As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2013
Registration No. 333-


 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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L BRANDS, INC.*
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
 
31-1029810
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
Three Limited Parkway
P.O. Box 16000
Columbus, Ohio, 43216
(614) 415-7000
 
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
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Douglas L. Williams
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
L Brands, Inc.
Three Limited Parkway, P.O. Box 16000
Columbus, Ohio, 43216
(614) 415-7000
 
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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Copy to:
 
 
Sarah Beshar
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 450-4000
 
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public : From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
 
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.
 
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.
 
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.
 
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.
 
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.
 
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer     Accelerated filer  
     
Non-accelerated filer     (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)   Smaller reporting company  
 
* Includes  certain subsidiaries of L Brands, Inc. identified on the following page.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each
Class of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit (1)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (1)
Amount of
Registration Fee (1)
Common Stock, $0.50 par value
       
Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value
       
Depositary Shares
       
Debt Securities
       
Guarantees of Debt Securities (2)
       
Warrants
       
Purchase Contracts
       
Units
       
Total
       

(1)
An indeterminate amount of securities to be offered at indeterminate prices is being registered pursuant to this registration statement. The Registrant is deferring payment of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 456(b) and is omitting this information in reliance on Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r).
 
(2)
No separate consideration will be received for the guarantees of the debt securities being registered. In accordance with Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act, no registration fee is payable with respect to the guarantees.
 




 
 

 

 
TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS
 
 
Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter*
 
 
State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization
 
 
Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number
 
 
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number
Bath & Body Works Brand Management, Inc.
 
Delaware
 
5600
 
52-2450868
Bath & Body Works, LLC
 
Delaware
 
5600
 
52-2455381
beautyAvenues, LLC
 
Delaware
 
5600
 
52-2450857
Intimate Brands, Inc.
 
Delaware
 
5600
 
51-0346269
Intimate Brands Holding, LLC
 
Delaware
 
5600
 
90-0648718
L Brands Direct Fulfillment, Inc.
 
Delaware
 
5600
 
52-2450847
L Brands Service Company, LLC
 
Delaware
 
5600
 
31-1048997
L Brands Store Design & Construction, Inc.
 
Delaware
 
5600
 
31-1301070
Mast Industries, Inc.
 
Delaware
 
5600
 
04-2468696
Victoria’s Secret Direct Brand Management, LLC
 
Delaware
 
5600
 
52-2450873
Victoria’s Secret Stores Brand Management, Inc.
 
Delaware
 
5600
 
52-2450861
Victoria’s Secret Stores, LLC
 
Delaware
 
5600
 
54-2170171
 

*
The address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of each registrant’s principal executive offices is Three Limited Parkway, P.O. Box 16000, Columbus, Ohio 43216, Tel. (614) 415-7000.
 
 
 

 
 
 
PROSPECTUS
 
 
L BRANDS, INC.
 
 
COMMON STOCK
PREFERRED STOCK
DEPOSITARY SHARES
DEBT SECURITIES
GUARANTEES OF DEBT SECURITIES
WARRANTS
PURCHASE CONTRACTS
UNITS
 
This prospectus relates to common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, debt securities, warrants, purchase contracts and units that L Brands, Inc. may sell from time to time in one or more offerings. The debt securities may be guaranteed by one or more subsidiaries identified in this prospectus on terms to be determined at the time of the offering. This prospectus will allow us to issue securities over time.
 
We will provide a prospectus supplement each time we issue securities, which will inform you about the specific terms of that offering and may also supplement, update or amend information contained in this document. You should read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement carefully before you invest.
 
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “LTD.” We have not yet determined whether any of the other securities that may be offered by this prospectus will be listed on any exchange, inter-dealer quotation system or over-the-counter market. If we decide to seek the listing of any such securities upon issuance, the prospectus supplement relating to those securities will disclose the exchange, quotation system or market on which the securities will be listed.
 
Investing in our securities involves risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5 of this prospectus.
 
We may offer and sell these securities to or through one or more underwriters, dealers or agents, or directly to investors, on a continuous or delayed basis.
 
The applicable prospectus supplement will provide the names of any underwriters, dealers or agents, the specific terms of the plan of distribution, any over-allotment option and any applicable underwriting discounts and commissions.
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved these securities, or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
 
The date of this prospectus is October 29, 2013
 
In this prospectus the terms “L Brands,” “we,” “us,” “our” and the “Company” refer to L Brands, Inc.
 
 
 

 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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  Page
   
About This Prospectus
1
Where You Can Find More Information
2
Forward-Looking Statements
3
L Brands, Inc.
5
The Guarantors
5
Risk Factors
5
Use of Proceeds
6
Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
6
Description of Capital Stock
7
Description of Debt Securities and Guarantees of Debt Securities
9
Description of Warrants
18
Description of Purchase Contracts
19
Description of Units
19
Plan of Distribution
19
Legal Opinions
21
Experts
21
 
 
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
 
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, we may sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”
 

 
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
 
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any document we file at the SEC’s public reference rooms in Washington, D.C. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on their public reference room.
 
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until we sell all of the securities. Information under Item 2.02 or 7.01 furnished in Current Reports on Form 8-K is not incorporated by reference herein:
 
 
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Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 2, 2013 (the “2012 Annual Report”) (including the portions of the proxy statement for our annual meeting of stockholders held on May 23, 2013, filed on April 9, 2013 and incorporated by reference therein).
 
 
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Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended May 4, 2013 and August 3, 2013.
 
 
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Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 22, 2013, May 30, 2013, August 9, 2013, October 10, 2013 and October 17, 2013.
 
 
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The description of our capital stock contained in the Form 8 Amendment to Form 8-A, filed on September 11, 1989, as amended.
 
You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at our principal executive offices at the following address:
 
L Brands, Inc.
Three Limited Parkway
P.O. Box 16000
Columbus, Ohio 43216
(614) 415-7076
 
We have not authorized anyone to provide any information other than that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. We take no responsibility for, and can provided no assurance as to the reliability or, any other information that others may give you. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of this prospectus.
 
 
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
Safe harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
 
L Brands, Inc. cautions that any forward-looking statements (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) contained in this prospectus or made by our company or our management involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. Accordingly, our future performance and financial results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in any such forward-looking statements. Words such as “estimate,” “project,” “plan,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “planned,” “potential” and any similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements. Risks associated with the following factors, among others, in some cases have affected and in the future could affect our financial performance and actual results and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements included in this prospectus or otherwise made by our company or our management:
 
 
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general economic conditions, consumer confidence, consumer spending patterns and market disruptions including severe weather conditions, natural disasters, health hazards, terrorist activities, financial crises, political crises or other major events, or the prospect of these events ;
 
 
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the seasonality of our business ;
 
 
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the dependence on a high volume of mall traffic and the possible lack of availability of suitable store locations on appropriate terms ;
 
 
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our ability to grow through new store openings and existing store remodels and expansions ;
 
 
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our ability to successfully expand into global markets and related risks;
 
 
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our relationships with independent licensees and franchisee s;
 
 
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o ur direct channel businesses ;
 
 
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o ur failure to protect our reputation and our brand images ;
 
 
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our failure to protect our trade names, trademarks and patents ;
 
 
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the highly competitive nature of the retail industry generally and the segments in which we operate particularly ;
 
 
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consumer acceptance of our products and our ability to keep up with fashion trends, develop new merchandise and launch new product lines successfull y;
 
 
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our ability to source, distribute and sell goods and materials on a global basis, including risks related to:
 
 
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political instability ;
 
 
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duties, taxes and other charges;
 
 
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legal and regulatory matters;
 
 
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volatility in currency and exchange rates;
 
 
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local business practices and political issues;
 
 
·  
potential delays or disruptions in shipping and transportation and related pricing impacts;
 
 
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the disruption of production or distribution by labor disputes; and
 
 
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changing expectations regarding product safety due to new legislation;
 
 
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stock price volatility ;
 
 
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our failure to maintain our credit rating ;
 
 
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our ability to service or refinance our debt ;
 
 
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our ability to retain key personnel;
 
 
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our ability to attract, develop and retain qualified employees and manage labor costs;
 
 
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the inability of our manufacturers to deliver products in a timely manner and meet quality standards ;
 
 
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the possible inability of our manufacturers to deliver products in a timely manner or meet quality standards;
 
 
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fluctuations in product input costs ;
 
 
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f luctuations in energy costs ;
 
 
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in creases in the costs of mailing, paper and printing ;
 
 
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claims a rising from our self-insurance ;
 
 
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our ability to implement and maintain information technology systems and to protect associated data ;
 
 
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our failure to comply with regulatory requirements;
 
 
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tax matters; and
 
 
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legal and compliance matters.
 
We are not under any obligation and do not intend to make publicly available any update or other revisions to any of the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus to reflect circumstances existing after the date of this prospectus or to reflect the occurrence of future events even if experience or future events make it clear that any expected results expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements will not be realized.
 
 
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L BRANDS, INC.
 
L Brands, through Victoria’s Secret, Pink, Bath & Body Works, La Senza and Henri Bendel, is an international company. The Company operates 2,647 specialty stores in the United States and its brands are sold in more than 800 Company-operated and franchised additional locations world-wide. The Company’s products are also available online at www.VictoriasSecret.com, www.BathandBodyWorks.com, www.HenriBendel.com and www.LaSenza.com.
 
L Brands was re-incorporated as The Limited, Inc. under the laws of Delaware in 1982 and changed its name to L Brands, Inc. in March 2013. Our principal executive offices are located at Three Limited Parkway, P.O. Box 16000, Columbus, Ohio 43216. Our Investor Relations telephone number is 614-415-7076. Internet users can obtain information about L Brands and its services at http://www.limitedbrands.com . However, the information on our website, on the Victoria’s Secret website, on the Bath & Body Works website, on the Henri Bendel website and on the La Senza website is not a part of this prospectus.
 
 
THE GUARANTORS
 
L Brands, Inc. is a holding company and its most significant assets are the stock and membership interests of its subsidiaries. The guarantors of the debt securities may include the following companies, each of which is a direct or indirect subsidiary of L Brands, Inc.:
 
 
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Bath & Body Works Brand Management, Inc.
 
 
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Bath & Body Works, LLC
 
 
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beautyAvenues, LLC
 
 
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Intimate Brands, Inc.
 
 
·  
Intimate Brands Holding, LLC
 
 
·  
L Brands Direct Fulfillment, Inc.
 
 
·  
L Brands Service Company, LLC
 
 
·  
L Brands Store Design & Construction, Inc.
 
 
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Mast Industries, Inc.
 
 
·  
Victoria’s Secret Direct Brand Management, LLC
 
 
·  
Victoria’s Secret Stores Brand Management, Inc.
 
 
·  
Victoria’s Secret Stores, LLC
 
If so provided in a prospectus supplement or term sheet, each of the guarantors will fully and unconditionally guarantee on a joint and several basis our obligations under the debt securities, subject to certain limitations.
 
RISK FACTORS
 
Investing in our securities may involve risks. You should carefully consider the specific factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in the applicable prospectus supplement, together with all the other information contained in the prospectus supplement or appearing or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You should also consider the risks, uncertainties and assumptions discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” beginning of page 6 of our annual report on Form 10-K filed for the year ended February 2, 2013, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and which may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time by other reports we file with the SEC in the future.
 
 
 
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USE OF PROCEEDS
 
Except as otherwise set forth in a prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities for general corporate purposes, which could include repayments of outstanding debt, and for business acquisitions or investments.
 
 
RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
 
The table below sets forth our ratios of earnings to fixed charges for the periods indicated. The ratios have been calculated based upon earnings from continuing operations before fixed charges and taxes on income. Fixed charges include interest and an estimate of the portion of minimum rentals that represents interest.
 
 
For the Twenty-Six Weeks Ended
 
 
For the Fiscal Years Ended
August 3,
2013
 
February 2,
2013
 
January 28,
2012
 
January 29,
2011
 
January 30,
2010
 
January 31,
2009
3.4
 
4.1
 
4.5
 
4.8
 
2.8
 
2.8

For the purpose of calculating the ratios of earnings to fixed charges, we calculate earnings by adding fixed charges and distributions from equity method investees, net of income or losses from equity method investees, to pre-tax income from continuing operations before non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries and cumulative effect of changes in accounting principle. Fixed charges include total interest and a portion of rent expense, which we believe is representative of the interest factor of our rent expense. Interest associated with income tax liabilities is excluded from our calculation.
 
Pre-tax income includes the effect of the following special items:
 
In the fiscal year ended February 2, 2013, a $93 million impairment charge related to goodwill and other intangible assets for our La Senza business; a $27 million impairment charge related to long-lived stores assets for our Henri Bendel business; $14 million of expense associated with the store closure initiative at La Senza; and a $13 million gain related to $13 million in cash distributions from certain of our investments in Easton, a 1,300 acre planned community in Columbus, Ohio that integrates office, hotel, retail, residential and recreational space.
 
In the fiscal year ended January 28, 2012, a $232 million impairment charge related to goodwill and other intangible assets for our La Senza business; a $111 million gain related to the divestiture of 51% of our third-party apparel sourcing business; $163 million of expense related to the charitable contribution of our remaining shares of Express, Inc. to The Limited Brands Foundation; $24 million of restructuring expenses at La Senza; a $147 million gain related to the charitable contribution of our remaining shares of Express, Inc. to The Limited Brands Foundation; and a $86 million gain related to the sale of Express, Inc. common stock.
 
In the fiscal year ended January 29, 2011, a $52 million gain related to the initial public offering of Express including the sale of a portion of our shares; a $49 million gain related to a $57 million cash distribution from Express; a $45 million gain related to the sale of Express stock; a $25 million loss associated with the early retirement of portions of our 2012 and 2014 notes; a $20 million gain associated with the sale of our remaining 25% ownership interest in Limited Stores; and a $7 million gain related to a dividend payment from Express.
 
In the fiscal year ended January 30, 2010, a $9 million gain, $14 million net of related tax benefits, associated with the reversal of an accrued contractual liability as a result of the divestiture of a joint venture.
 
In the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009, a $215 million impairment charge related to goodwill and other intangible assets for our La Senza business; a $128 million gain related to the divestiture of a personal care joint venture; $23 million of expense related to restructuring activities; a $19 million impairment charge related to a joint venture; and a $13 million gain related to a cash distribution from Express.
 
 
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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
 
The following summary of the terms of our capital stock is not meant to be complete and is qualified by reference to our certificate of incorporation and by-laws. Copies of our certificate of incorporation and by-laws are incorporated by reference and will be sent upon request. See “Where You Can Find More Information.”
 
Authorized Capital Stock
 
Under our charter, our authorized capital stock consists of:
 
 
·  
1,000,000,000 shares of common stock with $.50 par value,
 
 
·  
10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with $1.00 par value.
 
On August 3, 2013, there were outstanding:
 
 
·  
290 million shares of our common stock; and
 
 
·  
no shares of our preferred stock.
 
On February 2, 2013, there were outstanding:
 
 
·  
employee stock options and restricted stock awards to issue approximately 15 million shares of our common stock.
 
Our common stock is listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “LTD.”
 
Common Stock
 
If we offer shares of common stock, the prospectus supplement or term sheet will set forth the number of shares offered, the public offering price, information regarding our dividend history and common stock prices as reflected on the New York Stock Exchange or other exchange that the common stock is then listed, including a recent reported last sale price of the common stock.
 
The outstanding shares of common stock are, and any shares of common stock issued will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
 
Voting Rights
 
Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held of record on the applicable record date on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Holders of common stock do not have cumulative voting rights.
 
Dividend Rights
 
Subject to the rights of any shares of preferred stock which may at the time be outstanding, holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends as may be declared from time to time by our Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor.
 
Rights upon Liquidation or Dissolution
 
In the event of liquidation or dissolution, each share of common stock is entitled to share pro rata in any distribution of our assets after payment or providing for the payment of liabilities and the liquidation preference of any outstanding preferred stock. Holders of our common stock have no preferential, preemptive, conversion or redemption rights.
 
Preferred Stock
 
The following summary contains a description of some of the principal terms of our preferred stock. This description of the principal provisions of our preferred stock does not purport to be complete and is subject to and
 
 
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qualified in its entirety by reference to the applicable provisions of our certificate of incorporation relating to each particular series of preferred stock. The particular terms of any series of preferred stock we offer, including the extent to which the terms described below may apply to that series of preferred stock, will be described in a prospectus supplement relating to that series of preferred stock.
 
Serial Preferred Stock
 
Under our certificate of incorporation, without further stockholder action, our Board of Directors is authorized to provide for the issuance of up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Preferred stock may be issued in one or more series, with such designations of titles, dividend rates, any redemption provisions, special or relative rights in the event of liquidation, dissolution, distribution or winding-up of L Brands, Inc., any sinking fund provisions, any conversion provisions, any voting rights, and any other preferences, privileges, powers, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions as shall be set forth as and when established by our Board of Directors.
 
The shares of any series of serial preferred stock will be, when issued, fully paid and nonassessable and the holders will have no preemptive rights in connection with the preferred stock.
 
Blank Check Preferred Stock
 
Under our certificate of incorporation, our Board of Directors has the authority, without stockholder approval, to create one or more classes or series within a class of preferred stock, to issue shares of preferred stock in such class or series up to the maximum number of shares of the relevant class or series of preferred stock authorized, and to determine the preferences, rights, privileges and restrictions of any such class or series, including the dividend rights, voting rights, the rights and terms of redemption, the rights and terms of conversion, liquidation preferences, the number of shares constituting any such class or series and the designation of such class or series. Acting under this authority, our Board of Directors could create and issue a class or series of preferred stock with rights, privileges or restrictions, and adopt a stockholder rights plan having the effect of, discriminating against an existing or prospective holder of securities as a result of such stockholder beneficially owning or commencing a tender offer for a substantial amount of our common stock. One of the effects of authorized but unissued and unreserved shares of capital stock may be to render more difficult or discourage an attempt by a potential acquiror to obtain control of L Brands, Inc. by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise, and thereby protect the continuity of our management. The issuance of such shares of capital stock may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of L Brands, Inc. without any further action by our stockholders. We have no present intention to adopt a stockholder rights plan, but could do so without stockholder approval at any future time.
 
Depositary Shares
 
We may, at our option, elect to offer fractional shares of preferred stock rather than full shares of preferred stock. If we exercise this option, we will issue to the public receipts for depositary shares, and each of these depositary shares will represent a fraction (to be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement) of a share of a particular series of preferred stock.
 
The shares of any series of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares will be deposited under a deposit agreement between us and a bank or trust company selected by us. The depositary will have its principal office in the United States and a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. Subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, each owner of a depositary share will be entitled, in proportion to the applicable fraction of a share of preferred stock underlying the depositary share, to all of the rights and preferences of the preferred stock underlying that depositary share. Those rights may include dividend, voting, redemption, conversion and liquidation rights.
 
The depositary shares will be evidenced by depositary receipts issued under a deposit agreement. Depositary receipts will be distributed to those persons purchasing the fractional shares of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares, in accordance with the terms of the offering. We will describe the material terms of the deposit agreement, the depositary shares and the depositary receipts in a prospectus supplement relating to the depositary shares. You should also refer to the forms of the deposit agreement and depositary receipts that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the offering of the specific depositary shares.
 
 
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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES AND GUARANTEES OF DEBT SECURITIES
 
The following description of the terms of the debt securities provides certain general terms and provisions of the debt securities and any related guarantees to which any prospectus supplement may relate. We will describe in any prospectus supplement the particular terms of the debt securities offered and the extent, if any, to which the general provisions apply to the debt securities.
 
We will issue senior debt securities under an indenture, dated as of March 15, 1988, between us and The Bank of New York, as trustee, as amended by a supplemental indenture, dated as of May 31, 2005, among us, The Bank of New York, as resigning trustee, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee; as further amended by the second supplemental indenture, dated as of July 17, 2007 between us and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee; as further amended by the third supplemental indenture, dated as of May 4, 2010 between us, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee; as further amended by the fourth supplemental indenture, dated as of January 29, 2011 between us, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee; as further amended by the fifth supplemental indenture, dated as of March 25, 2011 between us, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee; as further amended by the sixth supplemental indenture dated as of February 7, 2012 between us, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee; as further amended by the seventh supplemental indenture dated as of March 22, 2013 between us, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee; and as further amended by the eighth supplemental indenture dated as of October 16, 2013 between us, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Senior Debt Indenture”).
 
We will issue subordinated debt securities under an indenture to be entered into between us and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Subordinated Debt Indenture”).
 
If so provided in a prospectus supplement or term sheet, the debt securities will have the benefit of the guarantees from the guarantors. Our subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay any amounts due pursuant to the debt securities or to make any funds available therefor, whether by dividends, loans or other payments, other than as expressly provided in the guarantees.
 
Copies of each indenture and the supplemental indentures are filed as exhibits to the registration statement to which this prospectus relates. The following summary of the indentures does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the indentures. Numerical references in parentheses below are to sections in the indentures. Wherever we refer to particular sections of, or defined terms in, the indentures, we intend that these sections or defined terms shall be incorporated herein by reference.
 
General
 
The debt securities will be unsecured general obligations of L Brands, Inc. and will constitute either senior or subordinated debt of L Brands, Inc. With respect to the subordinated debt securities, the payment of principal of, interest on and all other amounts owing in respect of the subordinated debt securities will be subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash of principal of, interest on and all other amounts owing in respect of all of our senior indebtedness (as defined below). Upon any payment or distribution of our assets of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any total or partial liquidation, dissolution, winding up, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshaling of our assets or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding relating to us or our property, whether voluntary or involuntary, all principal of, interest on and all other amounts due or to become due will be paid, first, to all senior indebtedness in full in cash, or such payment duly provided for to the satisfaction of the holders of senior indebtedness, before any payment or distribution of any kind or character is made on account of any principal of, interest on or other amounts owing in respect of the subordinated debt securities (other than in permitted junior securities), or for the acquisition of any of the subordinated debt securities for cash, property or otherwise.
 
As a holding company, our principal source of funds is dividends and advances from subsidiaries. Also, because we are a holding company, our rights and the rights of our creditors, including the holders of debt securities, to participate in the assets of any subsidiary upon the subsidiary’s liquidation or reorganization would be subject to the prior claims of such subsidiary’s creditors, except to the extent that L Brands, Inc. may itself be a creditor with allowable claims against the subsidiary.
 
 
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If any default occurs and is continuing in the payment when due, whether at maturity, upon any redemption, by declaration or otherwise, of any principal of, premium, interest on, unpaid drawings for letters of credit issued in respect of, or regularly accruing fees with respect to, any senior indebtedness, no payment of any kind or character will be made by or on behalf of us or any other person on our or their behalf with respect to any principal of, interest on or other amounts owing in respect of the subordinated debt securities (other than in permitted junior securities) or to acquire any of the subordinated debt securities for cash, property or otherwise.
 
If any other event of default occurs and is continuing with respect to any designated senior indebtedness, as such event of default is defined in the instrument creating or evidencing such designated senior indebtedness, permitting the holders of such designated senior indebtedness then outstanding to accelerate the maturity thereof and if the representative (as defined in the applicable indenture) for the respective issue of designated senior indebtedness gives written notice of the event of default to the trustee, then, unless and until all events of default have been cured or waived or have ceased to exist or the trustee receives notice from the representative for the respective issue of designated senior indebtedness terminating the blockage period (as defined below), during the period commencing on the date of receipt of such default notice by the trustee and ending 179 days thereafter, neither we nor any other person on our behalf will:
 
 
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make any payment of any kind or character with respect to any principal of, interest on or other amounts owing in respect of the subordinated debt securities (other than in permitted junior securities); or
 
 
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acquire any of the subordinated debt securities for cash, property or otherwise.
 
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event will a blockage period extend beyond 179 days from the date the payment on the subordinated debt securities was due and only one such blockage period may be commenced within any 360 consecutive days. No event of default which existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement of any blockage period with respect to the designated senior indebtedness will be, or be made, the basis for commencement of a second blockage period by the representative of such designated senior indebtedness whether or not within a period of 360 consecutive days unless such event of default will have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days (it being acknowledged that any subsequent action or any breach of any financial covenants for a period commencing after the date of commencement of such blockage period that, in either case, would give rise to an event of default pursuant to any provisions under which an event of default previously existed or was continuing will constitute a new event of default for this purpose).
 
As a result of the foregoing provisions, in the event of our insolvency, holders of the subordinated debt securities may recover ratably less than our general creditors.
 
“Senior indebtedness” means:
 
 
(1)
the principal, including redemption payments, premium, if any, interest and other payment obligations in respect of (a) our indebtedness for money borrowed, (b) our indebtedness evidenced by securities, debentures, bonds, notes or other similar instruments issued by us, including any such securities issued under any deed, indenture or other instrument to which we are a party and (c) guarantees of any of the foregoing;
 
 
(2)
all of our capital lease obligations;
 
 
(3)
all of our obligations issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all of our conditional sale obligations, all of our hedging agreements and agreements of a similar nature thereto and all agreements relating to any such agreements, and all of our obligations under any title retention agreement, but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business;
 
 
(4)
all of our obligations for reimbursement on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance, security purchase facility or similar credit transaction;
 
 
(5)
all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (4) above of other persons for the payment of which we are responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise;
 
 
(6)
all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above of other persons secured by any lien on any of our property or assets, whether or not such obligation is assumed by us; and
 
 
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(7)
any deferrals, amendments, renewals, extensions, modifications and refundings of all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (6) above, in each case whether or not contingent and whether outstanding at the date of effectiveness of the applicable indenture or thereafter incurred,
 
except, in each case, for the subordinated debt securities and (i) any such other securities to be issued by us in the future that contain express terms, or are issued under a deed, indenture or other instrument, which contains express terms, providing that such securities are subordinate to or rank equal with the subordinated debt securities, (ii) trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business and (iii) indebtedness owed by us to our subsidiaries, which also will rank equally in right of payment and upon liquidation to the subordinated debt securities.
 
Such senior indebtedness will continue to be senior indebtedness and be entitled to the benefits of the subordination provisions of the applicable indenture irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of any term of such senior indebtedness and notwithstanding that no express written subordination agreement may have been entered into between the holders of such senior indebtedness and the trustee for any of the holders.
 
“Permitted junior securities” means:
 
 
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our capital stock; or
 
 
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debt securities issued pursuant to a confirmed plan of reorganization that are subordinated in right of payment to all senior indebtedness and any debt securities issued in exchange for senior indebtedness that are subordinated to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the subordinated debt securities are subordinated to the senior indebtedness under the indenture.
 
“Designated senior indebtedness” means any senior indebtedness the principal amount of which is at least $20.0 million or more at the time we designate such senior indebtedness as designated senior indebtedness in a writing delivered to the trustee.
 
Each indenture provides that debt securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series. We may authorize the issuance and provide for the terms of a series of debt securities pursuant to a supplemental indenture or pursuant to a resolution of our Board of Directors, any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors or any committee of officers or other representatives of L Brands, Inc. duly authorized by the Board of Directors for this purpose.
 
Each indenture provides L Brands, Inc. with the ability to “reopen” a previous issue of a series of debt securities and to issue additional debt securities of such series. The indentures do not limit or otherwise restrict the amount of indebtedness which may be issued in accordance with it or that may otherwise be issued by us or any of our subsidiaries. (Sections 301 and 1301)
 
The indentures do not contain any covenants or provisions that would afford holders of debt securities protection in the event of a highly-leveraged transaction, reorganization, restructuring or similar transaction.
 
You should refer to the prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of debt securities for the terms of those debt securities, including, where applicable:
 
 
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classification as senior or subordinated debt securities;
 
 
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ranking of the specific series of debt securities relative to other outstanding indebtedness, including subsidiaries’ debt;
 
 
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if the debt securities are subordinated, the aggregate amount of outstanding indebtedness, as of a recent date, that is senior to the subordinated securities, and any limitation on the issuance of additional senior indebtedness;
 
 
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the designation, aggregate principal amount, currency or currencies and denominations of the debt securities;
 
 
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the price (expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities) at which the debt securities will be issued;
 
 
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the date or dates of maturity;
 
 
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the currency or currencies in which the relevant debt securities are being sold and in which the principal of, premium if any, or interest on these debt securities will be payable and, if the holders of any of these debt securities may elect the currency in which payments according to such debt securities are to be made, the manner of the election;
 
 
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the annual rate or rates (which may be fixed, variable or zero) at which the relevant debt securities will bear interest;
 
 
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the date from which the interest on the relevant debt securities will accrue, the dates on which this interest will be payable and the date on which payment of this interest will commence;
 
 
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provisions relating to the deferral of interest payments or extension of interest payments on the subordinated debt securities, including the duration of any such deferral or extension period and the maximum period during which interest payments may be deferred or extended and any provisions relating to the obligations of the Company or limitations on claims of Holders with respect to deferred interest;
 
 
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if the amount of payments of principal and premium, if any, or any interest may be determined with reference to an index based on a currency or currencies other than that in which the debt securities are stated to be payable, the manner in which these amounts shall be determined;
 
 
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if the amount of payments of principal and premium, if any, or any interest may be determined with reference to an index based on the prices of securities or commodities, with reference to changes in the prices of particular securities or commodities or otherwise by application of a formula, the manner in which this amount shall be determined;
 
 
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the dates on which and the price or prices at which the relevant debt securities will, pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund provision, or may, pursuant to any optional redemption or required repayment provisions, be redeemed or repaid and the other terms and provisions of any optional redemption or required repayment;
 
 
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whether such debt securities are to be issued in the form of one or more global securities and, if so, the identity of the depositary (see definition below) for such global security or securities;
 
 
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whether the subordinated debt securities will be convertible or exchangeable into shares of common stock or preferred stock, or any of our other capital stock, or any capital stock of any other issuer, cash, or any other property, or any combination of the foregoing, the terms on which such subordinated debt securities are convertible and any requirements relating to the reservation of such shares of common stock or preferred stock for purposes of conversion;
 
 
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any listing of debt securities on any securities exchange;
 
 
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whether and the extent that debt securities shall be guaranteed by the guarantors, the ranking of any such guarantee, the terms of such subordination, if applicable, of any such guarantee and the form of any such guarantee;
 
 
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the terms of any debt warrants offered together with the relevant debt securities; and
 
 
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any other specific terms of or matters relating to the relevant debt securities.
 
The debt securities will be issuable only in fully registered form without coupons or in the form of one or more global securities, as described below under “global securities.” Unless the prospectus supplement specifies otherwise, debt securities denominated in U.S. dollars will be issued only in denominations of U.S. $1,000 and any
 
 
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integral multiple of this amount. The prospectus supplement relating to debt securities denominated in a foreign or composite currency will specify the authorized denominations. (Sections 302 and 305)
 
If the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any, or any interest on debt securities of any series is determined with reference to any type of index or formula or changes in prices of particular securities or commodities, the federal income tax consequences, specific terms and other information with respect to these debt securities and this index or formula, securities or commodities will be described in the relevant prospectus supplement.
 
If the principal of, premium, if any, or any interest on debt securities of any series is payable in a foreign or composite currency, the restrictions, elections, federal income tax consequences, specific terms and other information with respect to such debt securities and such currency will be described in the relevant prospectus supplement.
 
Holders of debt securities (other than global securities) may present them for transfer (with the form of transfer endorsed thereon duly executed) or exchange for other debt securities of the same series at the office of any transfer agent or such other agency as may be designated by L Brands, Inc. without service charge and upon payment of any taxes and other governmental charges as described in the indenture. (Section 305)
 
Payment of principal of and premium, if any, on debt securities will be made in the designated currency against surrender of any debt securities at the Corporate Trust Office of the trustee in The City of New York. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, payment of any installment of interest on debt securities will be made to the person in whose name a relevant debt security is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, payments of such interest will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the trustee in The City of New York or by a check in the designated currency mailed to the holder at such holder’s registered address. (Sections 307 and 501)
 
All moneys paid by us to a paying agent for the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any debt security that remain unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal, premium or interest shall have become due and payable will be repaid to us, and the holder of such debt security will thereafter look only to us for payment thereof. (Section 503)
 
Debt securities may be issued as original issue discount securities to be offered and sold at a substantial discount below their stated principal amount. Federal income tax consequences and other special considerations applicable to any original issue discount securities will be described in the relevant prospectus supplement. “Original issue discount security” means any debt security that provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof upon the occurrence of an event of default and the continuation thereof. (Section 101)
 
Global Securities
 
The debt securities of a series may be issued in the form of one or more fully registered global securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, a depositary identified in the prospectus supplement relating to such series. In such case, one or more global securities will be issued in a denomination or aggregate denominations equal to the aggregate principal amount of outstanding debt securities of the series represented by such global security or securities. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for debt securities in definitive registered form, a global security may not be transferred except as a whole by a depositary for such global security to a nominee of such depositary or by a nominee of such depositary to such depositary or another nominee of such depositary or by such depositary or any such nominee to a successor of such depositary or a nominee of such successor. (Section 303)
 
The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to a series of debt securities will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to such series. We anticipate that the following provisions will apply to all depositary arrangements, unless otherwise specified in the relevant prospectus supplement.
 
Upon the issuance of a global security, the depositary for such global security will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the respective principal amounts of the debt securities represented by such global security to the accounts of persons that have accounts with such depositary (“participants”). The accounts to be credited will be designated by the underwriters or agents with respect to such debt securities or by us if such
 
 
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securities are offered and sold directly by us. Ownership of beneficial interests in a global security will be limited to participants or persons that may hold interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in a global security will be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership will be effected only through, records maintained by the depositary for such global security or by participants or persons that hold beneficial interests through participants. The laws of some states require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such limits and such laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global security.
 
So long as the depositary for a global security, or its nominee, is the registered owner of such global security, such depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the debt securities represented by such global security for all purposes under the indenture. Except as set forth below, owners of beneficial interests in a global security will not be entitled to have debt securities of the series represented by such global security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of debt securities of such series in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders of any debt securities under the indenture. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a global security must rely on the procedures of the depositary for that global security and, if that person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which the person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement, guaranteed trust preferred security or unit agreement.  We understand that under existing industry practices, if we request any action of holders or if an owner of a beneficial interest in a registered global security desires to give or take any action that a holder is entitled to give or take under the indenture, the depositary for the registered global security would authorize the participants holding the relevant beneficial interests to give or take that action, and the participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through them to give or take that action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners holding through them.
 
Principal, premium, if any, and interest payments on debt securities registered in the name of a depositary or its nominee will be made to the depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of a global security representing such debt securities. L Brands, Inc., the trustee or any paying agent for such debt securities will not have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in the global security or securities for such debt securities or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. (Section 308)
 
We expect that the depositary for a series of debt securities, upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium or interest, will credit immediately participants’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of the global security or securities for such debt securities as shown on the records of such depositary. We also expect that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in such global security or securities held through such participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name,” and will be the responsibility of such participants.
 
If a depositary for a series of debt securities is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed by us within ninety days, we will issue debt securities of such series in definitive form in exchange for the global security or securities representing such series of securities. In addition, we may at any time and in our sole discretion determine not to have the debt securities of a series represented by one or more global securities and, in such event, will issue debt securities of such series in definitive form in exchange for the global security or securities representing such series of debt securities. (Section 305)
 
Further, if we make this decision with respect to the debt securities of a series, an owner of a beneficial interest in a global security representing debt securities of such series may, on terms acceptable to us and the depositary for such global security, receive debt securities of such series in definitive form. In any such instance, an owner of a beneficial interest in a global security will be entitled to have debt securities of the series represented by such global security equal in principal amount to such beneficial interest registered in its name and will be entitled to physical delivery of such debt securities in definitive form. Debt securities of such series so issued in definitive form will, except as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, be issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of such amount and will be issued in registered form only without coupons. (Section 305)
 
 
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Limitations on Liens under the Senior Debt Indenture
 
We have agreed under the Senior Debt Indenture that we will not, and will not permit any subsidiary (as defined below) to, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any indebtedness for money borrowed if such indebtedness is secured by a pledge of, lien on or security interest in any shares of voting stock (as defined below) of any significant subsidiary (as defined below), whether such voting stock is now owned or is hereafter acquired, without providing that each series of senior debt securities issued under such indenture (together with, if we shall so determine, any other indebtedness or obligations of L Brands, Inc. or any subsidiary ranking equally with such senior debt securities and then existing or thereafter created) shall be secured equally and ratably with such indebtedness. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to indebtedness secured by a pledge of, lien on or security interest in any shares of voting stock of any corporation at the time it becomes a significant subsidiary. (Section 504)
 
The term “subsidiary” means any corporation of which securities entitled to elect at least a majority of the corporation’s directors shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by us or one or more other subsidiaries, or by us and one or more other subsidiaries. (Section 101)
 
The term “significant subsidiary” means a subsidiary (treated for purposes of this definition on a consolidated basis together with its subsidiaries) which meets any of the following conditions:
 
 
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our and our other subsidiaries’ investments in and advances to the subsidiary exceed ten percent of the total assets of ours and our subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year;
 
 
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our and our other subsidiaries’ proportionate share of the total assets (after intercompany eliminations) of the subsidiary exceeds ten percent of the total assets of ours and our subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year; or
 
 
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our and our other subsidiaries’ equity in the income from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles of the subsidiary exceeds ten percent of such income of ours and our subsidiaries consolidated for the most recently completed fiscal year. (Section 504)
 
The term “voting stock” means capital stock the holders of which have general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the Board of Directors of a corporation; provided that, for the purpose of such definition, capital stock which carries only the right to vote conditioned on the occurrence of an event shall not be considered voting stock whether or not such event shall have occurred. (Section 504)
 
Limitations on Mergers and Sales of Assets
 
We have agreed under each indenture not to consolidate with or merge into another corporation, or sell other than for cash or lease all or substantially all our assets to another corporation, or purchase all or substantially all the assets of another corporation, unless
 
 
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either L Brands, Inc. is the continuing corporation or the successor corporation (if other than L Brands, Inc.) expressly assumes by supplemental indenture the obligations of the debt securities (in which case, except in the case of such a lease, we will be discharged from these obligations) and
 
 
·  
immediately after the merger, consolidation, sale or lease, we or the successor corporation (if other than us) would not be in default in the performance of any covenant or condition of the respective indenture. (Sections 505 and 1401 of the Senior Debt Indenture and Section 801 of the Subordinated Debt Indenture).
 
Subsidiary Guarantees
 
Each prospectus supplement or term sheet will describe any guarantees of debt securities for the benefit of the series of debt securities to which it relates.
 
If so provided in a prospectus supplement or term sheet, the notes issued under the Senior Debt Indenture will be guaranteed (each such guarantee being referred to as a “Senior Subsidiary Guarantee”), on a joint and several senior unsecured basis by each of the guarantors on the date such notes are issued. If so provided in a prospectus supplement or term sheet, the notes issued under the Subordinated Debt Indenture will be guaranteed (each such
 
 
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guarantee being referred to as a “Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantee”, together with the Senior Subsidiary Guarantee, the “Subsidiary Guarantee”), on a joint and several subordinated unsecured basis by each of the guarantors on the date such notes are issued. As of October 29, 2013, the guarantors will consist of the following subsidiaries: Bath & Body Works Brand Management, Inc.; Bath & Body Works, LLC; beautyAvenues, LLC; Intimate Brands, Inc.; Intimate Brands Holding, LLC; L Brands Direct Fulfillment, Inc.; L Brands Service Company, LLC; L Brands Store Design & Construction, Inc.; Mast Industries, Inc.; Victoria’s Secret Direct Brand Management, LLC; Victoria’s Secret Stores Brand Management, Inc. and Victoria’s Secret Stores, LLC. The obligations of a guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee will be limited to the extent necessary to prevent the obligations of such guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law.
 
Modification of the Indentures
 
Each indenture contains provisions permitting us and the trustee, without the consent of the holders of debt securities, to establish, among other things, the form and terms of any series of debt securities issuable under each indenture by one or more supplemental indentures and, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities at the time outstanding of each series which are affected thereby, to modify each indenture or any supplemental indenture or the rights of the holders of the debt securities of such series to be affected; provided that no such modification will:
 
 
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extend the fixed maturity of any debt securities, reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon (except for any deferral of interest permitted pursuant to Section 3.01), reduce the principal amount thereof or the premium, if any, thereon, reduce the amount of the principal of original issue discount securities payable on any date, change the coin or currency in which principal of or any premium or interest on any debt securities is payable or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the maturity thereof, without the consent of the holder of each debt security so affected, or
 
 
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reduce the aforesaid percentage of debt securities of any series, the consent of the holders of which is required for any such modification or for the waiver of past default in the case of subordinated debt securities, without the consent of the holders of all debt securities of such series then outstanding, or
 
 
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with respect to the subordinated debt securities, modify any provision of Section 606, 1302 or Section 506 of the Subordinated Debt Indenture or
 
 
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modify without the written consent of the trustee the rights, duties or immunities of the trustee. (Sections 1301 and 1302)
 
Defaults
 
The Senior Debt Indenture provides that events of default with respect to any series of debt securities will be:
 
 
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default for 30 days in payment of interest upon any debt security of such series;
 
 
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default in payment of principal (other than a sinking fund installment) or premium, if any, on any debt security of such series;
 
 
·  
default for 30 days in payment of any sinking fund installment when due by the terms of the debt securities of such series;
 
 
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default, for 90 days after notice, in the performance of any other covenant in the indenture (other than a covenant included in the indenture solely for the benefit of a series of debt securities other than such series);
 
 
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certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency. (Section 601); and
 
 
 
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The Subordinated Debt Indenture provides that the failure to pay deferred interest on any subordinated debt securities for a period of 30 days after the conclusion of any permitted deferral period constitutes an event of default. (Section 601)
 
Additional events of default may be applicable to a series of debt securities if so provided in the supplemental indenture or board resolution applicable to such series. The prospectus supplement will describe any such additional events of default. If an event of default with respect to debt securities of any series should occur and be continuing, either the trustee or the holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of such series then outstanding may declare each debt security of that series due and payable. (Section 602) We will be required to file annually with the trustee a statement of an officer as to the fulfillment of our obligations under the indenture during the preceding year. (Section 506 of the Senior Debt Indenture and Section 505 of the Subordinated Debt Indenture)
 
No event of default with respect to a single series of debt securities issued under each indenture (and under or pursuant to any supplemental indenture or board resolution) necessarily constitutes an event of default with respect to any other series of debt securities. (Section 602)
 
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of any series then outstanding will be entitled to control certain actions of the trustee under the indenture and to waive past defaults with respect to such series. (Sections 602 and 606) Subject to the provisions of each indenture relating to the duties of the trustee, the trustee will not be under any obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by the respective indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the holders of debt securities, unless one or more of such holders of debt securities shall have offered to the trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it. (Section 1001)
 
If an event of default occurs and is continuing with respect to a series of debt securities, any sums held or received by the trustee under each indenture may be applied to reimburse the respective trustee for its reasonable compensation and expenses incurred prior to any payments to holders of debt securities of such series. (Section 605)
 
The right of any holder of any series of debt securities to institute an action for any remedy (except such holder’s right to enforce payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on such holder’s debt security when due) will be subject to certain conditions precedent, including a written notice to the trustee by such holder of the occurrence of one or more events of default with respect to such series of debt securities, a request to the trustee by the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of that series then outstanding to take action and an offer satisfactory to the trustee of security and indemnity against liabilities incurred by it in so doing. (Section 607 of the Senior Debt Indenture and Section 602 of the Subordinated Debt Indenture)
 
Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture
 
At our request, an indenture will be cancelled by the trustee and the guarantees will be discharged if all sums due to the trustee under such indenture have been paid in full and
 
 
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all debt securities previously issued under such indenture have been cancelled or delivered to the trustee for cancellation,
 
 
·  
the principal of and premium, if any, and the amounts due upon conversion or exchange of, if applicable, and interest on, all debt securities issued under such indenture then outstanding have been paid in full, or
 
 
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funds have been deposited with the trustee at the maturity of the debt securities sufficient to pay in full the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on all debt securities then outstanding. (Sections 1101 and 1102)
 
Defeasance
 
If so described in the prospectus supplement relating to debt securities of a specific series, we may discharge our indebtedness and our obligations, together with the obligations of the guarantors, or terminate certain of our obligations under the relevant indenture with respect to the debt securities of such series by depositing funds or obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of America with the trustee. The prospectus supplement will more fully describe the provisions, if any, relating to such discharge or termination of obligations. (Sections 1103 and 1104)
 
 
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Concerning the Trustee
 
The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., now known as the Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., will be the trustee under each indenture. We have and may from time to time in the future have banking relationships with the trustee in the ordinary course of business.
 
Each indenture will contain certain limitations on a right of the trustee, as our creditor, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions; provided that if it acquires any conflicting interest, it must eliminate such conflict or resign.
 
Subject to the terms of each indenture, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the securities issued and outstanding under each indenture will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy or power available to the trustee.
 
In case an event of default occurs, and is continuing under either indenture and is actually known to a responsible officer of the trustee, the trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by the respective indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the trustee will not be under any obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under either indenture at the request of any of the holders of securities issued under such indenture (including the subordinated debt securities) unless they will have offered to the trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it.
 
 
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
 
We may issue warrants to purchase our debt or equity securities or securities of third parties or other rights, including rights to receive payment in cash or securities based on the value, rate or price of one or more specified commodities, currencies, securities or indices, or any combination of the foregoing. Warrants may be issued independently or together with any other securities and may be attached to, or separate from, such securities. Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a warrant agent. The terms of any warrants to be issued and a description of the material provisions of the applicable warrant agreement will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.
 
The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the following terms of any warrants in respect of which this prospectus is being delivered:
 
 
·  
the title of such warrants;
 
 
·  
the aggregate number of such warrants;
 
 
·  
the price or prices at which such warrants will be issued;
 
 
·  
the currency or currencies in which the price of such warrants will be payable;
 
 
·  
the securities or other rights, including rights to receive payment in cash or securities based on the value, rate or price of one or more specified commodities, currencies, securities or indices, or any combination of the foregoing, purchasable upon exercise of such warrants;
 
 
·  
the price at which, and the currency or currencies in which, the securities or other rights purchasable upon exercise of such warrants may be purchased;
 
 
·  
the date on which the right to exercise such warrants shall commence and the date on which such right shall expire;
 
 
·  
if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of such warrants which may be exercised at any one time;
 
 
·  
if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with which such warrants are issued and the number of such warrants issued with each such security;
 
 
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·  
if applicable, the date on and after which such warrants and the related securities will be separately transferable;
 
 
·  
information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any;
 
 
·  
if applicable, a discussion of any material United States Federal income tax considerations; and
 
 
·  
any other terms of such warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of such warrants.
 
 
DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS
 
We may issue purchase contracts for the purchase or sale of:
 
 
·  
debt or equity securities issued by us or securities of third parties, a basket of such securities, an index or indices of such securities or any combination of the above as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement;
 
 
·  
currencies; or
 
 
·  
commodities.
 
Each purchase contract will entitle the holder thereof to purchase or sell, and obligate us to sell or purchase, on specified dates, such securities, currencies or commodities at a specified purchase price, which may be based on a formula, all as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. We may, however, satisfy our obligations, if any, with respect to any purchase contract by delivering the cash value of such purchase contract or the cash value of the property otherwise deliverable or, in the case of purchase contracts on underlying currencies, by delivering the underlying currencies, as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. The applicable prospectus supplement will also specify the methods by which the holders may purchase or sell such securities, currencies or commodities and any acceleration, cancellation or termination provisions or other provisions relating to the settlement of a purchase contract.
 
The purchase contracts may require us to make periodic payments to the holders thereof or vice versa, which payments may be deferred to the extent set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, and those payments may be unsecured or prefunded on some basis. The purchase contracts may require the holders thereof to secure their obligations in a specified manner to be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Alternatively, purchase contracts may require holders to satisfy their obligations thereunder when the purchase contracts are issued.
 
 
DESCRIPTION OF UNITS
 
As specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may issue units consisting of one or more purchase contracts, warrants, debt securities, shares of preferred stock, shares of common stock or any combination of such securities. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe:
 
 
·  
the terms of the units and of the purchase contracts, warrants, debt securities, preferred stock and common stock comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances the securities comprising the units may be traded separately;
 
 
·  
a description of the terms of any unit agreement governing the units; and
 
 
·  
a description of the provisions for the payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units.
 
 
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
 
We may sell the securities, separately or together in units, in several ways, including:
 
 
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·  
through underwriters or dealers;
 
 
·  
through agents; or
 
 
·  
directly to a limited number of purchasers or to a single purchaser.
 
The prospectus supplement with respect to a particular offering of securities will set forth the terms of the offering of such securities, including the name or names of any underwriters or agents, the purchase price of such securities, the proceeds to L Brands, Inc. from such sale, any underwriting discounts and other items constituting underwriters’ compensation, any initial public offering price, any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers and any securities exchanges on which such securities may be listed.
 
If underwriters are used in the sale, the securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The securities may be either offered to the public through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters or by underwriters without a syndicate. Any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.
 
Only underwriters named in a prospectus supplement will be deemed to be underwriters in connection with the securities described in such prospectus supplement. Firms not so named will have no direct or indirect participation in the underwriting of such securities, although such a firm may participate in the distribution of such securities under circumstances entitling it to a dealer’s commission. We anticipate that any underwriting agreement pertaining to any such securities will:
 
 
·  
entitle the underwriters to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) or to contribution with respect to payments which the underwriters may be required to make in respect of such liabilities;
 
 
·  
provide that the obligations of the underwriters will be subject to certain conditions precedent; and
 
 
·  
provide that the underwriters generally will be obligated to purchase all such securities if any are purchased.
 
Securities also may be offered directly by us or through agents designated by us from time to time. Any such agent will be named, and the terms of any such agency (including any commissions payable by us to any such agent) will be set forth, in the prospectus supplement relating to such securities. Unless otherwise indicated in such prospectus supplement, any such agent will act on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment. Agents named in a prospectus supplement may be deemed to be underwriters (within the meaning of the Act) of the securities described in such prospectus supplement and, under agreements which may be entered into with us, may be entitled to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities under the Act or to contribution with respect to payments which the agents may be required to make in respect of such liabilities.
 
We may enter into derivative or other hedging transactions with financial institutions. These financial institutions may in turn engage in sales of common stock to hedge their position, deliver this prospectus in connection with some or all of those sales and use the shares covered by this prospectus to close out any short position created in connection with those sales. We may also sell shares of common stock short using this prospectus and deliver common stock covered by this prospectus to close out such short positions, or loan or pledge common stock to financial institutions that in turn may sell the shares of common stock using this prospectus. We may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the common stock covered by this prospectus to support a derivative or hedging position or other obligations and, if we default in the performance of our obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the common stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus.
 
Underwriters and agents may be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services for, L Brands, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.
 
If so indicated in a prospectus supplement, we will authorize underwriters, dealers or other agents of ours to solicit offers by certain specified entities to purchase securities from us pursuant to contracts providing for payment
 
 
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and delivery at a future date. The obligations of any purchaser under any such contract will not be subject to any conditions except those described in such prospectus supplement. Such prospectus supplement will set forth the commissions payable for solicitations of such contracts.
 
Underwriters and agents may from time to time purchase and sell securities in the secondary market, but are not obligated to do so, and there can be no assurance that there will be a secondary market for the securities or liquidity in the secondary market if one develops. From time to time, underwriters and agents may make a market in the securities.
 
One or more firms, referred to as “remarketing firms,” may also offer or sell the securities, if the prospectus supplement so indicates, in connection with a remarketing arrangement upon their purchase. Remarketing firms will act as principals for their own accounts or as agents for us. These remarketing firms will offer or sell the securities in accordance with a redemption or repayment pursuant to the terms of the securities. The prospectus supplement will identify any remarketing firm and the terms of its agreement, if any, with us and will describe the remarketing firm’s compensation. Remarketing firms may be deemed to be underwriters in connection with the securities they remarket. Remarketing firms may be entitled under agreements that may be entered into with us to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Act, as amended, and may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for us in the ordinary course of business.
 
 
LEGAL OPINIONS
 
Certain legal matters in connection with the securities to be offered by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, New York. Any underwriters, dealers or agents will be advised by their own legal counsel concerning issues relating to any offering.
 
 
EXPERTS
 
Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 2, 2013 as set forth in their report and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of February 2, 2013, as set forth in their report. Such reports are incorporated by reference in this registration statement and related prospectus. Our financial statements and our assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of February 2, 2013 are incorporated by reference in reliance on Ernst & Young LLP’s reports, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
With respect to the unaudited consolidated interim financial information of the Company for the thirteen and twenty-six week periods ended August 3, 2013 and July 31, 2012 and the thirteen week periods ended May 4, 2013 and April 28, 2012, incorporated by reference in this registration statement and related prospectus, Ernst & Young LLP reported that they have applied limited procedures in accordance with professional standards for a review of such information.  However, their separate reports dated September 6, 2013 and June 7, 2013 included in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the thirteen and twenty-six week periods ended August 3, 2013 and the thirteen week period ended May 4, 2013, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein, states that they did not audit and they do not express an opinion on that interim financial information. Accordingly, the degree of reliance on their report on such information should be restricted in light of the limited nature of the review procedures applied.  Ernst & Young LLP is not subject to the liability provisions of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) for their report on the unaudited interim financial information because that report is not a “report” or a “part” of the Registration Statement prepared or certified by Ernst & Young LLP within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.
 
 
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PART II
 
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 14.           Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
 
The following table sets forth the costs and expenses payable by the Registrants in connection with the sale of the securities being registered hereby. All amounts are estimates except the registration fee.
 
 
Amount to be
Paid
Registration fee
$
(1)
Printing
 
(2)
Legal fees and expenses (including Blue Sky fees)
 
(2)
Trustee fees
 
(2)
Rating agency fees
 
(2)
Accounting fees and expenses
 
(2)
Miscellaneous
 
(2)
TOTAL
$
(2)

(1)
Deferred in reliance upon Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r).
 
(2)
These fees are calculated based on the securities offered and the number of issuances and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time.
 
Item 15.           Indemnification of Directors and Officers
 
We are a Delaware corporation. Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) enables a corporation to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of the director’s fiduciary duty, except:
 
 
·  
for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders;
 
 
·  
for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
 
 
·  
pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL (providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions); or
 
 
·  
for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
 
In accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation of L Brands includes a provision eliminating, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the liability of L Brand’s directors to L Brands or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary as director.
 
Section 145(a) of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or any individual serving at the corporation’s request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another organization, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding provided that such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, provided further that such director, officer, employee or agent had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
 
The DGCL provides that the indemnification described above shall not be deemed exclusive of any other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation pursuant to its by-laws, disinterested directors’ vote, stockholders’ vote, agreement or otherwise.
 
 
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The DGCL also provides corporations with the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation in a similar capacity for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability as described above.
 
In accordance with Section 145(a) of the DGCL, L Brands’ Amended and Restated By-Laws provide that every person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person, or such person’s testator or intestate, is or was serving as a director or officer of L Brands or is or was serving at the request of L Brands as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, or as a member of any committee or similar body, shall be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent legally permissible under the DGCL against all expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including appeals) or the defense or settlement thereof or any claim, issue, or matter therein. Expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending such an action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by L Brands in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay any amount if it is ultimately determined that such director or officer is not entitled to indemnification by L Brands as authorized by the relevant sections of the DGCL.
 
The proposed form of Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this registration statement provides for indemnification of directors and officers of the Registrants by the underwriters against certain liabilities.
 
Item 16.           Exhibits
 
See Exhibit Index.
 
Item 17.           Undertakings
 
Each undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
 
(a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
 
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
 
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;
 
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement.
 
(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering hereof.
 
 
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(c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
 
(d) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
 
(i) Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
 
(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of this registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
 
(e) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrants undertake that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrants pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrants will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
 
 
(i)
Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrants relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
 
 
(ii)
Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrants or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrants;
 
 
(iii)
The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrants or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrants; and
 
 
(iv)
Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrants to the purchaser.
 
(f) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the L Brand’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
(g) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
 

 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on October 29, 2013.
 
 
L BRANDS, INC.
   
   
 
By:
/s/ Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
   
Name:
Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
   
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
(Mr. Burgdoerfer is the principal financial officer and the principal accounting officer and has been duly authorized to sign on behalf of the Registrant)

 
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Leslie H. Wexner, Stuart B. Burgdoerfer, Douglas L. Williams and Charles C. McGuigan, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act separately and full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or his or her or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and as of the dates indicated.
 
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ Leslie H. Wexner
 
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
October 29, 2013
Leslie H. Wexner
       
         
/s/ Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
 
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
 
October 29, 2013
Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
       
         
/s/ E. Gordon Gee
 
Director
 
October 29, 2013
E. Gordon Gee
       
         
/s/ Dennis S. Hersch
 
Director
 
October 29, 2013
Dennis S. Hersch
       
         
   
Director
 
October 29, 2013
Donna A. James
       
         
/s/ David T. Kollat
 
Director
 
October 29, 2013
David T. Kollat
       
 

 
 
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Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ William R. Loomis, Jr.
 
Director
 
October 29, 2013
William R. Loomis, Jr.
       
         
/s/ Jeffrey H. Miro
 
Director
 
October 29, 2013
Jeffrey H. Miro
       
         
/s/ Michael G. Morris
 
Director
 
October 29, 2013
Michael G. Morris
       
         
/s/ Allan R. Tessler
 
Director
 
October 29, 2013
Allan R. Tessler
       
         
/s/ Abigail S. Wexner
 
Director
 
October 29, 2013
Abigail S. Wexner
       
         
/s/ Raymond Zimmerman
 
Director
 
October 29, 2013
Raymond Zimmerman
       

 
 
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GUARANTOR SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on October 29, 2013.
 
 
BATH & BODY WORKS BRAND MANAGEMENT, INC.
INTIMATE BRANDS, INC.
L BRANDS DIRECT FULFILLMENT, INC.
L BRANDS STORE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION, INC.
MAST INDUSTRIES, INC.
VICTORIA’S SECRET STORES
BRAND MANAGEMENT, INC.
   
   
 
By:
/s/ Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
   
Name:
Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
   
Title:
Principal Financial Officer,
Principal Accounting Officer and Director

 
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Leslie H. Wexner, Stuart B. Burgdoerfer, Douglas L. Williams and Timothy J. Faber, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act separately and full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or his or her or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ Leslie H. Wexner
 
Principal Executive Officer
 
October 29, 2013
Leslie H. Wexner
       
         
/s/ Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
 
Principal Financial Officer,
Principal Accounting Officer and Director
 
October 29, 2013
Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
       
         
/s/ Douglas L. Williams
 
Director
 
October 29, 2013
Douglas L. Williams
       

 
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GUARANTOR SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on October 29, 2013.
 
 
BATH & BODY WORKS, LLC
VICTORIA’S SECRET STORES, LLC
   
  By: RETAIL STORE OPERATIONS, INC., its sole member
     
   
 
By:
/s/ Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
   
Name:
Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
   
Title:
Principal Financial Officer,
Principal Accounting Officer and Director

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Leslie H. Wexner, Stuart B. Burgdoerfer, Douglas L. Williams and Timothy J. Faber, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act separately and full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or his or her or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ Leslie H. Wexner
 
Principal Executive Officer
 
October 29, 2013
Leslie H. Wexner
       
         
/s/ Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
 
Principal Financial Officer,
Principal Accounting Officer and Director
 
October 29, 2013
Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
       
         
/s/ Douglas L. Williams
 
Director
 
October 29, 2013
Douglas L. Williams
       

 
 
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GUARANTOR SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on October 29, 2013.
 
 
VICTORIA’S SECRET DIRECT BRAND MANAGEMENT, LLC
 
  By: VICTORIA’S SECRET STORES BRAND MANAGEMENT, INC., its sole member
     
   
 
By:
/s/ Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
   
Name:
Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
   
Title:
Principal Financial Officer,
Principal Accounting Officer and Director


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Leslie H. Wexner, Stuart B. Burgdoerfer, Douglas L. Williams and Timothy J. Faber, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act separately and full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or his or her or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ Leslie H. Wexner
 
Principal Executive Officer
 
October 29, 2013
Leslie H. Wexner
       
         
/s/ Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
 
Principal Financial Officer,
Principal Accounting Officer and Director
 
October 29, 2013
Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
       
         
/s/ Douglas L. Williams
 
Director
 
October 29, 2013
Douglas L. Williams
       

 
 
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GUARANTOR SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on October 29, 2013.
 
 
INTIMATE BRANDS HOLDING, LLC
     
  By: INTIMATE BRANDS, INC., Manager
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
   
Name:
Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
   
Title:
Principal Financial Officer,
Principal Accounting Officer and Director


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Leslie H. Wexner, Stuart B. Burgdoerfer, Douglas L. Williams and Timothy J. Faber, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act separately and full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or his or her or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ Leslie H. Wexner
 
Principal Executive Officer
 
October 29, 2013
Leslie H. Wexner
       
         
/s/ Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
 
Principal Financial Officer,
Principal Accounting Officer and Director
 
October 29, 2013
Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
       
         
/s/ Douglas L. Williams
 
Director
 
October 29, 2013
Douglas L. Williams
       

 
 
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GUARANTOR SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on October 29, 2013.
 
 
BEAUTYAVENUES, LLC
     
  By: MAST INDUSTRIES, INC., its sole member
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
   
Name:
Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
   
Title:
Principal Financial Officer,
Principal Accounting Officer and Director


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Leslie H. Wexner, Stuart B. Burgdoerfer, Douglas L. Williams and Timothy J. Faber, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act separately and full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or his or her or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ Leslie H. Wexner
 
Principal Executive Officer
 
October 29, 2013
Leslie H. Wexner
       
         
/s/ Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
 
Principal Financial Officer,
Principal Accounting Officer and Director
 
October 29, 2013
Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
       
         
/s/ Douglas L. Williams
 
Director
 
October 29, 2013
Douglas L. Williams
       
 

 
 
31

 
 

 
GUARANTOR SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on October 29, 2013.
 
 
L BRANDS SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
     
  By: INTIMATE BRANDS HOLDING, LLC, its sole member
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
   
Name:
Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
   
Title:
Principal Financial Officer,
Principal Accounting Officer and Director


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Leslie H. Wexner, Stuart B. Burgdoerfer, Douglas L. Williams and Timothy J. Faber, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act separately and full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or his or her or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ Leslie H. Wexner
 
Principal Executive Officer
 
October 29, 2013
Leslie H. Wexner
       
         
/s/ Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
 
Principal Financial Officer,
Principal Accounting Officer and Director
 
October 29, 2013
Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
       
         
/s/ Douglas L. Williams
 
Director
 
October 29, 2013
Douglas L. Williams
       

 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
 
Document
 
1.1
 
Proposed form of Terms Agreement (including Annex A thereto) which constitutes the Underwriting Agreement for Debt Securities and Warrants to purchase Debt Securities (filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-170406) filed on November 5, 2010)
       
 
1.2
 
Proposed form of Underwriting Agreement for Securities other than Debt Securities and Warrants to purchase Debt Securities (to be filed on Form 8-K or by amendment)
       
 
4.1.1
 
Indenture dated as of March 15, 1988 between the Registrant and The Bank of New York (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-105484) filed May 22, 2003)
       
 
4.1.2
 
First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 31, 2005 among the Registrant, The Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (filed as Exhibit 4.1.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-125561) filed June 6, 2005)
       
 
4.1.3
 
Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 17, 2007 between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (filed as Exhibit 4.1.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-146420) filed October 1, 2007)
       
 
4.1.4
 
Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 4, 2010 between the Registrant, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.  (filed as Exhibit 4.1.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-170406) filed on November 5, 2010)
       
 
4.1.5
 
Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 29, 2011 between the Registrant, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (filed as Exhibit 4.1.5 to the post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-170406) filed on November 5, 2010)
       
 
4.1.6
 
Form of Fifth Supplemental Indenture between the Registrant, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (filed as Exhibit 4.1.6 to the post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-170406) filed on November 5, 2010)
       
 
4.1.7
 
Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 7, 2012 between the Registrant, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on June 1, 2012)
       
 
4.1.8*
 
Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 22, 2013 between the Registrant, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
       
 
4.1.9*
 
Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 16, 2013 between the Registrant, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
       
 
4.1.10
 
Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (now known as The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.)(filed as Exhibit 4.1.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-146420) filed October 1, 2007)
       
 
4.2
 
Form of Warrant Agreement for warrants sold attached to Debt Securities, with form of Warrant Certificate attached as Exhibit A thereto (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 33-53366) filed October 16, 1992)
       
 
4.3
 
Form of Warrant Agreement for warrants sold alone, with form of Warrant Certificate attached as Exhibit A thereto (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 33-53366) filed October 16, 1992)
       
 
 
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5.1*
 
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
       
 
12.1*
 
Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
       
 
15.1*
 
Letter of Awareness from Ernst & Young LLP
       
 
23.1*
 
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
       
 
23.2*
 
Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included in opinion filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1)
       
 
24.1*
 
Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages)
       
 
25.1*
 
Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee for the Senior Debt Indenture dated as of March 15, 1988
       
 
25.2*
 
Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee for the form of the Subordinated Debt Indenture
 
*           Filed herewith.
 
 
 
 
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Exhibit 4.1.8
 
 
 
 
L BRANDS, INC. (formerly known as LIMITED BRANDS, INC.),
 
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO, as Guarantors
 
and
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
 
as Trustee
 
_________________________________
 
SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
 
Dated as of March 22, 2013
 
to
 
INDENTURE
 
Dated as of March 15, 1988
 
_________________________________
 

 
 
 

 
ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.1.
Definitions.
2
ARTICLE TWO
 
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 2.1.
Amendments.
3
ARTICLE THREE

MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 3.1.
Effect of Seventh Supplemental Indenture.
3
SECTION 3.2.
Effect of Headings.
3
SECTION 3.3.
Successors and Assigns.
3
SECTION 3.4.
Severability Clause.
3
SECTION 3.5.
Benefits of Seventh Supplemental Indenture.
4
SECTION 3.6.
Conflict.
4
SECTION 3.7.
Governing Law.
4
SECTION 3.8.
Trustee.
4
 
 

 
 
 

 
SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 22, 2013, among L Brands, Inc. (formerly known as Limited Brands, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “ Company ”), the Guarantors (as hereinafter defined) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as successor trustee hereunder (hereinafter called the “ Trustee ”).
 
RECITALS
 
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee, entered into an indenture, dated March 15, 1988 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as amended by the first supplemental indenture, dated May 31, 2005 (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), as further amended by the second supplemental indenture, dated July 17, 2007 (the “ Second Supplemental Indenture ”), as further amended by the third supplemental indenture, dated May 4, 2010 (the “ Third Supplemental Indenture ”), as further amended by the fourth supplemental indenture, dated January 29, 2011 (the “ Fourth Supplemental Indenture ”), as further amended by the fifth supplemental indenture, dated March 25, 2011 (the “ Fifth Supplemental Indenture ”), and as further amended by the sixth supplemental indenture, dated February 7, 2012 (the “ Sixth Supplemental Indenture ” and the Base Indenture, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, Second Supplemental Indenture, Third Supplemental Indenture, Fourth Supplemental Indenture and Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the “ Original Indenture ”), pursuant to which senior unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company may be issued in one or more series from time to time;
 
WHEREAS, Victoria’s Secret Planning, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, was merged with and into the Company on March 22, 2013, with the Company surviving the merger but pursuant to which the name of the Company was changed from “Limited Brands, Inc.” to “L Brands, Inc.” (the “ Name Change ”);
 
WHEREAS, Section 1301 of the Original Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture may be entered into by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of any Holders of the Debt Securities, for specified purposes stated therein;
 
WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantors desire to supplement the Indenture to reflect the Name Change;
 
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Seventh Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and a valid supplement to the Original Indenture have been done; and
 
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
 
For and in consideration of the foregoing, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Debt Securities, as follows:
 
 
 

 
ARTICLE ONE
 
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
 
SECTION 1.1.        Definitions .
 
The Original Indenture together with this Seventh Supplemental Indenture are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “ Indenture .”  For the avoidance of doubt, references to any “Section” of the “Indenture” refer to such Section of the Original Indenture as supplemented and amended by this Seventh Supplemental Indenture.  All capitalized terms which are used herein and not otherwise defined herein are defined in the Original Indenture and are used herein with the same meanings as in the Original Indenture.
 
For all purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
 
(1)            the terms defined in this article have the meanings assigned to them in this article and include the plural as well as the singular;
 
(2)            all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
 
(3)            all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation;
 
(4)            the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular article, section or other subdivision; and
 
(5)            all references used herein to the male gender shall include the female gender.
 
 
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ARTICLE TWO
 
OPERATION OF AMENDMENTS
 
SECTION 2.1.        Amendments.
 
The Original Indenture is hereby amended by replacing each instance of “Limited Brands, Inc.” with “L Brands, Inc.”  All references in the Original Indenture to the “Company” shall mean L Brands, Inc.
 
ARTICLE THREE
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
SECTION 3.1.        Effect of Seventh Supplemental Indenture .
 
(1)            This Seventh Supplemental Indenture is a supplemental indenture within the meaning of Section 1301 of the Original Indenture, and the Original Indenture shall be read together with this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and shall have the same effect over all of the Debt Securities, in the same manner as if the provisions of the Original Indenture and this Seventh Supplemental Indenture were contained in the same instrument.
 
(2)            In all other respects, the Original Indenture is confirmed by the parties hereto as supplemented by the terms of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture.
 
SECTION 3.2.        Effect of Headings .
 
The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
 
SECTION 3.3.        Successors and Assigns .
 
All covenants and agreements in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture by the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall bind their successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
 
SECTION 3.4.        Severability Clause .
 
In case any provision in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
 
SECTION 3.5.        Benefits of Seventh Supplemental Indenture .
 
Nothing in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Seventh Supplemental Indenture.
 
 
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SECTION 3.6.        Conflict .
 
In the event that there is a conflict or inconsistency between the Original Indenture and this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall control; provided , however , if any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision herein or in the Original Indenture, in either case, which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required or deemed provision shall control.
 
SECTION 3.7.        Governing Law .
 
THIS SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE OR ENTERED INTO AND, IN EACH CASE, PERFORMED, IN SAID STATE.
 
SECTION 3.8.        Trustee .
 
The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Company.
 
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
 
[Signature page to follow]
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Seventh Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed on the date and year first written above.
 

 
L BRANDS, INC. (f/k/a Limited Brands, Inc.)
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Kimberly A. Villena
   
Name:
Kimberly A. Villena
   
Title:
Assistant Treasurer

 
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GUARANTORS:
 
 
BATH & BODY WORKS BRAND
 
MANAGEMENT, INC.
 
BATH & BODY WORKS, LLC
 
BEAUTYAVENUES, LLC
 
INTIMATE BRANDS, INC.
 
INTIMATE BRANDS HOLDING, LLC
 
LIMITED BRANDS DIRECT FULFILLMENT, INC.
 
LIMITED BRANDS SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
 
LIMITED STORE PLANNING, INC.
 
MAST INDUSTRIES, INC.
 
VICTORIA’S SECRET DIRECT BRAND MANAGEMENT, LLC
 
VICTORIA’S SECRET STORES BRAND
 
MANAGEMENT, INC.
 
VICTORIA’S SECRET STORES, LLC
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Kimberly A. Villena
   
Name:
Kimberly A. Villena
   
Title:
Assistant Treasurer

 
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
 
as Trustee
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Melonee Young
   
Name:
Melonee Young
   
Title:
Vice President

 
 
 
 
 
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Exhibit 4.1.9
 
 
L BRANDS, INC. (f/k/a LIMITED BRANDS, INC.)
 
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO, as Guarantors
 
and
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
 
as Trustee
 
_________________________________
 
5.625% Senior Notes due 2023
 
EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
 
Dated as of October 16, 2013
 
to
 
INDENTURE
 
Dated as of March 15, 1988
 
_________________________________
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
ARTICLE ONE
 
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
 
SECTION 1.1.
Definitions.
2
ARTICLE TWO
 
SECURITIES FORMS
 
SECTION 2.1.
Creation of the Notes; Designations.
8
SECTION 2.2.
Forms Generally.
8
 
ARTICLE THREE
 
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES
 
SECTION 3.1.
Title and Terms of Notes.
9
 
ARTICLE FOUR
 
REDEMPTION
 
SECTION 4.1.
Optional Redemption.
10
SECTION 4.2.
Optional Redemption Procedures.
10
 
ARTICLE FIVE
 
COVENANTS
 
SECTION 5.1.
Limitations on Mergers and Sales of Assets.
11
SECTION 5.2.
Successor Person Substituted.
11
SECTION 5.3.
Reports.
11
SECTION 5.4.
Additional Subsidiary Guarantees.
12
SECTION 5.5.
Change of Control.
12
 
ARTICLE SIX
 
GUARANTEE OF NOTES
 
SECTION 6.1.
Guarantee.
13
SECTION 6.2.
Execution and Delivery of Notation of Guarantee.
14
SECTION 6.3.
Limitation of Guarantee.
14
SECTION 6.4.
Release of Guarantor.
14
SECTION 6.5.
Waiver of Subrogation.
15
 
 
 
 
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ARTICLE SEVEN
 
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
 
SECTION 7.1.
Satisfaction and Discharge.
15
 
ARTICLE EIGHT
 
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
 
SECTION 8.1.
Without Consent of Holders, Company and Trustee May Enter Into Supplemental Indentures for Specified Purposes.
20
 
ARTICLE NINE
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
SECTION 9.1.
Effect of Eighth Supplemental Indenture.
21
SECTION 9.2.
Effect of Headings.
21
SECTION 9.3.
Successors and Assigns.
21
SECTION 9.4.
Severability Clause.
21
SECTION 9.5.
Benefits of Eighth Supplemental Indenture.
21
SECTION 9.6.
Conflict.
21
SECTION 9.7.
Governing Law.
22
SECTION 9.8.
Trustee.
22
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of October 16, 2013, among L BRANDS, INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “ Company ”), the Guarantors (as hereinafter defined) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as successor trustee hereunder (hereinafter called the “ Trustee ”).
 
RECITALS
 
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee, entered into an indenture, dated March 15, 1988 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as amended by the first supplemental indenture, dated May 31, 2005 (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), as further amended by the second supplemental indenture, dated July 17, 2007 (the “ Second Supplemental Indenture ”), as further amended by the third supplemental indenture, dated May 4, 2010 (the “ Third Supplemental Indenture ”), as further amended by the fourth supplemental indenture, dated January 29, 2011 (the “ Fourth Supplemental Indenture ”), as further amended by the fifth supplemental indenture, dated March 25, 2011(the “ Fifth Supplemental Indenture ”), as further amended by the sixth supplemental indenture, dated February 7, 2012 (the “ Sixth Supplemental Indenture ”), and as further amended by the seventh supplemental indenture, dated March 22, 2013 (the “ Seventh Supplemental Indenture ” and the Base Indenture, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, Second Supplemental Indenture, Third Supplemental Indenture, Fourth Supplemental Indenture, Fifth Supplemental Indenture, Sixth Supplemental Indenture, and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the “ Original Indenture ”), pursuant to which senior unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company may be issued in one or more series from time to time;
 
WHEREAS, Section 1301(g) of the Base Indenture permits the forms and terms of the Debt Securities of any series as permitted in Sections 201, 202 and 302 to be established in an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture;
 
WHEREAS, Section 1301 of the Original Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture may be entered into by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of any Holders of the Debt Securities, for Specified Purposes stated therein;
 
WHEREAS, the Company has requested the Trustee to join with it and the Guarantors in the execution and delivery of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture in order to supplement the Original Indenture by, among other things, establishing the forms and certain terms of a series of Debt Securities to be known as the Company’s “5.625% Senior Notes due 2023” (the “ Notes ”), and adding certain provisions thereof for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes;
 
WHEREAS, the Company has furnished the Trustee with a duly authorized and executed issuer order dated October 16, 2013 authorizing the execution of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture and the issuance of the Notes, such issuer order sometimes referred to herein as the “ Authentication Order ”;
 
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Eighth Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and a valid supplement to the Original Indenture have been done; and
 
 
 
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, THIS EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
 
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes to be issued hereunder by Holders thereof, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Notes, as follows:
 
ARTICLE ONE
 
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
 
SECTION 1.1.   Definitions .
 
The Original Indenture together with this Eighth Supplemental Indenture are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “ Indenture .”  For the avoidance of doubt, references to any “Section” of the “Indenture” refer to such Section of the Original Indenture as supplemented and amended by this Eighth Supplemental Indenture.  All capitalized terms which are used herein and not otherwise defined herein are defined in the Original Indenture and are used herein with the same meanings as in the Original Indenture.  If a capitalized term is defined in the Original Indenture and this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the definition in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture shall apply to the Notes (and any Guarantee endorsed therein).
 
For all purposes of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
 
(1)   the terms defined in this article have the meanings assigned to them in this article and include the plural as well as the singular;
 
(2)   all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
 
(3)   all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation;
 
(4)   the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular article, section or other subdivision; and
 
(5)   all references used herein to the male gender shall include the female gender.
 
Additional Notes ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
 
 
 
 
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Below Investment Grade Rating Event ” means the Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by both of the Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (which 60-day period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies (the “ Relevant Period ”)); provided that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply either (i) did not reduce the ratings of the Notes during the Relevant Period or (ii) do not announce or publicly confirm that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).
 
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 properties or 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 the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “Person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of the Company’s voting stock; or (3) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (1) the Company becomes a wholly owned Subsidiary of a holding company that has agreed to be bound by the terms of the Notes and (2) the holders of the voting stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction.
 
Change of Control Offer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5.
 
Change of Control Notice ” means a written notice sent by or on behalf of the Company by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder of the Notes at its address appearing in the register for the Notes on the date of the Change of Control Notice offering to purchase all outstanding Notes in accordance with Section 5.5.  The Change of Control Notice shall contain all the information required by applicable law to be included therein and shall also state:
 
(1)           that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to Section 5.5 of this Indenture;
 
(2)           a description of the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event;
 
(3)           the Change of Control Payment Date;
 
 
 
 
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(4)           the Change of Control Payment;
 
(5)           that the Holder of any Notes may tender all or any portion of such Notes registered in the name of such Holder and that any portion of a Note tendered must be tendered in an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount and that all Notes tendered in such manner for payment and not withdrawn shall be accepted;
 
(6)           the place or places where Notes are to be surrendered for tender pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
 
(7)           that interest on any Note not tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will continue to accrue;
 
(8)           that on the Change of Control Payment Date the Change of Control Payment will become due and payable upon each Note being accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer and that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment therefor, interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after the Change of Control Payment Date;
 
(9)           that each Holder electing to tender all or any portion of a Note pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, at the place or places specified in the Change of Control Notice on or prior to the close of business on a date no earlier than the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date (such Note being, if the Company so requires, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing);
 
(10)           that Holders will be entitled to withdraw all or any portion of Notes tendered if the Company receives, not later than the close of business on the fifth Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder tendered, the certificate number of the Note the Holder tendered and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing all or a portion of its tender; and
 
(11)           that in the case of any Holder whose Note is purchased only in part, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note or Notes, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unpurchased portion of the Note so tendered, in denominations of $2,000 principal amount or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
 
Change of Control Payment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5.
 
Change of Control Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5.
 
Change of Control Triggering Event ” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.
 
 
 
 
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Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes.
 
Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
 
Continuing Directors ” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the Issue Date; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination).
 
Default ” shall mean an Event of Default or an event that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
 
Disqualified Equity Interests ” of any Person means any class of Equity Interests of such Person that, by its terms, or by the terms of any related agreement or of any security into which it is convertible, puttable or exchangeable, is, or upon the happening of any event or the passage of time would be, required to be redeemed by such Person, whether or not at the option of the holder thereof, or matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date which is 91 days after the final maturity date of the Notes.
 
Domestic Subsidiary ” means any of the Company’s Subsidiaries which is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
 
Equity Interests ” of any Person means (1) any and all shares or other equity interests (including common stock, preferred stock, limited liability company interests and partnership interests) in such Person and (2) all rights to purchase, warrants or options (whether or not currently exercisable), participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) such shares or other interests in such Person.
 
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
 
Guarantee ” means a guarantee of the Notes on the terms set forth in this Indenture.
 
 
 
 
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Guarantor ” means:
 
(1)           each Domestic Subsidiary of the Company on Issue Date that is a guarantor of our Senior Credit Facility; and
 
(2)           each Subsidiary of the Company or other Person that executes a Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture;
 
and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until such Subsidiary or Person is released from its Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
 
Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers as appointed by the Company.
 
Interest Payment Dates ” means each October 15 and April 15, commencing April 15, 2014.
 
Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.
 
Issue Date ” means October 16, 2013.
 
Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided , however , that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
 
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
 
Notes ” means any 5.625% Senior Notes due 2023 issued by the Company hereunder, including, without limitation, any Additional Notes, treated as a single class of securities.
 
Obligations ” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including, without limitation, reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit), damages and other liabilities of the Company under this Indenture.
 
Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, any Executive Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, or any Guarantor, as applicable.
 
Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or an Executive Vice President of the Compa-
 
 
 
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ny, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company.
 
Person ” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint stock company, business trust, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or political subdivision or agency thereof.
 
Qualified Equity Offerings ” means a public or private offering of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company generating gross proceeds of at least $50.0 million.
 
Rating Agencies ” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a Board Resolution) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.
 
Redemption Date ” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to the terms of the Notes.
 
Redemption Price ” has the meaning as set forth in Section 4.1.
 
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
 
Reference Treasury Dealers ” means (1) Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and their respective successors; provided , however , that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer (a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”), the Company shall substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer, and (2) two other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company.
 
S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
 
Senior Credit Facility ” shall mean each of (i) the Amended and Restated Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement, among the Company, the Lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, dated as of October 6, 2004, as amended or amended and restated November 5, 2004, March 22, 2006, August 3, 2007, February 19, 2009, March 8, 2010 and July 15, 2011 and (ii) any other indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries in excess of $100.0 million.
 
 
 
 
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Subsidiary ” means a corporation, a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries.
 
Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to a maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date).
 
Voting Stock ” means capital stock the holders of which have general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors of a corporation; provided that, for the purpose of such definition, capital stock which carries only the right to vote conditioned on the occurrence of an event shall not be considered Voting Stock whether or not such event shall have occurred.
 
ARTICLE TWO
 
SECURITIES FORMS
 
SECTION 2.1.   Creation of the Notes; Designations .
 
In accordance with Section 301 of the Original Indenture, the Company hereby creates the Notes as a series of its Debt Securities issued pursuant to the Indenture.  The Notes shall be known and designated as the “5.625% Senior Notes due 2023” of the Company.
 
SECTION 2.2.   Forms Generally .
 
The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in the forms set forth in Exhibit I with the form of notation of Guarantee to be endorsed thereon set forth in Exhibit II attached hereto, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes.  Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note.
 
The Notes shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner, as determined by the officers of the Company executing such Notes, as evidenced by their manual execution of such Notes.
 
 
 
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ARTICLE THREE
 
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES
 
SECTION 3.1.   Title and Terms of Notes .
 
(a)   The aggregate principal amount of Notes which shall be authenticated and delivered on the Issue Date under the Indenture shall be $500,000,000; provided , however , that the Company from time to time, without giving notice to or seeking the consent of the Holders of the Notes, may issue additional notes (the “ Additional Notes ”) in any amount having the same terms as the Notes in all respects, except for the issue date, the issue price and the initial interest payment date.  Any such Additional Notes shall be authenticated by the Trustee upon receipt of a Company an Authentication Order to that effect, and when so authenticated, will constitute “Notes” for all purposes of the Indenture and will (together with all other Notes issued under the Indenture) constitute a single series of Debt Securities under the Indenture; provided that if the Additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as applicable, the Additional Notes will have a separate CUSIP number.  The Notes will be issued only in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
 
(b)   The principal amount of the Notes is due and payable in full on October 15, 2023 unless earlier redeemed.
 
(c)   The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 5.625% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) from the Issue Date or from the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for to maturity or early redemption; and interest will be payable semi-annually in arrears on October 15 and April 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2014, to the Persons in whose name such Notes were registered at the close of business on the preceding October 1 or April 1, respectively.
 
(d)   Principal of and interest on the Notes shall be payable in accordance with Sections 307 and 501 of the Original Indenture.
 
(e)   Other than as provided in Article Four of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the Notes shall not be redeemable.
 
(f)   The Notes shall not be entitled to the benefit of any mandatory redemption or sinking fund.
 
(g)   The Notes shall not be convertible into any other securities.
 
(h)   Section 1104 of the Original Indenture shall apply to the Notes.
 
(i)   The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent with respect to the Notes until such time as the Trustee has resigned or a successor has been appointed.
 
 
 
 
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(j)   The Notes (and the notation of Guarantee endorsed thereon) will be issuable in the form of one or more Global Debt Securities and the Depositary for such Global Security will be the Depository Trust Company.
 
(k)   The Company shall pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
 
(l)   A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes only in accordance with the Indenture.  Upon any transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents.  No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
 
ARTICLE FOUR
 
REDEMPTION
 
SECTION 4.1.   Optional Redemption .
 
(a)   The Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon to maturity discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus 50 basis points, plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date.
 
(b)   Prior to October 15, 2016, the Company may, with the net proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount at maturity of the outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes) at a redemption price equal to 105.625% of the principal amount thereof (the “ Redemption Price ”), plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but not including, the applicable Redemption Date; provided that at least 65% of the principal amount at maturity of Notes (including Additional Notes) issued under this Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of any such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company or its Subsidiaries) and that any such redemption occurs within 90 days following the closing of any such Qualified Equity Offering.
 
(c)   Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on or after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
 
SECTION 4.2.   Optional Redemption Procedures .
 
The provisions of Article Four of the Original Indenture shall apply in the case of a redemption pursuant to this Article Four.
 
 
 
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ARTICLE FIVE
 
COVENANTS
 
Holders of the Notes shall be entitled to the benefit of all covenants in Article Five of the Original Indenture (with the exception of Section 505) and the following additional covenants, which shall be deemed to be provisions of the Original Indenture with respect to the Notes, provided that this Article Five shall not become a part of the terms of any other series of Debt Securities:
 
SECTION 5.1.   Limitations on Mergers and Sales of Assets .
 
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into another corporation, or sell other than for cash or lease all or substantially all of its assets to another corporation, or purchase all or substantially all the assets of another corporation, unless:
 
(i)           either L Brands, Inc. is the continuing corporation or the successor corporation (if other than L Brands, Inc.) expressly assumes by supplemental indenture the obligations of the Notes (in which case, except in the case of such a lease, the Company will be discharged from such obligations); and
 
(ii)           immediately after the merger, consolidation, sale or lease, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
 
SECTION 5.2.   Successor Person Substituted .
 
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any transfer of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole in accordance with Section 5.1, the successor entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor entity had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter the predecessor entity shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Notes, but, in the case of a lease of all or substantially all its assets, the predecessor will not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes.
 
SECTION 5.3.   Reports .
 
Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will file with the Commission (unless the Commission will not accept such filings) and furnish to the Holders of Notes all quarterly and annual financial information, and on dates, that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Notes were registered under the Exchange Act.
 
 
 
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SECTION 5.4.   Additional Subsidiary Guarantees .
 
If any of the Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company becomes a borrower or guarantor under the Senior Credit Facility, then, in each such case, the Company shall cause such Domestic Subsidiary to:
 
(a)   execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Domestic Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture; and
 
(b)   deliver to the Trustee one or more opinions of counsel that, subject to customary qualifications, such supplemental indenture (i) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary and (ii) constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of such Subsidiary in accordance with its terms.
 
SECTION 5.5.   Change of Control .
 
If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 4.01, Holders of Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part in an integral multiple of $1,000 of their Notes ( provided that no Note will be purchased in part if the remaining principal amount of such Note would be less than $2,000) pursuant to the offer described below in this Section 5.5 (the “ Change of Control Offer ”).
 
In the Change of Control Offer, the Company shall offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes subject to such offer plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase (the “ Change of Control Payment ”).
 
Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, the Company shall be required to mail a notice to Holders of Notes (the “ Change of Control Notice ”) describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase such Notes on the date specified in the Change of Control Notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date the Change of Control Notice is mailed (the “ Change of Control Payment Date ”).
 
The Change of Control Notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control 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 the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event.  To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 5.5, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws
 
 
 
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and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached the Company’s obligations under the Change of Control provisions of this Indenture or the Notes by virtue of such conflicts.
 
On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, to (a) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; (b) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and (c) 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 or portions of Notes being purchased.
 
ARTICLE SIX
 
GUARANTEE OF NOTES
 
SECTION 6.1.   Guarantee .
 
Subject to the provisions of this Article Six, each Guarantor, by execution of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on each Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual payment of all other Obligations and due and punctual performance of all obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of such Note and this Indenture, and (ii) in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other Obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.  Each Guarantor, by execution of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of any such Note or the Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of any such Note or the Indenture, any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Company with respect thereto by the Holder of such Note, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or such Guarantor.
 
Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand for payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to any such Note or the Indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged as to any such Note except by payment in full of the principal thereof and interest thereon.  Each Guarantor hereby agrees that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) subject to this Article Six, the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article Six, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each Guarantor for the purpose of this Guarantee.
 
 
 
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SECTION 6.2.   Execution and Delivery of Notation of Guarantee .
 
To further evidence the Guarantee set forth in Section 6.1, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Guarantee, substantially in the form included in Exhibit II hereto, shall be endorsed on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and such Guarantee shall be executed by either manual or facsimile signature of an Officer or an Officer of a general partner, as the case may be, of each Guarantor.  The validity and enforceability of any Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any particular Note.
 
Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 6.1 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee.
 
If an Officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture or a Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which such Guarantee is endorsed or at any time thereafter, such Guarantor’s Guarantee of such Note shall be valid nevertheless.
 
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantor.
 
SECTION 6.3.   Limitation of Guarantee .
 
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee.  To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor are limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law.  Each Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under a Guarantee shall be entitled to a contribution from each other Guarantor in a pro rata amount based on the assets of each Guarantor.
 
SECTION 6.4.   Release of Guarantor .
 
A Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released from all of its obligations under its Guarantee:
 
(i)   in the event of a sale or other transfer of Equity Interests in such Guarantor or dissolution of such Guarantor in compliance with the terms of this Indenture following which such Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary;
 
 
 
 
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(ii)   upon such Guarantor ceasing to be a borrower or guarantor under any Senior Credit Facility; or
 
(iii)   in connection with a discharge of the Indenture or discharge of obligations thereunder pursuant to Sections  1101, 1102, 1103 and 1104, as applicable, of the Indenture; and
 
in each such case, upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transactions have been complied with and that such release is authorized and permitted hereunder.
 
The Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Company or a Guarantor in order to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Notes and under this Article Six.
 
SECTION 6.5.   Waiver of Subrogation .
 
Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any claim or other rights which it may now or hereafter acquire against the Company that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such Guarantor’s obligations under its Guarantee and this Indenture, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification, and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Holder of Notes against the Company, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Company, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other rights.  If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and the Notes shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall have been deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, the Holders, and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of such Holders to be credited and applied upon the Notes, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.  Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the waiver set forth in this Section 6.5 is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
 
ARTICLE SEVEN
 
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
 
SECTION 7.1.   Satisfaction and Discharge .
 
Article Eleven of the Original Indenture shall be superseded in its entirety by the following language with respect to, and solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes; provided that this Article Seven shall not become part of the terms of any other series of Debt Securities:
 
 
 
 
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SECTION 1101                                  Discharge of Indenture .
 
The Company may terminate its obligations and the obligations of the Guarantors under the Notes, the Guarantees and this Indenture, except the obligations referred to in the last paragraph of this Section 1101, if
 
(1)          all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from this trust, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or
 
(2)           (a)           all Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation otherwise (x) have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise, (y) will become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise, or may be called for redemption within one year or (z) have been called for redemption pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture and, in any case, the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds, in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of Notes, cash in U.S. Dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, and accrued interest through the date of maturity or the Redemption Date; or
 
(b)           no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit or will occur as a result of the deposit and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound; or
 
(c)           the Company has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and
 
(d)           the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be.
 
In addition, if the Company delivers an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been complied with, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Notes, the Guarantees and this Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified below.
 
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company in Sections 1105 and 1106 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
 
 
 
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SECTION 1102                                  Legal Defeasance .
 
The Company may at its option, by Board Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, be discharged from its obligations with respect to the Notes and the Guarantors discharged from their obligations under the Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth in Section 1104 are satisfied (hereinafter, “ Legal Defeasance ”).  For this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the Notes and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture insofar as such Notes are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, subject to Section 1106, execute instruments in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and Company acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:  (A) the rights of Holders to receive solely from the trust funds described in Section 1104 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 1104;  (B) the Company’s obligations hereunder with respect to such Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;  (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, and immunities of the Trustee hereunder (including claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 1101, and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith; and (D) this Article Eleven.  Subject to compliance with this Article Eleven, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 1102 with respect to the Notes notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1103 with respect to the Notes.
 
SECTION 1103                                  Covenant Defeasance .
 
At the option of the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, (x) the Company and the Guarantors shall be released from their respective obligations under Section 5.2 through 5.3 of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture (except for obligations mandated by the TIA) and Sections 505 and 506 and (y) clause (3) of Section 601 shall no longer apply with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1103 are satisfied (hereinafter, “ Covenant Defeasance ”).  For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section or portion thereof, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such specified Section or portion thereof or by reason of any reference in any such specified Section or portion thereof to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Notes shall be unaffected thereby.
 
SECTION 1104                                  Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance .
 
The following shall be the conditions to application of Section 1102 or Section 1103 to the outstanding Notes:
 
(1)           the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes issued thereunder, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. dollars, and non-callable Gov-
 
 
 
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ernment Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient (without consideration of any reinvestment of interest), in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected by the Company, to pay the principal of, interest and premium, if any, on the outstanding Notes through the stated maturity or through the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular Redemption Date;
 
(2)           in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (a) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service, a ruling or (b) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel will confirm that, the Holders and beneficial owners of the respective outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax (including, for greater certainty, withholding tax) on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
 
(3)           in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders and beneficial owners of the respective outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax (including, for greater certainty, withholding tax) on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
 
(4)           no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit or insofar as Events of Default resulting from insolvency events are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;
 
(5)           such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
 
(6)           the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others; and
 
(7)           the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance set forth in clauses (1) through (6) above (in the case of such Officer’s Certificate) or clauses (2) and/or (3) and (5) above (in the case of such Opinion of Counsel) have been complied with.
 
If the funds deposited with the Trustee to effect Covenant Defeasance are insufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes when due, then the Company’s obligations
 
 
 
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and the obligations of the Guarantors under this Indenture will be revived and no such defeasance will be deemed to have occurred.
 
SECTION 1105                                  Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions .
 
All money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 1104 in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent), to the Holders of such Notes, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
 
The Company and the Guarantors shall (on a joint and several basis) pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 1104 or the principal, premium, if any, and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
 
Anything in this Article Eleven to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 1104 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
 
SECTION 1106                                  Reinstatement .
 
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. Dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 1101, 1102 or 1103 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and each Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Eleven until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such U.S. Dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 1101, 1102 or 1103, as the case may be; provided that if the Company or the Guarantors have made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or accrued interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of their obligations, the Company or the Guarantors, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the U.S. Dollars or non-callable Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
 
SECTION 1107                                  Moneys Held by Paying Agent .
 
In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, all moneys then held by any Paying Agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon written demand of the Company, be paid to the Trustee, or if sufficient moneys have been deposited pursuant to
 
 
 
 
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Section 1104, to the Company (or, if such moneys had been deposited by the Guarantors, to such Guarantors), and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.
 
SECTION 1108                                  Moneys Held by Trustee .
 
Subject to applicable law, any moneys deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or then held by the Company or the Guarantors in trust for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Note that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Holder of such Note for two years after the date upon which the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on such Note shall have respectively become due and payable shall be repaid to the Company (or, if appropriate, the Guarantors), or if such moneys are then held by the Company or the Guarantors in trust, such moneys shall be released from such trust; and the Holder of such Note entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company and the Guarantors for the payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided that the Trustee or any such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may, at the expense of the Company and the Guarantors, either mail to each Holder affected, at the address shown in the register of the Notes maintained by the Registrar pursuant to Section 308, or cause to be published once a week for two successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published each Business Day and of general circulation in the City of New York, New York or the United States, a notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such moneys then remaining will be repaid to the Company.  After payment to the Company or the Guarantors or the release of any money held in trust by the Company or any Guarantors, as the case may be, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and the Guarantors for payment as general creditors unless applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.
 
ARTICLE EIGHT 
 
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
 
SECTION 8.1.   Without Consent of Holders, Company and Trustee May Enter Into Supplemental Indentures for Specified Purposes .
 
Section 1301 of the Original Indenture shall be amended by adding the following language of new Sections 1301(i), (j) and (k) with respect to the Notes and solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, provided that this Article Eight shall not become a part of the terms of any other series of Debt Securities:
 
(i)    to add a Guarantee of the Notes;
 
(j)            to release a Guarantor as provided in Section 6.5; and
 
(k)           to issue Additional Notes under Section 3.1 of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture.
 
 
 
 
 
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ARTICLE NINE
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
SECTION 9.1.   Effect of Eighth Supplemental Indenture .
 
(1)   This Eighth Supplemental Indenture is a supplemental indenture within the meaning of Section 1301 of the Original Indenture, and the Original Indenture shall be read together with this Eighth Supplemental Indenture and shall have the same effect over the Notes, in the same manner as if the provisions of the Original Indenture and this Eighth Supplemental Indenture were contained in the same instrument.
 
(2)   In all other respects, the Original Indenture is confirmed by the parties hereto as supplemented by the terms of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture.
 
SECTION 9.2.   Effect of Headings .
 
The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
 
SECTION 9.3.   Successors and Assigns .
 
All covenants and agreements in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture by the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall bind their successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
 
SECTION 9.4.   Severability Clause .
 
In case any provision in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
 
SECTION 9.5.   Benefits of Eighth Supplemental Indenture .
 
Nothing in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Eighth Supplemental Indenture.
 
SECTION 9.6.   Conflict .
 
In the event that there is a conflict or inconsistency between the Original Indenture and this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture shall control; provided , however , if any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision herein or in the Original Indenture, in either case, which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required or deemed provision shall control.
 
 
 
 
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SECTION 9.7.   Governing Law .
 
THIS EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE OR ENTERED INTO AND, IN EACH CASE, PERFORMED, IN SAID STATE.
 
SECTION 9.8.   Trustee .
 
The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Company.
 
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
 
[Signature page to follow]
 
 
 
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Eighth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed on the date and year first written above.
 
 
 
L BRANDS, INC.
 
       
 
By:
/s/  Timothy J. Faber  
    Name: Timothy J. Faber  
    Title: Senior Vice President of Treasury – Mergers and Acquisitions and Treasurer  
       
 
 
 
 
 
 
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GUARANTORS:
 
BATH & BODY WORKS BRAND MANAGEMENT, INC.
BATH & BODY WORKS, LLC
BEAUTYAVENUES, LLC
INTIMATE BRANDS, INC.
INTIMATE BRANDS HOLDING, LLC
L BRANDS DIRECT FULFILLMENT, INC.
L BRANDS SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
L BRANDS STORE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION, INC.
MAST INDUSTRIES, INC.
VICTORIA’S SECRET DIRECT BRAND MANAGEMENT, LLC
VICTORIA’S SECRET STORES BRAND MANAGEMENT, INC.
VICTORIA’S SECRET STORES, LLC
 
     
 
By:
/s/  Timothy J. Faber  
    Name: Timothy J. Faber  
   
Title: Senior Vice President of Treasury – Mergers and Acquisitions and Treasurer
 
       
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee
 
       
 
By:
/s/  Lawrence M. Kusch  
    Name: Lawrence M. Kusch  
   
Title:   Vice President
 
       
 
 
 
 

 
 
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EXHIBIT I
 
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE (I) BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR (II) BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR THE DEPOSITARY TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.  UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
 
L BRANDS, INC.
 
5.625% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2023
 
No. [  ]
$[    ]
 
CUSIP No. 501797 AJ3
 
L BRANDS, INC., a Delaware corporation, for value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of  ______________________ United States Dollars (US$__________) on October 15, 2023.

Interest Payment Dates:  October 15 and April 15.

Regular Record Dates:  October 1 and April 1.

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
 
 
 
L BRANDS, INC.
 
       
 
By:
   
    Name:  
    Title:  
       
 
 
Attest:
 
L BRANDS, INC.
 
 
L BRANDS, INC.
 
     
By:
   
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
 
This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
 
Dated:
 
 
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
as Trustee
 
       
 
By:
   
    Authorized Officer  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(Reverse of Note)
 
5.625% Senior Note due 2023
 
1.           Interest
 
L Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “ Issuer ”), for value received, promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note (the “ Note ”) at the rate of 5.625% per annum.  The Issuer shall pay interest semi-annually on October 15 and April 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2014.  Interest on the Note shall accrue from the Issue Date or from the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for to maturity or early redemption until the principal hereof is due.  Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.  The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Note, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
 
2.           Method of Payment
 
The Issuer shall pay interest on the Note (except defaulted interest, which shall be paid pursuant to Section 307 of the Original Indenture) to the Persons who are registered holders at the close of business on the October 1 and April 1 (each, a “ Record Date ”) next preceding the Interest Payment Date even if Notes are canceled after the applicable Record Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date.  The Issuer shall pay principal, premium, if any, interest, and any additional amounts, in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.  Payment of principal (and premium, if any), interest, and any additional amounts, in respect of Notes represented by a Global Security will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary.  Payments of principal (and premium, if any), interest, and additional amounts, in respect of a certificated Note may be made, at the option of the Issuer, either by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the accounts specified by registered holders as of the relevant Record Dates or (subject to collection) by check mailed to the address of the registered holders as of the relevant Record Dates or at the specified offices of any Paying Agent.  Payment of principal in respect of a certificated Note will only be made against presentation and provided that payment is made in full, surrender of the appropriate certificate at the specified offices of any Paying Agent.
 
3.           Paying Agent and Registrar
 
Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association (the “ Trustee ”), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar with respect to the Notes.  The Issuer may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice.  The Issuer may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
 
4.           Indenture
 
The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of March 15, 1988, between the Issuer and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “ Base Indenture ”), as amended by the first supplemental indenture, dated May 31, 2005 (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”),
 
 
 
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among the Issuer, The Bank of New York, as resigning trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as successor trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as further amended by the second supplemental indenture, dated July 17, 2007 (the “ Second Supplemental Indenture ”), between the Issuer and the Trustee, as further amended by the third supplemental indenture, dated May 4, 2010 (the “ Third Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, as further amended by the fourth supplemental indenture, dated January 29, 2011 (the “ Fourth Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, as further amended by the fifth supplemental indenture, dated March 25, 2011 (the “ Fifth Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, as further amended by the sixth supplemental indenture, dated February 7, 2012 (the “ Sixth Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, as further amended by the seventh supplemental indenture, dated March 22, 2013 (the “ Seventh Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the guarantors party there and the Trustee (the Base Indenture, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the “ Original Indenture ”), and as further amended by the eighth supplemental indenture (the “ Eighth Supplemental Indenture ”), dated October 16, 2013, among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, which collectively constitutes the indenture governing the Debt Securities (the Original Indenture, as amended by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”).  The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “ TIA ”).  The Notes include all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and provisions.  This security is one of a series of securities designated as the 5.625% Senior Notes due 2023 of the Issuer (the “ Notes ”).  Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings given in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
 
The aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be unlimited.  In addition, the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of any class or series which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be unlimited, provided that such Debt Securities shall rank equally with the Notes.
 
5.           Certain Covenants
 
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Issuer to, among other things, create or incur Liens.  The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Issuer to consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer, sell or lease its property or assets substantially as an entirety to any Person.
 
6.           Optional Redemption
 
The Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the Issuer’s option, at any time from time to time at a redemption price equal to the greater of:  (A) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (B) the sum of the present values of the remaining
 
 
 
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scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon to maturity discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus 50 basis points, plus accrued interest thereon to Redemption Date.
 
Prior to October 15, 2016, the Issuer may, with the net proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount at maturity of the outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes) at a redemption price equal to 105.625% of the principal amount thereof (the “ Redemption Price ”), plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but not including, the applicable Redemption Date; provided that at least 65% of the principal amount at maturity of Notes issued under this Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of any such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries) and that any such redemption occurs within 90 days following the closing of any such Qualified Equity Offering.
 
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on or after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
 
The provisions of Article Four of the Original Indenture shall apply in the case of a redemption pursuant to this Section 6.
 
7.           Sinking Fund
 
The Notes will not be entitled to the benefit of any mandatory redemption or sinking fund.
 
8.           Notice of Redemption
 
Notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each registered holder of Debt Securities to be redeemed at such holder’s registered address.  Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000.  If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued and unpaid interest, including premium, if any, on all Debt Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Paying Agent on or before the Redemption Date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Debt Securities (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
 
9.           Offers to Purchase
 
The Indenture provides that upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event and subject to further limitations contained therein, the Issuer shall make an offer to purchase outstanding Notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.5 the Eighth Supplemental Indenture.
 
 
 
 
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10.           Denominations: Transfer, Exchange
 
The Notes are in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  A registered holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture.  Upon any transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents.  No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer or the Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith permitted by the Indenture.
 
11.           Persons Deemed Owners
 
The registered holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
 
12.           Unclaimed Money
 
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee will pay the money back to the Issuer at its written request. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors unless an “abandoned property” law designates another Person.
 
13.           Discharge and Defeasance
 
Subject to certain conditions and limitations set forth in the Indenture, the Issuer may terminate some of or all its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Issuer deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, on, the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
 
14.           Modification and Waiver
 
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding of each series which is affected by such amendment or modification voting as one class, except that certain amendments specified in the Indenture may be made without approval of holders of the Notes.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of any series to waive on behalf of the holders of such series of Debt Securities compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Note shall be binding upon such holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
 
 
 
 
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15.             Successor Corporation
 
When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture and the transaction complies with the terms of Section 5.1 of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the predecessor corporation will, except as provided in Section 5.2, be released from those obligations.
 
16.           Defaults and Remedies
 
If an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default described in Section 601(e) or 601(f) of the Original Indenture, with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by the holders of the Notes), will be entitled to declare all unpaid principal of and accrued interest on the Notes then outstanding to be due and payable immediately.  In the case of an Event of Default described in Section 601(e) or 601(f) of the Original Indenture, all unpaid principal of and accrued interest on all Notes then outstanding shall be due and payable immediately without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the holders of any Notes.  Such declaration of acceleration may be annulled and past defaults (except, unless theretofore cured, a default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, interest on the Notes) may be waived by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding upon the conditions provided in the Indenture.
 
17.           Trustee Dealings with the Issuer
 
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Issuer or its Affiliates and, subject to the Indenture, may otherwise deal with the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
 
18.             Guarantees
 
The Note will be entitled to the benefits of certain Guarantees made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders.
 
19.           No Recourse Against Others
 
No incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such, of the Issuer shall have any liability for any obligations, covenants or agreements of the Issuer under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof.  By accepting a Note, each holder expressly waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are a condition of, and part of the consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the issuance of the Notes.
 
 
 
 
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20.           Authentication
 
This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
 
21.           Abbreviations
 
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), COST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
 
22.           Governing Law
 
THE INDENTURE AND THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE OR ENTERED INTO AND, IN EACH CASE, PERFORMED, IN SAID STATE.
 
23.           CUSIP Number
 
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused the CUSIP number to be printed on this Note and has directed the Trustee to use the CUSIP number in notices of redemption as a convenience to holders.  No representation is made as to the accuracy of such number either as printed on this Note or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
 
The Issuer will furnish to any holder of Notes upon written request and without charge to the holder a copy of the Indenture and a copy of this Note.
 
 
 
 
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
 
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
 
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
 
 

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

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
 
and irrevocably appoint ____________ agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer.  The agent may substitute another to act for him.
 

 
 
Date:_______________                                                      Your Signature:_____________________________
 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
 
 
 
 
 
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
 
If you want to elect to have all or any part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 5.5 of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, check the box: o
 
If you want to have only part of the Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 5.5 of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
 
$                                                                               
(multiple of $1,000, but not less than $2,000)
 
Date :                                                                      
 
Your Signature:                                                                                       
(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the face of this Note)
 
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 INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
 
The initial principal amount of this Global Security is $[        ].  The following increases or decreases in this 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 or Debt
Securities Custodian
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Exhibit II
NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
 
Each of the undersigned (the “ Guarantors ”) hereby jointly and severally unconditionally guarantees, to the extent set forth in the Eighth Supplemental Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture dated as of March 15,1988 (the “ Base Indenture ”), between the Issuer and The Bank of New York, as trustee, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated May 31, 2005 (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Issuer, The Bank of New York, as resigning trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as successor trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as further amended by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated July 17, 2007 (the “ Second Supplemental Indenture ”), between the Issuer and the Trustee, as further amended by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated May 4, 2010 (the “ Third Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, as further amended by the fourth supplemental indenture, dated January 29, 2011 (the “ Fourth Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, as further amended by the fifth supplemental indenture, dated March 25, 2011 (the “ Fifth Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, as further amended by the sixth supplemental indenture, dated February 7, 2012 (the “ Sixth Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, as further amended by the seventh supplemental indenture, dated March 22, 2013 (the “ Seventh Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee and as further amended by the eighth supplemental indenture, dated October 16, 2013 (the “ Eighth Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee which collectively constitutes the indenture governing the Debt Securities (the Base Indenture, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, Second Supplemental Indenture, Third Supplemental Indenture, Fourth Supplemental Indenture, Fifth Supplemental Indenture, Sixth Supplemental Indenture, Seventh Supplemental Indenture and Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal of, and premium and, to the extent permitted by law, interest, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Issuer to the holders or the Trustee, all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article Seven of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article Seven of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture.
 
The obligations of the Guarantors to the holders and to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Six of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms and limitations of this Guarantee.  Each holder of the Note to which this Guarantee is endorsed, by accepting such Note, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions.
 
[Signatures on Following Pages]
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Guarantors has caused this Guarantee to be signed by a duly authorized officer.
 
 
 
BATH & BODY WORKS BRAND MANAGEMENT, INC.
BATH & BODY WORKS, LLC
BEAUTYAVENUES, LLC
INTIMATE BRANDS, INC.
INTIMATE BRANDS HOLDING, LLC
L BRANDS DIRECT FULFILLMENT, INC.
L BRANDS SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
L BRANDS STORE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION, INC.
MAST INDUSTRIES, INC.
VICTORIA’S SECRET DIRECT BRAND MANAGEMENT, LLC
VICTORIA’S SECRET STORES BRAND MANAGEMENT, INC.
VICTORIA’S SECRET STORES, LLC
 
     
     
 
By:
   
    Name:  
   
Title:
 
       
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Exhibits 5.1 and 23.2
 
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP
450 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10017
212-450-4000
 

 
October 29, 2013
 
L Brands, Inc.
Three Limited Parkway,
P.O. Box 16000
Columbus, Ohio 43216
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
L Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “ Registration Statement ”) for the purpose of registering, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), (a) shares of common stock, par value $0.50 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), of the Company; (b) shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”), of the Company; (c)(i) the Company’s senior debt securities (the “ Senior Debt Securities ”), which may be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of March 15, 1988, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “ Base Indenture ”), as amended by a supplemental indenture, dated as of May 31, 2005, among the Company, The Bank of New York, as resigning trustee, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee; as further amended by the second supplemental indenture, dated as of July 17, 2007 between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee; as further amended by the third supplemental indenture, dated as of May 4, 2010, between the Company, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee; as further amended by the fourth supplemental indenture, dated as of January 29, 2011 between the Company, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee; as further amended by the fifth supplemental indenture, dated as of March 25, 2011 between the Company, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee; as further amended by the sixth supplemental indenture dated as of February 7, 2012 between the Company, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee; as further amended by the seventh supplemental indenture dated as of March 22, 2013 between the Company, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee; and as further amended by the eighth supplemental indenture dated as of October 16, 2013 between the Company, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Senior Debt Trustee ” and the Base Indenture, as amended, the “ Senior Debt Indenture ”); (ii) subordinated debt securities (the “ Subordinated Debt Securities ” and together with the Senior Debt Securities, the “ Debt Securities ”) which may be issued pursuant to an indenture (the “ Subordinated Debt Indenture ” and together with the Senior Debt Indenture, the “ Indentures ”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Subordinated Debt Trustee ” and together with the Senior Debt Trustee, the “ Trustees ”); (iii) guarantees of the Senior Debt Securities issued under the Senior Debt Indenture on a joint and several senior unsecured basis by each of the Company’s subsidiary guarantors (the “ Guarantors ”) registered under the Registration Statement (the “ Senior Guarantees ”) and (iv) guarantees of the Subordinated Debt Securities issued under the Subordinated Debt Indenture on a joint and several subordinated unsecured basis by the Guarantors registered under the Registration Statement (the “ Subordinated Guarantees ” and together with the Senior Guarantees, the “ Guarantees ”); (d) depositary shares (the “ Depositary Shares ”) representing interests in preferred stock of the Company, to be evidenced by depositary receipts issued pursuant to a deposit agreement; (e) warrants of the Company (the “ Warrants ”), which may be issued pursuant to a warrant agreement (the “ Warrant Agreement ”) between the Company and the warrant agent to be named therein; (f) purchase contracts (the “ Purchase Contracts ”) for the purchase or sale of (A) the Company’s securities or securities of third parties, a basket of such securities, an index or indices of such securities or any combination of the above, (B) currencies and (C) commodities, which may be issued under one or more purchase contract agreements (each, a “ Purchase Contract Agreement ”) to be entered into between the Company and the purchase contract agent to be named therein (the “ Purchase Contract Agent ”); and (g) units (the “ Units ”) to be issued under one or more unit agreements to be entered into among the Company, a bank or trust company, as unit agent (the “ Unit Agent ”), and the holders from time to time of the Units (each such unit agreement, a “ Unit Agreement ”).
 
 
 

 
 
We, as your counsel, have examined originals or copies of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.
 
In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have, without independent inquiry or investigation, assumed that (i) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, (ii) all documents submitted to us as copies conform to authentic, complete originals, (iii) all documents filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that have not been executed will conform to the forms thereof, (iv) all signatures on all documents that we reviewed are genuine, (v) all natural persons executing documents had and have the legal capacity to do so, (vi) all statements in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company that we reviewed were and are accurate and (vii) all representations made by the Company as to matters of fact in the documents that we reviewed were and are accurate.
 
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the additional assumptions and qualifications set forth below, we advise you that, in our opinion:
 
 
1.
When the necessary corporate action on the part of the Company has been taken to authorize the issuance and sale of such shares of Common Stock proposed to be sold by the Company, and when such shares of Common Stock are issued and delivered in accordance with the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor (in excess of par value thereof) or upon conversion or exercise of any security offered under the Registration Statement (the “ Offered Security ”), in accordance with terms of such Offered Security or the instrument governing such Offered Security providing for such conversion or exercise as approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, for the consideration approved by such Board of Directors (which consideration is not less than the par value of the Common Stock), such shares of Common Stock will be validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable.
 
 
2.
Upon designation of the relative rights, preferences and limitations of any series of Preferred Stock by the Board of Directors of the Company and the proper filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of a Certificate of Designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock, all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company will have been taken to authorize the issuance and sale of such series of Preferred Stock proposed to be sold by the Company, and when such shares of Preferred Stock are issued and delivered in accordance with the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor (in excess of par value thereof), such shares of Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
 
 
3.
When the Indentures and any supplemental indenture to be entered into in connection with the issuance of any Debt Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustees and the Company; the specific terms of a particular series of Debt Securities have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the Indenture; and such Debt Securities have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the applicable Indenture and any supplemental indenture and the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, such Debt Securities will constitute valid and binding obligations of the applicable Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability, provided that we express no opinion as to (x) the enforceability of any waiver of rights under any usury or stay law and (y) the effect of fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or similar provision of applicable law on the conclusions expressed above.
 
 
4.
When the applicable deposit agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, and Preferred Stock has been deposited thereunder, any Depositary Shares when issued in accordance with the terms thereof will be valid and binding instruments in accordance with their terms and the terms of the applicable deposit agreement.
 
 
5.
When the Guarantees have been duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto as contemplated by the applicable Indenture and any supplemental indenture and the applicable underwriting or other agreement, the Guarantees will constitute valid and binding obligations of the applicable Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability, provided that we express no opinion as to (x) the enforceability of any waiver of rights under any usury or stay law and (y) the effect of fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or similar provision of applicable law on the conclusions expressed above.
 
 
 

 
 
 
6.
When the Warrant Agreement to be entered into in connection with the issuance of any Warrants has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Warrant Agent and the Company; the specific terms of the Warrants have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the Warrant Agreement; and such Warrants have been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered in accordance with the Warrant Agreement and the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, such Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.
 
 
7.
When the Purchase Contract Agreement to be entered into in connection with the issuance of any Purchase Contracts has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company; the specific terms of the Purchase Contracts have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the Purchase Contract Agreement; and such Purchase Contracts have been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered in accordance with the Purchase Contract Agreement and the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, such Purchase Contracts will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.
 
 
8.
When the Unit Agreement to be entered into in connection with the issuance of any Units has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Unit Agent and the Company; the specific terms of the Units have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the Unit Agreement; and such Units have been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered in accordance with the Unit Agreement and the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, such Units will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.
 
In connection with the opinions expressed above, we have assumed that, at or prior to the time of the delivery of any such security, (i) the Board of Directors shall have duly established the terms of such security and duly authorized the issuance and sale of such security and such authorization shall not have been modified or rescinded; (ii) the Company shall remain validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; (iii) the Registration Statement shall have been declared effective and such effectiveness shall not have been terminated or rescinded; (iv) the Indentures and the Debt Securities are each valid, binding and enforceable agreements of each party thereto, (other than as expressly covered above in respect of the Company); (v) there shall not have occurred any change in law affecting the validity or enforceability of such security; and (vi) to the extent that the obligations of the Guarantors under the Guarantees are or may be dependent upon such matters, (a) the Guarantors are duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdiction of organization, (b) the Guarantors will be duly qualified to engage in the activities contemplated by the Guarantees, (c) the Guarantees will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Guarantors and will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, and (d) the Guarantors will have the requisite organizational and legal power and authority to perform their respective obligations under the Guarantees.  We have also assumed that the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of any security whose terms are established subsequent to the date hereof (a) require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency or official and (b) do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law or regulation or any judgment, injunction, order or decree or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company.
 
We are members of the Bar of the State of New York and the foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
 
 
 

 
 
 
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement referred to above and further consent to the reference to our name under the caption “Legal Opinions” in the prospectus, which is a part of the Registration Statement.  In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.
 
This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with the above matter.  This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without our prior written consent.
 
Very truly yours,
 
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
 
 
 
 

 
Exhibit 12.1
 
 
L Brands, Inc.
 
 
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
 
   
Fiscal Period Ended
 
   
Twenty-six Weeks ended August 3, 2013
   
February 2, 2013
   
January 28, 2012
   
January 29, 2011
   
January 30, 2010
   
January 31, 2009
 
   
(in millions)
 
Earnings:
                                   
Income before income taxes, noncontrolling interest and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
  $ 517     $ 1,280     $ 1,226     $ 1,251     $ 650     $ 449  
Fixed charges (excluding capitalized interest)
    212       426       354       329       357       297  
Distributions from equity method investments, net of income or loss from equity investees
    (3 )     11       --       (3 )     (5 )     102  
Total earnings
  $ 726     $ 1,717     $ 1,580     $ 1,577     $ 1,002     $ 848  
                                                 
Fixed charges:
                                               
Portion of minimum rent representative of interest
  $ 56     $ 107     $ 105     $ 118     $ 118     $ 115  
Interest on indebtedness (including capitalized interest)
    156       317       246       208       238       184  
Total fixed charges
  $ 212     $ 424     $ 351     $ 326     $ 356     $ 299  
                                                 
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
    3.4       4.1       4.5       4.8       2.8       2.8  
                                                 

For the purpose of calculating the ratios of earnings to fixed charges, we calculate earnings by adding fixed charges and distributions from equity method investees, net of income or losses from equity method investees, to pre-tax income from continuing operations before noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries and cumulative effect of changes in accounting principle.  Fixed charges include total interest and a portion of rent expense, which we believe is representative of the interest factor of our rent expense. Interest associated with income tax liabilities is excluded from our calculation.
 
 
EXHIBIT 15.1
 
Acknowledgment from Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
of L Brands, Inc.

 
We are aware of the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and Prospectus of L Brands, Inc. for the registration of common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, debt securities, warrants, purchase contracts and units of our reports dated June 7, 2013 and September 6, 2013 relating to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of L Brands, Inc. that are included in its Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended May 4, 2013 and August 3, 2013.
 

 
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
 
Columbus, Ohio
October 29, 2013
 
EXHIBIT 23.1

 
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in this Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of L Brands, Inc. for the registration of common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, debt securities, warrants, purchase contracts and units and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated March 22, 2013, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of L Brands, Inc. (formerly Limited Brands, Inc.), and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of L Brands, Inc., included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended February 2, 2013, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 


/s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Columbus, Ohio
October 29, 2013
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
 
FORM T-1
 
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
 
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)           |__|
___________________________
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
(Jurisdiction of incorporation
if not a U.S. national bank)
95-3571558
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
   
400 South Hope Street
Suite 400
Los Angeles, California
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
90071
(Zip code)
 
___________________________
 
 
L BRANDS, INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
31-1029810
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS
 
 
Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter
 
State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization
 
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number
Bath & Body Works Brand Management, Inc.
Delaware
52-2450868
Bath & Body Works, LLC
Delaware
52-2455381
beautyAvenues, LLC
Delaware
52-2450857
Intimate Brands, Inc.
Delaware
51-0346269
Intimate Brands Holding, LLC
Delaware
90-0648718
L Brands Direct Fulfillment, Inc.
Delaware
52-2450847
L Brands Service Company, LLC
Delaware
31-1048997
L Brands Store Design & Construction, Inc.
Delaware
31-1301070
Mast Industries, Inc.
Delaware
04-2468696
Victoria’s Secret Direct Brand Management, LLC
Delaware
52-2450873
Victoria’s Secret Stores Brand Management, Inc.
Delaware
52-2450861
Victoria’s Secret Stores, LLC
Delaware
54-2170171

 
 
Three Limited Parkway
P.O. Box 16000
Columbus, Ohio
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
43216
(Zip code)
 
___________________________
 
Senior Debt Securities
and Guarantees of Senior Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
 
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
 

 
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1.           General information.  Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
 
 
(a)
Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.
 
Name
Address
Comptroller of the Currency
United States Department of the Treasury
 
Washington, DC 20219
Federal Reserve Bank
San Francisco, CA 94105
 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
 
Washington, DC 20429
 
 (b)
Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
 
Yes.
 
2.
Affiliations with Obligor.
 
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
 
None.
 
16.
List of Exhibits.
 
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).
 
 
1.
A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).
 
 
2.
A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).
 
 
3.
A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).
 

 
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4.
A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713) .
 
 
6.
The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).
 
 
7.
A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.
 

 
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SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Chicago, and State of Illinois, on the 28th day of October, 2013.
 
 
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Michael Countryman  
    Name:
Michael Countryman
 
    Title: Vice President   
       
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
of 400 South Hope Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90071

At the close of business June 30, 2013, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

 
Dollar amounts
 
in thousands
   
ASSETS
 
   
Cash and balances due from
 
depository institutions:
 
 
Noninterest-bearing balances
 
 
  and currency and coin
3,555
 
Interest-bearing balances
243
Securities:
 
 
Held-to-maturity securities
 0
 
Available-for-sale securities
706,791
Federal funds sold and securities
 
 
purchased under agreements to resell:
 
 
Federal funds sold
80,200
 
Securities purchased under agreements to resell
0
Loans and lease financing receivables:
 
 
Loans and leases held for sale
0
 
Loans and leases,
 
 
  net of unearned income
0
 
LESS: Allowance for loan and
 
 
  lease losses
0
 
Loans and leases, net of unearned
 
 
  income and allowance
0
Trading assets
0
Premises and fixed assets (including
 
 
capitalized leases)
4,961
Other real estate owned
0
Investments in unconsolidated
 
 
subsidiaries and associated
 
 
companies
0
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures
0
Intangible assets:
 
      Goodwill
856,313
      Other intangible assets
144,885
Other assets
144,427
Total assets
  $1,941,375

 
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LIABILITIES
   
Deposits:
 
       In domestic offices
541
 
Noninterest-bearing
541
 
Interest-bearing
0
       Not applicable
 
Federal funds purchased and securities
 
 
sold under agreements to repurchase:
 
 
Federal funds purchased
0
 
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
0
Trading liabilities
0
Other borrowed money:
 
 
(includes mortgage indebtedness
 
 
and obligations under capitalized
 
 
leases)
0
Not applicable
 
Not applicable
 
Subordinated notes and debentures
0
Other liabilities
249,025
Total liabilities
249,566
Not applicable
 
   
EQUITY CAPITAL
 
   
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus
0
Common stock
1,000
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)
1,121,667
Not available
 
   Retained earnings
566,137
   Accumulated other comprehensive income
3,005
Other equity capital components
0
Not available
 
    Total bank equity capital
1,691,809
    Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries
0
Total equity capital
1,691,809
Total liabilities and equity capital
1,941,375
 
I, Cherisse Waligura, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Cherisse Waligura                                )           CFO


We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

Troy Kilpatrick, President                                                       )
Frank P. Sulzberger, Director                                                  )           Directors (Trustees)
William D. Lindelof, Director                                                  )
 
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= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
 
FORM T-1
 
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
 
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)           |__|
___________________________
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
(Jurisdiction of incorporation
if not a U.S. national bank)
95-3571558
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
   
400 South Hope Street
Suite 400
Los Angeles, California
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
90071
(Zip code)
 
___________________________
 
 
L BRANDS, INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
31-1029810
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS
 
 
Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter
 
State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization
 
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number
Bath & Body Works Brand Management, Inc.
Delaware
52-2450868
Bath & Body Works, LLC
Delaware
52-2455381
beautyAvenues, LLC
Delaware
52-2450857
Intimate Brands, Inc.
Delaware
51-0346269
Intimate Brands Holding, LLC
Delaware
90-0648718
L Brands Direct Fulfillment, Inc.
Delaware
52-2450847
L Brands Service Company, LLC
Delaware
31-1048997
L Brands Store Design & Construction, Inc.
Delaware
31-1301070
Mast Industries, Inc.
Delaware
04-2468696
Victoria’s Secret Direct Brand Management, LLC
Delaware
52-2450873
Victoria’s Secret Stores Brand Management, Inc.
Delaware
52-2450861
Victoria’s Secret Stores, LLC
Delaware
54-2170171
 
 
 
Three Limited Parkway
P.O. Box 16000
Columbus, Ohio
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
43216
(Zip code)
 
___________________________

 
Subordinated Debt Securities
and Guarantees of Subordinated Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
 
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
 
 
 
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1.           General information.  Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
 
 
(a)
Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.
 
Name
Address
Comptroller of the Currency
United States Department of the Treasury
 
Washington, DC 20219
Federal Reserve Bank
San Francisco, CA 94105
 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
 
Washington, DC 20429
 
 (b)
Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
 
Yes.
 
2.
Affiliations with Obligor.
 
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
 
None.
 
16.
List of Exhibits.
 
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).
 
 
1.
A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).
 
 
2.
A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).
 
 
3.
A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.  333-152875).
 
 
 
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4.
A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713) .
 
 
6.
The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).
 
 
7.
A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.
 
 
 
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SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Chicago, and State of Illinois, on the 28th day of October, 2013.
 
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Michael Countryman  
    Name: Michael Countryman  
    Title: Vice President  
       
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
of 400 South Hope Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90071

At the close of business June 30, 2013, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

 
Dollar amounts
 
in thousands
   
ASSETS
 
   
Cash and balances due from
 
depository institutions:
 
 
Noninterest-bearing balances
 
 
  and currency and coin
3,555
 
Interest-bearing balances
243
Securities:
 
 
Held-to-maturity securities
 0
 
Available-for-sale securities
706,791
Federal funds sold and securities
 
 
purchased under agreements to resell:
 
 
Federal funds sold
80,200
 
Securities purchased under agreements to resell
0
Loans and lease financing receivables:
 
 
Loans and leases held for sale
0
 
Loans and leases,
 
 
  net of unearned income
0
 
LESS: Allowance for loan and
 
 
  lease losses
0
 
Loans and leases, net of unearned
 
 
  income and allowance
0
Trading assets
0
Premises and fixed assets (including
 
 
capitalized leases)
4,961
Other real estate owned
0
Investments in unconsolidated
 
 
subsidiaries and associated
 
 
companies
0
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures
0
Intangible assets:
 
      Goodwill
856,313
      Other intangible assets
144,885
Other assets
144,427
Total assets
  $1,941,375

 
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LIABILITIES
   
Deposits:
 
       In domestic offices
541
 
Noninterest-bearing
541
 
Interest-bearing
0
       Not applicable
 
Federal funds purchased and securities
 
 
sold under agreements to repurchase:
 
 
Federal funds purchased
0
 
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
0
Trading liabilities
0
Other borrowed money:
 
 
(includes mortgage indebtedness
 
 
and obligations under capitalized
 
 
leases)
0
Not applicable
 
Not applicable
 
Subordinated notes and debentures
0
Other liabilities
249,025
Total liabilities
249,566
Not applicable
 
   
EQUITY CAPITAL
 
   
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus
0
Common stock
1,000
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)
1,121,667
Not available
 
   Retained earnings
566,137
   Accumulated other comprehensive income
3,005
Other equity capital components
0
Not available
 
    Total bank equity capital
1,691,809
    Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries
0
Total equity capital
1,691,809
Total liabilities and equity capital
1,941,375
 
I, Cherisse Waligura, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Cherisse Waligura                                )           CFO


We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

Troy Kilpatrick, President                                                       )
Frank P. Sulzberger, Director                                                  )           Directors (Trustees)
William D. Lindelof, Director                                                  )
 
 
 
 
 
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