DEL MONTE CORPORATION as Issuer AND THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN, AND DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS as Trustee FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Dated as of May 19, 2006 to INDENTURE Dated as of February 8, 2005 63/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015
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DEL MONTE CORPORATION
as Issuer
as Issuer
AND
THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN,
AND
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
as Trustee
Dated as of May 19, 2006
to
INDENTURE
Dated as of February 8, 2005
$250,000,000
63/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of May 19, 2006 (this “First Supplemental Indenture”),
among DEL MONTE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation formerly known as SKF Foods, Inc. (the
“Company”), the Guarantors named herein and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York
banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”). All capitalized terms used and not defined herein
shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
WHEREAS, the Company, Del Monte Foods Company, a Delaware corporation (“DMFC”), Star-Xxxx
Samoa, Inc., a California corporation (“Star Xxxx Samoa”), Marine Trading Pacific, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“Marine Trading Pacific”) and Star-Xxxx Mauritius, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Star
Xxxx Mauritius”) (DMFC, Star Xxxx Samoa, Marine Trading Pacific, and Star Xxxx Mauritius,
collectively, the “Existing Guarantors”) and the Trustee are parties to an Indenture, dated as of
February 8, 2005 (the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Company issued its 63/4% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Company is purchasing (the “Acquisition”) all of the capital
stock of Meow Mix Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”);
WHEREAS, in connection with the Acquisition, Holdings and the Subsidiaries of Holdings that
are listed on the signature page hereto under the heading “New Guarantors” (collectively, the “New
Guarantors”) wish to become Guarantors under the Indenture in accordance with Section 4.19 and
Article XI thereof;
WHEREAS, Section 9.01 of the Indenture provides that the Company, the Guarantors and the
Trustee may amend the Indenture by means of this Supplemental Indenture without the consent of the
holders of Notes for the foregoing purposes;
WHEREAS, the Company has delivered to the Trustee the required Officers’ Certificate and
Opinion of Counsel in connection with the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture;
and
WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized
and all conditions and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and
binding agreement have been duly performed and complied with;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is mutually
covenanted and agreed, for the equal proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE I
GUARANTEES
GUARANTEES
Section 1.1. Each New Guarantor hereby, in compliance with Section 4.19 of the Indenture,
Guarantees the obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Notes in the
manner specified in Section 11.01 of the Indenture on a subordinated basis as provided in
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Article XII of the Indenture, and becomes a party to the Indenture as a Guarantor, in each
case subject to all of the rights, obligations and other provisions and limitations (including
release provisions) of the Indenture relating to Guarantors. Without limiting the foregoing, in
accordance with Section 4.19 of the Indenture, each Guarantee of each New Guarantor shall be, and
hereby is, limited in amount to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed
by such New Guarantor without rendering such Guarantee, as it relates to such New Guarantor, void
or voidable under applicable laws relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or other
similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally. In addition, without limiting the
foregoing, in accordance with Section 4.19 of the Indenture (and without limitation as to the other
release provisions set forth in the Indenture), each Guarantee by a New Guarantor shall be
automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, without any further action required on
the part of the Trustee or any Holder, upon (i) the unconditional release of such New Guarantor
from its liability in respect of the Indebtedness in connection with which such Guarantee was
executed and delivered pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 4.19 of the Indenture, or (ii)
any sale or other disposition (by merger or otherwise) to any Person which is not a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company, of all of the Company’s Capital stock in, or all or substantially all of
the assets of, such New Guarantor; provided that (a) such sale or disposition of such
Capital Stock or such assets is otherwise in compliance with the terms of the Indenture, and (b)
such assumption, guarantee or other liability of such New Guarantor has been released by the
holders of the other Indebtedness so guaranteed.
ARTICLE II
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 2.1. Upon execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, the terms and
conditions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall be part of the terms and conditions of the
Indenture for any and all purposes, and all the terms and conditions of both shall be read together
as though they constitute one and the same instrument, except that in case of conflict, the
provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture will control.
Section 2.2. Each of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee hereby confirms and
reaffirms the Indenture, as amended and supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture.
Section 2.3. The parties may sign any number of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture.
Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent the same agreement.
One signed copy is enough to prove this First Supplemental Indenture.
Section 2.4. This First Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
Section 2.5. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company or
the Guarantors, as applicable, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
The Trustee shall not be liable or responsible for the validity or sufficiency of this First
Supplemental Indenture or the due authorization of this First Supplemental Indenture by the Company
or the Guarantors. In entering into this First Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be
entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting
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the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee, whether or not elsewhere herein so
provided.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed as of the day and year written above.
DEL MONTE CORPORATION | ||||||
By: Name: |
/s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Title: | Senior Vice President and Treasurer | |||||
EXISTING GUARANTORS: | ||||||
DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY | ||||||
By: Name: |
/s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Title: | Senior Vice President and Treasurer | |||||
STAR-XXXX SAMOA, INC. | ||||||
By: Name: |
/s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Title: | Vice President, Chief Financial | |||||
Officer and Treasurer | ||||||
MARINE TRADING PACIFIC, INC. | ||||||
By: Name: |
/s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Title: | Vice President, Chief Financial | |||||
Officer and Treasurer | ||||||
STAR-XXXX MAURITIUS, INC. | ||||||
By: Name: |
/s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Title: | Vice President, Chief Financial | |||||
Officer and Treasurer |
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NEW GUARANTORS: | ||||||
MEOW MIX HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||||
By: Name: |
/s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Title: | Vice President, Chief Financial | |||||
Officer and Treasurer | ||||||
THE MEOW MIX COMPANY | ||||||
By: Name: |
/s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |||||
MEOW MIX DECATUR PRODUCTION I LLC | ||||||
By: | THE MEOW MIX COMPANY, its sole member | |||||
By: Name: |
/s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |||||
TRUSTEE: | ||||||
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, | ||||||
By: | Deutsche Bank National Trust Company | |||||
By: | /s/ YANA KALACHIKOVA
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Title: Assistant Vice President | ||||||
By: | /s/ XXXXXX XXXXXXX
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Title: Assistant Vice President |
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