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Exhibit 99(b)(10)
AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
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FBG TREASURY (AUST) LIMITED
FBG TREASURY (UK) PLC
FBG TREASURY (EUROPE) B.V.
FBG TREASURY (NZ) LIMITED
FBG TREASURY (USA) INC.
FOSTER'S BREWING GROUP LIMITED
NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED
BANK OF NEW ZEALAND
ARTHUR ROBINSON & HEDDERWICKS
Stock Exchange Centre
530 Collins Street
Melbourne 3000 Australia
Tel 61 3 9614 1011
Fax 61 3 9614 4661
(C) Copyright Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks 2000
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1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 2
2. AMENDMENTS 2
3. EFFECTIVE DATE 2
4. REMAINING PROVISIONS UNAFFECTED 3
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 (TREASURY AUST.)
2. FBG TREASURY (UK) PLC of Montrose House Chertsey Boulevard,
Hanworth Lane, Chertsey, Surrey KT169JX (TREASURY UK)
3. FBG TREASURY (EUROPE) B.V. of Strawinskylaan 3127, 1077 ZX
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (TREASURY EUROPE)
4. FBG TREASURY (NZ) LIMITED of Level 1, Elder's House, 60 Khyber
Pass Road, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand (TREASURY NZ)
5. FBG TREASURY (USA) INC. of Suite 200, 103 Foulk Road,
Wilmington, Delaware USA (TREASURY USA)
6. FOSTER'S BREWING GROUP LIMITED (ACN 007 620 886) incorporated
in South Australia of 77 Southbank Boulevard, Southbank,
Victoria (FOSTER'S BREWING GROUP)
7. NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED (ACN 004 044 937) of 271
Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria (the LENDER ).
8. BANK OF NEW ZEALAND of Level 6, BNZ Tower, 125 Queens Street,
Auckland, New Zealand (BNZ)
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A The parties (except Treasury NZ, Treasury USA and BNZ) are
parties to an agreement dated 27 February 1991 as amended
under which the Lender provides the Borrowers with financial
accommodation up to a maximum amount of $A300,000,000 (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 BNZ to become, and BNZ has agreed to become,
a lender under the Principal Agreement.
D 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
(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.
(b) The terms CREDITOR ACCESSION DEED, APPROVED FACILITY and
APPROVED FACILITY CERTIFICATE have the meanings given to those
terms in the Trust Deed.
(c) 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
The Principal Agreement is amended to read as set out in Schedule 1.
3. EFFECTIVE DATE
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 National Australia Bank Limited, 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
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;
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(i) an opinion of Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks and Jones, Day,
Reavis & Pogue in relation to the obligations of Treasury USA
under this Agreement;
(j) a copy of a Creditor Accession Deed executed by BNZ and
Foster's Brewing Group; and
(k) an Approved Facility Certificate executed by Foster's Brewing
Group confirming its approval of the multi -option facilty
provided in the Principal Agreement as an Approved Facility in
relation to BNZ and the Lender.
4. REMAINING PROVISIONS UNAFFECTED
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.
5. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
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
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 and New Zealand.
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 (AUST) LIMITED by its attorney in
the presence of:
/s/ Seng T. Tan
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ATTORNEY'S SIGNATURE
Seng T. Tan, Vice President - Treasury
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/s/ Trudi Lodge
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WITNESS SIGNATURE
Trudi Lodge
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SIGNED for and on behalf of FBG
TREASURY (UK) PLC by its attorney
in the presence of:
/s/ Seng T. Tan
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ATTORNEY'S SIGNATURE
Seng T. Tan, Vice President - Treasury
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/s/ Trudi Lodge
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WITNESS SIGNATURE
Trudi Lodge
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SIGNED for and on behalf of FBG
TREASURY (EUROPE) B.V. by its
attorney in the presence of:
/s/ Seng T. Tan
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ATTORNEY'S SIGNATURE
Seng T. Tan, Vice President - Treasury
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/s/ Trudi Lodge
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WITNESS SIGNATURE
Trudi Lodge
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SIGNED for and on behalf of FBG
TREASURY (NZ) LIMITED by its attorney in
the presence of:
/s/ Seng T. Tan
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ATTORNEY'S SIGNATURE
Seng T. Tan, Vice President - Treasury
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/s/ Trudi Lodge
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WITNESS SIGNATURE
Trudi Lodge
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SIGNED for and on behalf of FBG
TREASURY (USA) INC. by its
attorney in the presence of:
/s/ Seng T. Tan
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ATTORNEY'S SIGNATURE
Seng T. Tan, Vice President - Treasury
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/s/ Trudi Lodge
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WITNESS SIGNATURE
Trudi Lodge
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SIGNED for and on behalf of FOSTER'S
BREWING GROUP LIMITED by its attorney in
the presence of:
/s/ Seng T. Tan
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ATTORNEY'S SIGNATURE
Seng T. Tan, Vice President - Treasury
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/s/ Trudi Lodge
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WITNESS SIGNATURE
Trudi Lodge
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SIGNED for and on behalf of
NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED
by its attorney in the presence
of:
/s/ MJ Woolrich
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ATTORNEY'S SIGNATURE
Michael James Woolrich
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/s/ Rebecca Burke
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WITNESS SIGNATURE
Rebecca Burke
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SIGNED for and on behalf of BANK
OF NEW ZEALAND by its attorney in
the presence of:
/s/ Shelley Maree Ruha
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ATTORNEY'S SIGNATURE
/s/ Douglas Ian Dallimore
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/s/ M. C. Alexander
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WITNESS SIGNATURE
M. C. Alexander, Solicitor, Auckland, New Zealand
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