UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): September 13, 2017 (September 8, 2017)

HASBRO, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Rhode Island   1-6682   05-0155090
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)  

(Commission File

Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1027 Newport Ave.,

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

    02861

(Address of principal

executive offices)

    (Zip Code)

(401) 431-8697

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Not Applicable

Former name or former address, if changed since last report

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

Emerging growth company ☐

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


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 13, 2017, Hasbro, Inc. (the “Company”) completed its offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.500% senior unsecured notes due 2027 (the “Notes”) at a price to the public of 99.874%. The Company currently intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to repay the $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.30% Notes due 2017 upon their maturity plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon. The Company plans to use the remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include (but is not limited to) the acquisition of companies or businesses, repayment and refinancing of indebtedness, repurchases of shares of the Company’s common stock, working capital and capital expenditures.

In connection with the closing of the issuance and sale of the Notes, the Company entered into a fifth supplemental indenture (the “Fifth Supplemental Indenture”) with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as successor trustee to The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, to the indenture dated as of March 15, 2000, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as successor trustee to The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York (together with the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”). Copies of the Indenture, including the form of the Notes, are filed herewith as exhibits and incorporated by reference herein.

The Notes are senior unsecured debt obligations of the Company, mature on September 15, 2027 and bear interest at a rate of 3.500% per annum. Prior to June 15, 2027 (three months prior to their maturity date), the Company may redeem the Notes at the Company’s option, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption), discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined in the Fifth Supplemental Indenture), plus 25 basis points. In addition, on or after June 15, 2027 (three months prior to their maturity date), the Company may redeem at its option the Notes, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed. The Company will also pay the accrued and unpaid interest on any Notes that it redeems to the redemption date.

If the Company experiences a Change of Control Repurchase Event (defined in the Fifth Supplemental Indenture as a change of control combined with a below investment grade rating event), it will be required, unless it has exercised its right to redeem the Notes, to offer to purchase the Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of purchase.

The Fifth Supplemental Indenture also contains certain covenants restricting the Company’s ability in certain circumstances to incur secured debt and enter into sale-leaseback transactions, as well as certain customary events of default.


The preceding description of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture and the Notes is qualified in its entirety by the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, including the form of the Notes, filed herewith as exhibits.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On September 8, 2017, Hasbro, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and the Underwriters agreed to purchase, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, $500,000,000 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes. The Underwriting Agreement contains certain customary representations, warranties and indemnities.

In order to furnish certain exhibits for incorporation by reference into the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-220331), previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company is filing the Underwriting Agreement, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the form of the Notes and the opinions of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Tarrant Sibley, Esq. as exhibits hereto.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

1.1    Underwriting Agreement dated as of September  8, 2017 by and among Hasbro, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.
4.1    Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September  13, 2017, between Hasbro, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as successor trustee to The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, supplementing the Indenture dated as of March  15, 2000 and Form of 3.500% Notes due 2027 (attached as Exhibit A to the Fifth Supplemental Indenture).
5.1    Opinion of Tarrant Sibley, Esq.
5.2    Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
23.1   

Consent of Tarrant Sibley, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1)

23.2   

Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2).

99.1    Press Release, dated September 13, 2017, of Hasbro, Inc.


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, hereunto duly authorized.

 

HASBRO, INC.

(Registrant)

By:   /s/ Deborah M. Thomas

Name:

Title:

 

Deborah M. Thomas

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Dated: September 13, 2017


EXHIBIT LIST

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

1.1    Underwriting Agreement dated as of September 8, 2017 by and among Hasbro, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.
4.1    Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 13, 2017, between Hasbro, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as successor trustee to The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, supplementing the Indenture dated as of March 15, 2000 and Form of 3.500% Notes due 2027 (attached as Exhibit A to the Fifth Supplemental Indenture).
5.1    Opinion of Tarrant Sibley, Esq.
5.2    Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
23.1    Consent of Tarrant Sibley, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2    Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2).
99.1    Press Release, dated September 13, 2017, of Hasbro, Inc.

Exhibit 1.1

Hasbro, Inc.

$500,000,000

3.500% Notes due 2027

Underwriting Agreement

New York, New York

September 8, 2017

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

As representatives of the several

underwriters named in Schedule I hereto

 

c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Hasbro, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Rhode Island (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.500% Notes due 2027 (the “Securities”), to be issued under an indenture, dated as of March 15, 2000 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the fifth supplemental indenture, to be dated the Closing Date (as defined below) (the “Supplemental Indenture,” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).

Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the


Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 21 hereof.

1. Representations and Warranties . The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.

(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Act and has prepared and filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405, on Form S-3 (File No. 333-220331), including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, became effective upon filing and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) has been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission. The Company may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with the Commission a Final Prospectus relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such Final Prospectus shall contain in all material respects the information required by the Act and the rules thereunder, and shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x).

(b) On each Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, the Preliminary Prospectus, when it was filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) did, and when the Final Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein), the Final Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the respective rules thereunder; on each Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; on the Effective Date and on the Closing Date, the Indenture did or will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules thereunder; and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided ,

 

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however , that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee or (ii) the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

(c) The Disclosure Package did not, as of the Applicable Time contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

(d) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption in Rule 163, and (iv) at the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iv)), the Company was or is (as the case may be) a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405. The Company agrees to pay the fees required by the Commission relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r).

(e) (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Securities and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.

(f) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as of its respective date and at all times through the completion or termination of the offering of the Securities under this Agreement or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration

 

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Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus. If at any time following the issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus through the completion or termination of the offering of the Securities under this Agreement there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, subject to the first sentence of Section 5(a), the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representatives and has promptly amended or supplemented or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict. Any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus not identified on Schedule II or Schedule III hereto, when taken together with the Disclosure Package, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The foregoing sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

(g) The documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder then in effect and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(h) The statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus under the heading “Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.

(i) Since the date as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there has not been (i) any material change in the capital stock (other than changes pursuant to open market or repurchase plans or employee benefit plans) or long term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as a whole, or (ii) any material adverse change, or any development known to the Company that is reasonably likely to result in a material adverse change, in or affecting the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

 

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(j) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Rhode Island, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”); each of the Company’s subsidiaries that qualifies as a “significant subsidiary” under Section 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X (each a “Significant Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Significant Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation or other entity (as applicable) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity (as applicable) to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interests (as applicable) of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares or other equity interests (as applicable) necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity.

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

(l) The Securities have been duly authorized, and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, the Securities will have been duly executed, issued and delivered and (assuming the due authentication thereof by the Trustee) will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, will be entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture and will be enforceable in accordance with their terms except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

 

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(m) The Base Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee) constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; the Base Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

(n) The Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee) at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

(o) The Indenture conforms, and the Securities will conform, in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

(p) The issuance and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated, will not result in (i) a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is bound or to which any material property or assets of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is subject; (ii) any violation of the provisions of the Restated Articles of Incorporation or the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company, each as amended through the date hereof; or (iii) a violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body in the United States having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any of their properties, except in the case of (i) and (iii) above, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(q) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction over the Company is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as have been obtained by the Company or as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered.

 

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(r) No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(s) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation or default of (i) any provision of its organizational documents, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, except for such violations or defaults as would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, as applicable, except for such violations as would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(t) The accountants who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, are independent registered public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act, the Exchange Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

(u) The consolidated historical financial statements and schedules of the Company and its subsidiaries included in or incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The summary financial data set forth under the caption “Summary Financial Information” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus fairly present, on the basis stated in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, the information included therein. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus presents fairly the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(v) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, will not be required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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(w) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting control over financial reporting with respect to itself and its consolidated subsidiaries sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 25, 2016 and the Company is not aware of any material weakness or significant deficiency in its internal control over financial reporting.

(x) The Company maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act); based on the evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of July 2, 2017.

(y) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(z) Except as would not otherwise reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or except as otherwise set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), the Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, and (iv) are not subject to any claims or liabilities arising out of the release of or exposure to wastes, pollutants or contaminants and are not aware of any facts or circumstances which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim.

(aa) Except in each case as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) to the Company’s knowledge, the Company or its subsidiaries own or possess the right to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patentable inventions, trade secrets and know-how used by the Company or its subsidiaries in the conduct of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ business taken as a whole as now conducted or as proposed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus to be conducted (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) and (ii) there are no legal or governmental actions, suits, proceedings or claims pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,

 

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threatened, against the Company (x) challenging the Company’s rights in or to any Intellectual Property, (y) challenging the validity or scope of any Intellectual Property owned by the Company, or (z) alleging that the operation of the Company’s business as now conducted infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of a third party.

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

(cc) None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (i) has used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) has made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; or (iii) is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA or the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010 (the “Bribery Act”); and the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and the Bribery Act and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

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

(ee) None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“Person”) currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without

 

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limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.

2. Purchase and Sale . Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of 99.064% of the principal amount of the Securities, the principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule I hereto.

3. Delivery and Payment . Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on September 13, 2017 or at such time on such later date not more than three Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives and the Company or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Company. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct. Certificates for the Securities shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as the Representatives may request not less than two Business Days in advance of the Closing Date.

The Company agrees to have the Securities available for inspection, checking and packaging by the Representative in New York, New York, not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date.

4. Offering by Underwriters . It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Disclosure Package.

 

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5. Agreements . The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:

(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus or amend or supplement any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without first furnishing the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing (other than filings made in the ordinary course of business by the Company pursuant to its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act that do not relate to the offering of the Securities) and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object promptly after receipt of such amendment or supplement. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act, (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2). The Company will use its reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.

(b) The Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule III hereto and will file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.

(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances

 

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under which they are being made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement, subject to the first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable in order to avoid any disruption in use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(e) As soon as reasonably practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earning statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158.

(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.

(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, or taxation, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.

 

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(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company (in each case, which consent shall not be unreasonably delayed, withheld or conditioned), it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company or the Underwriters with the Commission or retained by the Company or the Underwriters under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, record keeping.

(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, on any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities) or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day following the Closing Date.

(j) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing

 

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Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) not to exceed, in the aggregate, $5,000; (vi) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; (viii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and the fees and expenses of its counsel; (ix) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities with the ratings agencies; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, it being understood that except as provided in Section 7, Section 8 and this Section 5(k), the Underwriters shall pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel.

6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters . The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein as of the Execution Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); the final term sheet contemplated by Section 5(b) hereto, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d), shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Act shall have been instituted or threatened.

(b) The Company shall have requested and caused Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

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(c) The Representatives shall have received from Tarrant Sibley, Esq., Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Company, his opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

(d) The Representatives shall have received from Mayer Brown LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, including a negative assurance statement, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Indenture, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(e) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of the Company, signed by the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto, as well as each electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this Agreement and that:

(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;

(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and

(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (in each case, exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (in each case, exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(f) At the date hereof and at the Closing Date, the Company shall have requested and caused KPMG LLP to furnish to the Underwriters letters, dated respectively as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters with respect to the audited and unaudited financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.

 

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(g) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereto) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (f) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development reasonably likely to result in a change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (in each case, exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (in each case, exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(h) Subsequent to the Applicable Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change (other than a notice with positive implications of a possible upgrading).

(i) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.

The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of Mayer Brown LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, on the Closing Date.

7. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses . If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally through the Representatives on demand for all expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.

 

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8. Indemnification and Contribution .

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any other preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Securities, the Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the information contained in the final term sheet required to be prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that (i) the list of Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of the Securities under the section “Underwriting,” (ii) the sentences related to concessions and reallowances in the third paragraph under the section “Underwriting” and (iii) the sixth and seventh paragraphs under the section “Underwriting” in any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

 

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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided , however , that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel, and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. It is understood and agreed that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to a single firm of local counsel) for all indemnified parties, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed promptly following a documented request for reimbursement. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes (i) an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

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(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending the same) (collectively “Losses”) to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Final Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(d) are several, and not joint, in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments as set forth opposite their names in Schedule I. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, in no case shall any Underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee, affiliate and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

9. Default by an Underwriter . If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the principal amount of

 

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Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided , however , that in the event that the aggregate principal amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter or the Company except that the provisions of Sections 5(k), 7, 8, 11 and 16 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

10. Termination . This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such delivery and payment (i) trading in the Company’s Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or The NASDAQ Global Select Market or trading in securities generally on either the Nasdaq Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such exchange, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State authorities, (iii) there shall have occurred a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive . The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 5(k), 7, 8 and 16 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

12. Notices . All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk – 3rd Floor, (fax no.: (212) 834-6081), and to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, NY1-050-12-01, New York, New York 10020, (fax no.: (212) 901-7881), Attention: High Grade Debt Capital Markets Transaction Management/Legal, and if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to (fax no.: (401) 709-6459) and confirmed to 1011 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02861, Attention: Barbara Finigan, General Counsel.

 

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13. Successors . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

14. No Fiduciary Duty . The Company hereby acknowledges that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company and (c) the Company’s engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Company agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Company on related or other matters). The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

15. Integration . This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

16. Applicable Law . This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.

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

18. Waiver of Jury Trial . The Company hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

19. Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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20. Headings . The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

21. Definitions . The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.

“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Applicable Time” shall mean 3:00 p.m. on September 8, 2017, the time when sales of the Securities were first made.

“Base Prospectus” shall mean the base prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above contained in the Registration Statement at the Applicable Time.

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.

“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Base Prospectus, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus used most recently prior to the Applicable Time, (iii) the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto, if any, and (iv) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.

“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto became or becomes effective.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

“Final Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Applicable Time, together with the Base Prospectus.

“Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.

“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall include the final term sheet contemplated by Section 5(b), the Free Writing Prospectuses identified on Schedule II hereto and each electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Securities.

 

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“Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above which is used prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus, together with the Base Prospectus.

“Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended on each Effective Date and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended.

“Rule 158”, “Rule 163”, “Rule 164”, “Rule 172”, “Rule 401”, “Rule 405”, “Rule 415”, “Rule 424”, “Rule 430B”, “Rule 433”, “Rule 436”, “Rule 456” and “Rule 457” refer to such rules under the Act.

“subsidiary” or “subsidiaries” shall mean, with respect to the Company, individually or collectively (as applicable), each of the Company’s majority-owned subsidiaries.

“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Well-Known Seasoned Issuer” shall mean a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters.

 

Very truly yours,
HASBRO, INC.
By:  

/s/ Deborah Thomas

Name:   Deborah Thomas
Title:  

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer


The foregoing Agreement is

hereby confirmed and accepted

as of the date first above written.

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

INCORPORATED

 

BY: J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By:  

/s/ Som Bhattacharyya

  Name: Som Bhattacharyya
  Title: Executive Director

BY: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

INCORPORATED

By:  

/s/ Doug Muller

  Name: Doug Muller
  Title: Managing Director

For themselves and the other several Underwriters, if any,

named in Schedule I to the foregoing Agreement.


SCHEDULE I

 

Underwriters

   Principal Amount
of Securities
to be Purchased
 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                         Incorporated

   $ 102,500,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     102,500,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     75,000,000  

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

     60,000,000  

Citizens Capital Markets, Inc.

     48,000,000  

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     27,250,000  

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

     27,250,000  

ANZ Securities, Inc.

     11,500,000  

BBVA Securities Inc.

     11,500,000  

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

     11,500,000  

The Huntington Investment Company

     11,500,000  

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

     11,500,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 500,000,000  
  

 

 

 

 

Schedule I-1


SCHEDULE II

1. Roadshow, dated September 8, 2017.

2. Investor Presentation, made available September 6, 2017.

 

Schedule II-1


SCHEDULE III

Relating to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement

dated September 8, 2017 to Prospectus dated September 5, 2017

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-220331

September 8, 2017

Hasbro, Inc.

$500,000,000 3.500% Notes due 2027

Pricing Term Sheet

September 8, 2017

 

Issuer:    Hasbro, Inc.
Expected Ratings:*   
Trade Date:    September 8, 2017
Settlement Date:    September 13, 2017 (T+3)
Title:    3.500% Notes due 2027
Principal Amount:    $500,000,000
Maturity Date:    September 15, 2027
Coupon (Interest Rate):    3.500%
Interest Payment Dates:    Semi-annually on March 15 and September 15, commencing on March 15, 2018
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:    + 145 basis points
Yield to Maturity:    3.515%
Benchmark Treasury:    UST 2.250% due August 15, 2027
Benchmark Treasury Price / Yield:    101-21 / 2.065%
Make-Whole Call:    T + 25 basis points (prior to June 15, 2027)
Par Call:    On or after June 15, 2027
Price to Public:    99.874%
CUSIP / ISIN:    418056AV9 / US418056AV91
Joint Book-Running Managers:   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

Senior Co-Manager:    Citizens Capital Markets, Inc.
Co-Managers:   

ANZ Securities, Inc.

BBVA Securities Inc.

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

The Huntington Investment Company

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

 

* Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

 

Schedule III-1


We expect that the delivery of the notes will be made against payment therefor on or about September 13, 2017, which is the third scheduled business day following the date of this term sheet (such settlement cycle being referred to as “T+3”). Under Rule 15c6-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to that trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the notes on any date prior to two business days before delivery will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will settle in T+3, to specify an alternate settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement.

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, one of the underwriters, is an affiliate of the trustee under the indenture that will govern the notes.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the Securities and Exchange Commission Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at (212) 834-4533 or by calling or e-mailing Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll-free at (800) 294-1322 or dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com.

 

Schedule III-2

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

HASBRO, INC.

$500,000,0000 3.500% Notes due 2027

FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of September 13, 2017

to

Indenture Dated as of March 15, 2000

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF

NEW YORK

as Trustee

 

 


This FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (the “ Fifth Supplemental Indenture ”) dated as of September 13, 2017 between HASBRO, INC., a Rhode Island corporation (the “ Company ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as successor trustee to THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture dated March 15, 2000 (the “ Original Indenture ”, and together with this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”) to provide for the issuance of the Company’s debt securities in one or more series;

WHEREAS, Sections 2.01, 3.01 and 9.01 of the Original Indenture provide, among other things, that the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of Holders, enter into indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture to provide for specific terms applicable to any series of notes;

WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the issuance of a new series of debt securities to be designated as the 3.500% Notes due 2027 (the “ Notes ”), and to set forth the terms that will be applicable thereto and the form thereof;

WHEREAS, in accordance with Sections 1.02, 7.01 and 9.03 of the Original Indenture, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture is authorized or permitted by the Indenture and that all conditions precedent have been complied with and, accordingly, this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the amendment set forth herein and the Trustee’s execution of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture are authorized pursuant to the Original Indenture; and

WHEREAS, all action on the part of the Company necessary to make this Fifth Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and to authorize the issuance of the Notes under the Original Indenture (as supplemented hereby) has been duly taken;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

APPLICATION OF FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

AND CREATION OF NOTES

Section 1.01 Application of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture .

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, including the covenants set forth herein, are expressly and solely for the benefit of the Notes.


Section 1.02 Effect of Fifth Supplemental Indenture .

With respect to the Notes only, the Original Indenture shall be supplemented pursuant to Sections 2.01, 3.01 and 9.01 thereof to establish the terms of the Notes as set forth in this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, including as follows:

 

  (a) the definitions set forth in Article One of the Original Indenture shall be modified to the extent provided in Article II of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture;

 

  (b) the form and terms of the securities representing the Notes required to be established pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Original Indenture shall be established in accordance with Sections 1.03, 1.04, 1.05, 1.06, 1.07 and 1.08 of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture;

 

  (c) the provisions of Article Ten of the Original Indenture regarding certain covenants of the Company shall be supplemented and amended by the provisions of Article IV of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture;

 

  (d) the provisions of Article Six of the Original Indenture regarding certain Events of Default shall be supplemented and amended by the provisions of Article V of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture;

 

  (e) the provisions of Article Five of the Original Indenture regarding Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance shall be supplemented and amended by the provisions of Article VI of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture;

 

  (f) the provisions of Article Eight of the Original Indenture regarding Consolidation, Merger or Sale shall be supplemented and amended by the provisions of Article VII of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture; and

 

  (g) the provisions of Article Nine of the Original Indenture regarding Supplemental Indentures shall be supplemented and amended by the provisions of Article VIII of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture.

Section 1.03 Designation and Amount of Notes .

The Notes shall be known and designated as the “3.500% Notes due 2027.” The initial maximum aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall not exceed $500,000,000, except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, Notes pursuant to Section 2.02, 3.04, 3.05, 3.06 or 9.05 of the Original Indenture (unless the issue of the applicable series of Notes is “reopened” by issuing additional Notes of such series (the “ Additional Notes ”)), in an amount or amounts and registered in the names of such Persons as shall be set forth in any written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of the applicable series of Notes pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture.

 

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Section 1.04 Terms; Form of Security .

The Company shall issue any Additional Notes by adopting a Board Resolution in the manner set forth in Section 3.01 of the Original Indenture providing for the terms of such issuance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Notes are issuable in fully registered form as a global Security without coupons and shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A. Upon request by the Depositary, within 14 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01 of the Original Indenture, and Section 5.01 of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for the Notes in global form, the Notes in certificated form in authorized denominations for an aggregate principal amount requested by the Depositary up to the principal amount of the Notes in global form. The Notes are not issuable in bearer form. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Note shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture and the Company, by its execution and delivery of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, expressly agrees to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereto. Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends and endorsements as the officers executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture (and which do not affect the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee), or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed.

Section 1.05 Payment of Principal and Interest .

(a) The Notes shall mature, and the principal of the Notes shall be due and payable in Dollars to the Holders thereof, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on September 15, 2027.

(b) The Notes shall bear interest at 3.500% per annum from and including September 13, 2017 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or provided for until the principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum. Interest on the Notes shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the Notes shall be payable semi-annually in arrears in Dollars on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing on March 15, 2018 (each such date, an “ Interest Payment Date ” for the purposes of the Notes under this Fifth Supplemental Indenture). Payments of interest shall be made to the Person in whose name a Note (or predecessor Note) is registered (which shall initially be the Depositary) at the close of business on March 1 or September 1, as the case may be (whether or not a Business Day), next preceding such Interest Payment Date (each such date, a “ Regular Record Date ” for the purposes of the Notes under this Fifth Supplemental Indenture).

(c) If an Interest Payment Date, the maturity date, any redemption date, or any earlier required repurchase date with respect to the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment will be made on the next Business Day with the same force and effect as if it were made on the date the payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that interest payment date or the maturity date, as the case may be, to the date the payment is made.

 

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(d) For so long as the Notes are represented in global form by one or more global Securities, all payments of principal and interest shall be made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds in Dollars to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the global Security representing such Notes. In the event that definitive Notes shall have been issued, all payments of principal and interest in respect of such Notes shall be made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds in Dollars to the accounts of the registered Holders thereof; provided , that the Company may elect to make such payments at the Corporate Trust Office of the Paying Agent; and provided further , that the Company may at its option pay interest by check to the registered address of each Holder of a definitive Note.

(e) The Notes shall trade in the Depositary’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System until Stated Maturity (or until they are subject to acceleration pursuant to Article VI of the Original Indenture) and secondary market trading activity in the Notes may be required by the Depositary to settle in immediately available funds.

(f) The Notes are subject to redemption by the Company in whole or in part in the manner described herein.

Section 1.06 Ranking .

The Notes shall be general unsecured obligations of the Company. The Notes shall rank pari passu in right of payment with all unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and senior in right of payment to all subordinated indebtedness of the Company.

Section 1.07 Security Registrar and Paying Agent .

The Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee as Paying Agent and Security Registrar for the Notes. The Company may change the Paying Agent and Security Registrar without prior notice to the Holders of the Notes, and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Security Registrar. The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Depositary custodian with respect to Notes in global form. The Company has entered into a letter of representations with the Depositary with respect to Notes in global form in the form provided by the Depositary, and the Trustee and each agent are hereby authorized to act in accordance with such letter and the Depositary’s applicable procedures.

Section 1.08 Sinking Fund .

The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.

 

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ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 2.01 Definitions .

(a) All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined below shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Original Indenture.

(b) The following are definitions used in this Fifth Supplemental Indenture and to the extent that a term is defined both herein and in the Original Indenture, the definition in this Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall govern with respect to the Notes.

Attributable Debt ” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, as of any particular time, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for rental payments (excluding, however, any amounts required to be paid by such lessee, whether or not designated as rent or additional rent, on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales, maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges) during the remaining term of the lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended). The present value of such obligation will be discounted at the rate of interest implicit in the terms of the lease involved in this Sale and Leaseback Transaction, as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors.

Below Investment Grade Rating Event ” means the Notes are rated below Investment Grade by all the Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies, provided that no such extension shall occur if on such 60th day the Notes are rated Investment Grade by at least one of such Rating Agencies and is not subject to review for possible downgrade by such Rating Agency); provided further that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event) if any of the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating that would otherwise be recognized by this definition does not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Company that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).

 

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Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets and those of the Company’s Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” or “group” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries;

(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution; or

(3) the consummation of any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” or “group” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than the Company or one of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of the Company’s Voting Stock, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; provided that a merger shall not constitute a “change of control” under this definition if (i) the sole purpose of the merger is the Company’s reincorporation in another state and (ii) the Company’s shareholders and the number of shares of the Company’s Voting Stock, measured by voting power and number of shares, owned by each of them immediately before and immediately following such merger are identical.

Change of Control Repurchase Event ” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term (as measured from the date of redemption) of the series of the Notes to be redeemed (assuming the notes matured on June 15, 2027) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes (assuming the notes matured on June 15, 2027).

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any redemption date, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than four of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or (iii) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

Consolidated Net Tangible Assets ” means, as determined at any time, the aggregate amount of assets included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, less applicable reserves, after deducting therefrom:

(a) all current liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which includes current maturities of long-term indebtedness; and

 

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(b) the total of the net book values of all assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries properly classified as intangible assets under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, in each case, as of the end of the last fiscal quarter for which internal financial information is available at the time of the calculation and after giving pro forma effect to any investments, acquisitions or dispositions occurring subsequent to such date, as well as any transaction giving rise to the need to calculate Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (including the application of the proceeds therefrom, as applicable).

Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings Inc. and its successors.

Investment Grade ” means a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch), Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s) and a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) or the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

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

Prospectus ” means the Company’s final prospectus supplement dated September 8, 2017, together with the base prospectus dated September 5, 2017, relating to the offering and sale of the Notes.

Quotation Agent ” means any Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.

Rating Agency ” means (1) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of such Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, or all of them, as the case may be.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means (i) each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (or their respective affiliates that are Primary Treasury Dealers) and their respective successors; provided , however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”), the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii) at least four other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

S&P ” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., and its successors.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction ” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing or use by the Company or any Subsidiary of any Principal Property (other than any arrangement among the Company and its Subsidiaries), whether owned at the date of the Original Indenture or thereafter acquired, excluding temporary leases of a term, including any renewal period, of not more than three years, which Principal Property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or a Subsidiary to a Person with an intention of taking back a lease of the property.

 

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Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any person, capital stock of any class or kind the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

Section 2.02 Other Definitions .

 

Term

  

Defined in Section

“Additional Notes”    1.03
“Authorized Officers”    9.10
“Change of Control Payment Date”    4.01(a)
“Company”    Introduction
“Electronic Means”    9.10
“Fifth Supplemental Indenture”    Introduction
“Indenture”    Recitals
“Instructions”    9.10
“Interest Payment Date”    1.05(b)
“Notes”    Recitals
“Original Indenture”    Recitals
“Regular Record Date”    1.05(b)
“Second Change of Control Payment Date”    4.01(f)
“security interest”    4.02
“Successor Company”    7.01(a)
“Trustee”    Introduction

 

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ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION

Section 3.01 Optional Redemption .

(a) Prior to June 15, 2027, the Notes will be redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the Company’s option at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

  (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and

 

  (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption), discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus 25 basis points,

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

In addition, on and after June 15, 2027, the Notes will be redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the Company’s option at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date in accordance with the Notes and the Indenture.

(b) Notice of any redemption will be mailed (or with respect to global Securities, to the extent permitted or required by applicable Depositary procedures or regulations, sent electronically) at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed by the Company or by the Trustee on the Company’s behalf; provided that notice of redemption may be mailed or sent more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Notes. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by lot by the Depositary, in the case of Notes represented by a global Security, or by the Trustee by a method the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate, in the case of Notes that are not represented by a global Security. Calculation of the redemption price will be made by the Company or on the Company’s behalf by such Person as the Company shall designate; provided that such calculation or the correctness thereof shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.

 

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ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS

Section 4.01 Change of Control .

(a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the applicable series of Notes, the Company will make an offer to each Holder of such Notes to repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000) of that Holder’s applicable series of Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to, but excluding, the date of repurchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of an impending Change of Control (whether or not a Below Investment Grade Rating Event has occurred), the Company will mail (or with respect to global Securities, to the extent permitted or required by applicable Depositary procedures or regulations, send electronically) a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase Notes on the payment date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed or sent (the “ Change of Control Payment Date ”). The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to repurchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice.

(b) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder, to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflict.

(c) On the Change of Control Repurchase Event payment date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

 

  (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes (in integral multiples of $1,000) properly tendered pursuant to the Company’s offer;

 

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

 

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

 

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(d) The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the purchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided, that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 above that amount.

(e) The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

(f) If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a change of control offer as described in this Section 4.01 and the Company, or any third party making such an offer in lieu of the Company as described in Section 4.01(e), purchase all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company or such third party shall have the right, upon not less than 15 days nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, provided that such notice is given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the offer described in this Section 4.01, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase on a date (the “ Second Change of Control Payment Date ”) at a price in cash equal to the price paid to Holders on the Change of Control Payment Date plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Second Change of Control Payment Date.

Section 4.02 Restrictions on Secured Debt . Solely for purposes of the Notes, Section 10.09 of the Original Indenture is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:

The Company shall not at any time create, incur, assume or guarantee, and shall not cause or permit a Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or guarantee, any Secured Debt without making effective provision (and the Company covenants that in such case it will make or cause to be made such effective provision) whereby the Notes then Outstanding shall be secured by the mortgage, security interest, pledge, lien or encumbrance (a “ security interest ”) relating to such Secured Debt equally and ratably with or, at the option of the Company, prior to, any and all other obligations and indebtedness thereby secured, so long as any such other obligations and indebtedness shall be so secured; provided, however , that the foregoing covenants shall not be applicable to the following:

(a) any security interest existing on the issue date of the Notes;

(b) any security interest securing the Notes;

(c) any security interest on current assets (as determined by reference to those assets classified as current on the Company’s most recently available consolidated balance sheet) securing indebtedness incurred to finance working capital requirements, provided , however, that the indebtedness secured by such security interest does not mature later than 270 days from the date incurred;

 

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(d) any security interest on any property, plant or equipment acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary (including through merger or consolidation) and created within 270 days after the acquisition to secure or provide for the payment of all or any part of the purchase price of the property;

(e) any security interest on any property, plant or equipment improved or constructed by the Company or a Subsidiary and created within 270 days after the later of the commencement of operations of such property, plant or equipment or completion of such construction or any repairs, additions or other improvements thereon, to secure or provide for the payment of all or any part of the cost of such construction or repairs, additions or other improvements;

(f) any security interest existing on property at the time of acquisition by the Company or a Subsidiary (including through merger or consolidation);

(g) any security interest in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under Section 4.03;

(h) any security interest existing on the property, shares or indebtedness of a corporation at the time it becomes a Subsidiary, but not created in anticipation of the transaction in which the corporation becomes a Subsidiary;

(i) any security interest on the property, shares or indebtedness of a corporation existing at the time the corporation is merged or consolidated with the Company or a Subsidiary or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties of a corporation to the Company or a Subsidiary, but not created in anticipation of any such transaction;

(j) any security interest in favor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(k) any security interest in favor of any U.S. or foreign government or governmental body to secure payments of any amounts owed under contract or statute or to secure indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing the purchase price or cost of construction;

(l) any security interest resulting from the deposit of funds in trust for the purpose of defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of debt securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries; or

(m) any extensions, renewals or replacements of any of the security interests referred to above provided that the amount of Secured Debt to be secured in such extension, renewal or replacement shall not exceed the then sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement and (ii) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, and accrued and unpaid interest related to such extension, renewal or replacement. The extension, renewal or replacement of such security interest shall be limited to the assets which secured the security interest so extended, renewed or replaced (including any improvements on such assets).

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.02, the Company and any one or more Subsidiaries may create, incur, assume or guarantee Secured Debt without equally and ratably securing the Notes to the extent that the sum of (i) the amount of all Secured Debt then outstanding, other than Secured Debt referred to in subsections (a)-(m) of Section 4.02, plus (ii) the amount of Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions, other than Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under Section 4.03, does not at the time exceed the greater of 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets and $100,000,000.

 

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Section 4.03 Restrictions on Sale and Leaseback Transactions . Solely for purposes of the Notes, Section 10.10 of the Original Indenture is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:

The Company shall not, and will not cause or permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction unless at the effective time of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction:

(a) the Company or such Subsidiary would be entitled, without equally and ratably securing the Notes, to incur Secured Debt secured by a mortgage or security interest on the Principal Property to be leased pursuant to Section 4.02;

(b) the Company or such Subsidiary would be entitled, without equally and ratably securing the Notes, to incur Secured Debt in an amount at least equal to the Attributable Debt in respect of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction; or

(c) the Company shall apply an amount equal to net proceeds from the Sale and Leaseback Transaction, within 180 days after the effective date of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, (i) to the prepayment or retirement of Securities or other indebtedness for borrowed money which was recorded as Funded Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date of its creation and which, in the case of such indebtedness of the Company, is not subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment of Securities or (ii) to the prepayment or retirement of any mortgage, lien or other security interest in the Principal Property existing prior to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction; provided, however , that the amount to be so applied to the retirement of such indebtedness shall be reduced by:

 

  (i) the aggregate principal amount of any Securities delivered within 180 days of the effective date of any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction to the Trustee for retirement, and

 

  (ii) the aggregate principal amount of such indebtedness (other than any Securities) retired by the Company or a Subsidiary within 180 days of the effective date of any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction.

ARTICLE V

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Section 5.01 Events of Default .

The Events of Default shall apply to the Notes, except that solely for purposes of the Notes, Sections 6.01(7) and (8) of the Original Indenture are hereby replaced in their entirety with the following:

 

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“(7) acceleration of Indebtedness of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary aggregating more than $100 million so that such Indebtedness becomes due prior to the date on which the same would otherwise become due and payable, unless such acceleration is rescinded, annulled or otherwise cured prior to the giving of the notice referred to in the first paragraph of Section 6.02 with respect to the Securities of such series; or

(8) final and nonappealable judgments or orders to pay, in the aggregate at any one time, more than $100 million rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction against the Company or a Significant Subsidiary, continued for 90 days (during which execution shall not be effectively stayed or bonded) without discharge or reduction to $100 million or less; or”.

ARTICLE VI

SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE

Section 6.01 of the Original Indenture shall apply to the Notes, except that solely for purposes of the Notes, the following shall be deleted and shall be of no force or effect with respect to the Notes:

“In addition, the Opinion of Counsel shall be to the effect that Holders of the Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company’s exercise of its option under this Section 5.01 and will be subject to Federal income tax in the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had not been exercised and must refer to and be based upon a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service.”

ARTICLE VII

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE

Solely for purposes of the Notes, Article VIII of the Original Indenture is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:

Section 7.01 Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance . Nothing contained in the Indenture or the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation, entity, corporations or entities (whether or not affiliated with the Company), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance or lease of all or substantially all of the property of the Company to any other corporation or entity (whether or not affiliated with the Company) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided , however, and the Company hereby covenants and agrees, that any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance or lease shall be upon the conditions that (a) the corporation or entity (if other than the Company) formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger, or to which such sale, conveyance or lease shall have been made, shall be a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia; (b) the due and punctual

 

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payment of the principal of, premium, if any and interest, if any, on the Notes, and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by the Company, shall be expressly assumed by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed and delivered to the Trustee, by the corporation or entity (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the corporation or entity which shall have acquired or leased such property; (c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which after notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and (d) the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that such merger, consolidation, sale conveyance, or lease complies with the Indenture, and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the Notes and the Indenture constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company or the corporation or entity (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the corporation or entity which shall have acquired or leased such property, as applicable, subject to customary exceptions.

Section 7.02 Successor to Be Substituted . In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease and upon the assumption by the successor corporation or entity, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on Notes and the due and punctual performance of all the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by the Company, such successor corporation or entity shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part, and the Company (including any intervening successor to the Company which shall have become the obligor hereunder) shall, except in the case of a lease, be relieved of any further obligation under the Indenture and the Notes; provided , however, that in the case of a sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property of the Company (including any such intervening successor) in connection with which there is not a plan providing for the complete liquidation of the Company (including any such intervening successor), the Company (including any such intervening successor) shall continue to be liable on its obligations under the Indenture and the Notes to the extent of liability to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes at the time, places and rate prescribed in the Indenture and the Notes. Such successor corporation or entity thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Notes which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor corporation or entity instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in the Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Notes which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Notes which such successor corporation or entity thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Notes so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under the Indenture as the Notes theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture as though all of such Notes had been issued at the date of the initial issuance of the Notes.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes thereafter to be issued, as may be appropriate and consented to by the Trustee.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture shall apply to the Notes, except that solely for purposes of the Notes, Section 9.01(12) of the Original Indenture is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

“(12) to make provision with respect to the conversion rights of Holders pursuant to the requirements of Section 4.05; or

(13) to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or

(14) to conform the provisions of this Indenture or the Securities to the “Description of Notes” and the “Description of Debt Securities” sections in the Prospectus, as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee stating that such provision was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 9.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls .

If any provision of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision that is required or deemed to be included in this Fifth Supplemental Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act, the required or deemed provision shall control.

Section 9.02 Notices .

Any notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail or sent by facsimile (with a hard copy delivered in person or by mail promptly thereafter) and addressed as follows:

if to the Company:

Hasbro, Inc.

1027 Newport Avenue

Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02861

Attention: Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

Facsimile: (401) 431-8697

 

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with a copy to:

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

4 Times Square

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Michael J. Zeidel

Facsimile: (212) 735-3000

if to the Trustee:

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association

500 Ross Street, 12 th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15262

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

Facsimile: (412) 234-8377

The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Section 9.03 Governing Law; Jury Trial Waiver .

THIS FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 9.04 No Personal Liability of Directors, etc .

None of the Company’s directors, officers, employees, incorporators or stockholders, as such, shall have any liability for any of the Company’s obligations under the Notes, the Indenture, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

Section 9.05 Successors .

All agreements of the Company in the Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in the Indenture shall bind its successors.

 

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Section 9.06 Multiple Originals .

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Fifth Supplemental Indenture. The exchange of copies of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Fifth Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 9.07 Table of Contents; Headings .

The table of contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 9.08 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes .

The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness and shall have no liability with respect thereto. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or for monies paid over to the Company pursuant to this Fifth Supplemental Indenture. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to any information, statement or recital in any offering memorandum, prospectus, prospectus supplement or other disclosure material prepared or distributed with respect to the issuance of the Notes. All rights, protections, privileges, indemnities and benefits granted or afforded to the Trustee under the Indenture shall be deemed incorporated herein by this reference and shall be deemed applicable to all actions taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee under this Fifth Supplemental Indenture.

Section 9.09 Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation .

The Original Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Fifth Supplemental Indenture is in all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed.

Section 9.10 Electronic Transmissions .

The Company agrees that the Trustee shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (“ Instructions ”) given pursuant to the Indenture and delivered using Electronic Means; provided , however, that the Company shall provide to the Trustee an incumbency certificate listing officers with the authority to provide such Instructions (“ Authorized Officers ”) and containing specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the Company whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to give the Trustee Instructions using Electronic Means and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Company understands and agrees that the Trustee cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Company shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and that the Company and all Authorized

 

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Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Company. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company agrees: (i) to assume all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (ii) that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method or methods selected by the Company; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to them a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Trustee immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures. “Electronic Means” shall mean the following communications methods: S.W.I.F.T., e-mail, facsimile transmission, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee, or another method or system specified by the Trustee as available for use in connection with its services under the Indenture.

 

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

 

HASBRO, INC.
By:  

/s/ Deborah M. Thomas

  Name: Deborah M. Thomas
 

Title:   Executive Vice President and

            Chief Financial Officer

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Richard Tarnas

  Name: R. Tarnas
  Title:   Vice President


EXHIBIT A

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

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

CUSIP: 418056AV9

ISSUE DATE: September 13, 2017

HASBRO, INC.

3.500% NOTES DUE 2027

 

$500,000,000    No.: R-1

Hasbro Inc., a Rhode Island corporation (herein called the “ Company ”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($500,000,000) or such other principal amount as shall be set forth on Schedule I hereto on September 15, 2027 and to pay interest thereon at the rate of 3.500%, or as may be adjusted pursuant to the terms hereof, per annum from September 13, 2017 or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing March 15, 2018 (each an “ Interest Payment Date ”), until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, except as provided in the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which will be the March 1 and September 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and either may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the Holders not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be

 

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paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments of principal and interest at maturity will be made against presentation of this Note at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee (the “ Corporate Trust Office ”) (or such other office as may be established pursuant to the Indenture), by check or wire transfer.

All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture dated as of March 15, 2000 (the “ Original Indenture ”), as supplemented by the Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 13, 2017 (together with the Original Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association as trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ,” which term includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture).

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse side hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed in its name by the manual or facsimile signature of its Senior Vice President and Treasurer, under its corporate seal reproduced hereon and attested by the manual or facsimile signature of its Assistant Secretary.

Date: September 13, 2017

 

HASBRO, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:   Deborah M. Thomas
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

ATTEST:

 

 

Name: Tarrant L. Sibley

Title: Assistant Secretary

Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Notes described in the Indenture.

Dated: September 13, 2017

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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(Reverse of Note)

HASBRO, INC.

3.500% NOTES DUE 2027

1. Interest. The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above, as may be adjusted as set forth below. The Company will pay interest semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning March 15, 2018. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid from September 13, 2017; provided, that, if there is no existing Event of Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

2. Method of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders of the Notes at the close of business on the March 1 or September 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

If an Interest Payment Date, the maturity date, any redemption date, or any earlier required repurchase date with respect to the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment will be made on the next Business Day with the same force and effect as if it were made on the date the payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that interest payment date or the maturity date, as the case may be, to the date the payment is made.

3. Registrar and Agents. Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association will act as Registrar, Paying Agent and agent for service of notices and demands. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent. The address of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association is 500 Ross Street, 12 th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15262.

4. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under the Indenture dated as of March 15, 2000 (the “ Original Indenture ”, and as supplemented by the Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 13, 2017, the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”). Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, 15 U.S.C. ss.ss. 77aaa-77bbbb (the “ TIA ”), as in effect on the date of the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and the Holders of the Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. To the extent that any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

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5. Optional Redemption by the Company. Prior to June 15, 2027, the Notes will be redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the Company’s option at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

  (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and

 

  (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption), discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus 25 basis points,

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

In addition, on and after June 15, 2021, the Notes will be redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the Company’s option at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date in accordance with the Notes and the Indenture.

Notice of any redemption will be mailed (or with respect to global Securities, to the extent permitted or required by applicable Depositary procedures or regulations, sent electronically) at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed by the Company or by the Trustee on the Company’s behalf; provided that notice of redemption may be mailed or sent more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Notes. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by lot by the Depositary, in the case of Notes represented by a global Security, or by the Trustee by a method the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate, in the case of Notes that are not represented by a global Security. Calculation of the redemption price will be made by the Company or on the Company’s behalf by such Person as the Company shall designate; provided that such calculation or the correctness thereof shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term (as measured from the date of redemption) of the Notes to be redeemed (assuming the Notes matured on June 15, 2027) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes (assuming the Notes matured on June 15, 2027).

 

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Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any redemption date, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than four of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or (iii) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

Quotation Agent ” means any Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means (i) each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (or their respective affiliates that are Primary Treasury Dealers) and their respective successors; provided , however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”), the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii) at least four other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

6. Change of Control Repurchase Event. If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes, the Company will make an offer to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000) of that Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to, but excluding, the date of repurchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of an impending Change of Control (whether or not a Below Investment Grade Rating Event has occurred), the Company will mail (or with respect to global Securities, to the extent permitted or required by applicable Depositary procedures or regulations, send electronically) a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase Notes on the payment date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed or sent (the “ Change of Control Payment Date ”). The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to repurchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice.

 

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The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder, to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflict.

On the Change of Control Repurchase Event payment date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

 

  (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes (in integral multiples of $1,000) properly tendered pursuant to the Company’s offer;

 

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

 

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

The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the purchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided, that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 above that amount.

The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a change of control offer as described above and the Company, or any third party making such an offer in lieu of the Company as described in this paragraph 6, purchase all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company or such third party shall have the right, upon not less than 15 days nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, provided that such notice is given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the offer described in this paragraph 6, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase on a date (the “ Second Change of Control Payment Date ”) at a price in cash equal to the price paid to Holders on the Change of Control Payment Date plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Second Change of Control Payment Date.

Below Investment Grade Rating Event ” means the Notes are rated below Investment Grade by all the Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies, provided that no such extension shall occur if on such 60th day the

 

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Notes are rated Investment Grade by at least one of such Rating Agencies and is not subject to review for possible downgrade by such Rating Agency); provided further that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event) if any of the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating that would otherwise be recognized by this definition does not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Company the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).

Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets and those of the Company’s Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” or “group” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; or

(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution; or

(3) the consummation of any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” or “group” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than the Company or one of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of the Company’s Voting Stock, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; provided that a merger shall not constitute a “change of control” under this definition if (i) the sole purpose of the merger is the Company’s reincorporation in another state and (ii) the Company’s shareholders and the number of shares of the Company’s Voting Stock, measured by voting power and number of shares, owned by each of them immediately before and immediately following such merger are identical.

Change of Control Repurchase Event ” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings Inc. and its successors.

Investment Grade ” means a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch), Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s) and a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) or the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

 

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

Rating Agency ” means (1) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, or all of them, as the case may be.

S&P ” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., and its successors.

Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any person, capital stock of any class or kind the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

7. Convertibility. The Notes are not Convertible Debt Securities.

8. Sinking Fund. The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.

9. Governing Law. The Notes and the Indenture shall be deemed to be contracts made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said state without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

10. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. In accordance with Section 5.03 of the Indenture, the Company may elect under certain conditions either (A) to defease and be discharged from any and all obligations with respect to the Notes (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) (“ defeasance ”) or (B) with respect to such Notes, to be released from its obligations with respect to such Notes relating to restrictions on secured debt and restrictions on Sale and Leaseback Transactions, pursuant to Sections 10.09 and 10.10 of the Original Indenture, respectively, (“ covenant defeasance ”), upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee, in trust for such purpose, of money, and/or U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on such Notes on the scheduled due dates therefor. Such a trust may only be established if, among other things, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the Holders of such Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss, for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance or covenant defeasance had not occurred (such opinion, in the case of defeasance under clause (A) above, must refer to and be based upon a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service) and (ii) if the deposit referred to above shall include U.S. Government Obligations, such deposit shall not result in the Company, the Trustee or such trust being regulated as an “investment company,” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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11. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes shall be known and designated as the “3.500% Notes due 2027.” The initial maximum aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall not exceed $500,000,000 except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, Notes pursuant to Section 2.02, 3.04, 3.05, 3.06 or 9.05 of the Original Indenture (unless the issue of this series of Notes is “reopened” by issuing additional Notes of such series (the “ Additional Notes ”)), in an amount or amounts and registered in the names of such Persons as shall be set forth in any written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture. The Notes are issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 thereof. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

12. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

13. Amendment and Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions, without notice to the Holders of the Notes, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the consent of (i) the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, or (ii) in case less than all of the several series of Outstanding Securities are affected by such amendment, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of each series so affected voting as a single class; and any existing default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without the consent of or notice to any Holder of Notes, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision of the Indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision of the Indenture, or make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture, provided that such other provision does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect.

14. Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it, subject to the provisions of the TIA, before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in writing in its exercise of any trust or power with respect to the Notes.

15. Trustee Dealings with the Company. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee.

16. No Recourse Against Others. No stockholder, director, officer or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation or trust shall have any liability for any obligation of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of a Note by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

 

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17. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

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

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: Hasbro, Inc. 1027 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02861, Attention: General Counsel.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR

OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

 
      

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

 

      
      
      

the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing _______________________________ attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:                                                      
Signature:                                                          

 

NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE WITHIN INSTRUMENT IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

Signature Guarantee:

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

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

 

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Schedule I

SCHEDULE OF TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES

The following increases or decreases in Principal Amount of this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

  

Amount of Decrease

in Principal Amount

of this Global

Security

  

Amount of increase

in Principal Amount

of this Global

Security

  

Principal Amount of

this Global Security

following such

Decrease or Increase

  

Signature of

Authorized

Signatory of trustee

or Custodian

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

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Exhibit 5.1

Opinion of Tarrant Sibley, Esq.

September 13, 2017

Hasbro, Inc.

1027 Newport Avenue

Pawtucket, RI 02861

 

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This opinion is furnished to you in connection with the offer and sale by Hasbro, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation (the “Company”), of $500 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.500% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “Debt Securities”), pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated September 8, 2017 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement. The Debt Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of March 15, 2000 (the “Base Indenture”), by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as successor trustee to The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the fifth supplemental indenture to be dated as of September 13, 2017, by and between the Company and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).

The Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-220331) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on September 5, 2017 (the “Registration Statement”) and the prospectus dated September 5, 2017 (the “Base Prospectus”), as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus supplement dated September 8, 2017 (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”), and the prospectus supplement dated September 11, 2017 (the “Prospectus Supplement”).

I am the Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Company and have advised the Company in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus Supplement.

I have examined and relied upon signed copies of the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus Supplement as filed with the Commission, including the exhibits thereto. I, or attorneys under my supervision, have also examined and relied upon the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (as amended or restated from time to time, the “Articles of Incorporation”), the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (as amended or restated from time to time, the “Bylaws”) and minutes of meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors of the Company and such other documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as I have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.

In my examination of the foregoing documents, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to me as copies, the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents and the legal capacity of all signatories to such documents.

I express no opinion herein as to the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than the state laws of the State of Rhode Island.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion that (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Rhode Island, (ii) the Company has the corporate power to enter into and perform its obligations under the Debt Securities and the Indenture and (iii) the Company has duly authorized and executed the Debt Securities and the Indenture.


Please note that I am opining only as to the matters expressly set forth herein, and no opinion should be inferred as to any other matters. This opinion is based upon currently existing statutes, rules, regulations and judicial decisions, and I disclaim any obligation to advise you of any change in any of these sources of law or subsequent legal or factual developments which might affect any matters or opinions set forth herein. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP may rely on this opinion in rendering its opinion to the Company relating to the enforceability of the Debt Securities.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed on or about September 13, 2017, which Form 8-K will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, and to the use of my name therein and in the related Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving such consent, I do not hereby admit that I am in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Tarrant Sibley

Tarrant Sibley, Senior Vice President and
Deputy General Counsel

Exhibit 5.2

[LETTERHEAD OF SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP]

September 13, 2017

Hasbro, Inc.

1207 Newport Avenue

Pawtucket, RI 02861

 

  Re: Hasbro Inc.

Registration Statement on Form  S -3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to Hasbro, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the public offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Notes (the “Notes”) to be issued under the Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2000 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 13, 2017 (the “Fifth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to the Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

In rendering the opinions stated herein, we have examined and relied upon the following:

(a) the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-220331) of the Company relating to debt securities of the Company filed on September 5, 2017 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act allowing for delayed offerings pursuant to Rule 415 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act (the “Rules and Regulations”), including the information deemed to be a part of the registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B of the Rules and Regulations (such registration statement being hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”);

(b) the prospectus, dated September 5, 2017 (the “Base Prospectus”), which forms a part of and is included in the Registration Statement;


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(c) the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated September 8, 2017 (together with the Base Prospectus, the “Preliminary Prospectus”), relating to the offering of the Notes, in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations;

(d) the prospectus supplement, dated September 11, 2017 (together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”), relating to the offering of the Notes, in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations;

(e) an executed copy of the Underwriting Agreement, dated September 8, 2017 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), relating to the sale by the Company to the Underwriters of the Notes;

(f) an executed copy of the Base Indenture;

(g) an executed copy of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture; and

(h) the global certificate evidencing the Notes registered in the name of Cede & Co. (the “Note Certificate”) in the form delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication and delivery.

We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions stated below.

In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, including endorsements, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. As to any facts relevant to the opinions stated herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others and of public officials, including the factual representations and warranties contained in the Underwriting Agreement.

We do not express any opinion with respect to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York (the foregoing being referred to as “Opined-on Law”).

As used herein, “ Transaction Agreements ” means the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Note Certificate.


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Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications and assumptions stated herein, we are of the opinion that when duly authenticated by the Trustee and issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture, the Note Certificate will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms under the laws of the State of New York.

The opinions stated herein are subject to the following qualifications:

(a) the opinions stated herein are limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer, preference and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law);

(b) we do not express any opinion with respect to any law, rule or regulation that is applicable to any party to any of the Transaction Agreements or the transactions contemplated thereby solely because such law, rule or regulation is part of a regulatory regime applicable to any such party or any of its affiliates as a result of the specific assets or business operations of such party or such affiliates;

(c) except to the extent expressly stated in the opinions contained herein, we have assumed that each of the Transaction Agreements constitutes the valid and binding obligation of each party to such Transaction Agreement, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms;

(d) we do not express any opinion with respect to the enforceability of any provision contained in any Transaction Agreement relating to any indemnification, contribution, exculpation, release or waiver that may be contrary to public policy or violative of federal or state securities laws, rules or regulations;

(e) we do not express any opinion with respect to the enforceability of any provision of any Transaction Agreement to the extent that such section purports to bind the Company to the exclusive jurisdiction of any particular federal court or courts;

(f) we call to your attention that irrespective of the agreement of the parties to any Transaction Agreement, a court may decline to hear a case on grounds of forum non conveniens or other doctrine limiting the availability of such court as a forum for resolution of disputes; in addition, we call to your attention that we do not express any opinion with respect to the subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts of the United States of America in any action arising out of or relating to any Transaction Agreement;

(g) we have assumed that the choice of New York law to govern the Indenture is a valid and legal provision; and


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(i) to the extent that any opinion relates to the enforceability of the choice of New York law and choice of New York forum provisions contained in any Transaction Agreement, the opinions stated herein are subject to the qualification that such enforceability may be subject to, in each case, (i) the exceptions and limitations in New York General Obligations Law sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 and (ii) principles of comity and constitutionality.

In addition, in rendering the foregoing opinions we have assumed that:

(a) the Company (i) is duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing, (ii) has requisite legal status and legal capacity under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and (iii) has complied and will comply with all aspects of the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization in connection with the transactions contemplated by, and the performance of its obligations under, the Transaction Agreements;

(b) the Company has and has had at all applicable times the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform all its obligations under each of the Transaction Agreements;

(c) each of the Transaction Agreements had been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company;

(d) neither the execution and delivery by the Company of the Transaction Agreements nor the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder, including the issuance and sale of the Notes: (i) conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company in effect at all applicable times, (ii) constituted, constitutes or will constitute a violation of, or a default under, any lease, indenture, instrument or other agreement to which the Company or its property is subject (except that we do not make the assumption set forth in this clause (ii) with respect to those agreements or instruments which are listed in Part II of the Registration Statement or the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K), (iii) contravened, contravenes or will contravene any order or decree of any governmental authority to which the Company or its property is subject, or (iv) violated, violates or will violate any law, rule or regulation to which the Company or its property is subject (except that we do not make the assumption set forth in this clause (iv) with respect to the Opined-on Law); and

(e) neither the execution and delivery by the Company of the Transaction Agreements nor the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder, including the issuance and sale of the Notes, required, requires or will require the consent, approval, licensing or authorization of, or any filing, recording or registration with, any governmental authority under any law, rule or regulation of any jurisdiction.


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We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations. We also hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K being filed on the date hereof and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof unless otherwise expressly stated, and we disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any subsequent changes in applicable laws.

Very truly yours,                                                 

/s/ Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

MJZ

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

For Immediate Release

Hasbro Closes $500 Million Notes Offering

Pawtucket, R.I., September 13, 2017 — Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) today announced the closing of a public offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”).

The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 3.50% per year, beginning September 13, 2017 with semi-annual payments commencing March 15, 2018.

Hasbro currently intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to repay all of the $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.30% Notes due 2017 upon their maturity plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Hasbro plans to use the remaining net proceeds for general corporate and working capital purposes, which may include (but are not limited to) the acquisition of companies or businesses, repayment and refinancing of indebtedness, capital expenditures and repurchases of shares of its common stock.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as representatives of the underwriters. This offering was made under an effective registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release is not an offer to sell nor is it a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Any offers to sell, or solicitations to buy, will be made solely by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of the prospectus and prospectus supplement may be obtained by contacting Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll-free at (800) 294-1322 or dg.prospectus requests@baml.com, or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at (212) 834-4533.

About Hasbro : Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) is a global play and entertainment company committed to  Creating the World’s Best Play Experiences.  From toys and games to television, movies, digital gaming and consumer products, Hasbro offers a variety of ways for audiences to experience its iconic brands, including NERF, MY LITTLE PONY, TRANSFORMERS, PLAY-DOH, MONOPOLY, LITTLEST PET SHOP and MAGIC: THE GATHERING. The Company’s Hasbro Studios and its film label, Allspark Pictures, are building its brands globally through great storytelling and content on all screens. Through its commitment to corporate social responsibility and philanthropy, Hasbro is helping to make the world a better place for children and their families.

© 2017 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995: Various statements made in this release, including our expectations with respect to the use of proceeds from the offering, are forward-looking and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. All statements that address activities, events or developments that we intend, expect or believe may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Factors which might cause a difference between actual and expected events include: (i) the financial performance of Hasbro, Hasbro’s future financial needs and other opportunities of which Hasbro may become aware, as well as other changes in market conditions, which could lead to changes in Hasbro’s plans for the use of the proceeds from the offering and (ii) other factors which are discussed in Hasbro’s public announcements and SEC filings. Hasbro does not undertake any obligation to update these forward-looking statements for events occurring after the date of this press release.

HAS-IR

Investor Contact: Debbie Hancock | Hasbro, Inc. | (401) 727-5401 | debbie.hancock@hasbro.com

Press Contact: Julie Duffy | Hasbro, Inc. | (401) 727-5931 | julie.duffy@hasbro.com