EXPLANATORY NOTE
On September 12, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, dated as of April 2, 2023 (the “Transaction Agreement”), by and among Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. (“Endeavor”), Endeavor Operating Company, LLC (“EOC”), TKO Operating Company, LLC (f/k/a Zuffa Parent, LLC) (“TKO OpCo”), World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (“WWE”), TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a New Whale Inc.) (“TKO”), and Whale Merger Sub Inc. (“Merger Sub”), (i) WWE undertook certain internal restructuring steps as further described in the Transaction Agreement; (ii) Merger Sub merged with and into WWE (the “Merger”), with WWE surviving the Merger (the “Surviving Entity”) and becoming a direct wholly owned subsidiary of TKO; (iii) immediately following the Merger, TKO caused the Surviving Entity to be converted into a Delaware limited liability company (“WWE LLC”) and TKO became the sole managing member of WWE LLC (the “Conversion”); and (iv) following the Conversion, TKO (x) contributed all of the equity interests of WWE LLC to TKO OpCo in exchange for 49% of the membership interests in TKO OpCo on a fully diluted basis, and (y) issued to EOC and certain of Endeavor’s other subsidiaries a number of shares of TKO’s Class B common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “TKO Class B Common Stock”), representing, in the aggregate, 51% of the total voting power of TKO’s stock on a fully-diluted basis, in exchange for a payment equal to the par value of such TKO Class B Common Stock (the transactions described in the foregoing, collectively, the “Transactions”).
The Transaction Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger and the other Transactions, were previously described in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-271893) filed by TKO and WWE (as amended, the “Registration Statement”) and in the information statement/prospectus of TKO and WWE, dated August 22, 2023 (the “Information Statement/Prospectus”).
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
First Supplemental Indenture
On the Closing Date, WWE, TKO and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), entered into the First Supplemental Indenture (the “First Supplemental Indenture”) to the Indenture, dated as of December 16, 2016 (the “Indenture”), between WWE and the Trustee, relating to WWE’s 3.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”). As of the date hereof, approximately $4.2 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes are outstanding.
The First Supplemental Indenture provides that, from and after the Effective Time (as defined below), the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of the Notes was changed into a right to convert such principal amount of the Notes into a number of units of Reference Property (as defined in the Indenture) equal to the conversion rate then in effect. Upon consummation of the Merger, the conversion rate of the Notes is 40.1405 units of Reference Property, each unit of which constitutes one share of TKO Class A common stock. In addition, TKO has agreed to become a co-obligor of all the obligations under the Notes and the Indenture as provided in the First Supplemental Indenture.
The foregoing description of the First Supplemental Indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 hereto, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
In connection with the consummation of the Transactions, on September 11, 2023, WWE terminated the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 24, 2019, by and among WWE, as borrower, the subsidiary guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified).
Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), (x) each outstanding share of WWE’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “WWE Class A Common Stock”), and (y) each outstanding share of WWE’s Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “WWE Class B Common Stock,” and together with the WWE