EX-4.3






EXHIBIT 4.3




 

 






TOYS “R” US, INC.




and




UNITED JERSEY BANK,




Trustee




 






First Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of January 1, 1996




 






To Evidence the Assumption by

TOYS “R” US, INC. (f/k/a TOYS “R” US-HEADQUARTERS, INC.)

of the Obligations of

TOYS “R” US-DELAWARE, INC. (f/k/a TOYS “R” US, INC.)

under the

INDENTURE

Dated as of January 1, 1987




 






 

 






 









 












          FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of January 1, 1996 (the “First Supplement”), among
TOYS “R” US-DELAWARE, INC. (f/k/a TOYS “R” US, INC.), a Delaware corporation (the “Predecessor”),
TOYS “R” US, INC. (f/k/a TOYS “R” US-HEADQUARTERS, INC.), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and UNITED JERSEY BANK, a New Jersey banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”).




RECITALS




          The Company’s predecessor, the Predecessor, and the Trustee have heretofore executed an
Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1987 (the “Indenture”), under which Securities (as defined in
the Indenture) of the Predecessor were issued and are outstanding.




          Effective as of 5:00 p.m. on the date hereof (the “Effective Time”), pursuant to Section
251(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
December 8, 1995 (the “Agreement and Plan of Merger”), among the Predecessor, the Company and TRU
Interim, Inc., a wholly-owned Delaware subsidiary of the Company, each share of common stock, par
value $.10 per share, of the Predecessor issued and outstanding or held in its treasury
immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into one share of common stock, par value $.10 per share, of the Company (“Company Common Stock”), the Predecessor became a direct wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company and the Company became the holding company for Toys “R” Us’ operating
subsidiaries.




          Pursuant to Section 2.5.1 of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, at the Effective Time, the
Company assumed the obligations of the Predecessor in respect the Predecessor’s outstanding
publicly-held debt that was issued under the Indenture. In addition, the Predecessor and the
Company executed an Instrument of Assumption, dated as of December 8, 1995, pursuant to which the
Company will assume, as of the Effective Time, the obligations of the Predecessor arising from the
terms, covenants, conditions and provisions of the Indenture.




          The Company, as a successor corporation, desires to succeed to the Predecessor’s rights and
obligations under the Securities and the Indenture and to comply with the requirements of the
Indenture with respect to the execution of a supplemental indenture in connection with such
succession and assumption of obligations.




          NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:




          For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders
thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
Holders of the Securities, as follows:




          1. Assumption.
The Company hereby assumes from the Predecessor and undertakes to
perform, pay or discharge all obligations of the Predecessor, in lieu of and in substitution for
the Predecessor, arising from the terms, covenants, conditions and provisions




 









 







of the Indenture, including the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on all the Securities (as defined in the Indenture) and the performance of every
covenant of the Indenture on the part of the Predecessor to be performed or observed.




          2. Substitution of Successor Corporation. The Company shall succeed to,
and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Predecessor under the
Indenture with the same effect as if the Company had been named as the Predecessor therein.




          3. Governing Law. This First Supplement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.




          4. Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.




          5. Trustee Not Responsible. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the
statements of the Company and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplement.




          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and
their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year
first above written.




	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	TOYS “R” US, INC.

 	 
	 	 	By:  	/s/ Louis Lipschitz
 	 
	 	 	 	Name:  	Louis Lipschitz 	 
	 	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President —
Finance and 

Chief Financial Officer 	 
	 
	Attest:

 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Andre Weiss
 	 	 	 	 	 
	Secretary 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	TOYS “R” US-DELAWARE, INC.

 	 
	 	 	By:  	/s/ Louis Lipschitz
 	 
	 	 	 	Name:  	Louis Lipschitz 	 
	 	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President —
Finance and 

Chief Financial Officer 	 
	 
	Attest:

 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Andre Weiss
 	 	 	 	 	 
	Secretary 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 




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