EX-10.4



 Exhibit 10.4 

EXECUTION VERSION 

SUPPLEMENTAL CONFIRMATION 
  

	To:	Red Hat, Inc. 

 100 East Davie Street 

Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 
  

	From:	Goldman, Sachs & Co. 

  

	Subject:	Accelerated Stock Buyback 

  

	Ref. No:	SDB2502327240 

  

	Date:	October 2, 2014 

  

 
 The purpose of this
Supplemental Confirmation is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Transaction entered into between Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Dealer”) and Red Hat, Inc. (“Counterparty”) (together, the
“Contracting Parties”) on the Trade Date specified below. This Supplemental Confirmation is a binding contract between Dealer and Counterparty as of the relevant Trade Date for the Transaction referenced below. 

1.     This Supplemental Confirmation supplements, forms part of, and is subject to the Master Confirmation dated as of
October 2, 2014 (the “Master Confirmation”) between the Contracting Parties, as amended and supplemented from time to time. All provisions contained in the Master Confirmation govern this Supplemental Confirmation except as
expressly modified below. 
  

	2.	The terms of the Transaction to which this Supplemental Confirmation relates are as follows: 

  

			
	Trade Date:	  	October 2, 2014
		
	Forward Price Adjustment Amount:	  	USD 0.99
		
	Calculation Period Start Date:	  	October 8, 2014
		
	Scheduled Termination Date:	  	February 27, 2015
		
	First Acceleration Date:	  	November 24, 2014
		
	Prepayment Amount:	  	USD 375,000,000
		
	Prepayment Date:	  	October 7, 2014









			
	Initial Shares:	  	5,312,555 Shares; provided that if, in connection with the Transaction, Dealer is unable, after using good faith commercially reasonable efforts, to borrow or otherwise acquire a number of Shares equal to the Initial Shares
for delivery to Counterparty on the Initial Share Delivery Date, the Initial Shares delivered on the Initial Share Delivery Date shall be reduced to such number of Shares that Dealer is able to so borrow or otherwise acquire; and provided
further that if the Initial Shares are reduced as provided in the preceding proviso, then Dealer shall use good faith commercially reasonable efforts to borrow or otherwise acquire an additional number of Shares equal to the shortfall in the
Initial Shares delivered on the Initial Share Delivery Date and shall deliver such additional Shares as promptly as practicable, and all Shares so delivered shall be considered Initial Shares.
		
	Initial Share Delivery Date:	  	October 7, 2014
		
	Termination Price:	  	USD 28.24 per Share
		
	Additional Relevant Days:	  	The 5 Exchange Business Days immediately following the Calculation Period.

 3.     Counterparty represents and warrants to Dealer that neither it nor any “affiliated
purchaser” (as defined in Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act) has made any purchases of blocks pursuant to the proviso in Rule 10b-18(b)(4) under the Exchange Act during either (i) the four full calendar weeks immediately preceding the
Trade Date or (ii) during the calendar week in which the Trade Date occurs. 
 4.     This Supplemental Confirmation may be
executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Supplemental Confirmation by signing and delivering one or more counterparts. 

  
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 Counterparty hereby agrees (a) to check this Supplemental Confirmation carefully and
immediately upon receipt so that errors or discrepancies can be promptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm that the foregoing (in the exact form provided by Dealer) correctly sets forth the terms of the agreement between Dealer and
Counterparty with respect to the Transaction to which this Supplemental Confirmation relates, by manually signing this Supplemental Confirmation or this page hereof as evidence of agreement to such terms and providing the other information requested
herein and immediately returning an executed copy to Equity Derivatives Documentation Department, facsimile No. 212-428-1980/83. 
  

			
	Yours sincerely,
	
	GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Daniela A. Rouse
		 	Name: Daniela A. Rouse
		 	Title: Vice President


  

			
	 Agreed and Accepted By:
  

RED HAT, INC.

		
	By:	 	/s/ Paul J. Argiry
		 	Name: Paul J. Argiry
		 	Title: VP & Treasurer


  
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