AMENDMENT #2 Cadbury Schweppes Bottling Group, Inc.
Exhibit 10.6
CROWN Beverage Packaging USA Xxx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 tel: 000-000-0000 |
June 21, 2006
AMENDMENT #2
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Cadbury Schweppes Bottling Group, Inc. |
CROWN Cork & Seal USA, Inc (“Crown”) is pleased to offer this Amendment #2 to the June 15,
2004 Agreement (as previously amended on August 25, 2005) between Crown and Xx Xxxxxx/Seven
Up Bottling Group, Inc. (“Xx Xxxxxx/Seven Up”) now known as Cadbury Schweppes Bottling
Group Inc. (“Cadbury”) for the supply of aluminum 12 ounce beverage cans and ends
(“Containers”). The purpose of this Amendment #2 is to include additional Cadbury filling
locations into the Agreement and to revise certain other provisions of the Agreement as
described below:
LOCATIONS & VOLUMES: In addition to the Cadbury filling locations included in the current
Agreement (as previously amended), Crown shall supply and Cadbury agrees to purchase
from Crown, *% of their Container requirements for the following Cadbury filling
locations beginning Monday, July 17, 2006:
Location | Estimated Annual Volumes | |||
Denver, CO |
* | |||
Louisville, KY |
* | |||
Total Additional Volume |
* |
If any of the Cadbury can filling locations supplied under the Agreement as
amended herein are closed and volume is moved to a replacement filling
location, Crown shall have the right to supply such relocated Container
volume at the replacement filling location pursuant to the terms of the
Agreement.
CROWN Cork & Seal USA, Inc.
*Confidential treatment has been requested. The redacted material has been separately filed with
the Commission.
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PRICING: The current prices under the amended Agreement (as of April 1, 2006) for the cans
and ends supplied by Crown are:
with SuperEnd ® | with XXX Ends | |||||||
12 ounce can bodies |
$* | $* | ||||||
202 diameter ends |
$* | $* | ||||||
Total Container |
$* | $* |
*
the selling prices * will be * as follows:
With SuperEnd ® | with XXX Ends | |||||||
12 ounce can bodies |
$* | $* | ||||||
202 diameter ends |
$* | $* | ||||||
Total Container |
$* | $* |
*
The above “Base Prices” shall be adjusted as described in the amended
Agreement. Base coated can bodies require an upcharge of * per thousand
cans.
PAYMENT TERMS: As in the current Agreement, payments for Containers supplied
under the amended Agreement shall be due net * days from the date of invoice -
no cash discounts will be allowed.
SUPER-ENDS ® : Conversion of the Denver and Louisville filling locations from
“XXX” to “Super-End ® ” ends shall be completed on a mutually agreeable schedule;
however, such conversions shall be completed no later than December 31, 2006.
* agrees to * required to convert the Denver and Louisville locations to
Super-End ®. Seamer overhaul and repair costs *.
* | Confidential treatment has been requested. The redacted material has been separately filed with the Commission. |
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FREIGHT: The above prices include freight delivery costs to
the various Cadbury filling locations. Cadbury may
use its own fleet of trucks to pick-up cans and/or
ends at the Crown manufacturing facilities and Crown
shall give a freight allowance equal to its cost to
deliver by commercial carrier. Crown intends to
supply can bodies to the various Cadbury filling
locations from the following can manufacturing
facilities:
Cadbury
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Crown’s Can Supply | |||
Filling Locations
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Location (& Back-up) | |||
Denver, CO
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* | |||
Louisville, KY
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* |
PRICE CHANGES:The Base Prices shall be adjusted pursuant to the provisions of
the current amended Agreement *.
CONFIDENTIALITY:Cadbury and Crown agree to maintain strict confidentiality
regarding the contents of this Amendment #2 including pricing and all other
terms set forth herein.
OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Except as specifically modified by this
Amendment #2, all other terms and conditions
of the amended Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect
* | Confidential treatment has been requested. The redacted material has been separately filed with the Commission. |
(Signature page follows.)
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If you are in agreement with the provisions of this Amendment #2 as set forth above, please
sign in the space provided below and return one original copy to Crown.
CROWN Cork & Seal USA, Inc. | ||||||
By: |
/s/ | |||||
Title: | ||||||
CADBURY SCHWEPPES BOTTLING GROUP, INC. | ||||||
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/s/ | |||||
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