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FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the
month of May, 2018
UNILEVER
PLC
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
UNILEVER HOUSE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON, ENGLAND
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports
under
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Exhibit
99 attached hereto is incorporated herein by reference.
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, thereunto duly authorized.
UNILEVER
PLC
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/S/ R SOTAMAA
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BY R SOTAMAA
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CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER AND GROUP SECRETARY
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Date:
30 May, 2018
EXHIBIT INDEX
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER
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EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION
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99
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Notice
to London Stock Exchange dated 30 May 2018
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Consent
Solicitations: Notice of Separate Meetings
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Exhibit
99
THIS
NOTICE IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION OF
NOTEHOLDERS. IF NOTEHOLDERSARE IN ANY DOUBT AS TO THE ACTION THEY
SHOULD TAKE, THEY SHOULD SEEK THEIR OWN FINANCIAL AND LEGAL ADVICE,
INCLUDING IN RESPECT OF ANY TAX CONSEQUENCES, IMMEDIATELY FROM
THEIR BROKER, BANK MANAGER, SOLICITOR, ACCOUNTANT OR OTHER
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL, TAX OR LEGAL ADVISER.
UNILEVER N.V.
(incorporated with limited liability in the Netherlands and having
its corporate seat in Rotterdam, the Netherlands)
and
UNILEVER PLC
(incorporated with limited liability in England and
Wales)
(each, an “Issuer” and together, the
“Issuers”)
NOTICE OF SEPARATE MEETINGS
of the
holders of the following Notes:
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Guarantor
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ISIN
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Description
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Principal amount outstanding1
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Applicable Trust Deed
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Applicable Time2
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1403010512
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€300,000,000
0.000 per cent. Notes due April 2020
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€300,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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9:30
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS0957258212
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€750,000,000
1.750 per cent. Notes due August 2020
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€750,000,000
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2013
Trust Deed
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9:35
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1654191623
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€500,000,000
0.000 per cent Notes due July 2021
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€500,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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9:40
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1178970106
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€750,000,000
0.500 per cent. Notes due February 2022
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€750,000,000
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2014
Trust Deed
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9:45
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1566100977
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€600,000,000
0.375 per cent. Notes due February 2023
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€600,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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9:50
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1241577490
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€500,000,000
1.000 per cent. Notes due June 2023
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€500,000,000
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2015
Trust Deed
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9:55
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS176909078
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€500,000,000
0.500 per cent. Notes due August 2023
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€500,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:00
a.m.
|
NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1403014936
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€500,000,000
0.500 per cent. Notes due April 2024
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€500,000,000
|
2016
Trust Deed
|
10:05
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1654192191
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€650,000,000
0.875 per cent. Notes due July 2025
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€650,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:10
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1769090991
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€700,000,000
1.125 per cent. Notes due February 2027
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€700,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:15
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1566101603
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€600,000,000
1.000 per cent. Notes due February 2027
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€600,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:20
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1403015156
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€700,000,000
1.125 per cent. Notes due April 2028
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€700,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:25
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1654192274
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€750,000,000
1.375 per cent. Notes due July 2029
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€750,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:30
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1769091296
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€800,000,000
1.625 per cent. Notes due February 2033
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€800,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:35
a.m.
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PLC
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NV,
UNUS
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XS1560644830
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£350,000,000
1.125 per cent. Notes due February 2022
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£350,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:40
a.m.
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PLC
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NV,
UNUS
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XS1684780031
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£250,000,000
1.375 per cent. Notes due September 2024
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£250,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:45
a.m.
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PLC
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NV,
UNUS
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XS1684780205
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£250,000,000
1.875 per cent. Notes due September 2029
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£250,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:50
a.m.
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1 Notes of any Series which are held by or on behalf of the
relevant Issuer, the Guarantors or any Group Company (as defined in
the Applicable Trust Deed), in each case as beneficial owner, are
deemed not to be outstanding.
2 The Applicable Time will be as set out in this column or
as soon as possible thereafter as the immediately preceding Meeting
of Noteholders shall have been concluded or adjourned.
(each a
“Series” and
together the “Notes”).
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions of The Eighth
Schedule of the Applicable Trust Deed in respect of each Series (as
set out in the table above), separate meetings (each a
“Meeting” and
together the “Meetings”) of the holders of each
Series (the “Noteholders”) convened by Unilever
N.V. (“NV”) or
Unilever PLC (“PLC”) as Issuer, as the case may
be, will be held at the offices of Linklaters LLP, One Silk Street, London EC2Y
8HQ on 26 June 2018 at the Applicable Time in respect of
each Series (as set out in the table above) for the purpose of
considering and, if thought fit, passing the applicable resolution
set out below, which will be proposed as an Extraordinary
Resolution at the relevant Meeting in accordance with the
provisions for the meetings of Noteholders set out in The Eighth
Schedule of the Applicable Trust Deed.
Unless
the context otherwise requires, capitalised terms used but not
defined in this Notice shall have the meaning given in the
Applicable Trust Deed, the terms and conditions of the Notes of the
relevant Series (the “Conditions”) or the relevant
Extraordinary Resolution, as applicable.
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €300,000,000 0.000 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
APRIL 2020
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €300,000,000 0.000 per cent. Notes due April 2020
(the “Notes”) of
Unilever N.V. (the “Issuer” which expression includes
any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever PLC and Unilever
United States, Inc. (together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22 April 2016 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by New Sub (the “New Guarantee”) and (iii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 27 April 2016 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(b)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(c)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(d)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(e)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) New Sub to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes, in each case pursuant
to a supplemental trust deed; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €750,000,000 1.750 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
AUGUST 2020
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €750,000,000 1.750 per cent. Notes due August
2020 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer” which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Seventeenth Supplemental Trust Deed dated 3 May
2013 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by New Sub (the “New Guarantee”) and (iii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 1 August 2013 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(d)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) New Sub to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes, in each case pursuant
to a supplemental trust deed; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €500,000,000 0.000 PER CENT NOTES DUE JULY
2021
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €500,000,000 0.000 per cent Notes due July 2021
(the “Notes”) of
Unilever N.V. (the “Issuer” which expression includes
any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever PLC and Unilever
United States, Inc. (together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22 April 2016 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by New Sub (the “New Guarantee”) and (iii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 27 July 2017 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(d)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) New Sub to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes, in each case pursuant
to a supplemental trust deed; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €750,000,000 0.500 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
FEBRUARY 2022
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €750,000,000 0.500 per cent. Notes due February
2022 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer” which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Nineteenth Supplemental Trust Deed dated 2 May
2014 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by New Sub (the “New Guarantee”) and (iii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 30 January 2015 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(d)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) New Sub to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes, in each case pursuant
to a supplemental trust deed; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €600,000,000 0.375 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
FEBRUARY 2023
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €600,000,000 0.375 per cent. Notes due February
2023 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer” which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22
April 2016 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by New Sub (the “New Guarantee”) and (iii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 10 February 2017 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(d)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) New Sub to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes, in each case pursuant
to a supplemental trust deed; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €500,000,000 1.000 PER CENT. NOTES DUE JUNE
2023
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €500,000,000 1.000 per cent. Notes due June 2023
(the “Notes”) of
Unilever N.V. (the “Issuer” which expression includes
any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever PLC and Unilever
United States, Inc. (together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twentieth Supplemental Trust Deed dated 1 May 2015 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by New Sub (the “New Guarantee”) and (iii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 1 June 2015 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(d)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) New Sub to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes, in each case pursuant
to a supplemental trust deed; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €500,000,000 0.500 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
AUGUST 2023
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €500,000,000 0.500 per cent. Notes due August
2023 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer” which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22
April 2016 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by New Sub (the “New Guarantee”) and (iii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 8 February 2018 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(d)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) New Sub to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes, in each case pursuant
to a supplemental trust deed; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €500,000,000 0.500 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
APRIL 2024
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €500,000,000 0.500 per cent. Notes due April 2024
(the “Notes”) of
Unilever N.V. (the “Issuer” which expression includes
any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever PLC and Unilever
United States, Inc. (together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22 April 2016 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by New Sub (the “New Guarantee”) and (iii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 27 April 2016 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(d)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) New Sub to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes, in each case pursuant
to a supplemental trust deed; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €650,000,000 0.875 PER CENT. NOTES DUE JULY
2025
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €650,000,000 0.875 per cent. Notes due July 2025
(the “Notes”) of
Unilever N.V. (the “Issuer” which expression includes
any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever PLC and Unilever
United States, Inc. (together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22 April 2016 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by New Sub (the “New Guarantee”) and (iii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 27 July 2017 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(d)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) New Sub to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes, in each case pursuant
to a supplemental trust deed; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €700,000,000 1.125 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
FEBRUARY 2027
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €700,000,000 1.125 per cent. Notes due February
2027 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer” which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22
April 2016 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by New Sub (the “New Guarantee”) and (iii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 8 February 2018 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(d)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) New Sub to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes, in each case pursuant
to a supplemental trust deed; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €600,000,000 1.000 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
FEBRUARY 2027
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €600,000,000 1.000 per cent. Notes due February
2027 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer” which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22
April 2016 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by New Sub (the “New Guarantee”) and (iii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 10 February 2017 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(d)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) New Sub to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes, in each case pursuant
to a supplemental trust deed; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €700,000,000 1.125 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
APRIL 2028
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €700,000,000 1.125 per cent. Notes due April 2028
(the “Notes”) of
Unilever N.V. (the “Issuer” which expression includes
any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever PLC and Unilever
United States, Inc. (together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22 April 2016 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by New Sub (the “New Guarantee”) and (iii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 27 April 2016 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(d)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) New Sub to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes, in each case pursuant
to a supplemental trust deed; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €750,000,000 1.375 PER CENT. NOTES DUE JULY
2029
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €750,000,000 1.375 per cent. Notes due July 2029
(the “Notes”) of
Unilever N.V. (the “Issuer” which expression includes
any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever PLC and Unilever
United States, Inc. (together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22 April 2016 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by New Sub (the “New Guarantee”) and (iii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 27 July 2017 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(d)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) New Sub to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes, in each case pursuant
to a supplemental trust deed; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €800,000,000 1.625 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
FEBRUARY 2033
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €800,000,000 1.625 per cent. Notes due February
2033 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer” which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22
April 2016 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by New Sub (the “New Guarantee”) and (iii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 8 February 2018 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
the Guarantors, New
Sub, New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(d)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) New Sub to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes, in each case pursuant
to a supplemental trust deed; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE £350,000,000 1.125 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
FEBRUARY 2022
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding £350,000,000 1.125 per cent. Notes due February
2022 (the “Notes”) of Unilever PLC (the
“Issuer” or
“PLC”)
guaranteed by Unilever N.V. and Unilever United States, Inc.
(together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22 April 2016 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by PLC (the “New
Guarantee”) and (iii) the modification of (a) the
terms and conditions of the Notes, as set out in The Fourth
Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by the Final Terms
applicable to the Notes dated 1 February 2017 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule II of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
UNUS, PLC, New Sub,
New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule II of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
UNUS, PLC, New Sub,
New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other deeds,
instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable or
expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect to
this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(d)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) PLC to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE £250,000,000 1.375 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
SEPTEMBER 2024
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding £250,000,000 1.375 per cent. Notes due September
2024 (the “Notes”) of Unilever PLC (the
“Issuer” or
“PLC”)
guaranteed by Unilever N.V. and Unilever United States, Inc.
(together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22 April 2016 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by PLC (the “New
Guarantee”) and (iii) the modification of (a) the
terms and conditions of the Notes, as set out in The Fourth
Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by the Final Terms
applicable to the Notes dated 13 September 2017 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule II of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
UNUS, PLC, New Sub,
New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule II of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
UNUS, PLC, New Sub,
New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other deeds,
instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable or
expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect to
this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(a)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(b)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(c)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) PLC to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE £250,000,000 1.875 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
SEPTEMBER 2029
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding £250,000,000 1.875 per cent. Notes due September
2029 (the “Notes”) of Unilever PLC (the
“Issuer” or
“PLC”)
guaranteed by Unilever N.V. and Unilever United States, Inc.
(together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22 April 2016 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New NV as “issuer” of the Notes and the
release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes and the
Trust Deed (the “Substitution”), (ii) the giving of
a guarantee by PLC (the “New
Guarantee”) and (iii) the modification of (a) the
terms and conditions of the Notes, as set out in The Fourth
Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by the Final Terms
applicable to the Notes dated 13 September 2017 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Substitution, the New Guarantee and Simplification as
described in the form of supplemental trust deed in Schedule II of
the Notice of Meetings;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
UNUS, PLC, New Sub,
New NV and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form
of in Schedule II of the Notice of Meetings; and
(b)
UNUS, PLC, New Sub,
New NV and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other deeds,
instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable or
expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect to
this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary
Resolution;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of
the rights of the Noteholders appertaining to the Notes against the
Issuer and the relevant Guarantors whether or not such rights arise
under the Conditions, the Trust Deed or otherwise, involved in,
resulting from or to be effected by the amendments referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, giving of a guarantee and
modifications referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any
act or omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary
Resolution or the implementation of the substitution, giving of a
guarantee and modifications referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(a)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(b)
the successful
completion of Simplification on the Simplification Date;
and
(c)
the agreement of
(i) New NV to assume all obligations of the Issuer as issuer in
respect of the Notes; and (ii) PLC to agree to provide the
additional Guarantee in respect of the Notes; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 30 May 2018
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Dutch Merger” means the triangular
level merger between NV, New NV and New Sub;
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 30 May
2018;
“Simplification” means the U.K.
Scheme, the Dutch Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which New NV will become the parent company of
NV and PLC;
“Simplification Date” means the
date on which Simplification is completed. Simplification shall be
deemed completed at 00:00 Amsterdam time on the first day after the
date on which the notarial deed for the Dutch Merger is executed;
and
“U.K. Scheme” means the U.K. scheme
of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act
2006.”
Background
The
Issuers have convened the Meetings for the purpose of enabling the
holders of Notes of each Series to consider and resolve, if they
think fit, to pass the Extraordinary Resolution proposed in
relation to the Notes of the relevant Series.
On 15
March 2018, Unilever announced the next steps in its transformation
into a simpler, more agile and more focused business. The proposed
Simplification will provide greater flexibility for strategic
portfolio change and help drive long-term performance.
Simplification will introduce a single holding company, New NV,
with one class of shares and a global pool of
liquidity.
Following
Simplification, the Unilever group will produce a set of
consolidated accounts for New NV and its subsidiaries (the
“Consolidated
Accounts”). Each of PLC and New Sub will produce
standalone entity financial statements (the “Entity Accounts”), which are not
consolidated accounts. The Entity Accounts together with the
Consolidated Accounts are referred to as the
“Accounts”.
In
conjunction with Simplification, Unilever intends to simplify its
debt structure by seeking approval from the relevant Noteholders of
the proposed amendments set out in this Notice (the
“Proposed
Amendments”). Unilever is seeking approval by the
Noteholders of (i) the substitution of New NV as issuer of the
Notes, with a guarantee provided by the retiring issuer (New Sub
(as successor to NV) or PLC, as the case may be), in addition to
the existing guarantees which will remain in force, and (ii) such
other consequential amendments to the relevant Conditions as set
out in this Notice in order to facilitate such
substitution.
If
Noteholders of any Series of Notes do not approve the Proposed
Amendments, Unilever intends to transfer the listing of such Series
of Notes to a multi-lateral trading facility such as the Global
Exchange Market (the “GEM”) in Ireland. Implementation
of the Proposed Amendments and/or a transfer of the listing of the
Notes to a multi-lateral trading facility would enable Unilever to
produce the Accounts as discussed above. It is not practicable or
desirable to retain the Notes at the current NV and PLC level
post-Simplification if they remain admitted to trading on a
regulated market as this would result in an unduly onerous
requirement, which Unilever group has never previously had, to
produce separate consolidated accounts for each of New Sub (as
successor to NV) and PLC in addition to the Accounts.
It is
intended that new debt issued pursuant to Unilever’s European
debt issuance programme will have (i) New N.V. as issuer and (ii)
the benefit of guarantees by New Sub, PLC and UNUS. The intended
consequence of the Proposed Amendments is that Notes of each Series
will be structured in the same manner. For the avoidance of doubt,
Unilever Capital Corporation will remain issuer in respect of notes
currently outstanding from Unilever’s SEC-registered shelf
and these notes will also benefit from an additional guarantee
provided by New NV in due course.
For the
avoidance of doubt, the outcome of the Consent Solicitations will
have no impact on the timing or process of
Simplification.
Consent
Solicitations
The
relevant Issuer has invited eligible holders of the Notes of each
Series (each such invitation a “Consent Solicitation”)
to consent to the approval, by Extraordinary Resolution at the
relevant Meeting, of the modification of the Conditions relating to
the relevant Series as described in paragraph 1 of the relevant
Extraordinary Resolution as set out above, all as further described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum (as defined in paragraph 5
of the Extraordinary Resolutions set out above).
Noteholders may
obtain, from the date of this Notice, a copy of the Consent
Solicitation Memorandum from the Tabulation Agent, the contact
details for which are set out below. In order to receive a copy of
the Consent Solicitation Memorandum, a Noteholder will be required
to provide confirmation as to his or her status as a
Noteholder.
Pursuant to each
Consent Solicitation, each Noteholder from whom a valid Consent
Instruction (as defined in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum) is
received by the Tabulation Agent by the deadline specified in the
Consent Solicitation Memorandum will, subject to the conditions set
out in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum, be eligible to receive
payment of an amount equal to 0.05 per cent. of the principal
amount of the Notes that are the subject of such Consent
Instruction (the “Early
Participation Fee”), all as more fully described in
the Consent Solicitation Memorandum.
General
Copies
of (i) the relevant Trust Deed (as amended, restated and/or
supplemented as at the issue date of each Series of Notes); and
(ii) the current draft of the supplemental trust deed as referred
to in each Extraordinary Resolution set out above are also
available for inspection by Noteholders (a) on and from the date of
this Notice up to and including the date of the Meetings, at the
specified offices of the Tabulation Agent during normal business
hours on any week day (Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays
excepted) up to and including the date of the Meetings and (b) at
the Meetings and at the offices of Linklaters LLP, One Silk Street, London EC2Y
8HQ for 15 minutes before the Meetings. Any revised version
of the relevant draft supplemental trust deed will be made
available as described above and marked to indicate changes to the
draft made available on the date of this Notice, and will supersede
the previous draft of the relevant document and Noteholders will be
deemed to have notice of any such changes.
The
attention of Noteholders is particularly drawn to the procedures
for voting, quorum and other requirements for the passing of the
Extraordinary Resolutions at the Meetings or any meeting held
following any adjournment of any Meeting, which are set out in
“Voting and Quorum” below. Having regard to such
requirements, Noteholders are strongly urged either to attend the
relevant Meeting or to take steps to be represented at the relevant
Meeting (including by way of submitting Consent Instructions) as
soon as possible.
Interpretation
As used
in this notice:
“2013 Trust Deed” means the trust
deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the Seventeenth
Supplemental Trust Deed dated 3 May 2013 made between, inter alia, NV, PLC and the
Trustee;
“2014 Trust Deed” means the trust
deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the Nineteenth
Supplemental Trust Deed dated 2 May 2014 made between, inter alia, NV, PLC and the
Trustee;
“2015 Trust Deed” means the trust
deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the Twentieth
Supplemental Trust Deed dated 1 May 2015 made between, inter alia, NV, PLC and the
Trustee;
“2016 Trust Deed” means the trust
deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the Twenty First
Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22 April 2016 made between,
inter alia, NV, PLC and the
Trustee;
“Applicable Trust Deed” means the
2013 Trust Deed, the 2014 Trust Deed, the 2015 Trust Deed or the
2016 Trust Deed (as the case may be); and
“Trustee” means The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c.
Voting
and Quorum
Noteholders who have submitted and not revoked (in the limited
circumstances in which revocation is permitted) a valid Consent
Instruction in respect of the relevant Extraordinary Resolution by
9:30 a.m. (London time) on 22 June 2018 (the “Expiration Deadline”), by which
they will have given instructions for the appointment of one or
more representatives of the Tabulation Agent by the relevant Paying
Agent as their proxy to vote in favour of or against (as specified
in the relevant Consent Instruction) the relevant Extraordinary
Resolution at the relevant Meeting (or any adjourned such Meeting),
or abstain from voting (as the case may be), need take no further
action to be represented at the relevant Meeting (or any such
adjourned such Meeting).
Noteholders who
have not submitted or have submitted and subsequently revoked (in
the limited circumstances in which such revocation is permitted) a
Consent Instruction in respect of the relevant Extraordinary
Resolution should take note of the provisions set out below
detailing how such Noteholders can attend or take steps to be
represented at the relevant Meeting (references to which, for the
purpose of such provisions, include, unless the context otherwise
requires, any adjourned such Meeting).
1.
Subject as set out
below, the provisions governing the convening and holding of each
Meeting are set out in The Eighth Schedule to the Applicable Trust
Deed, copies of which are available from the date of this Notice to
the conclusion of the Meetings (or any adjourned Meetings) as
referred to above. For the purposes of the Meetings, a
“Noteholder”
means a Direct Participant (as defined below).
2.
All of the Notes
are represented by global Notes held by a common safekeeper for
Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg. For the purposes of this
Notice, a “Direct
Participant” means each person who is for the time
being shown in the records of Euroclear and/or Clearstream,
Luxembourg as the holder of a particular principal amount of the
Notes.
A
Direct Participant or beneficial owner of Notes wishing to attend
the relevant Meeting in person must produce at the relevant Meeting
a valid voting certificate or certificates issued by a Paying Agent
relating to the Notes in respect of which it wishes to
vote.
A
Direct Participant or beneficial owner of Notes not wishing to
attend and vote at the relevant Meeting in person may either
deliver its valid voting certificate(s) to the person whom it
wishes to attend on its behalf or the Direct Participant may (or
the beneficial owner of the Notes may arrange for the relevant
Direct Participant on its behalf to) give a voting instruction (by
giving voting and blocking instructions to Euroclear or
Clearstream, Luxembourg (a “Euroclear/Clearstream
Instruction”) in accordance with the procedures of
Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg) requiring a Paying Agent to
include the votes attributable to its Notes in a block voting
instruction issued by the Paying Agent for the relevant Meeting or
any adjourned such Meeting, in which case the Paying Agent shall
appoint a proxy to attend and vote at such Meeting in accordance
with such Direct Participant’s instructions.
A
Direct Participant must request the relevant clearing system to
block the relevant Notes in its account and to hold the same to the
order or under the control of the relevant Paying Agent not later
than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the relevant
Meeting in order to obtain voting certificates or give voting
instructions in respect of such Meeting. In the case of
Euroclear/Clearstream Instructions, such blocking instructions are
part of the electronic instructions that must be given. Notes so
blocked will not be released until the earlier of:
(i)
the conclusion of
the relevant Meeting (or, if applicable, any adjourned such
Meeting); and
(A)
in respect of
voting certificate(s), the surrender to the relevant Paying Agent
of such voting certificate(s) and notification by the relevant
Paying Agent to the relevant clearing system of such surrender or
the compliance in such any other manner with the rules of the
relevant clearing system relating to such surrender;
or
(B)
in respect of
voting instructions, not less than 48 hours before the time for
which the relevant Meeting (or, if applicable, any adjourned such
Meeting) is convened, the notification in writing of any revocation
of a Direct Participant’s previous instructions to the
relevant Paying Agent and the same then being notified in writing
by the relevant Paying Agent to the Issuer at least 24 hours before
the time appointed for holding the relevant Meeting and such Notes
ceasing in accordance with the procedures of the relevant clearing
system and with the agreement of the relevant Paying Agent to be
held to its order or under its control.
Noteholders should
note that voting instructions (unless validly revoked) given and
voting certificates obtained in respect of a Meeting shall remain
valid for any adjourned such Meeting.
3.
The quorum required
at any Meeting is two or more persons present holding Notes or
voting certificates or being proxies or representatives and holding
or representing in aggregate not less than a clear majority in
principal amount of the Notes of the relevant Series for the time
being outstanding. If a quorum is not present within 30 minutes
after the time appointed for the relevant Meeting, such Meeting
will be adjourned for a period being not less than 14 days and not
more than 42 days and at a time and place appointed by the Chairman
and the relevant Extraordinary Resolution will be considered at
such adjourned Meeting (notice of which will be given to the
Noteholders in accordance with the Conditions and the Applicable
Trust Deed). The quorum at any such adjourned Meeting will be two
or more persons present holding Notes or voting certificates or
being proxies or representatives and holding or representing in
aggregate any principal amount of the relevant Series for the time
being outstanding. The holding of any adjourned Meeting will be
subject to the Issuer giving at least 14 days’ notice in
accordance with the relevant Conditions and the Applicable Trust
Deed that such adjourned Meeting is to be held.
4.
Every question
submitted to a Meeting shall be decided in the first instance by a
show of hands.
Unless
a poll is (before or at the time that the result on a show of hands
is declared) demanded by the Chairman, the Issuer, any Guarantor or
any Noteholder present or proxy or representative holding not less
than one-fiftieth of the principal amount of the Notes of the
relevant Series for the time being outstanding, a declaration by
the Chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried by a
particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority
shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the
number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against
the relevant Extraordinary Resolution.
At each
Meeting (a) on a show of hands every person who is present in
person and produces a voting certificate or is a proxy or
representative shall have one vote and (b) on a poll every person
who is so present shall have one vote in respect of each EUR/GBP 1
(as applicable) in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of the
relevant Series so represented by the voting certificate or in
respect of which that person is a proxy or
representative.
5.
To be passed at the
relevant Meeting, an Extraordinary Resolution requires a majority
in favour consisting of not less than three-fourths of the votes
cast. If passed, an Extraordinary Resolution will be binding on all
Noteholders of the relevant Series, whether or not present at the
relevant Meeting and whether or not voting.
This
Notice is given by Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC.
Noteholders should
contact the following for further information:
The
Solicitation Agents
Deutsche
Bank AG, London Branch
Winchester
House
Great
Winchester Street
London
EC2N 2DB
United
Kingdom
Telephone:
+44 20 7545
8011
Attention:
Liability Management Group
HSBC
Bank plc
8
Canada Square
London
E14 5HQ
United
Kingdom
Telephone:
+44 20 7992
6237
Attention:
Liability Management Group
UBS
Limited
5
Broadgate
London
EC2M 2QS
United
Kingdom
Telephone:
+44 20 7568
2133
Attention:
Liability Management Group
email:
ol-liabilitymanagement-eu@ubs.com
Tabulation
Agent
Lucid
Issuer Services Limited (Attention: Paul Kamminga/Arlind Bytyqi,
Telephone: +44 20 7704 0880, Email:
unilever@lucid-is.com)
Dated:
30 May 2018
SCHEDULE I TO NOTICE OF MEETINGS
FORM OF
SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST DEED IN RESPECT OF NOTES ISSUED BY
NV
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Dated
[●] 2018
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UNILEVER N.V.
(formerly
known as Unilever International Holdings N.V.)
and
UNILEVER PLC
and
UNILEVER INTERNATIONAL HOLDING B.V.
and
UNILEVER JAPAN HOLDINGS K.K.
and
UNILEVER UNITED STATES, INC.
and
THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION P.L.C.
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SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST DEEDrelating to certain series of Notes
issued pursuant to the U.S.$15,000,000,000
Debt
Issuance Programme as set out in the Schedule
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Ref:
EXM/SW/AR
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Linklaters
LLP
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This Supplemental Deed is made this
[●] day of [●], 2018 by:
(1)
UNILEVER INTERNATIONAL HOLDING B.V., a
private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of
the Netherlands and registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the
Chamber of Commerce under number 71450041 having its registered
office at Weena 455, PO Box 760, 3000 DK Rotterdam, the Netherlands
and successor to the company formerly known as Unilever N.V. with
registered number 24051830 (“Old NV”) (“New Sub”);
(2)
UNILEVER N.V., formerly known as
Unilever International Holdings N.V., a public limited liability
company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 70363196 having its registered office at Weena 455, PO
Box 760, 3000 DK Rotterdam, the Netherlands (“New NV”);
(3)
UNILEVER PLC, a company incorporated
under the laws of England, whose registered office is at Port
Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside CH62 4ZD, United Kingdom
(“PLC”);
(4)
UNILEVER JAPAN HOLDINGS K.K., a company
incorporated under the laws of Japan, whose registered office is at
1-1, Kamimeguro 2-chome, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8578, Japan;
(“UJH”);
(5)
UNILEVER UNITED STATES, INC., a company
incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States
of America, whose registered office is at 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19801, United States of America
(“UNUS”);
and
(6)
THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION
p.l.c., a company incorporated under the laws of England,
whose registered office is at Fifth Floor, 100 Wood Street, London
EC2V 7EX (the “Trustee”).
Whereas:
(A)
On [●] 2018,
pursuant to sections 2:309, 2:324 and 2:333a of the Dutch Civil
Code, Old NV merged with New Sub (the “Merger”) whereby New Sub acquired
all the assets and liabilities (vermogen) and legal relationships of
Old NV under universal succession of title (onder algemene titel) and Old NV ceased
to exist.
(B)
Old NV has issued
the notes set out in the Schedule to this Supplemental Trust Deed
(each a “Series”
and together, the “Notes”) as constituted by the
trust deed dated 22 July 1994 made between Old NV, PLC and UJH as
issuers, PLC, Old NV and UNUS as guarantors and the Trustee (such
trust deed, as amended and restated or supplemented in accordance
with its terms as at the issue date of the relevant Series, the
“relevant Trust
Deed”).
(C)
On [●] 2018,
New NV became the new parent company of the Unilever
group.
(D)
Pursuant to the
relevant Extraordinary Resolution passed by holders of the relevant
Series of Notes, the relevant Noteholders have agreed to the
substitution of New NV as Issuer of the Notes and the release of
New Sub (as successor to Old NV) from its obligations under the
Notes and the relevant Trust Deed and certain amendments to the
terms and conditions of the relevant Series which will be effected
and implemented pursuant to this Supplemental Trust
Deed.
(E)
This Supplemental
Trust Deed is supplemental to the relevant Trust Deed in respect of
each Series.
Now therefore this Supplemental Deed witnesseth
and it is hereby declared as follows:
1
Definitions
and Interpretations
To the
extent to which the same are applicable and unless otherwise
defined herein, the definitions and provisions contained in Clause
1 of the relevant Trust Deed shall apply to and be incorporated in
this Supplemental Trust Deed (including the recitals
hereto).
The
relevant Trust Deed and this Supplemental Trust Deed shall
henceforth be read and construed together as one trust
deed.
2
Release
of New Sub (as successor to Old NV) as issuer
With
effect from the date hereof, New Sub (as successor to Old NV) (the
“Retiring
Issuer”) shall be released from all its obligations,
undertakings and covenants as issuer under the relevant Trust Deed
and the Notes.
3
Assumption
of obligations by New NV as Issuer
With
effect from the date hereof, New NV hereby unconditionally and
irrevocably accepts the assumption of and agrees to be bound by and
subject to all obligations pursuant to the Conditions of the
relevant Series of Notes and the relevant Trust Deed of the
Retiring Issuer as Issuer of the Notes and accordingly all the
provisions of the Conditions of the relevant Series of Notes and
the relevant Trust Deed relating to the Retiring Issuer as Issuer
shall mutatis mutandis
apply to New NV in all respects as if New NV had been party to the
relevant Trust Deed.
All
references to the “Issuer”, “Unilever N.V.”
or “N.V.” as issuer in the relevant Conditions and the
relevant Trust Deed shall be deemed to be references to “New
NV” and a definition of New NV shall be included as
follows:
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time.
4
Assumption
of obligations by New Sub as Guarantor
With
effect from the date hereof, New Sub hereby unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantees jointly and severally with PLC and UNUS, the
due and punctual payment by the Issuer of any moneys payable from
time to time by the Issuer in respect of the relevant Notes, the
Receipts and the Coupons and accordingly all the provisions of the
Conditions of the relevant Series of Notes and the relevant Trust
Deed relating to the Guarantee shall mutatis mutandis apply to New Sub in
all respects as if New Sub had been party to the relevant Trust
Deed.
All
references to the Guarantors in the relevant Conditions and the
relevant Trust Deed shall include New Sub as an additional
Guarantor and a definition of New Sub shall be included as
follows:
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time.
5
Additional
amendments to the relevant Conditions
5.1
Condition 4 of the
relevant Conditions shall be amended as follows:
So long
as any Notes remain outstanding (as defined in the Trust Deed),
New
NV neither N.V. nor
PLC will not create or
have outstanding any mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or other
security interest upon the whole or any substantial part of its
undertaking or assets (including any uncalled capital), present or
future, to secure any Indebtedness of any person (or any guarantee
or indemnity given in respect thereof) unless the Notes and the
Coupons shall be secured by such mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or
other security interest equally and rateably therewith in the same
manner or in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee or such other
security for the Notes and Coupons shall be provided as the Trustee
shall, in its absolute discretion, deem not less beneficial to the
Noteholders or as shall be approved by an Extraordinary Resolution
(as defined in the Trust Deed) of Noteholders provided that the
restriction contained in this Condition shall not apply
to:
(i)
any mortgage,
charge, lien, pledge or other security interest arising solely by
mandatory operation of law; and
(ii)
any security over
assets of New NV
N.V.
or, as the case may be, PLC arising pursuant to the Algemene Voorwaarden (general terms and
conditions) of the Nederlandse
Vereniging van Banken (Dutch Bankers’ Association)
and/or similar terms applied by financial institutions, if and
insofar as applicable.
For the
purposes of this Condition:
“Indebtedness”
means any loan or other indebtedness in the form of, or represented
by, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities which at the time
of issue thereof either is, or is intended to be, quoted, listed or
ordinarily dealt in on any stock exchange, over-the-counter or
other recognised securities market and which by its terms has an
initial stated maturity of more than one year; and
“substantial”
means,
in relation to each of N.V. and PLC, an aggregate amount
equal to or greater than 25 per cent. of the aggregate value of the
fixed assets and current assets of New NV
N.V.,
PLC and its
their
group companies (being those companies required to be consolidated
in accordance with Netherlands and United
Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated accounts) (the
“Unilever Group”, and any company within the Unilever
Group being referred to herein as a “Group Company”),
such value and such assets being determined by reference to the
then most recently published audited consolidated balance sheet of
the Unilever Group. A report by the auditors of New
NV Auditors (as
defined in the Trust Deed) that, in their opinion, (1) the
amounts shown in a certificate provided by New NV
N.V.
and PLC (showing
the fixed assets and current assets of the relevant part and those
fixed assets and current assets expressed as a percentage of the
fixed assets and current assets of the Unilever Group) have been
accurately extracted from the accounting records of the Unilever
Group, and (2) the percentage of the fixed assets and current
assets of that part to the fixed assets and the current assets of
the Unilever Group has been correctly calculated, shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence of the matters to
which it relates.
5.2
Condition 7(h)
shall be amended as follows:
The
Issuer, each Guarantor and any other Group
Company may at any time purchase Notes at any price in the open
market or otherwise. If purchases are made by tender, tenders must
be made available to all Noteholders alike.”
5.3
References in
Condition 9 (Taxation) to “N.V.” shall be replaced by
references to “New NV or New Sub”.
5.4
Condition 10(A)
shall be amended as follows:
“10
Repayment
Upon Event of Default
(A)
The following
events or circumstances (each, a “Default”) shall be
acceleration events in relation to the Notes of a
Series:
(a)
there is a default
in the payment of any principal of, or for more than 15 days in the
payment of any interest due on, any of the Notes; or
(b)
there is a default
in the performance or observance by the Issuer, New Sub
N.V. or PLC
of any other obligation under the Trust Deed or the Notes and such
default continues for 30 days after written notice thereof shall
have been given to the Issuer and the Guarantors by the Trustee
requiring the same to be remedied; or
(c)
(i) any other
indebtedness in respect of borrowed money (amounting in aggregate
principal amount to not less than U.S.$100,000,000 or the
equivalent thereof in any other currency or currencies) of
New NV,
New Sub either
N.V. or PLC becomes
prematurely repayable as a result of a default under the terms
thereof, or (ii) New NV, New Sub
either
N.V. or PLC
defaults in the repayment of any indebtedness in respect of
borrowed money (amounting in aggregate principal amount to not less
than U.S.$100,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in any other
currency or currencies) at the maturity thereof (taking into
account any applicable grace period therefor), or (iii) any
guarantee or indemnity given by New NV, New Sub
either
N.V. or PLC in
respect of any indebtedness in respect of borrowed money (amounting
in aggregate principal amount to not less than U.S.$100,000,000 or
the equivalent thereof in any other currency or currencies) shall
not be honoured when due and called upon (taking into account any
applicable grace period therefor) save where the Trustee is
satisfied that liability under such guarantee or indemnity is being
contested in good faith; or
(d)
an order is made or
a decree or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up,
liquidation or dissolution of the Issuer or New
SubN.V. or PLC
or an administration order is made or an administrator is appointed
in relation to PLC (except for the purpose of a merger,
reconstruction or amalgamation, under the terms of Condition 15 or
the terms of which have previously been approved in writing by the
Trustee or, where UJH is the Issuer, for the purpose of a merger,
reconstruction or amalgamation, under the terms of Condition 15 or
a merger, reconstruction or amalgamation not involving bankruptcy
or insolvency) and (except where such order, decree or resolution
is initiated or consented to by the relevant company or its
shareholders) such order, decree or resolution is not discharged or
stayed within a period of 60 days; or
(e)
the Issuer or
New
Sub N.V. or PLC
(except in the case of New
NV, New Sub
N.V. or PLC
for the purpose of a merger, reconstruction or amalgamation, under
the terms of Condition 15 or the terms of which have previously
been approved in writing by the Trustee or, where UJH is the
Issuer, for the purpose of a merger, reconstruction or amalgamation
under the terms of Condition 15 or a merger, reconstruction or
amalgamation not involving bankruptcy or insolvency) ceases or
threatens to cease to carry on the whole or substantially the whole
of its business; or
(f)
an administrative
receiver or other receiver, trustee, assignee or like officer is
appointed of (where the Issuer is UJH) the whole or a substantial
part of the undertaking or assets of UJH or (in any case) the whole
or a substantial part of the undertaking or assets of PLC or (in
any case) an administrator (bewindvoerder) is provisionally or
definitively appointed by the District Court in the event of a
moratorium (surséance van
betaling) over the whole or a substantial part of the
undertaking or assets of New NV
or New Sub
N.V. and
(except where any such appointment is made by or at the instigation
or motion of the relevant company or its shareholders) such
appointment is not discharged within 30 days; or
(g)
a trustee in
bankruptcy (curator) is
appointed by the District Court in the event of bankruptcy
(faillissement) affecting
the whole or a substantial part of the undertaking or assets of
New NV
or New
SubN.V. and
such appointment is not discharged within 30 days; or
(h)
a distress or
execution is levied or enforced upon or sued out against a
substantial part of the assets of either New
NV, New Sub
N.V. or PLC
(being, in the case of New NV
or New Sub
N.V., either
an executory attachment (executoriaal beslag) or a conservatory
attachment (conservatoir
beslag)) and is not removed, discharged, cancelled or paid
out within 30 days after the making thereof or any encumbrancer
takes possession of (where the Issuer is UJH) the whole or a
substantial part of the undertaking or assets of UJH or (in any
case) the whole or a substantial part of the undertaking or assets
of New
NV, New
SubN.V. or PLC
and is not discharged within 30 days; or
(i)
for any reason the
guarantee of either New
SubN.V. or PLC
in respect of the Notes ceases to be in full force and
effect.
For the
purposes of paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) the expression “a
substantial part” means a part whose value is equal to or
greater than 25 per cent. of the aggregate value of the fixed
assets and current assets of the Unilever Group, such value and
such assets being determined by reference to the then most recently
published audited consolidated balance sheet of the Unilever Group.
A report by the auditors of New NV
the
relevant company that, in their opinion, (i) the
amounts shown in a certificate provided by New NV
N.V.
and PLC (showing the fixed assets and current assets of the
relevant part and those fixed assets and current assets expressed
as a percentage of the fixed assets and current assets of the
Unilever Group) have been correctly extracted from the accounting
records of the Unilever Group and (ii) the percentage of the fixed
assets and current assets of that part to the fixed assets and the
current assets of the Unilever Group has been correctly calculated,
shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence of
the matters to which it relates.”
5.5
The fourth and
fifth paragraphs of Condition 15 shall be amended as
follows:
“The Trustee
may also agree, subject to certain conditions set out in the Trust
Deed, but without the consent of the Holders of the Notes of such
Series and of the Receipts and of the Coupons (if any) relating
thereto, (i) to the substitution of any Group Company in place of
the Issuer as principal debtor in respect of the Notes of any
Series or (ii) to the substitution in place of the Issuer as
principal debtor, or of any Guarantor, of any successor in business
(as defined in the Trust Deed) of the Issuer or, as the case may
be, that Guarantor. It is a condition of any such substitution that
such Notes, Receipts and Coupons (if any) relating thereto
thereupon become or remain, as the case may be, unconditionally and
irrevocably guaranteed on a joint and several basis by New NV, New
SubN.V. (except
where New
SubN.V. is the
new principal debtor), PLC (except where PLC is the new principal
debtor) and UNUS (except where UJH is the new principal
debtor).
So long
as any Notes remain outstanding (as defined in the Trust Deed),
neither UJH nor New NV or New
SubN.V. nor
PLC will merge with, or transfer all or substantially all of its
assets or undertaking to, another company (except where UJH,
New NV or
New Sub N.V. or
PLC, as the case may be, is the continuing company) unless that
other company agrees, in form and manner reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee, to be bound by the terms of the Notes, Receipts and
the Coupons (if any) appertaining thereto and the Trust Deed in
place of UJH or, as the case may be, New NV or New
SubN.V. or
PLC and the Trustee is satisfied that the conditions set out in the
Trust Deed are complied with.”
6
Amendments
to the relevant Trust Deed
6.1
The definition of
Auditors shall be deleted.
6.2
The definition of
Group Company shall be replaced with the following:
“Group Company” has the meaning set
out in the Conditions.
6.3
The definition of
Guarantee shall be replaced with the following:
“Guarantee” means the guarantees
contained in these presents pursuant to which the Notes are
guaranteed, unconditionally and irrevocably on a joint and several
basis by PLC, New Sub and UNUS.
6.4
Clause 17(B)(i)(c)
of the Trust Deed shall be replaced with the
following:
“in the case
of a substitution of a new principal debtor an unconditional and
irrevocable guarantee of (a) N.V. and PLC or, (b) where N.V. or PLC
becomes the principal debtor, PLC or, as the case may be, N.V. and
UNUS (in each case), shall have been given by New NV, New Sub
(except where New Sub is the new principal debtor), PLC (except
where PLC is the new principal debtor) and UNUS (except where UJH
is the new principal debtor) in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee of the payment of all moneys payable by
the Substituted Company under these presents, the Notes, the
Receipts and the Coupons;”
6.5
Clause 17(C)(ii) of
the Trust Deed shall be replaced with the following:
“where the
New Company is incorporated, domiciled or resident in, or is
otherwise subject generally to the taxing jurisdiction of, or of
any authority in, a territory or territories other than, in the
case of New NV or
New
SubN.V., The
Netherlands, in the case of PLC, the United Kingdom, in the case of
UJH, Japan or, in the case of any previous substitute under this
Clause, the applicable territory, undertakings or covenants shall
be given by the New Company in terms corresponding to the
provisions of Condition 9 with the substitution for the references
to The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Japan or such territory, as
the case may be, of references to the territory or territories in
which the New Company is incorporated, domiciled or resident or to
whose taxing jurisdiction it is subject generally and in the event
of any such undertaking or covenant being given the provisions of
these presents shall be read and construed accordingly and the
provisions of parts (i) to (iv) of Condition 7(c) shall be amended
accordingly;”
It is
declared that there shall be deemed to be incorporated in this
Supplemental Trust Deed all the covenants, undertakings, powers,
obligations and/or other provisions of the relevant Trust Deed, the
Schedules thereto, the Conditions of the relevant Series relating
to or affecting the Issuers or the Guarantors, as the case may be,
in the same manner and to the same extent as if the same had been,
mutatis mutandis, set out
in full in this Supplemental Trust Deed and made applicable to New
NV as issuer and New Sub as guarantor, and (without prejudice to
the generality of the foregoing) each of New NV and New Sub
accordingly covenant in favour of the Trustee to duly perform and
observe and be bound by the said covenants, undertakings, powers,
obligations and/or other provisions imposed on or relating to or
affecting it by or under the Trust Deed or the Schedules or the
Conditions.
Any
notice or demand to New NV or New Sub or any approval or
certificate of the Trustee required to be given, made or served for
any purpose of these presents shall be given, made or served by
sending the same by pre-paid post (first-class if inland, airmail
if overseas), telex or by facsimile copy or by delivering the same
by hand as follows:
New
NV
New
Sub
New NV
hereby covenants with the Trustee that, as soon as practicable, and
not later than 14 days after the date hereof it shall give, or
procure to be given, notice of the entry into this Supplemental
Trust Deed to the Noteholders (in a form previously approved by the
Trustee) in accordance with Condition 14.
This
Supplemental Trust Deed may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be identical and all of which,
when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument
and any one of the parties hereby may execute this Supplemental
Trust Deed by signing any such counterpart.
11
Rights
of Third Parties
The
parties to this Supplemental Trust Deed do not intend that any term
of this Supplemental Trust Deed should be enforceable, by virtue of
the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, by any person who
is not a party to this Supplemental Trust Deed.
This
Supplemental Trust Deed, and any non-contractual obligations
arising out of or in connection with it, is governed by, and shall
be construed in accordance with, the laws of England.
In
relation to all claims arising hereunder (including a claim
relating to any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in
connection with this Supplemental Trust Deed) New NV, PLC, UJH,
UNUS and New Sub severally agree that the courts of England are to
have jurisdiction to settle any such claim and that accordingly any
suit, action or proceedings (together referred to as
“Proceedings”)
arising hereunder may be brought in such courts.
Nothing
contained in this Clause shall limit any right to take proceedings
against New NV, PLC, UJH, UNUS and New Sub in any other court of
competent jurisdiction, nor shall the taking of Proceedings in one
or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of Proceedings in any
other jurisdiction, whether concurrently or not. Each of New NV,
PLC, UJH, UNUS and New Sub irrevocably agrees that any legal
proceedings or any demand or any notice may be made or served on it
by the same being posted in a prepaid registered or recorded
delivery letter addressed to it at the address set out in Clause 32
of the relevant Trust Deed for the time being of PLC (or at such
other office as it may have notified in writing to the Trustee and
as the Trustee shall from time to time have approved) and marked
for the attention of the Group Secretary of PLC or such other
official of PLC as New NV, UJH, UNUS or New Sub may have notified
in writing to the Trustee and the Trustee shall from time to time
have approved.
In witness whereof this Supplemental Trust Deed has
been executed as a deed by the parties hereto and is intended to be
and is hereby delivered on the date first above
written.
EXECUTED
as a DEED by UNILEVER
PLC
acting
by:
in the
presence of:
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EXECUTED
as a DEED UNILEVER INTERNATIONAL
HOLDING B.V.(having its corporate seat in Rotterdam, The
Netherlands)acting by
in the
capacity as Duly Authorised
Attorney under its authority acting by:
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EXECUTED
as a DEED UNILEVER
N.V.(having its corporate seat in Rotterdam, The
Netherlands)acting by
in the
capacity as Duly Authorised
Attorney under its authority acting by:
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EXECUTED
as a DEED by the said UNILEVER
JAPAN HOLDINGS K.K.
acting
by
under
its authority:
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EXECUTED
as a DEED by the said UNILEVER
UNITED STATES, INC.
acting
by
under
its authority:
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THE
COMMON SEAL of THE LAW DEBENTURE
TRUST CORPORATION P.L.C. was affixed to this
deed
in the
presence of:
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Schedule to the Supplemental Trust Deed
ISIN
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Description
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XS1403010512
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€300,000,000
0.000 per cent. Notes due April 2020
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XS0957258212
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€750,000,000
1.750 per cent. Fixed Rate Notes due August 2020
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XS1654191623
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€500,000,000
0.000 per cent Notes due July 2021
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XS1178970106
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€750,000,000
0.500 per cent. Notes due February 2022
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XS1566100977
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€600,000,000
0.375 per cent. Notes due February 2023
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XS1241577490
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€500,000,000
1.000 per cent. Notes due June 2023
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XS1769090728
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€500,000,000
0.500 per cent. Notes due August 2023
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XS1403014936
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€500,000,000
0.500 per cent. Notes due April 2024
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XS1654192191
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€650,000,000
0.875 per cent. Notes due July 2025
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XS1769090991
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€700,000,000
1.125 per cent. Notes due February 2027
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XS1566101603
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€600,000,000
1.000 per cent. Notes due February 2027
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XS1403015156
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€700,000,000
1.125 per cent. Notes due April 2028
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XS1654192274
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€750,000,000
1.375 per cent. Notes due July 2029
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XS1769091296
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€800,000,000
1.625 per cent. Notes due February 2033
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SCHEDULE II TO NOTICE OF MEETINGS
FORM OF
SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST DEED IN RESPECT OF NOTES ISSUED BY
PLC
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Dated
[●] 2018
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UNILEVER N.V.
(formerly
known as Unilever International Holdings N.V.)
and
UNILEVER PLC
and
UNILEVER INTERNATIONAL HOLDING B.V.
and
UNILEVER JAPAN HOLDINGS K.K.
and
UNILEVER UNITED STATES, INC.
and
THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION P.L.C.
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SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST DEEDrelating to certain series of Notes
issued pursuant to the U.S.$15,000,000,000Debt Issuance Programme
as set out in the Schedule
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Ref:
EXM/SW/AR
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Linklaters
LLP
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This Supplemental Deed is made this
[●] day of [●], 2018 by:
(1)
UNILEVER INTERNATIONAL HOLDING B.V., a
private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of
the Netherlands and registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the
Chamber of Commerce under number 71450041 having its registered
office at Weena 455, PO Box 760, 3000 DK Rotterdam, the Netherlands
and successor to the company formerly known as Unilever N.V. with
registered number 24051830 (“Old NV”) (“New Sub”);
(2)
UNILEVER N.V., formerly known as
Unilever International Holdings N.V., a public limited liability
company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 70363196 having its registered office at Weena 455, PO
Box 760, 3000 DK Rotterdam, the Netherlands (“New NV”);
(3)
UNILEVER PLC, a company incorporated
under the laws of England, whose registered office is at Port
Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside CH62 4ZD, United Kingdom
(“PLC”);
(4)
UNILEVER JAPAN HOLDINGS K.K., a company
incorporated under the laws of Japan, whose registered office is at
1-1, Kamimeguro 2-chome, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8578, Japan;
(“UJH”);
(5)
UNILEVER UNITED STATES, INC., a company
incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States
of America, whose registered office is at 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19801, United States of America
(“UNUS”);
and
(6)
THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION
p.l.c., a company incorporated under the laws of England,
whose registered office is at Fifth Floor, 100 Wood Street, London
EC2V 7EX (the “Trustee”).
Whereas:
(A)
On [●] 2018,
pursuant to sections 2:309, 2:324 and 2:333a of the Dutch Civil
Code, Old NV merged with New Sub (the “Merger”) whereby New Sub acquired
all the assets and liabilities (vermogen) and legal relationships of
Old NV under universal succession of title (onder algemene titel) and Old NV ceased
to exist.
(B)
PLC has issued the
notes set out in the Schedule to this Supplemental Trust Deed (each
a “Series” and
together, the “Notes”) as constituted by the
trust deed dated 22 July 1994 made between Old NV, PLC and UJH as
issuers, PLC, Old NV and UNUS as guarantors and the Trustee (such
trust deed, as amended and restated or supplemented in accordance
with its terms as at the issue date of the relevant Series, the
“relevant Trust
Deed”).
(C)
On [●] 2018,
New NV became the new parent company of the Unilever
group.
(D)
Pursuant to the
relevant Extraordinary Resolution passed by holders of the relevant
Series of Notes, the relevant Noteholders have agreed to the
substitution of New NV as Issuer of the Notes and the release of
PLC from its obligations under the Notes and the relevant Trust
Deed and certain amendments to the terms and conditions of the
relevant Series which will be effected and implemented pursuant to
this Supplemental Trust Deed.
(E)
This Supplemental
Trust Deed is supplemental to the relevant Trust Deed in respect of
each Series.
Now therefore this Supplemental Deed witnesseth
and it is hereby declared as follows:
1
Definitions
and Interpretations
To the
extent to which the same are applicable and unless otherwise
defined herein, the definitions and provisions contained in Clause
1 of the relevant Trust Deed shall apply to and be incorporated in
this Supplemental Trust Deed (including the recitals
hereto).
The
relevant Trust Deed and this Supplemental Trust Deed shall
henceforth be read and construed together as one trust
deed.
2
Release
of PLC as issuer
With
effect from the date hereof, PLC (the “Retiring Issuer”) shall be
released from all its obligations, undertakings and covenants as
issuer under the relevant Trust Deed and the Notes.
3
Assumption
of obligations by New NV as Issuer
With
effect from the date hereof, New NV hereby unconditionally and
irrevocably accepts the assumption of and agrees to be bound by and
subject to all obligations pursuant to the Conditions of the
relevant Series of Notes and the relevant Trust Deed of the
Retiring Issuer as Issuer of the Notes and accordingly all the
provisions of the Conditions of the relevant Series of Notes and
the relevant Trust Deed relating to the Retiring Issuer as Issuer
shall mutatis mutandis
apply to New NV in all respects as if New NV had been party to the
relevant Trust Deed.
All
references to the “Issuer”, “Unilever PLC”
or “PLC” as issuer in the relevant Conditions and the
relevant Trust Deed shall be deemed to be references to “New
NV” and a definition of New NV shall be included as
follows:
“New NV” means a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands
under the name Unilever International Holdings N.V. and registered
with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under
number 70363196, as such company may be renamed from time to
time.
4
Assumption
of obligations of Old NV by New Sub
For the
avoidance of doubt, with effect from the date of the Merger, New
Sub assumed all obligations pursuant to the Conditions of the
relevant Series of Notes and the relevant Trust Deed of Old NV as
Guarantor of the Notes under universal succession of
title.
With
effect from the date hereof, all references to the “Unilever
N.V.” or “N.V.” as guarantor in the relevant
Conditions and the relevant Trust Deed shall be replaced by
references to “New Sub” and a definition of New Sub
shall be included as follows:
“New Sub” means a private company
with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands under the name Unilever International Holding B.V. and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number 71450041, as such company may be renamed from time to
time.
5
Assumption
of obligations by PLC as Guarantor
With
effect from the date hereof, PLC hereby unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantees jointly and severally with New Sub and UNUS,
the due and punctual payment by the Issuer of any moneys payable
from time to time by the Issuer in respect of the relevant Notes,
the Receipts and the Coupons and accordingly all the provisions of
the Conditions of the relevant Series of Notes and the relevant
Trust Deed relating to the Guarantee shall mutatis mutandis apply to PLC in all
respects as if PLC had been party to the relevant Trust
Deed.
All
references to the Guarantors in the relevant Conditions and the
relevant Trust Deed shall include PLC as an additional
Guarantor.
6
Additional
amendments to the relevant Conditions
6.1
Condition 4 of the
relevant Conditions shall be amended as follows:
So long
as any Notes remain outstanding (as defined in the Trust Deed),
New
NV neither N.V. nor
PLC will not create or
have outstanding any mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or other
security interest upon the whole or any substantial part of its
undertaking or assets (including any uncalled capital), present or
future, to secure any Indebtedness of any person (or any guarantee
or indemnity given in respect thereof) unless the Notes and the
Coupons shall be secured by such mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or
other security interest equally and rateably therewith in the same
manner or in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee or such other
security for the Notes and Coupons shall be provided as the Trustee
shall, in its absolute discretion, deem not less beneficial to the
Noteholders or as shall be approved by an Extraordinary Resolution
(as defined in the Trust Deed) of Noteholders provided that the
restriction contained in this Condition shall not apply
to:
(i)
any mortgage,
charge, lien, pledge or other security interest arising solely by
mandatory operation of law; and
(ii)
any security over
assets of New NV
N.V.
or, as the case may be, PLC arising pursuant to the Algemene Voorwaarden (general terms and
conditions) of the Nederlandse
Vereniging van Banken (Dutch Bankers’ Association)
and/or similar terms applied by financial institutions, if and
insofar as applicable.
For the
purposes of this Condition:
“Indebtedness”
means any loan or other indebtedness in the form of, or represented
by, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities which at the time
of issue thereof either is, or is intended to be, quoted, listed or
ordinarily dealt in on any stock exchange, over-the-counter or
other recognised securities market and which by its terms has an
initial stated maturity of more than one year; and
“substantial”
means,
in relation to each of N.V. and PLC, an aggregate amount
equal to or greater than 25 per cent. of the aggregate value of the
fixed assets and current assets of New NV
N.V.,
PLC and its
their
group companies (being those companies required to be consolidated
in accordance with Netherlands and United
Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated accounts) (the
“Unilever Group”, and any company within the Unilever
Group being referred to herein as a “Group Company”),
such value and such assets being determined by reference to the
then most recently published audited consolidated balance sheet of
the Unilever Group. A report by the auditors of New
NV Auditors (as
defined in the Trust Deed) that, in their opinion, (1) the
amounts shown in a certificate provided by New NV
N.V.
and PLC (showing
the fixed assets and current assets of the relevant part and those
fixed assets and current assets expressed as a percentage of the
fixed assets and current assets of the Unilever Group) have been
accurately extracted from the accounting records of the Unilever
Group, and (2) the percentage of the fixed assets and current
assets of that part to the fixed assets and the current assets of
the Unilever Group has been correctly calculated, shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence of the matters to
which it relates.
6.2
Condition 7(h)
shall be amended as follows:
The
Issuer, each Guarantor and any other Group
Company may at any time purchase Notes at any price in the open
market or otherwise. If purchases are made by tender, tenders must
be made available to all Noteholders alike.”
6.3
References in
Condition 9 (Taxation) to “N.V.” shall be replaced by
references to “New NV or New Sub”.
6.4
Condition 10(A)
shall be amended as follows:
“10
Repayment
Upon Event of Default
(A)
The following
events or circumstances (each, a “Default”) shall be
acceleration events in relation to the Notes of a
Series:
(a)
there is a default
in the payment of any principal of, or for more than 15 days in the
payment of any interest due on, any of the Notes; or
(b)
there is a default
in the performance or observance by the Issuer, New
SubN.V. or PLC
of any other obligation under the Trust Deed or the Notes and such
default continues for 30 days after written notice thereof shall
have been given to the Issuer and the Guarantors by the Trustee
requiring the same to be remedied; or
(c)
(i) any other
indebtedness in respect of borrowed money (amounting in aggregate
principal amount to not less than U.S.$100,000,000 or the
equivalent thereof in any other currency or currencies) of
New NV,
New Sub either
N.V. or PLC becomes
prematurely repayable as a result of a default under the terms
thereof, or (ii) New NV, New Sub
either
N.V. or PLC
defaults in the repayment of any indebtedness in respect of
borrowed money (amounting in aggregate principal amount to not less
than U.S.$100,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in any other
currency or currencies) at the maturity thereof (taking into
account any applicable grace period therefor), or (iii) any
guarantee or indemnity given by New NV, New Sub
either
N.V. or PLC in
respect of any indebtedness in respect of borrowed money (amounting
in aggregate principal amount to not less than U.S.$100,000,000 or
the equivalent thereof in any other currency or currencies) shall
not be honoured when due and called upon (taking into account any
applicable grace period therefor) save where the Trustee is
satisfied that liability under such guarantee or indemnity is being
contested in good faith; or
(d)
an order is made or
a decree or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up,
liquidation or dissolution of the Issuer or New
SubN.V. or PLC
or an administration order is made or an administrator is appointed
in relation to PLC (except for the purpose of a merger,
reconstruction or amalgamation, under the terms of Condition 15 or
the terms of which have previously been approved in writing by the
Trustee or, where UJH is the Issuer, for the purpose of a merger,
reconstruction or amalgamation, under the terms of Condition 15 or
a merger, reconstruction or amalgamation not involving bankruptcy
or insolvency) and (except where such order, decree or resolution
is initiated or consented to by the relevant company or its
shareholders) such order, decree or resolution is not discharged or
stayed within a period of 60 days; or
(e)
the Issuer or
New
Sub N.V. or PLC
(except in the case of New
NV, New Sub
N.V. or PLC
for the purpose of a merger, reconstruction or amalgamation, under
the terms of Condition 15 or the terms of which have previously
been approved in writing by the Trustee or, where UJH is the
Issuer, for the purpose of a merger, reconstruction or amalgamation
under the terms of Condition 15 or a merger, reconstruction or
amalgamation not involving bankruptcy or insolvency) ceases or
threatens to cease to carry on the whole or substantially the whole
of its business; or
(f)
an administrative
receiver or other receiver, trustee, assignee or like officer is
appointed of (where the Issuer is UJH) the whole or a substantial
part of the undertaking or assets of UJH or (in any case) the whole
or a substantial part of the undertaking or assets of PLC or (in
any case) an administrator (bewindvoerder) is provisionally or
definitively appointed by the District Court in the event of a
moratorium (surséance van
betaling) over the whole or a substantial part of the
undertaking or assets of New NV
or New Sub
N.V. and
(except where any such appointment is made by or at the instigation
or motion of the relevant company or its shareholders) such
appointment is not discharged within 30 days; or
(g)
a trustee in
bankruptcy (curator) is
appointed by the District Court in the event of bankruptcy
(faillissement) affecting
the whole or a substantial part of the undertaking or assets of
New NV
or New
SubN.V. and
such appointment is not discharged within 30 days; or
(h)
a distress or
execution is levied or enforced upon or sued out against a
substantial part of the assets of either New
NV, New
SubN.V. or PLC
(being, in the case of New NV
or New
SubN.V., either
an executory attachment (executoriaal beslag) or a conservatory
attachment (conservatoir
beslag)) and is not removed, discharged, cancelled or paid
out within 30 days after the making thereof or any encumbrancer
takes possession of (where the Issuer is UJH) the whole or a
substantial part of the undertaking or assets of UJH or (in any
case) the whole or a substantial part of the undertaking or assets
of New
NV, New
SubN.V. or PLC
and is not discharged within 30 days; or
(i)
for any reason the
guarantee of either New
SubN.V. or PLC
in respect of the Notes ceases to be in full force and
effect.
For the
purposes of paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) the expression “a
substantial part” means a part whose value is equal to or
greater than 25 per cent. of the aggregate value of the fixed
assets and current assets of the Unilever Group, such value and
such assets being determined by reference to the then most recently
published audited consolidated balance sheet of the Unilever Group.
A report by the auditors of New NV
the
relevant company that, in their opinion, (i) the
amounts shown in a certificate provided by New NV
N.V.
and PLC (showing the fixed assets and current assets of the
relevant part and those fixed assets and current assets expressed
as a percentage of the fixed assets and current assets of the
Unilever Group) have been correctly extracted from the accounting
records of the Unilever Group and (ii) the percentage of the fixed
assets and current assets of that part to the fixed assets and the
current assets of the Unilever Group has been correctly calculated,
shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence of
the matters to which it relates.”
6.5
The fourth and
fifth paragraphs of Condition 15 shall be amended as
follows:
“The Trustee
may also agree, subject to certain conditions set out in the Trust
Deed, but without the consent of the Holders of the Notes of such
Series and of the Receipts and of the Coupons (if any) relating
thereto, (i) to the substitution of any Group Company in place of
the Issuer as principal debtor in respect of the Notes of any
Series or (ii) to the substitution in place of the Issuer as
principal debtor, or of any Guarantor, of any successor in business
(as defined in the Trust Deed) of the Issuer or, as the case may
be, that Guarantor. It is a condition of any such substitution that
such Notes, Receipts and Coupons (if any) relating thereto
thereupon become or remain, as the case may be, unconditionally and
irrevocably guaranteed on a joint and several basis by New NV, New
SubN.V. (except
where New
SubN.V. is the
new principal debtor), PLC (except where PLC is the new principal
debtor) and UNUS (except where UJH is the new principal
debtor).
So long
as any Notes remain outstanding (as defined in the Trust Deed),
neither UJH nor New NV or New
Sub N.V. nor
PLC will merge with, or transfer all or substantially all of its
assets or undertaking to, another company (except where UJH,
New NV or
New Sub N.V. or PLC,
as the case may be, is the continuing company) unless that other
company agrees, in form and manner reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, to be bound by the terms of the Notes, Receipts and the
Coupons (if any) appertaining thereto and the Trust Deed in place
of UJH or, as the case may be, New NV or New
Sub N.V. or
PLC and the Trustee is satisfied that the conditions set out in the
Trust Deed are complied with.”
7
Amendments
to the relevant Trust Deed
7.1
The definition of
Auditors shall be deleted.
7.2
The definition of
Group Company shall be replaced with the following:
“Group Company” has the meaning set
out in the Conditions.
7.3
The definition of
Guarantee shall be replaced with the following:
“Guarantee” means the guarantees
contained in these presents pursuant to which the Notes are
guaranteed, unconditionally and irrevocably on a joint and several
basis by PLC, New Sub and UNUS.
7.4
Clause 17(B)(i)(c)
of the Trust Deed shall be replaced with the
following:
“in the case
of a substitution of a new principal debtor an unconditional and
irrevocable guarantee of (a) N.V. and PLC
or, (b) where N.V. or PLC becomes the principal debtor, PLC or, as
the case may be, N.V. and UNUS (in each case), shall have
been given by New NV, New Sub
(except where New Sub is the new principal debtor), PLC (except
where PLC is the new principal debtor) and UNUS (except where UJH
is the new principal debtor) in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee of the payment of all moneys payable by
the Substituted Company under these presents, the Notes, the
Receipts and the Coupons;”
7.5
Clause 17(C)(ii) of
the Trust Deed shall be replaced with the following:
“where the
New Company is incorporated, domiciled or resident in, or is
otherwise subject generally to the taxing jurisdiction of, or of
any authority in, a territory or territories other than, in the
case of New NV or
New
SubN.V., The
Netherlands, in the case of PLC, the United Kingdom, in the case of
UJH, Japan or, in the case of any previous substitute under this
Clause, the applicable territory, undertakings or covenants shall
be given by the New Company in terms corresponding to the
provisions of Condition 9 with the substitution for the references
to The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Japan or such territory, as
the case may be, of references to the territory or territories in
which the New Company is incorporated, domiciled or resident or to
whose taxing jurisdiction it is subject generally and in the event
of any such undertaking or covenant being given the provisions of
these presents shall be read and construed accordingly and the
provisions of parts (i) to (iv) of Condition 7(c) shall be amended
accordingly;”
It is
declared that there shall be deemed to be incorporated in this
Supplemental Trust Deed all the covenants, undertakings, powers,
obligations and/or other provisions of the relevant Trust Deed, the
Schedules thereto, the Conditions of the relevant Series relating
to or affecting the Issuers or the Guarantors, as the case may be,
in the same manner and to the same extent as if the same had been,
mutatis mutandis, set out
in full in this Supplemental Trust Deed and made applicable to New
NV as issuer and PLC as guarantor, and (without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing) each of New NV and PLC accordingly
covenant in favour of the Trustee to duly perform and observe and
be bound by the said covenants, undertakings, powers, obligations
and/or other provisions imposed on or relating to or affecting it
by or under the Trust Deed or the Schedules or the
Conditions.
Any
notice or demand to New NV or New Sub or any approval or
certificate of the Trustee required to be given, made or served for
any purpose of these presents shall be given, made or served by
sending the same by pre-paid post (first-class if inland, airmail
if overseas), telex or by facsimile copy or by delivering the same
by hand as follows:
New
NV
New
Sub
New NV
hereby covenants with the Trustee that, as soon as practicable, and
not later than 14 days after the date hereof it shall give, or
procure to be given, notice of the entry into this Supplemental
Trust Deed to the Noteholders (in a form previously approved by the
Trustee) in accordance with Condition 14.
This
Supplemental Trust Deed may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be identical and all of which,
when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument
and any one of the parties hereby may execute this Supplemental
Trust Deed by signing any such counterpart.
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Rights
of Third Parties
The
parties to this Supplemental Trust Deed do not intend that any term
of this Supplemental Trust Deed should be enforceable, by virtue of
the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, by any person who
is not a party to this Supplemental Trust Deed.
This
Supplemental Trust Deed, and any non-contractual obligations
arising out of or in connection with it, is governed by, and shall
be construed in accordance with, the laws of England.
In
relation to all claims arising hereunder (including a claim
relating to any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in
connection with this Supplemental Trust Deed) New NV, PLC, UJH,
UNUS and New Sub severally agree that the courts of England are to
have jurisdiction to settle any such claim and that accordingly any
suit, action or proceedings (together referred to as
“Proceedings”)
arising hereunder may be brought in such courts.
Nothing
contained in this Clause shall limit any right to take proceedings
against New NV, PLC, UJH, UNUS and New Sub in any other court of
competent jurisdiction, nor shall the taking of Proceedings in one
or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of Proceedings in any
other jurisdiction, whether concurrently or not. Each of New NV,
PLC, UJH, UNUS and New Sub irrevocably agrees that any legal
proceedings or any demand or any notice may be made or served on it
by the same being posted in a prepaid registered or recorded
delivery letter addressed to it at the address set out in Clause 32
of the relevant Trust Deed for the time being of PLC (or at such
other office as it may have notified in writing to the Trustee and
as the Trustee shall from time to time have approved) and marked
for the attention of the Group Secretary of PLC or such other
official of PLC as New NV, UJH, UNUS or New Sub may have notified
in writing to the Trustee and the Trustee shall from time to time
have approved.
In witness whereof this Supplemental Trust Deed has
been executed as a deed by the parties hereto and is intended to be
and is hereby delivered on the date first above
written.
EXECUTED
as a DEED by UNILEVER
PLC
acting
by:
in the
presence of:
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signature
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Name
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Occupation
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EXECUTED
as a DEED UNILEVER INTERNATIONAL
HOLDING B.V.(having its corporate seat in Rotterdam, The
Netherlands)acting by
in the
capacity as Duly Authorised
Attorney under its authority acting by:
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EXECUTED
as a DEED UNILEVER
N.V.(having its corporate seat in Rotterdam, The
Netherlands)acting by
in the
capacity as Duly Authorised
Attorney under its authority acting by:
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EXECUTED
as a DEED by the said UNILEVER
JAPAN HOLDINGS K.K.
acting
by
under
its authority:
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EXECUTED
as a DEED by the said UNILEVER
UNITED STATES, INC.
acting
by
under
its authority:
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THE
COMMON SEAL of THE LAW DEBENTURE
TRUST CORPORATION P.L.C. was affixed to this
deed
in the
presence of:
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Director:
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signatory:
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Schedule to the Supplemental Trust Deed
ISIN
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Description
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XS1560644830
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£350,000,000
1.125 per cent. Notes due February 2022
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XS1684780031
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£250,000,000
1.375 per cent. Notes due 15 September 2024
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XS1684780205
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£250,000,000
1.875 per cent. Notes due 15 September 2029
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DISCLAIMER This Notice must be read in
conjunction with the Consent Solicitation Memorandum. This Notice
and the Consent Solicitation Memorandum contain important
information which should be read carefully before any decision is
made with respect to the relevant Proposed Amendments. If any
Noteholder is in any doubt as to the action it should take or is
unsure of the impact of the implementation of the relevant Proposed
Amendments or the relevant Extraordinary Resolution to be proposed
at the relevant Meeting, it is recommended to seek its own
financial and legal advice, including as to any tax and legal
consequences, from its broker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant
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None of
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director, officer, employee, agent or affiliate of any such person,
is acting for any Noteholder, or will be responsible to any
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Agents, the Tabulation Agent, the Issuers, nor any director,
officer, employee, agent or affiliate of, any such person makes any
recommendation whether Noteholders should participate in the
relevant Consent Solicitation.
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and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the
Annual Report on Form 20-F 2017 and the Unilever Annual Report and
Accounts 2017.
IMPORTANT
INFORMATION IN RESPECT OF SIMPLIFICATION
The below disclaimer relates only to, and is included in relation
only to, Simplification.
This
Notice is for informational purposes only and does not constitute
or form part of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to
buy or subscribe to any securities, nor shall there be any sale of
securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under
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offer of securities for sale into the United States. No offering of
securities shall be made in the United States except pursuant to
registration under the US Securities Act of 1933 (the
“Securities Act”), or an exemption
therefrom.
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advertisement and not a prospectus for the purposes of Directive
2003/71/EC, as amended.