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EX-4.2

 Exhibit 4.2 
 THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN
WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE. 
 UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW
YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO MATTEL, INC., 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 IS 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. 

 MATTEL, INC. 
 3.150% Notes due 2023 
  

			
	No. [—]	  	$[—]
	CUSIP NO. 577081 AY 8	  	

 MATTEL, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein
called the “Company,” which term includes any successor person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of [—] DOLLARS ($[—]) on March 15, 2023, and to pay interest thereon from March 7, 2013, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 in each year (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing September 15, 2013. Interest will accrue at the rate of
3.150% per annum, 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, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the person in
whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest, which shall be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case
may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such regular record date and may either be paid to the person in whose name this
Security (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 Holders of Securities of this
series not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. 
 Interest on this Security shall be
calculated on a pro rata basis using twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year. 
 In the event that an Interest Payment Date is
not a Business Day, interest will be paid on the next day that is a Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, and without any interest or other payment with respect to the delay. If the date of Stated
Maturity for the principal falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of the principal amount of this Security will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest will accrue for the period from and after such date of Stated
Maturity. “Business Day,” with respect to this Security, is a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or the City of Los Angeles generally are authorized or required by law
or executive order to close. 

 The Trustee shall act as Paying Agent with respect to the Securities of this series.

 Payment of the principal of and interest on this Security shall be payable at the Corporate Trust Office of Union Bank, N.A.,
located at 120 South San Pedro Street, Fourth Floor, Los Angeles, California 90012 or at such other office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of Los Angeles, 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; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, interest may be paid by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear on the Security Register or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United States; and, provided, further, that so long as this Security is registered in the name of DTC or its nominee,
principal and interest payments will be paid to DTC or its nominee, as the Holder, by wire transfer in same-day funds. 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 All terms used in this Security which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof, directly or through an authenticating agent, by manual signature of an authorized signatory, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose. 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duty executed under its
corporate seal. 
 Dated: [—] 

 

			
	MATTEL, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	Mandana Sadigh
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture. 
 Dated: [—] 

 

			
	UNION BANK, N.A.
	As Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Authorized Officer

 Signature Page to Note due 2023 

 Reverse of Note 
 This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
September 23, 2010 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and Union Bank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the
Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated
and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof. 
 The Company may redeem all or part of the
Securities herein issued at any time or from time to time prior to December 15, 2022 (three months prior to the maturity date of this Security) at its option at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of
the Securities being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the redemption date or (2) a “Make-Whole Amount” for the Securities being redeemed. 

The Company may redeem all or part of the Securities herein issued at any time or from time to time on or after December 15, 2022
(three months prior to the maturity date of this Security) at its option at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the redemption date. 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent (as defined below), of the present values of the
principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, together with scheduled payments of interest (exclusive of interest to the redemption date) from the redemption date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities discounted to the redemption date on a
semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined below), plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed to but excluding the
redemption date. 
 “Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, (i) the yield, under the
heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15 (519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the
Comparable Treasury Issue (as defined below) (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be
determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week
preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year 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 (as defined below) for such redemption date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date, plus 20 basis points. 

 “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by
the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the redemption date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities 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 the Securities. 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, if clause (ii) of the definition of Adjusted
Treasury Rate is applicable, the average of four, or such lesser number as is obtained by the Trustee, Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date. 
 “Quotation Agent” means one Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Company. 
 “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (or their respective affiliates that are Primary
Treasury Dealers) and their respective successors, (ii) one Primary Treasury Dealer selected by Wells Fargo Securities, LLC or its successor; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities
dealer in the United States (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (iii) one other Primary Treasury Dealer 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 a Reference Treasury Dealer, of the bid and asking prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer
at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date. 
 Notice of redemption will be
mailed by first class mail to Holders of Securities, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture. 
 In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the
cancellation hereof. 
 Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined below), unless all Securities
have been called for redemption by the Company as provided herein, each Holder of Securities shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such
Holder’s Securities pursuant to the offer described herein below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of such Securities plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to
the date of repurchase, subject to the rights of Holders of Securities on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date (the “Change of Control Payment”). 

 Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control Triggering Event
occurred, or at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company shall send, by first-class mail, a notice to each Holder of Securities, with a copy to the
Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state, among other things, the CUSIP number for the Securities, that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest, and the purchase date,
which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as required by law (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). The notice, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change
of Control, shall state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being consummated on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. Holders of Securities electing to have Securities purchased pursuant to a Change of
Control Offer will be required to surrender their Securities, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of this Security completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice, or transfer
their Securities to the Paying Agent by book-entry transfer pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Paying Agent, prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. 

The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Securities as a result of a Change in Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations
conflict with the Change of Control provisions, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations herein relating to such Change of Control obligations by virtue of
such conflict. 
 On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful: (i) accept for payment all
Securities or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Securities or portions of Securities properly
tendered; and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities or portions of Securities being purchased by the
Company. 
 The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Securities properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for
such Securities, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Security equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered, if any; provided that
each new Security will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control
Payment Date. 
 The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Triggering Event
if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the 

 
manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth herein applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Securities properly tendered
and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. 
 “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 more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person, other than to the Company or one of its subsidiaries; 

(2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any
person becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock (as defined below) or other Voting Stock into which the
Company’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; 
 (3) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the
Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such
transaction; 
 (4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Company cease to be
Continuing Directors; or 
 (5) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (2) above if
(i) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (ii)(A) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same
as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner,
directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company. The term “person,” as used in this definition, has the meaning given thereto in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act. 

“Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means the Securities are rated below an Investment Grade Rating (as defined below) by
each of the Rating Agencies (as defined below) on the 60th day following the occurrence of a Change of Control (which date shall be extended if the rating of the Securities is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of
the Rating Agencies on such 60th day, such extension to last until the date on which the 

 
Rating Agency considering such possible downgrade either (x) rates the Securities below an Investment Grade Rating or (y) publicly announces that it is no longer considering the
Securities for possible downgrade; provided, that no such extension shall occur if any of the Rating Agencies rates the Securities with an Investment Grade Rating that is not subject to review for possible downgrade on such 60th day).

 “Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade
Rating Event. 
 “Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of
the Company who: 
 (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the issuance of the Securities; or 

(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were
members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection
to such nomination). 
 “Fitch” means Fitch, Inc. and its successors. 

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch, Baa3 (or the equivalent) by
Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or, in each case, if such Rating Agency ceases to rate the Securities or fails to make a rating of the Securities publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, the
equivalent investment grade credit rating by the replacement agency selected by the Company in accordance with the procedures described herein. 
 “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors. 
 “Rating Agencies” 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 Securities or fails to make a rating of the
Securities publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a
resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, or all of them, as the case may be. 
 “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors. 

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified “person” as of any date, the capital stock of such person that is
at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person. 
 There is no sinking fund for
the Securities of this series. 

 The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness on
this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case, upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this
series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. 
 The Indenture permits,
with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages
in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 

As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Security of this series will have any right to
institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture, this Security or for any remedy thereunder, unless (i) such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of this series, (ii) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as trustee,
and (iii) the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal of the outstanding Securities of this series a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days;
provided, however, that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal or any interest on this Security on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. 

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral
multiples of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 

 No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee may treat the person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary. 
 The Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York, but without regard to principles of conflict of laws. 
 All terms used in this Security which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 

 Option of Holder to Elect Purchase 

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to the repurchase offer upon a Change of Control Triggering Event, check the
box below: 
  
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 If you want to elect to have only part of the Security purchased by the Company pursuant to the repurchase offer upon a Change of Control
Triggering Event, state the amount you elect to have purchased: 
  

			
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	(Participant in a Recognized Signature Guaranty Medallion Program)EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 
 EXECUTION VERSION 
 THIRD AMENDMENT TO 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 This THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of December 21, 2012, is by and among
BARNES & NOBLE, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Lead Borrower”), the other Persons party hereto as borrowers (collectively, together with the Lead Borrower, the
“Borrowers”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and Collateral Agent (the “Collateral
Agent”), and each of the Lenders party hereto.  
 RECITALS: 

A. The Borrowers, the guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the
“Lenders”), the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and the other agents party thereto, are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2011 (as amended by that certain
First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2012, as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2012, and as
otherwise amended, restated, supplemented or modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement” and as amended hereby and as otherwise amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the
“Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given such terms in the Credit Agreement. 

B. The Lead Borrower has informed the Administrative Agent that NewCo is contemplating entering into an arrangement pursuant to which
Pearson (as defined below) would (a) make an investment of up to 5% of the Equity Interests of NewCo, in the form of NewCo Preferred Shares (as defined in the Credit Agreement), with a purchase price of approximately $90,000,000, on or after
the Third Amendment Effective Date and (b) acquire NewCo Warrants (as defined below). Because the issuance of NewCo Preferred Shares and NewCo Warrants to Pearson will trigger the preemptive rights of Investor under the NewCo LLC Agreement, the
proposed transaction may also include the issuance of NewCo Preferred Shares and NewCo Warrants to Investor, in each case up to an amount necessary for Investor to maintain its ownership of 17.65% of the Equity Interests of NewCo. 

C. In order to consummate the Series B Convertible Preferred Share Transaction (as defined below), the Borrowers are requesting an
amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other things, (a) permit the above-described issuances of NewCo Preferred Shares (including the future issuance of NewCo common membership interests issuable upon the conversion of the such
NewCo Preferred Shares) and issuance of the NewCo Warrants (including the future issuance of NewCo Preferred Shares issuable upon the exercise of the NewCo Warrants) and (b) waive the Prepayment Event that would otherwise occur upon the
issuance of such Equity Interests, in each case as further set forth in this Amendment. 
 D. The undersigned Agents and Lenders
are willing to amend the Existing Credit Agreement for the foregoing purposes and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Amendment. 

 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 SECTION 1.01 Amendments to Existing Credit Agreement.

 (a) Amendments to Existing Defined Terms. 

(i) The definition of “Excluded NewCo Investment Accounts” in Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the parenthetical “(and the NewCo Warrants and the exercise thereof)” after the phrase “the proceeds of the NewCo Preferred Shares”. 

(ii) The definition of “Investor” in Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended
and restated in its entirety as follows: 
 (iii) “‘Investor’ means Morrison Investment
Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation.” 
 (iv) The definition of “NewCo” in
Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: 
 “‘NewCo’ means NOOK Media LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.” 
 (v) The definition of “NewCo LLC Agreement” in Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: 

“‘NewCo LLC Agreement’ means, collectively, (a) that certain Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Company Agreement of NewCo, dated as of October 4, 2012 and (b) that certain Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of NewCo, dated as of the date of the consummation of the Up-front Pearson Series B
Investment, as the same may be amended or amended and restated from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.” 
 (vi) The definition of “NewCo Preferred Shares” in Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: 

“‘NewCo Preferred Shares’ means, collectively (a) the Series A Convertible Preferred Shares
issued by NewCo on the First Amendment Effective Date to Investor in accordance with the Digital Investment Agreements and the NewCo LLC Agreement, (b) the Series B Convertible Preferred Shares issued by NewCo on or after the Third Amendment
Effective Date to Pearson in accordance with the Pearson Investment Agreement and the NewCo LLC Agreement, (c) the Series B Convertible Preferred Shares issued by NewCo on or after the Third

  
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Amendment Effective Date to Investor in connection with the Investor Series B Investment and (d) the Series B Convertible Preferred Shares issued by NewCo after the Third Amendment Effective
Date to Pearson and Investor upon the exercise of the NewCo Warrants, in each case, each of which shares shall be convertible into one share of common Equity Interests in NewCo at the option of the holder thereof in accordance with the NewCo LLC
Agreement.” 
 (vii) The definition of “Prepayment Event” in Section 1.01 of the
Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating clause (c) thereof in its entirety as follows: 
 “(c) The issuance by a Loan Party other than the Lead Borrower of any Equity Interests, other than any such issuance of Equity Interests (i) to a Loan Party, (ii) as consideration for a
Permitted Acquisition, (iii) constituting the NewCo Preferred Shares or issuance of common Equity Interests of NewCo in connection with the conversion of the NewCo Preferred Shares into such common Equity Interests in accordance with the NewCo
LLC Agreement, (iv) constituting the NewCo Warrants or (v) as a compensatory issuance or in connection with any employee retention program, plan or agreement to any employee, director, or consultant (including under any option plan), in
each case under this clause (v), in the ordinary course of business.” 
 (b) New Defined Terms.
Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following new defined terms in alphabetical order: 
 “Investor Series B Investment” means, collectively, (a) any Up-front Investor Series B Investment and (b) any Subsequent Investor Series B Investment. 

“NewCo Warrants” means those certain warrants to purchase additional NewCo Preferred Shares exercisable
upon the achievement of certain milestones as set forth in the NewCo LLC Agreement. 
 “Pearson”
means Pearson PLC and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. 
 “Pearson Commercial Agreement” means
that certain Commercial Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2012, between NewCo and Pearson. 

“Pearson Investment Agreement” means that certain Investment Agreement, dated as of December 21,
2012 among the Lead Borrower, NewCo and Pearson. 

  
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 “Pearson Series B Investment” means, collectively,
(a) the Up-front Pearson Series B Investment and (c) any Subsequent Pearson Series B Investment. 

“Series B Convertible Preferred Share Transaction” means, collectively, (a) the Pearson Series B
Investment and (b) the Investor Series B Investment. 
 “Subsequent Investor Series B
Investment” means the investment by Investor in NewCo Preferred Shares upon the exercise of the NewCo Warrants by Investor in accordance with the terms thereof (or in connection with any exercise of Investor’s preemptive rights with
respect to any exercise of NewCo Warrants by Pearson), up to an amount necessary for Investor to maintain its ownership of 17.65% of the Equity Interests of NewCo. 

“Subsequent Pearson Series B Investment” means the investment by Pearson of up to an additional 5% of the
Equity Interests of NewCo (i.e., up to 10% in the aggregate when combined with the Up-front Pearson Series B Investment), in the form of additional NewCo Preferred Shares with a purchase price of approximately $94,000,000, upon the exercise of the
NewCo Warrants by Pearson in accordance with the terms thereof. 
 “Third Amendment” means that
certain Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2012, among the Loan Parties and the Agents and Lenders party thereto. 

“Third Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning given to such term in Section 1.03 of the
Third Amendment. 
 “Up-front Investor Series B Investment” means, collectively, (a) the
investment by Investor in NewCo Preferred Shares and (b) the acquisition of the NewCo Warrants by Investor, in each case pursuant to the exercise of Investor’s preemptive rights in connection with the Up-front Pearson Series B Investment,
in each case, up to an amount necessary for Investor to maintain its ownership of 17.65% of the Equity Interests of NewCo. 
 “Up-front Pearson Series B Investment” means, collectively, (a) the investment by Pearson of up to 5% of the Equity Interests of NewCo, in the form of NewCo Preferred Shares with a
purchase price of approximately $90,000,000, on or after the Third Amendment Effective Date and (b) the acquisition of the NewCo Warrants by Pearson on or after the Third Amendment Effective pursuant to the terms of the Pearson Investment
Agreement. 

  
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 (c) Amendment of Disposition Covenant. Section 7.05 of the Existing
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) replacing the period at the end of clause (o) with “; and” and (ii) inserting the following new clauses (p), (q), and (r): 

“(p) issuance of the NewCo Preferred Shares and NewCo Warrants to Pearson in connection with the Pearson Series B
Investment; provided that after giving effect to the acquisition of NewCo Preferred Shares and exercise of the NewCo Warrants, Pearson and Investor shall not, in the aggregate, own more than 30% of the Equity Interests of NewCo; 

(q) issuance of the NewCo Preferred Shares and NewCo Warrants to Investor in connection with the Investor Series B
Investment provided that after giving effect to the acquisition of NewCo Preferred Shares and exercise of the NewCo Warrants, Pearson and Investor shall not, in the aggregate, own more than 30% of the Equity Interests of NewCo; and

 (r) any issuance of common Equity Interests of NewCo in connection with the conversion of NewCo Preferred
Shares into such common Equity Interests in accordance with the NewCo LLC Agreement.” 
 (d) Amendment of Maximum Cash
Covenant. Section 7.16 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the parenthetical “(and the proceeds from the sale of the NewCo Warrants and the exercise thereof)” after the phrase “proceeds of
the issuance of the NewCo Preferred Shares” in the first proviso thereto. 
 SECTION 1.02 Other
Agreements. Promptly after the consummation of the Up-front Pearson Series B Investment, the Lead Borrower will deliver a copy of the NewCo LLC Agreement as amended in connection with the Up-front Pearson Series B Investment. 

SECTION 1.03 Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on the date (the “Third Amendment
Effective Date”) on which the Administrative Agent has received evidence of the satisfaction of all conditions precedent set forth on Exhibit A hereto. 
 SECTION 1.04 Cross-References. References in this Amendment to any Section are, unless otherwise specified, to such Section of this Amendment. 

SECTION 1.05 Instrument Pursuant to Credit Agreement. This Amendment is a Loan Document executed pursuant to the
Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise expressly indicated herein) be construed, administered and applied in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement. 

SECTION 1.06 Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING
EFFECT TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES (BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS RELATING TO NATIONAL BANKS). 

  
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 SECTION 1.07 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number
of counterparts (including by telecopy, PDF, electronic mail or other electronic means) and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together
constitute one and the same instrument. 
 SECTION 1.08 Severability. In case any provision in or obligation
under this Amendment or the other Loan Documents shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other
jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 
 SECTION 1.09 Benefit of Agreement.
This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto; provided that no Borrower may assign or transfer any of its interest hereunder without
the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender. 
 SECTION 1.10 Integration. This
Amendment represents the agreement of the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties relative to the
subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents. 
 SECTION 1.11
Confirmation. Except as expressly amended by the terms hereof, all of the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall continue in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all
respects. 
 SECTION 1.12 Loan Documents. Except as expressly set forth herein, the amendments provided
herein shall not by implication or otherwise limit, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under the Existing Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the
Security Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor shall they constitute a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, nor shall they alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in the Credit Agreement, the Security Agreement or any other Loan Document. Each of the amendments, waivers and consents provided herein shall apply and be effective only with respect to the provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement
specifically referred to by such amendment, waiver or consent (as the case may be). As used in the Credit Agreement, the terms “Agreement”, “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereunder”, “hereto” and words of
similar import shall mean, from and after the date hereof, the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. 
 (Signature Pages Follow)

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this
Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written. 
  

			
	BORROWERS:
	BARNES & NOBLE, INC.
	BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSELLERS, INC.
	BARNES & NOBLE INTERNATIONAL LLC
	BARNES & NOBLE MARKETING SERVICES CORP.
	BARNES & NOBLE MARKETING SERVICES LLC
	BARNES & NOBLE PURCHASING, INC.
	BARNES & NOBLE SERVICES, INC.
	BARNESANDNOBLE.COM LLC
	STERLING PUBLISHING CO., INC.
	BARNES & NOBLE COLLEGE BOOKSELLERS, LLC
	NOOK MEDIA INC.
	NOOK MEDIA LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Thomas D. Donohue

	Name: Thomas D. Donohue
	Title: Vice President, Treasurer

  
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Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement 
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	AGENTS AND LENDERS:
	
	 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
 as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Andrew Cerussi

 
			
	Name:	 	Andrew Cerussi

 
			
	Title:	 	Director

  
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Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement 
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	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
	as a Lender, LC Issuer and Swing Line Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Andrew Cerussi

 
			
	Name:	 	Andrew Cerussi

 
			
	Title:	 	Director

  
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Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement 
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	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
	as a Lender and LC Issuer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jennifer Heard

 
			
	Name:	 	Jennifer Heard

 
			
	Title:	 	Authorized Officer

  
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Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement 
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	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	as a Lender and LC Issuer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Danielle Baldinelli

 
			
	Name:	 	Danielle Baldinelli

 
			
	Title:	 	Director

  
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Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement 
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	SUNTRUST BANK,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nigel Fabien

 
			
	Name:	 	Nigel Fabien

 
			
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matthew Kasper

 
			
	Name:	 	Matthew Kasper

 
			
	Title:	 	Vice-President

  
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	REGIONS BANK,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Louis Alexander

 
			
	Name:	 	Louis Alexander

 
			
	Title:	 	Attorney in Fact

  
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	PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Thanwantie Somar

 
			
	Name:	 	Thanwantie Somar

 
			
	Title:	 	AVP

  
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	RBS BUSINESS CAPITAL, a division of RBS ASSET FINANCE, INC., a subsidiary of RBS CITIZENS, N.A.,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Francis Gordon

 
			
	Name:	 	Francis Gordon

 
			
	Title:	 	SVP

  
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	CAPITAL ONE LEVERAGE FINANCE CORP.,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Julianne Low

 
			
	Name:	 	Julianne Low

 
			
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mark J. Forti

 
			
	Name:	 	Mark J. Forti

 
			
	Title:	 	Duly Authorized Signatory

  
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	CIT BANK,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Renee M. Singer

 
			
	Name:	 	Renee M. Singer

 
			
	Title:	 	Managing Director

  
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	COLE TAYLOR BANK,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Richard A. Simons

 
			
	Name:	 	Richard A. Simons

 
			
	Title:	 	GSVP

  
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	 COMPASS BANK,

as a Lender

		
	By:	 	 s/ Jason Nichols

 
			
	Name:	 	Jason Nichols

 
			
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  
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 EXHIBIT A 

Conditions to Effectiveness of this Amendment 
 (a) The Administrative Agent shall have received executed signature pages hereto from the Loan Parties, the Agents and the Required Lenders. 

(b) All of the representations and warranties in the Loan Documents, as amended on the Third Amendment Effective Date, shall be true and
correct in all material respects, or if such representation and warranty is subject to a materiality standard or material adverse effect provision, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects, in each case as of the
Third Amendment Effective Date (except in the case of any representation or warranty that applies as of a specific date or dates, in which case such representation or warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date
or dates). 
 (c) Immediately before and after giving effect to the consummation of the Pearson Series B Up-front Investment, no
Default shall have occurred or be continuing. 
 (d) The Lead Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and
the other Credit Parties that (i) the Pearson Commercial Agreement is a commercial agreement entered into in an arm’s length transaction between non-Affiliates, the terms of which are permitted under the terms of the Credit Agreement and
(ii) the Pearson Investment Agreement represents an arm’s length transaction between non-Affiliates and the transactions contemplated thereby do not impact the interests of the Lenders in any manner that is dissimilar in any material
respect to the impact on the interests of the Lenders of the Digital Investment Agreements.

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