EXHIBIT 4.5
EXECUTION COPY
MEXICAN SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE AGREEMENT dated
as of May 20, 2003, among JAFRA COSMETICS
INTERNATIONAL, S.A. DE C.V., a sociedad anonima de
capital variable organized under the laws of the
United Mexican States ("JCSA"), each subsidiary of
JCSA listed on Schedule 1 hereto and each Subsidiary
of JCSA or DISTRIBUIDORA COMERCIAL JAFRA, S.A. DE
C.V., a sociedad anonima de capital variable
organized under the laws of the United Mexican States
("DCJ"), that may become a party hereto after the
date hereof (each such subsidiary individually, a
"Subsidiary Guarantor" and together with JCSA, the
"Guarantors") and CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, a bank
organized under the laws of Switzerland, acting
through its Cayman Islands branch, as collateral
agent (the "Collateral Agent") for the Secured
Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred
to below).
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of May 20, 2003 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement"), among Jafra Worldwide Holdings (Lux) S.AR.L., a Luxembourg societe
a responsabilite limitee ("Worldwide"), Jafra Cosmetics International, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("JCI"), DCJ (together with JCI, the "Borrowers"), the
lenders from time to time party thereto (the "Lenders"), the Issuing Bank (as
defined therein) and Credit Suisse First Boston, as administrative agent for the
Lenders (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent"), as swingline lender and
as Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The Lenders have agreed to make Loans to the Borrowers and the Issuing
Bank has agreed to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers
pursuant to, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified in, the
Credit Agreement. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors is a wholly owned Subsidiary
of JCSA and each of the Guarantors and DCJ is an indirect wholly owned
Subsidiary of Worldwide. Each of the Guarantors acknowledges that it will derive
substantial benefit from the making of the Loans by the Lenders and the issuance
of the Letters of Credit by the Issuing Bank. The obligations of the Lenders to
make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit are conditioned
on, among other things, the execution and delivery by the Guarantors of a
Mexican Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement in the form hereof. As consideration
therefor and in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans and the Issuing Bank
to issue Letters of Credit, the Guarantors are willing to execute this
Agreement.
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Guarantee. Each Guarantor unconditionally guarantees,
severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, all obligations of
DCJ:
(a) under the Credit Agreement and the DCJ Guarantee
Agreement, including the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal
of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing at
the applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement during the
pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, concurso mercantil,
receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed
or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans to DCJ, when and as due,
whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for
prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by DCJ
under the Credit Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and
as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements
and interest thereon and (iii) all other monetary obligations,
including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities,
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whether direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary
obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
concurso mercantil, receivership or other similar proceeding,
regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of DCJ
to the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement, the DCJ Guarantee
Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) for the due and punctual performance of all covenants,
agreements, obligations and liabilities of DCJ under or pursuant to the
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(c) unless otherwise agreed upon in writing by the applicable
counterparty thereto, for the due and punctual payment and performance
of all obligations of DCJ, monetary or otherwise, under each Hedging
Agreement entered into with a counterparty (whether or not a Lender or
an Affiliate thereof); and
(d) the due and punctual payment and performance of all
guarantee obligations of DCJ referred to in Section 6.01(d)(ii) of the
Credit Agreement as to which any Lender or any Affiliate thereof
originally is a beneficiary (all the monetary and other obligations
referred to in the preceding clauses (a) through (d) being collectively
called the "Obligations").
Each Guarantor further agrees that the Obligations may be extended or
renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it, and
that it will remain bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any extension or
renewal of any Obligation.
SECTION 2. Obligations Not Waived. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, each Guarantor waives presentment to, demand of payment from and
protest to DCJ of any of the Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance
of its guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment. To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall
not be affected by (a) the failure of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured
Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce or exercise any right or
remedy against the Borrower or any other Guarantor under the provisions of the
Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise, (b) any rescission,
waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or
provisions of this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Guarantee or any
other agreement, including with respect to any other Guarantor under this
Agreement or (c) the failure to perfect any security interest in, or the release
of, any of the security held by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any
other Secured Party.
SECTION 3. Security. Each of the Guarantors authorizes the Collateral
Agent to (a) take and hold security pursuant to the terms of the Credit
Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and the other Security Documents for the payment
of this guarantee and the Obligations and exchange, enforce, waive and release
any such security, (b) apply such security and direct the order or manner of
sale thereof pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Pledge Agreement
and the other Security Documents and (c) release or substitute any one or more
endorsees, other guarantors of other obligors.
SECTION 4. Guarantee of Payment. Each Guarantor further agrees that its
guarantee constitutes a guarantee of payment when due and not of collection, and
waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Collateral Agent or
any other Secured Party to any of the security held for payment of the
Obligations or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of
the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of DCJ or any other
Person.
SECTION 5. No Discharge or Diminishment of Guarantee. The obligations
of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation,
impairment or termination for any reason (other than the performance or payment
in full of the Obligations, as the case may
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be), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise
of any of the Obligations, and shall not be subject to any defense or setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder
shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of the
Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to
enforce any remedy under the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any
other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any provision of any thereof,
by any default, failure or delay, wilful or otherwise, in the performance of the
Obligations, or by any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or
to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or that would otherwise operate as
a discharge of each Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the
performance or payment in full of all the Obligations, as the case may be).
SECTION 6. Defenses of DCJ Waived. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, each of the Guarantors waives any defense based on or arising
out of any defense of DCJ or the unenforceability of the Obligations or any part
thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of DCJ,
other than the performance or payment in full of the Obligations then due and
owing. The Collateral Agent may, at its election, foreclose on any security held
by one or more of them by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an
assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any
part of the Obligations, make any other accommodation with DCJ or any other
guarantor or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against DCJ or
any other guarantor, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of
any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Obligations then due and owing
have been fully paid.
SECTION 7. Agreement to Pay; Subordination. In furtherance of the
foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the Collateral Agent or
any other Secured Party has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue
hereof, upon the failure of DCJ or any other Loan Party to pay any Obligation
when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration,
after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and
will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Collateral Agent in cash the
amount of such unpaid Obligations. Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to
the Collateral Agent as provided above, all rights of such Guarantor against DCJ
arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution,
reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subordinate and
junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all the Obligations.
If any amount shall erroneously be paid to any Guarantor on account of such
subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or similar right, such
amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall
forthwith be paid to the Collateral Agent to be credited against the payment of
the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of
the Loan Documents.
SECTION 8. Information. Each of the Guarantors assumes all
responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrower's financial
condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of
nonpayment of the Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that
such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that none of the
Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties will have any duty to advise any
of the Guarantors of information known to it or any of them regarding such
circumstances or risks.
SECTION 9. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Guarantors
represents and warrants as to itself that all representations and warranties
relating to it contained in the Credit Agreement are true and correct, except as
enforceability may be affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, concurso mercantil,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, general equitable
principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an
implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
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SECTION 10. Termination. The Guarantees made hereunder (a) shall
terminate when all the Obligations have been paid in full and the Lenders have
no further commitment to lend under the Credit Agreement, the L/C Exposure has
been reduced to zero and the Issuing Bank has no further obligation to issue
Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement and (b) shall continue to be
effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any
part thereof, of any Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by
any Secured Party or any Guarantor upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of DCJ,
any Guarantor or otherwise.
SECTION 11. Binding Effect; Several Agreement; Assignments. Whenever in
this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be
deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants,
promises and agreements by or on behalf of the Guarantors that are contained in
this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of each party hereto and
their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement shall become effective
as to any Guarantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such
Guarantor shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent, and a counterpart
hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Collateral Agent, and
thereafter shall be binding upon such Guarantor and the Collateral Agent and
their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such
Guarantor, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, and their
respective successors and assigns, except that no Guarantor shall have the right
to assign its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any
such attempted assignment shall be void), except with the written consent of the
Collateral Agent. If all of the capital stock of a Guarantor is sold,
transferred or otherwise disposed of pursuant to a transaction permitted by
Section 6.04 of the Credit Agreement, such Guarantor shall be released from its
obligations under this Agreement without further action. This Agreement shall be
construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Guarantor and may be
amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any
Guarantor without the approval of any other Guarantor and without affecting the
obligations of any other Guarantor hereunder.
SECTION 12. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay of the
Collateral Agent in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or
power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or
power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder
and of the other Secured Parties under the other Loan Documents are cumulative
and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.
No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any
Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be
permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No
notice or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor to
any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived,
amended or modified except pursuant to a written agreement entered into between
the Guarantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification
relates and the Collateral Agent, with the prior written consent of the Required
Lenders (except as otherwise provided in the Credit Agreement).
SECTION 13. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS PRINCIPLES OR RULES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS TO THE
EXTENT THAT THE SAME ARE NOT MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND THE
APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
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SECTION 14. Notices. Except as otherwise provided in Section 19 hereof,
all communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing (including by
facsimile transmission) and given as provided in Section 9.02 of the Credit
Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to each Guarantor shall be
given to it in care of JCI.
SECTION 15. Survival of Agreement; Severability. (a) All covenants and
agreements made by the Guarantors herein shall survive the making by the Lenders
of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit by the Issuing Bank.
(b) In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a
particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself
affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties
shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which
comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provisions.
SECTION 16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when
taken together shall constitute a single contract, and shall become effective as
provided in Section 11. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement
by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 17. Rules of Interpretation. The rules of interpretation
specified in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this
Agreement.
SECTION 18. Integration. This Agreement represents the agreement
between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no
promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any of the parties
hereto relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred
to herein or in the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 19. Appointment of Process Agent. Each Guarantor hereby
irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers CT Corporation System (the
"Process Agent"), presently located at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, as its authorized agent, to accept on its behalf, service of any and all
process which may be served in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature
referred to in Section 20 (a) hereof in any courts of the State of New York, the
courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York,
and appellate courts of any thereof. Such service may be made by mailing of
delivering a copy of such process to such Guarantor in care of the Process Agent
at the Process Agent's address as stated in this Section 19 and each such
Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Process Agent to accept
such service on its behalf. Each Guarantor represents and warrants that it has
granted to the Process Agent a valid, binding and enforceable irrevocable power
of attorney in the presence of a Mexican notary public, in the form required
under the Credit Agreement, that such Process Agent has agreed in writing to
accept such appointment and that a true copy of such designation and acceptance
as been delivered to the Administrative Agent. Such designation and appointment
shall be irrevocable until all principal and interest and all other amounts
payable under the Loan Documents shall have been paid in full in accordance with
the provisions thereof. If such Process Agent shall cease to so act, the
relevant Guarantor covenants and agrees to designate irrevocably and appoint
without delay another such Process Agent in New York City reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and to deliver promptly to the
Administrative Agent evidence in writing of such other Process Agent's
acceptance of such appointment. Each Guarantor irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, all claim of error by reason of any such
service and agrees that such service shall be deemed in every respect effective
service of process
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upon such Guarantor in any such suit, action or proceeding and shall, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, be taken and held to be valid and personal
service upon such Guarantor.
SECTION 20. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. Each party
hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement, or for recognition and
enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive
general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts
of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York,
and appellate courts of any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought
in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter
have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or
that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient forum and
agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or
proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or
certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage
prepaid, if to (i) the Collateral Agent, at the address specified in
Section 14 or at such other address of which the parties hereto shall
have been notified pursuant thereto, or (ii) to any Guarantor, in care
of the Process Agent at the Process Agent's address set forth in
Section 19 hereof;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to
effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall
limit the right to xxx in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any
right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding
referred to in this Section 19 any punitive damages.
SECTION 21. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM
THEREIN.
SECTION 22. Additional Guarantors. Pursuant to Section 5.11 of the
Credit Agreement, certain Subsidiaries of JCSA and DCJ are required to become
Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder. Upon execution and delivery after the date
hereof by the Collateral Agent and such Subsidiary of an instrument in the form
of Annex 1, such Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor hereunder with the same
force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor herein. The execution and
delivery of any instrument adding an additional Guarantor as a party to this
Agreement shall not require the consent of any other Guarantor hereunder. The
rights and obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force
and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Guarantor as a party to this
Agreement.
SECTION 23. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default under Section
7.02(a) of the Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing, each
Secured Party shall have the right to set off and apply any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and
other Indebtedness at any time owing by such Secured Party to or for the credit
or the account of such Guarantor against any or all the obligations of such
Guarantor now or hereafter existing under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents held by such Secured Party, irrespective of whether or not such
Secured Party shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document and although such obligations may be unmatured. Each
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Secured Party agrees promptly to notify the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent
and the applicable Guarantor after any such set-off and application made by such
Secured Party, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect
the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of each Secured Party
under this Section 22 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including
other rights of setoff) which such Secured Party may have.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
JAFRA COSMETICS INTERNATIONAL, S.A.
DE C.V.,
as a Guarantor,
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, III
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, III
Title: Executive Vice President
SERVIDAY, S.A. DE C.V.,
as a Guarantor,
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, III
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, III
Title: Executive Vice President
DISTRIBUIDORA VENUS, S.A. DE C.V.,
as a Guarantor,
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, III
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, III
Title: Executive Vice President
DIRSAMEX, S.A. DE C.V.,
as a Guarantor,
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, III
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, III
Title: Executive Vice President
JAFRA COSMETICS, S.A. DE C.V.,
as a Guarantor,
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, III
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, III
Title: Executive Vice President
COSMETICOS Y FRAGRANCIAS S.A. de C.V.,
as a Guarantor,
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, III
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, III
Title: Executive Vice President
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JAFRAFIN, S.A. DE C.V.,
as a Guarantor,
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, III
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, III
Title: Executive Vice President
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, acting
through its Cayman Islands branch, as
Collateral Agent,
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Director
By: /s/ Xxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxx Xxxxx
Title: Director
Schedule I to the
Mexican Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement
Guarantors Address
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JAFRA COSMETICS INTERNATIONAL, S.A. DE C.V Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xx. 000, Xxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxx
SERVIDAY, S.A. DE C.V Paseo Tollocan #28
Zona Industrial Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Edo. de Mexico
DISTRIBUIDORA VENUS, S.A. DE X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xx. 000, Xxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxx
DIRSAMEX, S.A. DE X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xx. 000, Xxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxx
JAFRA COSMETICS, S.A. DE C.V. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xx. 000, Xxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxx
COSMETICOS Y FRAGRANCIAS, S.A. DE C.V. Victoria #25
Xxxxxx. Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx. xx Xxxxxx 000000
JAFRAFIN, S.A. DE C.V. Apartado Postal 19-590, Admon. Xxxxxxx 00,
00000 Xxxxxx, D.V.
Annex 1 to the
Mexican Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement
SUPPLEMENT NO. dated as of , to the
Mexican Subsidiary Mexican Subsidiary
Guarantee Agreement dated as of May 20, 2003
(as the same may be supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time the
"Mexican Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement"),
among JAFRA COSMETICS INTERNATIONAL, S.A. DE
C.V., a sociedad anonima de capital variable
organized under the laws of the United
Mexican States ("JCSA"), each subsidiary of
JCSA listed on Schedule 1 thereto and each
Subsidiary of JCSA or DISTRIBUIDORA
COMERCIAL JAFRA, S.A. DE C.V., a sociedad
anonima de capital variable organized under
the laws of the United Mexican States
("DCJ"), that may have become a party
thereto after the date thereof (each such
subsidiary individually, a "Subsidiary
Guarantor" and together with JCSA, the
"Guarantors") and CREDIT SUISSE FIRST
BOSTON, a bank organized under the laws of
Switzerland, acting through its Cayman
Islands branch, as collateral agent (the
"Collateral Agent") for the Secured Parties
(as defined in the Credit Agreement referred
to below).
A. Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of May 20, 2003
(as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement"), among Jafra Worldwide Holdings (Lux) S.AR.L., a Luxembourg societe
a responsabilite limitee, Jafra Cosmetics International, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("JCI"), DCJ (together with JCI, the "Borrowers"), the lenders from
time to time party thereto (the "Lenders"), the Issuing Bank (as defined
therein) and Credit Suisse First Boston, as administrative agent for the Lenders
(in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent"), as swingline lender and as
Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Mexican Subsidiary Guarantee
Agreement and the Credit Agreement.
C. The Guarantors have entered into the Mexican Subsidiary Guarantee
Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans and the Issuing Bank to
issue Letters of Credit. Pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Credit Agreement,
certain Subsidiaries of JCSA and DCJ are required to become Subsidiary
Guarantors hereunder. Section 21 of the Mexican Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement
provides that additional Subsidiaries of JCSA and DCJ may become Guarantors
under the Mexican Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement by execution and delivery of an
instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary of JCSA or
DCJ, as the case may be (the "New Guarantor"), is executing this Supplement in
accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Guarantor
under the Mexican Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement in order to induce the Lenders
to make additional Loans and the Issuing Bank to issue additional Letters of
Credit and as consideration for Loans previously made and Letters of Credit
previously issued.
Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Guarantor agree as
follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 21 of the Mexican Subsidiary
Guarantee Agreement, the New Guarantor by its signature below becomes a
Guarantor under the Mexican Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement with the same force
and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor and the New Guarantor
hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the
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Mexican Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement applicable to it as a Guarantor
thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and
warranties made by it as a Guarantor thereunder are true and correct on and as
of the date hereof. Each reference to a "Guarantor" in the Mexican Subsidiary
Guarantee Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Guarantor. The Mexican
Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Collateral
Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and
binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed by one or more parties to
this Supplement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile
transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument. This Supplement shall become effective
when the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement
that, when taken together, bear the signatures of the New Guarantor and the
Collateral Agent.
SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Mexican
Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
ITS PRINCIPLES OR RULES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SAME ARE NOT
MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER
JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
SECTION 6. Any provision of this Supplement which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
SECTION 7. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing
and given as provided in Section 14 of the Mexican Subsidiary Guarantee
Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Guarantor shall
be given to it at the address set forth under its signature below, with a copy
to the Borrowers.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Guarantor and the Collateral Agent have
duly executed this Supplement to the Mexican Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement as
of the day and year first above written.
[Name and Address Of New Guarantor],
by _________________________________
Name:
Title:
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CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, acting
through its Cayman Islands branch,
as Collateral Agent,
by _________________________________
Name:
Title:
by _________________________________
Name:
Title:
