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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
 
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _______ to _______
Commission file number 001-37713
  EBAY-20200331_G1.JPG
EBAY INC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware 77-0430924
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2025 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose , California 95125
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(408) 376-7008
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading symbol Name of exchange on which registered
Common stock EBAY The Nasdaq Global Select Market
6.00% Notes due 2056 EBAYL The Nasdaq Global Select Market


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes   No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  Yes   No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).   Yes    No 
As of April 27, 2020, there were 700,853,258 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding, which is the only class of common or voting stock of the registrant issued.


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PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1: Financial Statements
eBay Inc.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
  March 31,
2020
December 31,
2019
  (In millions, except par value)
  (Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents $ 880    $ 923   
Short-term investments 3,550    1,850   
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $127 and $100
635    691   
Other current assets 1,183    1,101   
Current assets of discontinued operations —    141   
Total current assets 6,248    4,706   
Long-term investments 1,077    1,305   
Property and equipment, net 1,409    1,484   
Goodwill 4,850    4,929   
Intangible assets, net 50    62   
Operating lease right-of-use assets 598    599   
Deferred tax assets 4,287    4,369   
Other assets 410    414   
Long-term assets of discontinued operations —    306   
Total assets $ 18,929    $ 18,174   
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Short-term debt $ 1,015    $ 1,022   
Accounts payable 268    251   
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 2,175    2,189   
Deferred revenue 108    135   
Income taxes payable 1,107    210   
Current liabilities of discontinued operations —    259   
Total current liabilities 4,673    4,066   
Operating lease liabilities 456    472   
Deferred tax liabilities 2,619    2,646   
Long-term debt 7,724    6,738   
Other liabilities 1,342    1,356   
Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations —    26   
Total liabilities 16,814    15,304   
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 3,580 shares authorized; 701 and 796 shares outstanding
   
Additional paid-in capital 15,723    16,126   
Treasury stock at cost, 995 and 897 shares
(34,946)   (31,396)  
Retained earnings 21,051    17,754   
Accumulated other comprehensive income 285    384   
Total stockholders’ equity 2,115    2,870   
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 18,929    $ 18,174   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019
  (In millions, except per share amounts)
  (Unaudited)
Net revenues $ 2,374    $ 2,413   
Cost of net revenues 526    539   
Gross profit 1,848    1,874   
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing 607    647   
Product development 267    272   
General and administrative 234    284   
Provision for transaction losses 102    67   
Amortization of acquired intangible assets   11   
Total operating expenses 1,219    1,281   
Income from operations 629    593   
Interest and other, net   64   
Income from continuing operations before income taxes 631    657   
Income tax provision (146)   (141)  
Income from continuing operations 485    516   
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes 2,927     
Net income $ 3,412    $ 518   
Income per share - basic:    
Continuing operations $ 0.64    $ 0.58   
Discontinued operations 3.89    —   
Net income per share - basic $ 4.53    $ 0.58   
Income per share - diluted:
Continuing operations $ 0.64    $ 0.57   
Discontinued operations 3.87    —   
Net income per share - diluted $ 4.51    $ 0.57   
Weighted-average shares:    
Basic 753    900   
Diluted 757    908   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019
  (In millions)
  (Unaudited)
Net income $ 3,412    $ 518   
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of reclassification adjustments:
Foreign currency translation gains (losses) (113)   (32)  
Unrealized gains (losses) on investments, net (31)   40   
Tax benefit (expense) on unrealized gains (losses) on investments, net   (10)  
Unrealized gains (losses) on hedging activities, net 47    (41)  
Tax benefit (expense) on unrealized gains (losses) on hedging activities, net (10)    
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax (99)   (34)  
Comprehensive income (loss) $ 3,313    $ 484   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019
  (In millions)
(Unaudited)
Common stock:
Balance, beginning of period $   $  
Common stock issued —    —   
Common stock repurchased/forfeited —    —   
Balance, end of period    
Additional paid-in-capital:
Balance, beginning of period 16,126    15,716   
Common stock and stock-based awards issued    
Tax withholdings related to net share settlements of restricted stock units and awards (40)   (54)  
Stock-based compensation 94    121   
Forward contract for share repurchase (450)   —   
Other (11)   (1)  
Balance, end of period 15,723    15,785   
Treasury stock at cost:
Balance, beginning of period (31,396)   (26,394)  
Common stock repurchased (3,550)   (1,501)  
Balance, end of period (34,946)   (27,895)  
Retained earnings:
Balance, beginning of period 17,754    16,459   
Net income 3,412    518   
Dividends and dividend equivalents declared (115)   (130)  
Balance, end of period 21,051    16,847   
Accumulated other comprehensive income:
Balance, beginning of period 384    498   
Foreign currency translation adjustment (113)   (32)  
Change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments (31)   40   
Change in unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments 47    (41)  
Tax benefit (provision) on above items (2)   (1)  
Balance, end of period 285    464   
Total stockholders’ equity $ 2,115    $ 5,203   
Dividends and dividend equivalents declared per share or restricted stock unit $ 0.16    $ 0.14   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019
  (In millions)
  (Unaudited)
Cash flows from operating activities:    
Net income $ 3,412    $ 518   
(Income) loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes (2,927)   (2)  
Adjustments:
Provision for transaction losses 102    67   
Depreciation and amortization 147    162   
Stock-based compensation 100    112   
(Gain) loss on investments, net (38)    
Deferred income taxes 52    21   
Change in fair value of warrant (12)   (113)  
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisition effects (134)   (194)  
Net cash provided by continuing operating activities 702    572   
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operating activities (110)   (22)  
Net cash provided by operating activities 592    550   
Cash flows from investing activities:          
Purchases of property and equipment (98)   (180)  
Purchases of investments (10,705)   (11,915)  
Maturities and sales of investments 9,195    12,747   
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired —    (93)  
Other 39    12   
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing investing activities (1,569)   571   
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued investing activities 4,075    (13)  
Net cash provided by investing activities 2,506    558   
Cash flows from financing activities:          
Proceeds from issuance of common stock    
Repurchases of common stock (3,997)   (1,431)  
Payments for taxes related to net share settlements of restricted stock units and awards (40)   (54)  
Payments for dividends (114)   (125)  
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net 994    —   
Other (9)   —   
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing financing activities (3,161)   (1,605)  
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued financing activities —    —   
Net cash used in financing activities (3,161)   (1,605)  
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (34)   (10)  
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (97)   (507)  
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period 996    2,219   
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period $ 899    $ 1,712   
Less: Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of discontinued operations —    31   
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of continuing operations at end of period $ 899    $ 1,681   
Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
Cash paid for:
Interest $ 90    $ 107   
Interest on finance lease obligations $   $ —   
Income taxes $ 63    $ 93   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Note 1 — The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Company

eBay Inc. is a global commerce leader, which includes our Marketplace and Classifieds platforms. Founded in 1995 in San Jose, California, eBay is one of the world’s largest and most vibrant marketplaces for discovering great value and unique selection. Collectively, we connect millions of buyers and sellers around the world, empowering people and creating opportunity. Our technologies and services are designed to give buyers choice and a breadth of relevant inventory and to enable sellers worldwide to organize and offer their inventory for sale, virtually anytime and anywhere. 

When we refer to “we,” “our,” “us,” the “Company” or “eBay” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we mean the current Delaware corporation (eBay Inc.) and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless otherwise expressly stated or the context otherwise requires.

On February 13, 2020, we completed the previously announced sale of our StubHub business to an affiliate of viagogo. Beginning in the first quarter of 2020, StubHub’s financial results for periods prior to the sale have been reflected in our condensed consolidated statement of income as discontinued operations. Additionally, the related assets and liabilities associated with the discontinued operations in the prior year are classified as discontinued operations in our condensed consolidated balance sheet. See “Note 4 – Discontinued Operations” for additional information.

We have two reportable segments to reflect the way management and our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) review and assess performance of the business. During the first quarter of 2020, we classified the results of our previously reported StubHub segment as discontinued operations in our condensed consolidated statement of income for all prior periods presented. Our two reportable segments are Marketplace and Classifieds. Marketplace includes our online marketplace located at www.ebay.com, its localized counterparts and the eBay suite of mobile apps. Classifieds includes a collection of brands such as mobile.de, Kijiji, Gumtree, Marktplaats, eBay Kleinanzeigen and others. For further information on our segments, refer to “Note 6 – Segments”. Prior period segment information has been reclassified to conform to the current period segment presentation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to provisions for transaction losses, legal contingencies, income taxes, revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, investments, goodwill and the recoverability of intangible assets. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed financial statements are consolidated and include the financial statements of eBay Inc., our wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries and variable interest entities (“VIE”) where we are the primary beneficiary. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Minority interests are recorded as a noncontrolling interest. A qualitative approach is applied to assess the consolidation requirement for VIEs. Investments in entities where we hold at least a 20% ownership interest and have the ability to exercise significant influence, but not control, over the investee are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. For such investments, our share of the investees’ results of operations is included in interest and other, net and our investment balance is included in long-term investments. Investments in entities where we hold less than a 20% ownership interest are generally accounted for as equity investments to be measured at fair value or, under an

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election, at cost if it does not have readily determinable fair value, in which case the carrying value would be adjusted upon the occurrence of an observable price change in an orderly transaction for identical or similar instruments or impairment.

These condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. We have evaluated all subsequent events through the date these condensed consolidated financial statements were issued. In the opinion of management, these condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which are necessary for the fair statement of the condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows for these interim periods.

Significant Accounting Policies

Notwithstanding the addition of policies below for allowance for credit losses, there were no significant changes to our significant accounting policies disclosed in “Note 1 – The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Credit losses – Financial assets measured at amortized cost

We are exposed to credit losses primarily through our receivables from sellers or advertisers on our Marketplace and Classifieds platforms, respectively. We develop estimates to reflect the risk of credit loss which are based on historical loss trends adjusted for asset specific attributes, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts of the economic conditions that will exist through the contractual life of the financial asset. Our receivables are recovered over a period of 0-180 days, therefore, forecasted changes to economic conditions are not expected to have a significant effect on the estimate of the allowance for doubtful accounts, except in extraordinary circumstances. We write off the asset when it is no longer deemed collectible or when it goes past due 180 days whichever is earlier, with certain limited exceptions. We monitor our ongoing credit exposure through an active review of collection trends. Our activities include monitoring the timeliness of payment collection, managing dispute resolution and performing timely account reconciliations. We may employ collection agencies to pursue recovery of defaulted receivables. At March 31, 2020, we reported allowances for doubtful accounts of $127 million reflecting an increase of $27 million, net of write-offs of $32 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020.

We are also exposed to credit losses from customer accounts and funds receivable balances held by third party financial institutions. These balances are either held by financial institutions associated with payment intermediation activity and awaiting settlement, or are installment collections from financial institutions. We assess these balances for credit loss based on a review of the average period for which the funds are held, credit ratings of the financial institutions and by assessing the probability of default and loss given default models. At March 31, 2020, we did not record any credit-related loss.

Credit losses – Available-for-sale debt securities

We periodically assess our portfolio of debt investments for impairment. For debt securities in an unrealized loss position, this assessment first takes into account our intent to sell, or whether it is more likely than not that we will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis. If either of these criteria are met, the debt security’s amortized cost basis is written down to fair value through interest and other, net.

For debt securities in an unrealized loss position that do not meet the aforementioned criteria, we assess whether the decline in fair value has resulted from credit losses or other factors. In making this assessment, we consider the extent to which fair value is less than amortized cost, any changes to the rating of the security by a rating agency, and any adverse conditions specifically related to the security, among other factors. If this assessment indicates that a credit loss may exist, the present value of cash flows expected to be collected from the security are compared to the amortized cost basis of the security. If the present value of cash flows expected to be collected is less than the amortized cost basis, a credit loss exists and an allowance for credit losses will be recorded through interest and other, net, limited by the amount that the fair value is less than the amortized cost basis. Any additional impairment not recorded through an allowance for credit losses is recognized in other comprehensive income.

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Changes in the allowance for credit losses are recorded as provision for (or reversal of) credit loss expense. Losses are charged against the allowance when management believes the uncollectability of an available-for-sale security is confirmed or when either of the criteria regarding intent or requirement to sell is met.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued new guidance that requires credit losses on financial assets measured at amortized cost basis to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected, not based on incurred losses. Further, credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities should be recorded through an allowance for credit losses limited to the amount by which fair value is below amortized cost. This standard impacts the Company’s accounting for allowances for doubtful accounts, available-for-sale securities and other assets subject to credit risk. In preparation for the adoption of this standard, we have updated our credit loss models as needed. The standard is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. We adopted this guidance in the first quarter of 2020 with no material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In 2017, the FASB issued new guidance to simplify the subsequent measurement of goodwill by removing the requirement to perform a hypothetical purchase price allocation to compute the implied fair value of goodwill to measure impairment. Instead, any goodwill impairment will equal the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. Further, the guidance eliminates the requirements for any reporting unit with a zero or negative carrying amount to perform a qualitative assessment and, if it fails that qualitative test, to perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test. This standard is effective for annual or any interim goodwill impairment test in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. We adopted this guidance in the first quarter of 2020 with no material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In 2018, the FASB issued new guidance on a customer's accounting for implementation, set-up, and other upfront costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement that is hosted by the vendor (i.e., a service contract). Under the new guidance, customers will apply the same criteria for capitalizing implementation costs as they would for an arrangement that has a software license. This standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim reporting periods within those fiscal years. We adopted this guidance prospectively in the first quarter of 2020 with no material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In 2018, the FASB issued new guidance to clarify the interaction between Collaborative Arrangements and Revenue from Contracts with Customers standards. The guidance (1) clarifies that certain transactions between collaborative arrangement participants should be accounted for under revenue guidance; (2) adds unit of account guidance to the collaborative arrangement guidance to align with the revenue standard; and (3) clarifies presentation guidance for transactions with a collaborative arrangement participant that is not accounted for under the revenue standard. The guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. We adopted this guidance in the first quarter of 2020 with no material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In 2019, the FASB issued new guidance to simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles and also simplification of areas such as franchise taxes, step-up in tax basis goodwill, separate entity financial statements and interim recognition of enactment of tax laws or rate changes. The standard will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim reporting periods within those fiscal years. We are evaluating the impact of adopting this new accounting guidance on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In 2019, the FASB issued new guidance to decrease diversity in practice and increase comparability for the accounting of certain equity securities and investments under the equity method of accounting. The standard will be effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 31, 2020. We are evaluating the impact of adopting this new guidance on our condensed consolidated financial statements.


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
Note 2 — Net Income Per Share

Basic net income per share is computed by dividing net income for the period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share is computed by dividing net income for the period by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and potentially dilutive common stock outstanding during the period. The dilutive effect of outstanding options and equity incentive awards is reflected in diluted net income per share by application of the treasury stock method. The calculation of diluted net income per share excludes all anti-dilutive common shares. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (in millions, except per share amounts):
  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019
Numerator:
Income from continuing operations $ 485    $ 516   
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes 2,927     
Net income $ 3,412    $ 518   
Denominator:
Weighted average shares of common stock - basic 753    900   
Dilutive effect of equity incentive awards    
Weighted average shares of common stock - diluted 757    908   
Income per share - basic:
Continuing operations $ 0.64    $ 0.58   
Discontinued operations 3.89    —   
Net income per share - basic $ 4.53    $ 0.58   
Income per share - diluted:
Continuing operations $ 0.64    $ 0.57   
Discontinued operations 3.87    —   
Net income per share - diluted $ 4.51    $ 0.57   
Common stock equivalents excluded from income per diluted share because their effect would have been anti-dilutive 15    11   


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
Note 3 — Business Combinations

Motors.co.uk

In February 2019, we completed our acquisition of the U.K.-based classifieds site, Motors.co.uk, for $93 million in cash. We believe the acquisition will increase our international presence and give buyers access to more listings.

The aggregate purchase consideration was allocated as follows (in millions):
Motors.co.uk
Goodwill $ 65   
Purchased intangible assets 30   
Net liabilities (2)  
Total $ 93   

We assigned the goodwill to our Classifieds segment. The goodwill recognized is primarily attributable to expected synergies and the assembled workforce of Motors.co.uk. We generally do not expect goodwill to be deductible for income tax purposes.

Our condensed consolidated financial statements include the operating results of Motors.co.uk from the date of acquisition. Separate post acquisition operating results and pro forma results of operations for this acquisition have not been presented as the effect of the acquisition is not material to our financial results.

Note 4 — Discontinued Operations

StubHub

On February 13, 2020, we completed the previously announced sale of our StubHub business to an affiliate of viagogo for a purchase price of $4.05 billion in cash, subject to certain adjustments specified in the purchase agreement, including adjustments for indebtedness, cash, working capital and transaction expenses of StubHub at the closing of the transaction. The sale was completed for $4.1 billion in proceeds ($3.2 billion, net of income taxes of $900 million) and a pre-tax gain of $3.9 billion upon closing within income from discontinued operations, both subject to working capital adjustments.

At December 31, 2019, our StubHub segment did not meet the criteria for assets held for sale due to uncertainty that closing conditions of the sale, such as the buyer obtaining debt and equity financing, would be met on a timely basis. Upon the completion of the sale in the first quarter of 2020, we classified the results of our previous StubHub segment as discontinued operations in our condensed consolidated statement of income, condensed consolidated balance sheet and condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for all prior periods presented.

In connection with the sale of StubHub, we entered into a transition service agreement (“TSA”) with viagogo pursuant to which we will provide services, including, but not limited to, business support services for StubHub after the divestiture for fees of $40 million. These agreements commenced with the close of the transaction and have minimum initial terms ranging from 12 to 18 months and can be extended by viagogo for a maximum of 12 months.


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The financial results of StubHub are presented as income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes in our condensed consolidated statement of income. The following table presents financial results from discontinued operations (in millions):

  Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
2020 (1)
2019
StubHub income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes $ 2,928    $  
PayPal and Enterprise (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes (1)   (3)  
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes 2,927     
(1) Includes StubHub financial results from January 1, 2020 to February 13, 2020, in addition to the gain on sale recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2020.


The following table presents cash flows for StubHub (in millions):
  Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
2020 (1)
2019
Net cash (used in) discontinued operating activities $ (110)   $ (22)  
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued investing activities $ 4,075    $ (13)  
(1) Includes StubHub financial results from January 1, 2020 to February 13, 2020, in addition to the gain on sale recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2020.


The financial results of StubHub are presented as income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes on our condensed consolidated statement of income. The following table presents the financial results of StubHub (in millions):
  Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
2020(1)
2019
Net revenues $ 100    $ 230   
Cost of net revenues 31    62   
Gross profit 69    168   
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing 51    95   
Product development 29    25   
General and administrative 33    25   
Provision for transaction losses    
Amortization of acquired intangible assets    
Total operating expenses 117    152   
Income (loss) from operations of discontinued operations (48)   16   
Pre-tax gain on sale 3,876    —   
Income from discontinued operations before income taxes 3,828    16   
Income tax provision (900)   (11)  
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes $ 2,928    $  
(1) Includes StubHub financial results from January 1, 2020 to February 13, 2020, in addition to the gain on sale recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the loss from discontinued operations related to PayPal and Enterprise was immaterial.

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The following table presents the aggregate carrying amounts of the classes of assets and liabilities of discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated balance sheet (in millions):
  December 31, 2019
Carrying amounts of assets included as part of discontinued operations:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 52   
Accounts receivable, net  
Other current assets 80   
Total current assets of discontinued operations
$ 141   
Long-term investments 11   
Property and equipment, net 26   
Goodwill 224   
Intangible assets, net  
Operating lease right-of-use assets 29   
Deferred tax assets  
Other assets  
Total long-term assets of discontinued operations $ 306   
Carrying amounts of liabilities included as part of discontinued operations:
Accounts payable $ 19   
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 215   
Deferred revenue 23   
Income taxes payable  
Total current liabilities of discontinued operations
$ 259   
Operating lease liabilities 20   
Other liabilities  
Total long-term liabilities of discontinued operations
$ 26   

Note 5 — Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill

The following table presents goodwill activity by reportable segment during the three months ended March 31, 2020 (in millions):
  December 31,
2019
Goodwill
Acquired
  Adjustments   March 31,
2020
Marketplace $ 4,533    $ —    $ (74)   $ 4,459   
Classifieds 396    —    (5)   391   
Total $ 4,929    $ —    $ (79)   $ 4,850   

The adjustments to goodwill during the three months ended March 31, 2020 were primarily due to foreign currency translation.

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Intangible Assets

The components of identifiable intangible assets are as follows (in millions, except years): 
  March 31, 2020 December 31, 2019
Gross Carrying Amount  
Accumulated Amortization 
Net Carrying Amount
Weighted Average Useful Life (Years)
Gross Carrying Amount
Accumulated Amortization 
Net Carrying Amount
Weighted Average Useful Life (Years)
Intangible assets:                
Customer lists and user base $ 424    $ (382)   $ 42    5 $ 432    $ (383)   $ 49    5
Marketing related 477    (473)     5 491    (486)     5
Developed technologies 232    (229)     3 235    (230)     3
All other 161    (160)     4 161    (158)     4
Total $ 1,294    $ (1,244)   $ 50      $ 1,319    $ (1,257)   $ 62     

Amortization expense for intangible assets was $10 million and $13 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Expected future intangible asset amortization as of March 31, 2020 is as follows (in millions):
Remaining 2020 $ 28   
2021 18   
2022  
2023  
2024 —   
Total $ 50   

Note 6 — Segments

We have two reportable segments to reflect the way management and our CODM review and assess performance of the business. During the first quarter of 2020, we classified the results of our previous StubHub segment as discontinued operations in our condensed consolidated statement of income for all prior periods presented. Our two reportable segments are Marketplace and Classifieds. Marketplace includes our online marketplace located at www.ebay.com, its localized counterparts and the eBay suite of mobile apps. Classifieds includes a collection of brands such as mobile.de, Kijiji, Gumtree, Marktplaats, eBay Kleinanzeigen and others. The accounting policies of our segments are the same as those described in “Note 1 – The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”. Prior period segment information has been reclassified to conform to the current period segment presentation.

Our reportable segments reflect the way management and our CODM review and assess performance of the business. Our CODM reviews revenue and operating income (loss) for each reportable segment. Our CODM does not evaluate reportable segments using asset information. Corporate and other costs includes: (i) corporate management costs, such as human resources, finance and legal, that are not allocated to our segments; (ii) amortization of intangible assets; (iii) restructuring charges; (iv) stock-based compensation; and (v) results of operations of various initiatives that support all of our reportable segments.



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Segment net revenue and operating income were as follows (in millions):
  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019
Net Revenues
Marketplace
Net transaction revenues $ 1,900    $ 1,885   
Marketing services and other revenues 230    277   
Total Marketplace 2,130    2,162   
Classifieds (1)
248    256   
Elimination of inter-segment net revenue (2)
(4)   (5)  
Total consolidated net revenue $ 2,374    $ 2,413   
Operating income (loss)
Marketplace $ 761    $ 769   
Classifieds 83    91   
Corporate and other costs (215)   (267)  
Total operating income 629    593   
Interest and other, net   64   
Income before income taxes $ 631    $ 657   

(1)Classifieds net revenues consists entirely of marketing services and other revenue.
(2)Represents revenue generated between our reportable segments.

The following table summarizes the allocation of net revenues based on geography (in millions):  
  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019
U.S. $ 822    $ 842   
Germany 357    384   
United Kingdom 348    353   
South Korea 312    297   
Rest of world 535    537   
Total net revenues $ 2,374    $ 2,413   

Net revenues, inclusive of the effects of foreign exchange during each period, are attributed to U.S. and international geographies primarily based upon the country in which the seller, platform that displays advertising, other service provider or customer, as the case may be, is located.


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Note 7 — Investments

The following tables summarize the unrealized gains and losses and estimated fair value of our investments classified as available-for-sale (in millions):
  March 31, 2020
  Gross
Amortized
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Estimated
Fair Value
Short-term investments:
Restricted cash $ 19    $ —    $ —    $ 19   
Corporate debt securities 3,436      (6)   3,431   
Government and agency securities 100    —    —    100   
$ 3,555    $   $ (6)   $ 3,550   
Long-term investments:
Corporate debt securities 765    —    (21)   744   
$ 765    $ —    $ (21)   $ 744   
 
  December 31, 2019
  Gross
Amortized
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Estimated
Fair Value
Short-term investments:
Restricted cash $ 21    $ —    $ —    $ 21   
Corporate debt securities 1,653      —    1,654   
Government and agency securities 175    —    —    175   
$ 1,849    $   $ —    $ 1,850   
Long-term investments:
Corporate debt securities 957      —    961   
$ 957    $   $ —    $ 961   

Investments classified as available-for-sale are carried at fair value with changes reflected in other comprehensive income. Where there is an intention or a requirement to sell an impaired available-for-sale debt security, the entire impairment is recognized in earnings with a corresponding adjustment to the amortized cost basis of the security. We presently do not intend to sell any of the securities in an unrealized loss position and expect to realize the full value of all these investments upon maturity or sale.

We regularly review investment securities for credit impairment using both qualitative and quantitative criteria. In making this assessment, we consider the extent to which fair value is less than amortized cost, any changes to the rating of the security by a rating agency, any adverse conditions specifically related to the security, among other factors. If this assessment indicates that a credit loss exists, the present value of cash flows expected to be collected from the security are compared to the amortized cost basis of the security. If the present value of cash flows expected to be collected is less than the amortized cost basis, a credit loss exists and an allowance for credit losses will be recorded through interest and other, net for the credit loss, limited by the amount that the fair value is less than the amortized cost basis. Any impairment that has not been recorded through an allowance for credit losses is recognized in other comprehensive income. We did not recognize any credit-related impairment through an allowance for credit losses as of March 31, 2020.

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Investment securities in a continuous loss position for less than 12 months had an estimated fair value of $2.7 billion and $28 million of unrealized losses as of March 31, 2020, and an estimated fair value of $774 million and an immaterial amount of unrealized losses as of December 31, 2019. As of March 31, 2020 there were no investment securities in a continuous loss position for greater than 12 months. Investment securities in a continuous loss position for greater than 12 months had an estimated fair value of $92 million and an immaterial amount of unrealized losses as of December 31, 2019. Refer to “Note 16 – Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income” for amounts reclassified to earnings from unrealized gains and losses.

The estimated fair values of our short-term and long-term investments classified as available-for-sale by date of contractual maturity as of March 31, 2020 are as follows (in millions):  
  March 31, 2020
One year or less (including restricted cash of $19)
$ 3,550   
One year through two years 501   
Two years through three years 243   
$ 4,294   
Equity Investments

Our equity investments are reported in long-term investments on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. The following table provides a summary of our equity investments (in millions):
  March 31, 2020 December 31, 2019
Equity investments without readily determinable fair values $ 326    $ 337   
Equity investments under the equity method of accounting    
Total equity investments $ 333    $ 344   

The following table summarizes the change in total carrying value during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 related to equity investments without readily determinable fair values still held (in millions):

Three Months Ended
March 31,
2020 2019
Carrying value, beginning of period $ 337    $ 137   
Foreign currency translation and other (11)   —   
Carrying value, end of period $ 326    $ 137   

For such equity investments without readily determinable fair values still held at March 31, 2020, cumulative downward adjustments for price changes and impairment was $81 million. There have been no upward adjustments for price changes to our equity investments without readily determinable fair values still held at March 31, 2020.


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Note 8 — Derivative Instruments

Our primary objective in holding derivatives is to reduce the volatility of earnings and cash flows associated with changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. These hedging contracts reduce, but do not entirely eliminate, the impact of adverse foreign exchange rate and interest rate movements. We do not use any of our derivative instruments for trading purposes.

We use foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce the volatility of cash flows related to forecasted revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities, including intercompany balances denominated in foreign currencies. These contracts are generally one month to one year in duration but with maturities up to 24 months. The objective of the foreign exchange contracts is to better ensure that ultimately the U.S. dollar-equivalent cash flows are not adversely affected by changes in the applicable U.S. dollar/foreign currency exchange rate. We evaluate the effectiveness of our foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow or net investment hedges on a quarterly basis.

During the first quarter of 2020, we began to hedge the variability of forecasted interest payments on anticipated debt issuance using forward-starting interest rate swaps. The total notional amount of these forward-starting interest swaps was $100 million as of March 31, 2020 with terms calling for us to receive interest at a variable rate and to pay interest at a fixed rate. These interest rate swaps effectively fix the benchmark interest rate and have the economic effect of hedging the variability of forecasted interest payments for up to 10 years on an anticipated debt issuance in 2022, and they will be terminated upon issuance of the debt. Similar to other cash flow hedges, we record changes in the fair value of these interest rate swaps in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) until the anticipated debt issuance. Upon debt issuance and termination of the derivative instruments, their fair value will be amortized over the term of the new debt to interest expense. We evaluate the effectiveness of interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges on a quarterly basis.

We used interest rate swaps to manage interest rate risk on our fixed rate notes issued in July 2014 and maturing in 2019, 2021 and 2024. These interest rate swaps had the economic effect of modifying the fixed interest obligations associated with $2.4 billion of these notes so that the interest payable on these senior notes effectively became variable based on London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a spread. There were no interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges outstanding as of March 31, 2020.

Cash Flow Hedges

For derivative instruments that are designated as cash flow hedges, the derivative’s gain or loss is initially reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) and subsequently reclassified into earnings in the same period the forecasted hedged transaction affects earnings. Derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges must be de-designated as hedges when it is probable the forecasted hedged transaction will not occur in the initially identified time period or within a subsequent two-month time period. Unrealized gains and losses in AOCI associated with such derivative instruments are immediately reclassified into earnings. As of March 31, 2020, we have estimated that approximately $38 million of net derivative gains related to our cash flow hedges included in accumulated other comprehensive income will be reclassified into earnings within the next 12 months. We classify cash flows related to our cash flow hedges as operating activities in our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

Net Investment Hedges

For derivative instruments that are designated as net investment hedges, the derivative’s gain or loss is initially reported in the translation adjustments component of AOCI and is reclassified to net earnings in the period in which the hedged subsidiary is either sold or substantially liquidated.


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Fair Value Hedges

We designated the interest rate swaps used to manage interest rate risk on our fixed rate notes issued in July 2014 and maturing in 2019, 2021 and 2024 as qualifying hedging instruments and accounted for them as fair value hedges. These transactions were designated as fair value hedges for financial accounting purposes because they protected us against changes in the fair value of certain of our fixed rate borrowings due to benchmark interest rate movements. In 2019, $1.15 billion related to our 2.200% senior notes due 2019 of the $2.4 billion aggregate notional amount matured. In addition, during 2019, we terminated the interest rate swaps related to $750 million of our 2.875% senior notes due July 2021 and $500 million of our 3.450% senior notes due July 2024. As a result of the early termination, hedge accounting was discontinued prospectively and the gain on termination was recorded as an increase to the long-term debt balance and is being recognized over the remaining life of the underlying debt as a reduction to interest expense. The gain recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2020 was immaterial.

Non-Designated Hedges

Our derivatives not designated as hedging instruments consist of foreign currency forward contracts that we primarily use to hedge monetary assets or liabilities, including intercompany balances denominated in non-functional currencies. The gains and losses on our derivatives not designated as hedging instruments are recorded in interest and other, net, which are offset by the foreign currency gains and losses on the related assets and liabilities that are also recorded in interest and other, net. We classify cash flows related to our non-designated hedging instruments as operating activities in our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

Warrant

We entered into a warrant agreement in conjunction with a commercial agreement with Adyen that, subject to meeting certain conditions, entitles us to acquire a fixed number of shares up to 5% of Adyen’s fully diluted issued and outstanding share capital at a specific date. The warrant has a term of seven years and will vest in a series of four tranches, at a specified price per share (fixed for the first two tranches) upon meeting processing volume milestone targets on a calendar year basis. If and when a relevant milestone is reached, the warrant becomes exercisable with respect to the corresponding tranche of warrant shares up until the warrant expiration date of January 31, 2025. The maximum number of tranches that can vest in one calendar year is two.
 
The warrant is accounted for as a derivative under ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging. We report the warrant at fair value within other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets and changes in the fair value of the warrant are recognized in interest and other, net in our condensed consolidated statement of income. The day-one value attributable to the other side of the warrant, which was recorded as a deferred credit, is reported within other liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets and will be amortized over the life of the commercial arrangement.

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Fair Value of Derivative Contracts

The fair values of our outstanding derivative instruments were as follows (in millions):
 
Balance Sheet Location
March 31,
2020
December 31,
2019
Derivative Assets:
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges Other Current Assets    $ 70    $ 36   
Foreign exchange contracts designated as net investment hedges Other Current Assets      —   
Foreign exchange contracts not designated as hedging instruments Other Current Assets    23    15   
Warrant Other Assets    293    281   
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges Other Assets    24    15   
Total derivative assets $ 414    $ 347   
Derivative Liabilities:
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges Other Current Liabilities    $   $  
Foreign exchange contracts designated as net investment hedges Other Current Liabilities       
Foreign exchange contracts not designated as hedging instruments Other Current Liabilities    18    19   
Total derivative liabilities $ 21    $ 23   
Total fair value of derivative instruments $ 393    $ 324   

Under the master netting agreements with the respective counterparties to our derivative contracts, subject to applicable requirements, we are allowed to net settle transactions of the same type with a single net amount payable by one party to the other. However, we have elected to present the derivative assets and derivative liabilities on a gross basis on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. As of March 31, 2020, the potential effect of rights of set-off associated with the foreign exchange contracts would be an offset to both assets and liabilities by $21 million, resulting in net derivative assets of $100 million and net derivative liabilities of zero.

Effect of Derivative Contracts on Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The following tables present the activity of derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, and the impact of these derivative contracts on AOCI for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (in millions): 
  December 31, 2019
Amount of Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Other
Comprehensive 
Income
Less: Amount of Gain (Loss)
Reclassified From
AOCI to Earnings
March 31, 2020
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges $ (9)   $ 47    $ —    $ 38   

  December 31, 2018
Amount of Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Other
Comprehensive 
Income
Less: Amount of Gain (Loss)
Reclassified From
AOCI to Earnings
March 31, 2019
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges $ 68    $ (21)   $ 20    $ 27   


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Effect of Derivative Contracts on Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income

The following table provides a summary of the total gain (loss) recognized in the condensed consolidated statement of income from our foreign exchange derivative contracts by location (in millions): 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges recognized in net revenues $   $ 20   
Foreign exchange contracts not designated as hedging instruments recognized in interest and other, net   (5)  
Total gain (loss) recognized from foreign exchange derivative contracts in the condensed consolidated statement of income $ 10    $ 15   

The following table provides a summary of the total gain (loss) recognized in the condensed consolidated statement of income from our interest rate derivative contracts by location (in millions): 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019
Gain (loss) from interest rate contracts designated as fair value hedges recognized in interest and other, net $ —    $ 15   
Gain (loss) from hedged items attributable to hedged risk recognized in interest and other, net —    (15)  
Total gain (loss) recognized from interest rate derivative contracts in the condensed consolidated statement of income $ —    $ —   

The following table provides a summary of the total gain (loss) recognized in the condensed consolidated statement of income due to changes in the fair value of the warrant (in millions): 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019
Gain (loss) attributable to changes in the fair value of warrant recognized in interest and other, net $ 12    $ 113   

Notional Amounts of Derivative Contracts

Derivative transactions are measured in terms of the notional amount, but this amount is not recorded on the balance sheet and is not, when viewed in isolation, a meaningful measure of the risk profile of the instruments. The notional amount is generally not exchanged, but is used only as the basis on which the value of foreign exchange payments under these contracts are determined. The following table provides the notional amounts of our outstanding derivatives (in millions):
March 31,
2020
December 31,
2019
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges $ 2,023    $ 1,983   
Foreign exchange contracts designated as net investment hedges 165    200   
Foreign exchange contracts not designated as hedging instruments 2,006    2,439   
Interest rate contracts designated as cash flow hedges 100    —   
Total $ 4,294    $ 4,622   


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Credit Risk

Our derivatives expose us to credit risk to the extent that the counterparties may be unable to meet the terms of the arrangement. We seek to mitigate such risk by limiting our counterparties to, and by spreading the risk across, major financial institutions. In addition, the potential risk of loss with any one counterparty resulting from this type of credit risk is monitored on an ongoing basis. To further limit credit risk, we also enter into collateral security arrangements related to certain interest rate derivative instruments whereby collateral is posted between counterparties if the fair value of the derivative instrument exceeds certain thresholds. Additional collateral would be required in the event of a significant credit downgrade by either party. We are not required to pledge, nor are we entitled to receive, collateral related to our foreign exchange derivative transactions.

Note 9 — Fair Value Measurement of Assets and Liabilities

The following tables present our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in millions):
 
March 31, 2020
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant 
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
Assets:      
Cash and cash equivalents $ 880    $ 780    $ 100    $ —   
Short-term investments:
Restricted cash 19    19    —    —   
Corporate debt securities 3,431    —    3,431    —   
Government and agency securities 100    —    100    —   
Total short-term investments 3,550    19    3,531    —   
Derivatives 414    —    121    293   
Long-term investments:
Corporate debt securities 744    —    744    —   
Total long-term investments 744    —    744    —   
Total financial assets $ 5,588    $ 799    $ 4,496    $ 293   
Liabilities:
Derivatives $ 21    $ —    $ 21    $ —   


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December 31, 2019
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant 
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
Assets:      
Cash and cash equivalents $ 923    $ 923    $ —    $ —   
Short-term investments:
Restricted cash 21    21    —    —   
Corporate debt securities 1,654    —    1,654    —   
Government and agency securities 175    —    175    —   
Total short-term investments 1,850    21    1,829    —   
Derivatives 347    —    66    281   
Long-term investments:
Corporate debt securities 961    —    961    —   
Total long-term investments 961    —    961    —   
Total financial assets $ 4,081    $ 944    $ 2,856    $ 281   
Liabilities:
Derivatives $ 23    $ —    $ 23    $ —   

Our financial assets and liabilities are valued using market prices on both active markets (Level 1), less active markets (Level 2) and little or no market activity (Level 3). Level 1 instrument valuations are obtained from real-time quotes for transactions in active exchange markets involving identical assets. Level 2 instrument valuations are obtained from readily available pricing sources for comparable instruments, identical instruments in less active markets, or models using market observable inputs. Level 3 instrument valuations typically reflect management’s estimate of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. We did not have any transfers of financial instruments between valuation levels during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

The majority of our derivative instruments are valued using pricing models that take into account the contract terms as well as multiple inputs where applicable, such as equity prices, interest rate yield curves, option volatility and currency rates. Our warrant, which is accounted for as a derivative instrument, is valued using a Black-Scholes model. Key assumptions used in the valuation include risk-free interest rates; Adyen’s common stock price, equity volatility and common stock outstanding; exercise price; and details specific to the warrant. The value is also probability adjusted for management’s assumptions with respect to vesting of the four tranches which are each subject to meeting processing volume milestone targets. These assumptions and the probability of meeting processing volume milestone targets may have a significant impact on the value of the warrant. Refer to “Note 8 – Derivative Instruments” for further details on our derivative instruments.

Other financial instruments, including accounts receivable and accounts payable, are carried at cost, which approximates their fair value because of the short-term nature of these instruments.

The following table presents a reconciliation of the opening to closing balance of assets measured using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) (in millions):

March 31,
2020
December 31,
2019
Opening balance $ 281    $ 148   
Change in fair value 12    133   
Closing balance $ 293    $ 281   


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The following presents quantitative information about Level 3 significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the warrant as of March 31, 2020 (in millions):

Fair value Valuation technique Unobservable Input
Range (weighted average)(1)
Warrant $ 293    Black-Scholes and Monte Carlo Probability of vesting
0.0% - 90.0% (69.0%)
Equity volatility
20.7% - 55.3% (35.0%)
(1) Probability of vesting were weighted by the unadjusted value of the tranches. For volatility, the average represents the arithmetic average of the inputs and is not weighted by the relative fair value or notional amount.

Note 10 — Debt

The following table summarizes the carrying value of our outstanding debt (in millions, except percentages):
Coupon As of Effective As of Effective
 Rate March 31, 2020  Interest Rate December 31, 2019  Interest Rate
Long-Term Debt
Floating Rate Notes:
Senior notes due 2023 LIBOR plus 0.87%    $ 400    2.746  % $ 400    2.913  %
Fixed Rate Notes:
Senior notes due 2020 3.250%    500    3.389  % 500    3.389  %
Senior notes due 2020 2.150%    500    2.344  % 500    2.344  %
Senior notes due 2021 2.875%    750    2.993  % 750    2.993  %
Senior notes due 2022 3.800%    750    3.989  % 750    3.989  %
Senior notes due 2022 2.600%    1,000    2.678  % 1,000    2.678  %
Senior notes due 2023 2.750%    750    2.866  % 750    2.866  %
Senior notes due 2024 3.450%    750    3.531  % 750    3.531  %
Senior notes due 2025 1.900%    500    2.082  % —    —  %
Senior notes due 2027 3.600%    850    3.689  % 850    3.689  %
Senior notes due 2030 2.700%    500    2.788  % —    —  %
Senior notes due 2042 4.000%    750    4.114  % 750    4.114  %
Senior notes due 2056 6.000%    750    6.547  % 750    6.547  %
Total senior notes 8,750    7,750   
Hedge accounting fair value adjustments (1)
14    15   
Unamortized discount and debt issuance costs (53)   (44)  
Other long-term borrowings 13    17   
Less: Current portion of long-term debt (1,000)   (1,000)  
Total long-term debt 7,724    6,738   
Short-Term Debt
Current portion of long-term debt 1,000    1,000   
Unamortized discount and debt issuance costs —    (1)  
Other short-term borrowings 15    23   
Total short-term debt 1,015    1,022   
Total Debt $ 8,739    $ 7,760   
(1) Includes the fair value adjustments to debt associated with terminated interest rate swaps which are being recorded as a reduction to interest expense over the remaining term of the related notes.


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Senior Notes

In March 2020, we issued senior unsecured notes, or senior notes, in an aggregate principal amount of $1 billion. The issuance consisted of $500 million of 1.900% fixed rate notes due 2025 and $500 million of 2.700% fixed rate notes due 2030.

None of the floating rate notes are redeemable prior to maturity. On and after March 1, 2021, we may redeem some or all of the 6.000% fixed rate notes due 2056 at any time and from time to time prior to their maturity at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest. We may redeem some or all of the other fixed rate notes of each series at any time and from time to time prior to their maturity, generally at a make-whole redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

If a change of control triggering event (as defined in the applicable senior notes) occurs with respect to the 2.150% fixed rate notes due 2020, the 3.800% fixed rate notes due 2022, the floating rate notes due 2023, the 2.750% fixed rate notes due 2023, the 1.900% fixed rate notes due 2025, the 3.600% fixed rate notes due 2027, the 2.700% fixed rate notes due 2030 or the 6.000% fixed rate notes due 2056, we must, subject to certain exceptions, offer to repurchase all of the notes of the applicable series at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

The indenture pursuant to which the senior notes were issued includes customary covenants that, among other things and subject to exceptions, limit our ability to incur, assume or guarantee debt secured by liens on specified assets or enter into sale and lease-back transactions with respect to specified properties, and also includes customary events of default with customary grace periods in certain circumstances, including payment defaults and bankruptcy-related defaults.

To help achieve our interest rate risk management objectives, in connection with the previous issuance of certain senior notes, we entered into interest rate swap agreements that effectively converted $2.4 billion of our fixed rate notes to floating rate debt based on LIBOR plus a spread. These swaps were designated as fair value hedges against changes in the fair value of certain fixed rate senior notes resulting from changes in interest rates. The gains and losses related to changes in the fair value of interest rate swaps substantially offset changes in the fair value of the hedged portion of the underlying debt that are attributable to changes in market interest rates. In 2019, $1.15 billion related to our 2.200% senior notes of the $2.4 billion aggregate notional amount matured. In addition, during 2019, we terminated the interest rate swaps related to $750 million of our 2.875% senior notes due July 2021 and $500 million of our 3.450% senior notes due July 2024. As a result of the early termination, hedge accounting was discontinued prospectively and the gain on termination was recorded as an increase to the long-term debt balance and is being recognized over the remaining life of the underlying debt as a reduction to interest expense. The gain recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2020 was immaterial.

The effective interest rates for our senior notes include the interest payable, the amortization of debt issuance costs and the amortization of any original issue discount on these senior notes. Interest on these senior notes is payable either quarterly or semiannually. Interest expense associated with these senior notes, including amortization of debt issuance costs, was approximately $70 million and $80 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the estimated fair value of these senior notes, using Level 2 inputs, was approximately $8.7 billion and $7.9 billion, respectively.

Commercial Paper

We have a commercial paper program pursuant to which we may issue commercial paper notes in an aggregate principal amount at maturity of up to $1.5 billion outstanding at any time with maturities of up to 397 days from the date of issue. As of March 31, 2020, there were no commercial paper notes outstanding.

Credit Agreement

In March 2020, we entered into a credit agreement that provides for an unsecured $2 billion five-year credit facility. We may also, subject to the agreement of the applicable lenders, increase commitments under the revolving

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credit facility by up to $1 billion. Funds borrowed under the credit agreement may be used for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes. The credit agreement replaced our prior $2 billion unsecured revolving credit agreement dated November 2015, which was terminated effective March 2020.

As of March 31, 2020, no borrowings were outstanding under our $2 billion credit agreement. However, as described above, we have an up to $1.5 billion commercial paper program and are required to maintain available borrowing capacity under our credit agreement in order to repay commercial paper borrowings in the event we are unable to repay those borrowings from other sources when they become due, in an aggregate amount of $1.5 billion. However as of March 31, 2020, no borrowings were outstanding under our commercial paper program; therefore, $2 billion of borrowing capacity was available for other purposes permitted by the credit agreement, subject to customary conditions to borrowing. The credit agreement includes a covenant limiting our consolidated leverage ratio to no more than 4.0:1.0, subject to, upon the occurrence of a qualified material acquisition, if so elected by us, a step-up to 4.5:1.0 for the four fiscal quarters completed following such qualified material acquisition. The credit agreement includes customary events of default, with corresponding grace periods in certain circumstances, including payment defaults, cross-defaults and bankruptcy-related defaults. In addition, the credit agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including restrictions regarding the incurrence of liens and subsidiary indebtedness, in each case, subject to customary exceptions. The credit agreement also contains customary representations and warranties.

We were in compliance with all covenants in our outstanding debt instruments during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

Note 11 — Balance Sheet Components

Contract Balances  

Accounts receivable represents amounts invoiced and revenue recognized prior to invoicing when we have satisfied our performance obligation and have the unconditional right to payment. The allowance for doubtful accounts and authorized credits is estimated based upon our assessment of various factors including historical experience, the age of the accounts receivable balances, current economic conditions reasonable and supportable forecasts, and other factors that may affect our customers’ ability to pay. The allowance for doubtful accounts and authorized credits was $176 million and $128 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.
Deferred revenue consists of fees received related to unsatisfied performance obligations at the end of the period. Due to the generally short-term duration of contracts, the majority of the performance obligations are satisfied in the following reporting period. The amount of revenue recognized for the three month period ended March 31, 2020 that was included in the deferred revenue balance at the beginning of the period was $81 million. The amount of revenue recognized for the three month period ended March 31, 2019 that was included in the deferred revenue balance at the beginning of the period was $68 million.

Note 12 — Commitments and Contingencies

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of March 31, 2020, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future material effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

We have a cash pooling arrangement with a financial institution for cash management purposes. This arrangement allows for cash withdrawals from the financial institution based upon our aggregate operating cash balances held within the same financial institution (“Aggregate Cash Deposits”). This arrangement also allows us to withdraw amounts exceeding the Aggregate Cash Deposits up to an agreed-upon limit. The net balance of the withdrawals and the Aggregate Cash Deposits are used by the financial institution as a basis for calculating our net interest expense or income under the arrangement. As of March 31, 2020, we had a total of $4.5 billion in aggregate cash deposits, partially offset by $4.5 billion in cash withdrawals, held within the financial institution under the cash pooling arrangement.

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Litigation and Other Legal Matters
 
Overview
We are involved in legal and regulatory proceedings on an ongoing basis. Many of these proceedings are in early stages and may seek an indeterminate amount of damages. If we believe that a loss arising from such matters is probable and can be reasonably estimated, we accrue the estimated liability in our financial statements. If only a range of estimated losses can be determined, we accrue an amount within the range that, in our judgment, reflects the most likely outcome; if none of the estimates within that range is a better estimate than any other amount, we accrue the low end of the range. For those proceedings in which an unfavorable outcome is reasonably possible but not probable, we have disclosed an estimate of the reasonably possible loss or range of losses or we have concluded that an estimate of the reasonably possible loss or range of losses arising directly from the proceeding (i.e., monetary damages or amounts paid in judgment or settlement) is not material. If we cannot estimate the probable or reasonably possible loss or range of losses arising from a proceeding, we have disclosed that fact. In assessing the materiality of a proceeding, we evaluate, among other factors, the amount of monetary damages claimed, as well as the potential impact of non-monetary remedies sought by plaintiffs (e.g., injunctive relief) that may require us to change our business practices in a manner that could have a material adverse impact on our business. With respect to the matters disclosed in this Note 12, we are unable to estimate the possible loss or range of losses that could potentially result from the application of such non-monetary remedies.

Amounts accrued for legal and regulatory proceedings for which we believe a loss is probable were not material for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Except as otherwise noted for the proceedings described in this Note 12, we have concluded, based on currently available information, that reasonably possible losses arising directly from the proceedings (i.e., monetary damages or amounts paid in judgment or settlement) in excess of our recorded accruals are also not material. However, legal and regulatory proceedings are inherently unpredictable and subject to significant uncertainties. If one or more matters were resolved against us in a reporting period for amounts in excess of management’s expectations, the impact on our operating results or financial condition for that reporting period could be material. Legal fees are expensed as incurred.

General Matters

Third parties have from time to time claimed, and others may claim in the future, that we have infringed their intellectual property rights. We are subject to patent disputes, and expect that we could be subject to additional patent infringement claims involving various aspects of our business as our products and services continue to expand in scope and complexity. Such claims may be brought directly or indirectly against us and/or against our customers (who may be entitled to contractual indemnification under their contracts with us), and we are subject to increased exposure to such claims as a result of our acquisitions and divestitures and in cases where we are entering new lines of business. We have in the past been forced to litigate such claims. We may also become more vulnerable to third-party claims as laws such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Lanham Act and the Communications Decency Act are interpreted by the courts, and as we expand the scope of our business (both in terms of the range of products and services that we offer and our geographical operations) and become subject to laws in jurisdictions where the underlying laws with respect to the potential liability of online intermediaries like ourselves are either unclear or less favorable. We believe that additional lawsuits alleging that we have violated patent, copyright or trademark laws will be filed against us. Intellectual property claims, whether meritorious or not, are time consuming and costly to defend and resolve, could require expensive changes in our methods of doing business or could require us to enter into costly royalty or licensing agreements on unfavorable terms.

From time to time, we are involved in other disputes or regulatory inquiries that arise in the ordinary course of business, including suits by our users (individually or as class actions) alleging, among other things, improper disclosure of our prices, rules or policies, that our practices, prices, rules, policies or customer/user agreements violate applicable law or that we have acted unfairly and/or not acted in conformity with such practices, prices, rules, policies or agreements. Further, the number and significance of these disputes and inquiries are increasing as the political and regulatory landscape changes and, as we have grown larger, our businesses have expanded in scope (both in terms of the range of products and services that we offer and our geographical operations) and our products and services have increased in complexity. Any claims or regulatory actions against us, whether meritorious or not, could be time consuming, result in costly litigation, damage awards (including statutory damages for certain causes of action in certain jurisdictions), injunctive relief or increased costs of doing business through

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adverse judgment or settlement, require us to change our business practices in expensive ways, require significant amounts of management time, result in the diversion of significant operational resources or otherwise harm our business.

Indemnification Provisions

We entered into a separation and distribution agreement and various other agreements with PayPal to govern the separation and relationship of the two companies. These agreements provide for specific indemnity and liability obligations and could lead to disputes between us and PayPal, which may be significant. In addition, the indemnity rights we have against PayPal under the agreements may not be sufficient to protect us and our indemnity obligations to PayPal may be significant.

In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors, executive officers and certain other officers. These agreements require us to indemnify such individuals, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, for certain liabilities to which they may become subject as a result of their affiliation with us.

In the ordinary course of business, we have included limited indemnification provisions in certain of our agreements with parties with which we have commercial relations, including our standard marketing, promotions and application programming interface license agreements. Under these contracts, we generally indemnify, hold harmless and agree to reimburse the indemnified party for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party in connection with claims by a third party with respect to our domain names, trademarks, logos and other branding elements to the extent that such marks are applicable to our performance under the subject agreement. In certain cases, we have agreed to provide indemnification for intellectual property infringement. It is not possible to determine the maximum potential loss under these indemnification provisions due to our limited history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular provision. To date, losses recorded in our condensed consolidated statement of income in connection with our indemnification provisions have not been significant, either individually or collectively. 

Note 13 — Stockholders’ Equity

Stock Repurchase Program

Our stock repurchase programs are intended to programmatically offset the impact of dilution from our equity compensation programs and, subject to market conditions and other factors, to make opportunistic and programmatic repurchases of our common stock to reduce our outstanding share count. Any share repurchases under our stock repurchase programs may be made through open market transactions, block trades, privately negotiated transactions (including accelerated share repurchase transactions) or other means at times and in such amounts as management deems appropriate and will be funded from our working capital or other financing alternatives. Our stock repurchase programs may be limited or terminated at any time without prior notice. The timing and actual number of shares repurchased will depend on a variety of factors, including corporate and regulatory requirements, price and other market conditions and management’s determination as to the appropriate use of our cash.  

In January 2019, our Board authorized a $4.0 billion stock repurchase program and in January 2020, our Board authorized an additional $5.0 billion stock repurchase program. These stock repurchase programs have no expiration from the date of authorization.

On February 13, 2020, we entered into accelerated share repurchase agreements (the “ASR Agreements”) with each of three financial institutions (each an “ASR Counterparty”), as part of our share repurchase program. Under the ASR Agreements, we paid an aggregate amount of $3.0 billion to the ASR Counterparties and received an initial delivery of approximately 69 million shares of our common stock, which shares were recorded as a $2.55 billion increase to treasury stock. The final number of shares to be repurchased will be based on the volume-weighted average stock price of our common stock during the terms of the agreements, less a discount. This is evaluated as an unsettled forward contract indexed to our own stock, with $450 million classified within stockholders’ equity. The transactions are scheduled to settle in the third quarter of 2020 but may settle earlier in certain circumstances. At final settlement, each ASR Counterparty may be required to deliver additional shares of our common stock to us or, under certain circumstances, we may be required to make a cash payment or deliver shares of our common stock to the applicable ASR Counterparty, with the method of settlement at our election.

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The stock repurchase activity under our stock repurchase programs during the three months ended March 31, 2020 is summarized as follows (in millions, except per share amounts):
Shares Repurchased (1)
Average Price per Share (2)
Value of Shares Repurchased (2)
Remaining Amount Authorized
Balance as of January 1, 2020 $ 2,151   
Authorization of additional plan in January 2020 5,000   
Repurchase of shares of common stock 29    $ 34.30    $ 998    (998)  
Accelerated share repurchases (3)
69    $ 2,550    (2,550)  
Unsettled forward contract for share repurchase —    $ 450    (450)  
Balance as of March 31, 2020 $ 3,153   

(1)These repurchased shares of common stock were recorded as treasury stock and were accounted for under the cost method. None of the repurchased shares of common stock have been retired.
(2)Excludes broker commissions.
(3)As indicated above, under the ASR Agreements, we paid an aggregate amount of $3.0 billion to the ASR Counterparties and received an initial delivery of 69 million shares of our common stock. Pursuant to the terms of the ASR Agreements, the final number of shares and the average purchase price will be determined at the end of the applicable purchase periods, which are scheduled to occur in the third quarter of 2020 but may occur earlier in certain circumstances.

Dividends

The Company paid a total of $114 million in cash dividends during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and $125 million in cash dividends during the three months ended March 31, 2019. In April 2020, our Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.16 per share of common stock to be paid on June 19, 2020 to stockholders of record as of June 1, 2020.

Note 14 — Employee Benefit Plans

Restricted Stock Unit Activity

The following table presents restricted stock unit (“RSU”) activity (including performance-based RSUs that have been earned) under our equity incentive plans as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2020 (in millions):  
 
Units 
Outstanding as of January 1, 2020 28   
Awarded  
Vested (3)  
Forfeited (5)  
Outstanding as of March 31, 2020 21   

The weighted average grant date fair value for RSUs awarded during the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $36.50 per share.


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Stock-Based Compensation Expense

The impact on our results of operations of recording stock-based compensation expense was as follows (in millions):
Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019
Cost of net revenues $ 10    $ 12   
Sales and marketing 20    21   
Product development 39    42   
General and administrative 31    37   
Total stock-based compensation expense $ 100    $ 112   
Capitalized in product development $   $  

Note 15 — Income Taxes

We are subject to both direct and indirect taxation in the U.S. and various states and foreign jurisdictions. We are under examination by certain tax authorities for the 2008 to 2018 tax years. We believe that adequate amounts have been reserved for any adjustments that may ultimately result from these or other examinations. The material jurisdictions where we are subject to potential examination by tax authorities for tax years after 2007 include, among others, the U.S. (Federal and California), Germany, Korea, Israel, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
 
Although the timing of the resolution and/or closure of audits is highly uncertain, it is reasonably possible that the balance of gross unrecognized tax benefits could significantly change in the next 12 months. Given the number of years remaining subject to examination and the number of matters being examined, we are unable to estimate the full range of possible adjustments to the balance of gross unrecognized tax benefits. We expect the gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits to be reduced within the next twelve months by at least $19 million.

On July 27, 2015, in Altera Corp. v. Commissioner, the U.S. Tax Court issued an opinion invalidating the regulations relating to the treatment of stock-based compensation expense in an intercompany cost-sharing arrangement. A final decision was issued by the Tax Court in December 2015. The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) appealed the decision in June 2016. On July 24, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Federal Court issued a decision that was subsequently withdrawn and a reconstituted panel has conferred on the appeal. On June 7, 2019, the Ninth Circuit Federal Court upheld the cost-sharing regulations and on November 11, 2019 the U.S. Tax Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit released a court order denying an en banc rehearing of the case Altera Corp. v Commissioner following Altera’s petition filed on July 22, 2019. On February 10, 2020, a petition for writ of certiorari was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court. It has not been determined if this writ of certiorari will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court as of the date of our filing. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the status of the current regulations, questions related to the scope of potential benefits or obligations, and the risk of the Tax Court’s decision being overturned upon appeal, we have not recorded any benefit or expense as of March 31, 2020. We will continue to monitor ongoing developments and potential impacts to our consolidated financial statements.


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Note 16 — Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The following tables summarize the changes in AOCI for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (in millions):

Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Derivative Instruments Unrealized
Gains (Losses) on
Investments
Foreign
Currency
Translation
Estimated Tax (Expense) Benefit Total
Balance as of December 31, 2019 $ (9)   $   $ 363    $ 25    $ 384   
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications 47    (31)   (113)   (2)   (99)  
Less: Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI —    —    —    —    —   
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) 47    (31)   (113)   (2)   (99)  
Balance as of March 31, 2020 $ 38    $ (26)   $ 250    $ 23    $ 285   

Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Derivative Instruments Unrealized
Gains (Losses) on
Investments
Foreign
Currency
Translation
Estimated Tax (Expense) Benefit Total
Balance as of December 31, 2018 $ 68    $ (56)   $ 462    $ 24    $ 498   
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications (21)   40    (32)   (5)   (18)  
Less: Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI 20    —    —    (4)   16   
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) (41)   40    (32)   (1)   (34)  
Balance as of March 31, 2019 $ 27    $ (16)   $ 430    $ 23    $ 464   

The following table provides a summary of reclassifications out of AOCI (in millions):

Details about AOCI Components   Affected Line Item in the Statement of Income Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified From AOCI
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2020 2019
Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges - foreign exchange contracts Net Revenues $ —    $ 20   
Total, from continuing operations before income taxes —    20   
Provision for income taxes —    (4)  
Total, net of income taxes —    16   
Total reclassifications for the period Total, net of income taxes $ —    $ 16   

Note 17 — Restructuring

The following table summarizes restructuring reserve activity during the three months ended March 31, 2020 (in millions):
 
Employee Severance and Benefits
Accrued liability as of January 1, 2020 $ 28   
Charges  
Payments (24)  
Accrued liability as of March 31, 2020 $ 12   

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During the first quarter of 2020 we substantially completed the reduction in workforce that was approved by management during the fourth quarter of 2019, primarily in our Marketplace segment. We incurred pre-tax restructuring charges of approximately $8 million in the first quarter of 2020 in connection with the action taken in the fourth quarter of 2019.

During the first quarter of 2019, management approved a plan to drive operational improvement that included the reduction of workforce, primarily in our Marketplace segment. We incurred pre-tax restructuring charges of approximately $38 million, which were primarily related to employee severance and benefits. The reduction was substantially completed in the first quarter of 2019.

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ITEM 2: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements that involve expectations, plans or intentions (such as those relating to future business, future results of operations or financial condition, including with respect to the anticipated effects of COVID-19, new or planned features or services, or management strategies, including our strategic review). You can identify these forward-looking statements by words such as “may,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan” and other similar expressions. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, those discussed in “Part II - Item 1A: Risk Factors” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as well as in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, related notes, and the other information appearing elsewhere in this report and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). We do not intend, and undertake no obligation, to update any of our forward-looking statements after the date of this report to reflect actual results or future events or circumstances. Given these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. You should read the following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in this report.

OVERVIEW
 
Business

eBay Inc. is a global commerce leader, which includes our Marketplace and Classifieds platforms. Founded in 1995 in San Jose, California, eBay is one of the world’s largest and most vibrant marketplaces for discovering great value and unique selection. Collectively, we connect millions of buyers and sellers around the world, empowering people and creating opportunity. Our technologies and services are designed to give buyers choice and a breadth of relevant inventory and to enable sellers worldwide to organize and offer their inventory for sale, virtually anytime and anywhere. 

On February 13, 2020, we closed the previously announced sale of our StubHub business to an affiliate of viagogo. Beginning in the first quarter of 2020, StubHub’s financial results for periods prior to the sale have been reflected in our condensed consolidated statement of income as discontinued operations. Additionally, the related assets and liabilities associated with the discontinued operations in the prior year are classified as discontinued operations in our condensed consolidated balance sheet. See “Note 4 – Discontinued Operations” in our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for additional information.

On February 21, 2020, we issued a statement regarding our previously announced strategic review of Classifieds confirming that we have been in active discussions with multiple parties regarding a potential transaction.

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as a pandemic, which continues to spread throughout the world. While the disruption is currently expected to be temporary, there is uncertainty around the duration. Our Marketplace platforms have experienced improved traffic, buyer acquisition, and conversion due to ongoing confinement at home dynamics in many countries. The Marketplace platforms have also experienced improved acquisition of small business sellers, offset by a decline in advertising. Our eBay Classifieds platforms are adversely impacted by recent auto dealer closures in many international markets, lower traffic to horizontal classifieds sites around the world due to social distancing requirements and lower advertising revenues. The impacts seen in both platforms could continue while shelter-in-place or similar guidelines remain active, however it is difficult to predict the impact on our platforms as these guidelines are eased or lifted and how consumer demand and seller inventory may evolve over time. See “Results of Operations” below for impacts of COVID-19 on our results for the three months ended March 31, 2020. For additional information, see “– Liquidity and Capital Resource Requirements” below and “Item 1A: Risk Factors”

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under the captions “The global COVID-19 pandemic could harm our business and results of operations” in Part II of this report.

On April 13, 2020, we announced that the Board of Directors of eBay appointed Jamie Iannone as President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay, effective April 27, 2020. Mr. Iannone was also appointed as a member of the Board, effective as of April 27, 2020.

When we refer to “we,” “our,” “us” or “eBay” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we mean the current Delaware corporation (eBay Inc.) and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless otherwise expressly stated or the context otherwise requires.

Presentation

In addition to the corresponding measures under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), management uses non-GAAP measures in reviewing our financial results. The foreign exchange neutral (“FX-Neutral”), or constant currency, net revenue amounts discussed below are non-GAAP financial measures and are not in accordance with, or an alternative to, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Accordingly, the FX-Neutral information appearing in the following discussion of our results of operations should be read in conjunction with the information provided below in “Non-GAAP Measures of Financial Performance,” which includes reconciliations of FX-Neutral financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures. We calculate the year-over-year impact of foreign currency movements using prior period foreign currency rates applied to current year transactional currency amounts.

Quarter Highlights

Net revenues decreased 2% to $2.4 billion during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. FX-Neutral net revenue increased 1% during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. Operating margin increased to 26.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to 24.6% for the same period in 2019. Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations increased to $0.64 during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to $0.57 in the same period in 2019. The sale of StubHub was completed for $4.1 billion of proceeds, subject to working capital adjustments, which was recorded within discontinued operations.

We generated cash flow from continuing operating activities of $702 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to $572 million in the same period in 2019. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we issued debt of $1.0 billion and paid $4.0 billion for repurchases of our common stock and paid $114 million in cash dividends.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

We have two reportable segments to reflect the way management and our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) review and assess performance of the business. During the first quarter of 2020, we classified the results of our previous StubHub segment as discontinued operations in our condensed consolidated statement of income for all prior periods presented. Our two reportable segments are Marketplace and Classifieds. Marketplace includes our online marketplace located at www.ebay.com, its localized counterparts and the eBay suite of mobile apps. Classifieds includes a collection of brands such as mobile.de, Kijiji, Gumtree, Marktplaats, eBay Kleinanzeigen and others. The accounting policies of our segments are the same as those described in “Note 1 – The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report. Prior period segment information has been reclassified to conform to the current period segment presentation.

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Net Revenues

Seasonality

We expect transaction activity patterns on our platforms to mirror general consumer buying patterns and expect that these trends will continue. All of our segments have seasonal cadences that impact their revenues and margins. The following table sets forth sequential quarterly movements of our total net revenues for the periods presented (in millions, except percentages):

  Quarter Ended
  March 31 June 30 September 30 December 31
2018
Net revenues $ 2,348    $ 2,394    $ 2,358    $ 2,563   
% change from prior quarter (2) % % (1) % %
2019
Net revenues $ 2,413    $ 2,423    $ 2,343    $ 2,500   
% change from prior quarter (6) % —  % (3) % %
2020
Net revenues $ 2,374    $ —    $ —    $ —   
% change from prior quarter (5) %

Net Revenues by Geography

Revenues are attributed to U.S. and international geographies primarily based upon the country in which the seller, platform that displays advertising, other service provider or customer, as the case may be, is located. The following table presents net revenues by geography for the periods presented (in millions, except percentages):
  Three Months Ended
March 31,
% Change
  2020 2019 As Reported
U.S. $ 822    $ 842    (2) %
Percentage of net revenues 35  % 35  %
International 1,552    1,571    (1) %
Percentage of net revenues 65  % 65  %
Total net revenues $ 2,374    $ 2,413    (2) %

Our commerce platforms operate globally, resulting in certain revenues that are denominated in foreign currencies, including the euro, British pound, Korean won, and Australian dollar. In addition, as shown in the table above, we generate a majority of our net revenues internationally. Because of these factors, we are subject to the risks related to doing business in foreign countries as discussed in “Part II - Item 1A: Risk Factors.”

Net revenues included immaterial hedging gains during the three months ended March 31, 2020, as compared to $20 million of hedging gains during the same period in 2019. The hedging activity in net revenues specifically relates to hedges of net transaction revenues generated by our Marketplace segment. Foreign currency movements relative to the U.S. dollar had an unfavorable impact of $41 million on net revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to an unfavorable impact of $67 million during the same period in 2019. The effect of foreign currency exchange rate movements during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 was primarily attributable to the strengthening of the U.S. dollar against the Korean won and euro.


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Net Revenues by Type and Segment

We generate two types of net revenues:

Net transaction revenues primarily include final value fees, feature fees, including fees to promote listings, and listing fees from sellers on our Marketplace platforms. Our net transaction revenues also include store subscription and other fees, often from large enterprise sellers. Our net transaction revenues are reduced by incentives, including discounts, coupons and rewards, provided to our customers.

Marketing services and other (“MS&O”) revenues consist of Marketplace and Classifieds revenues principally from the sale of advertisements, classifieds fees, revenue sharing arrangements and first-party inventory programs.

The following table presents net revenues by type and segment (in millions, except percentages):

  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019 % Change
Net transaction revenues:
Marketplace $ 1,900    $ 1,885    %
Marketing services and other revenues:
Marketplace 230    277    (17) %
Classifieds 248    256    (3) %
Elimination of inter-segment net revenues (4)   (5)   (20) %
Total 474    528    (10) %
Total net revenues $ 2,374    $ 2,413    (2) %

Net Transaction Revenues

Key Operating Metrics

Gross Merchandise Volume (“GMV”) and take rate are significant factors that we believe affect our net transaction revenues.

GMV consists of the total value of all successfully closed transactions between users on our Marketplace platform during the applicable period, regardless of whether the buyer and seller actually consummated the transaction. Despite GMV’s divergence from revenue, we still believe that GMV provides a useful measure of the overall volume of closed transactions that flow through our Marketplace platform in a given period, notwithstanding the inclusion in GMV of closed transactions that are not ultimately consummated.

Take rate is defined as net transaction revenues divided by GMV.

Marketplace Net Transaction Revenues
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Change
  2020 2019 As Reported FX-Neutral
(In millions, except percentages)
Marketplace net transaction revenues (1)
$ 1,900    $ 1,885    % %
Supplemental data:
Marketplace GMV $ 21,259    $ 21,571    (1) % —  %
Marketplace take rate 8.93  % 8.74  % 0.19  %
(1)Marketplace net transaction revenues were net of immaterial hedging activity during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and $20 million of hedging activity during the three months ended March 31, 2019.

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Marketplace net transaction revenues increased during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 primarily due to growth in promoted listing fees and higher take rate, partially offset by additional credit provisions recognized in light of the current economic environment driven by COVID-19.

Marketplace transaction take rate was higher during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, primarily due to growth in promoted listing fees, which along with final value fees are calculated as a percentage of an item’s sale price and category mix, partially offset by additional credit provisions recognized in light of the current economic environment driven by COVID-19.

The increase in Marketplace net transaction revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 was due to take rate considerations discussed above, despite declining Marketplace GMV. We expect that the divergence between Marketplace net transaction revenues and Marketplace GMV to continue throughout 2020. Despite GMV’s divergence from net transaction revenues, we still believe the metric provides a useful measure of overall volume of closed transactions that flow through the platform in a given period.

Marketing Services and Other Revenues

Three Months Ended
March 31,
% Change
  2020 2019 As Reported FX-Neutral
(In millions, except percentages)
Marketplace $ 230    $ 277    (17) % (15) %
Classifieds 248    256    (3) % —  %
Elimination of inter-segment net revenues (4)   (5)   (20) % (20) %
Total MS&O revenues $ 474    $ 528    (10) % (8) %

Marketplace MS&O Revenues

The decrease in Marketplace MS&O revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 was primarily due to the sale of brands4friends in the third quarter of 2019, lower advertising revenues that were driven by our ongoing shift to promoted listing fees, which are recognized in net transaction revenues, partially offset by increases attributable to our first-party inventory program in Korea.

Classifieds MS&O Revenues

The decrease in Classifieds MS&O revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 was primarily driven by the impact of COVID-19 on advertising revenues.

Cost of Net Revenues

Cost of net revenues primarily consists of costs associated with customer support, site operations, costs of goods sold and payment processing. Significant components of these costs include employee compensation, contractor costs, facilities costs, depreciation of equipment and amortization expense, first-party inventory program costs, bank transaction fees, and credit card interchange and assessment fees. The following table presents cost of net revenues (in millions, except percentages):
  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019 % Change
Cost of net revenues $ 526    $ 539    (3) %
Percentage of net revenues 22.1  % 22.3  %     

Cost of net revenues, net of immaterial hedging activities, was favorably impacted by $11 million attributable to foreign currency movements relative to the U.S. dollar during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.

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The decrease in cost of net revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 was primarily due to a favorable impact from foreign currency movements relative to the U.S. dollar, lower cost of goods sold due to the sale brands4friends in the third quarter of 2019, and lower customer support and site operations costs. The decrease in cost of net revenues was partially offset by an increase in payment processing costs as we continue to transition customers to our payments platform and an increase in cost of goods sold related to our first-party inventory program in Korea.

Operating Expenses

The following table presents operating expenses (in millions, except percentages): 
  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019 % Change
Sales and marketing $ 607    $ 647    (6) %
Percentage of net revenues 26  % 27  %
Product development 267    272    (2) %
Percentage of net revenues 11  % 11  %
General and administrative 234    284    (18) %
Percentage of net revenues 10  % 12  %
Provision for transaction losses 102    67    54  %
Percentage of net revenues % %
Amortization of acquired intangible assets   11    (18) %
Total operating expenses $ 1,219    $ 1,281    (5) %

Foreign currency movements relative to the U.S. dollar had a favorable impact of $20 million on operating expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. There was no hedging activity within operating expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

Sales and Marketing
 
Sales and marketing expenses primarily consist of advertising and marketing program costs (both online and offline), employee compensation, certain user coupons and rewards, contractor costs, facilities costs and depreciation on equipment. Online marketing expenses represent traffic acquisition costs in various channels such as paid search, affiliates marketing and display advertising. Offline advertising primarily includes brand campaigns and buyer/seller communications.

The decrease in sales and marketing expense during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 was primarily due to a decrease in employee-related costs, a favorable impact from foreign currency movements relative to the U.S. dollar and a decrease in user coupons and rewards.

Product Development
 
Product development expenses primarily consist of employee compensation, contractor costs, facilities costs and depreciation on equipment. Product development expenses are net of required capitalization of major platform and other product development efforts, including the development and maintenance of our technology platform. Our top technology priorities include payment intermediation capabilities and improved seller tools and buyer experiences built on a foundation of structured data.

The change in product development expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 was relatively flat.

Capitalized internal use and platform development costs were $31 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to $38 million for the same period in 2019. These costs are primarily reflected as a cost of net revenues when amortized in future periods.


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General and Administrative
 
General and administrative expenses primarily consist of employee compensation, contractor costs, facilities costs, depreciation of equipment, employer payroll taxes on stock-based compensation, legal expenses, restructuring, insurance premiums and professional fees. Our legal expenses, including those related to various ongoing legal proceedings, may fluctuate substantially from period to period.

The decrease in general and administrative expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 was primarily due to restructuring costs related to our global workforce reduction in 2019 and decreases in professional fees and employee-related costs.

Provision for Transaction Losses

Provision for transaction losses primarily consists of transaction loss expense associated with our buyer protection programs, fraud and bad debt expense associated with our accounts receivable balance. We expect our provision for transaction losses to fluctuate depending on many factors, including changes to our protection programs and the impact of regulatory changes.

The increase in provision for transaction losses during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 was primarily due to an increase in bad debt expense as a result of additional provisions recognized in light of the current economic environment driven by COVID-19.

Income from Continuing Operations
 
The following table presents income from continuing operations (in millions, except percentages):
  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019 % Change
Income from continuing operations $ 629    $ 593    %
Operating margin 26.5  % 24.6  %     

The increase in income from continuing operations during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 was primarily due to lower restructuring and employee costs in 2019 which were partially offset by lower Marketplace operating income and the impact of COVID-19 on the Classifieds segment in 2020 as described above.

Interest and Other, Net
 
Interest and other, net primarily consists of interest earned on cash, cash equivalents and investments, as well as foreign exchange transaction gains and losses, gains and losses due to changes in fair value of the warrant received from Adyen, our portion of operating results from investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting, investment gain/loss on acquisitions or disposals and interest expense, consisting of interest charges on any amounts borrowed and commitment fees on unborrowed amounts under our credit agreement and interest expense on our outstanding debt securities and commercial paper, if any. The following table presents interest and other, net (in millions, except percentages):

  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019 % Change
Total interest and other, net $   $ 64    **   
Percentage of net revenues —  % %

The decrease in interest and other, net during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 was primarily attributable to the change in the fair value of the Adyen warrant from 2019 partially offset by a gain recorded for the receipt of proceeds that were held in escrow related to a long-term investment that was sold in 2018.

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Income Tax Provision

The following table presents provision for income taxes (in millions, except percentages):

  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2020 2019
Income tax provision $ 146    $ 141   
Effective tax rate 23.2  % 21.3  %

The increase in our effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 was primarily due to changes in the jurisdictional mix and character of earnings in foreign jurisdictions and related U.S. tax implications.

The realignment of our legal structure, substantially completed in 2018, allows us to achieve certain foreign cash tax benefits due to the step-up in tax basis achieved in certain foreign jurisdictions. We expect these cash tax benefits to remain consistent, subject to the performance of our foreign platforms, for a period in excess of 10 years. The realignment primarily impacted our international entities. However, U.S. tax reform and the new U.S. minimum tax on foreign earnings will reduce our expected consolidated cash tax benefits.

We are regularly under examination by tax authorities both domestically and internationally. We believe that adequate amounts have been reserved for any adjustments that may ultimately result from these examinations, although we cannot assure you that this will be the case given the inherent uncertainties in these examinations. Due to the ongoing tax examinations, we believe it is impractical to determine the amount and timing of these adjustments.

Discontinued Operations

On February 13, 2020, we closed the previously announced sale of our StubHub business to an affiliate of viagogo. Beginning in the first quarter of 2020, StubHub’s financial results for periods prior to the sale have been reflected in our condensed consolidated statement of income as discontinued operations. Additionally, the related assets and liabilities associated with the discontinued operations in the prior year are classified as discontinued operations in our condensed consolidated balance sheet. See “Note 4 – Discontinued Operations” for additional information.

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Non-GAAP Measures of Financial Performance

To supplement our condensed consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, we use FX-Neutral net revenues, which are non-GAAP financial measures. Management uses the foregoing non-GAAP measures in reviewing our financial results. We define FX-Neutral net revenues as net revenues minus the exchange rate effect. We define exchange rate effect as the year-over-year impact of foreign currency movements using prior period foreign currency rates applied to current year transactional currency amounts, excluding hedging activity.

These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative to, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. Non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with our results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP. These measures should only be used to evaluate our results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures.

These non-GAAP measures are provided to enhance investors’ overall understanding of our current financial performance and its prospects for the future. Specifically, we believe these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to both management and investors by excluding the foreign currency exchange rate impact that may not be indicative of our core operating results and business outlook. In addition, because we have historically reported certain non-GAAP results to investors, we believe that the inclusion of these non-GAAP measures provide consistency in our financial reporting.

The following tables set forth a reconciliation of FX-Neutral GMV and FX-Neutral net revenues (each as defined below) to our reported GMV and net revenues for the periods presented (in millions, except percentages):

  Three Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2019
 
As Reported
Exchange Rate Effect(1)(3)
FX-Neutral(2)
As Reported
As Reported % Change
FX-Neutral
% Change
GMV:
Marketplace $ 21,259    $ (417)   $ 21,676    $ 21,571    (1) % —  %
Net Revenues
Net transaction revenues:
Marketplace $ 1,900    $ (30)   $ 1,930    $ 1,885    % %
Marketing services and other revenues:
Marketplace 230    (5)   235    277    (17) % (15) %
Classifieds 248    (6)   254    256    (3) % —  %
Elimination of inter-segment net revenue (4)   —    (4)   (5)   (20) % (20) %
Total 474    (11)   485    528    (10) % (8) %
Total net revenues $ 2,374    $ (41)   $ 2,415    $ 2,413    (2) % %

(1)We define exchange rate effect as the year-over-year impact of foreign currency movements using prior period foreign currency rates applied to current year transactional currency amounts excluding hedging activity.
(2)We define FX-Neutral GMV as GMV minus the exchange rate effect. We define the non-GAAP financial measures of FX-Neutral net revenues as net revenues minus the exchange rate effect.
(3)Marketplace net transaction revenues were net of immaterial hedging activity during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and $20 million of hedging activity during the three months ended March 31, 2019.


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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows 
  Three Months Ended March 31,
  2020 2019
  (In millions)
Net cash provided by (used in):    
Continuing operating activities $ 702    $ 572   
Continuing investing activities (1,569)   571   
Continuing financing activities (3,161)   (1,605)  
Effect of exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (34)   (10)  
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents - discontinued operations 3,965    (35)  
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash $ (97)   $ (507)  
 
Continuing Operating Activities

Cash provided by continuing operating activities of $702 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020 was primarily attributable to net income of $3.4 billion with adjustments for income from discontinued operations of $2.9 billion, $147 million in depreciation and amortization, $100 million in stock-based compensation, $102 million in provision for transaction losses, $52 million for deferred income taxes, partially offset by $134 million in changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisition effects, $38 million for a gain on sale of an investment and an adjustment to net income of $12 million for changes in the fair value of the Adyen warrant.

Continuing Investing Activities

Cash used in continuing investing activities of $1.6 billion in the three months ended March 31, 2020 was primarily attributable to cash paid for investments of $10.7 billion and property and equipment of $98 million, partially offset by proceeds of $9.2 billion from the maturities and sales of investments.

Continuing Financing Activities

Cash used in continuing financing activities of $3.2 billion in the three months ended March 31, 2020 was primarily attributable to cash paid to repurchase $4.0 billion of common stock, of which $3.0 billion related to repurchases of common stock under an accelerated share repurchase program, and $114 million of cash dividends, which were partially offset by $1.0 billion of proceeds from debt issuances.

The negative effect of exchange rate movements on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash was due to the strengthening of the U.S. dollar against other currencies, primarily the Korean won, British pound, Turkish Iira and Australian dollar during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the 2019 year-end rate.


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Stock Repurchases

In January 2019, our Board authorized a $4.0 billion stock repurchase program and in January 2020, our Board authorized an additional $5.0 billion stock repurchase program. These stock repurchase programs have no expiration from the date of authorization.

On February 13, 2020, we entered into accelerated share repurchase agreements (the “ASR Agreements”) with each three financial institutions (each, an “ASR Counterparty”), as part of our share repurchase program. Under the ASR Agreements, we paid an aggregate amount of $3.0 billion to the ASR Counterparties and received an initial delivery of approximately 69 million shares of our common stock, which shares were recorded as a $2.55 billion increase to treasury stock. The final number of shares to be repurchased will be based on the volume-weighted average stock price of our common stock during the terms of the agreements, less a discount. This is evaluated as an unsettled forward contract indexed to our own stock, with $450 million classified within stockholders’ equity. The transactions are scheduled to settle in the third quarter of 2020 but may settle earlier in certain circumstances. At final settlement, each ASR Counterparty may be required to deliver additional shares of our common stock to us or, under certain circumstances, we may be required to make a cash payment or deliver shares of our common stock to the applicable ASR Counterparty, with the method of settlement at our election.

Our stock repurchase programs are intended to programmatically offset the impact of dilution from our equity compensation programs and, subject to market conditions and other factors, to make opportunistic and programmatic repurchases of our common stock to reduce our outstanding share count. Any share repurchases under our stock repurchase programs may be made through open market transactions, block trades, privately negotiated transactions (including accelerated share repurchase transactions) or other means at times and in such amounts as management deems appropriate and will be funded from our working capital or other financing alternatives.

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we repurchased approximately $4 billion of our common stock under our stock repurchase programs. As of March 31, 2020, a total of approximately $3.2 billion remained available for future repurchases of our common stock under our stock repurchase programs. 

We expect, subject to market conditions and other uncertainties, to continue making opportunistic and programmatic repurchases of our common stock. However, our stock repurchase programs may be limited or terminated at any time without prior notice. The timing and actual number of shares repurchased will depend on a variety of factors, including corporate and regulatory requirements, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, price and other market conditions and management’s determination as to the appropriate use of our cash.  

Dividends

We paid a total of $114 million in cash dividends during the three months ended March 31, 2020. In April 2020, our Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.16 per share of common stock to be paid on June 19, 2020 to stockholders of record as of June 1, 2020.

Shelf Registration Statement and Debt

Shelf Registration

As of March 31, 2020, we had an effective shelf registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission that allows us to issue various types of debt securities, as well as common stock, preferred stock, warrants, depositary shares representing fractional interest in shares of preferred stock, purchase contracts and units from time to time in one or more offerings. Each issuance under the shelf registration statement will require the filing of a prospectus supplement identifying the amount and terms of the securities to be issued. The registration statement does not limit the amount of securities that may be issued thereunder. Our ability to issue securities is subject to market conditions and other factors including, in the case of our debt securities, our credit ratings and compliance with the covenants in our credit agreement.


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Senior Notes

As of March 31, 2020, we had floating- and fixed-rate senior notes outstanding for an aggregate principal amount of $8.8 billion. The net proceeds from the issuances of these senior notes are used for general corporate purposes, including, among other things, capital expenditures, share repurchases, repayment of indebtedness and possible acquisitions. The floating rate notes are not redeemable prior to maturity. On and after March 1, 2021, we may redeem some or all of the 6.000% fixed rate notes due 2056 at any time and from time to time prior to their maturity, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest. We may redeem some or all of the other fixed rate notes of each series at any time and from time to time prior to their maturity, generally at a make-whole redemption price plus accrued and unpaid interest. If a change of control triggering event (as defined in the applicable senior notes) occurs with respect to the 2.150% fixed rate notes due 2020, the 3.800% fixed rate notes due 2022, the floating rate notes due 2023, the 2.750% fixed rate notes due 2023, the 1.900% fixed rate notes due 2025, the 3.600% fixed rate notes due 2027, the 2.700% fixed rate notes due 2030 or the 6.000% fixed rate notes due 2056, we must, subject to certain exceptions, offer to repurchase all of the notes of the applicable series at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. For additional details related to our senior notes, please see “Note 10 – Debt” to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.

To help achieve our interest rate risk management objectives, in connection with the previous issuance of certain senior notes, we entered into interest rate swap agreements that effectively converted $2.4 billion of the fixed rate notes to floating rate debt based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a spread. These swaps were designated as fair value hedges against changes in the fair value of certain fixed rate senior notes resulting from changes in interest rates. As of March 31, 2020, we had no interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges outstanding as $1.15 billion related to our 2.200% senior notes of the $2.4 billion aggregate notional amount matured in 2019 and in 2019 we terminated the interest rate swaps related to $750 million of our 2.875% senior notes due July 2021 and $500 million of our 3.450% senior notes due July 2024. As a result of the early termination, hedge accounting was discontinued prospectively and the gain on termination was recorded as an increase to the long-term debt balance and is being recognized over the remaining life of the underlying debt as a reduction to interest expense. The gain recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2020 was immaterial. For additional details related to the interest rate swap termination, please see, “Note 10 – Debt” to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.

The indenture pursuant to which the senior notes were issued includes customary covenants that, among other things and subject to exceptions, limit our ability to incur, assume or guarantee debt secured by liens on specified assets or enter into sale and lease-back transactions with respect to specified properties, and also includes customary events of default with customary grace periods in certain circumstances, including payment defaults and bankruptcy-related defaults.

Commercial Paper

We have a commercial paper program pursuant to which we may issue commercial paper notes in an aggregate principal amount at maturity of up to $1.5 billion outstanding at any time with maturities of up to 397 days from the date of issue. As of March 31, 2020, there were no commercial paper notes outstanding.

Credit Agreement

In March 2020, we entered into a credit agreement that provides for an unsecured $2 billion five-year credit facility. We may also, subject to the agreement of the applicable lenders, increase commitments under the revolving credit facility by up to $1 billion. Funds borrowed under the credit agreement may be used for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes. The credit agreement replaced our prior $2 billion unsecured revolving credit agreement dated November 2015, which was terminated effective March 2020.

As of March 31, 2020, no borrowings were outstanding under our $2 billion credit agreement. However, as described above, we have an up to $1.5 billion commercial paper program and are required to maintain available borrowing capacity under our credit agreement in order to repay commercial paper borrowings in the event we are unable to repay those borrowings from other sources when they become due, in an aggregate amount of $1.5 billion. However as of March 31, 2020, no borrowings were outstanding under our commercial paper program; therefore, $2 billion of borrowing capacity was available for other purposes permitted by the credit agreement. The

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credit agreement includes a covenant limiting our consolidated leverage ratio to no more than 4.0:1.0, subject to, upon the occurrence of a qualified material acquisition, if so elected by us, a step-up to 4.5:1.0 for the four fiscal quarters completed following such qualified material acquisition. The credit agreement includes customary events of default, with corresponding grace periods in certain circumstances, including payment defaults, cross-defaults and bankruptcy-related defaults. In addition, the credit agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including restrictions regarding the incurrence of liens and subsidiary indebtedness, in each case, subject to customary exceptions. The credit agreement also contains customary representations and warranties.

We were in compliance with all covenants in our outstanding debt instruments for the three months ended March 31, 2020.

Credit Ratings

As of March 31, 2020, we were rated investment grade by Standard and Poor’s Financial Services, LLC (long-term rated BBB+, short-term rated A-2, with a stable outlook), Moody’s Investor Service (long-term rated Baa1, short-term rated P-2, with a stable outlook), and Fitch Ratings, Inc. (long-term rated BBB, short-term rated F-2, with a stable outlook). We disclose these ratings to enhance the understanding of our sources of liquidity and the effects of our ratings on our costs of funds. Our borrowing costs depend, in part, on our credit ratings and any further actions taken by these credit rating agencies to lower our credit ratings, as described above, will likely increase our borrowing costs. 

Liquidity and Capital Resource Requirements

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we had assets classified as cash and cash equivalents, as well as short-term and long-term non-equity investments, in an aggregate amount of $5.2 billion and $3.8 billion, respectively. As of March 31, 2020, this amount included assets held in certain of our foreign operations totaling approximately $3.2 billion. As we repatriate these funds to the U.S., we will be required to pay income taxes in certain U.S. states and applicable foreign withholding taxes on those amounts during the period when such repatriation occurs. We have accrued deferred taxes for the tax effect of repatriating the funds to the U.S.

We actively monitor all counterparties that hold our cash and cash equivalents and non-equity investments, focusing primarily on the safety of principal and secondarily on improving yield on these assets. We diversify our cash and cash equivalents and investments among various counterparties in order to reduce our exposure should any one of these counterparties fail or encounter difficulties. To date, we have not experienced any material loss or lack of access to our invested cash, cash equivalents or short-term investments; however, we can provide no assurances that access to our invested cash, cash equivalents or short-term investments will not be impacted by adverse conditions in the financial markets, including, without limitation, as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. At any point in time we have funds in our operating accounts and customer accounts that are deposited and invested with third party financial institutions.

We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term and long-term investments, together with cash expected to be generated from operations, borrowings available under our credit agreement and commercial paper program, and our access to capital markets, will be sufficient to fund our operating activities, anticipated capital expenditures, repayment of debt and stock repurchases for the foreseeable future. However, COVID-19 and related measures to contain its impact have caused material disruptions in both national and global financial markets and economies. The future impact of COVID-19 and these containment measures cannot be predicted with certainty and may increase our borrowing costs and other costs of capital and otherwise adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and we cannot assure that we will have access to external financing at times and on terms we consider acceptable, or at all, or that we will not experience other liquidity issues going forward.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of March 31, 2020, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future material effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.


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We have a cash pooling arrangement with a financial institution for cash management purposes. This arrangement allows for cash withdrawals from the financial institution based upon our aggregate operating cash balances held within the same financial institution (“Aggregate Cash Deposits”). This arrangement also allows us to withdraw amounts exceeding the Aggregate Cash Deposits up to an agreed-upon limit. The net balance of the withdrawals and the Aggregate Cash Deposits are used by the financial institution as a basis for calculating our net interest expense or income under the arrangement. As of March 31, 2020, we had a total of $4.5 billion in aggregate cash deposits, partially offset by $4.5 billion in cash withdrawals, held within the financial institution under the cash pooling arrangement.

Indemnification Provisions

We entered into a separation and distribution agreement and various other agreements with PayPal to govern the separation and relationship of the two companies. These agreements provide for specific indemnity and liability obligations and could lead to disputes between us and PayPal, which may be significant. In addition, the indemnity rights we have against PayPal under the agreements may not be sufficient to protect us and our indemnity obligations to PayPal may be significant.

In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors, executive officers and certain other officers. These agreements require us to indemnify such individuals, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, for certain liabilities to which they may become subject as a result of their affiliation with us.

In the ordinary course of business, we have included limited indemnification provisions in certain of our agreements with parties with which we have commercial relations, including our standard marketing, promotions and application programming interface license agreements. Under these contracts, we generally indemnify, hold harmless and agree to reimburse the indemnified party for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party in connection with claims by a third party with respect to our domain names, trademarks, logos and other branding elements to the extent that such marks are applicable to our performance under the subject agreement. In certain cases, we have agreed to provide indemnification for intellectual property infringement. It is not possible to determine the maximum potential loss under these indemnification provisions due to our limited history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular provision. To date, losses recorded in our condensed consolidated statement of income in connection with our indemnification provisions have not been significant, either individually or collectively.

Item 3: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Interest Rate Risk

We are exposed to interest rate risk relating to our investments and outstanding debt. In addition, adverse economic conditions and events (including volatility or distress in the equity and/or debt or credit markets) may impact regional and global financial markets. We seek to reduce earnings volatility that may result from adverse economic conditions and events or changes in interest rates.

The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while at the same time improving yields without significantly increasing risk. To achieve this objective, we maintain our cash equivalents and short-term and long-term investments in a variety of asset types, including bank deposits, government bonds and corporate debt securities. As of March 31, 2020, approximately 16% of our total cash and investments was held in cash and cash equivalents. As such, changes in interest rates will impact interest income. As discussed below, the fair market values of our fixed rate securities may be adversely affected due to a rise in interest rates, and we may suffer losses in principal if we are forced to sell securities that have declined in market value due to changes in interest rates.
 

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As of March 31, 2020, the balance of our corporate debt and government bond securities was $4.3 billion, which represented approximately 78% of our total cash and investments. Investments in both fixed-rate and floating-rate interest-earning instruments carry varying degrees of interest rate risk. The fair market value of our fixed-rate investment securities may be adversely impacted due to a rise in interest rates. In general, fixed-rate securities with longer maturities are subject to greater interest rate risk than those with shorter maturities. While floating rate securities generally are subject to less interest rate risk than fixed-rate securities, floating-rate securities may produce less income than expected if interest rates decrease and may also suffer a decline in market value if interest rates increase. Due in part to these factors, our investment income may fall short of expectations or we may suffer losses in principal if we sell securities that have declined in market value due to changes in interest rates. A hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates would have resulted in a decrease in the fair value of our investments of $7 million and $8 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

As of March 31, 2020, we had an aggregate principal amount of $8.8 billion of outstanding senior notes, of which 95% bore interest at fixed rates. In 2014, we entered into $2.4 billion of interest rate swap agreements that had an economic effect of modifying the fixed interest obligations associated with $1.15 billion of our 2.200% senior notes due July 2019, $750 million of our 2.875% senior notes due July 2021, and $500 million of our 3.450% senior notes due July 2024 so that the interest payable on those notes effectively became variable based on LIBOR plus a spread. In July 2019, $1.15 billion of the $2.4 billion aggregate notional amount matured and we terminated the interest rate swaps related to $750 million of our 2.875% senior notes due July 2021 and $500 million of our 3.450% senior notes due July 2024, which were designated as fair value hedges. As a result of the early termination hedge, accounting was discontinued prospectively and the gain on termination was recorded as an increase to the long-term debt balance and is being recognized over the remaining life of the underlying debt as a reduction to interest expense. The gain recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2020 was immaterial.

During the first quarter of 2020, we began to hedge the variability of forecasted interest payments using forward-starting interest rate swaps. The notional amount of these swaps was $100 million as of March 31, 2020, with terms calling for us to receive interest at a variable rate and to pay interest at a fixed rate. These interest rate swaps effectively fix the benchmark interest rate on anticipated debt issuance in 2022, and they will be terminated upon issuance of the debt. When entering into forward-starting interest rate swaps, we are subject to market risk with respect to changes in the underlying benchmark interest rate that impacts the fair value of the forward-starting interest rate swaps. We manage market risk by matching the terms of the swaps with the terms of the expected debt issuance. We considered the historical volatility of short-term interest rates and determined that it was reasonably possible that an adverse change of 100 basis points could be experienced in the near term. A hypothetical 1% (100 basis points) decrease in interest rates would have resulted in a decrease in the fair values of our forward-starting interest swaps of approximately $9.8 million at March 31, 2020.

Further changes in interest rates will impact interest expense on any borrowings under our revolving credit facility, which bear interest at floating rates, and the interest rate on any commercial paper borrowings we make and any debt securities we may issue in the future and, accordingly, will impact interest expense. For additional details related to our debt, see “Note 10 – Debt” to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.
 
Equity Price Risk

Equity Investments

Our equity investments are primarily investments in privately-held companies. Our consolidated results of operations include, as a component of interest and other, net, our share of the net income or loss of the equity investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Equity investments without readily determinable fair values are accounted for at cost, less impairment and adjusted for subsequent observable price changes obtained from orderly transactions for identical or similar investments issued by the same investee. Such changes in the basis of the equity investment are recognized in interest and other, net. As of March 31, 2020, our equity investments totaled $333 million, which represented approximately 6% of our total cash and investments, and were primarily related to equity investments without readily determinable fair values.


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Warrant

We entered into a warrant agreement in conjunction with a commercial agreement with Adyen that, subject to meeting certain conditions, entitles us to acquire a fixed number of shares up to 5% of Adyen’s fully diluted issued and outstanding share capital at a specific date. The warrant is accounted for as a derivative instrument under ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging. Changes in Adyen’s common stock price and equity volatility may have a significant impact on the value of the warrant. As of March 31, 2020, a one dollar change in Adyen’s common stock, holding other factors constant, would increase or decrease the fair value of the warrant by approximately $1 million. For additional details related to the warrant, please see “Note 8 – Derivative Instruments” to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.

Foreign Currency Risk

Our commerce platforms operate globally, resulting in certain revenues and costs that are denominated in foreign currencies, primarily the euro, British pound, Korean won and Australian dollar, subjecting us to foreign currency risk, which may adversely impact our financial results. We transact business in various foreign currencies and have significant international revenues as well as costs. In addition, we charge our international subsidiaries for their use of intellectual property and technology and for certain corporate services we provide. Our cash flow, results of operations and certain of our intercompany balances that are exposed to foreign exchange rate fluctuations may differ materially from expectations and we may record significant gains or losses due to foreign currency fluctuations and related hedging activities.

We have a foreign exchange exposure management program designed to identify material foreign currency exposures, manage these exposures and reduce the potential effects of currency fluctuations on our reported condensed consolidated cash flows and results of operations through the purchase of foreign currency exchange contracts. The effectiveness of the program and resulting usage of foreign exchange derivative contracts is at times limited by our ability to achieve cash flow hedge accounting. For additional details related to our derivative instruments, please see “Note 8 – Derivative Instruments” to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.

We use foreign exchange derivative contracts to help protect our forecasted U.S. dollar-equivalent earnings from adverse changes in foreign currency exchange rates. These hedging contracts reduce, but do not entirely eliminate, the impact of adverse currency exchange rate movements. Most of these contracts are designated as cash flow hedges for accounting purposes. For qualifying cash flow hedges, the derivative’s gain or loss is initially reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income and subsequently reclassified into earnings in the same period the forecasted transaction affects earnings. For contracts not designated as cash flow hedges for accounting purposes, the derivative’s gain or loss is recognized immediately in earnings in our condensed consolidated statement of income. However, only certain revenue and costs are eligible for cash flow hedge accounting.

The following table illustrates the fair values of outstanding foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges and net investment hedges, and the before-tax effect on fair values of a hypothetical adverse change in the foreign exchange rates that existed as of March 31, 2020. The sensitivity for foreign currency contracts is based on a 20% adverse change in foreign exchange rates, against relevant functional currencies.
  Fair Value Asset/(Liability) Fair Value Sensitivity
(In millions)
Foreign exchange contracts - Cash flow hedges $ 92    $ (104)  
Foreign exchange contracts - Net investment hedges $   $ (32)  

Since our risk management programs are highly effective, the potential loss in value described above would be largely offset by changes in the value of the underlying exposure.

We also use foreign exchange contracts to offset the foreign exchange risk on our assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of our subsidiaries. These contracts reduce, but do not entirely eliminate, the impact of currency exchange rate movements on our assets and liabilities. The foreign

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currency gains and losses on the assets and liabilities are recorded in interest and other, net, which are offset by the gains and losses on the foreign exchange contracts.

We considered the historical trends in currency exchange rates and determined that it was reasonably possible that adverse changes in exchange rates of 20% for all currencies could be experienced in the near term. These changes would have resulted in an adverse impact on income before income taxes of approximately $21 million as of March 31, 2020 taking into consideration the offsetting effect of foreign exchange forwards in place as of March 31, 2020.

Item 4: Controls and Procedures

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act) required by Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b), our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2020.

(b) Changes in internal controls. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) that occurred during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.



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PART II: OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1: Legal Proceedings

The information set forth under “Note 12 – Commitments and Contingencies – Litigation and Other Legal Matters” to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 1A: Risk Factors

You should carefully review the following discussion of the risks that may affect our business, results of operations and financial condition, as well as our condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and the other information appearing in this report, for important information regarding risks that affect us. Current global economic events and conditions may amplify many of these risks. These risks are not the only risks that may affect us. Additional risks that we are not aware of or do not believe are material at the time of this filing may also become important factors that adversely affect our business.

Risk Factors That May Affect our Business, Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Our operating and financial results are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, as well as the trading price of our common stock and debt securities.

Our operating and financial results have varied on a quarterly basis during our operating history and may continue to fluctuate significantly as a result of a variety of factors, including as a result of the risks set forth in this “Risk Factors” section. It is difficult for us to forecast the level or source of our revenues or earnings (loss) accurately. In view of the rapidly evolving nature of our business, period-to-period comparisons of our operating results may not be meaningful, and you should not rely upon them as an indication of future performance. We do not have backlog, and substantially all of our net revenues each quarter come from transactions involving sales during that quarter. Due to the inherent difficulty in forecasting revenues, it is also difficult to forecast expenses as a percentage of net revenues. Quarterly and annual expenses as a percentage of net revenues reflected in our condensed consolidated financial statements may be significantly different from historical or projected percentages. Our operating results in one or more future quarters may fall below the expectations of securities analysts and investors. The trading price of our common stock and debt securities could decline, perhaps substantially, as a result of the factors described in this paragraph and the other risks set forth in this “Risk Factors” section.

Substantial and increasingly intense competition worldwide in ecommerce may harm our business.

The businesses and markets in which we operate are intensely competitive. We currently and potentially compete with a wide variety of online and offline companies providing goods and services to consumers and merchants. The Internet and mobile networks provide new, rapidly evolving and intensely competitive channels for the sale of all types of goods and services. We compete in two-sided markets, and must attract both buyers and sellers to use our platforms. Consumers who purchase or sell goods and services through us have more and more alternatives, and merchants have more channels to reach consumers. We expect competition to continue to intensify. Online and offline businesses increasingly are competing with each other and our competitors include a number of online and offline retailers with significant resources, large user communities and well-established brands. Moreover, the barriers to entry into these channels can be low, and businesses easily can launch online sites or mobile platforms and applications at nominal cost by using commercially available software or partnering with any of a number of successful ecommerce companies. As we respond to changes in the competitive environment, we may, from time to time, make pricing, service or marketing decisions or acquisitions that may be controversial with and lead to dissatisfaction among sellers, which could reduce activity on our platform and harm our profitability.


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We face increased competitive pressure online and offline. In particular, the competitive norm for, and the expected level of service from, ecommerce and mobile commerce has significantly increased due to, among other factors, improved user experience, greater ease of buying goods, lower (or no) shipping costs, faster shipping times and more favorable return policies. In addition, certain platform businesses, such as Alibaba, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google, many of whom are larger than us or have greater capitalization, have a dominant and secure position in other industries or certain significant markets, and offer other goods and services to consumers and merchants that we do not offer. If we are unable to change our products, offerings and services in ways that reflect the changing demands of ecommerce and mobile commerce marketplaces, particularly the higher growth of sales of fixed-price items and higher expected service levels (some of which depend on services provided by sellers on our platforms), or compete effectively with and adapt to changes in larger platform businesses, our business will suffer.

Competitors with other revenue sources may also be able to devote more resources to marketing and promotional campaigns, adopt more aggressive pricing policies and devote more resources to website, mobile platforms and applications and systems development than we can. Other competitors may offer or continue to offer faster and/or free shipping, delivery on Sunday, same-day delivery, favorable return policies or other transaction-related services which improve the user experience on their sites and which could be impractical or inefficient for our sellers to match. Competitors may be able to innovate faster and more efficiently, and new technologies may increase the competitive pressures by enabling competitors to offer more efficient or lower-cost services.

Some of our competitors control other products and services that are important to our success, including credit card interchange, Internet search, and mobile operating systems. Such competitors could manipulate pricing, availability, terms or operation of service related to their products and services in a manner that impacts our competitive offerings. For example, Google, which operates a shopping platform service, has from time to time made changes to its search algorithms that reduced the amount of search traffic directed to us from searches on Google. If we are unable to use or adapt to operational changes in such services, we may face higher costs for such services, face integration or technological barriers or lose customers, which could cause our business to suffer.

Consumers who might use our sites to buy goods have a wide variety of alternatives, including traditional department, warehouse, boutique, discount and general merchandise stores (as well as the online and mobile operations of these traditional retailers), online retailers and their related mobile offerings, online and offline classified services and other shopping channels, such as offline and online home shopping networks. In the United States, these include, but are not limited to, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Walmart, Target, Macy’s, Etsy, Shopify, Wayfair, Costco, Rakuten, QVC and HSN, among others. In addition, consumers have a large number of online and offline channels focused on one or more of the categories of products offered on our site.

Consumers also can turn to many companies that offer a variety of services that provide other channels for buyers to find and buy items from sellers of all sizes, including social media, online aggregation and classifieds platforms, such as websites operated by Schibsted ASA or Naspers Limited and others such as craigslist, Oodle.com and Facebook. Consumers also can turn to shopping-comparison sites, such as Google Shopping. In certain markets, our fixed-price listing and traditional auction-style listing formats increasingly are being challenged by other formats, such as classifieds.

Our Classifieds platforms offer classifieds listings in a variety of international markets. In many markets in which they operate, our Classifieds platforms compete for customers and for advertisers against more established online and offline classifieds platforms or other competing websites.

We use product search engines and paid search advertising to help users find our sites, but these services also have the potential to divert users to other online shopping destinations. Consumers may choose to search for products and services with a horizontal search engine or shopping comparison website, and such sites may also send users to other shopping destinations. In addition, sellers are increasingly utilizing multiple sales channels, including the acquisition of new customers by paying for search-related advertisements on horizontal search engine sites, such as Google, Naver and Baidu.






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Consumers and merchants who might use our sites to sell goods also have many alternatives, including general ecommerce sites, such as Amazon, Alibaba, Zalando and Coupang, and more specialized sites, such as Etsy. Our international sites also compete for sellers with general and specialized ecommerce sites. Sellers may also choose to sell their goods through other channels, such as classifieds platforms. Consumers and merchants also can create and sell through their own sites, and may choose to purchase online advertising instead of using our services. In some countries, there are online sites that have larger customer bases and greater brand recognition, as well as competitors that may have a better understanding of local culture and commerce. We may increasingly compete with local competitors in developing countries that have unique advantages, such as a greater ability to operate under local regulatory authorities.

In addition, certain manufacturers may limit or cease distribution of their products through online channels, such as our sites. Manufacturers may attempt to use contractual obligations or existing or future government regulation to prohibit or limit ecommerce in certain categories of goods or services. Manufacturers may also attempt to enforce minimum resale price maintenance or minimum advertised price arrangements to prevent distributors from selling on our platforms or on the Internet generally, or drive distributors to sell at prices that would make us less attractive relative to other alternatives. The adoption by manufacturers of policies, or their use of laws or regulations, in each case discouraging or restricting the sales of goods or services over the Internet, could force our users to stop selling certain products on our platforms, which could adversely affect our results of operations and result in loss of market share and diminished value of our brands.

The principal competitive factors for us include the following:
        
ability to attract, retain and engage buyers and sellers;
volume of transactions and price and selection of goods;
trust in the seller and the transaction;
customer service;
brand recognition; 
community cohesion, interaction and size;
website, mobile platform and application ease-of-use and accessibility;
system reliability and security;
reliability of delivery and payment, including customer preference for fast delivery and free shipping and returns;
level of service fees; and
quality of search tools.

We may be unable to compete successfully against current and future competitors. Some current and potential competitors have longer operating histories, larger customer bases and greater brand recognition in other business and Internet sectors than we do.

Global and regional economic conditions could harm our business.

Our operations and performance depend significantly on global and regional economic conditions. Economic conditions, including inflation, recession, or other adverse economic events or changes, could have a negative and adverse impact on companies and customers with which we do business and could have a material adverse effect on our business, including a reduction in the volume and prices of transactions on our commerce platforms. These events and conditions, including uncertainties and instability in economic and market conditions caused by the United Kingdom’s vote to exit the European Union (known as “Brexit”) and any outcomes resulting from that vote, could have a negative and adverse impact on companies and customers with which we do business or cause us to write down our assets or investments. Because we have global operations, including in the United Kingdom and the European Union, we face risks due to the uncertainty and the potential disruptions surrounding Brexit, including potential financial, legal, tax and trade implications.

The global COVID-19 pandemic could harm our business and results of operations.

The global spread of COVID-19 and related measures to contain its spread (such as government mandated business closures and shelter in-place guidelines) have created significant volatility, uncertainty and economic disruption. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity will depend on numerous evolving factors that we cannot predict, including the duration and

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scope of the pandemic; governmental, business and individuals’ actions that have been and continue to be taken in response to the pandemic; the impact of the pandemic on national and global economic activity, unemployment levels and financial markets, including the possibility of a national or global recession; the potential for shipping difficulties, including slowed deliveries from sellers to their customers; and the ability of consumers to pay for products. The COVID-19 pandemic could decrease consumer spending and have an adverse impact on our sellers through reduced consumer demand for their products and availability of inventory, which could in turn negatively impact the demand for use of our platforms. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused us to require employees to work remotely for an indefinite period of time, which could negatively impact our business and harm productivity and collaboration. If there is a prolonged impact of COVID-19, it could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, perhaps materially. The future impact of COVID-19 and these containment measures cannot be predicted with certainty and may increase our borrowing costs and other costs of capital and otherwise adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and we cannot assure that we will have access to external financing at times and on terms we consider acceptable, or at all, or that we will not experience other liquidity issues going forward.

To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects our business and financial results, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this “Risk Factors” section, such as those relating to our substantial indebtedness, our need to generate sufficient cash flows to service our indebtedness, our ability to comply with the covenants contained in the agreements that govern our indebtedness and our international operations

We are exposed to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, which could negatively impact our financial results.

Because we generate the majority of our revenues outside the United States but report our financial results in U.S. dollars, our financial results are impacted by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, or foreign exchange rates. The results of operations of many of our internationally focused platforms are exposed to foreign exchange rate fluctuations as the financial results of the applicable subsidiaries are translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars for financial reporting purposes. If the U.S. dollar weakens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign currency denominated revenues or expenses will result in increased U.S. dollar denominated revenues and expenses. Similarly, if the U.S. dollar strengthens against foreign currencies, particularly the euro, British pound, Korean won or Australian dollar, our translation of foreign currency denominated revenues or expenses will result in lower U.S. dollar denominated net revenues and expenses. In addition to this translation effect, a strengthening U.S. dollar will typically adversely affect the volume of goods being sold by U.S. sellers to Europe and Australia more than it positively affects the volume of goods being sold by sellers in those geographies to buyers in the United States, thereby further negatively impacting our financial results.

While from time to time we enter into transactions to hedge portions of our foreign currency translation exposure, it is impossible to predict or eliminate the effects of this exposure. Fluctuations in foreign exchange rates could significantly impact our financial results, which may have a significant impact on the trading price of our common stock and debt securities.

Our international operations are subject to increased risks, which could harm our business.

Our international businesses, especially in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and Korea, and cross-border business from greater China, have generated a majority of our net revenues in recent years. In addition to uncertainty about our ability to generate revenues from our foreign operations and expand into international markets, there are risks inherent in doing business internationally, including:

uncertainties and instability in economic and market conditions caused by the United Kingdom’s vote to exit the European Union and any outcomes resulting from that vote;
uncertainty regarding how the United Kingdom’s access to the European Union Single Market and the wider trading, legal, regulatory and labor environments, especially in the United Kingdom and European Union, will be impacted by the United Kingdom’s vote to exit the European Union and any outcomes resulting from that vote, including the resulting impact on our business and that of our clients;
expenses associated with localizing our products and services and customer data, including offering customers the ability to transact business in the local currency and adapting our products and services to local preferences (e.g., payment methods) with which we may have limited or no experience;

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trade barriers and changes in trade regulations;
difficulties in developing, staffing, and simultaneously managing a large number of varying foreign operations as a result of distance, language, and cultural differences;
stringent local labor laws and regulations;
credit risk and higher levels of payment fraud;
profit repatriation restrictions, foreign currency exchange restrictions or extreme fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates for a particular currency;
political or social unrest, economic instability, repression, or human rights issues;
geopolitical events, including natural disasters, public health issues (such as the coronavirus), acts of war, and terrorism;
import or export regulations;
compliance with U.S. laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and foreign laws prohibiting corrupt payments to government officials, as well as U.S. and foreign laws designed to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorist activities;
antitrust and competition regulations;
potentially adverse tax developments and consequences;
economic uncertainties relating to sovereign and other debt;
different, uncertain, or more stringent user protection, data protection, privacy, and other laws;
risks related to other government regulation or required compliance with local laws;
national or regional differences in macroeconomic growth rates;
payment intermediation regulations;
local licensing and reporting obligations; and
increased difficulties in collecting accounts receivable.
 
Violations of the complex foreign and U.S. laws and regulations that apply to our international operations may result in fines, criminal actions, or sanctions against us, our officers, or our employees; prohibitions on the conduct of our business; and damage to our reputation. Although we have implemented policies and procedures designed to promote compliance with these laws, there can be no assurance that our employees, contractors, or agents will not violate our policies. These risks inherent in our international operations and expansion increase our costs of doing business internationally and could harm our business.

Any factors that reduce cross-border trade or make such trade more difficult could harm our business.

Cross-border trade is an important source of both revenue and profits for us. Cross-border trade also represents our primary (or in some cases, only) presence in certain important markets, such as Brazil/Latin America, China, and various other countries. In addition, our cross-border trade is also subject to, and may be impacted by, foreign exchange rate fluctuations.

The interpretation and application of specific national or regional laws, such as those related to intellectual property rights of authentic products, selective distribution networks, and sellers in other countries listing items on the Internet, and the potential interpretation and application of laws of multiple jurisdictions (e.g., the jurisdiction of the buyer, the seller, and/or the location of the item being sold) are often extremely complicated in the context of cross-border trade. The interpretation and/or application of such laws could impose restrictions on, or increase the costs of, purchasing, selling, shipping, or returning goods across national borders.
  
The shipping of goods across national borders is often more expensive and complicated than domestic shipping. Customs and duty procedures and reviews, including duty-free thresholds in various key markets, the interaction of national postal systems, and security related governmental processes at international borders, may increase costs, discourage cross-border purchases, delay transit and create shipping uncertainties. Any factors that increase the costs of cross-border trade or restrict, delay, or make cross-border trade more difficult or impractical would lower our revenues and profits and could harm our business.

Our business may be adversely affected by geopolitical events, natural disasters, seasonal factors and other factors that cause our users to spend less time on our websites or mobile platforms and applications, including increased usage of other websites.

Our users may spend less time on our websites and our applications for mobile devices as a result of a variety of diversions, including: geopolitical events, such as war, the threat of war, or terrorist activity; natural disasters or

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the effects of climate change (such as drought, flooding, wildfires, increased storm severity, and sea level rise); power shortages or outages, major public health issues, including pandemics (such as COVID-19); social networking or other entertainment websites or mobile applications; significant local, national or global events capturing the attention of a large part of the population; and seasonal fluctuations due to a variety of factors. If any of these, or any other factors, divert our users from using our websites or mobile applications, our business could be materially adversely affected.

Our success depends to a large degree on our ability to successfully address the rapidly evolving market for transactions on mobile devices.

Mobile devices are increasingly used for ecommerce transactions. A significant and growing portion of our users access our platforms through mobile devices. We may lose users if we are not able to continue to meet our users’ mobile and multi-screen experience expectations. The variety of technical and other configurations across different mobile devices and platforms increases the challenges associated with this environment. In addition, a number of other companies with significant resources and a number of innovative startups have introduced products and services focusing on mobile markets.

Our ability to successfully address the challenges posed by the rapidly evolving market for mobile transactions is crucial to our continued success, and any failure to continuously increase the volume of mobile transactions effected through our platforms could harm our business.

If we cannot keep pace with rapid technological developments or continue to innovate and create new initiatives to provide new programs, products and services, the use of our products and our revenues could decline.

Rapid, significant technological changes continue to confront the industries in which we operate and we cannot predict the effect of technological changes on our business. We also continuously strive to create new initiatives and innovations that offer growth opportunities, such as our new payments and advertising offerings. In addition to our own initiatives and innovations, we rely in part on third parties, including some of our competitors, for the development of and access to new technologies. We expect that new services and technologies applicable to the industries in which we operate will continue to emerge. These new services and technologies may be superior to, or render obsolete, the technologies we currently use in our products and services. Incorporating new technologies into our products and services may require substantial expenditures and take considerable time, and ultimately may not be successful. In addition, our ability to adopt new services and develop new technologies may be inhibited by industry-wide standards, new laws and regulations, resistance to change from our users, clients or merchants, or third parties’ intellectual property rights. Our success will depend on our ability to develop new technologies and adapt to technological changes and evolving industry standards.

Our business is subject to extensive government regulation and oversight.

We are subject to laws and regulations affecting our domestic and international operations in a number of areas, including consumer protection, data privacy requirements, intellectual property ownership and infringement, prohibited items and stolen goods, tax, antitrust and anti-competition, export requirements, anti-corruption, labor, advertising, digital content, real estate, billing, ecommerce, promotions, quality of services, telecommunications, mobile communications and media, environmental, and health and safety regulations, as well as laws and regulations intended to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorist activities. In addition, we are, or may become, subject to further regulation in some of the above-mentioned areas or new areas as a result of the continued development and expansion of our payments capabilities.

Compliance with these laws, regulations, and similar requirements may be onerous and expensive, and variances and inconsistencies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction may further increase the cost of compliance and doing business. Any such costs, which may rise in the future as a result of changes in these laws and regulations or in their interpretation, could individually or in the aggregate make our products and services less attractive to our customers, delay the introduction of new products or services in one or more regions, or cause us to change or limit our business practices. We have implemented policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, but there can be no assurance that our employees, contractors, or agents will not violate such laws and regulations or our policies and procedures.  


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Regulation in the areas of privacy and protection of user data could harm our business.

We are subject to laws relating to the collection, use, retention, security, and transfer of personally identifiable information about our users around the world. Much of the personal information that we collect, especially financial information, is regulated by multiple laws. User data protection laws may be interpreted and applied inconsistently from country to country. In many cases, these laws apply not only to third-party transactions, but also to transfers of information between or among ourselves, our subsidiaries, and other parties with which we have commercial relations. These laws continue to develop in ways we cannot predict and that may harm our business.

Regulatory scrutiny of privacy, user data protection, use of data and data collection is increasing on a global basis. We are subject to a number of privacy and similar laws and regulations in the countries in which we operate and these laws and regulations will likely continue to evolve over time, both through regulatory and legislative action and judicial decisions. In addition, compliance with these laws may restrict our ability to provide services to our customers that they may find to be valuable. For example, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) became effective in May 2018. The GDPR, which applies to all of our activities conducted from an establishment in the European Union or related to products and services offered in the European Union, imposes a range of new compliance obligations regarding the handling of personal data. The GDPR imposes significant new obligations and compliance with these obligations depends in part on how particular regulators interpret and apply them. If we fail to comply with the GDPR, or if regulators assert we have failed to comply with the GDPR, it may lead to regulatory enforcement actions, which can result in monetary penalties of up to 4% of worldwide revenue, private lawsuits, or reputational damage. In the U.S., California has adopted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), which became effective January 1, 2020 and which provides a new private right of action for data breaches and requires companies that process information on California residents to make new disclosures to consumers about their data collection, use and sharing practices and allow consumers to opt out of certain data sharing with third parties. In addition to the CCPA, several other U.S. states are considering adopting laws and regulations imposing obligations regarding the handling of personal data. Compliance with the GDPR, the CCPA, and other current and future applicable international and U.S. privacy, cybersecurity and related laws can be costly and time-consuming. Complying with these varying national and international requirements could cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business practices in a manner adverse to our business and violations of privacy-related laws can result in significant penalties.

A determination that there have been violations of laws relating to our practices under communications-based laws could also expose us to significant damage awards, fines and other penalties that could, individually or in the aggregate, materially harm our business. In particular, because of the enormous number of texts, emails and other communications we send to our users, communications laws that provide a specified monetary damage award or fine for each violation (such as those described below) could result in particularly large awards or fines.

For example, the Federal Communications Commission amended certain of its regulations under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, or TCPA, in 2012 and 2013 in a manner that could increase our exposure to liability for certain types of telephonic communication with customers, including but not limited to text messages to mobile phones. Under the TCPA, plaintiffs may seek actual monetary loss or statutory damages of $500 per violation, whichever is greater, and courts may treble the damage award for willful or knowing violations. We are regularly subject to class-action lawsuits, as well as individual lawsuits, containing allegations that our businesses violated the TCPA. These lawsuits, and other private lawsuits not currently alleged as class actions, seek damages (including statutory damages) and injunctive relief, among other remedies. Given the enormous number of communications we send to our users, a determination that there have been violations of the TCPA or other communications-based statutes could expose us to significant damage awards that could, individually or in the aggregate, materially harm our business.

We post on our websites our privacy policies and practices concerning the collection, use and disclosure of user data. Any failure, or perceived failure, by us to comply with our posted privacy policies or with any regulatory requirements or orders or other federal, state or international privacy or consumer protection-related laws and regulations, including the GDPR and the CCPA, could result in proceedings or actions against us by governmental entities or others (e.g., class action privacy litigation), subject us to significant penalties and negative publicity, require us to change our business practices, increase our costs and adversely affect our business. Data collection, privacy and security have become the subject of increasing public concern. If Internet and mobile users were to reduce their use of our websites, mobile platforms, products, and services as a result of these concerns, our

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business could be harmed. As noted above, we are also subject to the possibility of security breaches, which themselves may result in a violation of these laws.

Other laws and regulations could harm our business.

It is not always clear how laws and regulations governing matters relevant to our business, such as property ownership, copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property issues, parallel imports and distribution controls, taxation, libel and defamation, and obscenity apply to our businesses. Many of these laws were adopted prior to the advent of the Internet, mobile, and related technologies and, as a result, do not contemplate or address the unique issues of the Internet and related technologies. Many of these laws, including some of those that do reference the Internet are subject to interpretation by the courts on an ongoing basis and the resulting uncertainty in the scope and application of these laws and regulations increases the risk that we will be subject to private claims and governmental actions alleging violations of those laws and regulations.

As our activities, the products and services we offer, and our geographical scope continue to expand, regulatory agencies or courts may claim or hold that we or our users are subject to additional requirements (including licensure) or prohibited from conducting our business in their jurisdiction, either generally or with respect to certain actions. Financial and political events have increased the level of regulatory scrutiny on large companies, and regulatory agencies may view matters or interpret laws and regulations differently than they have in the past and in a manner adverse to our businesses. Our success and increased visibility have driven some existing businesses that perceive us to be a threat to their businesses to raise concerns about our business models to policymakers and regulators. These businesses and their trade association groups employ significant resources in their efforts to shape the legal and regulatory regimes in countries where we have significant operations. They may employ these resources in an effort to change the legal and regulatory regimes in ways intended to reduce the effectiveness of our businesses and the ability of users to use our products and services. These established businesses have raised concerns relating to pricing, parallel imports, professional seller obligations, selective distribution networks, stolen goods, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights and the liability of the provider of an Internet marketplace for the conduct of its users related to those and other issues. Any changes to the legal or regulatory regimes in a manner that would increase our liability for third-party listings could negatively impact our business.

Numerous U.S. states and foreign jurisdictions, including the State of California, have regulations regarding “auctions” and the handling of property by “secondhand dealers” or “pawnbrokers.” Several states and some foreign jurisdictions have attempted to impose such regulations upon us or our users, and others may attempt to do so in the future. Attempted enforcement of these laws against some of our users appears to be increasing and we could be required to change the way we or our users do business in ways that increase costs or reduce revenues, such as forcing us to prohibit listings of certain items or restrict certain listing formats in some locations. We could also be subject to fines or other penalties, and any of these outcomes could harm our business.

A number of the lawsuits against us relating to trademark issues seek to have our platforms subject to unfavorable local laws. For example, “trademark exhaustion” principles provide trademark owners with certain rights to control the sale of a branded authentic product until it has been placed on the market by the trademark holder or with the holder’s consent. The application of “trademark exhaustion” principles is largely unsettled in the context of the Internet, and if trademark owners are able to force us to prohibit listings of certain items in one or more locations, our business could be harmed.

As we expand and localize our international activities, we are increasingly becoming obligated to comply with the laws of the countries or markets in which we operate. In addition, because our services are accessible worldwide and we facilitate sales of goods and provide services to users worldwide, one or more jurisdictions may claim that we or our users are required to comply with their laws based on the location of our servers or one or more of our users, or the location of the product or service being sold or provided in an ecommerce transaction. For example, we were found liable in France, under French law, for transactions on some of our websites worldwide that did not involve French buyers or sellers. Laws regulating Internet, mobile and ecommerce technologies outside of the United States are generally less favorable to us than those in the United States. Compliance may be more costly or may require us to change our business practices or restrict our service offerings, and the imposition of any regulations on us or our users may harm our business. In addition, we may be subject to multiple overlapping legal or regulatory regimes that impose conflicting requirements on us (e.g., in cross-border trade). Our alleged failure to

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comply with foreign laws could subject us to penalties ranging from criminal prosecution to significant fines to bans on our services, in addition to the significant costs we may incur in defending against such actions.

We are regularly subject to general litigation, regulatory disputes, and government inquiries.

We are regularly subject to claims, lawsuits (including class actions and individual lawsuits), government investigations, and other proceedings involving competition and antitrust, intellectual property, privacy, consumer protection, accessibility claims, securities, tax, labor and employment, commercial disputes, content generated by our users, services and other matters. The number and significance of these disputes and inquiries have increased as our Company has grown larger, our businesses have expanded in scope and geographic reach, and our products and services have increased in complexity.

The outcome and impact of such claims, lawsuits, government investigations, and other proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty. Regardless of the outcome, such investigations and proceedings can have an adverse impact on us because of legal costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors. Determining reserves for our pending litigation and other proceedings is a complex, fact-intensive process that is subject to judgment calls. It is possible that a resolution of one or more such proceedings could require us to make substantial payments to satisfy judgments, fines or penalties or to settle claims or proceedings, any of which could harm our business. These proceedings could also result in reputational harm, criminal sanctions, consent decrees, or orders preventing us from offering certain products, or services, or requiring a change in our business practices in costly ways, or requiring development of non-infringing or otherwise altered products or technologies. Any of these consequences could harm our business.

We are subject to regulatory activity and antitrust litigation under competition laws that could adversely impact our business.

We are subject to scrutiny by various government agencies under U.S. and foreign laws and regulations, including antitrust and competition laws. Some jurisdictions also provide private rights of action for competitors or consumers to assert claims of anti-competitive conduct. Other companies and government agencies have in the past and may in the future allege that our actions violate the antitrust or competition laws of the United States, individual states, the European Union or other countries, or otherwise constitute unfair competition. An increasing number of governments are regulating competition law activities, including increased scrutiny in large markets such as China. Our business partnerships or agreements or arrangements with customers or other companies could give rise to regulatory action or antitrust litigation. Some regulators, particularly those outside of the United States, may perceive our business to be used so broadly that otherwise uncontroversial business practices could be deemed anticompetitive. Certain competition authorities have conducted market studies of our industries. Such claims and investigations, even if without foundation, may be very expensive to defend, involve negative publicity and substantial diversion of management time and effort and could result in significant judgments against us or require us to change our business practices.

Fluctuations in interest rates, and changes in regulatory guidance related to such interest rates, could adversely impact our financial results.

Some of our borrowings bear interest at floating rates and we have entered into agreements intended to convert the interest rate on some of our fixed rate debt instruments to floating rates. To the extent that prevailing rates increase, our interest expense under these debt instruments will increase.

Investments in both fixed-rate and floating-rate interest-earning instruments carry varying degrees of interest rate risk. The fair market value of our fixed-rate investment securities may be adversely impacted due to a rise in interest rates. In general, fixed-rate securities with longer maturities are subject to greater interest-rate risk than those with shorter maturities. While floating rate securities generally are subject to less interest-rate risk than fixed-rate securities, floating-rate securities may produce less income than expected if interest rates decrease and may also suffer a decline in market value if interest rates increase. Due in part to these factors, our investment income may decline or we may suffer losses in principal if securities are sold that have declined in market value due to changes in interest rates. In addition, relatively low interest rates limit our investment income. Fluctuations in interest rates that increase the cost of our current or future indebtedness, cause the market value of our assets to decline or reduce our investment income could adversely affect our financial results.

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The listing or sale by our users of items that allegedly infringe the intellectual property rights of rights owners, including pirated or counterfeit items, may harm our business.

The listing or sale by our users of unlawful, counterfeit or stolen goods or unlawful services, or sale of goods or services in an unlawful manner, has resulted and may continue to result in allegations of civil or criminal liability for unlawful activities against us (including the employees and directors of our various entities) involving activities carried out by users through our services. In a number of circumstances, third parties, including government regulators and law enforcement officials, have alleged that our services aid and abet violations of certain laws, including laws regarding the sale of counterfeit items, laws restricting or prohibiting the transferability (and by extension, the resale) of digital goods (e.g., books, music and software), the fencing of stolen goods, selective distribution channel laws, customs laws, distance selling laws, and the sale of items outside of the United States that are regulated by U.S. export controls.

In addition, allegations of infringement of intellectual property rights, including but not limited to counterfeit items, have resulted in threatened and actual litigation from time to time by rights owners, including the following luxury brand owners: Tiffany & Co. in the United States; Rolex S.A. and Coty Prestige Lancaster Group GmbH in Germany; Louis Vuitton Malletier and Christian Dior Couture in France; and L’Oréal SA, Lancôme Parfums et Beauté & Cie, and Laboratoire Garnier & Cie in several European countries. Plaintiffs in these and similar suits seek, among other remedies, injunctive relief and damages. Statutory damages for copyright or trademark violations could range up to $150,000 per copyright violation and $2,000,000 per trademark violation in the United States, and may be even higher in other jurisdictions. In the past, we have paid substantial amounts in connection with resolving certain trademark and copyright suits. These and similar suits may also force us to modify our business practices in a manner that increases costs, lowers revenue, makes our websites and mobile platforms less convenient to customers, and requires us to spend substantial resources to take additional protective measures or discontinue certain service offerings in order to combat these practices. In addition, we have received significant media attention relating to the listing or sale of illegal or counterfeit goods, which could damage our reputation, diminish the value of our brand names, and make users reluctant to use our products and services.

We are subject to risks associated with information disseminated through our services.

Online services companies may be subject to claims relating to information disseminated through their services, including claims alleging defamation, libel, breach of contract, invasion of privacy, negligence, copyright or trademark infringement, among other things. The laws relating to the liability of online services companies for information disseminated through their services are subject to frequent challenges both in the United States and foreign jurisdictions. Any liabilities incurred as a result of these matters could require us to incur additional costs and harm our reputation and our business.

Our potential liability to third parties for the user-provided content on our sites, particularly in jurisdictions outside the United States where laws governing Internet transactions are unsettled, may increase. If we become liable for information provided by our users and carried on our service in any jurisdiction in which we operate, we could be directly harmed and we may be forced to implement new measures to reduce our exposure to this liability, including expending substantial resources or discontinuing certain service offerings, which could harm our business.

Changes to our programs to protect buyers and sellers could increase our costs and loss rate.

Our eBay Money Back Guarantee program represents the means by which we compensate users who believe that they have been defrauded, have not received the item that they purchased or have received an item different from what was described. In addition, as we expand our payments capabilities, we may be exposed to losses associated with compensating our sellers for fraudulent payments. We expect to continue to receive communications from users requesting reimbursement or threatening or commencing legal action against us if no reimbursement is made. Our liability for these sorts of claims is slowly beginning to be clarified in some jurisdictions and may be higher in some non-U.S. jurisdictions than it is in the United States. Litigation involving liability for any such third-party actions could be costly and time consuming for us, divert management attention, result in increased costs of doing business, lead to adverse judgments or settlements or otherwise harm our business. In addition, affected users will likely complain to regulatory agencies that could take action against us, including imposing fines or seeking injunctions.

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Development of our payments system requires ongoing investment, is subject to evolving laws, regulations, rules, and standards, and involves risk, including risks related to our dependence on third-party providers.

We have invested and plan to continue to invest internal resources into our payments tools in order to maintain existing availability, expand into additional markets and offer new payment methods and tools to our buyers and sellers. If we fail to invest adequate resources into payments on our platform, or if our investment efforts are unsuccessful or unreliable, our payments services may not function properly or keep pace with competitive offerings, which could negatively impact their usage and our marketplaces. Further, our ability to expand our payments services into additional countries is dependent upon the third-party providers we use to support this service. As we expand the availability of our payments services to additional markets or offer new payment methods to our sellers and buyers in the future, we may become subject to additional regulations and compliance requirements, and exposed to heightened fraud risk, which could lead to an increase in our operating expenses.

We rely on third-party service providers to perform services related to compliance, credit card processing, payment disbursements, currency exchange, identity verification, sanctions screening, and fraud analysis and detection. As a result, we are subject to a number of risks related to our dependence on third-party service providers. If any or some of these service providers fail to perform adequately or if any such service provider were to terminate or modify its relationship with us unexpectedly, our sellers’ ability to use our platform to receive orders or payments could be adversely affected, which would increase costs, drive sellers away from our marketplaces, result in potential legal liability, and harm our business. In addition, we and our third-party service providers may experience service outages from time to time that could adversely impact payments made on our platform. Additionally, any unexpected termination or modification of those third-party services could lead to a lapse in the effectiveness of certain fraud prevention and detection tools.

Our third-party service providers may increase the fees they charge us in the future, which would increase our operating expenses. This could, in turn, require us to increase the fees we charge to sellers and cause some sellers to reduce listings on our marketplaces or to leave our platform altogether by closing their accounts.

Payments are governed by complex and continuously evolving laws and regulations that are subject to change and vary across different jurisdictions in the United States and globally. As a result, we are required to spend significant time and effort to determine whether various licensing and registration laws relating to payments apply to us and to comply with applicable laws and licensing and registration regulations. In addition, there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain or retain any necessary licenses or registrations. Any failure or claim of failure on the part of the Company or its third-party service providers to comply with applicable laws and regulations relating to payments could require us to expend significant resources, result in liabilities, limit or preclude our ability to enter certain markets and harm our reputation. In addition, changes in payment regulations, including changes to the credit or debit card interchange rates in the United States or other markets, could adversely affect payments on our platform and make our payments systems less profitable.

Further, we are indirectly subject to payment card association operating rules and certification requirements pursuant to agreements with our third-party payment processors. These rules and requirements, including the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and rules governing electronic funds transfers, are subject to change or reinterpretation, making it difficult for us to comply. Any failure to comply with these rules and certification requirements could impact our ability to meet our contractual obligations to our third-party payment processors and could result in potential fines. In addition, changes in these rules and requirements, including any change in our designation by major payment card providers, could require a change in our business operations and could result in limitations on or loss of our ability to accept payment cards, any of which could negatively impact our business. Such changes could also increase our costs of compliance, which could lead to increased fees for us or our sellers and adversely affect payments on our platform or usage of our payments services and marketplaces.


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We may be unable to adequately protect or enforce our intellectual property rights and face ongoing risks from patent litigation and allegations by third parties that we are infringing their intellectual property rights.

We believe the protection of our intellectual property, including our trademarks, patents, copyrights, domain names, trade dress, and trade secrets, is critical to our success. We seek to protect our intellectual property rights by relying on applicable laws and regulations in the United States and internationally, as well as a variety of administrative procedures. We also rely on contractual restrictions to protect our proprietary rights when offering or procuring products and services, including confidentiality and invention assignment agreements entered into with our employees and contractors and confidentiality agreements with parties with whom we conduct business.

However, effective intellectual property protection may not be available in every country in which our products and services are made available, and contractual arrangements and other steps we have taken to protect our intellectual property may not prevent third parties from infringing or misappropriating our intellectual property or deter independent development of equivalent or superior intellectual property rights by others. Trademark, copyright, patent, domain name, trade dress and trade secret protection is very expensive to maintain and may require litigation. We must protect our intellectual property rights and other proprietary rights in an increasing number of jurisdictions, a process that is expensive and time consuming and may not be successful in every jurisdiction. Also, we may not be able to discover or determine the extent of any unauthorized use of our proprietary rights. We have licensed in the past, and expect to license in the future, certain of our proprietary rights, such as trademarks or copyrighted material, to others. These licensees may take actions that diminish the value of our proprietary rights or harm our reputation. Any failure to adequately protect or enforce our intellectual property rights, or significant costs incurred in doing so, could materially harm our business.

Additionally, we have repeatedly been sued for allegedly infringing other parties’ patents. We are a defendant in a number of patent suits and have been notified of several other potential patent disputes. We expect that we will increasingly be subject to patent infringement claims because, among other reasons:

our products and services continue to expand in scope and complexity;
we continue to expand into new businesses, including through acquisitions and licenses; and
the universe of patent owners who may claim that we, any of the companies that we have acquired, or our customers infringe their patents, and the aggregate number of patents controlled by such patent owners, continues to increase.

As the number of patent owners and products in the software industry increases and the functionality of these products further overlap, and as we acquire technology through acquisitions or licenses, litigation may be necessary to determine the validity and scope of the intellectual property rights of others and we may become increasingly subject to patent suits and other infringement claims, including copyright, and trademark infringement claims. Such claims may be brought directly against us and/or against our customers whom we may indemnify either because we are contractually obligated to do so or we choose to do so as a business matter. We believe that an increasing number of these claims against us and other technology companies have been, and continue to be, initiated by third parties whose sole or primary business is to assert such claims. In addition, we have seen significant patent disputes between operating companies in some technology industries. Patent claims, whether meritorious or not, are time-consuming and costly to defend and resolve, and could require us to make expensive changes in our methods of doing business, enter into costly royalty or licensing agreements, make substantial payments to satisfy adverse judgments or settle claims or proceedings, or cease conducting certain operations, which would harm our business.

The ultimate outcome of any allegation or litigation is uncertain and, regardless of the outcome, any of the claims described above, with or without merit, may be time-consuming, result in costly litigation, divert management’s time and attention from our business, require us to stop selling, delay roll-out, or redesign our products, or require us to pay substantial amounts to satisfy judgments or settle claims or lawsuits or to pay substantial royalty or licensing fees, or to satisfy indemnification obligations that we have with some of our customers. Our failure to obtain necessary license or other rights, or litigation or claims arising out of intellectual property matters, may harm our business.


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Failure to deal effectively with fraudulent activities on our platforms would increase our loss rate and harm our business, and could severely diminish merchant and consumer confidence in and use of our services.

We face risks with respect to fraudulent activities on our platforms and periodically receive complaints from buyers and sellers who may not have received the goods that they had contracted to purchase or payment for the goods that a buyer had contracted to purchase. In some European and Asian jurisdictions, buyers may also have the right to withdraw from a sale made by a professional seller within a specified time period. While we can, in some cases, suspend the accounts of users who fail to fulfill their payment or delivery obligations to other users, we do not have the ability to require users to make payment or deliver goods, or otherwise make users whole other than through our buyer protection program, which in the United States we refer to as the eBay Money Back Guarantee, or as we roll out our new payments capabilities, by compensating our sellers for fraudulent payments. Although we have implemented measures to detect and reduce the occurrence of fraudulent activities, combat bad buyer experiences and increase buyer satisfaction, including evaluating sellers on the basis of their transaction history and restricting or suspending their activity, there can be no assurance that these measures will be effective in combating fraudulent transactions or improving overall satisfaction among sellers, buyers, and other participants. Additional measures to address fraud could negatively affect the attractiveness of our services to buyers or sellers, resulting in a reduction in the ability to attract new users or retain current users, damage to our reputation, or a diminution in the value of our brand names.

We have substantial indebtedness, and we may incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future, and we may not generate sufficient cash flow from our business to service our indebtedness. Failure to comply with the terms of our indebtedness could result in the acceleration of our indebtedness, which could have an adverse effect on our cash flow and liquidity.

We have a substantial amount of outstanding indebtedness and we may incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future, including under our commercial paper program and revolving credit facility or through public or private offerings of debt securities. Our outstanding indebtedness and any additional indebtedness we incur may have significant consequences, including, without limitation, any of the following:
        
requiring us to use a significant portion of our cash flow from operations and other available cash to service our indebtedness, thereby reducing the amount of cash available for other purposes, including capital expenditures, dividends, share repurchases, and acquisitions;
our indebtedness and leverage may increase our vulnerability to downturns in our business, to competitive pressures, and to adverse changes in general economic and industry conditions;
adverse changes in the ratings assigned to our debt securities by credit rating agencies will likely increase our borrowing costs;
our ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, share repurchases, dividends or other general corporate and other purposes may be limited; and
our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our industry may be limited.

These risks increase as the level of our debt increases. Our ability to make payments of principal of and interest on our indebtedness depends upon our future performance, which will be subject to general economic conditions, industry cycles and financial, business and other factors affecting our results of operations and financial condition, many of which are beyond our control. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow from operations in the future to service our debt, we may be required to, among other things:
        
incur the tax cost of repatriating funds to the United States;
seek additional financing in the debt or equity markets;
refinance or restructure all or a portion of our indebtedness;
sell selected assets; or
reduce or delay planned capital or operating expenditures.

Such measures might not be sufficient to enable us to service our debt. In addition, any such financing, refinancing or sale of assets might not be available on economically favorable terms or at all.

Our revolving credit facility and the indenture pursuant to which certain of our outstanding debt securities were issued contain, and any debt instruments we enter into in the future may contain, financial and other covenants that

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restrict or could restrict, among other things, our business and operations. If we fail to pay amounts due under, or breach any of the covenants in, a debt instrument, then the lenders would typically have the right to demand immediate repayment of all borrowings thereunder (subject in certain cases to grace or cure period). Moreover, any such acceleration and required repayment of or default in respect of any of our indebtedness could, in turn, constitute an event of default under other debt instruments, thereby resulting in the acceleration and required repayment of that other indebtedness. Any of these events could materially adversely affect our liquidity and financial condition.

A downgrade in our credit ratings could materially adversely affect our business.

The credit ratings assigned to our debt securities could change based upon, among other things, our results of operations, financial condition or dispositions and acquisitions. These ratings are subject to ongoing evaluation by credit rating agencies, and there can be no assurance that such ratings will not be lowered, suspended or withdrawn entirely by a rating agency or placed on a so-called “watch list” for a possible downgrade or assigned a negative ratings outlook if, in any rating agency’s judgment, circumstances so warrant. Actual or anticipated changes or downgrades in our credit ratings, including any announcement that our ratings are under review for a downgrade or have been assigned a negative outlook, would likely increase our borrowing costs, which could in turn have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and could harm our business.

Our business may be subject to sales and other taxes.
The application of indirect taxes such as sales and use tax, value-added tax (“VAT”), goods and services tax (including the “digital services tax”), business tax and gross receipt tax to ecommerce businesses is a complex and evolving issue. Many of the fundamental statutes and regulations that impose these taxes were established before the adoption and growth of the Internet and ecommerce. In many cases, it is not clear how existing statutes apply to ecommerce services. In addition, many state and foreign governments are looking for ways to increase revenues, which has resulted in legislative action, including new taxes on services and gross revenues and through other indirect taxes. There are many transactions that occur during the ordinary course of business for which the ultimate tax determination is uncertain.

From time to time, some taxing authorities in the United States have notified us that they believe we owe them certain taxes imposed on our services. These notifications have not resulted in any significant tax liabilities to date, but there is a risk that some jurisdiction may be successful in the future, which would harm our business.

Similar issues exist outside of the United States, where the application of VAT or other indirect taxes on ecommerce providers is complex and evolving. While we attempt to comply in those jurisdictions where it is clear that a tax is due, some of our subsidiaries have, from time to time, received claims relating to the applicability of indirect taxes to our fees. Additionally, we pay input VAT on applicable taxable purchases within the various countries in which we operate. In most cases, we are entitled to reclaim this input VAT from the various countries. However, because of our unique business model, the application of the laws and rules that allow such reclamation is sometimes uncertain. A successful assertion by one or more countries that we are not entitled to reclaim VAT could harm our business.

In certain jurisdictions, we collect and remit indirect taxes on our fees and pay taxes on our purchases of goods and services. However, tax authorities may raise questions about our calculation, reporting and collection of these taxes and may ask us to remit additional taxes. Should any new taxes become applicable to our services or if the taxes we pay are found to be deficient, our business could be harmed.

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We may have exposure to greater than anticipated tax liabilities.

The determination of our worldwide provision for income taxes and other tax liabilities requires estimation and significant judgment, and there are many transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. Like many other multinational corporations, we are subject to tax in multiple U.S. and foreign jurisdictions and have structured our operations to reduce our effective tax rate. Our determination of our tax liability is always subject to audit and review by applicable domestic and foreign tax authorities, and we are currently undergoing a number of investigations, audits and reviews by taxing authorities throughout the world, including with respect to our business structure. Any adverse outcome of any such audit or review could harm our business, and the ultimate tax outcome may differ from the amounts recorded in our financial statements and may materially affect our financial results in the period or periods for which such determination is made. While we have established reserves based on assumptions and estimates that we believe are reasonable to cover such eventualities, these reserves may prove to be insufficient.

In addition, our future income taxes could be adversely affected by a shift in our jurisdictional earning mix, by changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, as a result of gains on our foreign exchange risk management program, or changes in tax laws, regulations, or accounting principles, as well as certain discrete items.

In light of continuing fiscal challenges in certain U.S. states and in many countries in Europe, various levels of government are increasingly focused on tax reform and other legislative action to increase tax revenue, including corporate income taxes. A number of U.S. states have attempted to increase corporate tax revenues by taking an expansive view of corporate presence to attempt to impose corporate income taxes and other direct business taxes on companies that have no physical presence in their state, and taxing authorities in foreign jurisdictions may take similar actions. Many U.S. states are also altering their apportionment formulas to increase the amount of taxable income or loss attributable to their state from certain out-of-state businesses. Similarly, in Europe, and elsewhere in the world, there are various tax reform efforts underway designed to ensure that corporate entities are taxed on a larger percentage of their earnings. Companies that operate over the Internet, such as eBay, are a target of some of these efforts. If more taxing authorities are successful in applying direct taxes to Internet companies that do not have a physical presence in their respective jurisdictions, this could increase our effective tax rate.

Our business and its users are subject to Internet sales tax and sales reporting and record-keeping obligations.

The application of sales tax and other indirect taxes on cross border sales by remote sellers is continuing to change and evolve. On June 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court decided South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. et al, a case challenging the current law under which online retailers are not required to collect sales and use tax unless they have a physical presence in the buyer’s state. This decision allows states to adopt new or enforce existing laws requiring sellers to collect and remit sales and use tax, even in states in which the seller has no presence. The adoption or enforcement of any such legislation could result in a sales and use tax collection responsibility for certain of our sellers. This collection responsibility and the additional costs associated with complex sales and use tax collection, remittance and audit requirements could create additional burdens for buyers and sellers on our websites and mobile platforms and could harm our business. Moreover, the application of such taxes on our commerce platforms could cause a marketplace to be less attractive to current and prospective buyers, which could adversely impact our business, financial performance, and growth. The majority of U.S. states have enacted laws or have pending legislation that require marketplace facilitators to collect and remit sales tax for some or all sellers using these marketplaces.

Similar laws imposing tax collection responsibility on foreign sellers are being considered in other countries as well. We are now jointly liable for U.K. VAT and German VAT for certain sellers who fail to fulfill their VAT obligations unless we suspend their eBay activity until the seller resolves the matter with the corresponding VAT authority. Other jurisdictions are considering similar legislation.

Multiple jurisdictions have enacted laws which require marketplaces to report user activity or collect and remit taxes on certain items sold on the marketplace. For example, we are collecting Australian GST on certain imports into Australia and remitting the GST to the Australian Tax Office. The European Union has also adopted a VAT reform package which starting in 2021 requires marketplaces such as eBay to collect and remit VAT on most imports from outside the European Union.

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One or more states, the U.S. federal government or foreign countries may seek to impose reporting or record-keeping obligations on companies that engage in or facilitate ecommerce. Such an obligation could be imposed by legislation intended to improve tax compliance or if one of our companies was ever deemed to be the legal agent of the users of our services by a jurisdiction in which it operates. Certain of our companies are required to report to the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and most states on customers subject to U.S. income tax if they reach certain payment thresholds. As a result, we are required to request tax identification numbers from certain payees, track payments by tax identification number and, under certain conditions, withhold a portion of payments and forward such withholding to the IRS. These obligations can increase operational costs and change our user experience. Any failure by us to meet these requirements could result in substantial monetary penalties and other sanctions and could harm our business. Imposition of an information reporting requirement could decrease seller or buyer activity on our sites and would harm our business.

We have periodically received requests from tax authorities for information regarding the transactions of large classes of sellers on our sites, and in some cases we have been legally obligated to provide this data. The imposition of any requirements on us to disclose transaction records for all or a class of sellers to tax or other regulatory authorities or to file tax forms on behalf of any sellers, especially requirements that are imposed on us but not on alternative means of ecommerce, and any use of those records to investigate, collect taxes from or prosecute sellers or buyers, could decrease activity on our sites and harm our business.

Our business is subject to online security risks, including security breaches and cyberattacks.

Our businesses involve the storage and transmission of users’ personal financial information. In addition, a significant number of our users authorize us to bill their payment card accounts directly for all transaction and other fees charged by us or, in certain cases, third-party service providers utilized in our payment services. An increasing number of websites, including those owned by several other large Internet and offline companies, have disclosed breaches of their security, some of which have involved sophisticated and highly targeted attacks on portions of their websites or infrastructure. The techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, disable, or degrade service, or sabotage systems, change frequently, may be difficult to detect for a long time, and often are not recognized until launched against a target. Certain efforts may be state sponsored and supported by significant financial and technological resources and therefore may be even more difficult to detect. As a result, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. Unauthorized parties may also attempt to gain access to our systems or facilities through various means, including hacking into our systems or facilities, fraud, trickery or other means of deceiving our employees, contractors and temporary staff. A party that is able to circumvent our security measures, or those of our third-party service providers, could misappropriate our or our users’ personal information, cause interruption or degradations in our operations, damage our computers or those of our users, or otherwise damage our reputation. In addition, our users have been and likely will continue to be targeted by parties using fraudulent “spoof” and “phishing” emails to misappropriate user names, passwords, payment card numbers, or other personal information or to introduce viruses or other malware through “trojan horse” programs to our users’ computers. Our information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to cyberattacks or security incidents and third parties may be able to access our users’ proprietary information and payment card data that are stored on or accessible through our systems. Any security breach at a company providing services to us or our users could have similar effects.

In May 2014, we publicly announced that criminals were able to penetrate and steal certain data, including usernames, encrypted user passwords and other non-financial user data. Upon making this announcement, we required all buyers and sellers on our platform to reset their passwords in order to log into their account. The breach and subsequent password reset have negatively impacted the business. In July 2014, a putative class action lawsuit was filed against us for alleged violations and harm resulting from the breach. The lawsuit was dismissed with leave to amend. In addition, we have received requests for information and became subject to investigations regarding this incident from numerous regulatory and other government agencies across the world.

We may also need to expend significant additional resources to protect against security breaches or to redress problems caused by breaches. These issues are likely to become more difficult and costly as we expand the number of markets where we operate. Additionally, our insurance policies carry low coverage limits, which may not be adequate to reimburse us for losses caused by security breaches and we may not be able to fully collect, if at all, under these insurance policies.


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Systems failures or cyberattacks and resulting interruptions in the availability of or degradation in the performance of our websites, applications, products or services could harm our business.

Our systems may experience service interruptions or degradation due to of hardware and software defects or malfunctions, computer denial-of-service and other cyberattacks, human error, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, natural disasters, power losses, disruptions in telecommunications services, fraud, military or political conflicts, terrorist attacks, computer viruses, or other events. Our systems are also subject to break-ins, sabotage and intentional acts of vandalism. Some of our systems are not fully redundant and our disaster recovery planning is not sufficient for all eventualities.

We have experienced and will likely continue to experience system failures, denial-of-service attacks and other events or conditions from time to time that interrupt the availability or reduce the speed or functionality of our websites and mobile applications, including our payments services. These events have resulted and likely will result in loss of revenue. A prolonged interruption in the availability or reduction in the speed or other functionality of our websites and mobile applications or payments services could materially harm our business. Frequent or persistent interruptions in our services could cause current or potential users to believe that our systems are unreliable, leading them to switch to our competitors or to avoid our sites, and could permanently harm our reputation and brands. Moreover, to the extent that any system failure or similar event results in damages to our customers or their businesses, these customers could seek significant compensation from us for their losses and those claims, even if unsuccessful, would likely be time-consuming and costly for us to address. We also rely on facilities, components and services supplied by third parties and our business may be materially adversely affected to the extent these components or services do not meet our expectations or these third parties cease to provide the services or facilities. In particular, a decision by any of our third party hosting providers to close a facility that we use could cause system interruptions and delays, result in loss of critical data and cause lengthy interruptions in our services. We do not carry business interruption insurance sufficient to compensate us for losses that may result from interruptions in our service as a result of systems failures and similar events.

Acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships and strategic investments could result in operating difficulties and could harm our business or impact our financial results.

We have acquired a significant number of businesses of varying size and scope, technologies, services, and products. We have also disposed of significant businesses (including PayPal and our Enterprise business in 2015), and in February 2020 we sold our StubHub business to viagogo. We expect to continue to evaluate and consider a wide array of potential strategic transactions as part of our overall business strategy, including business combinations, acquisitions, and dispositions of businesses, technologies, services, products, and other assets, as well as strategic investments and joint ventures.

These transactions may involve significant challenges and risks, including:

the potential loss of key customers, merchants, vendors and other key business partners of the companies we acquire, or dispose of, following and continuing after announcement of our transaction plans;
declining employee morale and retention issues affecting employees of companies that we acquire or dispose of, which may result from changes in compensation, or changes in management, reporting relationships, future prospects or the direction of the acquired or disposed business;
difficulty making new and strategic hires of new employees;
diversion of management time and a shift of focus from operating the businesses to the transaction, and in the case of an acquisition, integration and administration;
the need to provide transition services to a disposed of company, which may result in the diversion of resources and focus;
the need to integrate the operations, systems (including accounting, management, information, human resource and other administrative systems), technologies, products and personnel of each acquired company, which is an inherently risky and potentially lengthy and costly process;
the inefficiencies and lack of control that may result if such integration is delayed or not implemented, and unforeseen difficulties and expenditures that may arise as a result;
the need to implement or improve controls, procedures and policies appropriate for a larger public company at companies that prior to acquisition may have lacked such controls, procedures and policies or whose controls, procedures and policies did not meet applicable legal and other standards;

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risks associated with our expansion into new international markets;
derivative lawsuits resulting from the acquisition or disposition;
liability for activities of the acquired or disposed of company before the transaction, including intellectual property and other litigation claims or disputes, violations of laws, rules and regulations, commercial disputes, tax liabilities and other known and unknown liabilities and, in the case of dispositions, liabilities to the acquirors of those businesses under contractual provisions such as representations, warranties and indemnities;
the potential loss of key employees following the transaction;
the acquisition of new customer and employee personal information by us or a third party acquiring assets or businesses from us, which in and of itself may require regulatory approval and or additional controls, policies and procedures and subject us to additional exposure; and
our dependence on the acquired business’ accounting, financial reporting, operating metrics and similar systems, controls and processes and the risk that errors or irregularities in those systems, controls and processes will lead to errors in our condensed consolidated financial statements or make it more difficult to manage the acquired business.

At any given time, we may be engaged in discussions or negotiations with respect to one or more of these types of transactions and any of these transactions could be material to our financial condition and results of operations. In addition, it may take us longer than expected to fully realize the anticipated benefits of these transactions, and those benefits may ultimately be smaller than anticipated or may not be realized at all, which could adversely affect our business and operating results. Any acquisitions or dispositions may also require us to issue additional equity securities, spend our cash, or incur debt (and increased interest expense), liabilities, and amortization expenses related to intangible assets or write-offs of goodwill, which could adversely affect our results of operations and dilute the economic and voting rights of our stockholders.
        
We have made certain investments, including through joint ventures, in which we have a minority equity interest and/or lack management and operational control. The controlling joint venture partner in a joint venture may have business interests, strategies, or goals that are inconsistent with ours, and business decisions or other actions or omissions of the controlling joint venture partner or the joint venture company may result in harm to our reputation or adversely affect the value of our investment in the joint venture. Our strategic investments may also expose us to additional risks. Any circumstances, which may be out of our control, that adversely affect the value of our investments, or cost resulting from regulatory action or lawsuits in connection with our investments, could harm our business or negatively impact our financial results.

We entered into a warrant agreement in conjunction with a commercial agreement with Adyen that entitles us to acquire a fixed number of shares of Adyen’s common stock subject to certain milestones being met. This warrant is accounted for as a derivative instrument under ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging. Changes in Adyen’s common stock price and equity volatility may have a significant impact on the value of this warrant. We report this warrant on a quarterly basis at fair value in our condensed consolidated balance sheets, and changes in the fair value of this warrant are recognized in our condensed consolidated statement of income. Fluctuations in Adyen’s common stock or other changes in assumptions could result in material changes in the fair value that we report in our condensed consolidated balance sheets and our condensed consolidated statement of income, which could have a material impact on our financial results.


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We are subject to risks and uncertainties related to the strategic review of our asset portfolio, as well as the execution of our plan for operating efficiency.

In March 2019, we announced that we initiated, with the assistance of external financial advisors, a strategic review of our asset portfolio, including but not limited to StubHub and eBay Classifieds Group. In November 2019, as an outcome of our strategic review, we entered into an agreement to sell our StubHub business to viagogo, which closed in February 2020. Our strategic review efforts continue, however, there can be no assurance that the strategic review will result in any further sale, spin-off or other business combination involving our assets. We will incur expenses in connection with the review and our future results may be affected by the pursuit or consummation of any specific transaction or other strategic alternative resulting from the strategic review. While this review is ongoing, we are exposed to certain risks and uncertainties, including retaining and attracting employees during the review process; the diversion of management’s time to the review; and exposure to potential litigation in connection with the review process or any specific transaction or other strategic alternative resulting therefrom, all of which could disrupt and negatively affect our business. Speculation regarding any developments related to the review of strategic alternatives and perceived uncertainties related to the future of the Company could cause our stock price to fluctuate significantly. There is no finite timetable for completion of the strategic review, and we can provide no assurance that any transaction or other strategic alternative we pursue will have a positive impact on our results of operations or financial condition.

In addition, in October 2019 we announced that our operating review has resulted in a three-year plan for operating efficiency, which is expected to enhance our operating margins and create capacity for reinvestment initiatives. The execution of this plan is subject to various risks and uncertainties, and there can be no assurance that we will be able to achieve the anticipated results of this plan.

Our success largely depends on key personnel. Because competition for our key employees is intense, we may not be able to attract, retain, and develop the highly skilled employees we need to support our business. The loss of senior management or other key personnel could harm our business.

Our future performance depends substantially on the continued services of our senior management and other key personnel, including key engineering and product development personnel, and our ability to attract, retain, and motivate key personnel. Competition for key personnel is intense, especially in the Silicon Valley where our corporate headquarters are located, and we may be unable to successfully attract, integrate, or retain sufficiently qualified key personnel. In making employment decisions, particularly in the Internet and high-technology industries, job candidates often consider the value of the equity awards they would receive in connection with their employment and fluctuations in our stock price may make it more difficult to attract, retain, and motivate employees. In addition, we do not have long-term employment agreements with any of our key personnel and do not maintain any “key person” life insurance policies. The loss of the services of any of our senior management or other key personnel, or our inability to attract highly qualified senior management and other key personnel, could harm our business.

Problems with or price increases by third parties who provide services to us or to our sellers could harm our business.

A number of third parties provide services to us or to our sellers. Such services include seller tools that automate and manage listings, merchant tools that manage listings and interface with inventory management software, storefronts that help our sellers list items and shipping providers that deliver goods sold on our platform, among others. Financial or regulatory issues, labor issues (e.g., strikes, lockouts, or work stoppages), or other problems that prevent these companies from providing services to us or our sellers could harm our business.

Price increases by, or service terminations, disruptions or interruptions at, companies that provide services to us and our sellers and clients could also reduce the number of listings on our platforms or make it more difficult for our sellers to complete transactions, thereby harming our business. Some third parties who provide services to us or our sellers may have or gain market power and be able to increase their prices to us without competitive constraint. While we continue to work with global carriers to offer our sellers a variety of shipping options and to enhance their shipping experience, postal rate increases may reduce the competitiveness of certain sellers’ offerings, and postal service changes could require certain sellers to utilize alternatives which could be more expensive or inconvenient, which could in turn decrease the number of transactions on our sites, thereby harming our business.


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We have outsourced certain functions to third-party providers, including some customer support and product development functions, which are critical to our operations. If our service providers do not perform satisfactorily, our operations could be disrupted, which could result in user dissatisfaction and could harm our business.

There can be no assurance that third parties who provide services directly to us or our sellers will continue to do so on acceptable terms, or at all. If any third parties were to stop providing services to us or our sellers on acceptable terms, including as a result of bankruptcy, we may be unable to procure alternatives from other third parties in a timely and efficient manner and on acceptable terms, or at all.

Our developer platforms, which are open to merchants and third-party developers, subject us to additional risks.

We provide third-party developers with access to application programming interfaces, software development kits and other tools designed to allow them to produce applications for use, with a particular focus on mobile applications. There can be no assurance that merchants or third-party developers will develop and maintain applications and services on our open platforms on a timely basis or at all, and a number of factors could cause such third-party developers to curtail or stop development for our platforms. In addition, our business is subject to many regulatory restrictions. It is possible that merchants and third-party developers who utilize our development platforms or tools could violate these regulatory restrictions and we may be held responsible for such violations, which could harm our business.

We cannot provide assurance that we will continue to pay dividends on our common stock.

In January 2019, we initiated a quarterly cash dividend on our common stock. The timing, declaration, amount and payment of any future dividends fall within the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including our available cash, working capital, financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, covenants in our debt instruments, applicable law and other considerations that our Board of Directors considers relevant. A reduction in the amount of cash dividends on our common stock, the suspension of those dividends or a failure to meet market expectations regarding potential dividend increases could have a material adverse effect on the market price of our common stock. If we do not pay cash dividends on our common stock in the future, realization of a gain on an investment in our common stock will depend entirely on the appreciation of the price of our common stock, which may not occur.

We could incur significant liability if the Distribution is determined to be a taxable transaction.

We have received an opinion from outside tax counsel to the effect that our distribution of 100% of the outstanding common stock of PayPal to our stockholders on July 17, 2015 (the “Distribution”) qualifies as a transaction that is described in Sections 355 and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code. The opinion relies on certain facts, assumptions, representations and undertakings from PayPal and us regarding the past and future conduct of the companies’ respective businesses and other matters. If any of these facts, assumptions, representations or undertakings are incorrect or not satisfied, our stockholders and we may not be able to rely on the opinion of tax counsel and could be subject to significant tax liabilities. Notwithstanding the opinion of tax counsel we have received, the IRS could determine on audit that the Distribution is taxable if it determines that any of these facts, assumptions, representations or undertakings are not correct or have been violated or if it disagrees with the conclusions in the opinion. If the Distribution is determined to be taxable for U.S. federal income tax purposes, our stockholders that are subject to U.S. federal income tax and we could incur significant U.S. federal income tax liabilities.

We may be exposed to claims and liabilities as a result of the Distribution.

We entered into a separation and distribution agreement and various other agreements with PayPal to govern the Distribution and the relationship of the two companies. These agreements provide for specific indemnity and liability obligations and could lead to disputes between us and PayPal. The indemnity rights we have against PayPal under the agreements may not be sufficient to protect us. In addition, our indemnity obligations to PayPal may be significant and these risks could negatively affect our results of operations and financial condition.


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Item 2: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Stock repurchase activity during the three months ended March 31, 2020 was as follows:
Period Ended
Total Number of
Shares
Purchased
Average Price Paid
per Share (3)
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced
Programs
Maximum Dollar
Value that May Yet
be Purchased Under
the Programs (2)
January 31, 2020
   Open Market purchases 3,241,078    $ 34.28    3,241,078    $ 2,039,870,127   
February 29, 2020
   Open Market purchases 13,207,124    $ 36.23    13,207,124    $ 6,561,349,089   
   Accelerated share repurchase 68,566,818   
(1)
$ —   
(1)
68,566,818    $ 3,561,349,089   
March 31, 2020
   Open Market purchases 12,665,693    $ 32.28    12,665,693    $ 3,152,500,605   
97,680,713    97,680,713   

(1)In February 2020, we entered into accelerated share repurchase agreements (the “ASR Agreements”) with each of three financial institutions (each, an “ASR Counterparty”), as part of our share repurchase program. Under the ASR agreements we paid an aggregate amount of $3.0 billion to the ASR Counterparties and received an initial delivery of 69 million shares of our common stock. Pursuant to the terms of the ASR Agreements, the final number of shares and the average purchase price will be determined at the end of the applicable purchase periods, which are scheduled to occur in the third quarter of 2020 but may occur earlier in certain circumstances.
(2)In January 2019 our Board authorized a $4.0 billion stock repurchase program and in January 2020 our Board authorized an additional $5.0 billion stock repurchase program. These stock repurchase programs have no expiration from the date of authorization.
Our stock repurchase programs are intended to programmatically offset the impact of dilution from our equity compensation programs and, subject to market conditions and other factors, to make opportunistic and programmatic repurchases of our common stock to reduce our outstanding share count. Any share repurchases under our stock repurchase programs may be made through open market transactions, block trades, privately negotiated transactions (including accelerated share repurchase transactions) or other means at times and in such amounts as management deems appropriate and will be funded from our working capital or other financing alternatives.
During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we (i) entered into the ASR Agreements and paid an aggregate amount of $3.0 billion to the ASR Counterparties and (ii) additionally repurchased approximately $1.0 billion of our common stock under our stock repurchase program. As of March 31, 2020, a total of approximately $3.2 billion remained available for future repurchases of our common stock under our stock repurchase program.
We expect, subject to market conditions and other uncertainties, to continue making opportunistic and programmatic repurchases of our common stock. However, our stock repurchase programs may be limited or terminated at any time without prior notice. The timing and actual number of shares repurchased will depend on a variety of factors, including corporate and regulatory requirements, price and other market conditions and management’s determination as to the appropriate use of our cash. 
(3)Excludes broker commissions.

Item 3: Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Not applicable.

Item 4: Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5: Other Information

Not applicable.

Item 6: Exhibits

The information required by this Item is set forth in the Index to Exhibits of this Quarterly Report.

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit Number Filed or furnished with this 10-Q Description
4.01
Form of 1.900% Note due 2025(1).
4.02
Form of 2.700% Note due 2030(1).
4.03
Officers’ Certificate dated March 11, 2020 establishing the terms of the 1.900% Notes due 2025 and the 2.700% Notes due 2030(1).
10.01
Credit Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2020, by and among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto(1).
10.02 X
10.03 X
10.04 X
10.05+ X
10.06+ X
31.01 X
31.02 X
32.01 X
32.02 X
101.INS X Inline XBRL Instance Document (the Instance Document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
101.SCH X Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL X Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF X Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB X Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE X Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104 X Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)


+ Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
(1) Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2020.










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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
  eBay Inc.
  Principal Executive Officer:
  By: /s/ Jamie Iannone
    Jamie Iannone
    Chief Executive Officer
Date: April 30, 2020  
  Principal Financial Officer:
  By:
/s/ Andy Cring
    Andy Cring
                                                                                          Interim Chief Financial Officer
Date: April 30, 2020  
  Principal Accounting Officer:
  By:
/s/ Brian J. Doerger
    Brian J. Doerger
    Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
Date: April 30, 2020    



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eBay Inc.
2065 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, California

Re: Accelerated Share Repurchase
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This master confirmation (this “Master Confirmation”), dated as of February 13, 2020 is intended to set forth certain terms and provisions of certain Transactions (each, a “Transaction”) entered into from time to time between Citibank, N.A. (“Dealer”) and eBay Inc. (“Counterparty”). This Master Confirmation, taken alone, is neither a commitment by either party to enter into any Transaction nor evidence of a Transaction. The additional terms of any particular Transaction shall be set forth in a Supplemental Confirmation in the form of Annex A hereto (a “Supplemental Confirmation”), which shall reference this Master Confirmation and supplement, form a part of, and be subject to this Master Confirmation. This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation together shall constitute a “Confirmation” as referred to in the Agreement specified below.
The definitions and provisions contained in the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the “Equity Definitions”), as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., are incorporated into this Master Confirmation. This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation evidence a complete binding agreement between Counterparty and Dealer as to the subject matter and terms of each Transaction to which this Master Confirmation and such Supplemental Confirmation relate and shall supersede all prior or contemporaneous written or oral communications with respect thereto.
This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation supplement, form a part of, and are subject to an agreement in the form of the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement (the “Agreement”), as if Dealer and Counterparty had executed the Agreement on the date of this Master Confirmation (but without any Schedule except for (i) the election of New York law (without reference to its choice of laws doctrine other than Title 14 of Article 5 of the New York General Obligations Law) as the governing law and (ii) the election of US Dollars (“USD”) as the Termination Currency.
The Transactions shall be the sole Transactions under the Agreement. If there exists any ISDA Master Agreement between Dealer and Counterparty or any confirmation or other agreement between Dealer and Counterparty pursuant to which an ISDA Master Agreement is deemed to exist between Dealer and Counterparty, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary in such ISDA Master Agreement, such confirmation or agreement or any other agreement to which Dealer and Counterparty are parties, the Transactions shall not be considered Transactions under, or otherwise governed by, such existing or deemed ISDA Master Agreement.
All provisions contained or incorporated by reference in the Agreement shall govern this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation except as expressly modified herein or in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
If, in relation to any Transaction to which this Master Confirmation and a Supplemental Confirmation relate, there is any inconsistency between the Agreement, this Master Confirmation, such Supplemental Confirmation and the Equity Definitions, the following will prevail for purposes of such Transaction in the order of precedence indicated: (i) the Supplemental Confirmation; (ii) this Master Confirmation; (iii) the Equity Definitions; and (iv) the Agreement.
1.Each Transaction constitutes a Share Forward Transaction for the purposes of the Equity Definitions. Set forth below are the terms and conditions that, together with the terms and conditions set forth in the Supplemental Confirmation relating to any Transaction, shall govern such Transaction.
General Terms:
Trade Date: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
Buyer: Counterparty
Seller: Dealer
Shares: The common stock of Counterparty, par value USD 0.001 per share (Ticker: EBAY)
Exchange: The NASDAQ Global Select Market.
Related Exchange(s): All Exchanges
Calculation Agent: Dealer
Prepayment/Variable Obligations: Applicable
Prepayment Amount: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
Prepayment Date: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
Valuation:
Reference Price: Subject to the provisions of “Pricing Disruption” below, for each Transaction, the amount equal to the arithmetic average of the Rule 10b-18 VWAPs for all Calculation Dates in the Pricing Period; provided that, in the event Dealer determines that a Calculation Date during the Pricing Period is a Disrupted Day only in part, Dealer shall determine the Reference Price based on an appropriately weighted average instead of such arithmetic average with respect to such Disrupted Day.
Reference Price Adjusted Amount: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
Rule 10b-18 VWAP: Subject to the provisions of “Pricing Disruption” below, for any Exchange Business Day, the Rule 10b-18 volume-weighted average price per Share for the regular trading session (including any extension thereof) of the Exchange for such Exchange Business Day, without regard to pre-open or after hours trading outside of such regular trading session for such Business Day, excluding (i) trades that do not settle regular way, (ii) opening (regular way) reported trades in the consolidated system on such Exchange Business Day, (iii) trades that occur in the last ten minutes before the scheduled close of trading on the Exchange on such Exchange Business Day and ten minutes before the scheduled close of the primary trading in the market where the trade is effected, and (iv) trades on such Exchange Business Day that do not satisfy the requirements of Rule 10b-18(b)(3) of the Exchange Act, as reported on the Bloomberg Page “EBAY” <Equity> AQR SEC” (or any successor thereto) or, if such price is not so reported on such Exchange Business Day or is, in the Calculation Agent’s good faith and commercially reasonable discretion, erroneous, the Rule 10b-18 VWAP shall be as determined by the Calculation Agent in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
Pricing Period: For any Transaction, the period commencing on the Pricing Period Commencement Date and ending on the Pricing Period Termination Date, subject to extension as provided herein.
Pricing Period Commencement Date: For any Transaction, as set forth in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation.
Pricing Period Termination Date: For any Transaction, the Scheduled Termination Date for such Transaction; provided that if a First Optional Termination Date is specified in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction, Dealer shall have the right to designate any Calculation Date occurring on or following the First Optional Termination Date as the Pricing Period Termination Date for all or any part of such Transaction by delivering notice to Counterparty prior to 11:59 p.m. New York City time on the Calculation Date immediately following such designated Pricing Period Termination Date. Dealer shall specify in each such notice the portion of the Prepayment Amount that is subject to acceleration (which may be less than the full Prepayment Amount). If the portion of the Prepayment Amount that is subject to acceleration is less than the full Prepayment Amount, then the Calculation Agent shall adjust the terms of the Transaction as appropriate (and in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner) in order to take into account the occurrence of such accelerated Pricing Period Termination Date (including cumulative adjustments to take into account all prior accelerated Pricing Period Termination Dates).
First Optional Termination Date: If applicable, for any Transaction, the date set forth as such in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction.
Scheduled Termination Date: For any Transaction, the date set forth as such in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction; provided that the Scheduled Termination Date may be postponed by Dealer as provided in “Pricing Disruption” below.
Calculation Dates: For each Transaction, any date that is both an Exchange Business Day and is set forth as a Calculation Date in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation.
Pricing Disruption: The definition of “Market Disruption Event” contained in Section 6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:
(i) deleting the words “at any time during the one-hour period that ends at the relevant Valuation Time, Latest Exercise Time, Knock-in Valuation Time or Knock-out Valuation Time, as the case may be” and inserting the words “at any time on any Scheduled Trading Day during the Pricing Period or the Settlement Period” after the word “material” in the third line thereof; and
(ii) replacing the words “or (iii) an Early Closure” in the fifth line thereof with the words “, (iii) an Early Closure or (iv) a Regulatory Disruption”.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, if a Disrupted Day occurs (i) in the Pricing Period, the Calculation Agent may, in its good faith and commercially reasonable discretion, postpone the Scheduled Termination Date, or (ii) in the Settlement Period, if any, the Calculation Agent may extend the Settlement Period. The Calculation Agent may also determine that (A) such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day in full, in which case the Rule 10b-18 VWAP for such Disrupted Day shall not be included for purposes of determining the Reference Price or the Settlement Price, as the case may be, or (B) such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day only in part, in which case the Rule 10b-18 VWAP such Disrupted Day shall be determined by the Calculation Agent based on Rule 10b-18 eligible transactions in the Shares on such Disrupted Day taking into account the nature and duration of the relevant Market Disruption Event, and the weighting of the Rule 10b-18 VWAP for the relevant Calculation Dates during the Pricing Period or the Settlement Period, as the case may be, shall be adjusted in a commercially reasonable manner by the Calculation Agent for purposes of determining the Reference Price or the Settlement Price, as the case may be, with such adjustments based on, among other factors, the duration of any Market Disruption Event and the volume, historical trading patterns and price of the Shares. Any Exchange Business Day on which, as of the date hereof, the Exchange is scheduled to close prior to its normal close of trading shall be deemed not to be an Exchange Business Day; if a closure of the Exchange prior to its normal close of trading on any Exchange Business Day is scheduled following the date hereof, then such Exchange Business Day shall be deemed to be a Disrupted Day in full.
If a Disrupted Day occurs during the Pricing Period or the Settlement Period for any Transaction, as the case may be, and each of the nine immediately following Scheduled Trading Days is a Disrupted Day (a “Disruption Event”), then the Calculation Agent, in its good faith and commercially reasonable discretion, may (x) deem such ninth Scheduled Trading Day to be an Exchange Business Day that is not a Disrupted Day and determine the Rule 10b-18 VWAP for such ninth Scheduled Trading Day using its good faith estimate of the value of the Shares on such ninth Scheduled Trading Day based on the volume, historical trading patterns and price of the Shares and such other factors as it deems appropriate, (y) deem such Disruption Event (and each consecutive Disrupted Day thereafter) to be a Potential Adjustment Event and/or (z) deem such Disruption Event to be an Additional Termination Event in respect of such Transaction, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and such Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction.
Early Closure: The definition of “Early Closure” contained in Section 6.3(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the remainder of the provision following the term “Scheduled Closing Time” in the fourth line thereof.
Regulatory Disruption: In the event that Dealer reasonably concludes in good faith and upon the advice of counsel that it is appropriate for it to refrain from, decrease or otherwise materially alter any market activity on any Scheduled Trading Day during the Pricing Period or, if applicable, the Settlement Period in order to preserve Dealer’s hedge unwind or settlement activity hereunder in compliance with applicable legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by Dealer), or due to any other Market Disruption Event, Dealer may by written notice to Counterparty elect to suspend the Pricing Period or Settlement Period for such day; provided that if such Regulatory Disruption is deemed to have occurred solely in response to such related policies or procedures, such Scheduled Trading Day or Scheduled Trading Days will each be a Disrupted Day in full. Dealer shall promptly notify Counterparty upon exercising its rights pursuant to this provision and shall subsequently notify Counterparty in writing on the day Dealer reasonably believes in good faith and upon the advice of counsel that it may resume its market activity. Dealer shall not be required to communicate to Counterparty the reason for Dealer’s exercise of its rights pursuant to this provision if Dealer reasonably determines in good faith and upon the advice of counsel that disclosing such reason may result in a violation of any legal, regulatory, or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by Dealer).
Settlement Terms:
Settlement Procedures: For each Transaction, if the Number of Shares to be Delivered is positive, Physical Settlement shall be applicable; provided that Dealer does not, and shall not make the agreement or the representations set forth in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions related to the restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws with respect to any Shares delivered by Dealer to Counterparty under any Transaction. If the Number of Shares to be Delivered is negative, then the Counterparty Settlement Provisions in Annex B shall apply to such Transaction.
Number of Shares to be Delivered: For each Transaction, a number of Shares equal to (i)(a) the Prepayment Amount, divided by (b) the Valuation Amount minus (ii) the Initial Share Number.
Valuation Amount: For each Transaction, (i) the Reference Price minus (ii) the Reference Price Adjustment Amount.
Excess Dividend Amount: For the avoidance of doubt, all references to Excess Dividend Amount shall be deleted from Section 9.2(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions.
Settlement Date: For each Transaction, if the Number of Shares to be Delivered is positive, the date that is two Exchange Business Days immediately following (i) the Pricing Period Termination Date or (ii) with respect to any Pricing Period Termination Date designated by Dealer pursuant to the proviso in the definition of Pricing Period Termination Date, the date Dealer delivers the notice designating such Pricing Period Termination Date.
Settlement Currency: USD
Initial Shares:
Initial Share Delivery: For any Transaction, upon payment by Counterparty of the Prepayment Amount, Dealer or an affiliate of Dealer shall deliver to Counterparty a number of Shares equal to the Initial Share Number on the Initial Settlement Date for such Transaction, in accordance with Section 9.4 of the Equity Definitions, with such Initial Settlement Date deemed to be a “Settlement Date” for purposes of such Section 9.4.
Initial Settlement Date: For any Transaction, the date set forth as such in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction.
Initial Share Number: For each Transaction, the number set forth as such in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction.
Share Adjustments:
Method of Adjustment: Calculation Agent Adjustment
Potential Adjustment Event: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 11.2(e) of the Equity Definitions, an Extraordinary Dividend shall not constitute a Potential Adjustment Event.
It shall constitute an additional Potential Adjustment Event if the Scheduled Termination Date for any Transaction is postponed pursuant to “Pricing Disruption” above, in which case the Calculation Agent may, in its commercially reasonable discretion, adjust any relevant terms of any such Transaction as necessary to preserve as nearly as practicable the fair value of such Transaction prior to such postponement; provided that the Calculation Agent shall not adjust any of the dates identified as Calculation Dates in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation.
Extraordinary Dividend: Any dividend or distribution on the Shares (other than any dividend or distribution of the type described in Section 11.2(e)(i) or Section 11.2(e)(ii)(A) of the Equity Definitions) the amount or value of which (as determined by the Calculation Agent) when aggregated with the amount or value (as determined by the Calculation Agent) of any and all previous dividends with ex-dividend dates occurring in the same calendar quarter, exceeds the Ordinary Dividend.
Ordinary Dividend: Amount as set forth in the Supplemental Confirmation for each Transaction.
Early Ordinary Dividend Payment: If an ex-dividend date for any dividend that is not an Extraordinary Dividend occurs during any calendar quarter occurring (in whole or in part) during the Relevant Period (as defined below) and is prior to the Scheduled Ex-Dividend Date for such calendar quarter, the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustment to the exercise, settlement, payment or any other terms of the relevant Transaction as the Calculation Agent determines, in good faith and a commercially reasonable manner, is appropriate to account for the economic effect on the Transaction of such event.
Scheduled Ex-Dividend Date: For each Transaction for each calendar quarter, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

        


Extraordinary Events:
Consequences of Merger Events:
(a) Share-for-Share: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
(b) Share-for-Other: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
(c) Share-for-Combined: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
Tender Offer: Applicable; provided that (i) Section 12.1(l) of the Equity Definitions shall be amended (x) by deleting the parenthetical in the fifth line thereof, (y) by replacing “that” in the fifth line thereof with “whether or not such announcement” and (z) by adding immediately after the words “Tender Offer” in the fifth line thereof “, and any publicly announced change or amendment to such an announcement (including the announcement of an abandonment of such intention)” and (ii) Sections 12.3(a) and 12.3(d) of the Equity Definitions shall each be amended by replacing each occurrence of the words “Tender Offer Date” by “Announcement Date.”
Consequences of Tender Offers:
(a) Share-for-Share: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
(b) Share-for-Other: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
(c) Share-for-Combined: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting: Cancellation and Payment; provided that in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it shall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall be deemed to be the Exchange.
Additional Disruption Events:
(a) Change in Law: Applicable; provided that Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the phrase “the interpretation” in the third line thereof with the phrase “, or public announcement of, the formal or informal interpretation”, (ii) by replacing the word “Shares” where it appears in clause (X) thereof with the words “Hedge Position” and (iii) by immediately following the word “Transaction” in clause (X) thereof, adding the phrase “in the manner contemplated by the Hedging Party on the Trade Date”; provided further that (i) any determination as to whether (A) the adoption of or any change in any applicable law or regulation (including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, (x) any tax law or (y) adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute) or (B) the promulgation of or any change in the interpretation by any court, tribunal or regulatory authority with competent jurisdiction of any applicable law or regulation (including any action taken by a taxing authority), in each case, constitutes a “Change in Law” shall be made without regard to Section 739 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 or any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the Trade Date, and (ii) Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing the parenthetical beginning after the word “regulation” in the second line thereof with the words “(including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, (x) any tax law or (y) adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute)”.
(b) Failure to Deliver: Applicable
(c) Insolvency Filing: Applicable
(d) Loss of Stock Borrow: Applicable, it being understood that the Hedging Party’s rate to borrow Shares shall be determined by reference to the terms of the Hedging Party’s share lending arrangements (which rate shall be, if the Hedging Party posts cash collateral under such lending arrangements, the negative spread on the rebate paid to the Hedging Party on cash collateral by the securities lenders under such lending arrangements) and without regard to the Hedging Party’s cost of funding.
Maximum Stock Loan Rate: 200 basis points per annum
Hedging Party: Dealer: whenever the Hedging Party is required to act or to exercise judgment in any way with respect to any Transaction hereunder, it will do so in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
Determining Party: Dealer: whenever the Determining Party is required to act or to exercise judgment in any way with respect to any Transaction hereunder, it will do so in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
Hedging Adjustments: For the avoidance of doubt, whenever the Calculation Agent is called upon to make an adjustment pursuant to the terms of this Master Confirmation or the Equity Definitions to take into account the effect of an event, the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustment by reference to the effect of such event on Dealer, assuming that Dealer maintains a commercially reasonable Hedge Position.
(e) Increased Cost of Stock Borrow: Applicable, it being understood that the Hedging Party’s rate to borrow Shares shall be determined by reference to the terms of the Hedging Party’s share lending arrangements (which rate shall be, if the Hedging Party posts cash collateral under such lending arrangements, the negative spread on the rebate paid to the Hedging Party on cash collateral by the securities lenders under such lending arrangements) and without regard to the Hedging Party’s cost of funding.
Initial Stock Loan Rate: 50 basis points per annum
Hedging Party: Dealer
Determining Party: Dealer
Additional Termination Event(s): The declaration by the Issuer of any Extraordinary Dividend, the ex-dividend date for which occurs or is scheduled to occur during the Relevant Dividend Period, will constitute an Additional Termination Event, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and all Transactions hereunder as the Affected Transactions.
In the event that any of the representations of Counterparty contained in Sections 4(d), 4(h) and 4(i) would not be true as of the Prepayment Date for a Transaction, then (i) Counterparty shall, prior to delivery of the relevant Initial Share Number against payment of the relevant Prepayment Amount, notify Dealer (in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 12) of the same and (ii) such event shall constitute an Additional Termination Event, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and such Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6 of the Agreement, if a Termination Price is specified in the Supplemental Confirmation for a Transaction, then an Additional Termination Event with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and such Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction will automatically occur without any notice or action by Dealer or Counterparty if the price of the Shares on the Exchange at any time falls below such Termination Price, and the Exchange Business Day on which such event occurs will be the “Early Termination Date” for purposes of the Agreement.
Relevant Dividend Period: The period from and including the first day of the Pricing Period to and including the Relevant Dividend Period End Date.
Relevant Dividend Period End Date: If the Number of Shares to be Delivered is negative, the last day of the Settlement Period; otherwise, the Pricing Period Termination Date.
Non-Reliance/Agreements and
Acknowledgements Regarding
Hedging Activities/Additional
Acknowledgements:
Applicable
2. Calculation Agent.
Dealer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, the Calculation Agent shall not adjust the dates identified as Calculation Dates in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation for any Transaction.
3. Account Details, Offices and Notices.
(a) Account Details:
(i) Account for payments to Counterparty:
Bank: Wells Fargo 
ABA#: 121000248
Acct No.: 4311863153 
Account Name: eBay Inc.
Account for delivery of Shares to Counterparty:
To be provided separately.
(ii) Account for payments to Dealer:
Bank: Citibank NA New York
BIC: CITIUS33 (or ABA: 021000089)
F/O: Citibank New York
A/C: 00167679
Ref:  NY Swap Operations
Account for delivery of Shares to Dealer:
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
DTC: 0505
Name: Citibank NA
Account: 768-08121-2-5

(b) Notices. Unless otherwise specified, notices under this Master Confirmation may be made by telephone, to be confirmed in writing to the address below. Changes to the Notices must be made in writing.
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(i) If to Counterparty:
eBay Inc.
2065 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, California
Attn: Brent Bounds
Telephone: (408) 967-4655
Facsimile: (408) 967-9929
Email: jbounds@ebay.com
(ii) If to Dealer:
Citibank, N.A.
388 Greenwich Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Attention:  Strategic Equity Solutions
Telephone No.: (212) 723-5770
Email: eq.us.corporates.middle.office@citi.com
Peter.barna@citi.com
joseph.stoots@citi.com
Theodore.finkelstein@citi.com


(c) Offices.
(i) The Office of Counterparty for each Transaction is: Inapplicable, Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.
(ii) The Office of Dealer for each Transaction is: New York.
4. Representations of Counterparty.
In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants in the Agreement, Counterparty additionally hereby represents, warrants and covenants to Dealer that:
(a) Corporate Existence and Authorization; Required Company Approvals. Counterparty has all corporate power to enter into this Master Confirmation and such Supplemental Confirmation and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to purchase the Shares and deliver any Settlement Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. Each Transaction contemplated by this Master Confirmation and any repurchase of Shares by Counterparty in connection with such Transaction are pursuant to a publicly announced share repurchase program that has been approved by its board of directors (or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors), and any such repurchase has been or will when so required be publicly disclosed in its periodic filings under the Exchange Act and its financial statements and notes thereto (or in any other filing or disclosure required to be made by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or any other regulatory body) and, as of the Trade Date and the Pricing Period Commencement Date for each Transaction, such Transaction is not subject to any internal policy or procedure of Counterparty, whether written or oral, which would prohibit Counterparty from effecting any aspect of such Transaction, including, without limitation, the purchases of the Shares made pursuant to such Transaction at such time;
(b) Private Placement. It acknowledges that the offer and sale of each Transaction to it is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) thereof. Accordingly, Counterparty represents and warrants to Dealer that (i) it is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities Act, (ii) it is entering into this Transaction for its own account and without a view to the distribution or resale thereof, and it understands that Dealer has no obligation or intention to register such Transaction under the Securities Act or any state securities law or other applicable federal securities law. It has the financial ability to bear the economic risk of its investment in each Transaction and is able to bear a total loss of its investment and the disposition of each Transaction is restricted under this Master Confirmation, the Securities Act and state securities laws.
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(c) Material Non-Public Information and Manipulation. As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, it is not entering into such Transaction, and as of the date of any election with respect to any Transaction hereunder, it is not making such election, in each case, (i) on the basis of, and is not aware of, any material non-public information regarding Counterparty or the Shares; (ii) in anticipation of, in connection with, or to facilitate, a distribution of its securities, a self tender offer or a third-party tender offer; or (iii) to create actual or apparent trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares);
(d) Compliance with Filing Requirements. As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder and as of the date of any election with respect to any Transaction hereunder, each of its filings under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other applicable securities laws that are required to be filed have been filed;
(e) Issuer Tender Offer. As of the Trade Date and the Pricing Period Commencement Date for each Transaction hereunder, the purchase or writing of such Transaction contemplated hereby will not violate Rule 13e-1 or Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act;
(f) Regulation M. The Shares are not, and Counterparty will not cause the Shares to be, subject to a “restricted period” (as defined in Regulation M) at any time during any Regulation M Period (as defined below) for any Transaction. “Regulation M Period” means, for any Transaction, (i) the Relevant Period (as defined below) for such Transaction, (ii) the Settlement Period, if any, for such Transaction and (iii) the Seller Termination Purchase Period (as defined below), if any, for such Transaction. “Relevant Period” means, for any Transaction, the period commencing on the first day of the Pricing Period for such Transaction and ending on the later of (i) the earlier of (x) the Scheduled Termination Date and (y) the last Additional Relevant Day (as specified in the related Supplemental Confirmation) for such Transaction, or such earlier day as elected by Dealer and communicated to Counterparty on such day (or, if later, the First Optional Termination Date (if any) without regard to any acceleration thereof pursuant to “Special Provisions for Acquisition Transaction Announcements” below) and (ii) if Section 9 is applicable to such Transaction, the date on which all deliveries owed pursuant to Section 9 have been made;
(g) Rule 10b-18 Purchases of Blocks. Counterparty shall, on the Trade Date for any Transaction, notify Dealer of the total number of Shares purchased in Rule 10b-18 purchases of blocks pursuant to the once-a-week block exception set forth in paragraph (b)(4) of Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 10b-18”) by or for Counterparty or any of its “affiliated purchasers” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) during each of the four calendar weeks preceding such day and during the calendar week in which such day occurs (“Rule 10b-18 purchases” and “blocks” each being used as defined in Rule 10b-18). From each Trade Date to the relevant Pricing Period Commencement Date, Counterparty and its “affiliated purchasers” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) shall not effect any additional purchasers of such blocks.
(h) Liquidity. As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, (i) its financial condition is such that it has no need for liquidity with respect to its investment in the transactions contemplated by this Master Confirmation and no need to dispose of any portion thereof to satisfy any existing or contemplated undertaking or indebtedness and (ii) its investments in and liabilities in respect of such transactions, which it understands are not readily marketable, are not disproportionate to its net worth, and it is able to bear any loss in connection with such transactions, including the loss of its entire investment in such transactions;
(i) Solvency. As of the Trade Date, the Prepayment Date, the Initial Share Delivery Date and the Settlement Date for each Transaction, Counterparty is not, and will not be, “insolvent” (as such term is defined under Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code (as defined below)) and Company would be able to purchase a number of the Shares with a value equal to the Prepayment Amount in compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction of Company’s incorporation;
(j) Financial Expertise and Total Assets. Counterparty (i) is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities; (ii) will exercise independent judgment in evaluating the recommendations of any broker-dealer or its associated persons, unless it has otherwise notified the broker-dealer in writing; and (iii) has total assets of at least USD 50,000,000 as of the date hereof.
(k) Investment Company Act of 1940. Counterparty is not, and after giving effect to each Transaction, will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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(l) CEA Status. Counterparty is an “eligible contract participant”, as defined in the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act (as amended), and is entering into each Transaction hereunder as principal (and not as agent or in any other capacity, fiduciary or otherwise) and not for the benefit of any third party;
(m) Non-Reliance. It is not relying, and has not relied upon, Dealer or any of its affiliates with respect to the legal, accounting, tax or other implications of this Master Confirmation and that it has conducted its own analyses of the legal, accounting, tax and other implications of this Master Confirmation. Further, it acknowledges and agrees that neither Dealer nor any affiliate of Dealer has acted as its advisor in any capacity in connection with this Master Confirmation or the transactions contemplated hereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions, Counterparty acknowledges that neither Dealer nor any of its affiliates is making any representations or warranties or taking any position or expressing any view with respect to the treatment of any Transaction under any accounting standards including ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share, ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging or ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity.
(n) No Deposit Insurance. It understands that no obligations of Dealer to it hereunder will be entitled to the benefit of deposit insurance and that such obligations will not be guaranteed by any affiliate of Dealer or any governmental agency;
(o) Assumption of Risk. IT UNDERSTANDS THAT THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS MASTER CONFIRMATION ARE SUBJECT TO COMPLEX RISKS THAT MAY ARISE WITHOUT WARNING AND MAY AT TIMES BE VOLATILE AND THAT LOSSES MAY OCCUR QUICKLY AND IN UNANTICIPATED MAGNITUDE AND IS WILLING TO ACCEPT SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND ASSUME (FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE) SUCH RISKS.
5. Acknowledgements and Agreements of Counterparty.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) Nature of Rights. Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that this Master Confirmation is not intended to convey to Dealer rights against Counterparty hereunder that are senior to the claims of common stockholders in any U.S. bankruptcy proceedings of Counterparty; provided, however, that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit Dealer’s right to pursue remedies in the event of a breach by Counterparty of its obligations and agreements with respect to this Master Confirmation; and provided further that in pursuing a claim against Counterparty in the event of a bankruptcy, insolvency or dissolution with respect to Company, Dealer’s rights hereunder shall rank on a parity with the rights of a holder of the Shares enforcing similar rights under a contract involving the Shares.
(c) Bankruptcy Code. The parties hereto intend for (i) each Transaction hereunder to be a “securities contract” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the “Bankruptcy Code”), and the parties hereto are entitled to the protections afforded by, among other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 362(o), 546, 555 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) a party’s right to liquidate, terminate or accelerate a Transaction hereunder and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of Default or Termination Event under this Master Confirmation with respect to the other party to constitute a “contractual right” within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Code; (iii) all transfers of cash, securities or other property under or in connection with each Transaction hereunder are “transfers” made “by or to (or for the benefit of)” a “master netting agreement participant”, a “financial institution”, a “financial participant” or a “forward contract merchant” (each as defined in the Bankruptcy Code) within the meaning of Sections 546(e), 546(f) and 546(j) of the Bankruptcy Code; (iv) all obligations under or in connection with each Transaction hereunder represent obligations in respect of “termination values”, “payment amounts” or “other transfer obligations” within the meaning of Section 362 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (v) each of the parties hereto to be a “financial participant” within the meaning of Section 101(22A) of the Bankruptcy Code.
(d) Dealer’s Activities. Counterparty understands and acknowledges that Dealer and its affiliates may from time to time effect transactions for their own account or the account of customers and hold positions in securities or options on securities of Counterparty and that Dealer and its affiliates may continue to conduct such transactions during the Pricing Period and the Settlement Period.
(e) Establishment of Hedge Position. Counterparty acknowledges that during the term of any Transaction, Dealer and its affiliates may buy or sell Shares or other securities or buy or sell options or futures
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contracts or enter into swaps or other derivative securities in order to establish, adjust or unwind Dealer’s hedge position with respect to such Transaction
(f) Other Market Activities. Counterparty acknowledges that Dealer and its affiliates may also be active in the market for Shares and transactions linked to the Shares other than in connection with hedging activities in relation to any Transaction.
(g) Manner of Hedging or Market Activities. Counterparty acknowledges that Dealer shall make its own determination as to whether, when or in what manner any hedging or market activities in Counterparty’s securities shall be conducted and shall do so in a manner that it deems appropriate to hedge its price and market risk with respect to the Reference Price and the Rule 10b-18 VWAP.
(h) Effect of Market Activities. Counterparty acknowledges that any market activities of Dealer and its affiliates with respect to the Shares may affect the market price and volatility of the Shares, as well as the Reference Price and Rule 10b-18 VWAP, each in a manner that may be adverse to Counterparty.
(i) Purchase Price. Counterparty acknowledges that each Transaction is a derivative transaction in which it has granted Dealer an option; Dealer may purchase shares for its own account at an average price that may be greater than, or less than, the price paid by Counterparty under the terms of the related Transaction.
6. Calculations and Payment Date upon Early Termination.
The parties acknowledge and agree that in calculating (a) the Close-Out Amount pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement and (b) the amount due upon cancellation or termination of any Transaction (whether in whole or in part) pursuant to Article 12 of the Equity Definitions as a result of an Extraordinary Event, Dealer may (but need not) determine such amount based on (i) expected losses assuming a commercially reasonable (including, without limitation, with regard to reasonable legal and regulatory guidelines and taking into account the existence of any Other Specified Repurchase Agreement) risk bid were used to determine loss or (ii) the price at which one or more market participants would offer to sell to the Seller a block of shares of Common Stock equal in number to a commercially reasonable hedge position in relation to such Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement or Article 12 of the Equity Definitions, all amounts calculated as being due in respect of an Early Termination Date under Section 6(e) of the Agreement or upon cancellation or termination of the relevant Transaction under Article 12 of the Equity Definitions will be payable on the day that notice of the amount payable is effective; provided that if Counterparty elects to receive or deliver Shares or Alternative Delivery Units in accordance with Section 9, such Shares or Alternative Delivery Units shall be delivered on a date selected by Dealer as promptly as practicable.
7. 10b5-1 Plan.
(a) It is the intent of Counterparty and Dealer that each Transaction comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Exchange Act and that this Master Confirmation shall be interpreted to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) and the parties shall take no action that results in such Transaction not so complying with such requirements.
(b) Counterparty is entering into this Master Confirmation and each Transaction hereunder in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 10b5-1”) or any other antifraud or anti-manipulation provisions of the federal or applicable state securities laws and that it has not entered into or altered and will not enter into or alter any corresponding or hedging transaction or position with respect to the Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge that entry into any Other Specified Repurchase Agreement shall not fall within the ambit of the previous sentence. Counterparty acknowledges that it is the intent of the parties that each Transaction entered into under this Master Confirmation comply with the requirements of paragraphs (c)(1)(i)(A) and (B) of Rule 10b5-1 and each Transaction entered into under this Master Confirmation shall be interpreted to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c). “Other Specified Repurchase Agreement” means, for any Transaction, any other prepaid accelerated share repurchase transaction entered into on the Trade Date for such Transaction that is intended to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act and with calculation dates (however defined) that do not overlap with the Calculation Dates hereunder.
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(c) During the term of any Transaction and in connection with the delivery of any Alternative Delivery Units for any Transaction, Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) may effect transactions in Shares in connection with such Transaction. The timing of such transactions by Dealer, the price paid or received per Share pursuant to such transactions and the manner in which such transactions are made, including, without limitation, whether such transactions are made on any securities exchange or privately, shall be within the sole judgment of Dealer. Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that all such transactions shall be made in Dealer’s sole judgment and for Dealer’s own account.
(d) Counterparty does not have, and shall not attempt to exercise, any control or influence over how, when or whether Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) makes any “purchases or sales” (within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3)) in connection with any Transaction, including, without limitation, the price paid per Share pursuant to such purchases, whether such purchases are made on any securities exchange or privately and over how, when or whether Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) enters into any hedging transactions. Counterparty represents and warrants that it has consulted with its own advisors as to the legal aspects of its adoption and implementation of this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation under Rule 10b5-1.
(e) Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that any amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation must be effected in accordance with the requirements for the amendment or termination of a “plan” as defined in Rule 10b5-1(c). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any such amendment, modification, waiver or termination shall be made in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b-5, and no such amendment, modification or waiver shall be made at any time at which Counterparty or any officer, director, manager or similar person of Counterparty is aware of any material non-public information regarding Counterparty or the Shares.
8. Counterparty Purchases.
Counterparty (including its “affiliated purchasers”, as defined in Rule 10b-18) shall not, without the prior written consent of Dealer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), directly or indirectly purchase, offer to purchase, place any bid or limit order that would effect a purchase of, or commence any tender offer relating to, any Shares (or an equivalent interest, or any security convertible into or exchangeable for such Shares and including, without limitation, by means of a derivative instrument) on the open market, or enter into any accelerated share repurchase program, or any derivative share repurchase transaction, or other similar transaction, during the Relevant Period, Settlement Period or Seller Termination Purchase Period and thereafter until all payments or deliveries of Shares under this Master Confirmation have been made, except pursuant to (a) (i) any open market repurchase agreement entered into between Counterparty and Dealer or an affiliate thereof providing for purchases made solely on Calculation Dates for the relevant Transaction or (ii) any open market repurchase agreement entered into between Counterparty and the dealer party to an Other Specified Repurchase Agreement (or an affiliate thereof) so long as all purchases thereunder are on days that are not Calculation Dates hereunder, in either case, so long as such purchases do not in the aggregate exceed, on any Exchange Business Day, the Specified ADTV Percentage for such Transaction for any such Exchange Business Day (as specified in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation) or (b) any Other Specified Repurchase Agreement. During such time, any purchases of Shares by Counterparty on any Calculation Date shall be made through Dealer or its affiliates, subject to such reasonable conditions as Dealer or such affiliate shall impose, and in compliance with Rule 10b-18 or otherwise in a manner that Counterparty and Dealer believe is in compliance with applicable requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 8 shall not prohibit limit or otherwise restrict (a) Counterparty’s ability to purchase Shares in connection with any company employee, officer or director equity plan or any dividend reinvestment plan, in each case, that are not expected to result in market transactions, (b) Counterparty’s ability to withhold Shares to cover tax liabilities associated with any such plan, (c) any purchases effected by or for an issuer “plan” by an “agent independent of the issuer” (each as defined in Rule 10b-18), (d) Counterparty’s or any of its affiliates’ ability to repurchase Shares under privately negotiated, off exchange transactions with any of its employees, officers, directors, affiliates or any third party that are not expected to result in market transactions, (e) Counterparty’s ability to grant stock and options to “affiliated purchasers” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) or the ability of such affiliated purchasers to acquire such stock or options in connection with Counterparty’s compensation policies for directors, officers and employees or any agreements with respect to the compensation of directors, officers or employees of any entities that are acquisition targets of Counterparty or (f) purchases of Shares forfeited or surrendered to Counterparty by holders of compensatory restricted Shares.
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9. Loss Settlement Election.
In the event that (a) an Early Termination Date (whether as a result of an Event of Default or a Termination Event) occurs or is designated with respect to any Transaction or (b) any Transaction is cancelled or terminated upon the occurrence of an Extraordinary Event (except as a result of (i) a Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event in which the consideration to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash, (ii) a Merger Event or Tender Offer that is within Counterparty’s control, or (iii) an Event of Default in which Counterparty is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Counterparty is the Affected Party other than an Event of Default of the type described in Section 5(a)(iii), (v), (vi), (vii) or (viii) of the Agreement or a Termination Event of the type described in Section 5(b) of the Agreement, in each case that resulted from an event or events outside Counterparty’s control), if either party would owe any amount to the other party pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement or any Cancellation Amount pursuant to Article 12 of the Equity Definitions (any such amount, a “Payment Amount”), then, in lieu of any payment of such Payment Amount, unless Counterparty makes an election to the contrary no later than the Early Termination Date or the date on which such Transaction is terminated or cancelled, Counterparty or Dealer, as the case may be, shall deliver to the other party a number of Shares (or, in the case of a Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event, a number of units, each comprising the number or amount of the securities or property that a hypothetical holder of one Share would receive in such Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event, as the case may be (each such unit, an “Alternative Delivery Unit”) with a value equal to the Payment Amount, as determined by the Calculation Agent over a commercially reasonable period of time (and the parties agree that, in making such determination of value, the Calculation Agent may take into account a number of factors, including the market price of the Shares or Alternative Delivery Unit on the Early Termination Date or the date of early cancellation or termination, as the case may be, and if such delivery is made by Dealer, the prices at which Dealer purchases Shares or Alternative Delivery Units on any Calculation Date to fulfill its delivery obligation under this Section 9); provided that in determining the composition of any Alternative Delivery Unit, if the relevant Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event involves a choice of consideration to be received by holders, such holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash; and provided further that Counterparty may elect that the provisions of this Section 9 above providing for the delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, shall not apply only if Counterparty represents and warrants to Dealer, in writing on the date it notifies Dealer of such election, that, as of such date, Counterparty is not aware of any material non-public information regarding Counterparty or the Shares and is making such election in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade compliance with the federal securities laws. If delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section 9 is to be made by Counterparty, paragraphs 2 through 7 of Annex B hereto shall apply as if (A) such delivery were a settlement of such Transaction to which Net Share Settlement applied, (B) the Cash Settlement Payment Date were the Early Termination Date or the date of early cancellation or termination, as the case may be, and (C) the Forward Cash Settlement Amount were equal to (x) zero minus (y) the Payment Amount owed by Counterparty. For the avoidance of doubt, if Counterparty validly elects for the provisions of this Section 9 relating to the delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, not to apply to any Payment Amount, the provisions of Article 12 of the Equity Definitions, or the provisions of Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as the case may be, shall apply. If delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, is to be made by Dealer pursuant to this Section 9, the period during which Dealer purchases Shares or Alternative Delivery Units to fulfill its delivery obligations under this Section 9 shall be referred to as the “Seller Termination Purchase Period”; provided that the parties hereby agree that such purchases shall be made solely on Calculation Dates for the relevant Transaction.
10. Special Provisions for Merger Transaction.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Equity Definitions:
(a) Counterparty agrees that it:
(i) will not during the period commencing on the Trade Date for any Transaction and ending on the last day of the Relevant Period or the last day of the Settlement Period and the last day of the Seller Termination Purchase Period, for such Transaction make, or permit to be made (to the extent within Counterparty’s control), any public announcement (as defined in Rule 165(f) under the Securities Act) of any Merger Transaction or potential Merger Transaction (a “Merger Announcement”) unless such Merger Announcement is made prior to the opening or after the close of the regular trading session on the Exchange for the Shares;
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(ii) shall promptly (but in any event prior to the next opening of the regular trading session on the Exchange) notify Dealer following any such Merger Announcement that such Merger Announcement has been made; and
(iii) shall promptly (but in any event prior to the next opening of the regular trading session on the Exchange) provide Dealer with written notice specifying (i) Counterparty’s average daily Rule 10b-18 Purchases (as defined in Rule 10b-18) during the three full calendar months immediately preceding the announcement date of any Merger Transaction or potential Merger Transaction that were not effected through Dealer or its affiliates and (ii) the number of Shares purchased pursuant to the proviso in Rule 10b-18(b)(4) under the Exchange Act for the three full calendar months preceding the announcement date of any Merger Transaction or potential Merger Transaction. Such written notice shall be deemed to be a certification by Counterparty to Dealer that such information is true and correct. In addition, Counterparty shall promptly notify Dealer of the earlier to occur of the completion of such transaction and the completion of the vote by target shareholders.
(b) Counterparty acknowledges that any such Merger Announcement or delivery of a notice with respect thereto may cause a Regulatory Disruption or the terms of any Transaction to be adjusted or such Transaction to be terminated pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 10; accordingly, Counterparty acknowledges that its delivery of such notice must comply with the standards set forth in Section 7 above.
(c) Upon the occurrence of any Merger Announcement (whether made by Counterparty or a third party), Dealer may treat the occurrence of such Merger Announcement as an Additional Termination Event with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and the Transactions hereunder as the Affected Transactions and with the amount under Section 6(e) of the Agreement determined taking into account the fact that the Settlement Period had fewer Scheduled Trading Days than originally anticipated. “Merger Transaction” means any merger, acquisition or similar transaction involving a recapitalization as contemplated by Rule 10b-18(a)(13)(iv) under the Exchange Act.
11. Special Provisions for Acquisition Transaction Announcements.
(a) If an Acquisition Transaction Announcement occurs on or prior to the Settlement Date for any Transaction, then the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustments (if any) to the exercise, settlement, payment or other terms of such Transaction as the Calculation Agent determines, in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner, is appropriate to account for the economic effect on such Transaction of such Acquisition Transaction Announcement. If an Acquisition Transaction Announcement occurs after the Trade Date, but prior to the First Optional Termination Date (if any) of any Transaction, the First Optional Termination Date shall be the date of such Acquisition Transaction Announcement.
(b) “Acquisition Transaction Announcement” means (i) the announcement of an Acquisition Transaction or an event that, if consummated, would result in an Acquisition Transaction, (ii) an announcement that Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries has entered into an agreement, a letter of intent or an understanding designed to result in an Acquisition Transaction, (iii) the announcement of the intention to solicit or enter into, or to explore strategic alternatives or other similar undertaking that may include, an Acquisition Transaction, (iv) any other announcement that in the reasonable judgment of the Calculation Agent may result in an Acquisition Transaction or (v) any announcement of any change or amendment to any previous Acquisition Transaction Announcement (including any announcement of the abandonment of any such previously announced Acquisition Transaction, agreement, letter of intent, understanding or intention). For the avoidance of doubt, announcements as used in the definition of Acquisition Transaction Announcement refer to any public announcement whether made by the Issuer or a third party.
(c) “Acquisition Transaction” means (i) any Merger Event (for purposes of this definition the definition of Merger Event shall be read with the references therein to “100%” being replaced by “15%” and references to “50%” being replaced by “75%” and without reference to the clause beginning immediately following the definition of Reverse Merger therein to the end of such definition), Tender Offer or Merger Transaction or any other transaction involving the merger of Counterparty with or into any third party, (ii) the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Counterparty, (iii) a recapitalization, reclassification, binding share exchange or other similar transaction with respect to Counterparty, (iv) any acquisition by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries where the aggregate consideration transferable by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries exceeds 15% of the market capitalization of Counterparty, (v) any lease, exchange, transfer, disposition (including by way of spin-off or distribution) of assets (including, without limitation, any capital stock or other ownership interests in subsidiaries) or other similar event by
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Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries where the aggregate consideration transferable or receivable by or to Counterparty or its subsidiaries exceeds 15% of the market capitalization of Counterparty and (vi) any transaction in which Counterparty or its board of directors has a legal obligation to make a recommendation to its shareholders in respect of such transaction (whether pursuant to Rule 14e-2 under the Exchange Act or otherwise).
12. Communication between Counterparty and Dealer.
Counterparty shall not at any time prior to the termination of all Transactions hereunder communicate, directly or indirectly, any material nonpublic information concerning itself or the Shares or purchases or sales of Shares by Dealer to any Relevant Dealer Personnel. For purposes hereof, “Relevant Dealer Personnel” means, (i) with respect to any communication relating to a Transaction hereunder (such communication, “Program Communication”), all employees of Dealer except employees in the Strategic Equity Solutions Group; and (ii) with respect to any communication that is not Program Communication, all employees of Dealer except employees that Counterparty reasonably believes are on the “private” side of internal communication walls at Dealer.
13. Delivery Procedures and Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Master Confirmation, Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that, on any day, Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) shall not be obligated to deliver or receive any Shares to or from Counterparty and Counterparty shall not be entitled to receive any Shares if such receipt or delivery would result in Dealer directly or indirectly beneficially owning (as such term is defined for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) at any time in excess of 4.9% of the outstanding Shares. Any purported receipt or delivery of the Shares shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that any receipt or delivery of such Shares would result in Dealer directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 4.9% of the outstanding Shares. If, on any day, any delivery or receipt of the Shares by Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) is not effected, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, Dealer’s and Counterparty’s respective obligations to make or accept such receipt or delivery shall not be extinguished and such receipt or delivery shall be effected over time as promptly as Dealer reasonably determines that such receipt or delivery would not result in Dealer directly or indirectly beneficially owning in excess of 4.9% of the outstanding Shares.
14. Additional Amendments to the Equity Definitions.
(a) Section 11.2(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “a diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with the words “an”; and adding the phrase “or such Transaction” at the end of the sentence.
(b) Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the words “a diluting or concentrative” with “an” in the fifth line thereof, (ii) adding the phrase “or such Transaction” after the “Shares” in the sixth line thereof, (iii) deleting the words “diluting or concentrative” in the seventeenth line thereof, and (iv) replacing the parenthetical phrase in the eighteenth and nineteenth lines thereof with the following: “(and, for the avoidance of doubt, adjustments may be made to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relative to the relevant Shares).”
(c) Section 11.2(e)(vii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with the word “material” and by adding the phrase “or the relevant Transaction” at the end of the sentence.
(d) Section 12.9(b)(iv) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:
(i) deleting (1) subsection (A) in its entirety, (2) the phrase “or (B)” following subsection (A) and (3) the phrase “in each case” in subsection (B); and
(ii) replacing the phrase “neither the Non-Hedging Party nor the Lending Party lends Shares” with the phrase “such Lending Party does not lend Shares” in the penultimate sentence.
(e) Section 12.9(b)(v) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:
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(i) adding the word “or” immediately before subsection “(B)” and deleting the comma at the end of subsection (A); and
(ii) (1) deleting subsection (C) in its entirety, (2) deleting the word “or” immediately preceding subsection (C), (3) deleting the penultimate sentence in its entirety and replacing it with the sentence “The Hedging Party will determine the Cancellation Amount payable by one party to the other” and (4) deleting clause (X) in the final sentence.
15. Additional Provisions.
(a) “Tax” and “Indemnifiable Tax” as defined in Section 14 of the Agreement shall not include (A) any tax imposed or collected pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code (a “FATCA Withholding Tax”) and (B) any tax imposed or collected pursuant to Section 871(m) of the Code or any current or future regulations or official interpretation thereof (a “Section 871(m) Withholding Tax”). For the avoidance of doubt, each of a FATCA Withholding Tax and a Section 871(m) Withholding Tax is a Tax the deduction or withholding of which is required by applicable law for purposes of Section 2(d) of the Agreement. Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that Dealer may, at its discretion, treat each Transaction contemplated hereby as a “specified notional contract” under Section 871(m) of the Code.
(b) Each party shall provide to the other party a valid U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor thereto, (i) on or before the date of execution of this Master Confirmation and (ii) promptly upon learning that any such tax form previously provided by such party has become obsolete or incorrect.
16. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Collateral. Notwithstanding any provision of this Master Confirmation, or any other agreement between the parties, to the contrary, the obligations of Counterparty under this Master Confirmation are not secured by any collateral.
(b) Waiver of Trial by Jury. EACH OF COUNTERPARTY AND DEALER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES (ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS) ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS MASTER CONFIRMATION OR THE ACTIONS OF DEALER OR ITS AFFILIATES IN THE NEGOTIATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.
(c) Non-Confidentiality. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) Dealer acknowledges that this Master Confirmation may be intended to produce U.S. federal income tax benefits for Counterparty and (ii) Counterparty and Dealer hereby agree that (A) Counterparty is not obligated to Dealer to keep confidential from any and all persons or otherwise limit the use of any aspect of this Master Confirmation relating to the structure or tax aspects thereof, and (B) Dealer does not assert any claim of proprietary ownership in respect of any such aspect of this Master Confirmation.
(d) Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act. In connection with Section 739 of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 (“WSTAA”), the parties hereby agree that neither the enactment of WSTAA or any regulation under the WSTAA, nor any requirement under WSTAA or an amendment made by WSTAA, nor any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the date of this Master Confirmation, shall limit or otherwise impair either party’s otherwise applicable rights to terminate, renegotiate, modify, amend or supplement any Supplemental Confirmation, this Master Confirmation or the Agreement, as applicable, arising from a termination event, force majeure, illegality, increased costs, regulatory change or similar event under any Supplemental Confirmation, this Master Confirmation, the Equity Definitions incorporated herein or the Agreement (including, without limitation, rights arising from Change in Law, Loss of Stock Borrow, Increased Cost of Stock Borrow or Illegality).
(e) No Netting or Setoff. Obligations under any Transaction shall not be netted, recouped or set off (including pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement) against any other obligations of the parties, whether arising under
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the Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, or under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and no other obligations of the parties shall be netted, recouped or set off (including pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement) against obligations under any Transaction, whether arising under the Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, or under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and each party hereby waives any such right of setoff, netting or recoupment.
(f) Assignment and Transfer. The rights and duties under this Master Confirmation may not be assigned or transferred by either party hereto without the prior written consent of the other party hereto; provided, however, that Dealer may assign its obligation to deliver or receive delivery of Shares hereunder to any of its affiliates without the prior written consent of Counterparty. Upon any such assignment Dealer shall indemnify Counterparty from and against any loss, cost or expense relating to the failure of such affiliate to perform its delivery obligation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Agreement, Counterparty shall not be required to pay any additional amount under Section 2(d)(i)(4) of the Agreement in excess of any additional amount that would have been required to be paid to Dealer hereunder had there never been any transfer or assignment by Dealer of its rights and obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in the Agreement, any deduction or withholding for tax with respect to which no additional amount is payable solely by reason of the preceding sentence shall not give Dealer (including transferee or assignee) the right to terminate the Transaction under Section 6 of the Agreement.
(g) Counterparts. This Master Confirmation may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Master Confirmation by signing and delivering one or more counterparts.
(h) Calculations, Adjustments and Determinations. All adjustments, calculations and determinations by Dealer hereunder as Calculation Agent, as Determining Party or following the occurrence of an Early Termination Date shall be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. Dealer shall provide to Counterparty prompt notice of any such adjustments, calculations or determinations made with respect to any Transaction under this Master Confirmation, including, upon Counterparty’s request, a schedule or other reasonably detailed explanation of the basis for and determination of each adjustment, calculation or determination (including the methodology and inputs) and information from internal sources used in making such calculation, adjustment or determination, but without disclosing any confidential or proprietary models or any confidential or proprietary information.
(i) Rule 10b-18. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, during the Settlement Period for any Transaction, Dealer agrees to (A) make all purchases of Shares in connection with such Transaction through only one broker or dealer and (B) use commercially reasonable efforts to make all purchases of Shares in connection with such Transaction in a manner that would comply with the limitations set forth in clauses (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4) and (c) of Rule 10b-18 as if such rule were applicable to such purchases and taking into account any applicable Securities and Exchange Commission no-action letters as appropriate, and subject to any delays between the execution and reporting of a trade of the Shares on the applicable securities exchange or quotation system and other circumstances beyond Dealer’s control.
17. U.S. QFC Mandatory Contractual Requirements.
(a) Limitation on Exercise of Certain Default Rights Related to a Dealer Affiliate’s Entry Into Insolvency Proceedings. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Master Confirmation or any other agreement, the parties hereto expressly acknowledge and agree that, subject to Section 17(b), Counterparty shall not be permitted to exercise any Default Right against Dealer with respect to this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement that is related, directly or indirectly, to a Dealer Affiliate becoming subject to an Insolvency Proceeding.
(b) General Creditor Protections. Nothing in Section 17(a) shall restrict the exercise by Counterparty of any Default Right against Dealer with respect to this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement that arises as a result of:
(i) Dealer becoming subject to an Insolvency Proceeding; or
(ii) Dealer not satisfying a payment or delivery obligation pursuant to (A) this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement, or (B) another contract between Dealer
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and Counterparty that gives rise to a Default Right under this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement.
(c) Burden of Proof. After a Dealer Affiliate has become subject to an Insolvency Proceeding, if Counterparty seeks to exercise any Default Right with respect to this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement, Counterparty shall have the burden of proof, by clear and convincing evidence, that the exercise of such Default Right is permitted hereunder or thereunder.
(d) General Conditions.
(i) Effective Date. The provisions set forth in Section 17 will come into effect on the later of the Applicable Compliance Date and the date of this Master Confirmation.
(ii) Prior Adherence to the U.S. Protocol. If Dealer and Counterparty have adhered to the ISDA U.S. Protocol prior to the date of this Master Confirmation, the terms of the ISDA U.S. Protocol shall be incorporated into and form a part of this Master Confirmation and shall replace the terms of this Section 17. For purposes of incorporating the ISDA U.S. Protocol, Dealer shall be deemed to be a Regulated Entity, Counterparty shall be deemed to be an Adhering Party and the Master Confirmation shall be deemed to be a Protocol Covered Agreement.
(iii) Subsequent Adherence to the U.S. Protocol. If, after the date of this Master Confirmation, both Dealer and Counterparty shall have become adhering parties to the ISDA U.S. Protocol, the terms of the ISDA U.S. Protocol will supersede and replace this Section 17.
(e) Definitions. For the purposes of Section 17, the following definitions apply:
Applicable Compliance Date” with respect to this Master Confirmation shall be determined as follows: (a) if Counterparty is an entity subject to the requirements of the QFC Stay Rules, January 1, 2019, (b) if Counterparty is a Financial Counterparty (other than a Small Financial Institution) that is not an entity subject to the requirements of the QFC Stay Rules, July 1, 2019 and (c) if Counterpartyis not described in clause (a) or (b), January 1, 2020.
        “BHC Affiliate” has the same meaning as the term “affiliate” as defined in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1813(w) and 12 U.S.C. 1841(k).

Consolidated Affiliate” has the same meaning specified in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. 252.81, 12 C.F.R. 382.1 and 12 C.F.R. 47.2.
Counterparty Affiliate” means a Consolidated Affiliate of Counterparty.
Credit Enhancement” means, with respect to this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement, any credit enhancement or other credit support arrangement in support of the obligations of Dealer or Counterparty hereunder or thereunder or with respect hereto or thereto, including any guarantee or collateral arrangement (including any pledge, charge, mortgage or other security interest in collateral or title transfer arrangement), trust or similar arrangement, letter of credit, transfer of margin or any similar arrangement.
Dealer Affiliate” means, with respect to Dealer, a BHC Affiliate of that party.
Default Right” means, with respect to this Master Confirmation (including any Transaction or Supplemental Confirmation hereunder) or any other Relevant Agreement, any:
(i) right of a party, whether contractual or otherwise (including, without limitation, rights incorporated by reference to any other contract, agreement, or document, and rights afforded by statute, civil code, regulation, and common law), to liquidate, terminate, cancel, rescind, or accelerate such agreement or transactions thereunder, set off or net amounts owing in respect thereto (except rights related to same-day payment netting), exercise remedies in respect of collateral or other credit support or property related thereto (including the purchase and sale of property), demand payment or delivery thereunder or in respect thereof (other than a right or operation of a contractual provision arising solely from a change in the value of
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collateral or margin or a change in the amount of an economic exposure), suspend, delay, or defer payment or performance thereunder, or modify the obligations of a party thereunder, or any similar rights; and
(ii) right or contractual provision that alters the amount of collateral or margin that must be provided with respect to an exposure thereunder, including by altering any initial amount, threshold amount, variation margin, minimum transfer amount, the margin value of collateral, or any similar amount, that entitles a party to demand the return of any collateral or margin transferred by it to the other party or a custodian or that modifies a transferee’s right to reuse collateral or margin (if such right previously existed), or any similar rights, in each case, other than a right or operation of a contractual provision arising solely from a change in the value of collateral or margin or a change in the amount of an economic exposure; but
(iii) solely with respect to Section 17(a) does not include any right under a contract that allows a party to terminate the contract on demand or at its option at a specified time, or from time to time, without the need to show cause.
FDI Act” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Financial Counterparty” has the meaning given to such term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. 252.81, 12 C.F.R. 382.1 and 12 C.F.R. 47.2.
Insolvency Proceeding” means a receivership, insolvency, liquidation, resolution, or similar proceeding.
ISDA U.S. Protocol” means the ISDA 2018 U.S. Resolution Stay Protocol, as published by ISDA on July 31, 2018.
OLA” means Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
QFC Stay Rules” means the regulations codified at 12 C.F.R. 252.81–8 (the “Federal Reserve Rule”), 12 C.F.R. 382.1-7 (the “FDIC Rule”) and 12 C.F.R. 47.1-8 (the “OCC Rule”), respectively. All references herein to the specific provisions of the Federal Reserve Rule, the FDICs Rule and the OCC Rule shall be construed, with respect to Dealer, to the particular QFC Stay Rule(s) applicable to it.
Relevant Agreement” means this Master Confirmation (including all Transactions and Supplemental Confirmations hereunder) and any Credit Enhancement relating hereto or thereto .
Small Financial Institution” has the meaning given to such term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. 252.81, 12 C.F.R. 382.1 and 12 C.F.R. 47.2.

State” means any state, commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or the United States Virgin Islands.


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Please confirm your agreement to the foregoing by signing and returning to us the enclosed duplicate of this Master Confirmation.
Very truly yours,
CITIBANK, N.A.
By: /s/ Peter Barna
Name: PETER BARNA
Title: Authorized Representative

Acknowledged:

EBAY INC.
By: /s/ Joseph B. Bounds
Name: JOSEPH B. BOUNDS
Title: Vice President/Treasury


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ANNEX A

Citibank, N.A.
Strategic Equity Solutions
388 Greenwich Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10013

[______], 20[__]
eBay Inc.
2065 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, California
Re: Accelerated Share Repurchase: Supplemental Confirmation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Master Confirmation between us dated February 13, 2020 (the “Master Confirmation”). Capitalized terms used without definition in this Supplemental Confirmation have the definitions assigned to them in the Master Confirmation.
This Supplemental Confirmation confirms the terms and conditions of the Transaction entered into between Citibank, N.A. (“Dealer”) and eBay Inc. (“Counterparty”) (together, the “Contracting Parties”) on the Trade Date specified below. This Supplemental Confirmation is a binding contract between Dealer and Counterparty as of the relevant Trade Date for the Transaction referenced below. Dealer is acting as principal in this Transaction.
1. This Supplemental Confirmation supplements, forms part of, and is subject to the Master Confirmation between the Contracting Parties, as amended and supplemented from time to time. All provisions contained in the Master Confirmation govern this Supplemental Confirmation except as expressly modified below.
2. The additional terms of the Transaction to which this Supplemental Confirmation relates are as follows:
Trade Date: [________]
Prepayment Amount: USD [________]
Prepayment Date: [________]
Reference Price
Adjustment Amount: USD [________]
Pricing Period
Commencement Date: [________]
First Optional
Termination Date: [________]

Scheduled Termination Date: [________]
Initial Share Number: [________] Shares
Initial Settlement Date: [________]
Ordinary Dividend: USD [___]
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Scheduled Ex-Dividend Dates: [________]
Specified ADTV Percentage: For any Exchange Business Day, [__]% of the ADTV (as defined in Rule 10b-18) of the Shares.
Termination Price: USD [_________] per Share, equal to approximately 50% of the closing price of the Shares on the Trade Date
Additional Relevant Days: The 3 Calculation Dates immediately following the Pricing Period
Number of Shares purchased
in Rule 10b-18 purchases of
blocks pursuant to the once-a-week
block exception set forth in
Rule 10b-18 by or for Counterparty
or any of its “affiliated
purchasers” (as defined in Rule
10b-18): 0

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If necessary, the Calculation Agent may add additional Calculation Dates beginning with [ ] and continuing with every third Scheduled Trading Day thereafter.


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Please indicate your acknowledgment of the above by signing and returning to us a copy of this Supplemental Confirmation.

Very truly yours,
CITIBANK, N.A.
By:    
Name:
Title: Authorized Representative

Acknowledged:
EBAY INC.
By:  
Name:
Title:



        


ANNEX B
Counterparty Settlement Provisions
1. The following Counterparty Settlement Provisions shall apply to the extent indicated under the Master Confirmation:
Settlement Currency: USD
Settlement Method Election: Applicable; provided that (i) Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the word “Physical” in the sixth line thereof and replacing it with the words “Net Share” and (ii) the Electing Party may make a settlement method election only if the Electing Party represents and warrants to Dealer in writing on the date it notifies Dealer of its election that, as of such date, the Electing Party is not aware of any material non-public information concerning Counterparty or the Shares and is electing the settlement method in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade compliance with the federal securities laws.
Electing Party: Counterparty
Settlement Method
Election Date: For the relevant Transaction (x) if a First Optional Termination Date has been specified in the related Supplemental Confirmation, the earlier of (i) the Scheduled Termination Date and (ii) the second Exchange Business Day immediately following the Pricing Period Termination Date (in which case the election under Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions shall be made no later than 10 minutes prior to the open of trading on the Exchange on such second Exchange Business Day), as the case may be and (y) if a First Optional Termination Date has not been specified in the related Supplemental Confirmation, the Scheduled Termination Date.
Default Settlement Method: Cash Settlement
Forward Cash Settlement
Amount: The Number of Shares to be Delivered multiplied by the Settlement Price.
Settlement Price: An amount equal to the average of the Rule 10b-18 VWAPs for the Calculation Dates in the Settlement Period, subject to Pricing Disruption as specified in the Master Confirmation.
Settlement Period: A number of Scheduled Trading Days determined by Dealer in its good faith and commercially reasonable discretion to close out a commercially reasonable Hedge Position, beginning on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the earlier of (i) the Scheduled Termination Date or (ii) the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the Pricing Period Termination Date.
Cash Settlement: If Cash Settlement is applicable, then Buyer shall pay to Dealer the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount on the Cash Settlement Payment Date.
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Cash Settlement
Payment Date: The date two Exchange Business Days following the last day of the Settlement Period.
Net Share Settlement
Procedures: If Net Share Settlement is applicable, Net Share Settlement shall be made in accordance with paragraphs 2 through 7 below.
2. Net Share Settlement shall be made by delivery on the Cash Settlement Payment Date of a number of Shares satisfying the conditions set forth in paragraph 3 below (the “Registered Settlement Shares”), or a number of Shares not satisfying such conditions (the “Unregistered Settlement Shares”), in either case with a value equal to the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount, with such Shares’ value based on the value thereof to Dealer (which value shall, in the case of Unregistered Settlement Shares, take into account a commercially reasonable illiquidity discount), in each case as determined by the Calculation Agent. Notwithstanding Counterparty’s election of Net Share Settlement, if all of the conditions for delivery of either Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares have not been met, Cash Settlement shall be applicable in accordance with paragraph 1 above.
3. Counterparty may only deliver Registered Settlement Shares pursuant to paragraph 2 above if:
(a) a registration statement covering public resale of the Registered Settlement Shares by Dealer (the “Registration Statement”) shall have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act and been declared or otherwise become effective on or prior to the date of delivery, and no stop order shall be in effect with respect to the Registration Statement; a printed prospectus relating to the Registered Settlement Shares (including, without limitation, any prospectus supplement thereto, the “Prospectus”) shall have been delivered to Dealer, in such quantities as Dealer shall reasonably have requested, on or prior to the date of delivery;
(b) the form and content of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including, without limitation, any sections describing the plan of distribution) shall be satisfactory to Dealer;
(c) as of or prior to the date of delivery, Dealer and its agents shall have been afforded a reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for underwritten offerings of equity securities and the results of such investigation are satisfactory to Dealer, in its discretion; and
(d) as of the date of delivery, an agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) shall have been entered into with Dealer in connection with the public resale of the Registered Settlement Shares by Dealer substantially similar to underwriting agreements customary for underwritten offerings of equity securities, in form and substance satisfactory to Dealer, which Underwriting Agreement shall include, without limitation, provisions substantially similar to those contained in such underwriting agreements relating, without limitation, to the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the liability of, Dealer and its affiliates and the provision of customary opinions, accountants’ comfort letters and lawyers’ negative assurance letters.
4. If Counterparty delivers Unregistered Settlement Shares pursuant to paragraph 2 above:
(a) all Unregistered Settlement Shares shall be delivered to Dealer (or any affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(2) thereof;
(b) as of or prior to the date of delivery, Dealer and any potential purchaser of any such shares from Dealer (or any affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) identified by Dealer shall be afforded a commercially reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for private placements of equity securities (including, without limitation, the right to have made available to them for inspection all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and other information reasonably requested by them);
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(c) as of the date of delivery, Counterparty shall enter into an agreement (a “Private Placement Agreement”) with Dealer (or any affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) in connection with the private placement of such shares by Counterparty to Dealer (or any such affiliate) and the private resale of such shares by Dealer (or any such affiliate), substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of equity securities, in form and substance commercially reasonably satisfactory to Dealer, which Private Placement Agreement shall include, without limitation, provisions substantially similar to those contained in such private placement purchase agreements relating, without limitation, to the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the liability of, Dealer and its affiliates and the provision of customary opinions, accountants’ comfort letters and lawyers’ negative assurance letters, and shall provide for the payment by Counterparty of all reasonable fees and expenses in connection with such resale, including, without limitation, all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for Dealer, and shall contain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of Counterparty reasonably necessary or advisable to establish and maintain the availability of an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act for such resales; and
(d) in connection with the private placement of such shares by Counterparty to Dealer (or any such affiliate) and the private resale of such shares by Dealer (or any such affiliate), Counterparty shall, if so requested by Dealer, prepare, in cooperation with Dealer, a private placement memorandum in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Dealer
5. Dealer, itself or through an affiliate (the “Selling Agent”) or any underwriter(s), will sell all, or such lesser portion as may be required hereunder, of the Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares and any Makewhole Shares (as defined below) (together, the “Settlement Shares”) delivered by Counterparty to Dealer pursuant to paragraph 6 below commencing on the Cash Settlement Payment Date and continuing until the date on which the aggregate Net Proceeds (as such term is defined below) of such sales, as determined by Dealer, is equal to the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount (such date, the “Final Resale Date”). If the proceeds of any sale(s) made by Dealer, the Selling Agent or any underwriter(s), net of any fees and commissions (including, without limitation, underwriting or placement fees) customary for similar transactions under the circumstances at the time of the offering, together with carrying charges and expenses incurred in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares (including, without limitation, the covering of any over-allotment or short position (syndicate or otherwise)) (the “Net Proceeds”) exceed the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount, Dealer will refund, in USD, such excess to Counterparty on the date that is two (2) Currency Business Days following the Final Resale Date, and, if any portion of the Settlement Shares remains unsold, Dealer shall return to Counterparty on that date such unsold Shares.
6. If the Calculation Agent determines that the Net Proceeds received from the sale of the Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares or any Makewhole Shares, if any, pursuant to this paragraph 6 are less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount (the amount in USD by which the Net Proceeds are less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount being the “Shortfall” and the date on which such determination is made, the “Deficiency Determination Date”), Counterparty shall on the Exchange Business Day next succeeding the Deficiency Determination Date (the “Makewhole Notice Date”) deliver to Dealer, through the Selling Agent, a notice of Counterparty’s election that Counterparty shall either (i) pay an amount in cash equal to the Shortfall on the day that is one (1) Currency Business Day after the Makewhole Notice Date, or (ii) deliver additional Shares. If Counterparty elects to deliver to Dealer additional Shares, then Counterparty shall deliver additional Shares in compliance with the terms and conditions of paragraph 3 or paragraph 4 above, as the case may be (the “Makewhole Shares”), on the first Clearance System Business Day which is also an Exchange Business Day following the Makewhole Notice Date in such number as the Calculation Agent reasonably believes would have a market value on that Exchange Business Day equal to the Shortfall. Such Makewhole Shares shall be sold by Dealer in accordance with the provisions above; provided that if the sum of the Net Proceeds from the sale of the originally delivered Shares and the Net Proceeds from the sale of any Makewhole Shares is less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount then Counterparty shall, at its election, either make such cash payment or deliver to Dealer further Makewhole Shares until such Shortfall has been reduced to zero.
7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the aggregate number of Settlement Shares be greater than the Reserved Shares minus the amount of any Shares actually delivered by Counterparty under any other Transaction(s) under this Master Confirmation (the result of such calculation, the “Capped Number”). Counterparty represents and warrants (which shall be deemed to be repeated on each day that a Transaction is outstanding) that the Capped Number is equal to or less than the number of Shares determined according to the following formula:
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Where A = the number of authorized but unissued shares of the Counterparty that are not reserved for future issuance on the date of the determination of the Capped Number; and
B = the maximum number of Shares required to be delivered to third parties if Counterparty elected Net Share Settlement of all transactions in the Shares (other than Transactions in the Shares under this Master Confirmation) with all third parties that are then currently outstanding and unexercised.
Reserved Shares” means as of the date of the Master Confirmation, 53,777,897 Shares. The Reserved Shares may be increased or decreased as agreed by the parties in a Supplemental Confirmation.
If at any time, as a result of this paragraph 7, Counterparty fails to deliver to Dealer any Settlement Shares, Counterparty shall, to the extent that Counterparty has at such time authorized but unissued Shares not reserved for other purposes, promptly notify Dealer thereof and deliver to Dealer a number of Shares not previously delivered as a result of this paragraph 7. Counterparty agrees to use its best efforts to cause the number of authorized but unissued Shares to be increased, if necessary, to an amount sufficient to permit Counterparty to fulfill its obligation to deliver any Settlement Shares.


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eBay Inc.
2065 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, California

Re: Accelerated Share Repurchase

Ladies and Gentlemen:
This master confirmation (this “Master Confirmation”), dated as of February 13, 2020 is intended to set forth certain terms and provisions of certain Transactions (each, a “Transaction”) entered into from time to time between Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“Dealer”) and eBay Inc. (“Counterparty”). This Master Confirmation, taken alone, is neither a commitment by either party to enter into any Transaction nor evidence of a Transaction. The additional terms of any particular Transaction shall be set forth in a Supplemental Confirmation in the form of Annex A hereto (a “Supplemental Confirmation”), which shall reference this Master Confirmation and supplement, form a part of, and be subject to this Master Confirmation. This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation together shall constitute a “Confirmation” as referred to in the Agreement specified below.
The definitions and provisions contained in the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the “Equity Definitions”), as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., are incorporated into this Master Confirmation. This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation evidence a complete binding agreement between Counterparty and Dealer as to the subject matter and terms of each Transaction to which this Master Confirmation and such Supplemental Confirmation relate and shall supersede all prior or contemporaneous written or oral communications with respect thereto.
This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation supplement, form a part of, and are subject to an agreement in the form of the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement (the “Agreement”), as if Dealer and Counterparty had executed the Agreement on the date of this Master Confirmation (but without any Schedule except for (i) the election of New York law (without reference to its choice of laws doctrine other than Title 14 of Article 5 of the New York General Obligations Law) as the governing law and (ii) the election of US Dollars (“USD”) as the Termination Currency.
The Transactions shall be the sole Transactions under the Agreement. If there exists any ISDA Master Agreement between Dealer and Counterparty or any confirmation or other agreement between Dealer and Counterparty pursuant to which an ISDA Master Agreement is deemed to exist between Dealer and Counterparty, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary in such ISDA Master Agreement, such confirmation or agreement or any other agreement to which Dealer and Counterparty are parties, the Transactions shall not be considered Transactions under, or otherwise governed by, such existing or deemed ISDA Master Agreement.
All provisions contained or incorporated by reference in the Agreement shall govern this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation except as expressly modified herein or in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
If, in relation to any Transaction to which this Master Confirmation and a Supplemental Confirmation relate, there is any inconsistency between the Agreement, this Master Confirmation, such Supplemental Confirmation and the Equity Definitions, the following will prevail for purposes of such Transaction in the order of precedence indicated: (i) the Supplemental Confirmation; (ii) this Master Confirmation; (iii) the Equity Definitions; and (iv) the Agreement.
1.Each Transaction constitutes a Share Forward Transaction for the purposes of the Equity Definitions. Set forth below are the terms and conditions that, together with the terms and conditions set forth in the Supplemental Confirmation relating to any Transaction, shall govern such Transaction.
General Terms:
Trade Date: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
Buyer: Counterparty
Seller: Dealer
Shares: The common stock of Counterparty, par value USD 0.001 per share (Ticker: EBAY)
Exchange: The NASDAQ Global Select Market.
Related Exchange(s): All Exchanges
Calculation Agent: Dealer
Prepayment/Variable Obligations: Applicable
Prepayment Amount: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
Prepayment Date: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
Valuation:
Reference Price: Subject to the provisions of “Pricing Disruption” below, for each Transaction, the amount equal to the arithmetic average of the Rule 10b-18 VWAPs for all Calculation Dates in the Pricing Period; provided that, in the event Dealer determines that a Calculation Date during the Pricing Period is a Disrupted Day only in part, Dealer shall determine the Reference Price based on an appropriately weighted average instead of such arithmetic average with respect to such Disrupted Day.
Reference Price Adjusted Amount: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
Rule 10b-18 VWAP: Subject to the provisions of “Pricing Disruption” below, for any Exchange Business Day, the Rule 10b-18 volume-weighted average price per Share for the regular trading session (including any extension thereof) of the Exchange for such Exchange Business Day, without regard to pre-open or after hours trading outside of such regular trading session for such Business Day, excluding (i) trades that do not settle regular way, (ii) opening (regular way) reported trades in the consolidated system on such Exchange Business Day, (iii) trades that occur in the last ten minutes before the scheduled close of trading on the Exchange on such Exchange Business Day and ten minutes before the scheduled close of the primary trading in the market where the trade is effected, and (iv) trades on such Exchange Business Day that do not satisfy the requirements of Rule 10b-18(b)(3) of the Exchange Act, as reported on the Bloomberg Page “EBAY” <Equity> AQR SEC” (or any successor thereto) or, if such price is not so reported on such Exchange Business Day or is, in the Calculation Agent’s good faith and commercially reasonable discretion, erroneous, the Rule 10b-18 VWAP shall be as determined by the Calculation Agent in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
Pricing Period: For any Transaction, the period commencing on the Pricing Period Commencement Date and ending on the Pricing Period Termination Date, subject to extension as provided herein.
Pricing Period Commencement Date: For any Transaction, as set forth in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation.
Pricing Period Termination Date: For any Transaction, the Scheduled Termination Date for such Transaction; provided that if a First Optional Termination Date is specified in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction, Dealer shall have the right to designate any Calculation Date occurring on or following the First Optional Termination Date as the Pricing Period Termination Date for all or any part of such Transaction by delivering notice to Counterparty prior to 11:59 p.m. New York City time on the Calculation Date immediately following such designated Pricing Period Termination Date. Dealer shall specify in each such notice the portion of the Prepayment Amount that is subject to acceleration (which may be less than the full Prepayment Amount). If the portion of the Prepayment Amount that is subject to acceleration is less than the full Prepayment Amount, then the Calculation Agent shall adjust the terms of the Transaction as appropriate (and in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner) in order to take into account the occurrence of such accelerated Pricing Period Termination Date (including cumulative adjustments to take into account all prior accelerated Pricing Period Termination Dates).
First Optional Termination Date: If applicable, for any Transaction, the date set forth as such in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction.
Scheduled Termination Date: For any Transaction, the date set forth as such in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction; provided that the Scheduled Termination Date may be postponed by Dealer as provided in “Pricing Disruption” below.
Calculation Dates: For each Transaction, any date that is both an Exchange Business Day and is set forth as a Calculation Date in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation.
Pricing Disruption: The definition of “Market Disruption Event” contained in Section 6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:
(i) deleting the words “at any time during the one-hour period that ends at the relevant Valuation Time, Latest Exercise Time, Knock-in Valuation Time or Knock-out Valuation Time, as the case may be” and inserting the words “at any time on any Scheduled Trading Day during the Pricing Period or the Settlement Period” after the word “material” in the third line thereof; and
(ii) replacing the words “or (iii) an Early Closure” in the fifth line thereof with the words “, (iii) an Early Closure or (iv) a Regulatory Disruption”.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, if a Disrupted Day occurs (i) in the Pricing Period, the Calculation Agent may, in its good faith and commercially reasonable discretion, postpone the Scheduled Termination Date, or (ii) in the Settlement Period, if any, the Calculation Agent may extend the Settlement Period. The Calculation Agent may also determine that (A) such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day in full, in which case the Rule 10b-18 VWAP for such Disrupted Day shall not be included for purposes of determining the Reference Price or the Settlement Price, as the case may be, or (B) such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day only in part, in which case the Rule 10b-18 VWAP such Disrupted Day shall be determined by the Calculation Agent based on Rule 10b-18 eligible transactions in the Shares on such Disrupted Day taking into account the nature and duration of the relevant Market Disruption Event, and the weighting of the Rule 10b-18 VWAP for the relevant Calculation Dates during the Pricing Period or the Settlement Period, as the case may be, shall be adjusted in a commercially reasonable manner by the Calculation Agent for purposes of determining the Reference Price or the Settlement Price, as the case may be, with such adjustments based on, among other factors, the duration of any Market Disruption Event and the volume, historical trading patterns and price of the Shares. Any Exchange Business Day on which, as of the date hereof, the Exchange is scheduled to close prior to its normal close of trading shall be deemed not to be an Exchange Business Day; if a closure of the Exchange prior to its normal close of trading on any Exchange Business Day is scheduled following the date hereof, then such Exchange Business Day shall be deemed to be a Disrupted Day in full.
If a Disrupted Day occurs during the Pricing Period or the Settlement Period for any Transaction, as the case may be, and each of the nine immediately following Scheduled Trading Days is a Disrupted Day (a “Disruption Event”), then the Calculation Agent, in its good faith and commercially reasonable discretion, may (x) deem such ninth Scheduled Trading Day to be an Exchange Business Day that is not a Disrupted Day and determine the Rule 10b-18 VWAP for such ninth Scheduled Trading Day using its good faith estimate of the value of the Shares on such ninth Scheduled Trading Day based on the volume, historical trading patterns and price of the Shares and such other factors as it deems appropriate, (y) deem such Disruption Event (and each consecutive Disrupted Day thereafter) to be a Potential Adjustment Event and/or (z) deem such Disruption Event to be an Additional Termination Event in respect of such Transaction, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and such Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction.
Early Closure: The definition of “Early Closure” contained in Section 6.3(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the remainder of the provision following the term “Scheduled Closing Time” in the fourth line thereof.
Regulatory Disruption: In the event that Dealer reasonably concludes in good faith and upon the advice of counsel that it is appropriate for it to refrain from, decrease or otherwise materially alter any market activity on any Scheduled Trading Day during the Pricing Period or, if applicable, the Settlement Period in order to preserve Dealer’s hedge unwind or settlement activity hereunder in compliance with applicable legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by Dealer), or due to any other Market Disruption Event, Dealer may by written notice to Counterparty elect to suspend the Pricing Period or Settlement Period for such day; provided that if such Regulatory Disruption is deemed to have occurred solely in response to such related policies or procedures, such Scheduled Trading Day or Scheduled Trading Days will each be a Disrupted Day in full. Dealer shall promptly notify Counterparty upon exercising its rights pursuant to this provision and shall subsequently notify Counterparty in writing on the day Dealer reasonably believes in good faith and upon the advice of counsel that it may resume its market activity. Dealer shall not be required to communicate to Counterparty the reason for Dealer’s exercise of its rights pursuant to this provision if Dealer reasonably determines in good faith and upon the advice of counsel that disclosing such reason may result in a violation of any legal, regulatory, or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by Dealer).
Settlement Terms:
Settlement Procedures: For each Transaction, if the Number of Shares to be Delivered is positive, Physical Settlement shall be applicable; provided that Dealer does not, and shall not make the agreement or the representations set forth in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions related to the restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws with respect to any Shares delivered by Dealer to Counterparty under any Transaction. If the Number of Shares to be Delivered is negative, then the Counterparty Settlement Provisions in Annex B shall apply to such Transaction.
Number of Shares to be Delivered: For each Transaction, a number of Shares equal to (i)(a) the Prepayment Amount, divided by (b) the Valuation Amount minus (ii) the Initial Share Number.
Valuation Amount: For each Transaction, (i) the Reference Price minus (ii) the Reference Price Adjustment Amount.
Excess Dividend Amount: For the avoidance of doubt, all references to Excess Dividend Amount shall be deleted from Section 9.2(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions.
Settlement Date: For each Transaction, if the Number of Shares to be Delivered is positive, the date that is two Exchange Business Days immediately following (i) the Pricing Period Termination Date or (ii) with respect to any Pricing Period Termination Date designated by Dealer pursuant to the proviso in the definition of Pricing Period Termination Date, the date Dealer delivers the notice designating such Pricing Period Termination Date.
Settlement Currency: USD
Initial Shares:
Initial Share Delivery: For any Transaction, upon payment by Counterparty of the Prepayment Amount, Dealer or an affiliate of Dealer shall deliver to Counterparty a number of Shares equal to the Initial Share Number on the Initial Settlement Date for such Transaction, in accordance with Section 9.4 of the Equity Definitions, with such Initial Settlement Date deemed to be a “Settlement Date” for purposes of such Section 9.4.
Initial Settlement Date: For any Transaction, the date set forth as such in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction.
Initial Share Number: For each Transaction, the number set forth as such in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction.
Share Adjustments:
Method of Adjustment: Calculation Agent Adjustment
Potential Adjustment Event: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 11.2(e) of the Equity Definitions, an Extraordinary Dividend shall not constitute a Potential Adjustment Event.
It shall constitute an additional Potential Adjustment Event if the Scheduled Termination Date for any Transaction is postponed pursuant to “Pricing Disruption” above, in which case the Calculation Agent may, in its commercially reasonable discretion, adjust any relevant terms of any such Transaction as necessary to preserve as nearly as practicable the fair value of such Transaction prior to such postponement; provided that the Calculation Agent shall not adjust any of the dates identified as Calculation Dates in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation.
Extraordinary Dividend: Any dividend or distribution on the Shares (other than any dividend or distribution of the type described in Section 11.2(e)(i) or Section 11.2(e)(ii)(A) of the Equity Definitions) the amount or value of which (as determined by the Calculation Agent) when aggregated with the amount or value (as determined by the Calculation Agent) of any and all previous dividends with ex-dividend dates occurring in the same calendar quarter, exceeds the Ordinary Dividend.
Ordinary Dividend: Amount as set forth in the Supplemental Confirmation for each Transaction.
Early Ordinary Dividend Payment: If an ex-dividend date for any dividend that is not an Extraordinary Dividend occurs during any calendar quarter occurring (in whole or in part) during the Relevant Period (as defined below) and is prior to the Scheduled Ex-Dividend Date for such calendar quarter, the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustment to the exercise, settlement, payment or any other terms of the relevant Transaction as the Calculation Agent determines, in good faith and a commercially reasonable manner, is appropriate to account for the economic effect on the Transaction of such event.
Scheduled Ex-Dividend Date: For each Transaction for each calendar quarter, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
Extraordinary Events:
Consequences of Merger Events:
(a) Share-for-Share: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
(b) Share-for-Other: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
(c) Share-for-Combined: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
Tender Offer: Applicable; provided that (i) Section 12.1(l) of the Equity Definitions shall be amended (x) by deleting the parenthetical in the fifth line thereof, (y) by replacing “that” in the fifth line thereof with “whether or not such announcement” and (z) by adding immediately after the words “Tender Offer” in the fifth line thereof “, and any publicly announced change or amendment to such an announcement (including the announcement of an abandonment of such intention)” and (ii) Sections 12.3(a) and 12.3(d) of the Equity Definitions shall each be amended by replacing each occurrence of the words “Tender Offer Date” by “Announcement Date.”
Consequences of Tender Offers:
(a) Share-for-Share: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
(b) Share-for-Other: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
(c) Share-for-Combined: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting: Cancellation and Payment; provided that in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it shall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall be deemed to be the Exchange.
Additional Disruption Events:
(a) Change in Law: Applicable; provided that Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the phrase “the interpretation” in the third line thereof with the phrase “, or public announcement of, the formal or informal interpretation”, (ii) by replacing the word “Shares” where it appears in clause (X) thereof with the words “Hedge Position” and (iii) by immediately following the word “Transaction” in clause (X) thereof, adding the phrase “in the manner contemplated by the Hedging Party on the Trade Date”; provided further that (i) any determination as to whether (A) the adoption of or any change in any applicable law or regulation (including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, (x) any tax law or (y) adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute) or (B) the promulgation of or any change in the interpretation by any court, tribunal or regulatory authority with competent jurisdiction of any applicable law or regulation (including any action taken by a taxing authority), in each case, constitutes a “Change in Law” shall be made without regard to Section 739 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 or any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the Trade Date, and (ii) Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing the parenthetical beginning after the word “regulation” in the second line thereof with the words “(including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, (x) any tax law or (y) adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute)”.
(b) Failure to Deliver: Applicable
(c) Insolvency Filing: Applicable
(d) Loss of Stock Borrow: Applicable, it being understood that the Hedging Party’s rate to borrow Shares shall be determined by reference to the terms of the Hedging Party’s share lending arrangements (which rate shall be, if the Hedging Party posts cash collateral under such lending arrangements, the negative spread on the rebate paid to the Hedging Party on cash collateral by the securities lenders under such lending arrangements) and without regard to the Hedging Party’s cost of funding.
Maximum Stock Loan Rate: 200 basis points per annum
Hedging Party: Dealer: whenever the Hedging Party is required to act or to exercise judgment in any way with respect to any Transaction hereunder, it will do so in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
Determining Party: Dealer: whenever the Determining Party is required to act or to exercise judgment in any way with respect to any Transaction hereunder, it will do so in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
Hedging Adjustments: For the avoidance of doubt, whenever the Calculation Agent is called upon to make an adjustment pursuant to the terms of this Master Confirmation or the Equity Definitions to take into account the effect of an event, the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustment by reference to the effect of such event on Dealer, assuming that Dealer maintains a commercially reasonable Hedge Position.
(e) Increased Cost of Stock Borrow: Applicable, it being understood that the Hedging Party’s rate to borrow Shares shall be determined by reference to the terms of the Hedging Party’s share lending arrangements (which rate shall be, if the Hedging Party posts cash collateral under such lending arrangements, the negative spread on the rebate paid to the Hedging Party on cash collateral by the securities lenders under such lending arrangements) and without regard to the Hedging Party’s cost of funding.
Initial Stock Loan Rate: 50 basis points per annum
Hedging Party: Dealer
Determining Party: Dealer
Additional Termination Event(s): The declaration by the Issuer of any Extraordinary Dividend, the ex-dividend date for which occurs or is scheduled to occur during the Relevant Dividend Period, will constitute an Additional Termination Event, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and all Transactions hereunder as the Affected Transactions.
In the event that any of the representations of Counterparty contained in Sections 4(d), 4(h) and 4(i) would not be true as of the Prepayment Date for a Transaction, then (i) Counterparty shall, prior to delivery of the relevant Initial Share Number against payment of the relevant Prepayment Amount, notify Dealer (in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 12) of the same and (ii) such event shall constitute an Additional Termination Event, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and such Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6 of the Agreement, if a Termination Price is specified in the Supplemental Confirmation for a Transaction, then an Additional Termination Event with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and such Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction will automatically occur without any notice or action by Dealer or Counterparty if the price of the Shares on the Exchange at any time falls below such Termination Price, and the Exchange Business Day on which such event occurs will be the “Early Termination Date” for purposes of the Agreement.
Relevant Dividend Period: The period from and including the first day of the Pricing Period to and including the Relevant Dividend Period End Date.
Relevant Dividend Period End Date: If the Number of Shares to be Delivered is negative, the last day of the Settlement Period; otherwise, the Pricing Period Termination Date.
Non-Reliance/Agreements and
Acknowledgements Regarding
Hedging Activities/Additional
Acknowledgements:
Applicable
2. Calculation Agent.
Dealer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, the Calculation Agent shall not adjust the dates identified as Calculation Dates in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation for any Transaction.
3. Account Details, Offices and Notices.
(a) Account Details:
(i) Account for payments to Counterparty:
Bank: Wells Fargo 
ABA#: 121000248
Acct No.: 4311863153 
Account Name: eBay Inc.

Account for delivery of Shares to Counterparty:
To be provided separately.
(ii) Account for payments to Dealer:
Bank: Citibank, NY
Address: 399 Park Avenue
        New York, NY 10022
ABA # 021000089
Agent BIC: CITIUS33
A/C # 38890774
Beneficiary: Morgan Stanley
Address: 1585 Broadway
        New York, NY 10036

Account for delivery of Shares to Dealer:
To be provided separately
(b) Notices. Unless otherwise specified, notices under this Master Confirmation may be made by telephone, to be confirmed in writing to the address below. Changes to the Notices must be made in writing.
        


(i) If to Counterparty:
eBay Inc.
2065 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, California
Attn: Brent Bounds
Telephone: (408) 967-4655
Facsimile: (408) 967-9929
Email: jbounds@ebay.com
(ii) If to Dealer:
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-8293
Attention: Joel Carter
Email: joel.carter@morganstanley.com

With a copy to:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-8293
Attention: Steven Seltzer
Email: Steven.Seltzer1@morganstanley.com

(c) Offices.
(i) The Office of Counterparty for each Transaction is: Inapplicable, Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.
(ii) The Office of Dealer for each Transaction is: 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036.
4. Representations of Counterparty.
In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants in the Agreement, Counterparty additionally hereby represents, warrants and covenants to Dealer that:
(a) Corporate Existence and Authorization; Required Company Approvals. Counterparty has all corporate power to enter into this Master Confirmation and such Supplemental Confirmation and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to purchase the Shares and deliver any Settlement Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. Each Transaction contemplated by this Master Confirmation and any repurchase of Shares by Counterparty in connection with such Transaction are pursuant to a publicly announced share repurchase program that has been approved by its board of directors (or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors), and any such repurchase has been or will when so required be publicly disclosed in its periodic filings under the Exchange Act and its financial statements and notes thereto (or in any other filing or disclosure required to be made by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or any other regulatory body) and, as of the Trade Date and the Pricing Period Commencement Date for each Transaction, such Transaction is not subject to any internal policy or procedure of Counterparty, whether written or oral, which would prohibit Counterparty from effecting any aspect of such Transaction, including, without limitation, the purchases of the Shares made pursuant to such Transaction at such time;
(b) Private Placement. It acknowledges that the offer and sale of each Transaction to it is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) thereof. Accordingly, Counterparty represents and warrants to Dealer that (i) it is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities Act, (ii) it is entering into this Transaction for its own account and without a view to the distribution or resale thereof, and it understands that Dealer has no obligation or intention to register such Transaction under the Securities Act or any state securities law or other applicable federal securities law. It has the financial ability to bear the economic risk of its investment in each
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Transaction and is able to bear a total loss of its investment and the disposition of each Transaction is restricted under this Master Confirmation, the Securities Act and state securities laws.
(c) Material Non-Public Information and Manipulation. As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, it is not entering into such Transaction, and as of the date of any election with respect to any Transaction hereunder, it is not making such election, in each case, (i) on the basis of, and is not aware of, any material non-public information regarding Counterparty or the Shares; (ii) in anticipation of, in connection with, or to facilitate, a distribution of its securities, a self tender offer or a third-party tender offer; or (iii) to create actual or apparent trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares);
(d) Compliance with Filing Requirements. As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder and as of the date of any election with respect to any Transaction hereunder, each of its filings under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other applicable securities laws that are required to be filed have been filed;
(e) Issuer Tender Offer. As of the Trade Date and the Pricing Period Commencement Date for each Transaction hereunder, the purchase or writing of such Transaction contemplated hereby will not violate Rule 13e-1 or Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act;
(f) Regulation M. The Shares are not, and Counterparty will not cause the Shares to be, subject to a “restricted period” (as defined in Regulation M) at any time during any Regulation M Period (as defined below) for any Transaction. “Regulation M Period” means, for any Transaction, (i) the Relevant Period (as defined below) for such Transaction, (ii) the Settlement Period, if any, for such Transaction and (iii) the Seller Termination Purchase Period (as defined below), if any, for such Transaction. “Relevant Period” means, for any Transaction, the period commencing on the first day of the Pricing Period for such Transaction and ending on the later of (i) the earlier of (x) the Scheduled Termination Date and (y) the last Additional Relevant Day (as specified in the related Supplemental Confirmation) for such Transaction, or such earlier day as elected by Dealer and communicated to Counterparty on such day (or, if later, the First Optional Termination Date (if any) without regard to any acceleration thereof pursuant to “Special Provisions for Acquisition Transaction Announcements” below) and (ii) if Section 9 is applicable to such Transaction, the date on which all deliveries owed pursuant to Section 9 have been made;
(g) Rule 10b-18 Purchases of Blocks. Counterparty shall, on the Trade Date for any Transaction, notify Dealer of the total number of Shares purchased in Rule 10b-18 purchases of blocks pursuant to the once-a-week block exception set forth in paragraph (b)(4) of Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 10b-18”) by or for Counterparty or any of its “affiliated purchasers” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) during each of the four calendar weeks preceding such day and during the calendar week in which such day occurs (“Rule 10b-18 purchases” and “blocks” each being used as defined in Rule 10b-18). From each Trade Date to the relevant Pricing Period Commencement Date, Counterparty and its “affiliated purchasers” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) shall not effect any additional purchasers of such blocks.
(h) Liquidity. As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, (i) its financial condition is such that it has no need for liquidity with respect to its investment in the transactions contemplated by this Master Confirmation and no need to dispose of any portion thereof to satisfy any existing or contemplated undertaking or indebtedness and (ii) its investments in and liabilities in respect of such transactions, which it understands are not readily marketable, are not disproportionate to its net worth, and it is able to bear any loss in connection with such transactions, including the loss of its entire investment in such transactions;
(i) Solvency. As of the Trade Date, the Prepayment Date, the Initial Share Delivery Date and the Settlement Date for each Transaction, Counterparty is not, and will not be, “insolvent” (as such term is defined under Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code (as defined below)) and Company would be able to purchase a number of the Shares with a value equal to the Prepayment Amount in compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction of Company’s incorporation;
(j) Financial Expertise and Total Assets. Counterparty (i) is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities; (ii) will exercise independent judgment in evaluating the recommendations of any broker-dealer or its associated persons, unless it has otherwise notified the broker-dealer in writing; and (iii) has total assets of at least USD 50,000,000 as of the date hereof.
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(k) Investment Company Act of 1940. Counterparty is not, and after giving effect to each Transaction, will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(l) CEA Status. Counterparty is an “eligible contract participant”, as defined in the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act (as amended), and is entering into each Transaction hereunder as principal (and not as agent or in any other capacity, fiduciary or otherwise) and not for the benefit of any third party;
(m) Non-Reliance. It is not relying, and has not relied upon, Dealer or any of its affiliates with respect to the legal, accounting, tax or other implications of this Master Confirmation and that it has conducted its own analyses of the legal, accounting, tax and other implications of this Master Confirmation. Further, it acknowledges and agrees that neither Dealer nor any affiliate of Dealer has acted as its advisor in any capacity in connection with this Master Confirmation or the transactions contemplated hereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions, Counterparty acknowledges that neither Dealer nor any of its affiliates is making any representations or warranties or taking any position or expressing any view with respect to the treatment of any Transaction under any accounting standards including ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share, ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging or ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity.
(n) Suitability. Counterparty (A) is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities; (B) will exercise independent judgment in evaluating the recommendations of any broker-dealer or its associated persons, unless it has otherwise notified the broker-dealer in writing; and (C) has total assets of at least USD 50,000,000 as of the date hereof;
(o) Assumption of Risk. IT UNDERSTANDS THAT THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS MASTER CONFIRMATION ARE SUBJECT TO COMPLEX RISKS THAT MAY ARISE WITHOUT WARNING AND MAY AT TIMES BE VOLATILE AND THAT LOSSES MAY OCCUR QUICKLY AND IN UNANTICIPATED MAGNITUDE AND IS WILLING TO ACCEPT SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND ASSUME (FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE) SUCH RISKS.
5. Acknowledgements and Agreements of Counterparty.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) Nature of Rights. Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that this Master Confirmation is not intended to convey to Dealer rights against Counterparty hereunder that are senior to the claims of common stockholders in any U.S. bankruptcy proceedings of Counterparty; provided, however, that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit Dealer’s right to pursue remedies in the event of a breach by Counterparty of its obligations and agreements with respect to this Master Confirmation; and provided further that in pursuing a claim against Counterparty in the event of a bankruptcy, insolvency or dissolution with respect to Company, Dealer’s rights hereunder shall rank on a parity with the rights of a holder of the Shares enforcing similar rights under a contract involving the Shares.
(c) Bankruptcy Code. The parties hereto intend for (i) each Transaction hereunder to be a “securities contract” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the “Bankruptcy Code”), and the parties hereto are entitled to the protections afforded by, among other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 362(o), 546, 555 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) a party’s right to liquidate, terminate or accelerate a Transaction hereunder and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of Default or Termination Event under this Master Confirmation with respect to the other party to constitute a “contractual right” within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Code; (iii) all transfers of cash, securities or other property under or in connection with each Transaction hereunder are “transfers” made “by or to (or for the benefit of)” a “master netting agreement participant”, a “financial institution”, a “financial participant” or a “forward contract merchant” (each as defined in the Bankruptcy Code) within the meaning of Sections 546(e), 546(f) and 546(j) of the Bankruptcy Code; (iv) all obligations under or in connection with each Transaction hereunder represent obligations in respect of “termination values”, “payment amounts” or “other transfer obligations” within the meaning of Section 362 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (v) each of the parties hereto to be a “financial participant” within the meaning of Section 101(22A) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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(d) Dealer’s Activities. Counterparty understands and acknowledges that Dealer and its affiliates may from time to time effect transactions for their own account or the account of customers and hold positions in securities or options on securities of Counterparty and that Dealer and its affiliates may continue to conduct such transactions during the Pricing Period and the Settlement Period.
(e) Establishment of Hedge Position. Counterparty acknowledges that during the term of any Transaction, Dealer and its affiliates may buy or sell Shares or other securities or buy or sell options or futures contracts or enter into swaps or other derivative securities in order to establish, adjust or unwind Dealer’s hedge position with respect to such Transaction
(f) Other Market Activities. Counterparty acknowledges that Dealer and its affiliates may also be active in the market for Shares and transactions linked to the Shares other than in connection with hedging activities in relation to any Transaction.
(g) Manner of Hedging or Market Activities. Counterparty acknowledges that Dealer shall make its own determination as to whether, when or in what manner any hedging or market activities in Counterparty’s securities shall be conducted and shall do so in a manner that it deems appropriate to hedge its price and market risk with respect to the Reference Price and the Rule 10b-18 VWAP.
(h) Effect of Market Activities. Counterparty acknowledges that any market activities of Dealer and its affiliates with respect to the Shares may affect the market price and volatility of the Shares, as well as the Reference Price and Rule 10b-18 VWAP, each in a manner that may be adverse to Counterparty.
(i) Purchase Price. Counterparty acknowledges that each Transaction is a derivative transaction in which it has granted Dealer an option; Dealer may purchase shares for its own account at an average price that may be greater than, or less than, the price paid by Counterparty under the terms of the related Transaction.
6. Calculations and Payment Date upon Early Termination.
The parties acknowledge and agree that in calculating (a) the Close-Out Amount pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement and (b) the amount due upon cancellation or termination of any Transaction (whether in whole or in part) pursuant to Article 12 of the Equity Definitions as a result of an Extraordinary Event, Dealer may (but need not) determine such amount based on (i) expected losses assuming a commercially reasonable (including, without limitation, with regard to reasonable legal and regulatory guidelines and taking into account the existence of any Other Specified Repurchase Agreement) risk bid were used to determine loss or (ii) the price at which one or more market participants would offer to sell to the Seller a block of shares of Common Stock equal in number to a commercially reasonable hedge position in relation to such Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement or Article 12 of the Equity Definitions, all amounts calculated as being due in respect of an Early Termination Date under Section 6(e) of the Agreement or upon cancellation or termination of the relevant Transaction under Article 12 of the Equity Definitions will be payable on the day that notice of the amount payable is effective; provided that if Counterparty elects to receive or deliver Shares or Alternative Delivery Units in accordance with Section 9, such Shares or Alternative Delivery Units shall be delivered on a date selected by Dealer as promptly as practicable.
7. 10b5-1 Plan.
(a) It is the intent of Counterparty and Dealer that each Transaction comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Exchange Act and that this Master Confirmation shall be interpreted to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) and the parties shall take no action that results in such Transaction not so complying with such requirements.
(b) Counterparty is entering into this Master Confirmation and each Transaction hereunder in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 10b5-1”) or any other antifraud or anti-manipulation provisions of the federal or applicable state securities laws and that it has not entered into or altered and will not enter into or alter any corresponding or hedging transaction or position with respect to the Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge that entry into any Other Specified Repurchase Agreement shall not fall within the ambit of the previous sentence. Counterparty acknowledges that it is the intent of the parties that each Transaction entered into under this Master Confirmation comply with the requirements of paragraphs (c)(1)(i)(A) and (B) of Rule 10b5-1 and each Transaction entered into
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under this Master Confirmation shall be interpreted to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c). “Other Specified Repurchase Agreement” means, for any Transaction, any other prepaid accelerated share repurchase transaction entered into on the Trade Date for such Transaction that is intended to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act and with calculation dates (however defined) that do not overlap with the Calculation Dates hereunder.
(c) During the term of any Transaction and in connection with the delivery of any Alternative Delivery Units for any Transaction, Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) may effect transactions in Shares in connection with such Transaction. The timing of such transactions by Dealer, the price paid or received per Share pursuant to such transactions and the manner in which such transactions are made, including, without limitation, whether such transactions are made on any securities exchange or privately, shall be within the sole judgment of Dealer. Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that all such transactions shall be made in Dealer’s sole judgment and for Dealer’s own account.
(d) Counterparty does not have, and shall not attempt to exercise, any control or influence over how, when or whether Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) makes any “purchases or sales” (within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3)) in connection with any Transaction, including, without limitation, the price paid per Share pursuant to such purchases, whether such purchases are made on any securities exchange or privately and over how, when or whether Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) enters into any hedging transactions. Counterparty represents and warrants that it has consulted with its own advisors as to the legal aspects of its adoption and implementation of this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation under Rule 10b5-1.
(e) Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that any amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation must be effected in accordance with the requirements for the amendment or termination of a “plan” as defined in Rule 10b5-1(c). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any such amendment, modification, waiver or termination shall be made in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b-5, and no such amendment, modification or waiver shall be made at any time at which Counterparty or any officer, director, manager or similar person of Counterparty is aware of any material non-public information regarding Counterparty or the Shares.
8. Counterparty Purchases.
Counterparty (including its “affiliated purchasers”, as defined in Rule 10b-18) shall not, without the prior written consent of Dealer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), directly or indirectly purchase, offer to purchase, place any bid or limit order that would effect a purchase of, or commence any tender offer relating to, any Shares (or an equivalent interest, or any security convertible into or exchangeable for such Shares and including, without limitation, by means of a derivative instrument) on the open market, or enter into any accelerated share repurchase program, or any derivative share repurchase transaction, or other similar transaction, during the Relevant Period, Settlement Period or Seller Termination Purchase Period and thereafter until all payments or deliveries of Shares under this Master Confirmation have been made, except pursuant to (a) (i) any open market repurchase agreement entered into between Counterparty and Dealer or an affiliate thereof providing for purchases made solely on Calculation Dates for the relevant Transaction or (ii) any open market repurchase agreement entered into between Counterparty and the dealer party to an Other Specified Repurchase Agreement (or an affiliate thereof) so long as all purchases thereunder are on days that are not Calculation Dates hereunder, in either case, so long as such purchases do not in the aggregate exceed, on any Exchange Business Day, the Specified ADTV Percentage for such Transaction for any such Exchange Business Day (as specified in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation) or (b) any Other Specified Repurchase Agreement. During such time, any purchases of Shares by Counterparty on any Calculation Date shall be made through Dealer or its affiliates, subject to such reasonable conditions as Dealer or such affiliate shall impose, and in compliance with Rule 10b-18 or otherwise in a manner that Counterparty and Dealer believe is in compliance with applicable requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 8 shall not prohibit limit or otherwise restrict (a) Counterparty’s ability to purchase Shares in connection with any company employee, officer or director equity plan or any dividend reinvestment plan, in each case, that are not expected to result in market transactions, (b) Counterparty’s ability to withhold Shares to cover tax liabilities associated with any such plan, (c) any purchases effected by or for an issuer “plan” by an “agent independent of the issuer” (each as defined in Rule 10b-18), (d) Counterparty’s or any of its affiliates’ ability to repurchase Shares under privately negotiated, off exchange transactions with any of its employees, officers, directors, affiliates or any third party that are not expected to result in market transactions, (e) Counterparty’s ability to grant stock and options to “affiliated purchasers” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) or the ability of such affiliated purchasers to acquire such stock or options in connection with Counterparty’s compensation policies for directors, officers and employees or any agreements with
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respect to the compensation of directors, officers or employees of any entities that are acquisition targets of Counterparty or (f) purchases of Shares forfeited or surrendered to Counterparty by holders of compensatory restricted Shares.
9. Loss Settlement Election.
In the event that (a) an Early Termination Date (whether as a result of an Event of Default or a Termination Event) occurs or is designated with respect to any Transaction or (b) any Transaction is cancelled or terminated upon the occurrence of an Extraordinary Event (except as a result of (i) a Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event in which the consideration to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash, (ii) a Merger Event or Tender Offer that is within Counterparty’s control, or (iii) an Event of Default in which Counterparty is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Counterparty is the Affected Party other than an Event of Default of the type described in Section 5(a)(iii), (v), (vi), (vii) or (viii) of the Agreement or a Termination Event of the type described in Section 5(b) of the Agreement, in each case that resulted from an event or events outside Counterparty’s control), if either party would owe any amount to the other party pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement or any Cancellation Amount pursuant to Article 12 of the Equity Definitions (any such amount, a “Payment Amount”), then, in lieu of any payment of such Payment Amount, unless Counterparty makes an election to the contrary no later than the Early Termination Date or the date on which such Transaction is terminated or cancelled, Counterparty or Dealer, as the case may be, shall deliver to the other party a number of Shares (or, in the case of a Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event, a number of units, each comprising the number or amount of the securities or property that a hypothetical holder of one Share would receive in such Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event, as the case may be (each such unit, an “Alternative Delivery Unit”) with a value equal to the Payment Amount, as determined by the Calculation Agent over a commercially reasonable period of time (and the parties agree that, in making such determination of value, the Calculation Agent may take into account a number of factors, including the market price of the Shares or Alternative Delivery Unit on the Early Termination Date or the date of early cancellation or termination, as the case may be, and if such delivery is made by Dealer, the prices at which Dealer purchases Shares or Alternative Delivery Units on any Calculation Date to fulfill its delivery obligation under this Section 9); provided that in determining the composition of any Alternative Delivery Unit, if the relevant Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event involves a choice of consideration to be received by holders, such holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash; and provided further that Counterparty may elect that the provisions of this Section 9 above providing for the delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, shall not apply only if Counterparty represents and warrants to Dealer, in writing on the date it notifies Dealer of such election, that, as of such date, Counterparty is not aware of any material non-public information regarding Counterparty or the Shares and is making such election in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade compliance with the federal securities laws. If delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section 9 is to be made by Counterparty, paragraphs 2 through 7 of Annex B hereto shall apply as if (A) such delivery were a settlement of such Transaction to which Net Share Settlement applied, (B) the Cash Settlement Payment Date were the Early Termination Date or the date of early cancellation or termination, as the case may be, and (C) the Forward Cash Settlement Amount were equal to (x) zero minus (y) the Payment Amount owed by Counterparty. For the avoidance of doubt, if Counterparty validly elects for the provisions of this Section 9 relating to the delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, not to apply to any Payment Amount, the provisions of Article 12 of the Equity Definitions, or the provisions of Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as the case may be, shall apply. If delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, is to be made by Dealer pursuant to this Section 9, the period during which Dealer purchases Shares or Alternative Delivery Units to fulfill its delivery obligations under this Section 9 shall be referred to as the “Seller Termination Purchase Period”; provided that the parties hereby agree that such purchases shall be made solely on Calculation Dates for the relevant Transaction.
10. Special Provisions for Merger Transaction.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Equity Definitions:
(a) Counterparty agrees that it:
(i) will not during the period commencing on the Trade Date for any Transaction and ending on the last day of the Relevant Period or the last day of the Settlement Period and the last day of the Seller Termination Purchase Period, for such Transaction make, or permit to be made (to the extent within Counterparty’s control), any public announcement (as defined in Rule 165(f) under the Securities Act) of any Merger Transaction or potential Merger Transaction (a “Merger Announcement”) unless such Merger Announcement is made prior
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to the opening or after the close of the regular trading session on the Exchange for the Shares;
(ii) shall promptly (but in any event prior to the next opening of the regular trading session on the Exchange) notify Dealer following any such Merger Announcement that such Merger Announcement has been made; and
(iii) shall promptly (but in any event prior to the next opening of the regular trading session on the Exchange) provide Dealer with written notice specifying (i) Counterparty’s average daily Rule 10b-18 Purchases (as defined in Rule 10b-18) during the three full calendar months immediately preceding the announcement date of any Merger Transaction or potential Merger Transaction that were not effected through Dealer or its affiliates and (ii) the number of Shares purchased pursuant to the proviso in Rule 10b-18(b)(4) under the Exchange Act for the three full calendar months preceding the announcement date of any Merger Transaction or potential Merger Transaction. Such written notice shall be deemed to be a certification by Counterparty to Dealer that such information is true and correct. In addition, Counterparty shall promptly notify Dealer of the earlier to occur of the completion of such transaction and the completion of the vote by target shareholders.
(b) Counterparty acknowledges that any such Merger Announcement or delivery of a notice with respect thereto may cause a Regulatory Disruption or the terms of any Transaction to be adjusted or such Transaction to be terminated pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 10; accordingly, Counterparty acknowledges that its delivery of such notice must comply with the standards set forth in Section 7 above.
(c) Upon the occurrence of any Merger Announcement (whether made by Counterparty or a third party), Dealer may treat the occurrence of such Merger Announcement as an Additional Termination Event with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and the Transactions hereunder as the Affected Transactions and with the amount under Section 6(e) of the Agreement determined taking into account the fact that the Settlement Period had fewer Scheduled Trading Days than originally anticipated. “Merger Transaction” means any merger, acquisition or similar transaction involving a recapitalization as contemplated by Rule 10b-18(a)(13)(iv) under the Exchange Act.
11. Special Provisions for Acquisition Transaction Announcements.
(a) If an Acquisition Transaction Announcement occurs on or prior to the Settlement Date for any Transaction, then the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustments (if any) to the exercise, settlement, payment or other terms of such Transaction as the Calculation Agent determines, in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner, is appropriate to account for the economic effect on such Transaction of such Acquisition Transaction Announcement. If an Acquisition Transaction Announcement occurs after the Trade Date, but prior to the First Optional Termination Date (if any) of any Transaction, the First Optional Termination Date shall be the date of such Acquisition Transaction Announcement.
(b) “Acquisition Transaction Announcement” means (i) the announcement of an Acquisition Transaction or an event that, if consummated, would result in an Acquisition Transaction, (ii) an announcement that Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries has entered into an agreement, a letter of intent or an understanding designed to result in an Acquisition Transaction, (iii) the announcement of the intention to solicit or enter into, or to explore strategic alternatives or other similar undertaking that may include, an Acquisition Transaction, (iv) any other announcement that in the reasonable judgment of the Calculation Agent may result in an Acquisition Transaction or (v) any announcement of any change or amendment to any previous Acquisition Transaction Announcement (including any announcement of the abandonment of any such previously announced Acquisition Transaction, agreement, letter of intent, understanding or intention). For the avoidance of doubt, announcements as used in the definition of Acquisition Transaction Announcement refer to any public announcement whether made by the Issuer or a third party.
(c) “Acquisition Transaction” means (i) any Merger Event (for purposes of this definition the definition of Merger Event shall be read with the references therein to “100%” being replaced by “15%” and references to “50%” being replaced by “75%” and without reference to the clause beginning immediately following the definition of Reverse Merger therein to the end of such definition), Tender Offer or Merger Transaction or any other transaction involving the merger of Counterparty with or into any third party, (ii) the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Counterparty, (iii) a recapitalization, reclassification, binding share exchange or other similar transaction with respect to Counterparty, (iv) any acquisition by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries where the aggregate
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consideration transferable by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries exceeds 15% of the market capitalization of Counterparty, (v) any lease, exchange, transfer, disposition (including by way of spin-off or distribution) of assets (including, without limitation, any capital stock or other ownership interests in subsidiaries) or other similar event by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries where the aggregate consideration transferable or receivable by or to Counterparty or its subsidiaries exceeds 15% of the market capitalization of Counterparty and (vi) any transaction in which Counterparty or its board of directors has a legal obligation to make a recommendation to its shareholders in respect of such transaction (whether pursuant to Rule 14e-2 under the Exchange Act or otherwise).
12. Communication between Counterparty and Dealer.
Counterparty shall not at any time prior to the termination of all Transactions hereunder communicate, directly or indirectly, any material nonpublic information concerning itself or the Shares or purchases or sales of Shares by Dealer to any Relevant Dealer Personnel. For purposes hereof, “Relevant Dealer Personnel” means any employee or agent of Dealer or any affiliate of Dealer, except employees that Dealer has notified Counterparty in writing are not “Relevant Dealer Personnel”, Dealer’s strategic equity personnel, Dealer’s corporate finance personnel participating in any transaction unrelated to a Transaction, and members of the Legal Department of Dealer. For the avoidance of doubt, “Relevant Dealer Personnel” will not include Dealer’s trading personnel, unless otherwise approved in writing by Dealer.
13. Delivery Procedures and Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Master Confirmation, Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that, on any day, Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) shall not be obligated to deliver or receive any Shares to or from Counterparty and Counterparty shall not be entitled to receive any Shares if such receipt or delivery would result in Dealer directly or indirectly beneficially owning (as such term is defined for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) at any time in excess of 4.9% of the outstanding Shares. Any purported receipt or delivery of the Shares shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that any receipt or delivery of such Shares would result in Dealer directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 4.9% of the outstanding Shares. If, on any day, any delivery or receipt of the Shares by Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) is not effected, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, Dealer’s and Counterparty’s respective obligations to make or accept such receipt or delivery shall not be extinguished and such receipt or delivery shall be effected over time as promptly as Dealer reasonably determines that such receipt or delivery would not result in Dealer directly or indirectly beneficially owning in excess of 4.9% of the outstanding Shares.
14. Additional Amendments to the Equity Definitions.
(a) Section 11.2(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “a diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with the words “an”; and adding the phrase “or such Transaction” at the end of the sentence.
(b) Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the words “a diluting or concentrative” with “an” in the fifth line thereof, (ii) adding the phrase “or such Transaction” after the “Shares” in the sixth line thereof, (iii) deleting the words “diluting or concentrative” in the seventeenth line thereof, and (iv) replacing the parenthetical phrase in the eighteenth and nineteenth lines thereof with the following: “(and, for the avoidance of doubt, adjustments may be made to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relative to the relevant Shares).”
(c) Section 11.2(e)(vii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with the word “material” and by adding the phrase “or the relevant Transaction” at the end of the sentence.
(d) Section 12.9(b)(iv) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:
(i) deleting (1) subsection (A) in its entirety, (2) the phrase “or (B)” following subsection (A) and (3) the phrase “in each case” in subsection (B); and
(ii) replacing the phrase “neither the Non-Hedging Party nor the Lending Party lends Shares” with the phrase “such Lending Party does not lend Shares” in the penultimate sentence.
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(e) Section 12.9(b)(v) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:
(i) adding the word “or” immediately before subsection “(B)” and deleting the comma at the end of subsection (A); and
(ii) (1) deleting subsection (C) in its entirety, (2) deleting the word “or” immediately preceding subsection (C), (3) deleting the penultimate sentence in its entirety and replacing it with the sentence “The Hedging Party will determine the Cancellation Amount payable by one party to the other” and (4) deleting clause (X) in the final sentence.
15. Additional Provisions.
(a) “Tax” and “Indemnifiable Tax” as defined in Section 14 of the Agreement shall not include (A) any tax imposed or collected pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code (a “FATCA Withholding Tax”) and (B) any tax imposed or collected pursuant to Section 871(m) of the Code or any current or future regulations or official interpretation thereof (a “Section 871(m) Withholding Tax”). For the avoidance of doubt, each of a FATCA Withholding Tax and a Section 871(m) Withholding Tax is a Tax the deduction or withholding of which is required by applicable law for purposes of Section 2(d) of the Agreement. Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that Dealer may, at its discretion, treat each Transaction contemplated hereby as a “specified notional contract” under Section 871(m) of the Code.
(b) Each party shall provide to the other party a valid U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor thereto, (i) on or before the date of execution of this Master Confirmation and (ii) promptly upon learning that any such tax form previously provided by such party has become obsolete or incorrect.
16. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Collateral. Notwithstanding any provision of this Master Confirmation, or any other agreement between the parties, to the contrary, the obligations of Counterparty under this Master Confirmation are not secured by any collateral.
(b) Waiver of Trial by Jury. EACH OF COUNTERPARTY AND DEALER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES (ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS) ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS MASTER CONFIRMATION OR THE ACTIONS OF DEALER OR ITS AFFILIATES IN THE NEGOTIATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.
(c) Non-Confidentiality. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) Dealer acknowledges that this Master Confirmation may be intended to produce U.S. federal income tax benefits for Counterparty and (ii) Counterparty and Dealer hereby agree that (A) Counterparty is not obligated to Dealer to keep confidential from any and all persons or otherwise limit the use of any aspect of this Master Confirmation relating to the structure or tax aspects thereof, and (B) Dealer does not assert any claim of proprietary ownership in respect of any such aspect of this Master Confirmation.
(d) Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act. In connection with Section 739 of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 (“WSTAA”), the parties hereby agree that neither the enactment of WSTAA or any regulation under the WSTAA, nor any requirement under WSTAA or an amendment made by WSTAA, nor any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the date of this Master Confirmation, shall limit or otherwise impair either party’s otherwise applicable rights to terminate, renegotiate, modify, amend or supplement any Supplemental Confirmation, this Master Confirmation or the Agreement, as applicable, arising from a termination event, force majeure, illegality, increased costs, regulatory change or similar event under any Supplemental Confirmation, this Master Confirmation, the Equity Definitions incorporated herein or the Agreement (including, without limitation, rights arising from Change in Law, Loss of Stock Borrow, Increased Cost of Stock Borrow or Illegality).
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(e) No Netting or Setoff. Obligations under any Transaction shall not be netted, recouped or set off (including pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement) against any other obligations of the parties, whether arising under the Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, or under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and no other obligations of the parties shall be netted, recouped or set off (including pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement) against obligations under any Transaction, whether arising under the Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, or under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and each party hereby waives any such right of setoff, netting or recoupment.
(f) Assignment and Transfer. The rights and duties under this Master Confirmation may not be assigned or transferred by either party hereto without the prior written consent of the other party hereto; provided, however, that Dealer may assign its obligation to deliver or receive delivery of Shares hereunder to any of its affiliates without the prior written consent of Counterparty. Upon any such assignment Dealer shall indemnify Counterparty from and against any loss, cost or expense relating to the failure of such affiliate to perform its delivery obligation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Agreement, Counterparty shall not be required to pay any additional amount under Section 2(d)(i)(4) of the Agreement in excess of any additional amount that would have been required to be paid to Dealer hereunder had there never been any transfer or assignment by Dealer of its rights and obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in the Agreement, any deduction or withholding for tax with respect to which no additional amount is payable solely by reason of the preceding sentence shall not give Dealer (including transferee or assignee) the right to terminate the Transaction under Section 6 of the Agreement.
(g) Counterparts. This Master Confirmation may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Master Confirmation by signing and delivering one or more counterparts.
(h) Calculations, Adjustments and Determinations. All adjustments, calculations and determinations by Dealer hereunder as Calculation Agent, as Determining Party or following the occurrence of an Early Termination Date shall be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. Dealer shall provide to Counterparty prompt notice of any such adjustments, calculations or determinations made with respect to any Transaction under this Master Confirmation, including, upon Counterparty’s request, a schedule or other reasonably detailed explanation of the basis for and determination of each adjustment, calculation or determination (including the methodology and inputs) and information from internal sources used in making such calculation, adjustment or determination, but without disclosing any confidential or proprietary models or any confidential or proprietary information.
(i) Rule 10b-18. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, during the Settlement Period for any Transaction, Dealer agrees to (A) make all purchases of Shares in connection with such Transaction through only one broker or dealer and (B) use commercially reasonable efforts to make all purchases of Shares in connection with such Transaction in a manner that would comply with the limitations set forth in clauses (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4) and (c) of Rule 10b-18 as if such rule were applicable to such purchases and taking into account any applicable Securities and Exchange Commission no-action letters as appropriate, and subject to any delays between the execution and reporting of a trade of the Shares on the applicable securities exchange or quotation system and other circumstances beyond Dealer’s control.
17. U.S. QFC Mandatory Contractual Requirements.
(a) Limitation on Exercise of Certain Default Rights Related to a Dealer Affiliate’s Entry Into Insolvency Proceedings. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Master Confirmation or any other agreement, the parties hereto expressly acknowledge and agree that, subject to Section 17(b), Counterparty shall not be permitted to exercise any Default Right against Dealer with respect to this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement that is related, directly or indirectly, to a Dealer Affiliate becoming subject to an Insolvency Proceeding.
(b) General Creditor Protections. Nothing in Section 17(a) shall restrict the exercise by Counterparty of any Default Right against Dealer with respect to this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement that arises as a result of:
(i) Dealer becoming subject to an Insolvency Proceeding; or
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(ii) Dealer not satisfying a payment or delivery obligation pursuant to (A) this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement, or (B) another contract between Dealer and Counterparty that gives rise to a Default Right under this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement.
(c) Burden of Proof. After a Dealer Affiliate has become subject to an Insolvency Proceeding, if Counterparty seeks to exercise any Default Right with respect to this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement, Counterparty shall have the burden of proof, by clear and convincing evidence, that the exercise of such Default Right is permitted hereunder or thereunder.
(d) General Conditions.
(i) Effective Date. The provisions set forth in Section 17 will come into effect on the later of the Applicable Compliance Date and the date of this Master Confirmation.
(ii) Prior Adherence to the U.S. Protocol. If Dealer and Counterparty have adhered to the ISDA U.S. Protocol prior to the date of this Master Confirmation, the terms of the ISDA U.S. Protocol shall be incorporated into and form a part of this Master Confirmation and shall replace the terms of this Section 17. For purposes of incorporating the ISDA U.S. Protocol, Dealer shall be deemed to be a Regulated Entity, Counterparty shall be deemed to be an Adhering Party and the Master Confirmation shall be deemed to be a Protocol Covered Agreement.
(iii) Subsequent Adherence to the U.S. Protocol. If, after the date of this Master Confirmation, both Dealer and Counterparty shall have become adhering parties to the ISDA U.S. Protocol, the terms of the ISDA U.S. Protocol will supersede and replace this Section 17.
(e) Definitions. For the purposes of Section 17, the following definitions apply:
Applicable Compliance Date” with respect to this Master Confirmation shall be determined as follows: (a) if Counterparty is an entity subject to the requirements of the QFC Stay Rules, January 1, 2019, (b) if Counterparty is a Financial Counterparty (other than a Small Financial Institution) that is not an entity subject to the requirements of the QFC Stay Rules, July 1, 2019 and (c) if Counterpartyis not described in clause (a) or (b), January 1, 2020.
        “BHC Affiliate” has the same meaning as the term “affiliate” as defined in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1813(w) and 12 U.S.C. 1841(k).

Consolidated Affiliate” has the same meaning specified in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. 252.81, 12 C.F.R. 382.1 and 12 C.F.R. 47.2.
Counterparty Affiliate” means a Consolidated Affiliate of Counterparty.
Credit Enhancement” means, with respect to this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement, any credit enhancement or other credit support arrangement in support of the obligations of Dealer or Counterparty hereunder or thereunder or with respect hereto or thereto, including any guarantee or collateral arrangement (including any pledge, charge, mortgage or other security interest in collateral or title transfer arrangement), trust or similar arrangement, letter of credit, transfer of margin or any similar arrangement.
Dealer Affiliate” means, with respect to Dealer, a BHC Affiliate of that party.
Default Right” means, with respect to this Master Confirmation (including any Transaction or Supplemental Confirmation hereunder) or any other Relevant Agreement, any:
(i) right of a party, whether contractual or otherwise (including, without limitation, rights incorporated by reference to any other contract, agreement, or document, and rights afforded by statute, civil code, regulation, and common law), to liquidate, terminate, cancel, rescind, or accelerate such agreement or transactions thereunder, set off or net amounts owing in respect thereto (except rights related to same-day payment netting), exercise remedies in respect of collateral or other credit support or property related thereto
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(including the purchase and sale of property), demand payment or delivery thereunder or in respect thereof (other than a right or operation of a contractual provision arising solely from a change in the value of collateral or margin or a change in the amount of an economic exposure), suspend, delay, or defer payment or performance thereunder, or modify the obligations of a party thereunder, or any similar rights; and
(ii) right or contractual provision that alters the amount of collateral or margin that must be provided with respect to an exposure thereunder, including by altering any initial amount, threshold amount, variation margin, minimum transfer amount, the margin value of collateral, or any similar amount, that entitles a party to demand the return of any collateral or margin transferred by it to the other party or a custodian or that modifies a transferee’s right to reuse collateral or margin (if such right previously existed), or any similar rights, in each case, other than a right or operation of a contractual provision arising solely from a change in the value of collateral or margin or a change in the amount of an economic exposure; but
(iii) solely with respect to Section 17(a) does not include any right under a contract that allows a party to terminate the contract on demand or at its option at a specified time, or from time to time, without the need to show cause.
FDI Act” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Financial Counterparty” has the meaning given to such term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. 252.81, 12 C.F.R. 382.1 and 12 C.F.R. 47.2.
Insolvency Proceeding” means a receivership, insolvency, liquidation, resolution, or similar proceeding.
ISDA U.S. Protocol” means the ISDA 2018 U.S. Resolution Stay Protocol, as published by ISDA on July 31, 2018.
OLA” means Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
QFC Stay Rules” means the regulations codified at 12 C.F.R. 252.81–8 (the “Federal Reserve Rule”), 12 C.F.R. 382.1-7 (the “FDIC Rule”) and 12 C.F.R. 47.1-8 (the “OCC Rule”), respectively. All references herein to the specific provisions of the Federal Reserve Rule, the FDICs Rule and the OCC Rule shall be construed, with respect to Dealer, to the particular QFC Stay Rule(s) applicable to it.
Relevant Agreement” means this Master Confirmation (including all Transactions and Supplemental Confirmations hereunder) and any Credit Enhancement relating hereto or thereto .
Small Financial Institution” has the meaning given to such term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. 252.81, 12 C.F.R. 382.1 and 12 C.F.R. 47.2.

State” means any state, commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or the United States Virgin Islands.


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Please confirm your agreement to the foregoing by signing and returning to us the enclosed duplicate of this Master Confirmation.
Very truly yours,
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC
By: /s/ Darren McCarley
Name: Darren McCarley
Title: Managing Director

Acknowledged:

EBAY INC.
By: /s/ Joseph B. Bounds
Name: JOSEPH B. BOUNDS
Title: Vice President/Treasury


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ANNEX A


Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036

[______], 20[__]
eBay Inc.
2065 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, California

Re: Accelerated Share Repurchase: Supplemental Confirmation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Master Confirmation between us dated February 13, 2020 (the “Master Confirmation”). Capitalized terms used without definition in this Supplemental Confirmation have the definitions assigned to them in the Master Confirmation.
This Supplemental Confirmation confirms the terms and conditions of the Transaction entered into between Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“Dealer”) and eBay Inc. (“Counterparty”) (together, the “Contracting Parties”) on the Trade Date specified below. This Supplemental Confirmation is a binding contract between Dealer and Counterparty as of the relevant Trade Date for the Transaction referenced below. Dealer is acting as principal in this Transaction.
1. This Supplemental Confirmation supplements, forms part of, and is subject to the Master Confirmation between the Contracting Parties, as amended and supplemented from time to time. All provisions contained in the Master Confirmation govern this Supplemental Confirmation except as expressly modified below.
2. The additional terms of the Transaction to which this Supplemental Confirmation relates are as follows:
Trade Date: [________]
Prepayment Amount: USD [________]
Prepayment Date: [________]
Reference Price
Adjustment Amount: USD [________]
Pricing Period
Commencement Date: [________]
First Optional
Termination Date: [________]

Scheduled Termination Date: [________]
Initial Share Number: [________] Shares
Initial Settlement Date: [________]
Ordinary Dividend: USD [___]
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Scheduled Ex-Dividend Dates: [________]
Specified ADTV Percentage: For any Exchange Business Day, [__]% of the ADTV (as defined in Rule 10b-18) of the Shares.
Termination Price: USD [_________] per Share, equal to approximately 50% of the closing price of the Shares on the Trade Date
Additional Relevant Days: The 3 Calculation Dates immediately following the Pricing Period
Number of Shares purchased
in Rule 10b-18 purchases of
blocks pursuant to the once-a-week
block exception set forth in
Rule 10b-18 by or for Counterparty
or any of its “affiliated
purchasers” (as defined in Rule
10b-18): 0

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If necessary, the Calculation Agent may add additional Calculation Dates beginning with [ ] and continuing with every third Scheduled Trading Day thereafter.


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Please indicate your acknowledgment of the above by signing and returning to us a copy of this Supplemental Confirmation.

Very truly yours,
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC
By:    
Name:
Title: Authorized Representative

Acknowledged:
EBAY INC.
By:  
Name:
Title:


[Signature Page to ASR Master Confirmation]



ANNEX B
Counterparty Settlement Provisions
1. The following Counterparty Settlement Provisions shall apply to the extent indicated under the Master Confirmation:
Settlement Currency: USD
Settlement Method Election: Applicable; provided that (i) Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the word “Physical” in the sixth line thereof and replacing it with the words “Net Share” and (ii) the Electing Party may make a settlement method election only if the Electing Party represents and warrants to Dealer in writing on the date it notifies Dealer of its election that, as of such date, the Electing Party is not aware of any material non-public information concerning Counterparty or the Shares and is electing the settlement method in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade compliance with the federal securities laws.
Electing Party: Counterparty
Settlement Method
Election Date: For the relevant Transaction (x) if a First Optional Termination Date has been specified in the related Supplemental Confirmation, the earlier of (i) the Scheduled Termination Date and (ii) the second Exchange Business Day immediately following the Pricing Period Termination Date (in which case the election under Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions shall be made no later than 10 minutes prior to the open of trading on the Exchange on such second Exchange Business Day), as the case may be and (y) if a First Optional Termination Date has not been specified in the related Supplemental Confirmation, the Scheduled Termination Date.
Default Settlement Method: Cash Settlement
Forward Cash Settlement
Amount: The Number of Shares to be Delivered multiplied by the Settlement Price.
Settlement Price: An amount equal to the average of the Rule 10b-18 VWAPs for the Calculation Dates in the Settlement Period, subject to Pricing Disruption as specified in the Master Confirmation.
Settlement Period: A number of Scheduled Trading Days determined by Dealer in its good faith and commercially reasonable discretion to close out a commercially reasonable Hedge Position, beginning on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the earlier of (i) the Scheduled Termination Date or (ii) the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the Pricing Period Termination Date.
Cash Settlement: If Cash Settlement is applicable, then Buyer shall pay to Dealer the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount on the Cash Settlement Payment Date.

        


Cash Settlement
Payment Date: The date two Exchange Business Days following the last day of the Settlement Period.
Net Share Settlement
Procedures: If Net Share Settlement is applicable, Net Share Settlement shall be made in accordance with paragraphs 2 through 7 below.
2. Net Share Settlement shall be made by delivery on the Cash Settlement Payment Date of a number of Shares satisfying the conditions set forth in paragraph 3 below (the “Registered Settlement Shares”), or a number of Shares not satisfying such conditions (the “Unregistered Settlement Shares”), in either case with a value equal to the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount, with such Shares’ value based on the value thereof to Dealer (which value shall, in the case of Unregistered Settlement Shares, take into account a commercially reasonable illiquidity discount), in each case as determined by the Calculation Agent. Notwithstanding Counterparty’s election of Net Share Settlement, if all of the conditions for delivery of either Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares have not been met, Cash Settlement shall be applicable in accordance with paragraph 1 above.
3. Counterparty may only deliver Registered Settlement Shares pursuant to paragraph 2 above if:
(a) a registration statement covering public resale of the Registered Settlement Shares by Dealer (the “Registration Statement”) shall have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act and been declared or otherwise become effective on or prior to the date of delivery, and no stop order shall be in effect with respect to the Registration Statement; a printed prospectus relating to the Registered Settlement Shares (including, without limitation, any prospectus supplement thereto, the “Prospectus”) shall have been delivered to Dealer, in such quantities as Dealer shall reasonably have requested, on or prior to the date of delivery;
(b) the form and content of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including, without limitation, any sections describing the plan of distribution) shall be satisfactory to Dealer;
(c) as of or prior to the date of delivery, Dealer and its agents shall have been afforded a reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for underwritten offerings of equity securities and the results of such investigation are satisfactory to Dealer, in its discretion; and
(d) as of the date of delivery, an agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) shall have been entered into with Dealer in connection with the public resale of the Registered Settlement Shares by Dealer substantially similar to underwriting agreements customary for underwritten offerings of equity securities, in form and substance satisfactory to Dealer, which Underwriting Agreement shall include, without limitation, provisions substantially similar to those contained in such underwriting agreements relating, without limitation, to the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the liability of, Dealer and its affiliates and the provision of customary opinions, accountants’ comfort letters and lawyers’ negative assurance letters.
4. If Counterparty delivers Unregistered Settlement Shares pursuant to paragraph 2 above:
(a) all Unregistered Settlement Shares shall be delivered to Dealer (or any affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(2) thereof;
(b) as of or prior to the date of delivery, Dealer and any potential purchaser of any such shares from Dealer (or any affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) identified by Dealer shall be afforded a commercially reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for private placements of equity securities (including, without limitation, the right to have made available to them for inspection all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and other information reasonably requested by them);
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(c) as of the date of delivery, Counterparty shall enter into an agreement (a “Private Placement Agreement”) with Dealer (or any affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) in connection with the private placement of such shares by Counterparty to Dealer (or any such affiliate) and the private resale of such shares by Dealer (or any such affiliate), substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of equity securities, in form and substance commercially reasonably satisfactory to Dealer, which Private Placement Agreement shall include, without limitation, provisions substantially similar to those contained in such private placement purchase agreements relating, without limitation, to the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the liability of, Dealer and its affiliates and the provision of customary opinions, accountants’ comfort letters and lawyers’ negative assurance letters, and shall provide for the payment by Counterparty of all reasonable fees and expenses in connection with such resale, including, without limitation, all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for Dealer, and shall contain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of Counterparty reasonably necessary or advisable to establish and maintain the availability of an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act for such resales; and
(d) in connection with the private placement of such shares by Counterparty to Dealer (or any such affiliate) and the private resale of such shares by Dealer (or any such affiliate), Counterparty shall, if so requested by Dealer, prepare, in cooperation with Dealer, a private placement memorandum in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Dealer
5. Dealer, itself or through an affiliate (the “Selling Agent”) or any underwriter(s), will sell all, or such lesser portion as may be required hereunder, of the Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares and any Makewhole Shares (as defined below) (together, the “Settlement Shares”) delivered by Counterparty to Dealer pursuant to paragraph 6 below commencing on the Cash Settlement Payment Date and continuing until the date on which the aggregate Net Proceeds (as such term is defined below) of such sales, as determined by Dealer, is equal to the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount (such date, the “Final Resale Date”). If the proceeds of any sale(s) made by Dealer, the Selling Agent or any underwriter(s), net of any fees and commissions (including, without limitation, underwriting or placement fees) customary for similar transactions under the circumstances at the time of the offering, together with carrying charges and expenses incurred in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares (including, without limitation, the covering of any over-allotment or short position (syndicate or otherwise)) (the “Net Proceeds”) exceed the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount, Dealer will refund, in USD, such excess to Counterparty on the date that is two (2) Currency Business Days following the Final Resale Date, and, if any portion of the Settlement Shares remains unsold, Dealer shall return to Counterparty on that date such unsold Shares.
6. If the Calculation Agent determines that the Net Proceeds received from the sale of the Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares or any Makewhole Shares, if any, pursuant to this paragraph 6 are less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount (the amount in USD by which the Net Proceeds are less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount being the “Shortfall” and the date on which such determination is made, the “Deficiency Determination Date”), Counterparty shall on the Exchange Business Day next succeeding the Deficiency Determination Date (the “Makewhole Notice Date”) deliver to Dealer, through the Selling Agent, a notice of Counterparty’s election that Counterparty shall either (i) pay an amount in cash equal to the Shortfall on the day that is one (1) Currency Business Day after the Makewhole Notice Date, or (ii) deliver additional Shares. If Counterparty elects to deliver to Dealer additional Shares, then Counterparty shall deliver additional Shares in compliance with the terms and conditions of paragraph 3 or paragraph 4 above, as the case may be (the “Makewhole Shares”), on the first Clearance System Business Day which is also an Exchange Business Day following the Makewhole Notice Date in such number as the Calculation Agent reasonably believes would have a market value on that Exchange Business Day equal to the Shortfall. Such Makewhole Shares shall be sold by Dealer in accordance with the provisions above; provided that if the sum of the Net Proceeds from the sale of the originally delivered Shares and the Net Proceeds from the sale of any Makewhole Shares is less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount then Counterparty shall, at its election, either make such cash payment or deliver to Dealer further Makewhole Shares until such Shortfall has been reduced to zero.
7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the aggregate number of Settlement Shares be greater than the Reserved Shares minus the amount of any Shares actually delivered by Counterparty under any other Transaction(s) under this Master Confirmation (the result of such calculation, the “Capped Number”). Counterparty represents and warrants (which shall be deemed to be repeated on each day that a Transaction is outstanding) that the Capped Number is equal to or less than the number of Shares determined according to the following formula:
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A – B
Where A = the number of authorized but unissued shares of the Counterparty that are not reserved for future issuance on the date of the determination of the Capped Number; and
B = the maximum number of Shares required to be delivered to third parties if Counterparty elected Net Share Settlement of all transactions in the Shares (other than Transactions in the Shares under this Master Confirmation) with all third parties that are then currently outstanding and unexercised.
Reserved Shares” means as of the date of the Master Confirmation, 53,777,897 Shares. The Reserved Shares may be increased or decreased as agreed by the parties in a Supplemental Confirmation.
If at any time, as a result of this paragraph 7, Counterparty fails to deliver to Dealer any Settlement Shares, Counterparty shall, to the extent that Counterparty has at such time authorized but unissued Shares not reserved for other purposes, promptly notify Dealer thereof and deliver to Dealer a number of Shares not previously delivered as a result of this paragraph 7. Counterparty agrees to use its best efforts to cause the number of authorized but unissued Shares to be increased, if necessary, to an amount sufficient to permit Counterparty to fulfill its obligation to deliver any Settlement Shares.


[Signature Page to ASR Supplemental Confirmation]

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eBay Inc.
2065 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, California

Re: Accelerated Share Repurchase

Ladies and Gentlemen:
This master confirmation (this “Master Confirmation”), dated as of February 13, 2020 is intended to set forth certain terms and provisions of certain Transactions (each, a “Transaction”) entered into from time to time between HSBC Bank USA, National Association (“Dealer”) and eBay Inc. (“Counterparty”). This Master Confirmation, taken alone, is neither a commitment by either party to enter into any Transaction nor evidence of a Transaction. The additional terms of any particular Transaction shall be set forth in a Supplemental Confirmation in the form of Annex A hereto (a “Supplemental Confirmation”), which shall reference this Master Confirmation and supplement, form a part of, and be subject to this Master Confirmation. This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation together shall constitute a “Confirmation” as referred to in the Agreement specified below.
The definitions and provisions contained in the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the “Equity Definitions”), as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., are incorporated into this Master Confirmation. This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation evidence a complete binding agreement between Counterparty and Dealer as to the subject matter and terms of each Transaction to which this Master Confirmation and such Supplemental Confirmation relate and shall supersede all prior or contemporaneous written or oral communications with respect thereto.
This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation supplement, form a part of, and are subject to an agreement in the form of the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement (the “Agreement”), as if Dealer and Counterparty had executed the Agreement on the date of this Master Confirmation (but without any Schedule except for (i) the election of New York law (without reference to its choice of laws doctrine other than Title 14 of Article 5 of the New York General Obligations Law) as the governing law and (ii) the election of US Dollars (“USD”) as the Termination Currency.
The Transactions shall be the sole Transactions under the Agreement. If there exists any ISDA Master Agreement between Dealer and Counterparty or any confirmation or other agreement between Dealer and Counterparty pursuant to which an ISDA Master Agreement is deemed to exist between Dealer and Counterparty, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary in such ISDA Master Agreement, such confirmation or agreement or any other agreement to which Dealer and Counterparty are parties, the Transactions shall not be considered Transactions under, or otherwise governed by, such existing or deemed ISDA Master Agreement.
All provisions contained or incorporated by reference in the Agreement shall govern this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation except as expressly modified herein or in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
If, in relation to any Transaction to which this Master Confirmation and a Supplemental Confirmation relate, there is any inconsistency between the Agreement, this Master Confirmation, such Supplemental Confirmation and the Equity Definitions, the following will prevail for purposes of such Transaction in the order of precedence indicated: (i) the Supplemental Confirmation; (ii) this Master Confirmation; (iii) the Equity Definitions; and (iv) the Agreement.
1.Each Transaction constitutes a Share Forward Transaction for the purposes of the Equity Definitions. Set forth below are the terms and conditions that, together with the terms and conditions set forth in the Supplemental Confirmation relating to any Transaction, shall govern such Transaction.
General Terms:
Trade Date: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
Buyer: Counterparty
Seller: Dealer
Shares: The common stock of Counterparty, par value USD 0.001 per share (Ticker: EBAY)
Exchange: The NASDAQ Global Select Market.
Related Exchange(s): All Exchanges
Calculation Agent: Dealer
Prepayment/Variable Obligations: Applicable
Prepayment Amount: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
Prepayment Date: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
Valuation:
Reference Price: Subject to the provisions of “Pricing Disruption” below, for each Transaction, the amount equal to the arithmetic average of the Rule 10b-18 VWAPs for all Calculation Dates in the Pricing Period; provided that, in the event Dealer determines that a Calculation Date during the Pricing Period is a Disrupted Day only in part, Dealer shall determine the Reference Price based on an appropriately weighted average instead of such arithmetic average with respect to such Disrupted Day.
Reference Price Adjusted Amount: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
Rule 10b-18 VWAP: Subject to the provisions of “Pricing Disruption” below, for any Exchange Business Day, the Rule 10b-18 volume-weighted average price per Share for the regular trading session (including any extension thereof) of the Exchange for such Exchange Business Day, without regard to pre-open or after hours trading outside of such regular trading session for such Business Day, excluding (i) trades that do not settle regular way, (ii) opening (regular way) reported trades in the consolidated system on such Exchange Business Day, (iii) trades that occur in the last ten minutes before the scheduled close of trading on the Exchange on such Exchange Business Day and ten minutes before the scheduled close of the primary trading in the market where the trade is effected, and (iv) trades on such Exchange Business Day that do not satisfy the requirements of Rule 10b-18(b)(3) of the Exchange Act, as reported on the Bloomberg Page “EBAY” <Equity> AQR SEC” (or any successor thereto) or, if such price is not so reported on such Exchange Business Day or is, in the Calculation Agent’s good faith and commercially reasonable discretion, erroneous, the Rule 10b-18 VWAP shall be as determined by the Calculation Agent in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
Pricing Period: For any Transaction, the period commencing on the Pricing Period Commencement Date and ending on the Pricing Period Termination Date, subject to extension as provided herein.
Pricing Period Commencement Date: For any Transaction, as set forth in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation.
Pricing Period Termination Date: For any Transaction, the Scheduled Termination Date for such Transaction; provided that if a First Optional Termination Date is specified in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction, Dealer shall have the right to designate any Calculation Date occurring on or following the First Optional Termination Date as the Pricing Period Termination Date for all or any part of such Transaction by delivering notice to Counterparty prior to 11:59 p.m. New York City time on the Calculation Date immediately following such designated Pricing Period Termination Date. Dealer shall specify in each such notice the portion of the Prepayment Amount that is subject to acceleration (which may be less than the full Prepayment Amount). If the portion of the Prepayment Amount that is subject to acceleration is less than the full Prepayment Amount, then the Calculation Agent shall adjust the terms of the Transaction as appropriate (and in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner) in order to take into account the occurrence of such accelerated Pricing Period Termination Date (including cumulative adjustments to take into account all prior accelerated Pricing Period Termination Dates).
First Optional Termination Date: If applicable, for any Transaction, the date set forth as such in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction.
Scheduled Termination Date: For any Transaction, the date set forth as such in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction; provided that the Scheduled Termination Date may be postponed by Dealer as provided in “Pricing Disruption” below.
Calculation Dates: For each Transaction, any date that is both an Exchange Business Day and is set forth as a Calculation Date in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation.
Pricing Disruption: The definition of “Market Disruption Event” contained in Section 6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:
(i) deleting the words “at any time during the one-hour period that ends at the relevant Valuation Time, Latest Exercise Time, Knock-in Valuation Time or Knock-out Valuation Time, as the case may be” and inserting the words “at any time on any Scheduled Trading Day during the Pricing Period or the Settlement Period” after the word “material” in the third line thereof; and
(ii) replacing the words “or (iii) an Early Closure” in the fifth line thereof with the words “, (iii) an Early Closure or (iv) a Regulatory Disruption”.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, if a Disrupted Day occurs (i) in the Pricing Period, the Calculation Agent may, in its good faith and commercially reasonable discretion, postpone the Scheduled Termination Date, or (ii) in the Settlement Period, if any, the Calculation Agent may extend the Settlement Period. The Calculation Agent may also determine that (A) such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day in full, in which case the Rule 10b-18 VWAP for such Disrupted Day shall not be included for purposes of determining the Reference Price or the Settlement Price, as the case may be, or (B) such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day only in part, in which case the Rule 10b-18 VWAP such Disrupted Day shall be determined by the Calculation Agent based on Rule 10b-18 eligible transactions in the Shares on such Disrupted Day taking into account the nature and duration of the relevant Market Disruption Event, and the weighting of the Rule 10b-18 VWAP for the relevant Calculation Dates during the Pricing Period or the Settlement Period, as the case may be, shall be adjusted in a commercially reasonable manner by the Calculation Agent for purposes of determining the Reference Price or the Settlement Price, as the case may be, with such adjustments based on, among other factors, the duration of any Market Disruption Event and the volume, historical trading patterns and price of the Shares. Any Exchange Business Day on which, as of the date hereof, the Exchange is scheduled to close prior to its normal close of trading shall be deemed not to be an Exchange Business Day; if a closure of the Exchange prior to its normal close of trading on any Exchange Business Day is scheduled following the date hereof, then such Exchange Business Day shall be deemed to be a Disrupted Day in full.
If a Disrupted Day occurs during the Pricing Period or the Settlement Period for any Transaction, as the case may be, and each of the nine immediately following Scheduled Trading Days is a Disrupted Day (a “Disruption Event”), then the Calculation Agent, in its good faith and commercially reasonable discretion, may (x) deem such ninth Scheduled Trading Day to be an Exchange Business Day that is not a Disrupted Day and determine the Rule 10b-18 VWAP for such ninth Scheduled Trading Day using its good faith estimate of the value of the Shares on such ninth Scheduled Trading Day based on the volume, historical trading patterns and price of the Shares and such other factors as it deems appropriate, (y) deem such Disruption Event (and each consecutive Disrupted Day thereafter) to be a Potential Adjustment Event and/or (z) deem such Disruption Event to be an Additional Termination Event in respect of such Transaction, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and such Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction.
Early Closure: The definition of “Early Closure” contained in Section 6.3(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the remainder of the provision following the term “Scheduled Closing Time” in the fourth line thereof.
Regulatory Disruption: In the event that Dealer reasonably concludes in good faith and upon the advice of counsel that it is appropriate for it to refrain from, decrease or otherwise materially alter any market activity on any Scheduled Trading Day during the Pricing Period or, if applicable, the Settlement Period in order to preserve Dealer’s hedge unwind or settlement activity hereunder in compliance with applicable legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by Dealer), or due to any other Market Disruption Event, Dealer may by written notice to Counterparty elect to suspend the Pricing Period or Settlement Period for such day; provided that if such Regulatory Disruption is deemed to have occurred solely in response to such related policies or procedures, such Scheduled Trading Day or Scheduled Trading Days will each be a Disrupted Day in full. Dealer shall promptly notify Counterparty upon exercising its rights pursuant to this provision and shall subsequently notify Counterparty in writing on the day Dealer reasonably believes in good faith and upon the advice of counsel that it may resume its market activity. Dealer shall not be required to communicate to Counterparty the reason for Dealer’s exercise of its rights pursuant to this provision if Dealer reasonably determines in good faith and upon the advice of counsel that disclosing such reason may result in a violation of any legal, regulatory, or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by Dealer).
Settlement Terms:
Settlement Procedures: For each Transaction, if the Number of Shares to be Delivered is positive, Physical Settlement shall be applicable; provided that Dealer does not, and shall not make the agreement or the representations set forth in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions related to the restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws with respect to any Shares delivered by Dealer to Counterparty under any Transaction. If the Number of Shares to be Delivered is negative, then the Counterparty Settlement Provisions in Annex B shall apply to such Transaction.
Number of Shares to be Delivered: For each Transaction, a number of Shares equal to (i)(a) the Prepayment Amount, divided by (b) the Valuation Amount minus (ii) the Initial Share Number.
Valuation Amount: For each Transaction, (i) the Reference Price minus (ii) the Reference Price Adjustment Amount.
Excess Dividend Amount: For the avoidance of doubt, all references to Excess Dividend Amount shall be deleted from Section 9.2(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions.
Settlement Date: For each Transaction, if the Number of Shares to be Delivered is positive, the date that is two Exchange Business Days immediately following (i) the Pricing Period Termination Date or (ii) with respect to any Pricing Period Termination Date designated by Dealer pursuant to the proviso in the definition of Pricing Period Termination Date, the date Dealer delivers the notice designating such Pricing Period Termination Date.
Settlement Currency: USD
Initial Shares:
Initial Share Delivery: For any Transaction, upon payment by Counterparty of the Prepayment Amount, Dealer or an affiliate of Dealer shall deliver to Counterparty a number of Shares equal to the Initial Share Number on the Initial Settlement Date for such Transaction, in accordance with Section 9.4 of the Equity Definitions, with such Initial Settlement Date deemed to be a “Settlement Date” for purposes of such Section 9.4.
Initial Settlement Date: For any Transaction, the date set forth as such in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction.
Initial Share Number: For each Transaction, the number set forth as such in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction.
Share Adjustments:
Method of Adjustment: Calculation Agent Adjustment
Potential Adjustment Event: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 11.2(e) of the Equity Definitions, an Extraordinary Dividend shall not constitute a Potential Adjustment Event.
It shall constitute an additional Potential Adjustment Event if the Scheduled Termination Date for any Transaction is postponed pursuant to “Pricing Disruption” above, in which case the Calculation Agent may, in its commercially reasonable discretion, adjust any relevant terms of any such Transaction as necessary to preserve as nearly as practicable the fair value of such Transaction prior to such postponement; provided that the Calculation Agent shall not adjust any of the dates identified as Calculation Dates in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation.
Extraordinary Dividend: Any dividend or distribution on the Shares (other than any dividend or distribution of the type described in Section 11.2(e)(i) or Section 11.2(e)(ii)(A) of the Equity Definitions) the amount or value of which (as determined by the Calculation Agent) when aggregated with the amount or value (as determined by the Calculation Agent) of any and all previous dividends with ex-dividend dates occurring in the same calendar quarter, exceeds the Ordinary Dividend.
Ordinary Dividend: Amount as set forth in the Supplemental Confirmation for each Transaction.
Early Ordinary Dividend Payment: If an ex-dividend date for any dividend that is not an Extraordinary Dividend occurs during any calendar quarter occurring (in whole or in part) during the Relevant Period (as defined below) and is prior to the Scheduled Ex-Dividend Date for such calendar quarter, the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustment to the exercise, settlement, payment or any other terms of the relevant Transaction as the Calculation Agent determines, in good faith and a commercially reasonable manner, is appropriate to account for the economic effect on the Transaction of such event.
Scheduled Ex-Dividend Date: For each Transaction for each calendar quarter, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.


        


Extraordinary Events:
Consequences of Merger Events:
(a) Share-for-Share: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
(b) Share-for-Other: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
(c) Share-for-Combined: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
Tender Offer: Applicable; provided that (i) Section 12.1(l) of the Equity Definitions shall be amended (x) by deleting the parenthetical in the fifth line thereof, (y) by replacing “that” in the fifth line thereof with “whether or not such announcement” and (z) by adding immediately after the words “Tender Offer” in the fifth line thereof “, and any publicly announced change or amendment to such an announcement (including the announcement of an abandonment of such intention)” and (ii) Sections 12.3(a) and 12.3(d) of the Equity Definitions shall each be amended by replacing each occurrence of the words “Tender Offer Date” by “Announcement Date.”
Consequences of Tender Offers:
(a) Share-for-Share: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
(b) Share-for-Other: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
(c) Share-for-Combined: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting: Cancellation and Payment; provided that in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it shall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall be deemed to be the Exchange.

Additional Disruption Events:
(a) Change in Law: Applicable; provided that Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the phrase “the interpretation” in the third line thereof with the phrase “, or public announcement of, the formal or informal interpretation”, (ii) by replacing the word “Shares” where it appears in clause (X) thereof with the words “Hedge Position” and (iii) by immediately following the word “Transaction” in clause (X) thereof, adding the phrase “in the manner contemplated by the Hedging Party on the Trade Date”; provided further that (i) any determination as to whether (A) the adoption of or any change in any applicable law or regulation (including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, (x) any tax law or (y) adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute) or (B) the promulgation of or any change in the interpretation by any court, tribunal or regulatory authority with competent jurisdiction of any applicable law or regulation (including any action taken by a taxing authority), in each case, constitutes a “Change in Law” shall be made without regard to Section 739 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 or any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the Trade Date, and (ii) Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing the parenthetical beginning after the word “regulation” in the second line thereof with the words “(including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, (x) any tax law or (y) adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute)”.
(b) Failure to Deliver: Applicable
(c) Insolvency Filing: Applicable
(d) Loss of Stock Borrow: Applicable, it being understood that the Hedging Party’s rate to borrow Shares shall be determined by reference to the terms of the Hedging Party’s share lending arrangements (which rate shall be, if the Hedging Party posts cash collateral under such lending arrangements, the negative spread on the rebate paid to the Hedging Party on cash collateral by the securities lenders under such lending arrangements) and without regard to the Hedging Party’s cost of funding.
Maximum Stock Loan Rate: 200 basis points per annum
Hedging Party: Dealer: whenever the Hedging Party is required to act or to exercise judgment in any way with respect to any Transaction hereunder, it will do so in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
Determining Party: Dealer: whenever the Determining Party is required to act or to exercise judgment in any way with respect to any Transaction hereunder, it will do so in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
Hedging Adjustments: For the avoidance of doubt, whenever the Calculation Agent is called upon to make an adjustment pursuant to the terms of this Master Confirmation or the Equity Definitions to take into account the effect of an event, the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustment by reference to the effect of such event on Dealer, assuming that Dealer maintains a commercially reasonable Hedge Position.
(e) Increased Cost of Stock Borrow: Applicable, it being understood that the Hedging Party’s rate to borrow Shares shall be determined by reference to the terms of the Hedging Party’s share lending arrangements (which rate shall be, if the Hedging Party posts cash collateral under such lending arrangements, the negative spread on the rebate paid to the Hedging Party on cash collateral by the securities lenders under such lending arrangements) and without regard to the Hedging Party’s cost of funding.
Initial Stock Loan Rate: 50 basis points per annum
Hedging Party: Dealer
Determining Party: Dealer
Additional Termination Event(s): The declaration by the Issuer of any Extraordinary Dividend, the ex-dividend date for which occurs or is scheduled to occur during the Relevant Dividend Period, will constitute an Additional Termination Event, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and all Transactions hereunder as the Affected Transactions.
In the event that any of the representations of Counterparty contained in Sections 4(d), 4(h) and 4(i) would not be true as of the Prepayment Date for a Transaction, then (i) Counterparty shall, prior to delivery of the relevant Initial Share Number against payment of the relevant Prepayment Amount, notify Dealer (in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 12) of the same and (ii) such event shall constitute an Additional Termination Event, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and such Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6 of the Agreement, if a Termination Price is specified in the Supplemental Confirmation for a Transaction, then an Additional Termination Event with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and such Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction will automatically occur without any notice or action by Dealer or Counterparty if the price of the Shares on the Exchange at any time falls below such Termination Price, and the Exchange Business Day on which such event occurs will be the “Early Termination Date” for purposes of the Agreement.
Relevant Dividend Period: The period from and including the first day of the Pricing Period to and including the Relevant Dividend Period End Date.
Relevant Dividend Period End Date: If the Number of Shares to be Delivered is negative, the last day of the Settlement Period; otherwise, the Pricing Period Termination Date.
Non-Reliance/Agreements and
Acknowledgements Regarding
Hedging Activities/Additional
Acknowledgements:
Applicable
2. Calculation Agent.
Dealer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, the Calculation Agent shall not adjust the dates identified as Calculation Dates in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation for any Transaction.
3. Account Details, Offices and Notices.
(a) Account Details:
(i) Account for payments to Counterparty:
Bank: Wells Fargo 
ABA#: 121000248
Acct No.: 4311863153 

Account Name: eBay Inc.
Account for delivery of Shares to Counterparty:
To be provided separately.
(ii) Account for payments to Dealer:
To be provided separately

Account for delivery of Shares to Dealer:
To be provided separately
(b) Notices. Unless otherwise specified, notices under this Master Confirmation may be made by telephone, to be confirmed in writing to the address below. Changes to the Notices must be made in writing.
(i) If to Counterparty:
eBay Inc.
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2065 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, California
Attn: Brent Bounds
Telephone: (408) 967-4655
Facsimile: (408) 967-9929
Email: jbounds@ebay.com
(ii) If to Dealer:
HSBC Bank USA, National Association
452 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Attention:  Jeffrey Nicklas
Telephone No.: (212) 525-3154
Email:   Jeffrey.nicklas@us.hsbc.com

(c) Offices.
(i) The Office of Counterparty for each Transaction is: Inapplicable, Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.
(ii) The Office of Dealer for each Transaction is: Inapplicable, Dealer is not a Multibranch Party.
4. Representations of Counterparty.
In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants in the Agreement, Counterparty additionally hereby represents, warrants and covenants to Dealer that:
(a) Corporate Existence and Authorization; Required Company Approvals. Counterparty has all corporate power to enter into this Master Confirmation and such Supplemental Confirmation and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to purchase the Shares and deliver any Settlement Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. Each Transaction contemplated by this Master Confirmation and any repurchase of Shares by Counterparty in connection with such Transaction are pursuant to a publicly announced share repurchase program that has been approved by its board of directors (or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors), and any such repurchase has been or will when so required be publicly disclosed in its periodic filings under the Exchange Act and its financial statements and notes thereto (or in any other filing or disclosure required to be made by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or any other regulatory body) and, as of the Trade Date and the Pricing Period Commencement Date for each Transaction, such Transaction is not subject to any internal policy or procedure of Counterparty, whether written or oral, which would prohibit Counterparty from effecting any aspect of such Transaction, including, without limitation, the purchases of the Shares made pursuant to such Transaction at such time;
(b) Private Placement. It acknowledges that the offer and sale of each Transaction to it is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) thereof. Accordingly, Counterparty represents and warrants to Dealer that (i) it is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities Act, (ii) it is entering into this Transaction for its own account and without a view to the distribution or resale thereof, and it understands that Dealer has no obligation or intention to register such Transaction under the Securities Act or any state securities law or other applicable federal securities law. It has the financial ability to bear the economic risk of its investment in each Transaction and is able to bear a total loss of its investment and the disposition of each Transaction is restricted under this Master Confirmation, the Securities Act and state securities laws.
(c) Material Non-Public Information and Manipulation. As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, it is not entering into such Transaction, and as of the date of any election with respect to any Transaction hereunder, it is not making such election, in each case, (i) on the basis of, and is not aware of, any material non-public information regarding Counterparty or the Shares; (ii) in anticipation of, in connection with, or to facilitate, a distribution of its securities, a self tender offer or a third-party tender offer; or (iii) to create actual or apparent trading
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activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares);
(d) Compliance with Filing Requirements. As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder and as of the date of any election with respect to any Transaction hereunder, each of its filings under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other applicable securities laws that are required to be filed have been filed;
(e) Issuer Tender Offer. As of the Trade Date and the Pricing Period Commencement Date for each Transaction hereunder, the purchase or writing of such Transaction contemplated hereby will not violate Rule 13e-1 or Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act;
(f) Regulation M. The Shares are not, and Counterparty will not cause the Shares to be, subject to a “restricted period” (as defined in Regulation M) at any time during any Regulation M Period (as defined below) for any Transaction. “Regulation M Period” means, for any Transaction, (i) the Relevant Period (as defined below) for such Transaction, (ii) the Settlement Period, if any, for such Transaction and (iii) the Seller Termination Purchase Period (as defined below), if any, for such Transaction. “Relevant Period” means, for any Transaction, the period commencing on the first day of the Pricing Period for such Transaction and ending on the later of (i) the earlier of (x) the Scheduled Termination Date and (y) the last Additional Relevant Day (as specified in the related Supplemental Confirmation) for such Transaction, or such earlier day as elected by Dealer and communicated to Counterparty on such day (or, if later, the First Optional Termination Date (if any) without regard to any acceleration thereof pursuant to “Special Provisions for Acquisition Transaction Announcements” below) and (ii) if Section 9 is applicable to such Transaction, the date on which all deliveries owed pursuant to Section 9 have been made;
(g) Rule 10b-18 Purchases of Blocks. Counterparty shall, on the Trade Date for any Transaction, notify Dealer of the total number of Shares purchased in Rule 10b-18 purchases of blocks pursuant to the once-a-week block exception set forth in paragraph (b)(4) of Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 10b-18”) by or for Counterparty or any of its “affiliated purchasers” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) during each of the four calendar weeks preceding such day and during the calendar week in which such day occurs (“Rule 10b-18 purchases” and “blocks” each being used as defined in Rule 10b-18). From each Trade Date to the relevant Pricing Period Commencement Date, Counterparty and its “affiliated purchasers” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) shall not effect any additional purchasers of such blocks.
(h) Liquidity. As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, (i) its financial condition is such that it has no need for liquidity with respect to its investment in the transactions contemplated by this Master Confirmation and no need to dispose of any portion thereof to satisfy any existing or contemplated undertaking or indebtedness and (ii) its investments in and liabilities in respect of such transactions, which it understands are not readily marketable, are not disproportionate to its net worth, and it is able to bear any loss in connection with such transactions, including the loss of its entire investment in such transactions;
(i) Solvency. As of the Trade Date, the Prepayment Date, the Initial Share Delivery Date and the Settlement Date for each Transaction, Counterparty is not, and will not be, “insolvent” (as such term is defined under Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code (as defined below)) and Company would be able to purchase a number of the Shares with a value equal to the Prepayment Amount in compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction of Company’s incorporation;
(j) Financial Expertise and Total Assets. Counterparty (i) is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities; (ii) will exercise independent judgment in evaluating the recommendations of any broker-dealer or its associated persons, unless it has otherwise notified the broker-dealer in writing; and (iii) has total assets of at least USD 50,000,000 as of the date hereof.
(k) Investment Company Act of 1940. Counterparty is not, and after giving effect to each Transaction, will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(l) CEA Status. Counterparty is an “eligible contract participant”, as defined in the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act (as amended), and is entering into each Transaction hereunder as principal (and not as agent or in any other capacity, fiduciary or otherwise) and not for the benefit of any third party;
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(m) Non-Reliance. It is not relying, and has not relied upon, Dealer or any of its affiliates with respect to the legal, accounting, tax or other implications of this Master Confirmation and that it has conducted its own analyses of the legal, accounting, tax and other implications of this Master Confirmation. Further, it acknowledges and agrees that neither Dealer nor any affiliate of Dealer has acted as its advisor in any capacity in connection with this Master Confirmation or the transactions contemplated hereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions, Counterparty acknowledges that neither Dealer nor any of its affiliates is making any representations or warranties or taking any position or expressing any view with respect to the treatment of any Transaction under any accounting standards including ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share, ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging or ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity.
(n) No Deposit Insurance. It understands that no obligations of Dealer to it hereunder will be entitled to the benefit of deposit insurance and that such obligations will not be guaranteed by any affiliate of Dealer or any governmental agency;
(o) Assumption of Risk. IT UNDERSTANDS THAT THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS MASTER CONFIRMATION ARE SUBJECT TO COMPLEX RISKS THAT MAY ARISE WITHOUT WARNING AND MAY AT TIMES BE VOLATILE AND THAT LOSSES MAY OCCUR QUICKLY AND IN UNANTICIPATED MAGNITUDE AND IS WILLING TO ACCEPT SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND ASSUME (FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE) SUCH RISKS.
5. Acknowledgements and Agreements of Counterparty.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) Nature of Rights. Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that this Master Confirmation is not intended to convey to Dealer rights against Counterparty hereunder that are senior to the claims of common stockholders in any U.S. bankruptcy proceedings of Counterparty; provided, however, that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit Dealer’s right to pursue remedies in the event of a breach by Counterparty of its obligations and agreements with respect to this Master Confirmation; and provided further that in pursuing a claim against Counterparty in the event of a bankruptcy, insolvency or dissolution with respect to Company, Dealer’s rights hereunder shall rank on a parity with the rights of a holder of the Shares enforcing similar rights under a contract involving the Shares.
(c) Bankruptcy Code. The parties hereto intend for (i) each Transaction hereunder to be a “securities contract” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the “Bankruptcy Code”), and the parties hereto are entitled to the protections afforded by, among other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 362(o), 546, 555 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) a party’s right to liquidate, terminate or accelerate a Transaction hereunder and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of Default or Termination Event under this Master Confirmation with respect to the other party to constitute a “contractual right” within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Code; (iii) all transfers of cash, securities or other property under or in connection with each Transaction hereunder are “transfers” made “by or to (or for the benefit of)” a “master netting agreement participant”, a “financial institution”, a “financial participant” or a “forward contract merchant” (each as defined in the Bankruptcy Code) within the meaning of Sections 546(e), 546(f) and 546(j) of the Bankruptcy Code; (iv) all obligations under or in connection with each Transaction hereunder represent obligations in respect of “termination values”, “payment amounts” or “other transfer obligations” within the meaning of Section 362 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (v) each of the parties hereto to be a “financial participant” within the meaning of Section 101(22A) of the Bankruptcy Code.
(d) Dealer’s Activities. Counterparty understands and acknowledges that Dealer and its affiliates may from time to time effect transactions for their own account or the account of customers and hold positions in securities or options on securities of Counterparty and that Dealer and its affiliates may continue to conduct such transactions during the Pricing Period and the Settlement Period.
(e) Establishment of Hedge Position. Counterparty acknowledges that during the term of any Transaction, Dealer and its affiliates may buy or sell Shares or other securities or buy or sell options or futures contracts or enter into swaps or other derivative securities in order to establish, adjust or unwind Dealer’s hedge position with respect to such Transaction
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(f) Other Market Activities. Counterparty acknowledges that Dealer and its affiliates may also be active in the market for Shares and transactions linked to the Shares other than in connection with hedging activities in relation to any Transaction.
(g) Manner of Hedging or Market Activities. Counterparty acknowledges that Dealer shall make its own determination as to whether, when or in what manner any hedging or market activities in Counterparty’s securities shall be conducted and shall do so in a manner that it deems appropriate to hedge its price and market risk with respect to the Reference Price and the Rule 10b-18 VWAP.
(h) Effect of Market Activities. Counterparty acknowledges that any market activities of Dealer and its affiliates with respect to the Shares may affect the market price and volatility of the Shares, as well as the Reference Price and Rule 10b-18 VWAP, each in a manner that may be adverse to Counterparty.
(i) Purchase Price. Counterparty acknowledges that each Transaction is a derivative transaction in which it has granted Dealer an option; Dealer may purchase shares for its own account at an average price that may be greater than, or less than, the price paid by Counterparty under the terms of the related Transaction.
6. Calculations and Payment Date upon Early Termination.
The parties acknowledge and agree that in calculating (a) the Close-Out Amount pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement and (b) the amount due upon cancellation or termination of any Transaction (whether in whole or in part) pursuant to Article 12 of the Equity Definitions as a result of an Extraordinary Event, Dealer may (but need not) determine such amount based on (i) expected losses assuming a commercially reasonable (including, without limitation, with regard to reasonable legal and regulatory guidelines and taking into account the existence of any Other Specified Repurchase Agreement) risk bid were used to determine loss or (ii) the price at which one or more market participants would offer to sell to the Seller a block of shares of Common Stock equal in number to a commercially reasonable hedge position in relation to such Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement or Article 12 of the Equity Definitions, all amounts calculated as being due in respect of an Early Termination Date under Section 6(e) of the Agreement or upon cancellation or termination of the relevant Transaction under Article 12 of the Equity Definitions will be payable on the day that notice of the amount payable is effective; provided that if Counterparty elects to receive or deliver Shares or Alternative Delivery Units in accordance with Section 9, such Shares or Alternative Delivery Units shall be delivered on a date selected by Dealer as promptly as practicable.
7. 10b5-1 Plan.
(a) It is the intent of Counterparty and Dealer that each Transaction comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Exchange Act and that this Master Confirmation shall be interpreted to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) and the parties shall take no action that results in such Transaction not so complying with such requirements.
(b) Counterparty is entering into this Master Confirmation and each Transaction hereunder in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 10b5-1”) or any other antifraud or anti-manipulation provisions of the federal or applicable state securities laws and that it has not entered into or altered and will not enter into or alter any corresponding or hedging transaction or position with respect to the Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge that entry into any Other Specified Repurchase Agreement shall not fall within the ambit of the previous sentence. Counterparty acknowledges that it is the intent of the parties that each Transaction entered into under this Master Confirmation comply with the requirements of paragraphs (c)(1)(i)(A) and (B) of Rule 10b5-1 and each Transaction entered into under this Master Confirmation shall be interpreted to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c). “Other Specified Repurchase Agreement” means, for any Transaction, any other prepaid accelerated share repurchase transaction entered into on the Trade Date for such Transaction that is intended to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act and with calculation dates (however defined) that do not overlap with the Calculation Dates hereunder.
(c) During the term of any Transaction and in connection with the delivery of any Alternative Delivery Units for any Transaction, Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) may effect transactions in Shares in connection with such Transaction. The timing of such transactions by Dealer, the price paid or received per Share pursuant to such transactions and the manner in which such transactions are made, including, without limitation, whether such
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transactions are made on any securities exchange or privately, shall be within the sole judgment of Dealer. Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that all such transactions shall be made in Dealer’s sole judgment and for Dealer’s own account.
(d) Counterparty does not have, and shall not attempt to exercise, any control or influence over how, when or whether Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) makes any “purchases or sales” (within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3)) in connection with any Transaction, including, without limitation, the price paid per Share pursuant to such purchases, whether such purchases are made on any securities exchange or privately and over how, when or whether Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) enters into any hedging transactions. Counterparty represents and warrants that it has consulted with its own advisors as to the legal aspects of its adoption and implementation of this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation under Rule 10b5-1.
(e) Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that any amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation must be effected in accordance with the requirements for the amendment or termination of a “plan” as defined in Rule 10b5-1(c). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any such amendment, modification, waiver or termination shall be made in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b-5, and no such amendment, modification or waiver shall be made at any time at which Counterparty or any officer, director, manager or similar person of Counterparty is aware of any material non-public information regarding Counterparty or the Shares.
8. Counterparty Purchases.
Counterparty (including its “affiliated purchasers”, as defined in Rule 10b-18) shall not, without the prior written consent of Dealer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), directly or indirectly purchase, offer to purchase, place any bid or limit order that would effect a purchase of, or commence any tender offer relating to, any Shares (or an equivalent interest, or any security convertible into or exchangeable for such Shares and including, without limitation, by means of a derivative instrument) on the open market, or enter into any accelerated share repurchase program, or any derivative share repurchase transaction, or other similar transaction, during the Relevant Period, Settlement Period or Seller Termination Purchase Period and thereafter until all payments or deliveries of Shares under this Master Confirmation have been made, except pursuant to (a) (i) any open market repurchase agreement entered into between Counterparty and Dealer or an affiliate thereof providing for purchases made solely on Calculation Dates for the relevant Transaction or (ii) any open market repurchase agreement entered into between Counterparty and the dealer party to an Other Specified Repurchase Agreement (or an affiliate thereof) so long as all purchases thereunder are on days that are not Calculation Dates hereunder, in either case, so long as such purchases do not in the aggregate exceed, on any Exchange Business Day, the Specified ADTV Percentage for such Transaction for any such Exchange Business Day (as specified in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation) or (b) any Other Specified Repurchase Agreement. During such time, any purchases of Shares by Counterparty on any Calculation Date shall be made through Dealer or its affiliates, subject to such reasonable conditions as Dealer or such affiliate shall impose, and in compliance with Rule 10b-18 or otherwise in a manner that Counterparty and Dealer believe is in compliance with applicable requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 8 shall not prohibit limit or otherwise restrict (a) Counterparty’s ability to purchase Shares in connection with any company employee, officer or director equity plan or any dividend reinvestment plan, in each case, that are not expected to result in market transactions, (b) Counterparty’s ability to withhold Shares to cover tax liabilities associated with any such plan, (c) any purchases effected by or for an issuer “plan” by an “agent independent of the issuer” (each as defined in Rule 10b-18), (d) Counterparty’s or any of its affiliates’ ability to repurchase Shares under privately negotiated, off exchange transactions with any of its employees, officers, directors, affiliates or any third party that are not expected to result in market transactions, (e) Counterparty’s ability to grant stock and options to “affiliated purchasers” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) or the ability of such affiliated purchasers to acquire such stock or options in connection with Counterparty’s compensation policies for directors, officers and employees or any agreements with respect to the compensation of directors, officers or employees of any entities that are acquisition targets of Counterparty or (f) purchases of Shares forfeited or surrendered to Counterparty by holders of compensatory restricted Shares.
9. Loss Settlement Election.
In the event that (a) an Early Termination Date (whether as a result of an Event of Default or a Termination Event) occurs or is designated with respect to any Transaction or (b) any Transaction is cancelled or terminated upon the occurrence of an Extraordinary Event (except as a result of (i) a Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event in which the consideration to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash, (ii) a Merger Event or Tender Offer
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that is within Counterparty’s control, or (iii) an Event of Default in which Counterparty is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Counterparty is the Affected Party other than an Event of Default of the type described in Section 5(a)(iii), (v), (vi), (vii) or (viii) of the Agreement or a Termination Event of the type described in Section 5(b) of the Agreement, in each case that resulted from an event or events outside Counterparty’s control), if either party would owe any amount to the other party pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement or any Cancellation Amount pursuant to Article 12 of the Equity Definitions (any such amount, a “Payment Amount”), then, in lieu of any payment of such Payment Amount, unless Counterparty makes an election to the contrary no later than the Early Termination Date or the date on which such Transaction is terminated or cancelled, Counterparty or Dealer, as the case may be, shall deliver to the other party a number of Shares (or, in the case of a Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event, a number of units, each comprising the number or amount of the securities or property that a hypothetical holder of one Share would receive in such Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event, as the case may be (each such unit, an “Alternative Delivery Unit”) with a value equal to the Payment Amount, as determined by the Calculation Agent over a commercially reasonable period of time (and the parties agree that, in making such determination of value, the Calculation Agent may take into account a number of factors, including the market price of the Shares or Alternative Delivery Unit on the Early Termination Date or the date of early cancellation or termination, as the case may be, and if such delivery is made by Dealer, the prices at which Dealer purchases Shares or Alternative Delivery Units on any Calculation Date to fulfill its delivery obligation under this Section 9); provided that in determining the composition of any Alternative Delivery Unit, if the relevant Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event involves a choice of consideration to be received by holders, such holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash; and provided further that Counterparty may elect that the provisions of this Section 9 above providing for the delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, shall not apply only if Counterparty represents and warrants to Dealer, in writing on the date it notifies Dealer of such election, that, as of such date, Counterparty is not aware of any material non-public information regarding Counterparty or the Shares and is making such election in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade compliance with the federal securities laws. If delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section 9 is to be made by Counterparty, paragraphs 2 through 7 of Annex B hereto shall apply as if (A) such delivery were a settlement of such Transaction to which Net Share Settlement applied, (B) the Cash Settlement Payment Date were the Early Termination Date or the date of early cancellation or termination, as the case may be, and (C) the Forward Cash Settlement Amount were equal to (x) zero minus (y) the Payment Amount owed by Counterparty. For the avoidance of doubt, if Counterparty validly elects for the provisions of this Section 9 relating to the delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, not to apply to any Payment Amount, the provisions of Article 12 of the Equity Definitions, or the provisions of Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as the case may be, shall apply. If delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, is to be made by Dealer pursuant to this Section 9, the period during which Dealer purchases Shares or Alternative Delivery Units to fulfill its delivery obligations under this Section 9 shall be referred to as the “Seller Termination Purchase Period”; provided that the parties hereby agree that such purchases shall be made solely on Calculation Dates for the relevant Transaction.
10. Special Provisions for Merger Transaction.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Equity Definitions:
(a) Counterparty agrees that it:
(i) will not during the period commencing on the Trade Date for any Transaction and ending on the last day of the Relevant Period or the last day of the Settlement Period and the last day of the Seller Termination Purchase Period, for such Transaction make, or permit to be made (to the extent within Counterparty’s control), any public announcement (as defined in Rule 165(f) under the Securities Act) of any Merger Transaction or potential Merger Transaction (a “Merger Announcement”) unless such Merger Announcement is made prior to the opening or after the close of the regular trading session on the Exchange for the Shares;
(ii) shall promptly (but in any event prior to the next opening of the regular trading session on the Exchange) notify Dealer following any such Merger Announcement that such Merger Announcement has been made; and
(iii) shall promptly (but in any event prior to the next opening of the regular trading session on the Exchange) provide Dealer with written notice specifying (i) Counterparty’s average daily Rule 10b-18 Purchases (as defined in Rule 10b-18) during the three full calendar
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months immediately preceding the announcement date of any Merger Transaction or potential Merger Transaction that were not effected through Dealer or its affiliates and (ii) the number of Shares purchased pursuant to the proviso in Rule 10b-18(b)(4) under the Exchange Act for the three full calendar months preceding the announcement date of any Merger Transaction or potential Merger Transaction. Such written notice shall be deemed to be a certification by Counterparty to Dealer that such information is true and correct. In addition, Counterparty shall promptly notify Dealer of the earlier to occur of the completion of such transaction and the completion of the vote by target shareholders.
(b) Counterparty acknowledges that any such Merger Announcement or delivery of a notice with respect thereto may cause a Regulatory Disruption or the terms of any Transaction to be adjusted or such Transaction to be terminated pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 10; accordingly, Counterparty acknowledges that its delivery of such notice must comply with the standards set forth in Section 7 above.
(c) Upon the occurrence of any Merger Announcement (whether made by Counterparty or a third party), Dealer may treat the occurrence of such Merger Announcement as an Additional Termination Event with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and the Transactions hereunder as the Affected Transactions and with the amount under Section 6(e) of the Agreement determined taking into account the fact that the Settlement Period had fewer Scheduled Trading Days than originally anticipated. “Merger Transaction” means any merger, acquisition or similar transaction involving a recapitalization as contemplated by Rule 10b-18(a)(13)(iv) under the Exchange Act.
11. Special Provisions for Acquisition Transaction Announcements.
(a) If an Acquisition Transaction Announcement occurs on or prior to the Settlement Date for any Transaction, then the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustments (if any) to the exercise, settlement, payment or other terms of such Transaction as the Calculation Agent determines, in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner, is appropriate to account for the economic effect on such Transaction of such Acquisition Transaction Announcement. If an Acquisition Transaction Announcement occurs after the Trade Date, but prior to the First Optional Termination Date (if any) of any Transaction, the First Optional Termination Date shall be the date of such Acquisition Transaction Announcement.
(b) “Acquisition Transaction Announcement” means (i) the announcement of an Acquisition Transaction or an event that, if consummated, would result in an Acquisition Transaction, (ii) an announcement that Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries has entered into an agreement, a letter of intent or an understanding designed to result in an Acquisition Transaction, (iii) the announcement of the intention to solicit or enter into, or to explore strategic alternatives or other similar undertaking that may include, an Acquisition Transaction, (iv) any other announcement that in the reasonable judgment of the Calculation Agent may result in an Acquisition Transaction or (v) any announcement of any change or amendment to any previous Acquisition Transaction Announcement (including any announcement of the abandonment of any such previously announced Acquisition Transaction, agreement, letter of intent, understanding or intention). For the avoidance of doubt, announcements as used in the definition of Acquisition Transaction Announcement refer to any public announcement whether made by the Issuer or a third party.
(c) “Acquisition Transaction” means (i) any Merger Event (for purposes of this definition the definition of Merger Event shall be read with the references therein to “100%” being replaced by “15%” and references to “50%” being replaced by “75%” and without reference to the clause beginning immediately following the definition of Reverse Merger therein to the end of such definition), Tender Offer or Merger Transaction or any other transaction involving the merger of Counterparty with or into any third party, (ii) the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Counterparty, (iii) a recapitalization, reclassification, binding share exchange or other similar transaction with respect to Counterparty, (iv) any acquisition by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries where the aggregate consideration transferable by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries exceeds 15% of the market capitalization of Counterparty, (v) any lease, exchange, transfer, disposition (including by way of spin-off or distribution) of assets (including, without limitation, any capital stock or other ownership interests in subsidiaries) or other similar event by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries where the aggregate consideration transferable or receivable by or to Counterparty or its subsidiaries exceeds 15% of the market capitalization of Counterparty and (vi) any transaction in which Counterparty or its board of directors has a legal obligation to make a recommendation to its shareholders in respect of such transaction (whether pursuant to Rule 14e-2 under the Exchange Act or otherwise).
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12. Communication between Counterparty and Dealer.
Counterparty shall not at any time prior to the termination of all Transactions hereunder communicate, directly or indirectly, any material nonpublic information concerning itself or the Shares or purchases or sales of Shares by Dealer to any Relevant Dealer Personnel. For purposes hereof, “Relevant Dealer Personnel” means, (i) with respect to any communication relating to a Transaction hereunder (such communication, “Program Communication”), all employees of Dealer except employees in the Strategic Equity & Financing Group; and (ii) with respect to any communication that is not Program Communication, all employees of Dealer except employees that Counterparty reasonably believes are on the “private” side of internal communication walls at Dealer.
13. Delivery Procedures and Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Master Confirmation, Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that, on any day, Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) shall not be obligated to deliver or receive any Shares to or from Counterparty and Counterparty shall not be entitled to receive any Shares if such receipt or delivery would result in Dealer directly or indirectly beneficially owning (as such term is defined for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) at any time in excess of 4.9% of the outstanding Shares. Any purported receipt or delivery of the Shares shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that any receipt or delivery of such Shares would result in Dealer directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 4.9% of the outstanding Shares. If, on any day, any delivery or receipt of the Shares by Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) is not effected, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, Dealer’s and Counterparty’s respective obligations to make or accept such receipt or delivery shall not be extinguished and such receipt or delivery shall be effected over time as promptly as Dealer reasonably determines that such receipt or delivery would not result in Dealer directly or indirectly beneficially owning in excess of 4.9% of the outstanding Shares.
14. Additional Amendments to the Equity Definitions.
(a) Section 11.2(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “a diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with the words “an”; and adding the phrase “or such Transaction” at the end of the sentence.
(b) Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the words “a diluting or concentrative” with “an” in the fifth line thereof, (ii) adding the phrase “or such Transaction” after the “Shares” in the sixth line thereof, (iii) deleting the words “diluting or concentrative” in the seventeenth line thereof, and (iv) replacing the parenthetical phrase in the eighteenth and nineteenth lines thereof with the following: “(and, for the avoidance of doubt, adjustments may be made to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relative to the relevant Shares).”
(c) Section 11.2(e)(vii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with the word “material” and by adding the phrase “or the relevant Transaction” at the end of the sentence.
(d) Section 12.9(b)(iv) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:
(i) deleting (1) subsection (A) in its entirety, (2) the phrase “or (B)” following subsection (A) and (3) the phrase “in each case” in subsection (B); and
(ii) replacing the phrase “neither the Non-Hedging Party nor the Lending Party lends Shares” with the phrase “such Lending Party does not lend Shares” in the penultimate sentence.
(e) Section 12.9(b)(v) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:
(i) adding the word “or” immediately before subsection “(B)” and deleting the comma at the end of subsection (A); and
(ii) (1) deleting subsection (C) in its entirety, (2) deleting the word “or” immediately preceding subsection (C), (3) deleting the penultimate sentence in its entirety and replacing it with
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the sentence “The Hedging Party will determine the Cancellation Amount payable by one party to the other” and (4) deleting clause (X) in the final sentence.
15. Additional Provisions.
(a) “Tax” and “Indemnifiable Tax” as defined in Section 14 of the Agreement shall not include (A) any tax imposed or collected pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code (a “FATCA Withholding Tax”) and (B) any tax imposed or collected pursuant to Section 871(m) of the Code or any current or future regulations or official interpretation thereof (a “Section 871(m) Withholding Tax”). For the avoidance of doubt, each of a FATCA Withholding Tax and a Section 871(m) Withholding Tax is a Tax the deduction or withholding of which is required by applicable law for purposes of Section 2(d) of the Agreement. Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that Dealer may, at its discretion, treat each Transaction contemplated hereby as a “specified notional contract” under Section 871(m) of the Code.
(b) Each party shall provide to the other party a valid U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor thereto, (i) on or before the date of execution of this Master Confirmation and (ii) promptly upon learning that any such tax form previously provided by such party has become obsolete or incorrect.
16. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Collateral. Notwithstanding any provision of this Master Confirmation, or any other agreement between the parties, to the contrary, the obligations of Counterparty under this Master Confirmation are not secured by any collateral.
(b) Waiver of Trial by Jury. EACH OF COUNTERPARTY AND DEALER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES (ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS) ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS MASTER CONFIRMATION OR THE ACTIONS OF DEALER OR ITS AFFILIATES IN THE NEGOTIATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.
(c) Non-Confidentiality. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) Dealer acknowledges that this Master Confirmation may be intended to produce U.S. federal income tax benefits for Counterparty and (ii) Counterparty and Dealer hereby agree that (A) Counterparty is not obligated to Dealer to keep confidential from any and all persons or otherwise limit the use of any aspect of this Master Confirmation relating to the structure or tax aspects thereof, and (B) Dealer does not assert any claim of proprietary ownership in respect of any such aspect of this Master Confirmation.
(d) Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act. In connection with Section 739 of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 (“WSTAA”), the parties hereby agree that neither the enactment of WSTAA or any regulation under the WSTAA, nor any requirement under WSTAA or an amendment made by WSTAA, nor any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the date of this Master Confirmation, shall limit or otherwise impair either party’s otherwise applicable rights to terminate, renegotiate, modify, amend or supplement any Supplemental Confirmation, this Master Confirmation or the Agreement, as applicable, arising from a termination event, force majeure, illegality, increased costs, regulatory change or similar event under any Supplemental Confirmation, this Master Confirmation, the Equity Definitions incorporated herein or the Agreement (including, without limitation, rights arising from Change in Law, Loss of Stock Borrow, Increased Cost of Stock Borrow or Illegality).
(e) No Netting or Setoff. Obligations under any Transaction shall not be netted, recouped or set off (including pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement) against any other obligations of the parties, whether arising under the Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, or under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and no other obligations of the parties shall be netted, recouped or set off (including pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement) against obligations under any Transaction, whether arising under the Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, or under any other
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agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and each party hereby waives any such right of setoff, netting or recoupment.
(f) Assignment and Transfer. The rights and duties under this Master Confirmation may not be assigned or transferred by either party hereto without the prior written consent of the other party hereto; provided, however, that Dealer may assign its obligation to deliver or receive delivery of Shares hereunder to any of its affiliates without the prior written consent of Counterparty. Upon any such assignment Dealer shall indemnify Counterparty from and against any loss, cost or expense relating to the failure of such affiliate to perform its delivery obligation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Agreement, Counterparty shall not be required to pay any additional amount under Section 2(d)(i)(4) of the Agreement in excess of any additional amount that would have been required to be paid to Dealer hereunder had there never been any transfer or assignment by Dealer of its rights and obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in the Agreement, any deduction or withholding for tax with respect to which no additional amount is payable solely by reason of the preceding sentence shall not give Dealer (including transferee or assignee) the right to terminate the Transaction under Section 6 of the Agreement.
(g) Counterparts. This Master Confirmation may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Master Confirmation by signing and delivering one or more counterparts.
(h) Calculations, Adjustments and Determinations. All adjustments, calculations and determinations by Dealer hereunder as Calculation Agent, as Determining Party or following the occurrence of an Early Termination Date shall be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. Dealer shall provide to Counterparty prompt notice of any such adjustments, calculations or determinations made with respect to any Transaction under this Master Confirmation, including, upon Counterparty’s request, a schedule or other reasonably detailed explanation of the basis for and determination of each adjustment, calculation or determination (including the methodology and inputs) and information from internal sources used in making such calculation, adjustment or determination, but without disclosing any confidential or proprietary models or any confidential or proprietary information.
(i) Rule 10b-18. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, during the Settlement Period for any Transaction, Dealer agrees to (A) make all purchases of Shares in connection with such Transaction through only one broker or dealer and (B) use commercially reasonable efforts to make all purchases of Shares in connection with such Transaction in a manner that would comply with the limitations set forth in clauses (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4) and (c) of Rule 10b-18 as if such rule were applicable to such purchases and taking into account any applicable Securities and Exchange Commission no-action letters as appropriate, and subject to any delays between the execution and reporting of a trade of the Shares on the applicable securities exchange or quotation system and other circumstances beyond Dealer’s control.
17. U.S. QFC Mandatory Contractual Requirements.
(a) Limitation on Exercise of Certain Default Rights Related to a Dealer Affiliate’s Entry Into Insolvency Proceedings. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Master Confirmation or any other agreement, the parties hereto expressly acknowledge and agree that, subject to Section 17(b), Counterparty shall not be permitted to exercise any Default Right against Dealer with respect to this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement that is related, directly or indirectly, to a Dealer Affiliate becoming subject to an Insolvency Proceeding.
(b) General Creditor Protections. Nothing in Section 17(a) shall restrict the exercise by Counterparty of any Default Right against Dealer with respect to this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement that arises as a result of:
(i) Dealer becoming subject to an Insolvency Proceeding; or
(ii) Dealer not satisfying a payment or delivery obligation pursuant to (A) this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement, or (B) another contract between Dealer and Counterparty that gives rise to a Default Right under this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement.
(c) Burden of Proof. After a Dealer Affiliate has become subject to an Insolvency Proceeding, if Counterparty seeks to exercise any Default Right with respect to this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant
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Agreement, Counterparty shall have the burden of proof, by clear and convincing evidence, that the exercise of such Default Right is permitted hereunder or thereunder.
(d) General Conditions.
(i) Effective Date. The provisions set forth in Section 17 will come into effect on the later of the Applicable Compliance Date and the date of this Master Confirmation.
(ii) Prior Adherence to the U.S. Protocol. If Dealer and Counterparty have adhered to the ISDA U.S. Protocol prior to the date of this Master Confirmation, the terms of the ISDA U.S. Protocol shall be incorporated into and form a part of this Master Confirmation and shall replace the terms of this Section 17. For purposes of incorporating the ISDA U.S. Protocol, Dealer shall be deemed to be a Regulated Entity, Counterparty shall be deemed to be an Adhering Party and the Master Confirmation shall be deemed to be a Protocol Covered Agreement.
(iii) Subsequent Adherence to the U.S. Protocol. If, after the date of this Master Confirmation, both Dealer and Counterparty shall have become adhering parties to the ISDA U.S. Protocol, the terms of the ISDA U.S. Protocol will supersede and replace this Section 17.
(e) Definitions. For the purposes of Section 17, the following definitions apply:
Applicable Compliance Date” with respect to this Master Confirmation shall be determined as follows: (a) if Counterparty is an entity subject to the requirements of the QFC Stay Rules, January 1, 2019, (b) if Counterparty is a Financial Counterparty (other than a Small Financial Institution) that is not an entity subject to the requirements of the QFC Stay Rules, July 1, 2019 and (c) if Counterpartyis not described in clause (a) or (b), January 1, 2020.
        “BHC Affiliate” has the same meaning as the term “affiliate” as defined in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1813(w) and 12 U.S.C. 1841(k).

Consolidated Affiliate” has the same meaning specified in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. 252.81, 12 C.F.R. 382.1 and 12 C.F.R. 47.2.
Counterparty Affiliate” means a Consolidated Affiliate of Counterparty.
Credit Enhancement” means, with respect to this Master Confirmation or any other Relevant Agreement, any credit enhancement or other credit support arrangement in support of the obligations of Dealer or Counterparty hereunder or thereunder or with respect hereto or thereto, including any guarantee or collateral arrangement (including any pledge, charge, mortgage or other security interest in collateral or title transfer arrangement), trust or similar arrangement, letter of credit, transfer of margin or any similar arrangement.
Dealer Affiliate” means, with respect to Dealer, a BHC Affiliate of that party.
Default Right” means, with respect to this Master Confirmation (including any Transaction or Supplemental Confirmation hereunder) or any other Relevant Agreement, any:
(i) right of a party, whether contractual or otherwise (including, without limitation, rights incorporated by reference to any other contract, agreement, or document, and rights afforded by statute, civil code, regulation, and common law), to liquidate, terminate, cancel, rescind, or accelerate such agreement or transactions thereunder, set off or net amounts owing in respect thereto (except rights related to same-day payment netting), exercise remedies in respect of collateral or other credit support or property related thereto (including the purchase and sale of property), demand payment or delivery thereunder or in respect thereof (other than a right or operation of a contractual provision arising solely from a change in the value of collateral or margin or a change in the amount of an economic exposure), suspend, delay, or defer payment or performance thereunder, or modify the obligations of a party thereunder, or any similar rights; and
(ii) right or contractual provision that alters the amount of collateral or margin that must be provided with respect to an exposure thereunder, including by altering any initial amount, threshold amount, variation
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margin, minimum transfer amount, the margin value of collateral, or any similar amount, that entitles a party to demand the return of any collateral or margin transferred by it to the other party or a custodian or that modifies a transferee’s right to reuse collateral or margin (if such right previously existed), or any similar rights, in each case, other than a right or operation of a contractual provision arising solely from a change in the value of collateral or margin or a change in the amount of an economic exposure; but
(iii) solely with respect to Section 17(a) does not include any right under a contract that allows a party to terminate the contract on demand or at its option at a specified time, or from time to time, without the need to show cause.
FDI Act” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Financial Counterparty” has the meaning given to such term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. 252.81, 12 C.F.R. 382.1 and 12 C.F.R. 47.2.
Insolvency Proceeding” means a receivership, insolvency, liquidation, resolution, or similar proceeding.
ISDA U.S. Protocol” means the ISDA 2018 U.S. Resolution Stay Protocol, as published by ISDA on July 31, 2018.
OLA” means Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
QFC Stay Rules” means the regulations codified at 12 C.F.R. 252.81–8 (the “Federal Reserve Rule”), 12 C.F.R. 382.1-7 (the “FDIC Rule”) and 12 C.F.R. 47.1-8 (the “OCC Rule”), respectively. All references herein to the specific provisions of the Federal Reserve Rule, the FDICs Rule and the OCC Rule shall be construed, with respect to Dealer, to the particular QFC Stay Rule(s) applicable to it.
Relevant Agreement” means this Master Confirmation (including all Transactions and Supplemental Confirmations hereunder) and any Credit Enhancement relating hereto or thereto .
Small Financial Institution” has the meaning given to such term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. 252.81, 12 C.F.R. 382.1 and 12 C.F.R. 47.2.

State” means any state, commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or the United States Virgin Islands.


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Please confirm your agreement to the foregoing by signing and returning to us the enclosed duplicate of this Master Confirmation.
Very truly yours,
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Dawn Simmons
Name: Dawn Simmons
Title: Assistant Vice President 22541

Acknowledged:

EBAY INC.
By: /s/ Joseph B. Bounds
Name: Joseph B. Bounds
Title: Vice President/Treasury


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ANNEX A

HSBC Bank USA, National Association
452 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10018

[______], 20[__]
eBay Inc.
2065 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, California

Re: Accelerated Share Repurchase: Supplemental Confirmation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Master Confirmation between us dated February 13, 2020 (the “Master Confirmation”). Capitalized terms used without definition in this Supplemental Confirmation have the definitions assigned to them in the Master Confirmation.
This Supplemental Confirmation confirms the terms and conditions of the Transaction entered into between HSBC Bank USA, National Association (“Dealer”) and eBay Inc. (“Counterparty”) (together, the “Contracting Parties”) on the Trade Date specified below. This Supplemental Confirmation is a binding contract between Dealer and Counterparty as of the relevant Trade Date for the Transaction referenced below. Dealer is acting as principal in this Transaction.
1. This Supplemental Confirmation supplements, forms part of, and is subject to the Master Confirmation between the Contracting Parties, as amended and supplemented from time to time. All provisions contained in the Master Confirmation govern this Supplemental Confirmation except as expressly modified below.
2. The additional terms of the Transaction to which this Supplemental Confirmation relates are as follows:
Trade Date: [________]
Prepayment Amount: USD [________]
Prepayment Date: [________]
Reference Price
Adjustment Amount: USD [________]
Pricing Period
Commencement Date: [________]
First Optional
Termination Date: [________]

Scheduled Termination Date: [________]
Initial Share Number: [________] Shares
Initial Settlement Date: [________]
Ordinary Dividend: USD [___]
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Scheduled Ex-Dividend Dates: [________]
Specified ADTV Percentage: For any Exchange Business Day, [__]% of the ADTV (as defined in Rule 10b-18) of the Shares.
Termination Price: USD [_________] per Share, equal to approximately 50% of the closing price of the Shares on the Trade Date
Additional Relevant Days: The 3 Calculation Dates immediately following the Pricing Period
Number of Shares purchased
in Rule 10b-18 purchases of
blocks pursuant to the once-a-week
block exception set forth in
Rule 10b-18 by or for Counterparty
or any of its “affiliated
purchasers” (as defined in Rule
10b-18): 0

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If necessary, the Calculation Agent may add additional Calculation Dates beginning with [ ] and continuing with every third Scheduled Trading Day thereafter.


[Signature Page to ASR Master Confirmation]



Please indicate your acknowledgment of the above by signing and returning to us a copy of this Supplemental Confirmation.

Very truly yours,
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:    
Name:
Title: Authorized Representative

Acknowledged:
EBAY INC.
By:  
Name:
Title:



        


ANNEX B
Counterparty Settlement Provisions
1. The following Counterparty Settlement Provisions shall apply to the extent indicated under the Master Confirmation:
Settlement Currency: USD
Settlement Method Election: Applicable; provided that (i) Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the word “Physical” in the sixth line thereof and replacing it with the words “Net Share” and (ii) the Electing Party may make a settlement method election only if the Electing Party represents and warrants to Dealer in writing on the date it notifies Dealer of its election that, as of such date, the Electing Party is not aware of any material non-public information concerning Counterparty or the Shares and is electing the settlement method in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade compliance with the federal securities laws.
Electing Party: Counterparty
Settlement Method
Election Date: For the relevant Transaction (x) if a First Optional Termination Date has been specified in the related Supplemental Confirmation, the earlier of (i) the Scheduled Termination Date and (ii) the second Exchange Business Day immediately following the Pricing Period Termination Date (in which case the election under Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions shall be made no later than 10 minutes prior to the open of trading on the Exchange on such second Exchange Business Day), as the case may be and (y) if a First Optional Termination Date has not been specified in the related Supplemental Confirmation, the Scheduled Termination Date.
Default Settlement Method: Cash Settlement
Forward Cash Settlement
Amount: The Number of Shares to be Delivered multiplied by the Settlement Price.
Settlement Price: An amount equal to the average of the Rule 10b-18 VWAPs for the Calculation Dates in the Settlement Period, subject to Pricing Disruption as specified in the Master Confirmation.
Settlement Period: A number of Scheduled Trading Days determined by Dealer in its good faith and commercially reasonable discretion to close out a commercially reasonable Hedge Position, beginning on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the earlier of (i) the Scheduled Termination Date or (ii) the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the Pricing Period Termination Date.
Cash Settlement: If Cash Settlement is applicable, then Buyer shall pay to Dealer the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount on the Cash Settlement Payment Date.
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Cash Settlement
Payment Date: The date two Exchange Business Days following the last day of the Settlement Period.
Net Share Settlement
Procedures: If Net Share Settlement is applicable, Net Share Settlement shall be made in accordance with paragraphs 2 through 7 below.
2. Net Share Settlement shall be made by delivery on the Cash Settlement Payment Date of a number of Shares satisfying the conditions set forth in paragraph 3 below (the “Registered Settlement Shares”), or a number of Shares not satisfying such conditions (the “Unregistered Settlement Shares”), in either case with a value equal to the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount, with such Shares’ value based on the value thereof to Dealer (which value shall, in the case of Unregistered Settlement Shares, take into account a commercially reasonable illiquidity discount), in each case as determined by the Calculation Agent. Notwithstanding Counterparty’s election of Net Share Settlement, if all of the conditions for delivery of either Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares have not been met, Cash Settlement shall be applicable in accordance with paragraph 1 above.
3. Counterparty may only deliver Registered Settlement Shares pursuant to paragraph 2 above if:
(a) a registration statement covering public resale of the Registered Settlement Shares by Dealer (the “Registration Statement”) shall have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act and been declared or otherwise become effective on or prior to the date of delivery, and no stop order shall be in effect with respect to the Registration Statement; a printed prospectus relating to the Registered Settlement Shares (including, without limitation, any prospectus supplement thereto, the “Prospectus”) shall have been delivered to Dealer, in such quantities as Dealer shall reasonably have requested, on or prior to the date of delivery;
(b) the form and content of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including, without limitation, any sections describing the plan of distribution) shall be satisfactory to Dealer;
(c) as of or prior to the date of delivery, Dealer and its agents shall have been afforded a reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for underwritten offerings of equity securities and the results of such investigation are satisfactory to Dealer, in its discretion; and
(d) as of the date of delivery, an agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) shall have been entered into with Dealer in connection with the public resale of the Registered Settlement Shares by Dealer substantially similar to underwriting agreements customary for underwritten offerings of equity securities, in form and substance satisfactory to Dealer, which Underwriting Agreement shall include, without limitation, provisions substantially similar to those contained in such underwriting agreements relating, without limitation, to the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the liability of, Dealer and its affiliates and the provision of customary opinions, accountants’ comfort letters and lawyers’ negative assurance letters.
4. If Counterparty delivers Unregistered Settlement Shares pursuant to paragraph 2 above:
(a) all Unregistered Settlement Shares shall be delivered to Dealer (or any affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(2) thereof;
(b) as of or prior to the date of delivery, Dealer and any potential purchaser of any such shares from Dealer (or any affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) identified by Dealer shall be afforded a commercially reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for private placements of equity securities (including, without limitation, the right to have made available to them for inspection all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and other information reasonably requested by them);
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(c) as of the date of delivery, Counterparty shall enter into an agreement (a “Private Placement Agreement”) with Dealer (or any affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) in connection with the private placement of such shares by Counterparty to Dealer (or any such affiliate) and the private resale of such shares by Dealer (or any such affiliate), substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of equity securities, in form and substance commercially reasonably satisfactory to Dealer, which Private Placement Agreement shall include, without limitation, provisions substantially similar to those contained in such private placement purchase agreements relating, without limitation, to the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the liability of, Dealer and its affiliates and the provision of customary opinions, accountants’ comfort letters and lawyers’ negative assurance letters, and shall provide for the payment by Counterparty of all reasonable fees and expenses in connection with such resale, including, without limitation, all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for Dealer, and shall contain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of Counterparty reasonably necessary or advisable to establish and maintain the availability of an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act for such resales; and
(d) in connection with the private placement of such shares by Counterparty to Dealer (or any such affiliate) and the private resale of such shares by Dealer (or any such affiliate), Counterparty shall, if so requested by Dealer, prepare, in cooperation with Dealer, a private placement memorandum in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Dealer
5. Dealer, itself or through an affiliate (the “Selling Agent”) or any underwriter(s), will sell all, or such lesser portion as may be required hereunder, of the Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares and any Makewhole Shares (as defined below) (together, the “Settlement Shares”) delivered by Counterparty to Dealer pursuant to paragraph 6 below commencing on the Cash Settlement Payment Date and continuing until the date on which the aggregate Net Proceeds (as such term is defined below) of such sales, as determined by Dealer, is equal to the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount (such date, the “Final Resale Date”). If the proceeds of any sale(s) made by Dealer, the Selling Agent or any underwriter(s), net of any fees and commissions (including, without limitation, underwriting or placement fees) customary for similar transactions under the circumstances at the time of the offering, together with carrying charges and expenses incurred in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares (including, without limitation, the covering of any over-allotment or short position (syndicate or otherwise)) (the “Net Proceeds”) exceed the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount, Dealer will refund, in USD, such excess to Counterparty on the date that is two (2) Currency Business Days following the Final Resale Date, and, if any portion of the Settlement Shares remains unsold, Dealer shall return to Counterparty on that date such unsold Shares.
6. If the Calculation Agent determines that the Net Proceeds received from the sale of the Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares or any Makewhole Shares, if any, pursuant to this paragraph 6 are less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount (the amount in USD by which the Net Proceeds are less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount being the “Shortfall” and the date on which such determination is made, the “Deficiency Determination Date”), Counterparty shall on the Exchange Business Day next succeeding the Deficiency Determination Date (the “Makewhole Notice Date”) deliver to Dealer, through the Selling Agent, a notice of Counterparty’s election that Counterparty shall either (i) pay an amount in cash equal to the Shortfall on the day that is one (1) Currency Business Day after the Makewhole Notice Date, or (ii) deliver additional Shares. If Counterparty elects to deliver to Dealer additional Shares, then Counterparty shall deliver additional Shares in compliance with the terms and conditions of paragraph 3 or paragraph 4 above, as the case may be (the “Makewhole Shares”), on the first Clearance System Business Day which is also an Exchange Business Day following the Makewhole Notice Date in such number as the Calculation Agent reasonably believes would have a market value on that Exchange Business Day equal to the Shortfall. Such Makewhole Shares shall be sold by Dealer in accordance with the provisions above; provided that if the sum of the Net Proceeds from the sale of the originally delivered Shares and the Net Proceeds from the sale of any Makewhole Shares is less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount then Counterparty shall, at its election, either make such cash payment or deliver to Dealer further Makewhole Shares until such Shortfall has been reduced to zero.
7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the aggregate number of Settlement Shares be greater than the Reserved Shares minus the amount of any Shares actually delivered by Counterparty under any other Transaction(s) under this Master Confirmation (the result of such calculation, the “Capped Number”). Counterparty represents and warrants (which shall be deemed to be repeated on each day that a Transaction is outstanding) that the Capped Number is equal to or less than the number of Shares determined according to the following formula:
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Where A = the number of authorized but unissued shares of the Counterparty that are not reserved for future issuance on the date of the determination of the Capped Number; and
B = the maximum number of Shares required to be delivered to third parties if Counterparty elected Net Share Settlement of all transactions in the Shares (other than Transactions in the Shares under this Master Confirmation) with all third parties that are then currently outstanding and unexercised.
Reserved Shares” means as of the date of the Master Confirmation, 53,777,897 Shares. The Reserved Shares may be increased or decreased as agreed by the parties in a Supplemental Confirmation.
If at any time, as a result of this paragraph 7, Counterparty fails to deliver to Dealer any Settlement Shares, Counterparty shall, to the extent that Counterparty has at such time authorized but unissued Shares not reserved for other purposes, promptly notify Dealer thereof and deliver to Dealer a number of Shares not previously delivered as a result of this paragraph 7. Counterparty agrees to use its best efforts to cause the number of authorized but unissued Shares to be increased, if necessary, to an amount sufficient to permit Counterparty to fulfill its obligation to deliver any Settlement Shares.


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July 7, 2019       



Dear Pete:

eBay Inc. (the “Company” or “eBay”) is pleased to offer you, on the terms and conditions set forth in this offer letter (the “Offer Letter”), the exempt position of Senior Vice President, Chief Product Officer. The terms and conditions of this Offer Letter have been approved by the Compensation Committee of the eBay Board of Directors.

Cash Compensation
Your salary shall be set at a bi-weekly rate of $24,038.47, which is equivalent to an annual base salary of $625,000.22.

You will be eligible to participate in the eBay Incentive Plan (eIP) with an annual bonus based on individual achievement as well as company performance. The annual bonus period is from January 1 through December 31. Your target bonus for the eIP is 65% of your annual base salary, pro-rated based on the eligible earnings paid while you are employed in an eIP eligible position during the annual bonus period. There is no guarantee any eIP bonus will be paid and any actual bonus will be determined after the end of the annual bonus period based on your eligible earnings as defined in the eIP. To be eligible to receive any eIP bonus, you must be employed on or before the first business day of the fourth quarter and you must be employed on the date the bonus is paid. The payment of any bonus is at eBay’s sole and absolute discretion and subject to the terms and conditions of the eIP. eBay reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to amend, change or cancel the eIP at any time.

Equity Compensation
You will be granted two awards of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and an award of performance-based restricted stock units (“PBRSUs”), as described in the following paragraphs.  The grants of the RSUs and the PBRSUs will be made on the 15th of the month following the month you start work.  The grant is described as a U.S. dollar value.  For the RSU award, the number of shares to be granted will be determined by dividing the U.S. dollar value of the RSU award by the Average eBay Closing Price (as described in this paragraph) and rounding up to the nearest whole number of shares of eBay common stock.  For the PBRSU award, the number of shares subject to the target award will be determined by dividing the U.S. dollar value of the award by the Average eBay Closing Price (as described in this paragraph) and rounding up to the nearest whole number of shares of eBay common stock. The “Average eBay Closing Price” shall be calculated based on the average of the closing prices of eBay common stock in U.S. dollars for the period of 10 consecutive trading days ending on (and including) the last trading day prior to the date of grant.  

In accordance with the methodology above, you will be granted an award of RSUs valued at USD $1,600,000 to be granted under the terms and conditions of eBay’s current stock plans (the “Plans”) as well as the terms and conditions of the RSU agreement (which will be provided to you as soon as practicable after the grant date).  The RSUs will vest and become non-forfeitable (assuming your continued employment with an eBay company on each vesting date) over four years as follows: 25% on the first anniversary of the date of grant and an additional 1/16th of the shares subject to the award each three month period thereafter, subject to applicable taxes and withholdings. 




You will also be granted an award of PBRSUs valued at USD $2,400,000 to be granted under the terms and conditions of the Plans as well as the terms and conditions of the PBRSU agreement (which will be provided to you as soon as practicable after the grant date).  The PBRSUs will be subject to performance over the period January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020 under the 2019-2020 PBRSU cycle and will have the same performance goals and modifiers set for other similarly situated officers in the 2019-2020 PBRSU cycle. The actual amount of the award will be determined based on Company performance and will be subject to the terms and conditions of the performance plan approved by the Compensation Committee. Any PBRSUs earned for this cycle will vest as to 50% of the earned shares in March 2021 and 50% of the earned shares in March 2022, subject to your continued employment with an eBay company.

You will also be granted a supplemental equity award of RSUs valued at USD $4,000,000 to be granted under the terms and conditions of the Plans as well as the terms and conditions of the RSU agreement (which will be provided to you as soon as practicable after the grant date). The RSUs will vest and become non-forfeitable (assuming your continued employment with an eBay company on each vesting date) over four years as follows: 25% on the first anniversary of the date of grant and an additional 1/16th of the shares subject to the award each three month period thereafter, subject to applicable taxes and withholdings. 

Subject to the terms of the Plans (or any successor Company equity plan), you will be eligible to receive annual equity compensation grants under eBay’s focal review process beginning in 2020. We commit to you that your annual equity compensation grants will have an aggregate value of a minimum of $4,500,000 in 2020, 2021 and 2022. The aggregate target grant value and form of award will be determined by eBay and approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

All employees are subject to eBay’s Insider Trading Agreement, which outlines the procedures and guidelines governing securities trades by company personnel. You will be provided with a copy of eBay’s Insider Trading Agreement. Please review the Agreement carefully. You will be asked to execute the certification as part of your new hire onboarding process.

Supplemental Payments
You will be eligible to receive a one-time 2019 Equity Transition Payment of $3,500,000 (less deductions and applicable taxes). This payment will be paid within two pay periods of your start date, subject to your continued employment on the date of payment. In the event that your employment ceases for reasons of Cause (as this term is defined in the Repayment Requirement Agreement) or without Good Reason (as this term is defined in the Repayment Requirement Agreement) resignation prior to completion of one year of service from your start date, the net portion of the 2019 Equity Transition Payment that was paid to you (net of deductions or applicable taxes) is fully refundable to the Company. If your employment ceases for reasons of Cause or resignation without Good Reason after one year, but prior to the third anniversary from your start date, your repayment obligation will be reduced by 1/36th of this repayment amount for every full month of active employment. No repayment of the 2019 Equity Make-good Payment would be required for termination after three years of employment with the Company. A Repayment Requirement Agreement is attached.

You will be eligible to receive a 2020 Equity Transition Payment of $1,750,000 (less deductions and applicable taxes). This payment will be made in or around October 2020, subject to your continued employment on the date of payment. The 2020 Equity Transition Payment is subject to a repayment obligation. In the event that your employment ceases for reasons of Cause (as this term is defined in the Repayment Requirement Agreement) or resignation without Good Reason (as this term is defined in the Repayment Requirement Agreement) after the date the payment of the 2020 Equity Transition Payment in October 2020 and prior to the third anniversary of your start date, your repayment obligation will be $1,750,000 less the amount of deductions and applicable taxes that were withheld from you when the
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2020 Equity Transition Payment was made to you and less 1/36th of this repayment amount for every full month of active employment following your start date. No repayment of the 2020 Equity Transition Payment would be required for termination after three years of employment with the Company following your start date.

The 2019 Equity Transition Payment and the 2020 Equity Transition Payment will be considered Make-good Payments under the terms of the SVP & Above Standard Severance Plan and the eBay Change in Control Severance Plan for Key Employees.

Employee Benefits

You will be also entitled to the benefits that eBay customarily makes available to employees in positions comparable to yours. Please refer to the benefit plan documents for more details, including eligibility. eBay reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to amend, change or cancel the benefits at any time.

You will be eligible to accrue 20 days of Paid Time Off (“PTO”) per year.

Severance and Change in Control Protections

Although your employment with the Company shall be “at-will” as set forth below, you will be entitled to severance protection in certain circumstances, as described below, subject in all instances to you executing and not revoking the Company’s standard form of release (the “Release”) within 60 days of your termination of employment, with such amounts or benefits to be paid and/or provided as set forth in the applicable plan document or as described below as of the date the Release becomes irrevocable, provided that if the 60-day time period following your termination of employment spans two calendar years, they shall be provided as of the later of the date the Release becomes irrevocable or the first calendar day of the calendar year following the year in which your employment terminates.

Termination Outside of a Change in Control Period. You will be eligible to participate in the eBay Inc. SVP & Above Standard Severance Plan (the “Severance Plan”). Under the Severance Plan, you will be entitled to certain benefits if you are terminated for reasons other than for “Cause” (as this term is defined in the Severance Plan). Please review the enclosed eBay Inc. SVP and Above Standard Severance Plan and Summary Plan Description for the details on the Plan.

Termination During a Change in Control Period. You will be eligible to participate in the eBay Change in Control Severance Plan for Key Employees (the “CIC Severance Plan”) at Tier 1. Under the CIC Severance Plan, you will be entitled to certain benefits if you are terminated for reasons other than for “Cause” or resignation without “Good Reason” during the “Change in Control Period” (as these terms are defined in the CIC Severance Plan). Please review the enclosed Change in Control Severance Plan for Key Employees and Summary Plan Description for the details on the Plan.

Required Employee Documents and Agreements

Under federal immigration laws, the Company is required to verify each new employee’s identity and legal authority to work in the United States. Accordingly, please be prepared to furnish appropriate documents satisfying those requirements; this offer of employment is conditioned on submission of satisfactory documentation. You will be provided with a list of the required documents.

Other terms, conditions, job responsibilities, compensation and benefits may be adjusted by the Company from time to time in its sole discretion.

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All of us at eBay are very excited about you joining our team and look forward to a beneficial and fruitful relationship. However, should any dispute arise with respect to your employment or the termination of that employment, we both agree that such dispute shall be conclusively resolved by final, binding and confidential arbitration rather than by a jury court or administrative agency. The Company will bear those expenses unique to arbitration. Please review the enclosed Mutual Arbitration Agreement carefully.

As a condition of your employment, you must complete both the Mutual Arbitration Agreement and the enclosed Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement prior to commencing employment. These agreements address important obligations to the Company, both during and after your employment; therefore, please read both agreements carefully. You will be asked to execute the agreements as part of your new hire onboarding process. If you should have any questions about either agreement, please contact me.

This Offer Letter, the Mutual Arbitration Agreement, the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement as well as all other enclosed required documents, contain the entire agreement with respect to your employment. Should you have any questions with regard to any of the items indicated above, please call me. Kindly indicate your consent to this Offer Letter by signing a copy of this Offer Letter and returning it to me. All other documents requiring your signature must be submitted either in hard copy or electronically prior to your start date, including but not limited to the Mutual Arbitration Agreement, the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, and the Insider Trading Agreement certification.

This Offer Letter is contingent upon the results of your background verification. Upon your signature below, this will become our binding agreement with respect to your employment and its terms merging and superseding in their entirety all other or prior offers, agreements and communications, whether written or oral, by you and the Company as to the specific subjects of this Offer Letter. The commencement of your employment is contingent upon your resignation from your current employer.
We are excited at the prospect of you joining our team. We look forward to having you on board!

Very truly yours,

/s/ Robin J. Colman
Robin J. Colman
Vice President, Rewards, People Technology, and Analytics
eBay


ACCEPTED:


/s/ Peter Thompson
Anticipated Start Date:
7/29/2019
Peter Thompson
7/10/2019
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Repayment Requirement Agreement
In the event that your employment ceases for reasons of Cause (as defined below) or resignation other than for Good Reason (as defined below) prior to completion of one year of service from your start date, the 2019 Equity Transition Payment of $3,500,000 that was paid to you (net of deductions and applicable taxes) is fully refundable to the Company. If your employment ceases for reasons of Cause or resignation other than for Good Reason after one year, but prior to the third anniversary from your start date, your repayment obligation will be reduced by 1/36th of this repayment amount for every full month of active employment. No repayment of the 2019 Equity Transition Payment would be required for termination after three years of employment with the Company.

In the event that your employment ceases for reasons of Cause (as defined below) or resignation other than for Good Reason (as defined below) after the date the payment of the 2020 Equity Transition Payment in October 2020 and prior to the third anniversary of your start date, your repayment obligation will be $1,750,000 less the amount of deductions and applicable taxes that were withheld from you when the 2020 Equity Transition Payment was made to you and less 1/36th of this payment amount for every full month of active employment following your start date. No repayment of the 2020 Equity Transition Payment would be required for termination after three years of employment with the Company following your start date.

You authorize the Company to withhold from any compensation otherwise owed to you at the time of termination any amounts necessary to satisfy your repayment obligations, other than those exempt from attachment under federal and state laws.
For purposes of this Repayment Requirement Agreement, “Cause” shall mean any of the following: (i) your failure to attempt in good faith to substantially perform your assigned duties, other than failure resulting from your death or incapacity due to physical or mental illness or impairment; which is not remedied within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from the Company specifying such failure; (ii) your indictment for, conviction of or plea of nolo contendere to any felony (or any other crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude); or (iii) your commission of an act of fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation, willful misconduct, or breach of fiduciary duty against the Company, except good faith expense account disputes.
For purposes of this Repayment Requirement Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean: (i) a material reduction in your annual total target cash compensation (which is comprised of your annual base salary rate and annual target bonus opportunity under the eBay Incentive Plan); (ii) a material reduction in your reporting relationship and/or diminution in your scope of responsibilities; or (iii) a relocation of your principal workplace location by more than thirty-five (35) miles, in any case of the foregoing without your written consent. In addition, in any case of an occurrence described in this paragraph, you will be deemed to have given such consent to any of the condition(s) described in any of the applicable subsections of this definition if you do not provide written notice to the Company of such Good Reason event(s) within 60 days from the first occurrence of such Good Reason event(s), following which the Company shall have 30 days to cure such event(s), and to the extent the Company has not cured such Good Reason event(s) during the 30-day cure period, you must terminate your employment for Good Reason no later than sixty (60) days following
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the occurrence of such Good Reason event(s) by providing the Company at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of termination, which may run concurrently with the Company’s cure period.

ACCEPTED:

/s/ Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson
7/10/2019
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May 1, 2015

Kristin Yetto
c/o eBay Inc.
2065 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, California 95125

Dear Kristin:
eBay Inc. (the “Company” or “eBay”) is pleased to confirm your continued employment, on the terms and conditions set forth in this offer letter (this “Letter”), in the exempt position of Senior Vice President, Human Resources, eBay Marketplaces, reporting to the Senior Vice President, Human Resources of eBay. In addition, the Company confirms that if the Company elects to spin-off its wholly-owned subsidiary PayPal, Inc. through the dividend of PayPal, Inc. shares to existing shareholders of the Company or through other means (a “Spin-Off”), then you will, effective on the date of the Spin-Off, become Senior Vice President, Human Resources (such position, “eBay SVP HR”). In the role of eBay SVP HR, you shall report solely and directly to the President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay. The terms and conditions of this Letter have been approved by the Compensation Committee of the eBay Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”).

Compensation as eBay SVP HR
Cash Compensation. Immediately upon the Spin-Off, your salary as eBay SVP HR shall be at a bi-weekly rate of at least $20,192.31., which is equivalent to an annual base salary of $525,000. Also following the Spin-Off, as eBay SVP HR you will continue to be eligible to participate in the eBay Incentive Plan (eIP) available to employees in positions comparable to yours. Payouts under the plan are based on individual achievements as well as Company performance and are paid on an annual cycle. Your annual target bonus opportunity (your “target bonus opportunity”) for the eIP will be 75% of your base salary (calculated on the basis of the annual base salary actually paid to you during the relevant year).

“New Day” Equity Awards.
Equity Compensation – New Day Equity Awards. In connection with the Spin-Off, you will be made certain special, one time grants of eBay equity awards under the Company’s 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), subject to, and effective immediately prior to, the Spin-Off. Awards are described in this Letter as a dollar value and the number of shares of eBay common stock subject to each award will be determined as follows: (i) for RSUs, by dividing the dollar value by the average of the closing prices of eBay common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market for the period of 10 consecutive trading days ending on (and including) the last trading day prior to the grant date (the “Average eBay Closing Price”), and rounding down to the nearest whole number of shares of eBay common stock, (ii) for PBRSUs, by dividing the earned dollar amount, if any, by the Average eBay Closing Price, and rounding down to the nearest whole number of shares of eBay common stock and (iii) for Options, by dividing the dollar value by the Average eBay Closing Price, multiplying the resultant total by 3, and rounding down to the nearest whole number of shares of eBay common stock. The exercise price for all Options will be no less than the fair market value of eBay’s common stock on the applicable date of grant, as determined by the Compensation Committee. These awards will be in the following forms and amounts:

(i) An award of RSUs valued at $600,000, to be granted under the Plan (“New Day RSU Award”), as well as the terms and conditions of the RSU agreement (which will be provided to you as soon as practicable after the grant date). The New Day RSU Award will vest and become non-forfeitable (assuming
        
        
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your continued employment with an eBay company on the vesting date) as to 100% of the shares of eBay common stock subject to the New Day RSU Award on the third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to necessary withholding for applicable taxes;
(ii) An award of PBRSUs with a target value of $1,000,000, to be granted under the Plan (the “New Day PBRSU Award”), as well as the terms and conditions of an individual PBRSU agreement (each of which will be provided to you as soon as practicable after the grant date). It is expected that the New Day PBRSU Award will be earned based on performance over the period January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2016. The actual number of shares of eBay common stock that will be subject to the New Day PBRSU Award to be granted, if any, will be determined based on achievement during such period of performance goals determined by the eBay Board and will be subject to the terms and conditions of the performance plan approved by the eBay Board. The New Day PBRSU Award will be granted in early 2017 and will vest and become non-forfeitable (assuming your continued employment with an eBay company on the vesting date) as follows: 50% of the shares subject to the award on or about March 1, 2017 (the “Initial Vest Date”) and the remaining 50% of the shares on the first anniversary of the Initial Vest Date, subject to necessary withholding for applicable taxes; and
(iii) An Option award valued at $400,000, to be granted under the Plan (the “New Day Option Award”), as well as the terms and conditions of the Option agreement (which will be provided to you as soon as practicable after the grant date). The New Day Option Award will vest and become exercisable (assuming your continued employment with an eBay company on each vesting date) as to 100% of the shares of eBay common stock subject to the New Day Option Award on the third anniversary of the date of grant.

Your employment with the Company is “at –will” and either you or the Company may terminate your employment at any time, with or without cause or advance notice. The at-will nature of the employment relationship can only be changed by written agreement signed by eBay’s Chief Executive Officer.

Severance Protections.

Although your employment with the Company shall be “at-will” as set forth above, you may be entitled to severance protection in certain circumstances, as described below, subject in all instances to you executing and not revoking the Company’s standard form of release (which shall also contain customary exceptions for your continued indemnification and coverage under D&O policies, exclusions for vested benefits under retirement and welfare benefit plans and equity incentive plans, and reasonable post-employment cooperation covenants (but for the avoidance of doubt no restrictive covenants or other covenants imposing limitations on your post-employment activities (the “Release”) within 60 days of your termination of employment, with such amounts or benefits to be paid and/or provided as of the date the Release becomes irrevocable, provided that if the 60-day time period following your termination of employment spans two calendar years, they shall be provided as of the later of the date the Release becomes irrevocable or the first calendar day of the calendar year following the year in which your employment terminates.

Prior to the Spin-Off; Termination Outside a Change in Control Period. If, prior to the Spin-Off and outside a Change in Control Period (as defined below), your employment is involuntarily terminated by the Company other than for Cause (as defined below) or if you voluntarily resign for Good Reason (as defined below), then the Company shall provide you with (a) the Accrued Benefits (as defined below) and (b) a lump sum severance payment, payable not later than 30 days after you execute a release of claims against the Company (the “Release”) and any revocation period has expired (which, if such payment date could straddle two calendar years, must occur in the later calendar year), in an amount equal to the sum of:
(i) two times the sum of (a) your Annual Base Salary (as defined below) and (b) your Bonus Amount (as defined below);
(ii) notwithstanding any election you may have made to defer any portion of any RSUs or PBRSUs, a cash amount equal to the value of any eBay equity awards that are outstanding and unvested as of the date of your termination of employment which, but for such termination, otherwise would have become vested pursuant to their respective vesting schedules within 24 months following the date of such termination (with such value calculated based on the Valuation Assumptions ).

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On and After the Spin-Off; Termination Outside a Change in Control Period. If, on or after the Spin-Off and outside a Change in Control Period, your employment as SVP HR is terminated by the Company without Cause or if you voluntarily resign for Good Reason, then the Company shall provide you with (a) the Accrued Benefits and (b) a lump sum severance payment, payable not later than 30 days after you execute a Release and any revocation period has expired (which, if such payment date could straddle two calendar years, must occur in the later calendar year), in an amount equal to the sum of:
(i) (X) in the event that your employment is terminated on or before the one year anniversary of the date of the commencement of your employment as SVP HR, two times the sum of (a) your Annual Base Salary and (b) your Bonus Amount; (Y) in the event that your employment is terminated following the one year anniversary date of the commencement of your employment as SVP HR but on or before the two year anniversary of the date of the commencement of your employment as SVP HR, 1.5 times the sum of (a) your Annual Base Salary and (b) your Bonus Amount; and (Z) in the event that your employment is terminated following the two year anniversary of the date of the commencement of your employment as SVP HR, one times the sum of (a) your Annual Base Salary and (b) your Bonus Amount; and
(ii) notwithstanding any election you may have made to defer any portion of any RSUs or PBRSUs, a cash amount equal to the value of any other eBay equity awards that are outstanding and unvested as of the date of your termination of employment which, but for such termination, otherwise would have become vested pursuant to their respective vesting schedules within 12 months following the date of such termination (with such value calculated based on the Valuation Assumptions).

Termination During a Change in Control Period. If, during a Change in Control Period, your employment as SVP HR is terminated by the Company without Cause or if you voluntarily resign for Good Reason, then the Company shall provide you with (a) the Accrued Benefits and (b) a lump sum severance payment, payable not later than 30 days after you execute the Release and any revocation period has expired (which, if such payment date could straddle two calendar years, must occur in the later calendar year), in an amount equal to the sum of:
(i) two times the sum of (a) your Annual Base Salary and (b) your Bonus Amount; and
(ii) notwithstanding any election you may have made to defer any portion of any RSUs or PBRSUs, a cash amount equal to the value of all then unvested eBay equity awards that are outstanding and unvested as of the date of termination of employment (with such value calculated based on the Valuation Assumptions).

Special Treatment of Equity Awards on Death/Permanent Disability. In the event that your employment with eBay terminates due to your death or disability (within the meaning of eBay’s long-term disability plan), within thirty (30) days after the date of such termination of employment, you will receive a cash payment equal to the value of any eBay equity awards that were outstanding and unvested as of the date of such termination which, but for such termination, otherwise would have become vested pursuant to their respective vesting schedules within 24 months following the date of such termination (with such value calculated based on the Valuation Assumptions).

Tax and Other Matters.

Section 409A. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable to you such Federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. It is intended that the payments and benefits provided under this Letter shall comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 409A”) and the regulations relating thereto, or an exemption to Section 409A, and this Letter shall be interpreted accordingly. Any payments or benefits that qualify for the “short-term deferral” exception or another exception under Section 409A shall be paid under the applicable exception. Each payment under this Letter will be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Letter providing for the payment of amounts or benefits upon or following a termination of employment unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A and, for purposes of any such provision of this Letter, references to a “resignation,” “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean separation from service. If you become entitled to a payment of nonqualified deferred
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compensation as a result of your termination of employment and at such time you are a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A and as determined in accordance with the methodology established by the Company as in effect on your date of termination), such payment will be postponed to the extent necessary to satisfy Section 409A, and any amounts so postponed will be paid in a lump sum on the first business day that is six months and one day after your separation from service (or any earlier date of your death). If the compensation and benefits provided under this Letter would subject you to taxes or penalties under Section 409A, the Company and you will cooperate diligently to amend the terms of this Letter to avoid such taxes and penalties, to the extent possible under applicable law.

Change in Control Golden Parachute Excise Taxes. In the event of a Change in Control, where an accounting firm designated by the Company determines that the aggregate amount of the payments and benefits that (but for the application of this paragraph) would be payable to you under this Letter agreement or any other plan, policy or arrangement of the Company and any of their affiliates, exceeds the greatest amount of payments and benefits that could be paid or provided to you without giving rise to any liability for any excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then you may elect either to (1) pay the Excise Tax and receive all such payments and benefits as may be payable to you, or (2) only receive the aggregate amount of such payments and benefits payable or to be provided to you that would not exceed the amount that produces the greatest after-tax benefit to you after taking into account any Excise Tax and other taxes that would otherwise be payable by you (such reduced amount of payments and benefits, the “Reduced Benefit Amount”). In the event you elect to receive the Reduced Benefit Amount, however, the reduction in such payments or benefits pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall be made in the following order: (1) by reducing severance payments based on your Annual Base Salary and Bonus Amount, if any is then payable, and then (2) by reducing amounts in respect of any equity-based awards (first in the form of cash payments, if any are due hereunder, then in respect of any vesting of any such awards hereunder, and only thereafter in respect of any vesting of any such awards under any other plan or arrangement).

Definitions.
“Accrued Benefits” means (a) prompt payment of any accrued but unpaid annual base salary through the last day of employment, (b) prompt payment of any unreimbursed expenses incurred through the last day of employment subject to your prompt delivery of all required documentation of such expenses pursuant to applicable employer policies, (c) all other vested payments, benefits or fringe benefits to which you are entitled under the terms of any applicable compensation arrangement or benefit, equity or fringe benefit plan or program or grant (excluding any other severance plan, policy or program) or this Letter in accordance with the terms of such plan, program or grant, including any unpaid bonus for any prior fiscal year when it otherwise would have been paid, and (d) a prorated portion of the eIP bonus, if any, that you otherwise would have earned and been paid in respect of the fiscal year in which your employment terminates based on the actual performance of the company for the full year, with such prorated portion calculated based on the period of time during such fiscal year that you were employed, relative to the full fiscal year and only based on the company performance element of the bonus (such prorated eIP bonus amount, if any, the “Prorated Bonus”). You will receive your Prorated Bonus on the date that all other participants in the eIP receive their eIP bonuses in respect of such fiscal year.

“Annual Base Salary” will mean an amount equal to $525,000 (or such greater amount as in effect immediately prior to your termination date).

“Bonus Amount” will mean an amount equal to 75% of your Annual Base Salary (or such greater amount as may be established as your target bonus payment immediately prior to your termination date).

“Cause” shall mean (a) your failure to attempt in good faith to substantially perform your assigned duties, other than failure resulting from your death or incapacity due to physical or mental illness or impairment, which is not remedied within 30 days after receipt of written notice from the Company specifying such failure; (b) your indictment for, conviction of or plea of nolo contedere to any felony (or any other crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude); or (c) your commission of an act of fraud, embezzlement,
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misappropriation, willful misconduct, or breach of fiduciary duty against the Company, except good faith expense account disputes.

“Change in Control” shall mean, for purposes of this Letter, a “Change in Control” as such term is defined in the Plan or, following the Spin-Off, as such term may be defined (if different) under any successor equity incentive plan.

“Change in Control Period” means the period that begins 90 days prior to, and ends 24 months following, a “Change in Control.”

“Good Reason” means, without your written consent, any of the following events, whereafter you resign your employment within the periods provided below:
(i) a material reduction in your annual base salary; (ii) a material reduction in your annual target bonus opportunity; (iii) on and after the Spin-Off, a material reduction in your authority, duties or responsibilities as SVP HR of eBay, Inc. (which would include your failure to report to the CEO of a publicly traded company); (iv) following a Change in Control, a requirement by the Company that you relocate your primary office to a location that is more than 35 miles from the location of your primary office immediately prior to the Change in Control; or (v) any other material breach by the Company of this Letter. You will be deemed to have given consent to the condition(s) described in any of clauses (i) through (v) of this paragraph if you do not provide written notice to the Company of such Good Reason event(s) within 60 days from the first occurrence of such Good Reason event(s), following which the Company shall have 30 days to cure such event, and to the extent the Company has not cured such Good Reason event(s) during the 30-day cure period, you must terminate your employment for Good Reason no later than 60 days following the occurrence of such Good Reason event(s) by providing the Company 30 days’ prior written notice of termination, which may run concurrently with the Company’s cure period.

“Valuation Assumptions” means, collectively, the following assumptions: (x) each share of eBay common stock underlying an award has a value equal to the average of the closing prices of eBay common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market for the period of 10 consecutive trading days ending on (and including) the last trading day prior to the date of your termination of employment, (y) if the date of your termination of employment occurs during the performance period with respect to an award of PBRSUs whose target value has been established prior to the date of your termination of employment, but whose number of shares of eBay common stock that would be subject to such award based on achievement of applicable performance targets has not yet been granted, then any such award shall be deemed to have been earned and granted assuming achievement of target performance in respect of the applicable performance period immediately prior to such date of termination and (z) any Options that you hold that are outstanding immediately prior to the date of your termination of employment will be valued based on their spread (i.e., the positive difference, if any, of the value of each share of eBay) common stock underlying the Option, as determined pursuant to clause (x) above), less the per share exercise price of such Option).

All of us at eBay are very excited about your continued role at eBay and look forward to a continued beneficial and fruitful relationship. However, should any dispute arise with respect to your employment or the termination of that employment, we both agree that such dispute shall be conclusively resolved by final, binding and confidential arbitration rather than by a jury court or administrative agency. The Company will bear those expenses unique to arbitration. Such arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the terms of the Mutual Arbitration Agreement that you and the Company previously executed.
Required Employee Agreements. By signing this letter, you agree that the Mutual Arbitration Agreement and the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement that you previously executed shall continue in full force and effect. As you know, in part, the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement requires that a departing employee refrain from unauthorized use or disclosure of the Company’s confidential information (as defined in that Agreement). That Agreement does not prevent a former employee from using know-how and expertise in any new field or position.
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This Letter, the Mutual Arbitration Agreement, and the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement contain the entire agreement with respect to your employment. Should you have any questions with regard to any of the items indicated above, please call me. Kindly indicate your consent to this agreement by signing a copy of this Letter and returning it to me.
This Letter cannot be assigned without your prior written consent. This Letter can be modified or amended only by a written instrument executed by eBay and you. Upon your signature below, this will become our binding agreement with respect to your employment and its terms merging and superseding in their entirety all other or prior offers, agreements and communications, whether written or oral, by you and the Company as to the specific subjects of this Letter, including without limitation that letter between you and the Company dated February 24, 2003.
Employee Benefits. You will be entitled to the employee welfare and retirement benefits and perquisites that eBay customarily makes available to employees in positions comparable to yours, in accordance with the terms of the benefit and perquisite plans as in effect from time to time.
Kristin, the Board and I are very pleased with what we have accomplished so far and we are thrilled about the prospect of your eventual appointment as the Senior Vice President, Human Resources of eBay. eBay has an extraordinary future and I am confident that you are the right SVP HR for eBay at this exciting time.

Very truly yours,
/s/ John Donahoe
John Donahoe
President and Chief Executive Officer
eBay Inc.


ACCEPTED:


/s/ Kristin Yetto
5/26/15
Kristin Yetto
Date


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Exhibit 31.01

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002.

I, Jamie Iannone, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of eBay Inc.;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
 
/s/ Jamie Iannone
Jamie Iannone
Chief Executive Officer
                                                                    (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: April 30, 2020


Exhibit 31.02

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002.

I, Andy Cring, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of eBay Inc.;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Andy Cring
Andy Cring
Interim Chief Financial Officer
                                                                                           (Principal Financial Officer)

Date: April 30, 2020


Exhibit 32.01

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002.

I, Jamie Iannone, hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that:

(i) The accompanying Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(ii) The information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of eBay Inc.
 
/s/ Jamie Iannone
Jamie Iannone
Chief Executive Officer
                                                                    (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: April 30, 2020

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of this report.



Exhibit 32.02

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002.

I, Andy Cring, hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that:

(i) The accompanying Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(ii) The information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of eBay Inc.
 
/s/ Andy Cring
Andy Cring
Interim Chief Financial Officer
                                                                                           (Principal Financial Officer)

Date: April 30, 2020

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of this report.