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Ardagh Glass Finance plc - Irish Stock Exchange

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(b) the sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger, consolidation<br />

or transfer of the Parent Guarantor’s Voting <strong>Stock</strong>) of all or substantially all of the assets<br />

(other than Capital <strong>Stock</strong>, Debt or other securities of any Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the<br />

Parent Guarantor, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, (i) if<br />

following such sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition, the transferee entity is not listed<br />

on a stock exchange or automated quoting system and any person or group, other than one or<br />

more Permitted Holders, is or as a result of such sale, transfer, conveyance or other<br />

disposition becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of a larger percentage of the<br />

total voting power of the Voting <strong>Stock</strong> of the transferee entity than the Permitted Holders,<br />

individually or in the aggregate or (ii) if the transferee entity is and is expected to continue to<br />

be listed on a stock exchange or automated quotation system following such sale, transfer,<br />

conveyance or other disposition (x) any person or group other than one or more Permitted<br />

Holders, is or as a result of such transaction becomes the beneficial owner, directly or<br />

indirectly, of more than 35% of the total voting power of the Voting <strong>Stock</strong> of the transferee<br />

entity and (y) the Permitted Holders, individually or in the aggregate, do not beneficially own,<br />

directly or indirectly, a larger percentage of the total voting power of such Voting <strong>Stock</strong> than<br />

such other person or groups;<br />

(c) during any consecutive two-year period following the date of the Indenture, individuals who at<br />

the beginning of such period constituted the Parent Guarantor’s board of directors (together<br />

with any new members whose election to such board, or whose nomination for election by the<br />

Parent Guarantor’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the<br />

members of the Parent Guarantor’s board of directors then still in office who were either<br />

members at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was<br />

previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the members of the<br />

Parent Guarantor’s board of directors then in office;<br />

(d) the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer is liquidated or dissolved or adopts a plan of liquidation or<br />

dissolution other than in a transaction which complies with the provisions described under<br />

‘‘—Certain Covenants—Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets’’; or<br />

(e) the Parent Guarantor or any Surviving Entity ceases to beneficially own, directly or indirectly,<br />

100% of the Voting <strong>Stock</strong> of the Issuer, other than director’s qualifying shares and other<br />

shares required to be issued by law.<br />

For the purposes of this definition, (i) ‘‘person’’ and ‘‘group’’ have the meanings they have in<br />

Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the <strong>Exchange</strong> Act; (ii)’’beneficial owner’’ is used as defined in Rules 13d-3<br />

and 13d-5 under the <strong>Exchange</strong> Act, except that a person shall be deemed to have ‘‘beneficial<br />

ownership’’ of all securities that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable<br />

immediately or only after the passage of time; and (iii) a Person or group will be deemed to<br />

beneficially own all Voting <strong>Stock</strong> of an entity held by a parent entity, if such Person or group is or<br />

becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the total voting power of the<br />

Voting <strong>Stock</strong> of such parent entity and the Permitted Holders, individually or in the aggregate, do not<br />

beneficially own, directly or indirectly, a larger percentage of the total voting power of such Voting<br />

<strong>Stock</strong> than such Person or group.<br />

Certain Covenants<br />

The Indenture will contain, among others, the following covenants.<br />

Limitation on Debt<br />

(1) The Parent Guarantor will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, issue,<br />

incur, assume, guarantee or in any manner become directly or indirectly liable with respect to<br />

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