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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 10, 2024

 

 

TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34003   51-0350842

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

110 West 44th Street, New York, New York   10036
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (646) 536-2842

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $.01 par value   TTWO   NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 


Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On June 12, 2024, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (the “Company”) completed its underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) and sale of $600 million aggregate principal amount of its senior notes, consisting of $300 million principal amount of its 5.400% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”) and $300 million principal amount of its 5.600% Senior Notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes” and, together with the 2029 Notes, the “Notes”).

The Notes were issued under an indenture, dated as of April 14, 2022 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”), which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2024, and (i) a seventh supplemental indenture, with respect to the 2029 Notes and (ii) an eighth supplemental indenture, with respect to the 2034 Notes (collectively, the “Supplemental Indentures” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), each dated as of June 12, 2024, between the Company and the Trustee, which are filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 hereto, respectively.

The Notes are the Company’s senior unsecured obligations and rank equally with all of the Company’s other existing and future unsubordinated obligations. The 2029 Notes mature on June 12, 2029 and bear interest at an annual rate of 5.400%. The 2034 Notes mature on June 12, 2034 and bear interest at an annual rate of 5.600%. The Company will pay interest on the Notes semi-annually on June 12 and December 12 of each year, commencing December 12, 2024.

The Notes are not entitled to any sinking fund payments. The Company may redeem each series of the Notes at any time in whole or from time to time in part at the applicable redemption prices set forth in each Supplemental Indenture.

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined in each of the Supplemental Indentures) with respect to a series of the Notes, each holder of the Notes of such series will have the right to require the Company to purchase that holder’s Notes of such series at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of repurchase, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem all the Notes.

In the case of an event of default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately. If any other event of default specified in the Indenture occurs and is continuing with respect to any series of the Notes, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of that series of the outstanding Notes may declare the principal of such series of Notes immediately due and payable.

The Indenture contains certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to grant liens without equally securing the Notes, or to enter into certain sale and lease-back transactions. These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and limitations, as further provided in the Indenture.

The foregoing description of the Notes, the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indentures does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such documents.

 

Item 2.03.

Creation of Direct Financial Obligation.

The disclosure set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On June 10, 2024, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule 1 thereto, in connection with the Offering. A copy of the Underwriting

 

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Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated by reference herein. The Notes are being offered pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-264153) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on June 10, 2024 and the final prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on June 12, 2024.

On June 10, 2024 the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of its offering of the Notes. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements contained herein that are not historical facts are considered forward-looking statements under federal securities laws and may be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “seeks,” “should,” “will,” or words of similar meaning and include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the outlook for our future business and financial performance. Such forward-looking statements are based on the current beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to them, which are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks, and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Actual outcomes and results may vary materially from these forward-looking statements based on a variety of risks and uncertainties including risks relating to conducting business internationally, including as a result of unforeseen geopolitical events; the impact of changes in interest rates by the Federal Reserve and other central banks, including on our short-term investment portfolio; the impact of inflation; volatility in foreign currency exchange rates; our dependence on key management and product development personnel; our dependence on our NBA 2K and Grand Theft Auto products and our ability to develop other hit titles; our ability to leverage opportunities on PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X|S; factors affecting our mobile business, such as player acquisition costs; the timely release and significant market acceptance of our games; and the ability to maintain acceptable pricing levels on our games.

Other important factors and information are contained in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, including the risks summarized in the section entitled “Risk Factors,” and the Company’s other periodic filings with the SEC, which can be accessed at www.take2games.com. All forward-looking statements are qualified by these cautionary statements and apply only as of the date they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

EXHIBIT
NO.
   DESCRIPTION
 1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 10, 2024, by and among the Company, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule 1 thereto.
 4.1    Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 12, 2024, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.
 4.2    Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 12, 2024, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.
 4.3    Form of Global Note representing 5.400% Senior Notes due 2029 (included as part of Exhibit 4.1).
 4.4    Form of Global Note representing 5.600% Senior Notes due 2034 (included as part of Exhibit 4.2).
 5.1    Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
 5.2    Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
99.1    Press Release, dated June 10, 2024.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.
By:  

/s/ Matthew Breitman

Name:   Matthew Breitman
Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel Americas & Corporate Secretary

Date: June 12, 2024

 

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Exhibit 1.1

Execution Version

TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.

$300,000,000 5.400% Senior Notes due 2029

$300,000,000 5.600% Senior Notes due 2034

Underwriting Agreement

June 10, 2024

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

As Representatives of the several

Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto

c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

c/o Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), $300,000,000 principal amount of its 5.400% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”) and $300,000,000 principal amount of its 5.600% Senior Notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes” and, together with the 2029 Notes, the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of April 14, 2022 (the “Base Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture (the “2029 Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “2029 Indenture”) and as supplemented by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture (the “2034 Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “2034 Indenture”), in each case to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined below).

The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:

1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-264153), including a prospectus, relating to the Securities. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed


pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information, and the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities. Any reference in this agreement (this “Agreement”) to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be and any reference to “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

At or prior to 2:10 p.m., New York City time, on June 10, 2024, the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated June 10, 2024, and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto.

2. Purchase and Sale of the Securities.

(a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to (y) 99.231% of the principal amount of the 2029 Notes and (z) 99.146% of the principal amount of the 2034 Notes, respectively, plus, in each case, accrued interest, if any, from June 10, 2024 to the Closing Date. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the Securities to be purchased as provided herein.

(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Securities as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.

 

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(c) Payment for and delivery of the Securities will be made at the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on June 12, 2024, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment and delivery is referred to herein as the “Closing Date”.

(d) Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Company to the Representatives against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of the Underwriters, of one or more global notes representing each of the 2029 Notes and the 2034 Notes (collectively, the “Global Notes”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Notes will be made available for inspection by the Representatives not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date.

(e) The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Underwriter is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Representatives or any Underwriter of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Representatives or such Underwriter, as the case may be, and shall not be on behalf of the Company, as the case may be, or any other person.

3. Representations and Warranties of the Company: The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriters that:

(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus.

 

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(b) Time of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus.

(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. The Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i) (ii) and (iii) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus, (iv) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, including a Pricing Term Sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto, which constitute part of the Time of Sale Information and (v) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complies in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, at the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust

 

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Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable.

(f) Financial Statements. (i) The financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries in all material respects as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; (ii) the financial statements of Zynga Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Zynga”), and its consolidated subsidiaries and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly the financial position of Zynga and its consolidated subsidiaries in all material respects as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; (iii) such financial statements, in each case, have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein; (iv) the other financial information included

 

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or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries or Zynga and its consolidated subsidiaries, as applicable, and presents fairly the information shown thereby in all material respects; and (v) the pro forma financial information and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus have been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the assumptions underlying such pro forma financial information are reasonable and are set forth in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (as defined below), or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its “significant subsidiaries”, as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act (each a “Significant Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Significant Subsidiaries”) have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing (to the extent the concept of good standing is applicable in the relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified, in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or on the

 

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performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and the Securities (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2024. The subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement are the only Significant Subsidiaries of the Company.

(i) Capitalization. The Company has the authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Capitalization”; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares and except as otherwise described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus) and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party (collectively, “Liens”).

(j) Due Authorization. The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Securities, the 2029 Indenture and the 2034 Indenture (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly taken.

(k) The Indenture. The Base Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, and each of the 2029 Supplemental Indenture and the 2034 Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized, and on the Closing Date, will be duly executed and delivered by the Company and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”); and on the Closing Date each of the 2029 Indenture and the 2034 Indenture will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.

(l) The Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(m) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

 

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(n) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(o) No Violation or Default. None of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is bound or to which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(p) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, result in the termination, modification or acceleration of, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is bound or to which any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(q) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for (i) the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act, (ii) the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and (iii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.

 

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(r) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, demands, claims, suits, arbitrations, inquiries or proceedings (“Actions”) pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; no such Actions are, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others; and (i) there are no current or pending Actions that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(s) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and Zynga and its subsidiaries, as applicable, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to each of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.

(t) Intellectual Property. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries own or have the right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, domain names and other source indicators, copyrights and copyrightable works, know-how, trade secrets, systems, procedures, proprietary or confidential information and all other worldwide intellectual property, industrial property and proprietary rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) used in the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted; (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries’ conduct of their respective businesses does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property of any person; (iii) neither the Company nor its subsidiaries have received any written notice of any claim relating to Intellectual Property; and (iv) to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property of the Company and its subsidiaries is not being infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated by any person.

(u) Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

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(v) Taxes. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof; and except as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets.

(w) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries possess all licenses, sub-licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, sub-license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, sub-license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course.

(x) Certain Environmental Matters. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (x) are in compliance with all, and have not violated any, applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws (including common law), rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees, orders and other legally enforceable requirements relating to pollution or the protection of human health or safety, the environment, natural resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (y) have received and are in compliance with all, and have not violated any, permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under any Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (z) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability or obligation under or relating to, or any actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice; (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such matter as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (x) there is no proceeding that is pending, or that is known to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceeding regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (y) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (z) neither the Company nor its subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.

 

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(y) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and that has been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

(z) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. There are no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the Company’s internal controls.

(aa) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee, agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee , including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, or any other

 

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applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company and its subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce, policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.

(bb) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(cc) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, directors, officers or employees, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government, (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, the Crimea, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past ten years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.

 

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(dd) Cybersecurity; Data Protection. The Company and its subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants. The Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) used in connection with their businesses, and, except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same. The Company and its subsidiaries are presently in material compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.

(ee) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

(ff) Status under the Securities Act. The Company is not an ineligible issuer and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case, as defined under the Securities Act, in each case at the times specified in the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.

4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:

(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Pricing Term Sheet referred to in Annex C hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and the Company will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; and the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time,

 

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on the second business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the registration fees for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.

(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, upon written request (i) to the Representatives, two conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, (without exhibits and consents thereto) and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Securities by any Underwriter or dealer.

(c) Amendments or Supplements; Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object.

(d) Notice to the Representatives. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (ii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been filed; (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission or any other governmental or regulatory authority of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (v) of the occurrence of any event or development within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, any of the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented

 

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would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Time of Sale Information, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(e) Time of Sale Information. If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Information (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented (including such documents to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that any of the Time of Sale Information will comply with law.

(f) Ongoing Compliance. If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented including such documents to be incorporated by reference therein will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law.

 

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(g) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will reasonably cooperate with the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

(h) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representatives, including by filing with the Commission, as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.

(i) Clear Market. During the period from the date hereof through and including the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company and having a tenor of more than one year.

(j) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds”.

(k) DTC. The Company will assist the Underwriters in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(l) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

(m) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:

(a) It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing

 

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prospectus that, solely as a result of use by such Underwriter, would not trigger an obligation to file such free writing prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such Underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriters may use the Pricing Term Sheet referred to in Annex C hereto without the consent of the Company.

(b) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).

6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase Securities on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.

(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date.

(c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Securities or any other debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of the Securities or of any other debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).

 

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(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in each of the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto), the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives (after consultation with the Company, if reasonably practicable) makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(e) Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Company who has specific knowledge of the Company’s financial matters and is satisfactory to the Representatives (i) confirming that such officer has carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officer, the representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) above.

(f) [Reserved.]

(g) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, as applicable, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus with respect to each of the Company and its subsidiaries and Zynga and its subsidiaries; provided that the letters delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.

(h) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, in each case relating to the Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.

(i) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and 10b-5 statement, addressed to the Underwriters, of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

 

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(j) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities.

(k) Good Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries that are organized in the United States in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing in such other jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication, from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.

(l) DTC. The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(m) Supplemental Indentures and Securities. Each of the 2029 Supplemental Indenture and the 2034 Supplemental Indenture shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and the Trustee, and each of the 2029 Notes and the 2034 Notes shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee.

(n) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.

7. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to

 

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be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the following paragraphs in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus: the third paragraph, the seventh paragraph and the third and fourth sentences in the eighth paragraph under the heading “Underwriting”.

(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent such Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to

 

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the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by the Representatives and any such separate firm for the Company and its directors and officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other

 

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relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Securities and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.

(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first written above.

9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on the New York Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq Global Market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of

 

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hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

10. Defaulting Underwriter.

(a) If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.

(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.

(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.

 

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(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.

11. Payment of Expenses.

(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters; provided that any amounts to be paid by the Company for such counsel shall not exceed $5,000); (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC; and (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors.

(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all accountable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably and actually incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.

12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates of each Underwriter referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.

 

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13. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.

14. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

15. Compliance with USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

16. Miscellaneous.

(a) Authority of the Representatives. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by the Representatives shall be binding upon the Underwriters.

(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: 212-834-6081); Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk and c/o Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 (email: tmgcapitalmarkets@wellsfargo.com); Attention: Transaction Management. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., 110 West 44th Street, New York, New York 10036; Attention: Chief Legal Officer, with a copy to Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Adam M. Turteltaub and Sean Ewen.

(c) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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(d) Submission to Jurisdiction. The Company hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in such courts. The Company agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which Company is subject by a suit upon such judgment.

(e) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

(f) Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

(i) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

(ii) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

As used in this Section 16(f):

“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

“Covered Entity” means any of the following:

(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

 

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“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

(h) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

(i) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.

 

Very truly yours,
TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., as Issuer
By:   /s/ Matthew Breitman
  Name:   Matthew Breitman
  Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel Americas & Corporate Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


Accepted: As of the date first written above
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto.
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By   /s/ Som Bhattacharyya
  Authorized Signatory
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
By   /s/ Carolyn Hurley
Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


Schedule 1

 

     Principal Amount  

Underwriter

   2029 Notes      2034 Notes  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

   $ 105,000,000      $ 105,000,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

   $ 75,000,000      $ 75,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

   $ 39,000,000      $ 39,000,000  

BofA Securities, Inc.

   $ 39,000,000      $ 39,000,000  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

   $ 30,000,000      $ 30,000,000  

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

   $ 12,000,000      $ 12,000,000  

Total

   $ 300,000,000      $ 300,000,000  


Schedule 2

Significant Subsidiaries of the Company

2K Games, Inc.

2KSports, Inc.

Firaxis Games, Inc.

Rockstar Games, Inc.

Visual Concepts Entertainment

Take-Two Interactive Software UK Limited

Take Two International GmbH

Take-Two Asia Pte. Ltd.

DMA Design Holdings Limited

Zynga Inc.

Peak Oyun Yazılım ve Pazarlama Anonim Şirketi

Small Giant Games Oy


Annex A

Time of Sale Information

 

   

Pricing Term Sheet, dated June 10, 2024.


Annex B

Pricing Term Sheet

[See attached.]1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Note: Filed at www.sec.gov, dated June 10, 2024

Exhibit 4.1

TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Trustee

5.400% Senior Notes due 2029

Seventh Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of June 12, 2024

to

Indenture dated as of April 14, 2022


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

              PAGE  
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION      1  
  Section 1.01.    Definitions      1  
  Section 1.02.    Conflicts with Base Indenture      7  
ARTICLE 2 FORM OF NOTES      7  
  Section 2.01.    Form of Notes      7  
ARTICLE 3 THE NOTES      7  
  Section 3.01.    Amount; Series; Terms      7  
  Section 3.02.    Denominations      8  
  Section 3.03.    Book-entry Provisions for Global Securities      8  
  Section 3.04.    Additional Notes; Repurchases      9  
  Section 3.05.    No Sinking Fund      10  
ARTICLE 4 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES      10  
  Section 4.01.    Optional Redemption      10  
  Section 4.02.    Purchase of Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event      12  
ARTICLE 5 COVENANTS AND REMEDIES      13  
  Section 5.01.    Limitation on Liens      13  
  Section 5.02.    Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions      17  
  Section 5.03.    Events of Default      18  
  Section 5.04.    Modification and Waiver      18  
  Section 5.05.    References to Base Indenture      19  
  Section 5.06.    Maintenance of Office or Agency      19  
  Section 5.07.    Defeasance and Discharge      20  
  Section 5.08.    No Additional Amounts      20  
ARTICLE 6 MISCELLANEOUS      20  
  Section 6.01.    Confirmation of Indenture      20  
  Section 6.02.    Counterparts      20  
  Section 6.03.    Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial      20  
  Section 6.04.    Recitals by the Company      21  
  Section 6.05.    FATCA      21  

 

EXHIBITS   
  Exhibit A    Form of Note   

 

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SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 12, 2024 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), to the Indenture dated as of April 14, 2022 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith, other than with respect to a particular Series of debt securities, the “Base Indenture” and, as amended, modified and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and among TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes:

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Base Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of senior debt securities to be issued in one or more Series as provided in the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery, and desires and has requested the Trustee to join it in the execution and delivery, of this Supplemental Indenture in order to establish and provide for the issuance by the Company of a Series of Securities designated as its 5.400% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”), on the terms set forth herein;

WHEREAS, Section 8.1(h) of the Base Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture may be entered into by the parties for such purpose without notice to or the consent of any Securityholder, provided certain conditions are met;

WHEREAS, the conditions set forth in the Base Indenture for the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been met; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the parties, in accordance with its terms, and a valid amendment of, and supplement to, the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes have been done;

NOW, THEREFORE:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.01. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture. To the extent terms are defined in both this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, the applicable definition in this Supplemental Indenture shall control. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

As used herein, the following terms have the specified meanings:

Additional Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.04 of this Supplemental Indenture.


Agent Members” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(f) of this Supplemental Indenture.

Applicable Tax Law” has the meaning specified in Section 6.05 of this Supplemental Indenture.

Attributable Debt” means, with respect to any sale and leaseback transaction, at the time of determination, the lesser of (1) the fair market value of the Principal Property (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) subject to such transaction, and (2) the total obligation (discounted to the present value at the implicit interest factor, determined in accordance with GAAP, included in the rental payments) of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes as well as maintenance, repairs, insurance, water rates and other items which do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining portion of the base term of the lease included in such transaction. In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such present value shall be the lesser of (i) the present value determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the present value shall also include the amount of the penalty, but shall not include any rent that would be required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be terminated) and (ii) the present value assuming no such termination.

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

Base Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Business Day” when used with respect to any Note, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the adoption of a plan by the Board of Directors relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution; (3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the aggregate of the total voting power of the Company’s Voting Shares or other Voting Shares into which the Company’s Voting Shares are reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; provided, however, that (x) a person shall not be deemed beneficial owner of, or to own beneficially, (A) any securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person or any Affiliates of such person until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder, or (B) any securities if such beneficial ownership (i) arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, and (ii) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor

 

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schedule) under the Exchange Act and (y) a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control under this clause (3) if (A) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of a holding company and (B)(i) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Shares of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Shares immediately prior to that transaction and each holder holds substantially the same percentage of Voting Shares of such holding company as such holder held of the Company’s Voting Shares immediately prior to that transaction or (ii) the Company’s Voting Shares outstanding immediately prior to such transaction are converted into, or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Shares of such holding company immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or (4) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Shares of the Company or such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other Property, other than any such transaction where the Company’s Voting Shares outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Shares (measured by voting power) of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of any surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction.

Change of Control Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(a) of this Supplemental Indenture.

Change of Control Offer” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(a) of this Supplemental Indenture.

Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(a) of this Supplemental Indenture.

Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Ratings Event.

Company” means the party named as such in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Indenture and thereafter means the successor.

Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as shown on or reflected on the Company’s most recent internal consolidated balance sheet, including relevant footnotes thereto (without duplication), prepared in accordance with GAAP, after giving effect to any acquisitions or dispositions occurring subsequent to the date of such balance sheet.

Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at The Bank of New York Mellon, 240 Greenwich Street, 7 East, New York, NY 10286, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the designated corporate trust office of any successor trustee (or such other address as such successor trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

 

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Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

delivered,” with respect to any notice to be given to a Holder pursuant to the Indenture, shall mean notice (x) given to the Depository (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from the Depository or its designee, including by electronic mail in accordance with accepted practices or procedures at the Depository (in the case of a Global Security) or (y) mailed to such Holder by first class mail, postage prepaid, at its address as it appears on the Registrar’s books. Notice so “delivered” shall be deemed to include any notice to be “mailed” or “given,” as applicable, under the Indenture.

Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.03 of this Supplemental Indenture.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in effect from time to time.

guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (1) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (2) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term “guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “guarantee,” when used as a verb, has a correlative meaning.

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under: (1) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; (2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and (3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (including, without limitation, indebtedness for borrowed money evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments but not including Non-recourse Obligations), if and to the extent any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability upon an unconsolidated balance sheet of such Person (but does not include contingent liabilities which appear only in a footnote to a balance sheet).

Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Initial Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b) of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor Rating Categories of Moody’s); a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor Rating Categories of S&P); or, if applicable, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any Substitute Rating Agency.

Lien” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, or other security interest or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any lease in the nature thereof).

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.

Non-recourse Obligation” means Indebtedness or other obligations substantially related to (1) the acquisition of assets not previously owned by the Company or any direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Company or (2) the financing of a project involving the development or expansion of the Properties of the Company or any direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Company, as to which the obligee with respect to such Indebtedness or obligation has no recourse to the Company or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company or such Subsidiary’s assets other than the assets which were acquired with the proceeds of such transaction or the project financed with the proceeds of such transaction (and the proceeds thereof).

Notes” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Par Call Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01 (b) of this Supplemental Indenture.

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

Principal Property” means (1) those real properties (and adjacent facilities) of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries located at 110 West 44th Street, New York, New York 10036 and (2) any building, structure or other facility, together with the land upon which it is erected and any fixtures which are a part of the building, structure or other facility, located in the United States, and owned or leased or to be owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and in each case the net book value of which as of that date exceeds $50 million, other than any such land, building, structure or other facility or portion thereof which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors (or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board of Directors) by resolution determines in good faith not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise.

Property” means any property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including shares of Capital Stock.

Prospectus” means the final prospectus supplement dated June 10, 2024, including the base prospectus dated April 6, 2022, relating to the offering and sale of the Notes.

 

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Rating Agency” means Moody’s and S&P; provided that if either Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available, “Rating Agency” shall include a Substitute Rating Agency appointed by the Company.

Rating Category” means (i) with respect to S&P, any of the following categories: AAA, AA, A, BBB, BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); (ii) with respect to Moody’s, any of the following categories: Aaa, Aa, A, Baa, Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); and (iii) the equivalent of any such category of S&P or Moody’s used by a Substitute Rating Agency.

Ratings Event” means that the Notes cease to be rated Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies on any day during the Trigger Period. If either Rating Agency is not providing a rating of the Notes on any day during the Trigger Period for any reason (subject, for the avoidance of doubt, to the Company’s right to engage a Substitute Rating Agency as provided herein), the rating of such Rating Agency for the Notes shall be deemed to have ceased to be Investment Grade during the Trigger Period.

Record Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(d) of this Supplemental Indenture.

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a business unit of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, and its successors.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Subsidiary” of any specified Person means any corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof.

Substitute Rating Agency” means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.

Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Treasury Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(e) of this Supplemental Indenture.

Trigger Period” means the period commencing on the earlier of (a) the first public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or (b) the public announcement by the Company of its intention to effect a Change of Control, and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible rating downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies on such 60th day, such extension to last with respect to each such Rating Agency until the date on

 

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which such Rating Agency considering such possible downgrade either (x) rates the Notes below Investment Grade or (y) publicly announces that it is no longer considering the Notes for possible downgrade, provided that no such extension shall occur if on such 60th day the Notes are rated Investment Grade by at least one of such Rating Agencies in question and is not subject to review for possible downgrade by such Rating Agency).

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended.

Voting Shares” of any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date means the Capital Stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.

Section 1.02. Conflicts with Base Indenture. In the event that any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Base Indenture, such provision of this Supplemental Indenture shall control.

ARTICLE 2

FORM OF NOTES

Section 2.01. Form of Notes. The Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of the Indenture.

ARTICLE 3

THE NOTES

Section 3.01. Amount; Series; Terms.

(a) There is hereby created and designated a Series of Securities under the Base Indenture: the title of the Notes shall be “5.400% Senior Notes due 2029.” The changes, modifications and supplements to the Base Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and govern the terms of, the Notes and shall not apply to any other Series of Securities that may be issued under the Base Indenture unless a supplemental indenture with respect to such other Series of Securities specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements.

(b) The aggregate principal amount of Notes that initially may be authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture (the “Initial Notes”) shall be limited to $300,000,000, subject to increases as set forth in Section 3.04 of this Supplemental Indenture.

(c) The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be June 12, 2029. The Notes shall be payable and may be presented for payment, purchase, redemption, registration of transfer and exchange, without service charge to the Holder (subject to Section 2.7 of the Base Indenture), at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office.

 

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(d) The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 5.400% per annum accruing from June 12, 2024 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to or for which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as further provided in the form of Note annexed hereto as Exhibit A. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Interest Payment Dates for the Notes shall be June 12 and December 12 of each year, beginning on December 12, 2024, and the “Record Date” for any interest payable on each such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding May 28 and November 27, respectively; provided that upon the Stated Maturity of the Notes, interest shall be payable on such Stated Maturity from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided, and shall include the required payment of principal or premium, if any; and provided further, the “Record Date” for any interest, principal, or premium, if any, payable on the Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be the immediately preceding May 28. If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date with respect to the Notes is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that such payment was due, and no interest shall accrue on that payment for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day.

(e) The Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities, deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depository or its nominee, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in Section 3.03 of this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture.

(f) Payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on a Global Security registered in the name of or held by the Depository or its nominee shall be made in immediately available funds to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Global Security. If the Notes are no longer represented by a Global Security, payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on certificated Notes in definitive form may, at the Company’s option, be made by (i) check mailed directly to Holders at their registered addresses or (ii) upon request of any Holder of at least $5,000,000 principal amount of Notes, wire transfer to an account located in the United States of America maintained by the payee.

Section 3.02. Denominations. The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in denominations of $2,000 and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Section 3.03. Book-entry Provisions for Global Securities.

(a) Each Global Security authenticated under the Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depository designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depository or nominee thereof or custodian therefor. Each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of the Indenture.

(b) Subject to Section 2.7 of the Base Indenture, any exchange of a Global Security for other Notes may be made in whole or in part, and all Notes issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depository for such Global Security shall direct in writing to the Trustee.

 

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(c) Every Note authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Note is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depository for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.

(d) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.03(f) below, the registered Holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under the Indenture or the Notes.

(e) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in the fifth and sixth paragraphs of Section 2.7 of the Base Indenture, the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Notes in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons, with such reasonable adjustments, if any, to the form of Note set forth in Exhibit A hereto as may be necessary or advisable to reflect that such definitive Notes are not Global Securities.

(f) Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depository (collectively, the “Agent Members”) nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under the Indenture with respect to any Global Security registered in the name of the Depository or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Security, and the Depository or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company or the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depository, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.

Section 3.04. Additional Notes; Repurchases. The Company may, from time to time, subject to compliance with any other applicable provisions of the Indenture, without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the Notes, create and issue pursuant to the Indenture additional Notes (the “Additional Notes”) having terms and conditions identical to those of the Initial Notes and ranking equally and ratably with the Initial Notes, except that Additional Notes:

(i) may have a different issue date from the Initial Notes;

(ii) may have a different issue price from the Initial Notes; and

(iii) may have a different amount of interest payable on the first Interest Payment Date after issuance than is payable on the Initial Notes;

provided that if such Additional Notes are not fungible with the outstanding Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes shall have one or more separate CUSIP numbers. Such Additional Notes may be consolidated and form a single series with, and shall have the same terms as to ranking, redemption, waivers, amendments or otherwise as, the Initial Notes and shall vote together as one class on all matters with respect to the Notes.

 

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The Company may, to the extent permitted by law, and directly or indirectly (regardless of whether such Notes are surrendered to the Company), purchase Notes in the open market or otherwise, whether by the Company or its Subsidiaries or through a private or public tender or exchange offer or through counterparties to private agreements, including by cash-settled swaps or other derivatives. The Company shall cause any Notes so purchased (other than Notes purchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or other derivatives) to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and, upon their purchase, such Notes shall no longer be considered “outstanding” for purposes of determining whether the requisite Holders of the required principal amount of the Notes have concurred in any direction, amendment, waiver or consent under the Indenture.

Section 3.05. No Sinking Fund. The Notes shall not be subject to any sinking fund.

ARTICLE 4

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 4.01. Optional Redemption.

(a) Subject to Section 1.02 hereof, the provisions of Article IX of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes.

(b) Prior to May 12, 2029 (the date that is one month prior to the Stated Maturity) (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Notes, at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:

(i) (x) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date for such Notes (assuming the Notes to be redeemed matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points less (y) interest accrued on the Notes to the Redemption Date, and

(ii) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date for such Notes.

(c) On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date for such Notes.

(d) Notice of any redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depository’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.

 

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(e) The following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 4.01(e):

Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following:

(i) The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appears after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields—one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life—and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date.

(ii) If on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date, but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date, and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date, or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.

(iii) The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the Redemption Price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Trustee be responsible for any actions, determinations or calculations in connection with the Redemption Price and the obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 4.01.

 

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(f) If the Company partially redeems the Notes, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made pursuant to the Depository’s procedures (or, in the case of certificated Notes, as provided in the Base Indenture). No Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Note to be redeemed will state the portion of the principal amount of the Note to be redeemed. A new certificated Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of any certificated Note will be issued in the name of the Holder of the Note upon surrender for cancellation of the original certificated Notes. For so long as the Notes are held by the Depository, the redemption of the Notes shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Depository.

(g) Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the applicable Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

Section 4.02. Purchase of Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event.

(a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs with respect to the Notes, unless the Company shall have exercised its option to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Supplemental Indenture, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (in a minimum amount of $2,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes to, but excluding, the repurchase date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the option of the Company, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control or event that may constitute the Change of Control, the Company shall deliver a notice (the “Change of Control Notice”) to each Holder of such Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering (the “Change of Control Offer”) to repurchase such Notes on the repurchase date specified in the notice at the option of the Holders, which date (the “Change of Control Payment Date”) shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is delivered. The Change of Control Notice shall, if delivered prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the Company’s obligation to repurchase the Notes is conditioned on a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:

(i) accept for payment all the Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Notice;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate repurchase price in respect of all the Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered; and

 

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(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes being repurchased by the Company.

(c) The Paying Agent shall promptly deliver to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the repurchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry in the case of Global Securities) to each Holder of a certificated Note, a new certificated Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any such Notes surrendered.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 4.02, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer in connection with a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in connection with such Change of Control Repurchase Event in the manner and at the times required and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for such a Change of Control Offer made by the Company, and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

(e) If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Company, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company pursuant to Section 4.02(d) above, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company shall have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described in Section 4.02(b) above, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a Redemption Price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on a Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date).

(f) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with any repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.02, the Company shall comply with those securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.02 by virtue thereof; provided that the Company otherwise uses commercially reasonable efforts to permit Holders to exercise their rights and to fulfill its obligations in the time and in the manner specified in this Section 4.02 to the extent permitted by such securities laws or regulations.

ARTICLE 5

COVENANTS AND REMEDIES

Section 5.01. Limitation on Liens.

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create or incur any Lien upon any Principal Property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether now existing or owned or hereafter created or acquired), in order to secure any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries unless prior to or at the same time, the Notes (together with, at

 

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the Company’s option, any other Indebtedness or guarantees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries ranking equally in right of payment with the Notes or such guarantee) are equally and ratably secured with or, at the Company’s option, prior to, such secured Indebtedness, until such time as such Indebtedness or guarantees are no longer secured by such Lien or such Principal Property is no longer owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(b) The foregoing restriction in Section 5.01(a) above shall not apply to:

(i) Liens on Principal Property existing with respect to any Person at the time such Person becomes a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company, provided that such Lien was not incurred in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary;

(ii) Liens existing on Principal Property at the time of acquisition thereof or at the time of acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Person then owning such Principal Property whether or not such existing Liens were given to secure the payment of the purchase price of the Principal Property to which they attach;

(iii) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owing to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(iv) Liens existing on the date of issuance of the Initial Notes;

(v) Liens on Principal Property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company, or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Principal Property of a Person to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that such Lien was not incurred in anticipation of the merger, consolidation, or sale, lease, other disposition or other such transaction;

(vi) Liens created in connection with a project financed with, and created to secure, a Non-recourse Obligation;

(vii) Liens created to secure the Notes;

(viii) Liens imposed by law or arising by operation of law, such as materialmens’, workmen or repairmen, carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanic’s Liens and other similar Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue by more than 90 calendar days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review and Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution;

(ix) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies on Principal Property not yet due or payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been made;

 

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(x) Liens to secure the performance of obligations with respect to statutory or regulatory requirements, bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance or return of money bonds and other obligations of a like nature;

(xi) pledges or deposits under workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or similar legislation and Liens of judgments thereunder which are not currently dischargeable, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations, or deposits in connection with obtaining or maintaining self-insurance or to obtain the benefits of any law, regulation or arrangement pertaining to workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, social security or similar matters, or deposits of cash or obligations of the United States of America to secure surety, appeal or customs bonds, or deposits in litigation or other proceedings such as, but not limited to, interpleader proceedings;

(xii) Liens consisting of easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, restrictions on the use of real property, and defects and irregularities in the title thereto, landlords’ Liens and other similar Liens none of which interfere materially with the use of the Principal Property covered thereby in the ordinary course of business and which do not, in the Company’s opinion, materially detract from the value of such Principal Property;

(xiii) Liens in favor of the United States of America or any state, territory or possession thereof (or the District of Columbia), or any department, agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any state, territory or possession thereof (or the District of Columbia), to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure any Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of constructing or improving the Principal Property subject to such Liens;

(xiv) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to finance the construction, acquisition (including acquisition through merger or consolidation), purchase or lease of, or repairs, improvements or additions to, Principal Property (including shares of Capital Stock), plant or equipment of the Company or its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Lien shall not extend to any other Principal Property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is incurred (other than Principal Property affixed or appurtenant thereto), and the Indebtedness (other than any interest thereon) secured by the Lien shall not be incurred more than 18 months after the later of the acquisition, completion of construction, repair, improvement, addition or commencement of full operation of the Principal Property subject to the Lien; provided further, however, that individual financings of equipment or other fixed or capital assets otherwise permitted to be secured under the Indenture provided by any Person (or its Affiliates) may be cross-collateralized to other such financings provided by such Person (or its Affiliates);

(xv) Liens incurred to secure cash or investment management or custodial services in the ordinary course of business or on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

 

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(xvi) Liens securing Hedging Obligations designed to protect the Company from fluctuations in interest rates, currencies, equities or the price of commodities and not for speculative purposes;

(xvii) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit in the ordinary course of business that encumber cash, documents and other Principal Property relating to such letters of credit and proceeds thereof;

(xviii) in connection with the sale or transfer of any Capital Stock or other assets in a consolidation, merger or sale of assets transaction permitted under the Indenture, customary rights and restrictions contained in agreements relating to such sale or transfer pending the completion thereof;

(xix) leases or subleases granted to other persons and not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company or the business of any of its Subsidiaries and which do not secure any indebtedness;

(xx) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code filings or similar filings relating to operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(xxi) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection within the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;

(xxii) licenses of intellectual property entered into in the ordinary course of business (including, intercompany licensing of intellectual property between ourselves and any of our subsidiaries and between our subsidiaries in connection with cost-sharing arrangements, distribution, marketing, make-sell or other similar arrangements) and which do not secure any indebtedness;

(xxiii) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of real property or personal property;

(xxiv) Liens on Principal Property incurred in connection with any transaction permitted under Section 5.02 below; or

(xxv) any extensions, renewals, refinancing or replacements of any Lien referred to in clauses (i) through (xxiv) above without increase of the principal of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien (except to the extent of any fees or other costs associated with any such extension, renewal or replacement); provided, however, that any Liens permitted by any of clauses (i) through (xxiv) above shall not extend to or cover any Principal Property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, other than the Principal Property specified in such clauses and improvements to such Principal Property.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 5.01(a) above, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be permitted to incur Indebtedness secured by Liens which would otherwise be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 5.01(a) above without equally and ratably securing the Notes; provided that, after giving effect to such Indebtedness and the retirement of any Indebtedness secured by Liens (other than Liens described in clauses (i) through (xxv) of Section 5.01(b) above) that is being retired substantially concurrently with such incurrence, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness secured by Liens (not including Liens permitted under clauses (i) through (xxv) of Section 5.01(b) above), together with all Attributable Debt outstanding pursuant to Section 5.02(b) below, does not exceed 7.5% of the Company’s Consolidated Total Assets. The Company and its Subsidiaries also may, without equally and ratably securing the Notes, create or incur Liens that extend, renew, substitute or replace (including successive extensions, renewals, substitutions or replacements), in whole or in part, any Lien permitted pursuant to the preceding sentence.

Section 5.02. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction for the sale and leasing back of any Principal Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, unless:

(i) such transaction was entered into prior to the date of issuance of the Initial Notes;

(ii) such transaction was for the sale and leasing back to the Company or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries of any Principal Property by the Company or a Subsidiary;

(iii) such transaction involves a lease for not more than three years (or which may be terminated by the Company or its Subsidiaries within a period of not more than three years);

(iv) the Company would be entitled to incur Indebtedness secured by a Lien with respect to such sale and leaseback transaction without equally and ratably securing the Notes pursuant to Section 5.01(b) above; or

(v) the Company or any Subsidiary applies an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of such Principal Property to the purchase of other Principal Property used or useful in the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s business or to the retirement of Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes (including the Notes) within 365 days before or after the effective date of any such sale and leaseback transaction, provided that, in lieu of applying such amount to the retirement of pari passu Indebtedness, the Company may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation, such Notes to be credited at the cost thereof to the Company.

(b) Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 5.02(a) above, the Company and its Subsidiaries may enter into any sale and leaseback transaction which would otherwise be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 5.02(a) above, if after giving effect thereto the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to such transactions (not including Attributable Debt permitted under clauses (i) through (v) of Section 5.02(a) above), together with all Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 5.01(c) above, does not exceed 7.5% of the Company’s Consolidated Total Assets.

 

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Section 5.03. Events of Default.

(a) Section 5.1 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes. Instead, each of the following events shall be an “Event of Default” with respect to the Notes:

(1) default for 30 days in payment of any interest installment due and payable on any Note;

(2) a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, on any Note when due at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption or otherwise;

(3) a failure by the Company to repurchase Notes tendered for repurchase following the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event in conformity with Section 4.02 of this Supplemental Indenture;

(4) default in the Company’s performance of any other covenant or agreement in respect of the Notes for 90 days after written notice has been given either to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding;

(5) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its Property, (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (v) admits in writing its inability to generally pay its debts as such debts become due; or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency; and

(6) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its Property or (iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company; or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws; and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.

(b) Any notice of Default given by the Trustee or Holders under this Section must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.”

(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1 and 6.2 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice of any Default or Event of Default referencing the Notes and the Indenture at its Corporate Trust Office in accordance with Section 6.2(n) and Section 10.2 of the Base Indenture by the Company, the Paying Agent, any Holder or an agent of any Holder and such notice references the Notes and the Indenture.

Section 5.04. Modification and Waiver. Article VIII of the Base Indenture, as amended by this Section 5.04, shall apply to the Notes. Section 8.1 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes. In lieu thereof, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may amend or modify the Indenture or enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) with respect to the Notes without notice to or the consent of any Holder of Notes in order to:

(a) cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, provided that the interests of the Holders are not adversely affected;

 

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(b) conform the text of the Indenture or the Notes to any corresponding provision of the “Description of Notes” or the “Description of the Debt Securities” sections of the Prospectus, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate;

(c) provide for the issuance of Additional Notes, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3.04 of this Supplemental Indenture;

(d) provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations in the case of a merger or consolidation and the Company’s discharge upon such assumption provided that Article IV of the Base Indenture is complied with;

(e) add covenants or make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes;

(f) add guarantees with respect to the Notes;

(g) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

(h) secure the Notes;

(i) add or appoint a successor or separate trustee;

(j) make any change that does not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of Notes; or

(k) maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 5.05. References to Base Indenture. References to “clause (d) or (e) of Section 5.1,” “Section 5.1(a) or (b),” “Section 5.1(d) or (e)” and “clause (c) of Section 5.1” in the Base Indenture shall be deemed to refer to “Section 5.03(a)(5) or Section 5.03(a)(6),” “Section 5.03(a)(1) or Section 5.03(a)(2),” “Section 5.03(a)(5) or Section 5.03(a)(6)” and “Section 5.03(a)(4)” of this Supplemental Indenture, respectively.

Section 5.06. Maintenance of Office or Agency. In accordance with Section 3.2 of the Base Indenture, the Company shall maintain an office or agency where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment, redemptions or repurchase and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served (which initially shall be the Corporate Trust Office). The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency not designated or appointed by the Trustee. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office.

 

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Section 5.07. Defeasance and Discharge. Article VII of the Base Indenture shall apply to the Notes.

Section 5.08. No Additional Amounts. No Additional Amounts shall be payable with respect to the Notes. Section 3.5 of the Base Indenture shall therefore not apply to the Notes.

ARTICLE 6

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 6.01. Confirmation of Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 6.02. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture and signature pages for all purposes. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile, email or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code. Without limitation to the foregoing, and anything in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, any Officers’ Certificate, Company order, Opinion of Counsel, Security, certificate of authentication appearing on or attached to any Security, supplemental indenture or other certificate, opinion of counsel, instrument, agreement or other document delivered pursuant to this Indenture may be executed, attested and transmitted by any of the foregoing electronic means and formats.

Section 6.03. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND EACH HOLDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE

 

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LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Company and the Trustee hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any federal or State court located in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, New York in any suit, action or proceeding based on or arising out of or relating to this Supplemental Indenture or any Notes and irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such suit or proceeding may be determined in any such court. Each of the Company and the Trustee irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the Company and the Trustee agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company or the Trustee, as applicable, and may be enforced in any courts to the jurisdiction of which the Company or the Trustee, as applicable, is subject by a suit upon such judgment, provided, that service of process is effected upon the Company or the Trustee, as applicable, in the manner specified herein or as otherwise permitted by law.

Section 6.04. Recitals by the Company. The recitals in this Supplemental Indenture are made by the Company only and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Notes or the proceeds thereof. All of the provisions contained in the Base Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of the Notes and of this Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like effect as if set forth herein in full.

Section 6.05. FATCA. In order to comply with applicable tax laws, rules and regulations (inclusive of directives, guidelines and interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) in effect from time to time (“Applicable Tax Law”) related to this Supplemental Indenture, the Company agrees (i) to provide to the Trustee information about holders or other applicable parties and/or transactions (including any modification to the terms of such transactions) that is within the possession of the Company and reasonably requested by the Trustee so the Trustee can determine whether it has tax related obligations under Applicable Tax Law and (ii) that the Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under this Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Tax Law for which the Trustee shall not have any liability. The terms of this section shall survive the termination of this Supplemental Indenture.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.
By:   /s/ Matthew K. Breitman
  Name: Matthew K. Breitman
  Title: SVP, GC Americas & Secretary

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Trustee

By:   /s/ Francine Kincaid
  Name: Francine Kincaid
  Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Seventh Supplemental Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF NOTE

(FACE OF NOTE)

THIS SECURITY IS ISSUED IN GLOBAL FORM AND REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”) OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS HEREOF AND OF THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED BELOW), THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY.

 

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TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC

5.400% Senior Notes due 2029

 

No.           CUSIP No.: 874054 AM1
   ISIN No.: US874054AM15
   Initially $      

TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of Securities attached hereto on June 12, 2029.

Interest Payment Dates: June 12 and December 12.

Record Dates: May 28 and November 27.

Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the reverse hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually, electronically or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

 

TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:    
The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Securities referred to in the Indenture.    
By:         Dated:    
  Authorized Signatory      

 

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(REVERSE OF NOTE)

TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.

5.400% Senior Notes due 2029

(1) Interest. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture referred to below, being herein called the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the interest rate per annum shown above. The Company shall pay interest semiannually in arrears on June 12 and December 12 of each year, beginning on December 12, 2024. Interest on the Securities of this Series shall accrue from the most recent Interest Payment Date to or for which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from June 12, 2024. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

(2) Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the Securities of this Series (except Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are registered Holders of Securities of this Series at the close of business on the Record Date next preceding the Interest Payment Date even though such Securities are canceled after the Record Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Note shall be made in immediately available funds to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of this Global Security.

(3) Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar. Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking association (the “Trustee”), shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent, transfer agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company may act as Paying Agent, transfer agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

(4) Indenture. This Note is a “Security” and the Notes are a “Series” of “Securities” under the Indenture (as defined below). The Company issued the Securities of this Series under an Indenture dated as of April 14, 2022 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 12, 2024 (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), in each case between the Company and the Trustee. The Securities are unsecured general obligations of the Company and constitute the Series designated on the face hereof as the “5.400% Senior Notes due 2029,” initially limited to $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “TIA”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein are used as defined in the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

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(5) Redemption. The Company may redeem the Securities of this Series in whole at any time or from time to time in part prior to their Stated Maturity, at its option, pursuant to the following terms:

(a) Prior to May 12, 2029 (the date that is one month prior to the Stated Maturity) (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Notes, at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:

(i) (x) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date for such Notes (assuming the Notes to be redeemed matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points less (y) interest accrued on the Notes to the Redemption Date, and

(ii) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date for such Notes.

(b) On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date for such Notes.

(c) Notice of any redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depository’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.

(d) If the Company partially redeems the Notes, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made pursuant to the Depository’s procedures (or, in the case of certificated Notes, as provided in the Base Indenture). No Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Note to be redeemed will state the portion of the principal amount of the Note to be redeemed. A new certificated Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of any certificated Note will be issued in the name of the Holder of the Note upon surrender for cancellation of the original certificated Notes. For so long as the Notes are held by the Depository, the redemption of the Notes shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Depository.

(e) Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the applicable Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

(6) Change of Control Repurchase Event. If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs with respect to the Securities of this Series, unless the Company shall have exercised its option pursuant to Section (5) hereof to redeem the Securities of this Series, each Holder of the Securities of this Series shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (in a minimum amount of $2,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Securities of such Series at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on such Securities to, but excluding, the repurchase date.

 

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Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Securities of this Series or, at the option of the Company, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control or event that may constitute the Change of Control, the Company shall deliver a notice (the “Change of Control Notice”) to each Holder of the Securities, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering (the “Change of Control Offer”) to repurchase such Securities on the repurchase date specified in the notice at the option of the Holders, which date (the “Change of Control Payment Date”) shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is delivered. The Change of Control Notice shall, if delivered prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the Company’s obligation to repurchase the Securities is conditioned on a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:

(i) accept for payment all the Securities or portions of the Securities properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Notice;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate repurchase price in respect of all the Securities or portions of the Securities properly tendered; and

(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities properly accepted, together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of the Securities being repurchased by the Company.

If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of this Series validly tender and do not withdraw such Securities in a Change of Control Offer and the Company, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company pursuant to Section 4.02(d) of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, purchases all of the Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company shall have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above, to redeem all Securities of this Series that remain outstanding following such purchase at a Redemption Price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on a Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date).

The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with any repurchase of the Securities as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section (6), the Company shall comply with those securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section (6) by virtue thereof; provided that the Company otherwise uses commercially reasonable efforts to permit Holders to exercise their rights and to fulfill its obligations in the time and in the manner specified in this Section (6) to the extent permitted by such securities laws or regulations.

 

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(7) Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. The Securities of this Series are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company shall not be required (A) to transfer or exchange any Securities subject to redemption during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the electronic delivery or mailing of a notice of redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such electronic delivery or mailing or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

(8) Defeasance. Subject to certain conditions as provided in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Securities of this Series and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money and/or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities of this Series to their Stated Maturity.

(9) Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as its owner for all purposes, except that interest (other than Defaulted Interest) shall be paid to the Person that was the registered Holder on the relevant Record Date for such payment of interest.

(10) Amendments and Waivers. Subject to certain exceptions, (i) the Indenture or the Securities of this Series may be amended or supplemented with respect to this Series with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of this Series; and (ii) any existing default with respect to the Securities of this Series may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of this Series. Without the consent of any Securityholder of this Series, the Indenture or the Securities of this Series may be amended or supplemented in accordance with Section 5.04 of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, to provide for assumption of Company obligations to Securityholders of this Series or to provide for uncertificated Securities of this Series in addition to or in place of certificated Securities of this Series, to provide for guarantees with respect to, or security for, the Securities of this Series, or to comply with the TIA or to add additional covenants or additional rights or benefits to the Securityholders of this Series, or to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder of this Series.

(11) Remedies. If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this Series may, by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee if given by the Holders, declare all the Securities of this Series to be due and payable immediately. Securityholders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities of this Series except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require an indemnity before it enforces the Indenture or the

 

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Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of this Series may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power with respect to the Securities of this Series. The Trustee may withhold from Securityholders of this Series notice of any Default or Event of Default (except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines in good faith that withholding notice is in their interests. The Company must furnish an annual compliance certificate to the Trustee.

(12) Trustee Dealings with Company. Subject to the provisions of the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee. The Trustee shall initially be The Bank of New York Mellon.

(13) No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

(14) Authentication. This Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual or electronic signature of an authorized signatory of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

(15) Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

(16) Governing Law. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers (or as to the accuracy of ISIN numbers or similar numbers) as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY SECURITYHOLDER UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE A COPY OF THE INDENTURE. REQUESTS MAY BE MADE TO: TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., 110 WEST 44TH STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036; ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Security, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to:    
  (Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
 
 
 
 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint                                agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:

   

 

[Assignor]
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)

 

Signature Guarantee*:    

 

*

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF SECURITIES

The initial principal amount of this Global Security is __________ DOLLARS ($_______). The following exchanges of a part of this Global Security for certificated Securities or a part of another Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of
decrease in
principal amount
of this Global
Security
   Amount of increase in
principal amount of
this Global Security
   Principal
amount of this
Global Security
following such
decrease (or
increase)
   Signature of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee

 

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REPURCHASE EXERCISE NOTICE UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL REPURCHASE EVENT

To: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from Take- Two Interactive Software, Inc. (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Company and hereby directs the Company to pay an amount in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities, or the portion thereof (which is $2,000 principal amount or a multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, to be repurchased plus interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the repurchase date, except as provided in the Indenture.

The undersigned hereby agrees that the Securities will be repurchased as of the Change of Control Payment Date pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof and the Indenture.

 

Dated:    
Signature:    

 

Principal amount to be repurchased (at least $2,000 or a multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof):

Remaining principal amount following such repurchase:

 

 

By:

   

Authorized Signatory

 

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Exhibit 4.2

TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Trustee

5.600% Senior Notes due 2034

Eighth Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of June 12, 2024

to

Indenture dated as of April 14, 2022


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

              PAGE  
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION      1  
  Section 1.01.    Definitions      1  
  Section 1.02.    Conflicts with Base Indenture      7  
ARTICLE 2 FORM OF NOTES      7  
  Section 2.01.    Form of Notes      7  
ARTICLE 3 THE NOTES      7  
  Section 3.01.    Amount; Series; Terms      7  
  Section 3.02.    Denominations      8  
  Section 3.03.    Book-entry Provisions for Global Securities      8  
  Section 3.04.    Additional Notes; Repurchases      9  
  Section 3.05.    No Sinking Fund      10  
ARTICLE 4 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES      10  
  Section 4.01.    Optional Redemption      10  
  Section 4.02.    Purchase of Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event      12  
ARTICLE 5 COVENANTS AND REMEDIES      13  
  Section 5.01.    Limitation on Liens      13  
  Section 5.02.    Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions      17  
  Section 5.03.    Events of Default      18  
  Section 5.04.    Modification and Waiver      19  
  Section 5.05.    References to Base Indenture      19  
  Section 5.06.    Maintenance of Office or Agency      19  
  Section 5.07.    Defeasance and Discharge      20  
  Section 5.08.    No Additional Amounts      20  
ARTICLE 6 MISCELLANEOUS      20  
  Section 6.01.    Confirmation of Indenture      20  
  Section 6.02.    Counterparts      20  
  Section 6.03.    Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial      20  
  Section 6.04.    Recitals by the Company      21  
  Section 6.05.    FATCA      21  
EXHIBITS   
  Exhibit A    Form of Note   

 

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EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 12, 2024 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), to the Indenture dated as of April 14, 2022 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith, other than with respect to a particular Series of debt securities, the “Base Indenture” and, as amended, modified and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and among TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes:

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Base Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of senior debt securities to be issued in one or more Series as provided in the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery, and desires and has requested the Trustee to join it in the execution and delivery, of this Supplemental Indenture in order to establish and provide for the issuance by the Company of a Series of Securities designated as its 5.600% Senior Notes due 2034 (the “Notes”), on the terms set forth herein;

WHEREAS, Section 8.1(h) of the Base Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture may be entered into by the parties for such purpose without notice to or the consent of any Securityholder, provided certain conditions are met;

WHEREAS, the conditions set forth in the Base Indenture for the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been met; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the parties, in accordance with its terms, and a valid amendment of, and supplement to, the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes have been done;

NOW, THEREFORE:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.01. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture. To the extent terms are defined in both this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, the applicable definition in this Supplemental Indenture shall control. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

As used herein, the following terms have the specified meanings:

Additional Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.04 of this Supplemental Indenture.


Agent Members” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(f) of this Supplemental Indenture.

Applicable Tax Law” has the meaning specified in Section 6.05 of this Supplemental Indenture.

Attributable Debt” means, with respect to any sale and leaseback transaction, at the time of determination, the lesser of (1) the fair market value of the Principal Property (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) subject to such transaction, and (2) the total obligation (discounted to the present value at the implicit interest factor, determined in accordance with GAAP, included in the rental payments) of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes as well as maintenance, repairs, insurance, water rates and other items which do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining portion of the base term of the lease included in such transaction. In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such present value shall be the lesser of (i) the present value determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the present value shall also include the amount of the penalty, but shall not include any rent that would be required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be terminated) and (ii) the present value assuming no such termination.

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

Base Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Business Day” when used with respect to any Note, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the adoption of a plan by the Board of Directors relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution; (3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the aggregate of the total voting power of the Company’s Voting Shares or other Voting Shares into which the Company’s Voting Shares are reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; provided, however, that (x) a person shall not be deemed beneficial owner of, or to own beneficially, (A) any securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person or any Affiliates of such person until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder, or (B) any securities if such beneficial ownership (i) arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, and (ii) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor

 

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schedule) under the Exchange Act and (y) a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control under this clause (3) if (A) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of a holding company and (B)(i) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Shares of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Shares immediately prior to that transaction and each holder holds substantially the same percentage of Voting Shares of such holding company as such holder held of the Company’s Voting Shares immediately prior to that transaction or (ii) the Company’s Voting Shares outstanding immediately prior to such transaction are converted into, or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Shares of such holding company immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or (4) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Shares of the Company or such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other Property, other than any such transaction where the Company’s Voting Shares outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Shares (measured by voting power) of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of any surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction.

Change of Control Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(a) of this Supplemental Indenture.

Change of Control Offer” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(a) of this Supplemental Indenture.

Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(a) of this Supplemental Indenture.

Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Ratings Event.

Company” means the party named as such in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Indenture and thereafter means the successor.

Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as shown on or reflected on the Company’s most recent internal consolidated balance sheet, including relevant footnotes thereto (without duplication), prepared in accordance with GAAP, after giving effect to any acquisitions or dispositions occurring subsequent to the date of such balance sheet.

Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at The Bank of New York Mellon, 240 Greenwich Street, 7 East, New York, NY 10286, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the designated corporate trust office of any successor trustee (or such other address as such successor trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

 

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Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

delivered,” with respect to any notice to be given to a Holder pursuant to the Indenture, shall mean notice (x) given to the Depository (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from the Depository or its designee, including by electronic mail in accordance with accepted practices or procedures at the Depository (in the case of a Global Security) or (y) mailed to such Holder by first class mail, postage prepaid, at its address as it appears on the Registrar’s books. Notice so “delivered” shall be deemed to include any notice to be “mailed” or “given,” as applicable, under the Indenture.

Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.03 of this Supplemental Indenture.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in effect from time to time.

guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (1) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (2) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term “guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “guarantee,” when used as a verb, has a correlative meaning.

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under: (1) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; (2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and (3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (including, without limitation, indebtedness for borrowed money evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments but not including Non-recourse Obligations), if and to the extent any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability upon an unconsolidated balance sheet of such Person (but does not include contingent liabilities which appear only in a footnote to a balance sheet).

Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Initial Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b) of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor Rating Categories of Moody’s); a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor Rating Categories of S&P); or, if applicable, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any Substitute Rating Agency.

Lien” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, or other security interest or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any lease in the nature thereof).

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.

Non-recourse Obligation” means Indebtedness or other obligations substantially related to (1) the acquisition of assets not previously owned by the Company or any direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Company or (2) the financing of a project involving the development or expansion of the Properties of the Company or any direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Company, as to which the obligee with respect to such Indebtedness or obligation has no recourse to the Company or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company or such Subsidiary’s assets other than the assets which were acquired with the proceeds of such transaction or the project financed with the proceeds of such transaction (and the proceeds thereof).

Notes” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Par Call Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01 (b) of this Supplemental Indenture.

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

Principal Property” means (1) those real properties (and adjacent facilities) of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries located at 110 West 44th Street, New York, New York 10036 and (2) any building, structure or other facility, together with the land upon which it is erected and any fixtures which are a part of the building, structure or other facility, located in the United States, and owned or leased or to be owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and in each case the net book value of which as of that date exceeds $50 million, other than any such land, building, structure or other facility or portion thereof which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors (or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board of Directors) by resolution determines in good faith not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise.

Property” means any property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including shares of Capital Stock.

Prospectus” means the final prospectus supplement dated June 10, 2024, including the base prospectus dated April 6, 2022, relating to the offering and sale of the Notes.

 

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Rating Agency” means Moody’s and S&P; provided that if either Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available, “Rating Agency” shall include a Substitute Rating Agency appointed by the Company.

Rating Category” means (i) with respect to S&P, any of the following categories: AAA, AA, A, BBB, BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); (ii) with respect to Moody’s, any of the following categories: Aaa, Aa, A, Baa, Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); and (iii) the equivalent of any such category of S&P or Moody’s used by a Substitute Rating Agency.

Ratings Event” means that the Notes cease to be rated Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies on any day during the Trigger Period. If either Rating Agency is not providing a rating of the Notes on any day during the Trigger Period for any reason (subject, for the avoidance of doubt, to the Company’s right to engage a Substitute Rating Agency as provided herein), the rating of such Rating Agency for the Notes shall be deemed to have ceased to be Investment Grade during the Trigger Period.

Record Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(d) of this Supplemental Indenture.

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a business unit of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, and its successors.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Subsidiary” of any specified Person means any corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof.

Substitute Rating Agency” means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.

Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Treasury Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(e) of this Supplemental Indenture.

Trigger Period” means the period commencing on the earlier of (a) the first public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or (b) the public announcement by the Company of its intention to effect a Change of Control, and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible rating downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies on such 60th day, such extension to last with respect to each such Rating Agency until the date on

 

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which such Rating Agency considering such possible downgrade either (x) rates the Notes below Investment Grade or (y) publicly announces that it is no longer considering the Notes for possible downgrade, provided that no such extension shall occur if on such 60th day the Notes are rated Investment Grade by at least one of such Rating Agencies in question and is not subject to review for possible downgrade by such Rating Agency).

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended.

Voting Shares” of any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date means the Capital Stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.

Section 1.02. Conflicts with Base Indenture. In the event that any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Base Indenture, such provision of this Supplemental Indenture shall control.

ARTICLE 2

FORM OF NOTES

Section 2.01. Form of Notes. The Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of the Indenture.

ARTICLE 3

THE NOTES

Section 3.01. Amount; Series; Terms.

(a) There is hereby created and designated a Series of Securities under the Base Indenture: the title of the Notes shall be “5.600% Senior Notes due 2034.” The changes, modifications and supplements to the Base Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and govern the terms of, the Notes and shall not apply to any other Series of Securities that may be issued under the Base Indenture unless a supplemental indenture with respect to such other Series of Securities specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements.

(b) The aggregate principal amount of Notes that initially may be authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture (the “Initial Notes”) shall be limited to $300,000,000, subject to increases as set forth in Section 3.04 of this Supplemental Indenture.

(c) The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be June 12, 2034. The Notes shall be payable and may be presented for payment, purchase, redemption, registration of transfer and exchange, without service charge to the Holder (subject to Section 2.7 of the Base Indenture), at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office.

 

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(d) The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 5.600% per annum accruing from June 12, 2024 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to or for which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as further provided in the form of Note annexed hereto as Exhibit A. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Interest Payment Dates for the Notes shall be June 12 and December 12 of each year, beginning on December 12, 2024, and the “Record Date” for any interest payable on each such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding May 28 and November 27, respectively; provided that upon the Stated Maturity of the Notes, interest shall be payable on such Stated Maturity from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided, and shall include the required payment of principal or premium, if any; and provided further, the “Record Date” for any interest, principal, or premium, if any, payable on the Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be the immediately preceding May 28. If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date with respect to the Notes is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that such payment was due, and no interest shall accrue on that payment for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day.

(e) The Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities, deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depository or its nominee, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in Section 3.03 of this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture.

(f) Payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on a Global Security registered in the name of or held by the Depository or its nominee shall be made in immediately available funds to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Global Security. If the Notes are no longer represented by a Global Security, payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on certificated Notes in definitive form may, at the Company’s option, be made by (i) check mailed directly to Holders at their registered addresses or (ii) upon request of any Holder of at least $5,000,000 principal amount of Notes, wire transfer to an account located in the United States of America maintained by the payee.

Section 3.02. Denominations. The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in denominations of $2,000 and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Section 3.03. Book-entry Provisions for Global Securities.

(a) Each Global Security authenticated under the Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depository designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depository or nominee thereof or custodian therefor. Each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of the Indenture.

(b) Subject to Section 2.7 of the Base Indenture, any exchange of a Global Security for other Notes may be made in whole or in part, and all Notes issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depository for such Global Security shall direct in writing to the Trustee.

(c) Every Note authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Note is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depository for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.

 

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(d) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.03(f) below, the registered Holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under the Indenture or the Notes.

(e) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in the fifth and sixth paragraphs of Section 2.7 of the Base Indenture, the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Notes in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons, with such reasonable adjustments, if any, to the form of Note set forth in Exhibit A hereto as may be necessary or advisable to reflect that such definitive Notes are not Global Securities.

(f) Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depository (collectively, the “Agent Members”) nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under the Indenture with respect to any Global Security registered in the name of the Depository or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Security, and the Depository or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company or the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depository, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.

Section 3.04. Additional Notes; Repurchases. The Company may, from time to time, subject to compliance with any other applicable provisions of the Indenture, without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the Notes, create and issue pursuant to the Indenture additional Notes (the “Additional Notes”) having terms and conditions identical to those of the Initial Notes and ranking equally and ratably with the Initial Notes, except that Additional Notes:

(i) may have a different issue date from the Initial Notes;

(ii) may have a different issue price from the Initial Notes; and

(iii) may have a different amount of interest payable on the first Interest Payment Date after issuance than is payable on the Initial Notes;

provided that if such Additional Notes are not fungible with the outstanding Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes shall have one or more separate CUSIP numbers. Such Additional Notes may be consolidated and form a single series with, and shall have the same terms as to ranking, redemption, waivers, amendments or otherwise as, the Initial Notes and shall vote together as one class on all matters with respect to the Notes.

 

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The Company may, to the extent permitted by law, and directly or indirectly (regardless of whether such Notes are surrendered to the Company), purchase Notes in the open market or otherwise, whether by the Company or its Subsidiaries or through a private or public tender or exchange offer or through counterparties to private agreements, including by cash-settled swaps or other derivatives. The Company shall cause any Notes so purchased (other than Notes purchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or other derivatives) to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and, upon their purchase, such Notes shall no longer be considered “outstanding” for purposes of determining whether the requisite Holders of the required principal amount of the Notes have concurred in any direction, amendment, waiver or consent under the Indenture.

Section 3.05. No Sinking Fund. The Notes shall not be subject to any sinking fund.

ARTICLE 4

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 4.01. Optional Redemption.

(a) Subject to Section 1.02 hereof, the provisions of Article IX of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes.

(b) Prior to March 12, 2034 (the date that is three months prior to the Stated Maturity) (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Notes, at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:

(i) (x) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date for such Notes (assuming the Notes to be redeemed matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points less (y) interest accrued on the Notes to the Redemption Date, and

(ii) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date for such Notes.

(c) On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date for such Notes.

(d) Notice of any redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depository’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.

(e) The following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 4.01(e):

 

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Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following:

(i) The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appears after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields—one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life—and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date.

(ii) If on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date, but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date, and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date, or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.

(iii) The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the Redemption Price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Trustee be responsible for any actions, determinations or calculations in connection with the Redemption Price and the obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 4.01.

 

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(f) If the Company partially redeems the Notes, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made pursuant to the Depository’s procedures (or, in the case of certificated Notes, as provided in the Base Indenture). No Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Note to be redeemed will state the portion of the principal amount of the Note to be redeemed. A new certificated Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of any certificated Note will be issued in the name of the Holder of the Note upon surrender for cancellation of the original certificated Notes. For so long as the Notes are held by the Depository, the redemption of the Notes shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Depository.

(g) Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the applicable Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

Section 4.02. Purchase of Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event.

(a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs with respect to the Notes, unless the Company shall have exercised its option to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Supplemental Indenture, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (in a minimum amount of $2,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes to, but excluding, the repurchase date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the option of the Company, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control or event that may constitute the Change of Control, the Company shall deliver a notice (the “Change of Control Notice”) to each Holder of such Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering (the “Change of Control Offer”) to repurchase such Notes on the repurchase date specified in the notice at the option of the Holders, which date (the “Change of Control Payment Date”) shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is delivered. The Change of Control Notice shall, if delivered prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the Company’s obligation to repurchase the Notes is conditioned on a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:

(i) accept for payment all the Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Notice;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate repurchase price in respect of all the Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered; and

 

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(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes being repurchased by the Company.

(c) The Paying Agent shall promptly deliver to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the repurchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry in the case of Global Securities) to each Holder of a certificated Note, a new certificated Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any such Notes surrendered.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 4.02, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer in connection with a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in connection with such Change of Control Repurchase Event in the manner and at the times required and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for such a Change of Control Offer made by the Company, and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

(e) If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Company, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company pursuant to Section 4.02(d) above, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company shall have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described in Section 4.02(b) above, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a Redemption Price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on a Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date).

(f) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with any repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.02, the Company shall comply with those securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.02 by virtue thereof; provided that the Company otherwise uses commercially reasonable efforts to permit Holders to exercise their rights and to fulfill its obligations in the time and in the manner specified in this Section 4.02 to the extent permitted by such securities laws or regulations.

ARTICLE 5

COVENANTS AND REMEDIES

Section 5.01. Limitation on Liens.

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create or incur any Lien upon any Principal Property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether now existing or owned or hereafter created or acquired), in order to secure any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries unless prior to or at the same time, the Notes (together with, at

 

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the Company’s option, any other Indebtedness or guarantees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries ranking equally in right of payment with the Notes or such guarantee) are equally and ratably secured with or, at the Company’s option, prior to, such secured Indebtedness, until such time as such Indebtedness or guarantees are no longer secured by such Lien or such Principal Property is no longer owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(b) The foregoing restriction in Section 5.01(a) above shall not apply to:

(i) Liens on Principal Property existing with respect to any Person at the time such Person becomes a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company, provided that such Lien was not incurred in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary;

(ii) Liens existing on Principal Property at the time of acquisition thereof or at the time of acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Person then owning such Principal Property whether or not such existing Liens were given to secure the payment of the purchase price of the Principal Property to which they attach;

(iii) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owing to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(iv) Liens existing on the date of issuance of the Initial Notes;

(v) Liens on Principal Property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company, or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Principal Property of a Person to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that such Lien was not incurred in anticipation of the merger, consolidation, or sale, lease, other disposition or other such transaction;

(vi) Liens created in connection with a project financed with, and created to secure, a Non-recourse Obligation;

(vii) Liens created to secure the Notes;

(viii) Liens imposed by law or arising by operation of law, such as materialmens’, workmen or repairmen, carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanic’s Liens and other similar Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue by more than 90 calendar days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review and Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution;

(ix) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies on Principal Property not yet due or payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been made;

 

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(x) Liens to secure the performance of obligations with respect to statutory or regulatory requirements, bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance or return of money bonds and other obligations of a like nature;

(xi) pledges or deposits under workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or similar legislation and Liens of judgments thereunder which are not currently dischargeable, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations, or deposits in connection with obtaining or maintaining self-insurance or to obtain the benefits of any law, regulation or arrangement pertaining to workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, social security or similar matters, or deposits of cash or obligations of the United States of America to secure surety, appeal or customs bonds, or deposits in litigation or other proceedings such as, but not limited to, interpleader proceedings;

(xii) Liens consisting of easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, restrictions on the use of real property, and defects and irregularities in the title thereto, landlords’ Liens and other similar Liens none of which interfere materially with the use of the Principal Property covered thereby in the ordinary course of business and which do not, in the Company’s opinion, materially detract from the value of such Principal Property;

(xiii) Liens in favor of the United States of America or any state, territory or possession thereof (or the District of Columbia), or any department, agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any state, territory or possession thereof (or the District of Columbia), to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure any Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of constructing or improving the Principal Property subject to such Liens;

(xiv) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to finance the construction, acquisition (including acquisition through merger or consolidation), purchase or lease of, or repairs, improvements or additions to, Principal Property (including shares of Capital Stock), plant or equipment of the Company or its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Lien shall not extend to any other Principal Property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is incurred (other than Principal Property affixed or appurtenant thereto), and the Indebtedness (other than any interest thereon) secured by the Lien shall not be incurred more than 18 months after the later of the acquisition, completion of construction, repair, improvement, addition or commencement of full operation of the Principal Property subject to the Lien; provided further, however, that individual financings of equipment or other fixed or capital assets otherwise permitted to be secured under the Indenture provided by any Person (or its Affiliates) may be cross-collateralized to other such financings provided by such Person (or its Affiliates);

(xv) Liens incurred to secure cash or investment management or custodial services in the ordinary course of business or on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

 

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(xvi) Liens securing Hedging Obligations designed to protect the Company from fluctuations in interest rates, currencies, equities or the price of commodities and not for speculative purposes;

(xvii) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit in the ordinary course of business that encumber cash, documents and other Principal Property relating to such letters of credit and proceeds thereof;

(xviii) in connection with the sale or transfer of any Capital Stock or other assets in a consolidation, merger or sale of assets transaction permitted under the Indenture, customary rights and restrictions contained in agreements relating to such sale or transfer pending the completion thereof;

(xix) leases or subleases granted to other persons and not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company or the business of any of its Subsidiaries and which do not secure any indebtedness;

(xx) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code filings or similar filings relating to operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(xxi) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection within the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;

(xxii) licenses of intellectual property entered into in the ordinary course of business (including, intercompany licensing of intellectual property between ourselves and any of our subsidiaries and between our subsidiaries in connection with cost-sharing arrangements, distribution, marketing, make-sell or other similar arrangements) and which do not secure any indebtedness;

(xxiii) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of real property or personal property;

(xxiv) Liens on Principal Property incurred in connection with any transaction permitted under Section 5.02 below; or

(xxv) any extensions, renewals, refinancing or replacements of any Lien referred to in clauses (i) through (xxiv) above without increase of the principal of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien (except to the extent of any fees or other costs associated with any such extension, renewal or replacement); provided, however, that any Liens permitted by any of clauses (i) through (xxiv) above shall not extend to or cover any Principal Property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, other than the Principal Property specified in such clauses and improvements to such Principal Property.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 5.01(a) above, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be permitted to incur Indebtedness secured by Liens which would otherwise be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 5.01(a) above without equally and ratably securing the Notes; provided that, after giving effect to such Indebtedness and the retirement of any Indebtedness secured by Liens (other than Liens described in clauses (i) through (xxv) of Section 5.01(b) above) that is being retired substantially concurrently with such incurrence, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness secured by Liens (not including Liens permitted under clauses (i) through (xxv) of Section 5.01(b) above), together with all Attributable Debt outstanding pursuant to Section 5.02(b) below, does not exceed 7.5% of the Company’s Consolidated Total Assets. The Company and its Subsidiaries also may, without equally and ratably securing the Notes, create or incur Liens that extend, renew, substitute or replace (including successive extensions, renewals, substitutions or replacements), in whole or in part, any Lien permitted pursuant to the preceding sentence.

Section 5.02. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction for the sale and leasing back of any Principal Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, unless:

(i) such transaction was entered into prior to the date of issuance of the Initial Notes;

(ii) such transaction was for the sale and leasing back to the Company or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries of any Principal Property by the Company or a Subsidiary;

(iii) such transaction involves a lease for not more than three years (or which may be terminated by the Company or its Subsidiaries within a period of not more than three years);

(iv) the Company would be entitled to incur Indebtedness secured by a Lien with respect to such sale and leaseback transaction without equally and ratably securing the Notes pursuant to Section 5.01(b) above; or

(v) the Company or any Subsidiary applies an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of such Principal Property to the purchase of other Principal Property used or useful in the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s business or to the retirement of Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes (including the Notes) within 365 days before or after the effective date of any such sale and leaseback transaction, provided that, in lieu of applying such amount to the retirement of pari passu Indebtedness, the Company may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation, such Notes to be credited at the cost thereof to the Company.

(b) Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 5.02(a) above, the Company and its Subsidiaries may enter into any sale and leaseback transaction which would otherwise be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 5.02(a) above, if after giving effect thereto the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to such transactions (not including Attributable Debt permitted under clauses (i) through (v) of Section 5.02(a) above), together with all Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 5.01(c) above, does not exceed 7.5% of the Company’s Consolidated Total Assets.

 

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Section 5.03. Events of Default.

(a) Section 5.1 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes. Instead, each of the following events shall be an “Event of Default” with respect to the Notes:

(1) default for 30 days in payment of any interest installment due and payable on any Note;

(2) a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, on any Note when due at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption or otherwise;

(3) a failure by the Company to repurchase Notes tendered for repurchase following the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event in conformity with Section 4.02 of this Supplemental Indenture;

(4) default in the Company’s performance of any other covenant or agreement in respect of the Notes for 90 days after written notice has been given either to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding;

(5) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its Property, (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (v) admits in writing its inability to generally pay its debts as such debts become due; or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency; and

(6) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its Property or (iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company; or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws; and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.

(b) Any notice of Default given by the Trustee or Holders under this Section must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.”

(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1 and 6.2 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice of any Default or Event of Default referencing the Notes and the Indenture at its Corporate Trust Office in accordance with Section 6.2(n) and Section 10.2 of the Base Indenture by the Company, the Paying Agent, any Holder or an agent of any Holder and such notice references the Notes and the Indenture.

 

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Section 5.04. Modification and Waiver. Article VIII of the Base Indenture, as amended by this Section 5.04, shall apply to the Notes. Section 8.1 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes. In lieu thereof, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may amend or modify the Indenture or enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) with respect to the Notes without notice to or the consent of any Holder of Notes in order to:

(a) cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, provided that the interests of the Holders are not adversely affected;

(b) conform the text of the Indenture or the Notes to any corresponding provision of the “Description of Notes” or the “Description of the Debt Securities” sections of the Prospectus, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate;

(c) provide for the issuance of Additional Notes, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3.04 of this Supplemental Indenture;

(d) provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations in the case of a merger or consolidation and the Company’s discharge upon such assumption provided that Article IV of the Base Indenture is complied with;

(e) add covenants or make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes;

(f) add guarantees with respect to the Notes;

(g) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

(h) secure the Notes;

(i) add or appoint a successor or separate trustee;

(j) make any change that does not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of Notes; or

(k) maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 5.05. References to Base Indenture. References to “clause (d) or (e) of Section 5.1,” “Section 5.1(a) or (b),” “Section 5.1(d) or (e)” and “clause (c) of Section 5.1” in the Base Indenture shall be deemed to refer to “Section 5.03(a)(5) or Section 5.03(a)(6),” “Section 5.03(a)(1) or Section 5.03(a)(2),” “Section 5.03(a)(5) or Section 5.03(a)(6)” and “Section 5.03(a)(4)” of this Supplemental Indenture, respectively.

Section 5.06. Maintenance of Office or Agency. In accordance with Section 3.2 of the Base Indenture, the Company shall maintain an office or agency where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment, redemptions or repurchase and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served (which initially shall be the Corporate Trust Office). The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency not designated or appointed by the Trustee. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office.

 

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Section 5.07. Defeasance and Discharge. Article VII of the Base Indenture shall apply to the Notes.

Section 5.08. No Additional Amounts. No Additional Amounts shall be payable with respect to the Notes. Section 3.5 of the Base Indenture shall therefore not apply to the Notes.

ARTICLE 6

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 6.01. Confirmation of Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 6.02. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture and signature pages for all purposes. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile, email or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code. Without limitation to the foregoing, and anything in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, any Officers’ Certificate, Company order, Opinion of Counsel, Security, certificate of authentication appearing on or attached to any Security, supplemental indenture or other certificate, opinion of counsel, instrument, agreement or other document delivered pursuant to this Indenture may be executed, attested and transmitted by any of the foregoing electronic means and formats.

Section 6.03. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND EACH HOLDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE

 

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LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Company and the Trustee hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any federal or State court located in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, New York in any suit, action or proceeding based on or arising out of or relating to this Supplemental Indenture or any Notes and irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such suit or proceeding may be determined in any such court. Each of the Company and the Trustee irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the Company and the Trustee agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company or the Trustee, as applicable, and may be enforced in any courts to the jurisdiction of which the Company or the Trustee, as applicable, is subject by a suit upon such judgment, provided, that service of process is effected upon the Company or the Trustee, as applicable, in the manner specified herein or as otherwise permitted by law.

Section 6.04. Recitals by the Company. The recitals in this Supplemental Indenture are made by the Company only and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Notes or the proceeds thereof. All of the provisions contained in the Base Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of the Notes and of this Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like effect as if set forth herein in full.

Section 6.05. FATCA. In order to comply with applicable tax laws, rules and regulations (inclusive of directives, guidelines and interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) in effect from time to time (“Applicable Tax Law”) related to this Supplemental Indenture, the Company agrees (i) to provide to the Trustee information about holders or other applicable parties and/or transactions (including any modification to the terms of such transactions) that is within the possession of the Company and reasonably requested by the Trustee so the Trustee can determine whether it has tax related obligations under Applicable Tax Law and (ii) that the Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under this Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Tax Law for which the Trustee shall not have any liability. The terms of this section shall survive the termination of this Supplemental Indenture.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.
By:   /s/ Matthew K. Breitman
  Name:   Matthew K. Breitman
  Title:   SVP, GC Americas & Secretary

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Trustee

By:   /s/ Francine Kincaid
  Name:   Francine Kincaid
  Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Seventh Supplemental Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF NOTE

(FACE OF NOTE)

THIS SECURITY IS ISSUED IN GLOBAL FORM AND REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”) OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS HEREOF AND OF THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED BELOW), THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY.

 

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TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC

5.600% Senior Notes due 2034

 

No.          CUSIP No.: 874054 AN9
   ISIN No.: US874054AN97
   Initially $     

TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of Securities attached hereto on June 12, 2034.

Interest Payment Dates: June 12 and December 12.

Record Dates: May 28 and November 27.

Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the reverse hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually, electronically or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

 

TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:    
The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Securities referred to in the Indenture.    
By:         Dated:    
  Authorized Signatory      

 

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(REVERSE OF NOTE)

TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.

5.600% Senior Notes due 2034

(1) Interest. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture referred to below, being herein called the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the interest rate per annum shown above. The Company shall pay interest semiannually in arrears on June 12 and December 12 of each year, beginning on December 12, 2024. Interest on the Securities of this Series shall accrue from the most recent Interest Payment Date to or for which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from June 12, 2024. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

(2) Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the Securities of this Series (except Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are registered Holders of Securities of this Series at the close of business on the Record Date next preceding the Interest Payment Date even though such Securities are canceled after the Record Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Note shall be made in immediately available funds to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of this Global Security.

(3) Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar. Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking association (the “Trustee”), shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent, transfer agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company may act as Paying Agent, transfer agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

(4) Indenture. This Note is a “Security” and the Notes are a “Series” of “Securities” under the Indenture (as defined below). The Company issued the Securities of this Series under an Indenture dated as of April 14, 2022 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 12, 2024 (the “Eighth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), in each case between the Company and the Trustee. The Securities are unsecured general obligations of the Company and constitute the Series designated on the face hereof as the “5.600% Senior Notes due 2034,” initially limited to $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “TIA”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein are used as defined in the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

(5) Redemption. The Company may redeem the Securities of this Series in whole at any time or from time to time in part prior to their Stated Maturity, at its option, pursuant to the following terms:

 

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(a) Prior to March 12, 2034 (the date that is three months prior to the Stated Maturity) (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Notes, at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:

(i) (x) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date for such Notes (assuming the Notes to be redeemed matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points less (y) interest accrued on the Notes to the Redemption Date, and

(ii) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date for such Notes.

(b) On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date for such Notes.

(c) Notice of any redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depository’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.

(d) If the Company partially redeems the Notes, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made pursuant to the Depository’s procedures (or, in the case of certificated Notes, as provided in the Base Indenture). No Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Note to be redeemed will state the portion of the principal amount of the Note to be redeemed. A new certificated Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of any certificated Note will be issued in the name of the Holder of the Note upon surrender for cancellation of the original certificated Notes. For so long as the Notes are held by the Depository, the redemption of the Notes shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Depository.

(e) Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the applicable Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

(6) Change of Control Repurchase Event. If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs with respect to the Securities of this Series, unless the Company shall have exercised its option pursuant to Section (5) hereof to redeem the Securities of this Series, each Holder of the Securities of this Series shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (in a minimum amount of $2,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Securities of such Series at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on such Securities to, but excluding, the repurchase date.

 

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Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Securities of this Series or, at the option of the Company, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control or event that may constitute the Change of Control, the Company shall deliver a notice (the “Change of Control Notice”) to each Holder of the Securities, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering (the “Change of Control Offer”) to repurchase such Securities on the repurchase date specified in the notice at the option of the Holders, which date (the “Change of Control Payment Date”) shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is delivered. The Change of Control Notice shall, if delivered prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the Company’s obligation to repurchase the Securities is conditioned on a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:

(i) accept for payment all the Securities or portions of the Securities properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Notice;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate repurchase price in respect of all the Securities or portions of the Securities properly tendered; and

(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities properly accepted, together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of the Securities being repurchased by the Company.

If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of this Series validly tender and do not withdraw such Securities in a Change of Control Offer and the Company, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company pursuant to Section 4.02(d) of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, purchases all of the Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company shall have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above, to redeem all Securities of this Series that remain outstanding following such purchase at a Redemption Price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on a Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date).

The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with any repurchase of the Securities as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section (6), the Company shall comply with those securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section (6) by virtue thereof;

 

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provided that the Company otherwise uses commercially reasonable efforts to permit Holders to exercise their rights and to fulfill its obligations in the time and in the manner specified in this Section (6) to the extent permitted by such securities laws or regulations.

(7) Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. The Securities of this Series are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company shall not be required (A) to transfer or exchange any Securities subject to redemption during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the electronic delivery or mailing of a notice of redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such electronic delivery or mailing or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

(8) Defeasance. Subject to certain conditions as provided in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Securities of this Series and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money and/or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities of this Series to their Stated Maturity.

(9) Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as its owner for all purposes, except that interest (other than Defaulted Interest) shall be paid to the Person that was the registered Holder on the relevant Record Date for such payment of interest.

(10) Amendments and Waivers. Subject to certain exceptions, (i) the Indenture or the Securities of this Series may be amended or supplemented with respect to this Series with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of this Series; and (ii) any existing default with respect to the Securities of this Series may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of this Series. Without the consent of any Securityholder of this Series, the Indenture or the Securities of this Series may be amended or supplemented in accordance with Section 5.04 of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, to provide for assumption of Company obligations to Securityholders of this Series or to provide for uncertificated Securities of this Series in addition to or in place of certificated Securities of this Series, to provide for guarantees with respect to, or security for, the Securities of this Series, or to comply with the TIA or to add additional covenants or additional rights or benefits to the Securityholders of this Series, or to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder of this Series.

(11) Remedies. If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this Series may, by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee if given by the Holders, declare all the Securities of this Series to be due and payable immediately. Securityholders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities of this Series except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require an indemnity before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the

 

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outstanding Securities of this Series may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power with respect to the Securities of this Series. The Trustee may withhold from Securityholders of this Series notice of any Default or Event of Default (except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines in good faith that withholding notice is in their interests. The Company must furnish an annual compliance certificate to the Trustee.

(12) Trustee Dealings with Company. Subject to the provisions of the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee. The Trustee shall initially be The Bank of New York Mellon.

(13) No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

(14) Authentication. This Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual or electronic signature of an authorized signatory of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

(15) Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

(16) Governing Law. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers (or as to the accuracy of ISIN numbers or similar numbers) as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY SECURITYHOLDER UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE A COPY OF THE INDENTURE. REQUESTS MAY BE MADE TO: TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., 110 WEST 44TH STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036; ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Security, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to:     
   (Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint _____________________________________________________ agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:

   

 

   

[Assignor]

   

By:

 

 

     

Name:

     

Title:

    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)

 

Signature Guarantee*:    

 

*

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF SECURITIES

The initial principal amount of this Global Security is __________ DOLLARS ($_______). The following exchanges of a part of this Global Security for certificated Securities or a part of another Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of
decrease in
principal amount
of this Global
Security
   Amount of increase in
principal amount of
this Global Security
   Principal
amount of this
Global Security
following such
decrease (or
increase)
   Signature of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee

 

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REPURCHASE EXERCISE NOTICE UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL REPURCHASE EVENT

To: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from Take- Two Interactive Software, Inc. (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Company and hereby directs the Company to pay an amount in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities, or the portion thereof (which is $2,000 principal amount or a multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, to be repurchased plus interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the repurchase date, except as provided in the Indenture.

The undersigned hereby agrees that the Securities will be repurchased as of the Change of Control Payment Date pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof and the Indenture.

 

Dated:    
Signature:    

 

Principal amount to be repurchased (at least $2,000 or a multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof):

Remaining principal amount following such repurchase:

 

By:

   

Authorized Signatory

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO    

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019-6099

Tel: 212 728 8000

Fax: 212 728 8111

June 12, 2024

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

110 West 44th Street

New York, NY 10036

 

Re:

Registration Statement on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the filing by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 6, 2022 of a registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), that is automatically effective under the Act pursuant to Rule 462 promulgated thereunder. The Registration Statement relates to the proposed issuance and sale, from time to time, by the Company of debt securities (the “Debt Securities”) and shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock” and together with the Debt Securities, the “Securities”), each with an indeterminate amount as may at various times be issued at indeterminate prices, in reliance on Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r) under the Act.

Pursuant to the Registration Statement, the Company has issued $300 million principal amount of its 5.400% Senior Notes due 2029 and $300 million principal amount of its 5.600% Senior Notes due 2034 (collectively, the “Notes”), pursuant to that certain Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 10, 2024 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters.

The Notes have been issued in the form set forth in the Indenture, dated as of April 14, 2022 (the “Base Indenture”), by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, each dated as of June 12, 2024 (collectively with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), each by and between the Company and the Trustee.

 

BRUSSELS CHICAGO DALLAS FRANKFURT HOUSTON LONDON  LOS ANGELES MILAN

MUNICH NEW YORK PALO ALTO PARIS ROME SAN FRANCISCO WASHINGTON


Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

June 12, 2024

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We have examined the Registration Statement, together with the exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference therein; the base prospectus, dated April 6, 2022, together with the documents incorporated by reference therein, filed with the Registration Statement relating to the offering of each of the Notes (the “Base Prospectus”); the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated June 10, 2024, in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act relating to the offering of the Notes; the final prospectus supplement, dated June 10, 2024, in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act relating to the offering of the Notes (collectively with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”); the Indenture and the Notes. In addition, we have examined such other instruments, documents, certificates and records which we have deemed relevant and necessary for the basis of our opinion hereinafter expressed.

In our examination and in rendering our opinions contained herein, we have assumed (i) the genuineness of all signatures of all parties; (ii) the authenticity of all corporate records, agreements, documents, instruments and certificates of the Company submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents and agreements of all documents and agreements submitted to us as conformed, certified or photostatic copies; (iii) the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents and agreements (including the Indenture) by all parties thereto (other than the Company) and the binding effect of such documents and agreements on all such parties (other than the Company); (iv) the Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the parties thereto (other than the Company); (v) the legal rights and power of all such parties (other than the Company) under all applicable laws and regulations to enter into, execute and deliver such agreements and documents; and (vi) the capacity of natural persons. As to all questions of fact material to such opinions, we have relied without independent check or verification upon certificates of the Company, and their respective officers, employees, agents and representatives; and certificates of public officials.

Based on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications and limitations expressed below, we are of the opinion that:

1. The execution and delivery of the Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company, and the Indenture constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with the terms thereof.

2. The Notes have been validly issued and constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

The opinions set forth above are qualified in that the legality or enforceability of the documents referred to therein may be (a) subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) limited insofar as the remedies of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and the discretion of the court before which any enforcement thereof may be brought and (c) subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) including principles of commercial reasonableness or conscionability and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.


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This opinion is limited to the matters stated herein and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. The opinions expressed herein are given as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update or supplement such opinions after the date hereof. We do not express an opinion as to matters arising under the laws of any jurisdiction, other than the laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the United States.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, which will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus. We do not admit by giving this consent that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Exhibit 99.1

 

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CONTACT:   
(Investor Relations)    (Corporate Press)
Nicole Shevins    Alan Lewis
Senior Vice President    Vice President
Investor Relations & Corporate Communications    Corporate Communications & Public Affairs
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.    Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
(646) 536-3005    (646) 536-2983
nicole.shevins@take2games.com    Alan.Lewis@take2games.com

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

Announces Pricing of $600 Million Senior Notes Offering

New York, NY – June 10, 2024 —Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) (the “Company”) announced today that it has agreed to sell in an underwritten public offering $600 million aggregate principal amount of its Senior Notes, consisting of $300 million of its 5.400% Senior Notes due 2029 and $300 million of its 5.600% Senior Notes due 2034.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of the $600 million principal amount of its 3.550% Senior Notes due 2025 at or prior to maturity.

The closing of the offering is expected to occur on June 12, 2024, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, which is filed as part of an effective shelf registration statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 6, 2022. You may obtain copies of these documents without charge from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, you may request these documents by contacting J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk – 3rd Floor. Telephone: (212) 834-4533 or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attention: WFS Customer Service, 608 2nd Avenue South, Suite 1000, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, by email at wfscustomerservice@wellsfargo.com or by calling 1-800-645-3751.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Senior Notes or any other securities, nor will there be any sale of Senior Notes or any other securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Take-Two Interactive Software

Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. The Company develops, operates, and publishes products principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, and Zynga. Our products are currently designed for console gaming systems, PC, and mobile, including smartphones and tablets, and are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms, and cloud streaming services. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO.


All trademarks and copyrights contained herein are the property of their respective holders.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Statements contained herein that are not historical facts are considered forward-looking statements under federal securities laws and may be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “seeks,” “should,” “will,” or words of similar meaning and include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the outlook for our future business and financial performance. Such forward-looking statements are based on the current beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to them, which are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks, and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Actual outcomes and results may vary materially from these forward-looking statements based on a variety of risks and uncertainties including risks relating to conducting business internationally, including as a result of unforeseen geopolitical events; the impact of changes in interest rates by the Federal Reserve and other central banks, including on our short-term investment portfolio; the impact of inflation; volatility in foreign currency exchange rates; our dependence on key management and product development personnel; our dependence on our NBA 2K and Grand Theft Auto products and our ability to develop other hit titles; our ability to leverage opportunities on PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X|S; factors affecting our mobile business, such as player acquisition costs; the timely release and significant market acceptance of our games; the ability to maintain acceptable pricing levels on our games.

Other important factors and information are contained in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, including the risks summarized in the section entitled “Risk Factors,” and the Company’s other periodic filings with the SEC, which can be accessed at www.take2games.com. All forward-looking statements are qualified by these cautionary statements and apply only as of the date they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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