Exhibit 4.42
GUARANTEE ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
GUARANTEE ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT dated as of February 27, 2009 by CONSTELLATION SERVICES LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor), in favor of
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders or other financial institutions
or entities party as Lenders to the Credit Agreement referred to below (in such capacity,
together with its successors in such capacity, the Administrative Agent).
Constellation Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the Subsidiary Guarantors referred to
therein and the Administrative Agent are parties to a Credit Agreement dated as of June 5, 2006 (as
modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the Credit Agreement).
Pursuant to Section 6.09(b) of the Credit Agreement, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor
hereby agrees to become a Subsidiary Guarantor for all purposes of the Credit Agreement,
and an Obligor for all purposes of the U.S. Pledge Agreement. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally with the other
Subsidiary Guarantors, guarantees to each Lender and the Administrative Agent and their respective
successors and assigns the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of all Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in Section 3.01 of the Credit
Agreement) in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided in Article III of the Credit
Agreement. In addition, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor hereby makes the representations and
warranties set forth in Sections 4.01, 4.02 and 4.03 of the Credit Agreement, and in Section 2 of
the U.S. Pledge Agreement, with respect to itself and its obligations under this Agreement, as if
each reference in such Sections to the Loan Documents included reference to this Agreement.
The Additional Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that Annex 1 of the U.S. Pledge Agreement
shall be supplemented as provided in Attachment A hereto.
Guarantee Assumption Agreement
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor has caused this Guarantee Assumption
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
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CONSTELLATION SERVICES LLC
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/s/ Thomas D. Roberts
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Name: |
Thomas D. Roberts |
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Title: |
Vice President and Assistant
Treasurer |
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Accepted and agreed:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Administrative Agent
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By: |
/s/ Tony Yung
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Name: |
Tony Yung |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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Guarantee Assumption Agreement