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EXHIBIT 99(b)(13)
AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
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FBG TREASURY (AUST.) LIMITED
FBG TREASURY (UK) PLC
FBG TREASURY (NZ) LIMITED
FBG TREASURY (USA) INC.
FOSTER'S BREWING GROUP LIMITED
WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION
ARTHUR ROBINSON & HEDDERWICKS
Stock Exchange Centre
530 Collins Street
Melbourne 3000 Australia
Tel 61 3 9614 1011
Fax 61 3 9614 4661
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1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 1
2. AMENDMENTS 2
3. EFFECTIVE DATE 2
4. REMAINING PROVISIONS UNAFFECTED 2
5. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION 3
6. COUNTERPARTS 3
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DATE
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PARTIES
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1. FBG TREASURY (AUST.) LIMITED (ACN 006 865 738) of 77 Southbank
Boulevard, Southbank, Victoria, Australia. (TREASURY AUST)
2. FBG TREASURY (UK) PLC of Montrose House, Chertsey Boulevard,
Hanworth Lane, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 9JX (TREASURY UK)
3. FBG TREASURY (NZ) LIMITED of Level 1, Elder's House, 60 Khyber
Pass Road, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand (TREASURY NZ)
4. FBG TREASURY (USA) INC., of Suite 274, 103 Foulk Road,
Wilmington, Delaware USA (TREASURY USA)
5. FOSTER'S BREWING GROUP LIMITED (ACN 007 620 886) of 77 Southbank
Boulevard, Southbank, Victoria, Australia (FOSTER'S BREWING
GROUP)
6. WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION (ARBN 007 457 141) of 360 Collins
Street, Melbourne (LENDER).
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A The parties (except Treasury NZ and Treasury USA) are parties to
an agreement dated 21 March 1991 (as amended and supplemented)
under which the Lenders provide the Borrowers with financial
accommodation up to a maximum amount of $A200,000,000 (the
PRINCIPAL AGREEMENT).
B The parties wish Treasury NZ and Treasury USA to become and
Treasury NZ and Treasury USA have agreed to become Borrowers
under the Principal Agreement.
C The parties wish to amend the Principal Agreement in the manner
set out in this Agreement.
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IT IS AGREED as follows.
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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(a) Words which are defined in the Principal Agreement and which
are used in this Agreement have the same meaning in this
Agreement as in the Principal Agreement, unless the context
requires otherwise.
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(b) The provisions of Clauses 1.2 and 1.3 of the Principal
Agreement form part of this Agreement as if set out at length
in this Agreement.
2. AMENDMENTS
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The Principal Agreement is amended to read as set out in Schedule 1.
3. EFFECTIVE DATE
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This Agreement takes effect, and the parties agree to be bound by the
Principal Agreement as amended by this Agreement from the date (the
EFFECTIVE DATE) on which Westpac Banking Corporation receives the
following in form and substance satisfactory to it:
(a) a copy of a power of attorney appointing attorneys on behalf
of each Borrower and Foster's Brewing Group to execute this
Agreement;
(b) a copy of an extract of a board resolution authorising the
execution by each Borrower and Foster's Brewing Group of this
Agreement;
(c) a copy of the Articles of Association of Treasury NZ and the
Bylaws of Treasury USA;
(d) a copy of the Guarantor Accession Deeds duly executed by each
of Treasury NZ and Treasury USA;
(e) a copy of an opinion of Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks and
Simpson Grierson in relation to the obligations of Treasury NZ
under the Guarantor Accession Deed and the Trust Deed;
(f) a copy of an opinion of Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks and
Tucci & Tannenbaum in relation to the obligations of Treasury
USA under the Guarantor Accession Deed and the Trust Deed;
(g) a counterpart of this Agreement duly executed by the Borrowers
and Foster's Brewing Group;
(h) an opinion of Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks and Simpson
Grierson in relation to the obligations of Treasury NZ under
this Agreement; and
(i) an opinion of Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks and Jones, Day,
Reavis & Pogue in relation to the obligations of Treasury USA
under this Agreement.
4. REMAINING PROVISIONS UNAFFECTED
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Except as specifically amended by this Agreement, all terms and
conditions of the Principal Agreement remain in full force and effect.
With effect from the Effective Date (as defined in Clause 3), the
Principal Agreement as amended by this Agreement is to be read as a
single integrated document incorporating the amendments effected by
this Agreement.
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5. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
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This Agreement is governed by the laws of Victoria. Each party submits
to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of courts exercising jurisdiction in
connection with matters concerning this Agreement.
6. COUNTERPARTS
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This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts. All
counterparts together will be taken to constitute one instrument.
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EXECUTED in Melbourne.
Each attorney executing this Agreement states that he or she has no notice of
revocation or suspension of his or her power of attorney.
SIGNED for and on behalf of FBG
TREASURY (UK) PLC by its attorney in the
presence of:
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SIGNED for and on behalf of FBG
TREASURY (AUST.) LIMITED by its attorney
in the presence of:
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SIGNED for and on behalf of FBG
TREASURY (NZ) LIMITED by its attorney in the
presence of:
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SIGNED for and on behalf of FBG
TREASURY (USA) INC. by its attorney in the
presence of:
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SIGNED for and on behalf of FOSTER'S
BREWING GROUP LIMITED by its attorney in
the presence of:
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SIGNED for and on behalf of WESTPAC
BANKING CORPORATION by its attorney in the
presence of:
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