, if any, under any outstanding Award shall be equitably adjusted (including by payment of cash to a Participant) in order to preserve the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available to Participants granted Awards. Such adjustments shall be made by the Board, whose determination as to what adjustments shall be made, and the extent thereof, shall be final. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, such adjusted Awards shall be subject to the same vesting schedule and restrictions to which the underlying Award is subject.

14.Amendments

Subject to Section 15(o), the Board may at any time and from time to time alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part; provided, however, that any amendment which under the requirements of any Applicable Law must be approved by the shareholders of the Company shall not be effective unless and until such shareholder approval has been obtained in compliance with such law or rule. No Stock Option may be repriced, regranted through cancellation or otherwise amended to reduce the applicable exercise price (other than as provided in Section 13) without the approval of the Company’s shareholders.

No termination or amendment of the Plan may, without the consent of the Participant to whom an Award has been granted, adversely affect the rights of such Participant under such Award. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Board shall have broad authority to amend the Plan or any Award under the Plan to take into account changes in applicable tax laws, securities laws, accounting rules and other applicable state and federal laws.

15.Miscellaneous

(a)           Tax Withholding. The Company or a Subsidiary, as appropriate, may require any individual entitled to receive a payment of an Award to remit to the Company, prior to payment, an amount sufficient to satisfy any applicable tax withholding requirements. In the case of an Award payable in Shares, the Company or a Subsidiary, as appropriate, may permit or require a Participant to satisfy, in whole or in part, the obligation to remit taxes by directing the Company to withhold Shares that would otherwise be received by the individual, or may repurchase Shares that were issued to the Participant, to satisfy the minimum statutory withholding rates for any applicable tax withholding purposes, in accordance with Applicable Law and pursuant to any rules that the Company may establish from time to time. The Company may establish procedures to allow Participants to satisfy such withholding obligations through a net share settlement procedure or the withholding of shares subject to the applicable Award. The Company or a Subsidiary, as appropriate, shall also have the right to deduct from all cash payments made to a Participant (whether or not the payment is made in connection with an Award) any applicable taxes required to be withheld with respect to payments under the Plan.

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(b)            No Right to Grants or Employment. No Eligible Individual or Participant shall have any claim or right to receive grants of Awards under the Plan. Nothing in the Plan or in any Award or Award Agreement shall confer upon any employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company any right to continued employment or service with the Company or interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate the employment or service of any of its employees, consultants or independent contractors at any time, with or without cause.

(c)           Other Compensation. Nothing in this Plan shall preclude or limit the ability of the Company to pay any compensation to a Participant under the Company’s other compensation and benefit plans and programs.

(d)           Other Employee Benefit Plans. Payments received by a Participant under any Award made pursuant to the Plan shall not be included in, nor have any effect on, the determination of benefits under any other employee benefit plan or similar arrangement provided by the Company, unless otherwise specifically provided for under the terms of such plan or arrangement or by the Committee.

(e)           Unfunded Plan. The Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded plan for incentive compensation. Prior to the payment or settlement of any Award, nothing contained herein shall give any Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company. In its sole discretion, the Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to deliver Common Stock or payments in lieu thereof with respect to awards hereunder.

(f)           Securities Law Restrictions. The Committee may require each Eligible Individual purchasing or acquiring Shares pursuant to a Stock Option or other Award under the Plan to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such Eligible Individual is acquiring the Shares for investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof. All certificates for Shares delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stock-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any exchange upon which the Common Stock is then listed, and any applicable federal or state securities law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. No Shares shall be issued hereunder unless the Company shall have determined that such issuance is in compliance with, or pursuant to an exemption from, all applicable federal, state securities laws and Swiss laws and regulations.

(g)           Award Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the Plan and any Award Agreement, the Plan shall govern, and the Award Agreement shall be interpreted to minimize or eliminate any such conflict or inconsistency.

(h)          Expenses. The costs and expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company.

(i)           Application of Funds. The proceeds received by the Company from the sale of Common Stock or other securities pursuant to Awards will be used for general corporate purposes.

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(j)           Applicable Law. Except as to matters of federal law, the Plan and all actions taken thereunder shall be subject to, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

(k)          Stated Periods of Time. In the event that any period of days, months or years set forth in this Plan ends on a date that is Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday in the United States, the end of such period shall be the first business day following such date.

(l)           Awards to Individuals Subject to Laws of a Jurisdiction Outside of the United States. To the extent that Awards under the Plan are awarded to Eligible Individuals who are domiciled or resident outside of the United States, or who are domiciled or resident in the United States but who are subject to the tax laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States, the Committee may adjust the terms of the Awards granted to the Eligible Individual (i) to comply with the laws, rules and regulations of the non-U.S. jurisdiction and (ii) to permit the grant of the Award not to be a taxable event to the Participant. The authority granted under the previous sentence shall include the discretion for the Committee to adopt, amend or rescind rules, procedures or one or more sub-plans applicable to separate classes of Eligible Individuals who are subject to the laws of jurisdictions outside of the United States.

(m)         Section 162(m) of the Code. The Plan is intended to comply in all respects with the requirements of the exemption for “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. However, that in the event the Committee determines that compliance with Section 162(m) of the Code is not desired with respect to a particular Award, compliance with Section 162(m) of the Code shall not be required. In addition, if any provision of the Plan would cause Awards that are intended to constitute “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, to fail to so qualify, that provision shall be severed from, and shall be deemed not to be a part of, the Plan, but the other provisions of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect.

(n)          Six-Monthly Delay for Specified Employees. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if a Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i), as determined under the Company’s established methodology for determining specified employees, on the Participant’s Separation Date, any payment hereunder that provides for a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A shall not be paid or commence to be paid on any date prior to the first business day after the date that is six months following the Participant’s Separation Date; provided, however, that a payment delayed pursuant to this Section 15(n) shall commence earlier in the event of the Participant’s death prior to the end of the six-month period. Any such delayed payments shall be accumulated and paid on the first day of the seventh calendar month following the date of separation from service.

(o)            Section 409A Compliance. (i) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Plan, an Award Agreement or an Award, if any provision of the Plan, an Award Agreement or an Award contravenes any regulations or guidance promulgated under Section 409A or would cause any person to be subject to additional taxes, interest and/or penalties under Section 409A, such provision of the Plan, an Award Agreement or an Award may be modified by the Committee without notice and consent of any person in any manner the Committee deems reasonable or necessary. In making such modifications the Committee shall attempt, but shall not be obligated, to maintain, to the maximum extent practicable, the original intent of the applicable provision without contravening the provisions of Section 409A. Moreover, any discretionary authority that the Committee may have pursuant to the Plan shall not be applicable to an Award that is subject to Section 409A to the extent such discretionary authority would contravene Section 409A.

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(ii)             If any amount owed to a Participant under this Plan is considered for purposes of Section 409A to be owed to the Participant by virtue of his termination of employment or service, such amount shall be paid if and only if such termination of employment or service constitutes a “separation from service” with the Company, determined using the default provisions set forth in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h) or any successor regulation thereto; provided, however for the purposes of determining which entity is a service recipient or employer, “at least 20 percent” is substituted for “at least 80 percent” in each place it appears in Treasury Regulation §1.414(c)-2.

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SCHEDULE A

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES

     accounts payable

     accounts receivable

     cash flow

     cash-flow return on investment

     cash value added

     days cash cycle

     days sales outstanding

     debt

     earnings before interest and tax (EBIT)

     earnings before interest, tax depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)

     earnings per share

     economic value added

     effective tax rate

     free cash flow

     impairment write offs

     income from continuing operations (net income after minority interests)

     interest coverage

     margin

     market capitalization

     net financial debt

     net sales

     operating cash flow

     operating earnings before asset impairment

     operating profit

     pre-tax income

     return on equity

     return on invested capital

     return on net assets

     return on tangible net assets

     return on tangible net worth

     revenue growth

     selling general and administrative expenses

     share price

     value at risk

     working capital

NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES

     amount of inventory

     brand recognition.

     customer/supplier satisfaction

     days of inventory

     employee turnover

     energy usage

     headcount;

     loading time/days loading

     market share

     product quality

     productivity/efficiency

     quality

     recruiting

     risk management

     safety/environment

     satisfaction indexes

     turn around time

     volumes

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Exhibit 10.2

 

BUNGE 2016 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Effective May 26, 2016

 

As Amended and Restated Effective November 1, 2023

 

Article 1.        Establishment, Purpose and Duration

 

1.1.        Establishment of the Plan. Bunge Global SA hereby establishes the Bunge 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Except as otherwise indicated, capitalized terms are defined in Article 16 below.

 

1.2.        Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of the Plan are to (i) attract, retain and motivate key employees, consultants, and independent contractors; (ii) compensate them for their contributions to the growth and profitability of the Company; (iii) to encourage ownership of Common Stock in order to align their interests with those of shareholders; and (iv) promote the sustained long-term performance of the Company and the creation of shareholder value. The Plan seeks to achieve these purposes by providing for discretionary long term incentive Awards in the form of Options, Restricted Stock Units, SARs, Performance Units, and other stock or cash awards.

 

1.3.        Prior Plan. The Plan replaces the Prior Plan. No Awards will be granted under the Prior Plan on or after the Effective Date, but the Prior Plan will remain in effect with respect to outstanding awards granted prior to the Effective Date.

 

1.4.        Duration of the Plan. The Plan shall be effective on the Effective Date. The Plan shall terminate on the day before the tenth anniversary of the Plan and may be terminated earlier pursuant to Article 12. Any Awards that are outstanding upon termination of the Plan shall remain in force and effect in accordance with the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement.

 

Article 2.        Administration

 

2.1.        The Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall be comprised solely of Directors who are: (a) "non-employee directors" as contemplated by Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act; (b) "outside directors" as contemplated by Section 162(m) of the Code; and (c) "independent directors" as contemplated by Section 303A.02 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual.

 

2.2.        Authority of the Committee. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee shall have full power and discretionary authority to:

 

(a)    designate the Participants;

 

(b)    determine the size and types of Awards;

 

 

 

 

(c)    approve forms of Award Agreements for use under the Plan;

 

(d)    determine the terms and conditions of each Award, including without limitation, and to the extent applicable, the Exercise Price, the Exercise Period, vesting conditions, Performance Goals, Performance Periods, any vesting acceleration, waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and any other term or condition regarding any Award or its related Shares (including subjecting the Award or its related Shares to compliance with restrictive covenants);

 

(e)    construe and interpret the Plan and any agreement or instrument entered into pursuant to the Plan;

 

(f)     establish, amend or waive rules and regulations for the Plan's administration;

 

(g)    amend the terms and conditions of any outstanding Award and any instrument or agreement relating to an Award (subject to the provisions of Article 12);

 

(h)    delay issuance of Shares or suspend a Participant's right to exercise an Award as deemed necessary to comply with applicable laws;

 

(i)     determine the duration and purposes of leaves of absence that may be granted to a Participant without constituting termination of his or her employment or service for Plan purposes;

 

(j)     authorize any person to execute, on behalf of the Company, any agreement or instrument required to carry out the Plan purposes;

 

(k)    correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, any Award, or any instrument or agreement relating to an Award, in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable to carry the Plan into effect;

 

(l)     adopt such plans or subplans as may be deemed necessary or appropriate to comply with the laws of other countries, allow for tax-preferred treatment of Awards or otherwise provide for the participation by Participants who reside outside of the U.S.; and

 

(m)   make any and all determinations which it determines to be necessary or advisable for the Plan administration.

 

2.3.        Delegation. Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Shares are listed or traded, the Committee may allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any one or more of its members and may delegate all or any part of its responsibilities and powers to any person or persons selected by it. Any such allocation or delegation may be revoked by the Committee at any time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company or any Subsidiary the authority to act on behalf of the Committee with respect to any matter, right, obligation, or election which is the responsibility of or which is allocated to the Committee herein, and which may be so delegated as a matter of law, except for grants of Awards to persons (i) who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (ii) who are, or who are reasonably expected to be, "covered employees" for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

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2.4.        Decisions Binding. All determinations and decisions made by the Committee pursuant to the Plan and all related orders or resolutions of the Board shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons interested in the Plan or an Award. The Committee shall consider such factors as it deems relevant to making its decisions, determinations and interpretations including, without limitation, the recommendations or advice of any Director, officer or employee of the Company or a Subsidiary and such agents, attorneys, consultants and accountants as it may select. The Committee's determinations under the Plan need not be the same for all persons. A Participant or other holder of an Award may contest a decision or action by the Committee with respect to such person or Award and only on the grounds that such decision or action was arbitrary or capricious or was unlawful.

 

2.5.        Indemnification. No member of the Committee, the Board or any person to whom authority was delegated in accordance with Section 2.3 above (each such person, an "Indemnifiable Person") shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made with respect to the Plan or any Award (unless constituting fraud or a willful criminal act or omission). Each Indemnifiable Person shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including attorneys' fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Indemnifiable Person in the manner provided in the Company's articles of association as may be amended from time to time or in any indemnification agreement of the Company with such Indemnifiable Person. In the performance of their responsibilities with respect to the Plan, such individuals shall be entitled to rely upon information and advice furnished by the Company's officers, agents, attorneys, consultants and accountants and any other party deemed necessary or appropriate, and no such individual shall be liable for any action taken or not taken in reliance upon any such advice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which an Indemnifiable Person may be entitled, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

 

2.6.        Construction and Interpretation. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement shall be within the sole and complete discretion of the Committee.

 

2.7.        Action by the Board. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, any authority or responsibility, which, under the terms of the Plan, may be exercised by the Committee may alternatively be exercised by the Board.

 

Article 3.        Shares Subject to the Plan

 

3.1.        Number of Shares. Subject to adjustments as provided in Section 3.3 below, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued for all purposes under this Plan shall be 10.9 million Shares. Shares issued under the Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of Shares issued out of the capital band or the conditional share capital of the Company, Shares held by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in treasury or Shares reacquired by the Company in any manner, or a combination thereof.

 

3.2.        Share Counting. The number of Shares remaining available for issuance shall be reduced by the number of Shares subject to outstanding Awards and, for Awards that are not denominated by Shares, by the number of Shares actually delivered upon settlement or payment of the Award. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, Shares subject to an Award will again be available for grant and issuance pursuant to the Plan to the extent the relevant Awards: (a) terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation, or otherwise without the issuance of Shares, (b) are settled in cash in lieu of Shares, or (c) are surrendered pursuant to an Exchange Program. Shares subject to an Award may not again be made available for grant and issuance pursuant to the Plan if such Shares are: (w) subject to an Option or a stock-settled SAR and were not issued upon the net settlement or net exercise of such Option or SAR, (x) delivered to, or withheld by, the Company to pay the Exercise Price or the withholding taxes due with respect to an Option or SAR, (y) withheld by the Company to cover taxes incurred in connection with other stock-settled Awards, or (z) repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of an Option exercise. In addition, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation, Shares delivered or deliverable in connection with any Substitute Award shall not reduce the number of Shares authorized for grant pursuant to Section 3.1 above.

 

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3.3.        Adjustments in Authorized Shares and Awards. In the event of any merger, amalgamation, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, stock dividend, bonus issues, extraordinary cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, share consolidation or subdivision, spin-off, split-off or similar transaction or other change in corporate structure affecting the Shares, such adjustments and other substitutions shall be made to the Plan and to Awards as the Committee deems equitable or appropriate, including, without limitation, such adjustments in the aggregate number, class and kind of securities that may be delivered, in the aggregate or to any Participant, in the number, class, kind and option or Exercise Price of securities subject to outstanding Awards as the Committee may determine to be appropriate; provided, however, that the number of Shares subject to any Award shall always be a whole number and further provided that in no event may any change be made to an ISO which would constitute a modification within the meaning of Section 424(h)(3) of the Code. Moreover, notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, an adjustment to an Award may not be made in a manner that would result in adverse tax consequences under Section 409A.

 

Article 4.        Eligibility

 

The Committee may select any Employee or Consultant to receive an Award; provided, however, that ISOs shall only be granted to Employees in accordance with Section 422 of the Code.

 

Article 5.        Restricted Stock Units

 

5.1.        Award of Restricted Stock Units. The Committee may grant Restricted Stock Units to an Employee or Consultant with such terms and provisions that the Committee shall determine.

 

5.2.        Terms of Restricted Stock Units. Each Award of RSUs shall be subject to an Award Agreement that shall set forth (a) the number or a formula for determining the number of Shares subject to the Award, (b) the terms and conditions regarding the grant, vesting and forfeiture of the RSUs and (c) such other terms and conditions as may be appropriate.

 

5.3.       Vesting Conditions. The Committee shall determine the vesting schedule for each Award of RSUs. Vesting shall occur, in full or in installments, upon satisfaction of the terms and conditions specified in the Award Agreement. The Committee shall have the right to make the vesting of RSUs subject to the continued employment or service of a Participant, passage of time or such performance criteria as deemed appropriate by the Committee, which criteria may be based on financial performance and personal performance evaluations.

 

5.4.        Settlement of Restricted Stock Units. Earned RSUs shall be settled in a lump sum or in installments on or after the date(s) set forth in the Award Agreement. The Committee may settle earned RSUs in cash, Shares, or a combination of both. Distribution may occur or commence when the vesting conditions applicable to a RSU have been satisfied or, if the Committee so provides in an Award Agreement, it may be deferred in accordance with applicable law, to a later date. The Committee may also permit a Participant to defer payment of Shares related to a RSU provided that the terms of the RSU and any deferral satisfy the requirements of applicable law and the deferral is pursuant to a deferred compensation plan offered by the Company or a Subsidiary.

 

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Article 6.        Performance Units

 

6.1.       Award of Performance Units. The Committee may grant Performance Units to an Employee or Consultant with such terms and provisions that the Committee shall determine.

 

6.2.        Terms of Performance Units. Each Award of Performance Units shall be subject to an Award Agreement that shall set forth (a) the number of Performance Units granted or a formula for determining the number of Performance Units subject to the Award, (b) the initial value (if applicable) of the Performance Units, (c) the Performance Goals and level of attainment that shall determine the number of Performance Units to be paid out, (d) such terms and conditions regarding the grant, vesting and forfeiture of the Performance Units and (e) such other terms and conditions as may be appropriate.

 

6.3.        Earning of Performance Units. After completion of an applicable Performance Period, the holder of Performance Units shall be entitled to receive a payout with respect to the Performance Units earned by the Participant over the Performance Period. Payment shall be determined by the Committee based on the extent to which the Performance Goals have been achieved and together with the satisfaction of any other terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement. No payment shall be made with respect to a Performance Unit prior to certification by the Committee that the Performance Goals have been achieved.

 

6.4.        Settlement of Performance Units. Earned Performance Units shall be settled in a lump sum or in installments after the date(s) set forth in the Award Agreement. The Committee may settle earned Performance Units in cash or in Shares (or in a combination thereof), which have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the value of the earned Performance Units. Distribution may occur or commence after completion of the applicable Performance Period and the satisfaction of any applicable vesting conditions or, if the Committee so provides in an Award Agreement, it may be deferred, in accordance with applicable law, to a later date. The Committee may also permit a Participant to defer settlement of Shares related to a Performance Unit to a date or dates after the Performance Unit is earned provided that the terms of the Performance Unit and any deferral satisfy the requirements of applicable law and the deferral is pursuant to a deferred compensation plan offered by the Company or a Subsidiary.

 

Article 7.        Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights

 

7.1.        Award of Options and SARs. The Committee may grant Options, SARs or both, to an Employee or Consultant with such terms and provisions that the Committee shall determine.

 

7.2.        Terms of Options and SARs. Each Award of Options or SARs shall be subject to an Award Agreement that shall set forth (a) the term or duration of the Options or SARs, (b) the number of Shares subject to the Options or SARs, (c) the Exercise Price, (d) the Exercise Period and (e) such other terms and conditions as may be appropriate. The Committee may grant Options in the form of ISOs, NQSOs or a combination thereof. Each Award Agreement also shall specify whether the Options are intended to be an ISO or a NQSO.

 

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7.3.        Duration of Options and SARs. Each Option or SAR shall expire at such time as the Committee shall determine at the time the Award is granted; provided, however, that no Option or SAR shall be exercisable later than the tenth (10th) anniversary of its date of grant.

 

7.4.        Exercise of and Payment for Options and SARs. Options and SARs shall be exercisable at such times and be subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall approve, which need not be the same for each Award or for each Participant. Options and SARs shall be exercised by the delivery of a written notice of exercise to the Company or its designated agent, setting forth the number of Shares to be exercised with respect to the Options or SARs, and, in the case of Options, accompanied by full payment for the Shares.

 

The Exercise Price upon exercise of any Option shall be payable to the Company in full either: (a) in cash or its equivalent, (b) by tendering, either by actual or constructive delivery, previously acquired Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the Exercise Price, (c) by net Share settlement or similar procedure involving the cancellation of a portion of the Option representing Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the Exercise Price or (d) by any combination thereof. To the extent not prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Committee also may allow cashless exercise as permitted under Federal Reserve Board's Regulation T, subject to applicable securities law restrictions, or by any other means which the Committee determines to be consistent with the Plan's purpose and applicable law.

 

As soon as practicable after receipt of a written notification of exercise of an Option and provisions for full payment for an Option, the Company shall issue to the Participant an appropriate number of Shares based upon the number of Shares purchased under the Option.

 

Upon exercise of a SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount equal to the product of: (a) the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise over (ii) the Exercise Price of the SAR, multiplied by (b) the number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised. At the discretion of the Committee, payment upon the exercise of a SAR may be in cash, in Shares of equivalent value or in a combination thereof. The Committee's determination regarding the form of SAR payout shall be set forth in an applicable Award Agreement.

 

7.5.        Automatic Exercise. The Committee may provide that, in the event that (i) an Option or SAR is not exercised or settled by the last day of the Exercise Period, (ii) the Participant is legally precluded from otherwise exercising such Option or SAR before the last day of the Exercise Period due to legal restrictions or Company policy (including policies on trading in Shares), and (iii) the Exercise Price of such Option or SAR is below the Fair Market Value of a Share on the last day of the Exercise Period, as determined by the Committee, then the Option or SAR may be deemed exercised on such date, with no action required on the part of the Participant, with a spread equal to the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the Award on such date minus the Exercise Price for those Shares. The resulting proceeds net of any required tax withholding and any applicable costs shall be paid to the Participant or the Participant's legal representative.

 

7.6.        Restrictions on Repricing, Repurchases, and Discounts. Other than in connection with a transaction described in Section 3.3, without shareholder approval, (i) the Exercise Price of an Option or SAR may not be reduced, directly or indirectly, after the grant of the Award; (ii) an Option or SAR may not be cancelled in exchange for cash, other Awards, or Options or SARs with an Exercise Price that is less than the Exercise Price of the original Option or SAR; and (iii) the Company may not repurchase an Option or SAR for value (in cash, substitutions, cash buyouts, or otherwise) at any time when the Exercise Price of a Stock Option or SAR is above the Fair Market Value of a Share. In no event shall the Exercise Price of an Option or the grant price per Share of a SAR be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant; provided , however that the Exercise Price of a Substitute Award granted as an Option shall be determined in accordance with Section 409A and may be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value.

 

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7.7         Incentive Stock Options. The Exercise Price of an ISO shall be fixed by the Committee at the time of grant or shall be determined by a method specified by the Committee at the time of grant, but in no event shall the Exercise Price be less than the minimum Exercise Price specified in Section 7.6. No ISO may be issued to any individual who, at the time the ISO is granted, owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, unless (i) the Exercise Price determined as of the date of grant is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant of the Shares subject to such ISO and (ii) the ISO is not exercisable more than five years from the date of grant thereof. No Participant shall be granted any ISO which would result in such Participant receiving a grant of ISO that would have an aggregate Fair Market Value in excess of $100,000, determined as of the time of grant, that would be exercisable for the first time by such Participant during any calendar year. Any grants in excess of this limit shall be treated as NQSOs. No ISO may be granted under the Plan after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date. The terms of any ISO granted under the Plan shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision thereto, as amended from time to time.

 

Article 8.        Other Awards

 

Subject to limitations under applicable law, the Committee may grant such other Awards to Employees and Consultants that may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to, Shares as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan. The Committee may also grant Shares as a bonus, or may grant other Awards in lieu of obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary to pay cash or deliver other property under the Plan or under other plans or compensatory arrangements. The terms and conditions applicable to such other Awards shall be determined from time to time by the Committee and set forth in an applicable Award Agreement.

 

Article 9.        General Provisions Applicable to Awards

 

9.1.        Limits on Awards. Subject to any adjustments described in Section 3.3 the following limits shall apply to Awards:

 

(a)    No more than an aggregate of 1,000,000 Shares may be issued under ISOs;

 

(b)    The maximum number of Shares subject to RSUs that may be granted to a Participant during any one calendar year is 1,000,000;

 

(c)    The maximum number of Shares subject to Performance Units that may be granted to a Participant during any one calendar year is 1,000,000;

 

(d)    The maximum number of Shares subject to either Options or SARs that may be granted to a Participant during any one calendar year is 1,000,000;

 

(e)    The maximum amount of cash-denominated Other Awards that may be granted to a Participant during any one calendar year is $2,500,000; and

 

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(f)     The maximum number of Shares subject to share-denominated Other Awards that may be granted to a Participant during any one calendar year is 1,000,000.

 

To the extent not prohibited by applicable laws, rules and regulations, any Shares underlying Substitute Awards shall not be counted against the number of Shares remaining for issuance and shall not be subject to the individual limits contained in Section 3.1 or this Section 9.1.

 

9.2         Restrictions on Performance-Based Awards. The Committee may determine whether any Award, including Performance Units, under the Plan is intended to meet the requirements for "qualified performance-based compensation" as that term is used in Section 162(m) of the Code. The following provisions shall apply to any Awards intended to satisfy such requirements:

 

(a)    Any such Awards designated to be "qualified performance-based compensation" shall be conditioned on the achievement of one or more Performance Goals to the extent required by Section 162(m) and will be subject to all other conditions and requirements of Section 162(m).

 

(b)    The Performance Goals shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (subject to adjustments and modifications for specified types of events or circumstances approved by the Committee in advance) consistently applied on a Subsidiary, business unit, division, segment, product line, function or consolidated basis or any combination thereof. Adjustment events include (i) asset write-downs; (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (iii) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles or other laws or provisions affecting reported results; (iv) charges for any reorganization and restructuring programs; (v) unusual or infrequent charges or losses as described in Accounting Standards Codification 225-20-20 or elements of adjusted income in the management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company's annual report to shareholders for the applicable year; (vi) the impact of acquisitions or divestitures; (vii) foreign exchange gains and losses and (viii) gains or losses on asset sales.

 

(c)    The Performance Goals may be described in terms of objectives that are related to the individual Participant or objectives that are Company-wide or related to a Subsidiary, business unit, division, segment, product line, or function or combination thereof and may be measured on an absolute or cumulative basis or on the basis of percentage of improvement over time, and may be measured in terms of Company performance (or performance of the applicable Subsidiary, business unit, division, segment, product line, or function or combination thereof) or measured relative to selected peer companies or a market index. At the time of grant, the Committee may provide for adjustments to the performance criteria in accordance with Section 162(m). The Committee may adjust downwards, but not upwards, the amount payable pursuant to such Award.

 

(d)    The Participants will be designated, and the applicable Performance Goals will be established, by the Committee not later than 90 days following the commencement of the applicable Performance Period (or such earlier or later date permitted or required by Section 162(m)). Each Participant will be assigned a target amount of Shares or cash payable if Performance Goals are achieved. Any payment of an Award granted with Performance Goals shall be conditioned on the written certification of the Committee in each case that the Performance Goals and any other material conditions were satisfied. The Committee may determine, at the time of grant, that if performance exceeds the specified Performance Goals, the Award may be settled with payment greater than the target Performance Goals, but in no event may such payment exceed the limits set forth in Section 9.1. The Committee retains the right to reduce any such Award notwithstanding the attainment of the Performance Goals.

 

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9.3.        Performance Awards Not Subject to Section 162(m). The Committee may also grant performance-based Awards not intended to qualify as "qualified performance-based compensation" under Section 162(m) of the Code. With respect to such Awards, the Committee may establish performance targets and goals based on any criteria it deems appropriate and shall not be required to follow the procedures or schedule specified in Section 9.2.

 

9.4.        Restrictions on Transfers of Awards. Except as may be provided by the Committee, no Award and no right under any such Award, shall be assignable, alienable, saleable, or transferable by a Participant otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or, except in the case of an ISO, pursuant to a domestic relations order, as the case may be; provided , however , that the Committee may, subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations and such terms and conditions as it shall specify, permit the transfer of an Award, other than an ISO, for no consideration to a permitted transferee. Each Award, and each right under any Award, shall be exercisable, during the Participant's lifetime, only by the Participant or, if permissible under applicable law, by the Participant's guardian or legal representative. No Award and no right under any such Award, may be pledged, alienated, attached, or otherwise encumbered, and any purported pledge, alienation, attachment, or encumbrance thereof shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

9.5.        Restrictions on Transfers of Shares. The Committee may impose such restrictions on any Shares acquired pursuant to an Award as it may deem advisable, including, without limitation, restrictions to comply with applicable Federal securities laws, with the requirements of any stock exchange upon which such Shares are then listed and with any blue sky or state securities laws applicable to such Shares.

 

9.6.        Additional Restrictions on Awards and Shares. Either at the time an Award is granted or by subsequent action, the Committee may, but need not, impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate on the Award, any Shares issued under an Award, or both, including, without limitation, (a) restrictions under an insider trading policy, (b) any compensation recovery policy or policies established by the Company as such policy or policies may be amended from time to time, (c) share retention guidelines, minimum holding requirements and other restrictions designed to delay or coordinate the timing and manner of sales, (d) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for receipt, resales or other transfers of such Shares, (e) restrictions relating to a Participant's activities following termination of employment or service, including but not limited to, competition against the Company, disclosure of Company confidential information, and solicitation of Company employees and/or customers, and (f) other policies that may be implemented by the Board from time to time.

 

9.7.        Minimum Vesting Period. All Awards shall have a vesting period of not less than one year from date of grant, including those Awards that are subject to Performance Goals or other performance-based objectives; provided, however, that Awards that result in the issuance of an aggregate of up to 5% of the Shares available pursuant to Section 3.1 may be granted to any one or more Participants without respect to such minimum vesting provisions. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, Substitute Awards shall not be subject to the minimum vesting provisions of this Section 9.7.

 

9.8.        Shareholder Rights; Dividend Equivalents. Except as provided in the Plan or an Award Agreement, no Participant shall have any Shares subject to an Award and any of the rights of a shareholder unless and until such Participant has satisfied all requirements for exercise or vesting of the Award pursuant to its terms, Shares have actually been issued, restrictions imposed on the Shares, if any, have been removed, and the Shares are entered upon the records of the duly authorized transfer agent of the Company. The recipient of a Award (other than Options and SARs) may be entitled to receive Dividend Equivalents, and the Committee may provide that such amounts (if any) shall be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares or otherwise reinvested and subject to vesting and forfeiture to the same extent as the underlying Award; provided, however, that Dividend Equivalents shall only become payable if and to the extent the underlying Award vests, regardless of whether or not vesting is contingent upon continued employment, the achievement of Performance Goals, or both.

 

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9.9.        Termination of Employment or Service. Each Award Agreement shall set forth the terms relating to the treatment of an Award in the event of a Participant's termination of employment or service, including, without limitation, the extent to which the right to vest, exercise or receive payout of an Award may continue following termination of the Participant's employment or service with the Company and its Subsidiaries, including due to death or Disability, and any forfeiture provisions. Such provisions shall be determined by the Committee in its discretion, shall be included in the Award Agreement applicable to a Participant, need not be uniform among all Awards or among all Participants and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination of employment or service.

 

9.10.      Effect of Change in Status. The Committee shall have the discretion to determine the effect upon an Award, in the case of (i) any individual who is employed with, or engaged by, an entity that ceases to be a Subsidiary, (ii) any leave of absence approved by the Company or a Subsidiary, (iii) any change in the Participant's status from an Employee to a Consultant, or vice versa, and (iv) at the request of the Company or a Subsidiary, any Participant who becomes employed by any partnership, joint venture, corporation or other entity not meeting the requirements of a Subsidiary.

 

Article 10.      Change of Control

 

Unless specifically prohibited by the Plan or unless the Committee provides otherwise prior to the Change of Control, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control and a termination of a Participant's employment or service with the Company or a Subsidiary without Cause on or before the occurrence of the two year anniversary of the occurrence of a Change of Control:

 

(a)     Any restrictions imposed on RSUs shall be deemed to have expired;

 

(b)    With respect to all outstanding Awards of Performance Units and other performance-based Awards, the Committee (i) shall determine the greater of (x) the payout at the target number of Performance Units granted for the entire Performance Period and (y) the payout based upon the actual performance level attained as of the last day of the calendar quarter immediately prior to the date of the Participant's termination without Cause, in either case, after giving effect to the accumulation of Dividend Equivalents, and (ii) shall pay to the Participant the greater of such amounts, prorated based upon the number of complete and partial calendar months within the Performance Period which have elapsed as of the date of the Participant's termination without Cause. Payment shall be made in cash or in shares, as determined by the Committee;

 

(c)     Any and all outstanding and unvested Options and SARs shall become immediately exercisable; and

 

(d)    Any restrictions imposed on any and all outstanding and unvested Other Awards shall be deemed to have expired.

 

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Article 11.      Corporate Transactions.

 

11.1.      Assumption or Replacement of Awards by Successor. In the event of a Change of Control, any or all outstanding Awards may be assumed or replaced by the successor entity, which assumption or replacement shall be binding on all Participants. In the alternative, the successor entity may substitute equivalent Awards or provide substantially similar consideration to Participants as was provided to shareholders of the Company (after taking into account the existing provisions of the Awards). In the event such successor entity refuses to assume, replace or substitute Awards, as provided above, pursuant to a Change of Control, then notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan to the contrary, such Awards shall have their vesting accelerate as to all Shares subject to such Awards immediately prior to the Change of Control unless otherwise determined by the Board and then such Awards will terminate. In addition, in the event such successor entity refuses to assume, replace or substitute Awards, as provided above, the Committee will notify Participants in writing that such Awards will be exercisable for a period of time determined by the Committee in its discretion, and such Awards will terminate upon the expiration of such period. Awards need not be treated similarly in a Change of Control. Except as provided in Article 10 and in this Section 11.1, the vesting, payment, purchase or distribution of an Award may not be accelerated by reason of a Change of Control.

 

11.2.      Assumption of Awards by the Company. The Company, from time to time, also may substitute or assume outstanding awards granted by another company, whether in connection with an acquisition of such other company or otherwise, by either; (a) granting a Substitute Award; or (b) assuming such award as if it had been granted under this Plan if the terms of such assumed award could be applied to an Award granted under this Plan.

 

Article 12.      Amendment, Modification and Termination

 

12.1.      Amendment, Modification and Termination. The Board may, at any time and from time to time, alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part; provided, however, that no amendment which requires shareholder approval in order for the Plan to comply with Section 422 of the Code, Section 303A.08 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, or any other applicable law, regulation or rule, shall be effective unless such amendment shall be approved by the requisite vote of the shareholders.

 

12.2.      Awards Previously Made. No termination, amendment or modification of the Plan shall adversely affect in any material way any outstanding Award, without the written consent of the Participant holding such Award unless such termination, modification or amendment is required by applicable law.

 

Article 13.      Tax Withholding

 

 The Company or a Subsidiary, as appropriate, may require any individual entitled to receive a payment of an Award to remit to the Company, prior to payment, an amount sufficient to satisfy any applicable tax withholding requirements. In the case of an Award payable in Shares, the Company or a Subsidiary, as appropriate, may permit or require a Participant to satisfy, in whole or in part, the obligation to remit taxes by directing the Company to withhold Shares that would otherwise be received by the individual, or may repurchase Shares that were issued to the Participant, to satisfy the minimum statutory withholding rates for any applicable federal, state, local or foreign tax withholding purposes, in accordance with applicable law and pursuant to any rules that the Company may establish from time to time. The Company may establish procedures to allow Participants to satisfy such withholding obligations through a net share settlement procedure or the withholding of Shares subject to the applicable Award. The Company or a Subsidiary, as appropriate, shall also have the right to deduct from all cash payments made to a Participant (whether or not the payment is made in connection with an Award) any applicable taxes required to be withheld with respect to payments under the Plan.

 

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Article 14.      General Provisions

 

14.1.      Gender and Number. Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine, the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.

 

14.2.      Headings and Severability. The headings of Articles and Sections herein are included solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning of any of the provisions of the Plan. In the event any Plan provision shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining Plan provisions, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

 

14.3.      Successors. All Company obligations with respect to Awards, shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company.

 

14.4.      No Right to Employment or Engagement. Nothing in the Plan shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company to terminate any Participant's employment or engagement at any time, for any reason or no reason in the Company's discretion, nor confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the employ or service of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

14.5.      Participation. No Employee shall have the right to be selected to receive an Award, or, having been so selected, to be selected to receive a future Award.

 

14.6.      Requirements of Law. The making of Awards and the issuance of Shares shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates or make any book entries evidencing Shares pursuant to the exercise or vesting of any Award, unless and until the Board or the Committee has determined, with advice of counsel, that the issuance of such Shares is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authorities and, if applicable, the requirements of any exchange on which the Shares are listed or traded, and the Shares are covered by an effective registration statement or applicable exemption from registration. In addition to the terms and conditions provided in the Plan, the Board or the Committee may require that a holder make such reasonable covenants, agreements, and representations as the Board or the Committee deems advisable in order to comply with any such laws, regulations, or requirements.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in the Plan, if required by the then-current Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any "derivative security" or "equity security" offered pursuant to the Plan to any Insider may not be sold or transferred within the minimum time limits specified or required in such rule, except to the extent Rule 16b-3 exempts any such sale or transfer from the restrictions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The terms "equity security" and "derivative security" shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the then-current Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act.

 

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14.7.      Securities Law Compliance. With respect to Insiders, Plan transactions are intended to comply with all applicable conditions of the Federal securities laws. To the extent any Plan provision or action by the Committee fails to so comply, it shall be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Committee.

 

14.8.      Governing Law. To the extent not preempted by Federal law, the Plan, the Award Agreements and all agreements thereunder, shall be construed in accordance with, and subject to, the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be entirely performed in New York and wholly disregarding any choice of law provisions that might otherwise be contrary to this express intent.

 

14.9.      Effect on Other Benefits. No payment pursuant to the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, savings, profit sharing, group insurance, welfare or other benefit plan of the Company or any affiliate except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in writing in such other plan or an agreement thereunder.

 

14.10.    Unfunded Plan. The Plan is intended to be an unfunded plan for incentive compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a holder pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Award Agreement shall give the holder any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company or any affiliate.

 

14.11.    Recoupment. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, all Awards granted under the Plan, any payments made under the Plan and any gains realized upon exercise or settlement of an Award shall be subject to claw-back or recoupment as permitted or mandated by applicable law, rules, regulations or any Company policy as enacted, adopted or modified from time to time.

 

14.12.    Award Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the Plan and any Award Agreement, the Plan shall govern and the Award Agreement shall be interpreted to minimize or eliminate any such conflict or inconsistency.

 

Article 15.      Compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

 

 The parties intend that Plan payments and benefits comply with Section 409A to the extent it applies or an exemption therefrom, and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, the Plan shall be interpreted and be administered to be in compliance therewith. Any payments described in the Plan that are due within the "short-term deferral period" as defined in Section 409A shall be paid prior to the 15th day of the third month of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which any applicable restrictions lapse and shall not be treated as deferred compensation unless applicable law requires otherwise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan: (i) no payment or distribution under this Plan that constitutes an item of deferred compensation under Section 409A and becomes payable by reason of a Participant's termination of employment or service with the Company will be made to such Participant until such Participant's termination of employment or service constitutes a "separation from service" under Section 409A; and (ii) to the extent required in order to comply with Section 409A, amounts that would otherwise be payable and benefits that would otherwise be provided during the six (6) month period immediately following the Participant's termination of employment shall instead be paid on the first business day after the date that is six (6) months following the Participant's separation from service (or upon the Participant's death, if earlier). In addition, for Plan purposes, each amount to be paid or benefit to be provided to the Participant pursuant to the Plan, which constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A, shall be construed as a separate identified payment for purposes of Section 409A. For any Plan payment that constitutes "non-qualified deferred compensation" under Section 409A, to the extent required to comply with Section 409A, a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to such payment only if a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company or a change in ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company shall also be deemed to have occurred under Section 409A. The Company makes no representation that any or all of the payments or benefits described in this Plan will be exempt from or comply with Section 409A and makes no undertaking to preclude Section 409A from applying to any such payment. A Participant shall be solely responsible for the payment of any taxes and penalties incurred under Section 409A.

 

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Article 16.      Definitions

 

Whenever used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below and, when such meaning is intended, the initial letter of the word is capitalized:

 

"Approved Member" shall mean the individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board and subsequently elected members of the Board whose election is approved or recommended by at least a majority of such current members or their successors whose election was so approved or recommended (other than any subsequently elected members whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board).

 

"Award" shall mean, individually or collectively, an Award of RSUs, Performance Units, NQSOs, ISOs, SARs or any other type of Award permitted under Article 8.

 

"Award Agreement" shall mean any written or electronic agreement or document evidencing any Award granted by the Committee, which may, but need not, be signed or acknowledged by the Company or a Participant as determined by the Committee. Award Agreements shall, in the discretion of the Committee, contain such terms and conditions that are not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan.

 

"Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

"Cause" shall mean (unless otherwise expressly provided in the applicable Award Agreement, or another applicable contract with the Participant that defines such term for purposes of determining the effect that a "for cause" termination has on the Participant's Awards) the termination of a Participant's employment or service with the Company in connection with:

 

(a)     any willful and continued failure or refusal of a Participant to substantially perform the duties required of him or her;

 

(b)     a Participant's conviction of, or a plea of nolo contendere to, a felony under U.S. law or applicable state law or any similar offense under non-U.S. law, or any misdemeanor or similar offense under non-U.S. law involving moral turpitude (other than any traffic-related offense), or

 

(c)     a Participant's willful commission of an act of fraud, forgery, theft, misappropriation or embezzlement; or

 

(d)    any other willful misconduct by a Participant that is materially injurious to the financial condition or business reputation of, or is otherwise materially injurious to, the Company;

 

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provided that if a cure is reasonably possible in the circumstances, the Participant will have the right to cure the existence of any events purporting to trigger Cause under clauses (a) or (d) above for a period of 30 days after the date notice of the triggering event is given to the Participant by the Company (except that the Company will not be required to provide more than one notice as to any recurring similar conduct). A termination for Cause shall be deemed to occur (subject to reinstatement upon a contrary final determination by the Committee) on the later of (i) the date on which the Company or any affiliate first gives written notice to the Participant of a finding of termination for Cause or (ii) the expiration of any applicable cure period during which the Participant fails to remedy the circumstances triggering Cause.

 

"Change of Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events.

 

(a)     the acquisition by any Person of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and the applicable rulings and regulations thereunder) of 35% or more of the Common Stock;

 

(b)    the consummation after approval by the shareholders of the Company of either (i) a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (ii) a merger, amalgamation or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, the issuance of voting securities of the Company in connection with a merger, amalgamation or consolidation of the Company, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets of another corporation (each, a "Business Combination"), unless, in each case of a Business Combination, immediately following such Business Combination, all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then outstanding shares of common stock and more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the Common Stock; or

 

(c)     the failure for any reason of the Approved Members to constitute at least a majority of the Board.

 

With respect to any Award that is subject to Section 409A and payment is to be accelerated in connection with the Change of Control, solely for purposes of determining the timing of payment, no event(s) set forth in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above shall constitute a Change of Control for purposes of this Plan unless such event(s) also constitutes a "change in the ownership", "change in the effective control" or a "change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets" of the Company as defined under Section 409A.

 

For purposes of the definition of "Change of Control," a "Person" shall mean any person, entity or "group" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, except that such term shall not include (a) Bunge International Limited, (b) any member of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (c) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of any member of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (d) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities or (e) an entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of shares of the Company

 

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"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as such is amended from time to time, including any applicable regulations, and any reference to a section of the Code shall include any successor provision of the Code.

 

"Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the Board.

 

"Common Stock" means the common registered shares of the Company, par value $.01 per share.

 

"Company" means Bunge Global SA, a Swiss company, or any successor thereto as provided in Section 14.3.

 

"Consultant" shall mean any natural person engaged by the Company or a Subsidiary to render services, but who is not an Employee provided, that a Consultant will include only those persons to whom the issuance of Common Stock may be registered under Form S-8 under the Securities Act.

 

"Director" means any individual who is a member of the Board.

 

"Disability" mean for (a) Participants covered by the long term disability plan of the Company or a Subsidiary, disability as defined in such plan; and (b) for all other Participants, a physical or mental condition of the Participant resulting from bodily injury, disease or mental disorder which renders the Participant incapable of continuing the Participant's usual or customary employment or service with the Participant's employer or service recipient for a period of not less than six consecutive months. The disability of the Participant shall be determined by the Committee in good faith after reasonable medical inquiry, including consultation with a licensed physician as chosen by the Committee, and a fair evaluation of the Participant's ability to perform his or her duties. Notwithstanding the previous two sentences, with respect to an Award that is subject to Section 409A where the payment or settlement of the Award will accelerate upon termination of employment or service as a result of the Participant's Disability, solely for purposes of determining the timing of payment, no such termination will constitute a Disability for purposes of the Plan or any Award Document unless such event also constitutes a "disability" as defined under Section 409A.

 

"Dividend Equivalent" means, with respect to Shares subject to Awards, a right to an amount equal to dividends declared on an equal number of issued and outstanding Shares.

 

"Effective Date" was originally effective as of May 26, 2016. The current amendment and restatement of the Plan became effective on May 21, 2020, subject to approval by the shareholders at the 2020 Annual Meeting.

 

"Employee" means each employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor act thereto.

 

"Exchange Program" means a program pursuant to which outstanding Awards are surrendered, cancelled or exchanged for cash, the same type of Award or a different Award (or combination thereof).

 

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"Exercise Period" means the period during which a SAR or Option is exercisable, as set forth in the related Award Agreement.

 

"Exercise Price" means the price at which a Share may be purchased by a Participant pursuant to an Option or SAR, as determined by the Committee and set forth in an Award Agreement. Other than in connection with Substitute Awards, the exercise price per Share shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date an Option or SAR is granted.

 

"Fair Market Value" of a Share as of any date means: the average of the highest and lowest sale prices of the Common Stock on the date of determination (or the mean of the closing bid and asked prices for the Common Stock if no sales were reported) as reported by the New York Stock Exchange or other domestic stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed. If the Common Stock is not listed on a domestic stock exchange, Fair Market Value will be determined by such other method as the Committee determines in good faith to be reasonable and in compliance with Section 409A. If the determination date for the Fair Market Value occurs on a weekend, holiday or other non-Trading Day, the Fair Market Value will be the price as determined above on the immediately preceding Trading Day, unless otherwise determined by the Committee. The determination of Fair Market Value for purposes of tax withholding may be made in the discretion of the Committee subject to applicable laws and is not required to be consistent with the determination of Fair Market Value for other purposes. For purposes of achieving an exemption from Section 409A in the case of affected Participants subject to Section 409A, Fair Market Value shall be determined in a manner consistent with Section 409A.

 

"Indemnifiable Person" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.

 

"Incentive Stock Option" or "ISO" means an option to purchase Shares, granted under Article 7, which is designated as an ISO and satisfies the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.

 

"Insider" means an Employee who is, on the relevant date, an officer, Director or ten percent (10%) beneficial owner of the common shares, as contemplated by Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

"Nonqualified Stock Option" or "NQSO" means an option to purchase Shares, granted under Article 7, which is not intended to be an ISO.

 

"Option" means an ISO or a NQSO.

 

"Participant" means an Employee or Consultant who holds an outstanding Award.

 

"Performance Goals" means, any of the general performance objectives, selected by the Committee and specified in an Award Agreement, from among the performance criteria set forth on Schedule A hereto, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to the Company as a whole or any Subsidiary, business unit, division, segment, product line, or function or any combination of the foregoing, either individually, alternatively, or in any combination, on a GAAP or non-GAAP basis, and measured, to the extent applicable, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to determine whether the performance goals established by the Committee with respect to an applicable Award has been achieved.

 

"Performance Period" means the period of time during which the Performance Goals will be measured to determine what, if any, Performance Units have been earned. A Performance Period shall, in all cases, be at least twelve (12) months in length.

 

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"Performance Unit" means the right of a Participant to receive cash or Shares, upon achievement of the Performance Goals, in accordance with the Plan.

 

"Restricted Stock Unit" or "RSU" means an Award to a Participant covering a number of Shares that at a later date may be settled in cash, or by issuance of those Shares.

 

"Section 409A" means Section 409A of the Code.

 

"Share" means a share of Common Stock.

 

"Stock Appreciation Right" or "SAR" means a right, granted alone or in connection with a related Option, designated as a SAR, to receive a payment on the day the right is exercised, pursuant to Article 7. Each SAR shall be denominated in terms of one Share.

 

"Subsidiary" means any corporation that is a "subsidiary corporation" of the Company as that term is defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

 

"Substitute Awards" shall mean Awards granted or Shares issued by the Company in assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted, or the right or obligation to make future awards, by a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines.

 

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Schedule A

 

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES

accounts payable

 

accounts receivable

 

cash flow

 

cash-flow return on investment

 

cash value added

 

days cash cycle

 

days sales outstanding

 

debt

 

earnings before interest and tax (EBIT)

 

earnings before interest, tax depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)

 

earnings per share

 

earnings per share from continuing operations

 

economic value added

 

effective tax rate

 

free cash flow

 

impairment write offs

 

income from continuing operations (net income after minority interests)

 

interest coverage

 

margin

 

market capitalization

 

net financial debt

 

net sales

 

operating cash flow

 

operating earnings before asset impairment

 

operating profit

 

pre-tax income

 

return on equity

 

return on invested capital

 

return on net assets

 

return on tangible net assets

 

return on tangible net worth

 

revenue growth

 

selling general and administrative expenses

 

share price

 

total shareholder return

 

relative total shareholder return

 

value at risk

 

working capital

 

NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES

amount of inventory

 

brand recognition

 

customer/supplier satisfaction

 

days of inventory

 

employee turnover

 

energy usage

 

headcount

 

loading time/days loading

 

market share

 

product quality

 

productivity/efficiency

 

quality

 

recruiting

 

risk management

 

safety/environment

 

satisfaction indexes

 

talent development

 

turn around time

 

volumes

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

BUNGE 2017 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Effective May 25, 2017

 

As Amended and Restated on November 1, 2023

 

1.Establishment and Purpose

 

(a)           Establishment of the Plan. Bunge Global SA hereby establishes the Bunge 2017 Non-Employee Directors Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”). The Plan shall become effective as of the Effective Date, at which time no further awards will be granted under the Prior Plan. Capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined in the text of the Plan are defined in Section 24.

 

(b)           Purpose of the Plan. The purpose of the Plan is to promote the long-term growth and financial success of the Company and its Subsidiaries by attracting, motivating and retaining non-employee directors of outstanding ability and assisting the Company in promoting a greater identity of interest between the Non-Employee Directors and its shareholders.

 

2.Administration

 

(a)           The Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall be comprised solely of Directors who are (a) “non-employee directors” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and “independent directors” as contemplated by Section 303A.02 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual.

 

(b)           Authority of the Committee. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee shall have full power and discretionary authority to: (a) determine the size and types of Awards; (b) approve forms of Award Agreements for use under the Plan; (c) determine the terms and conditions of each Award, including without limitation, and to the extent applicable, the Exercise Price, the Exercise Period, vesting conditions, any vesting acceleration, waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and any other term or condition regarding any Award or its related Shares; (d) construe and interpret the Plan and any agreement or instrument entered into pursuant to the Plan; (e) establish, amend or waive rules and regulations for the Plan’s administration; (f) amend the terms and conditions of any outstanding Award and any instrument or agreement relating to an Award (subject to the provisions of Section 12); (g) delay issuance of Shares or suspend a Non-Employee Director’s right to exercise an Award as deemed necessary to comply with Applicable Laws; (h) authorize any person to execute, on behalf of the Company, any agreement or instrument required to carry out the Plan purpose; (i) correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, any Award, or any instrument or agreement relating to an Award, in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable to carry the Plan into effect; (j) adopt such plans or subplans as may be deemed necessary or appropriate to comply with the laws of other countries, allow for tax-preferred treatment of Awards or otherwise provide for the participation by Non-Employee Directors who reside outside of the U.S.; and (k) make any and all determinations which it determines to be necessary or advisable for the Plan administration.

 

 

 

(c)           Decisions Binding. All determinations and decisions made by the Committee pursuant to the Plan and all related orders or resolutions of the Board shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons interested in the Plan or an Award. The Committee shall consider such factors as it deems relevant to making its decisions, determinations and interpretations including, without limitation, the recommendations or advice of any Director, officer or employee of the Company or a Subsidiary and such agents, attorneys, consultants and accountants as it may select. The Committee’s determinations under the Plan need not be the same for all persons. A Non-Employee Director or other holder of an Award may contest a decision or action by the Committee with respect to such person or Award and only on the grounds that such decision or action was arbitrary or capricious or was unlawful.

 

(d)           Indemnification. No member of the Committee or the Board (each such person, an “Indemnifiable Person”) shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made with respect to the Plan or any Award (unless constituting fraud or a willful criminal act or omission). Each Indemnifiable Person shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Indemnifiable Person in the manner provided in the Company’s articles of association as may be amended from time to time or in any indemnification agreement of the Company with such Indemnifiable Person. In the performance of their responsibilities with respect to the Plan, such individuals shall be entitled to rely upon information and advice furnished by the Company’s officers, agents, attorneys, consultants and accountants and any other party deemed necessary or appropriate, and no such individual shall be liable for any action taken or not taken in reliance upon any such advice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which an Indemnifiable Person may be entitled, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

 

(e)           Construction and Interpretation. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement shall be within the sole and complete discretion of the Committee.

 

(f)           Action by the Board. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, any authority or responsibility, which, under the terms of the Plan, may be exercised by the Committee may alternatively be exercised by the Board.

 

3.Shares Available

 

(a)           Number of Shares. Subject to adjustments as provided in Section 13, the maximum aggregate number of Shares for all purposes under this Plan shall be 320,000 Shares. Shares issued under the Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of Shares issued out of the capital band or the conditional share capital of the Company, Shares held by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in treasury or Shares reacquired by the Company in any manner, or a combination thereof.

 

(b)           Share Counting. The number of Shares remaining available for issuance shall be reduced by the number of Shares subject to outstanding Awards and, for Awards that are not denominated by Shares, by the number of Shares actually delivered upon settlement or payment of the Award. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, Shares subject to an Award will again be available for grant and issuance pursuant to the Plan to the extent the relevant Awards: (a) terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation, or otherwise without the issuance of Shares, (b) are settled in cash in lieu of Shares, or (c), subject to Section 7(g) hereof, are surrendered, cancelled or exchanged for cash, the same type of Award or a different Award (or combination thereof). Shares subject to an Award may not again be made available for grant and issuance pursuant to the Plan if such Shares are: (w) subject to an Option or a stock-settled SAR and were not issued upon the net settlement or net exercise of such Option or SAR, (x) delivered to, or withheld by, the Company to pay the Exercise Price or the withholding taxes due with respect to an Option or SAR, (y) withheld by the Company to cover taxes incurred in connection with other stock-settled Awards, or (z) repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of an Option exercise. In addition, to the extent not prohibited by Applicable Laws, rules or regulations, Shares delivered or deliverable in connection with any Substitute Award shall not reduce the number of Shares authorized for grant pursuant to Section 3(a) above.

 

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(c)           Adjustments in Authorized Shares and Awards. In the event of any merger, amalgamation, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, stock dividend, bonus issues, extraordinary cash dividend, other distribution, stock split, reverse stock split, share consolidation or subdivision, spin-off, split-off or similar transaction or other change in corporate structure affecting the Shares or their value, such adjustments and other substitutions shall be made to the Plan and to Awards as the Committee deems equitable or appropriate, including, without limitation, such adjustments in the aggregate number, class and kind of securities that may be delivered, in the aggregate, in the number, class, kind and option or Exercise Price of securities subject to outstanding Awards as the Committee may determine to be appropriate; provided, however, that the number of Shares subject to any Award shall always be a whole number and provided further, however, no adjustment shall be made to an Award in a manner that would result in adverse tax consequences under Section 409A.

 

4.Eligibility

 

Only Non-Employee Directors shall be eligible to be granted Awards under the Plan.

 

5.Awards in General

 

(a)           Grant of Awards. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Awards shall be granted under the Plan as follows:

 

(i)upon a Non-Employee Director’s initial election to the Board; and

 

(ii)           to a Non-Employee Director who continues to be a member of the Board as of the date of an Annual Meeting.

 

Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, a Non-Employee Director who is elected to the Board other than on the date of an Annual Meeting shall receive, as of the date of such election, a pro-rata portion of the Awards made to Non-Employee Directors generally on the immediately preceding Date of Grant based on the number of days from the date of election to the next Annual Meeting, divided by 365. To the extent practicable, such Award(s) shall be made in the same form as the Award(s) made as of such immediately preceding Date of Grant.

 

(b)           Terms Set Forth in Award Agreement. The terms and conditions of each Award shall be set forth in an Award Agreement and such terms and conditions shall not be inconsistent with the Plan and shall include, without limitation, the Date of Grant and the number of Shares subject to, and type of, such Award.

 

(c)           Non-Employee Director Award Limit. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan or in any policy of the Company regarding compensation payable to a Non-Employee Director, the sum of the Date of Grant fair value (determined as of the Date of Grant in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, or any successor thereto) of all Awards payable in Shares to an individual as compensation for services as a Non-Employee Director during any calendar year shall not exceed $540,000.

 

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6.Restricted Stock Units

 

(a)           Award of Restricted Stock Units. The Committee may grant RSUs to a Non-Employee Director with such terms and provisions that the Committee shall determine.

 

(b)           Terms of Restricted Stock Units. Each Award of RSUs shall be subject to an Award Agreement that shall set forth (i) the number or a formula for determining the number of Shares subject to the Award, (ii) the terms and conditions regarding the grant, vesting and forfeiture of the RSUs and (iii) such other terms and conditions as may be appropriate.

 

(c)           Vesting Conditions. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and subject to earlier forfeiture or accelerated vesting as provided herein, RSUs shall fully vest on the first Annual Meeting following the Date of Grant. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, (i) RSUs shall be immediately vested (x) on a pro rata basis upon termination of a Non-Employee Director’s service on the Board by reason of Retirement, death, or Disability or (y) fully by reason of failure by the Company’s shareholders to reelect such Non-Employee Director after he or she was nominated for re-election by the Board and (ii) in the event a Non-Employee Director’s service on the Board terminates for any other reason, any RSUs that are not vested at the time of such termination shall be forfeited and cancelled without any payment.

 

(d)           Settlement of Restricted Stock Units. Vested RSUs shall be settled in a lump sum or in installments on or after the date(s) set forth in the Award Agreement. The Committee may settle vested RSUs in cash, Shares, or a combination of both. Distribution may occur or commence when the vesting conditions applicable to a RSU have been satisfied or, if the Committee so provides in an Award Agreement, it may be deferred in accordance with Applicable Laws, to a later date. The Committee may also permit a Non-Employee Director to defer payment of Shares related to a RSU provided that the terms of the RSU and any deferral satisfy the requirements of Applicable Laws and the deferral is pursuant to a deferred compensation plan offered by the Company or a Subsidiary.

 

7.Options and Stock Appreciation Rights

 

(a)           Award of Options and SARs. The Committee may grant Options, SARs or both, to a Non-Employee Director with such terms and provisions that the Committee shall determine.

 

(b)           Terms of Options and SARs. Each Award of Options or SARs shall be subject to an Award Agreement that shall set forth (i) the term or duration of the Options or SARs, (ii) the number of Shares subject to the Options or SARs, (iii) the Exercise Price, (iv) the Exercise Period and (v) such other terms and conditions as may be appropriate.

 

(c)           Duration of Options and SARs. The Committee shall determine the Exercise Period for each Option or SAR; provided, however, that no Option or SAR shall be exercisable later than the tenth (10th) anniversary of its Date of Grant.

 

(d)           Vesting Conditions. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and subject to earlier forfeiture or accelerated vesting as provided herein, Options and SARs shall fully vest on the date of the first Annual Meeting following the Date of Grant. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, (i) Options and SARs shall be immediately vested (x) on a pro rata basis upon termination of a Non-Employee Director’s service on the Board by reason of Retirement, death, or Disability or (y) fully by reason of failure by the Company’s shareholders to reelect such Non-Employee Director after he or she was nominated for re-election by the Board and (ii) in the event a Non-Employee Director’s service on the Board terminates for any other reason, any Option or SAR that is not vested at the time of such termination shall be forfeited and cancelled without any payment.

 

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(e)           Exercise of and Payment for Options and SARs. Options and SARs shall be exercisable at such times and be subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall approve, which need not be the same for each Award or for each Non-Employee Director. Options and SARs shall be exercised by the delivery of a written notice of exercise to the Company or its designated agent, setting forth the number of Shares to be exercised with respect to the Options or SARs, and, in the case of Options, accompanied by full payment for the Shares.

 

The Exercise Price upon exercise of any Option shall be payable to the Company in full either: (i) in cash or its equivalent, (ii) by tendering, either by actual or constructive delivery, Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the Exercise Price, (iii) by net Share settlement or similar procedure involving the cancellation of a portion of the Option representing Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the Exercise Price or (iv) by any combination thereof. To the extent not prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Committee also may allow cashless exercise as permitted under Federal Reserve Board’s Regulation T, subject to applicable securities law restrictions, or by any other means which the Committee determines to be consistent with the Plan’s purpose and Applicable Laws.

 

As soon as practicable after receipt of a written notification of exercise of an Option and provisions for full payment for an Option, the Company shall issue to the Non-Employee Director an appropriate number of Shares based upon the number of Shares purchased under the Option.

 

Upon exercise of a SAR, a Non-Employee Director shall be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount equal to the product of: (A) the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise over (ii) the Exercise Price of the SAR, multiplied by (B) the number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised. At the discretion of the Committee, payment upon the exercise of a SAR may be in cash, in Shares of equivalent value or in a combination thereof. The Committee’s determination regarding the form of SAR payout shall be set forth in an applicable Award Agreement.

 

(f)           Automatic Exercise. The Committee may provide that, in the event that (i) an Option or SAR is not exercised or settled by the last day of the Exercise Period, (ii) the Non-Employee Director is legally precluded from otherwise exercising such Option or SAR before the last day of the Exercise Period due to legal restrictions or Company policy (including policies on trading in Shares), and (iii) the Exercise Price of such Option or SAR is below the Fair Market Value of a Share on the last day of the Exercise Period, as determined by the Committee, then the Option or SAR may be deemed exercised on such date, with no action required on the part of the Non-Employee Director, with a spread equal to the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the Award on such date minus the Exercise Price for those Shares. The resulting proceeds net of any required tax withholding and any applicable costs shall be paid to the Non-Employee Director or the Non-Employee Director’s legal representative.

 

(g)           Restrictions on Repricing, Repurchases, and Discounts. Other than in connection with a transaction described in Section 3.3 above, without shareholder approval, (i) the Exercise Price of an Option or SAR may not be reduced, directly or indirectly, after the grant of the Award; (ii) an Option or SAR may not be cancelled in exchange for cash, other Awards, or Options or SARs with an Exercise Price that is less than the Exercise Price of the original Option or SAR; and (iii) the Company may not repurchase an Option or SAR for value (in cash, substitutions, cash buyouts, or otherwise) at any time when the Exercise Price of an Option or SAR is above the Fair Market Value of a Share. In no event shall the Exercise Price of an Option or the grant price per Share of a SAR be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Date of Grant; provided, however that the Exercise Price of a Substitute Award granted as an Option shall be determined in accordance with Section 409A and may be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value.

 

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8.Other Awards

 

Subject to limitations under Applicable Laws, the Committee may grant such other Awards to Non-Employee Directors that may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to, Shares as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan. The terms and conditions applicable to such other Awards shall be determined from time to time by the Committee and set forth in an applicable Award Agreement.

 

9.Shareholder Rights; Dividend Equivalents.

 

Except as provided in the Plan or an Award Agreement, no Non-Employee Director shall have any Shares subject to an Award and any of the rights of a shareholder unless and until such Non-Employee Director has satisfied all requirements for exercise or vesting of the Award pursuant to its terms, Shares have actually been issued, restrictions imposed on the Shares, if any, have been removed, and the Shares are entered upon the records of the duly authorized transfer agent of the Company. The recipient of a Award (other than Options and SARs) may be entitled to receive Dividend Equivalents, and the Committee may provide that such amounts (if any) shall be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares or otherwise reinvested and subject to vesting and forfeiture to the same extent as the underlying Award; provided, however, that Dividend Equivalents shall only become payable if and to the extent the underlying Award vests, regardless of whether or not vesting is contingent upon continued service.

 

10.Restriction on Transfer of Awards; Restriction on Transfer of Shares

 

(a)           Except as may be provided by the Committee, no Award and no right under any such Award, shall be assignable, alienable, saleable, or transferable by a Non-Employee Director otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order, as the case may be; provided, however, that the Committee may, subject to Applicable Laws, rules and regulations and such terms and conditions as it shall specify, permit the transfer of an Award for no consideration to a permitted transferee. Each Award, and each right under any Award, shall be exercisable, during the Non-Employee Director’s lifetime, only by the Non-Employee Director or, if permissible under Applicable Laws, by the Non-Employee Director’s guardian or legal representative. No Award and no right under any such Award, may be pledged, alienated, attached, or otherwise encumbered, and any purported pledge, alienation, attachment, or encumbrance thereof shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(b)           The Committee may impose such restrictions on any Shares acquired pursuant to an Award as it may deem advisable, including, without limitation, restrictions to comply with Applicable Laws.

 

11.Term

 

Unless earlier terminated in accordance with Section 12, the Plan shall expire on the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Expiration Date”). No Awards shall be granted under the Plan after the Expiration Date. However, the expiration of the Plan shall not affect Awards made on or prior to the Expiration Date, which Awards shall remain outstanding subject to the terms hereof.

 

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12.Amendments; Termination

 

(a)           The Committee may at any time and from time to time alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part, including, without limitation, to amend the provisions for determining the amount of Awards to be issued to a Non-Employee Director; provided, however, that any amendment which under the requirements of Applicable Laws must be approved by the shareholders of the Company shall not be effective unless and until such shareholder approval has been obtained in compliance with such Applicable Laws.

 

(b)           No termination or amendment of the Plan that would adversely affect a Non-Employee Director’s rights under the Plan with respect to any Award made prior to such action shall be effective as to such Non-Employee Director unless he or she consents thereto, except if such termination or amendment of the Plan is required by Applicable Laws.

 

13.Corporate Transactions

 

(a)           Authority of the Company and Shareholders. The existence of the Plan or Awards hereunder shall not affect or restrict in any way the right or power of the Company or the shareholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s capital structure or its business, any merger, amalgamation or consolidation of the Company, any issue of stock or of options, warrants or rights to purchase stock or of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference shares whose rights are superior to or affect the Common Stock or the rights thereof or which are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or the winding up, dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

 

(b)           Change in Control. Unless specifically prohibited by the Plan or unless the Committee provides otherwise prior to the Change in Control, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control and either (i) the successor entity fails to assume, substitute or replace the Awards or (ii) a termination of a Non-Employee Director’s service with the Company or a Subsidiary on or before the occurrence of the first anniversary of the occurrence of a Change in Control: (1) Any restrictions imposed on RSUs shall be deemed to have expired; (2) any and all outstanding and unvested Options and SARs shall become immediately exercisable; and (3) any restrictions imposed on any and all outstanding and unvested other Awards shall be deemed to have expired.

 

14.No Right to Re-election

 

Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to create any obligation on the part of the Board to nominate any Non-Employee Director for re-election by the Company’s shareholders, nor confer upon any Non-Employee Director the right to remain a member of the Board for any period of time, or at any particular rate of compensation.

 

15.Governing Law

 

To the extent not preempted by Federal law, the Plan, the Award Agreements and all agreements thereunder, shall be construed in accordance with, and subject to, the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be entirely performed in New York and wholly disregarding any choice of law provisions that might otherwise be contrary to this express intent.

 

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16.Unfunded Plan

 

The Plan is intended to be an unfunded plan for incentive compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a holder pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Award Agreement shall give the holder any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company or any affiliate.

 

17.Compliance with Rule 16b-3

 

It is the Company’s intent that the Plan and the Awards comply in all respects with Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act, and any related regulations. If the consummation of any transaction under the Plan would result in the possible imposition of liability on a Non-Employee Director pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Committee shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to defer such transaction or the effectiveness of such action to the extent necessary to avoid such liability.

 

18.Tax-Related Items.

 

The Company shall have the authority and the right to deduct or withhold, or to require a Non-Employee Director to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy the obligation for Tax-Related Items with respect to any taxable or tax withholding event concerning a Non-Employee arising as a result of the Non-Employee’s participation in the Plan or to take such other action as may be necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company to satisfy withholding obligations for the payment of Tax-Related Items by one or a combination of the following: (a) withholding from the Non-Employee Director’s cash compensation; (b) withholding from the proceeds of sale of Shares underlying an Award, either through a voluntary sale or a mandatory sale arranged by the Company on the Non-Employee Director’s behalf, without need of further authorization; or (c) in the Committee’s sole discretion, by withholding Shares otherwise issuable under an Award (or allowing the return of Shares) sufficient, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, to satisfy such Tax-Related Items. No Shares shall be delivered pursuant to an Award to any Non-Employee Director or other person until the Non-Employee Director or such other person has made arrangements acceptable to the Committee to satisfy the obligations for Tax-Related Items with respect to any taxable or tax withholding event concerning the Non-Employee Director or such other person arising as a result of an Award.

 

19.Requirements of Law.

 

The making of Awards and the issuance of Shares shall be subject to all Applicable Laws, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates or make any book entries evidencing Shares pursuant to the exercise or vesting of any Award, unless and until the Board or the Committee has determined, with advice of counsel, that the issuance of such Shares is in compliance with all Applicable Laws and, if applicable, the requirements of any exchange on which the Shares are listed or traded, and the Shares are covered by an effective registration statement or applicable exemption from registration. In addition to the terms and conditions provided in the Plan, the Board or the Committee may require that a holder make such reasonable covenants, agreements, and representations as the Board or the Committee deems advisable in order to comply with any such Applicable Laws.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in the Plan, if required by the then-current Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any “derivative security” or “equity security” offered pursuant to the Plan to any Non-Employee Director may not be sold or transferred within the minimum time limits specified or required in such rule, except to the extent Rule 16b-3 exempts any such sale or transfer from the restrictions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The terms “equity security” and “derivative security” shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the then-current Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act.

 

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20.Section 409A Compliance

 

To the extent applicable, the Plan and Award Agreements shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Plan, an Award Agreement or an Award, if any provision of the Plan, an Award Agreement or an Award contravenes any regulations or guidance promulgated under Section 409A or would cause any person to be subject to additional taxes, interest and/or penalties under Section 409A, such provision of the Plan, an Award Agreement or an Award may be modified by the Committee without notice and consent of any person in any manner the Committee deems reasonable or necessary. In making such modifications the Committee shall attempt, but shall not be obligated, to maintain, to the maximum extent practicable, the original intent of the applicable provision without contravening the provisions of Section 409A. Moreover, any discretionary authority that the Committee may have pursuant to the Plan shall not be applicable to an Award that is subject to Section 409A to the extent such discretionary authority would contravene Section 409A.

 

If any amount owed to a Non-Employee Director under this Plan is considered for purposes of Section 409A to be owed to the Non-Employee Director by virtue of his termination of service, such amount shall be paid if and only if such termination of service constitutes a “separation from service” with the Company, determined using the default provisions set forth in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h) or any successor regulation thereto.

 

21.No Representations or Covenants with respect to Tax Qualification.

 

Although the Company may endeavor to (1) qualify an Award for favorable or specific tax treatment under the laws of the United States or jurisdictions outside of the United States or (2) avoid adverse tax treatment, the Company makes no representation to that effect and expressly disavows any covenant to maintain favorable or avoid unfavorable tax treatment, anything to the contrary in this Plan, including Section 20 hereof, notwithstanding. The Company shall be unconstrained in its corporate activities without regard to the potential negative tax impact on holders of Awards under the Plan. Nothing in this Plan or in an Award Agreement shall provide a basis for any person to take any action against the Company based on matters covered by Section 409A, including the tax treatment of any Awards, and the Company will not have any liability under any circumstances to the Non-Employee Director or any other party if the Award that is intended to be exempt from, or compliant with, Section 409A, is not so exempt or compliant or for any action taken by the Committee with respect thereto.

 

22.Stated Periods of Time

 

In the event that any period of days, months or years set forth in the Plan ends on a date that is Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday in the United States, the end of such period shall be the first business day following such date.

 

23.Award Agreements

 

In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the Plan and any Award Agreement, the Plan shall govern and the Award Agreement shall be interpreted to minimize or eliminate any such conflict or inconsistency.

 

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24.Definitions

 

Whenever used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below and, when such meaning is intended, the initial letter of the word is capitalized:

 

Annual Meeting” means the annual general meeting of the Company’s shareholders.

 

Applicable Laws means the requirements relating to the administration of equity-based awards and the related issuance of Shares under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state and non-U.S. securities laws, the Code, Swiss law, including the Swiss Code of Obligations, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable securities or exchange control laws of any non-US country or jurisdiction where Awards are, or will be, granted under the Plan.

 

Approved Member” shall mean the individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board and subsequently elected members of the Board whose election is approved or recommended by at least a majority of such current members or their successors whose election was so approved or recommended (other than any subsequently elected members whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board).

 

Award” shall mean, individually or collectively, an Award of Options, RSUs, SARs or any other type of Award permitted under Section 8.

 

Award Agreement” means any written or electronic agreement or document evidencing any Award granted by the Committee, which may, but need not, be signed or acknowledged by the Company or a Non-Employee Director as determined by the Committee. Award Agreements shall, in the discretion of the Committee, contain such terms and conditions that are not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan.

 

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a)           the acquisition by any Person of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule did-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and the applicable rulings and regulations thereunder) of 35% or more of the Common Stock;

 

(b)           the consummation after approval by the shareholders of the Company of either (i) a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (ii) a merger, amalgamation or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, the issuance of voting securities of the Company in connection with a merger, amalgamation or consolidation of the Company, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets of another corporation (each, a “Business Combination”), unless, in each case of a Business Combination, immediately following such Business Combination, all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then outstanding Shares and more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the Common Stock; or

 

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(c)           the failure for any reason of the Approved Members to constitute at least a majority of the Board.

 

With respect to any Award that is subject to Section 409A and payment is to be accelerated in connection with the Change in Control, solely for purposes of determining the timing of payment, no event(s) set forth in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above shall constitute a Change in Control for purposes of this Plan unless such event(s) also constitutes a “change in the ownership”, “change in the effective control” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Company as defined under Section 409A.

 

For purposes of the definition of “Change in Control,” a “Person” shall mean any person, entity or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, except that such term shall not include (i) Bunge International Limited, (ii) any member of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (iii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of any member of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (iv) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities or (v) an entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of shares of the Company.

 

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time and any applicable rulings and regulations promulgated thereunder, and any reference to a section of the Code includes any successor provision of the Code.

 

Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board.

 

Common Stock” means the common registered shares of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.

 

Company” means Bunge Global SA, a corporation organized under the laws of Switzerland, or any successor to substantially all its business.

 

“Date of Grant” means the date on which all corporate actions necessary to approve the grant of an Award to a Non-Employee Director under the Plan have been completed.

 

Director” means a member of the Board.

 

Disability” a physical or mental impairment rendering a Non-Employee Director substantially unable to function as a member of the Board, as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to an Award that is subject to Section 409A where the payment or settlement of the Award will accelerate upon termination of service as a result of the Non-Employee’s Disability, solely for purposes of determining the timing of payment, no such termination will constitute a Disability for purposes of the Plan or any Award Agreement unless such event also constitutes a “disability” within the meaning of Section 409A.

 

Dividend Equivalent” means, with respect to Shares subject to Awards, a right to an amount equal to dividends declared on an equal number of issued and outstanding Shares.

 

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Effective Date” means the date that the shareholders of the Company approve the Plan, as amended and restated, as submitted to the shareholders of the Company at the shareholder 2017 Annual Meeting.

 

Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor act thereto.

 

Exercise Period” means the period during which a SAR or Option is exercisable, as set forth in the related Award Agreement.

 

Exercise Price” means the price at which a Share may be purchased by a Non-Employee Director pursuant to an Option or SAR, as determined by the Committee and set forth in an Award Agreement. Other than in connection with Substitute Awards, the exercise price per Share shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Date of Grant of the Option or SAR.

 

Fair Market Value” of a Share as of any date means: the average of the highest and lowest sale prices of the Common Stock on the date of determination (or the mean of the closing bid and asked prices for the Common Stock if no sales were reported) as reported by the New York Stock Exchange or other stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed. If the Common Stock is not listed on a stock exchange, Fair Market Value will be determined by such other method as the Committee determines in good faith to be reasonable and in compliance with Section 409A. If the determination date for the Fair Market Value occurs on a weekend, holiday or other non-trading day, the Fair Market Value will be the price as determined above on the immediately preceding trading day, unless otherwise determined by the Committee. The determination of Fair Market Value for purposes of tax withholding may be made in the discretion of the Committee subject to Applicable Laws and is not required to be consistent with the determination of Fair Market Value for other purposes. For purposes of achieving an exemption from Section 409A in the case of affected individuals subject to Section 409A, Fair Market Value shall be determined in a manner consistent with Section 409A.

 

Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Option” means an option to purchase Shares, granted under Section 7, which is not intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code.

 

Prior Plan” means the Bunge Limited 2007 Non-Employee Directors Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

Restricted Stock Unit” or “RSU” means a right representing the right to receive Shares or the equivalent thereof in cash, pursuant to Section 6 hereof.

 

Retirement” means a Non-Employee Director’s retirement from the Board in accordance with the retirement policy then in effect for Board members.

 

Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code, the corresponding treasury regulations and such other guidance as may be issued from time to time.

 

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Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or any successor act thereto.

 

Share” means a share of Common Stock.

 

Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means a right, granted alone or in connection with a related Option, designated as a SAR, to receive a payment on the day the right is exercised, pursuant to Section 7 hereof.

 

Subsidiary” means any corporation that is a “subsidiary corporation” of the Company as that term is defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

 

Substitute Awards” shall mean Awards granted or Shares issued by the Company in assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted, or the right or obligation to make future awards, by a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines.

 

Tax-Related Items” means any U.S. federal, state, and/or local taxes and any taxes imposed by a jurisdiction outside of the United States (including, without limitation, income tax, social insurance contributions, payment on account, employment tax obligations, stamp taxes and any other taxes required by law to be withheld and any employer tax liability for which the Non-Employee Director is liable in connection with an Award granted under the Plan.

 

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