Delaware | 5940 | 16-1241537 | ||||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||||
Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | ||||||
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | ||||||
Emerging growth company | ☐ | ||||||||
Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer) | ☐ | ||
Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer) | ☐ | ||

Description of the Outstanding Notes | Description of the Exchange Notes | |||||||||||
CUSIP Number | Title of the Outstanding Notes | Principal Amount Outstanding | CUSIP Number | Title of the Exchange Notes | ||||||||
253393 AH5 (Rule 144A) U25309 AB8 (Regulation S) | 4.000% Senior Notes due 2029 | $381,932,000 | 253393 AJ1 | 4.000% Senior Notes due 2029 | ||||||||
• | We will exchange all Outstanding Notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) for an equal principal amount of the Exchange Notes that are freely tradable, except in limited circumstances as described below. |
• | The Exchange Offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on , 2026, unless extended (the “Expiration Date”). We do not currently intend to extend the Expiration Date. |
• | To exchange your Outstanding Notes for Exchange Notes, you are required to make the representations described herein to us, including those set forth in the section entitled “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering Outstanding Notes.” |
• | You may withdraw tenders of your Outstanding Notes at any time prior to the Expiration Date of the Exchange Offer. |
• | The exchange of the Outstanding Notes for Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer will not constitute a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
• | We will not receive any proceeds from the Exchange Offer. The Outstanding Notes surrendered and exchanged for the Exchange Notes will be retired and cancelled. Accordingly, the issuance of the Exchange Notes will not result in any increase in our outstanding indebtedness. |
• | The Exchange Notes and any Outstanding Notes not tendered in the Exchange Offer will constitute a single series of Notes. The terms of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer are identical in all material respects to the terms of the Outstanding Notes, except that the transfer restrictions, registration rights and additional payments upon a failure to fulfill certain obligations under the registration rights agreement do not apply to the Exchange Notes, and the Exchange Notes will have a different CUSIP number. |
• | The Exchange Notes may be resold in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions or through a combination of such methods. We do not plan to list the Exchange Notes on any securities exchange or market. |
(1) | Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, filed on March 27, 2026; |
(2) | Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 2, 2026, filed on June 4, 2026; |
(3) | Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on September 8, 2025 (as amended by Form 8-K/A on September 18, 2025), March 12, 2026 (item 8.01 only) and May 27, 2026 (Item 8.01 only); and |
(4) | Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on May 1, 2026 (solely to the extent specifically incorporated by reference into DICK’S’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, filed on March 27, 2026). |
• | the offer and sale of the Exchange Notes will have been registered under the Securities Act; |
• | the Exchange Notes are not entitled to any registration rights that are applicable to the Outstanding Notes under the registration rights agreement; and |
• | the provisions of the registration rights agreement that provide for payment of additional amounts upon a registration default are no longer applicable. |
• | you are acquiring the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of your business; and |
• | you have not engaged in, do not intend to engage in, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes. |
• | it does not have an arrangement or understanding with any person or entity to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes; |
• | it is not an “affiliate” of ours within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act; |
• | it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes; |
• | it is acquiring the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of its business; and |
• | if it is a broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Outstanding Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it will deliver a prospectus, as required by law, in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. |
1. | the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below in “Description of Exchange Notes—Certain Definitions”), discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below in “Description of Exchange Notes—Optional Redemption”) plus 25 basis points; and |
2. | 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed. |
• | rank senior in right of payment to our existing and future debt and other obligations that are, by their terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Exchange Notes; |
• | rank equally in right of payment to all of our |
• | be effectively subordinated to all of our existing and future secured debt, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt; and |
• | be structurally subordinated to all existing and future debt and other obligations of our subsidiaries, including the 4.000% Senior Notes due 2029 issued by Foot Locker, Inc. |
• | limit our ability to engage in sale/leaseback transactions; |
• | require us to maintain any specified financial ratios or specified levels of net worth, revenues, income, cash flow or liquidity; |
• | restrict our ability to repurchase or prepay any of our other indebtedness; or |
• | restrict our ability to make investments or to repurchase or pay dividends to or make other payments in respect of our common stock or other securities ranking junior to the Exchange Notes. |
• | making it more difficult for us to satisfy our financial obligations, including DICK’S obligations with respect to the Exchange Notes; |
• | increasing our vulnerability to adverse economic, regulatory and industry conditions, and placing us at a disadvantage compared to our competitors that are less leveraged; |
• | limiting our ability to compete and our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate; |
• | limiting our ability to borrow additional funds for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and general corporate or other purposes; and |
• | exposing us to greater interest rate risk to the extent that the interest rate on the applicable borrowings is variable. |
• | our financial condition at the time; |
• | restriction in the agreements governing our indebtedness, including the Indenture; and |
• | the condition of the financial markets and the industry in which we operate. |
• | our financial performance; |
• | the amount of indebtedness we have outstanding; |
• | market interest rates; |
• | the market for similar securities; |
• | competition; |
• | the size and liquidity of the markets for the Exchange Notes; and |
• | general economic conditions. |
• | the Company determines that the Exchange Offer is not available or may not be completed as soon as reasonably practicable after the last date of acceptance for exchange pursuant to the registration rights agreement because it would violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC; |
• | a holder participating in the Exchange Offer does not receive Exchange Notes on the date of the exchange that may be sold without restriction under state and U.S. federal securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such holder as an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act) and notifies the Company within 30 days after such holder first becomes aware of such restrictions; |
• | the Exchange Offer, for any other reason, is not completed by September 12, 2026; or |
• | the Company receives a written request from any holder of the Outstanding Notes within 20 business days after the consummation of the Exchange Offer representing that they hold Outstanding Notes that are or were ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer. |
• | we fail to consummate the Exchange Offer by September 12, 2026 if we have received a “no review” decision regarding this registration statement on Form S-4 from the SEC; |
• | we fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Exchange Offer by September 12, 2026 if we have received a comment letter from the SEC regarding this registration statement on Form S-4; or |
• | the shelf registration statement, if required pursuant to the registration rights agreement, is not effective by September 12, 2026. |
• | any Exchange Notes to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business; |
• | at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and it has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes in violation of the Securities Act; |
• | it is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Company or, if it is such an “affiliate,” it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes; |
• | if it is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Outstanding Notes that were acquired as a result of market making or other trading activities, then it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, to the extent applicable, in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes; and |
• | it is not prohibited by any law or policy from participating in the Exchange Offer. See “Plan of Distribution.” |
• | to delay accepting for exchange any Outstanding Notes (only in the case that we amend or extend the Exchange Offer); |
• | to extend the Exchange Offer or to terminate the Exchange Offer if any of the conditions set forth below under “—Conditions to the Exchange Offer” have not been satisfied by giving written notice of such delay, extension or termination to the Exchange Agent; and |
• | subject to the terms of the registration rights agreement, to amend the terms of the Exchange Offer in any manner. In the event of a material change in the Exchange Offer, including the waiver of a material condition, we will extend the offer period, if necessary, so that at least five business days remain in such offer period following notice of the material change. |
• | the Exchange Offer, or the making of any exchange by a holder, violates any applicable law or interpretation of the SEC; or |
• | any action or proceeding has been instituted or threatened in writing in any court or by or before any governmental agency with respect to the Exchange Offer that, in our judgment, would reasonably be expected to impair our ability to proceed with the Exchange Offer. |
• | the representations described under “—Purpose and Effect of the Exchange Offer” and “—Procedures for Tendering Outstanding Notes” and “Plan of Distribution;” and |
• | any other representations as may be reasonably necessary under applicable SEC rules, regulations, or interpretations to make available to us an appropriate form for registration of the offer and sale of the Exchange Notes under the Securities Act. |
• | neither the holder nor any beneficial owner for which the holder is tendering Outstanding Notes is (and, at the time the Exchange Offer is consummated, neither will be) engaged in, or intends to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person or entity to participate in, a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes in violation of the Securities Act; |
• | neither the holder nor any beneficial owner for which the holder is tendering Outstanding Notes is an “affiliate,” as such term is defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act, of ours. Upon our request, the holder or such beneficial owner will deliver to us a legal opinion confirming it is not such an affiliate; |
• | neither the holder nor any beneficial owner for which the holder is tendering Outstanding Notes is engaging in or intends to engage in a distribution of the Exchange Notes within the meaning of the federal securities laws; |
• | the holder and any beneficial owner for which the holder is tendering Outstanding Notes is acquiring the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of business of the holder (or such beneficial owner); |
• | the holder and each beneficial owner for which the holder is tendering Outstanding Notes acknowledges and agrees that any person who is a broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act or is participating in |
• | the holder and each beneficial owner for which the holder is tendering Outstanding Notes understands, acknowledges, and agrees that a secondary resale transaction described in the paragraph immediately above and any resales of Exchange Notes or interests therein obtained by such holder or beneficial owner in exchange for Outstanding Notes or interests therein originally acquired by such holder or beneficial owner directly from us should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or Item 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K of the SEC; and |
• | the holder is not acting on behalf of any person or entity who could not truthfully make the foregoing representations and warranties. |
• | acknowledges receipt of this prospectus (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time), and agrees to all of the terms of the Exchange Offer; |
• | understands, acknowledges and agrees that tenders of Outstanding Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer will, upon our acceptance for exchange of such tendered Outstanding Notes, constitute a binding agreement between such holder and us upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer; |
• | irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Exchange Agent as the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the holder with respect to any tendered Outstanding Notes (with full knowledge that the Exchange Agent also acts as the agent of the Company and as Trustee under the Indenture (which governs the Outstanding Notes)), with full powers of substitution and revocation (such power of attorney being deemed to be an irrevocable power coupled with an interest) to (a) transfer ownership of such Outstanding Notes on the account books maintained by DTC with all accompanying evidences of transfer and authenticity to, or upon the order of, the Company and (b) present such Outstanding Notes for transfer on the books of the Company and receive all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of such Outstanding Notes, all in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer; |
• | has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer the Outstanding Notes tendered thereby and that the Company will acquire good and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances and not subject to any adverse claim when the same are accepted by the Company; |
• | undertakes, upon request, to execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Company or the Exchange Agent to be necessary or desirable to complete the exchange, assignment and transfer of the Outstanding Notes tendered thereby; |
• | understands, acknowledges and agrees that all authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred through the submission of an electronic acceptance instruction in accordance with the requirements of ATOP shall |
• | understands, acknowledges and agrees that for purposes of the Exchange Offer, the Company shall be deemed to have accepted validly tendered Outstanding Notes when and if the Company has given written notice thereof to the Exchange Agent; |
• | understands, acknowledges and agrees that, subject to, and effective upon, the acceptance for exchange of the Outstanding Notes tendered thereby, such holder thereby sells, assigns and transfers to, or upon the order of, the Company, all right, title and interest in and to such Outstanding Notes as are being tendered thereby upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time); and |
• | understands, acknowledges and agrees that, except as stated in this prospectus in connection with a valid withdrawal, the tender of such holder’s Outstanding Notes is irrevocable. |
• | Outstanding Notes or a timely book-entry confirmation of such Outstanding Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at the book-entry transfer facility; and |
• | a properly transmitted agent’s message. |
• | you are not our “affiliate” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act; |
• | you are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, and you do not have an arrangement or understanding with any person or entity to participate in a distribution of the Exchange Notes; and |
• | you are acquiring the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of your business. |
• | as set forth in the legend printed on the Outstanding Notes as a consequence of the issuance of the Outstanding Notes pursuant to the exemptions from, or in transactions not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws; and |
• | as otherwise set forth in the offering memorandum distributed in connection with the private offering of the Outstanding Notes. |
• | you are acquiring the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of your business; |
• | you do not have an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of the Exchange Notes; |
• | you are not our “affiliate” as defined by Rule 405 of the Securities Act; and |
• | you are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes. |
• | you cannot rely on the position of the SEC set forth in Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the SEC’s letter to Shearman & Sterling, dated July 2, 1993, or similar no-action letters; |
• | you cannot tender your Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer; and |
• | in the absence of an exception from the position stated immediately above, you must comply with the registration and prospectus-delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes unless such sale or transfer is made pursuant to an exemption from such requirements. |
• | the Exchange Agent must receive a written notice, which may be by telegram, telex, facsimile or letter, of withdrawal at its address set forth below under “—Exchange Agent;” or |
• | you must comply with the appropriate procedures of DTC’s ATOP system. |
• | specify the name of the person who tendered the Outstanding Notes to be withdrawn; |
• | identify the Outstanding Notes to be withdrawn, including the certificate numbers and principal amount of the Outstanding Notes; and |
• | where certificates for Outstanding Notes have been transmitted, specify the name in which such Outstanding Notes were registered, if different from that of the withdrawing holder. |
• | certificates representing Outstanding Notes for principal amounts not tendered or accepted for exchange are to be delivered to, or are to be issued in the name of, any person other than the registered holder of Outstanding Notes tendered; |
• | such tendering holder instructs us to register the Exchange Notes in the name of a person other than the registered holder; or |
• | a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of Outstanding Notes under the Exchange Offer. |
• | rank senior in right of payment to our existing and future debt and other obligations that are, by their terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the new notes; |
• | rank equally in right of payment to all of our existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated debt and other obligations, including the Revolving Credit Facility and the Existing Notes; |
• | be effectively subordinated to all of our existing and future secured debt, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt; and |
• | be structurally subordinated to all existing and future debt and other obligations of our subsidiaries, including the 4.000% Senior Notes due 2029 issued by Foot Locker, Inc. |
(1) | the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, and |
(2) | 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, |
• | accept for payment all notes or portions of notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; |
• | deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all notes or portions of notes properly tendered; and |
• | 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 or portions of notes being purchased. |
• | we shall be the continuing entity, or the resulting, surviving or transferee Person shall be a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and such successor Person (if not us) shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all of our obligations under the notes and the indenture; |
• | immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and |
• | we shall deliver to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture complies with the indenture and that all conditions precedent therein provided relating to such transaction have been complied with. |
• | a merger between us and an affiliate organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia solely for the purpose of reincorporating us in another jurisdiction; or |
• | any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among us and our Subsidiaries. |
(1) | default in the payment of any interest with respect to the notes when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; |
(2) | default in payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, with respect to the notes when due; |
(3) | default, for 90 days after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the notes then outstanding under the indenture, in the performance or breach of any covenant in the indenture for the benefit of the holders of the notes (other than a default referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above); and |
(4) | certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency involving the Company as provided in the indenture. |
(a) | either: |
(i) | all of the notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed notes that have been replaced or paid and notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to us, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or |
(ii) | all of the notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the giving of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year or have been called for redemption pursuant to the provisions described under “—Optional Redemption,” and we have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as funds in trust solely for the benefit of the holders of such notes, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable U.S. government securities or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption, as the case may be; provided that for any such redemption conducted pursuant to the first paragraph above under “—Optional Redemption,” the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of the indenture to the extent that the amount deposited with the Trustee is calculated as required by such paragraph using the Treasury Rate as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any deficit as of the redemption date (any such amount, the “Make-whole Deficit”) only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the redemption date. Any Make-whole Deficit will be set forth in an officers’ certificate delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the deposit of such Make-whole Deficit that confirms that such Make-whole Deficit will be applied toward such redemption; |
(b) | no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit or the grant of any lien securing such borrowing or any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of liens in connection therewith); |
(c) | we have paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by us under the indenture with respect to the notes; and |
(d) | we have delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee for such notes to apply the deposited money toward the payment of such notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be. |
(a) | rights of holders of outstanding notes, as applicable, to receive payments in respect of the principal of and interest, if any, on such notes, as applicable, when such payments are due solely out of the trust funds referred to below; |
(b) | our obligations with respect to the notes concerning issuing temporary notes, registration of notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen notes, and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust; |
(c) | the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee for the notes under the indenture, and our obligations in connection therewith; and |
(d) | the Legal Defeasance provisions of the indenture. |
(a) | we must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, as trust funds, in trust solely for the benefit of the holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable U.S. government securities or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the maturity date or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and we must specify whether the notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to the maturity date or to a particular redemption date; provided that if on the date of the deposit, the interest payable to, but excluding, or any premium payable on, the stated maturity or redemption date cannot be calculated, the amount deposited shall be sufficient to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the interest payable to, but excluding, or the premium payable on, the stated maturity or the redemption date calculated as of the date of the deposit, with any deficit on the stated maturity or redemption date, as applicable (any such amount, the “Applicable Deficit”), only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the stated maturity or redemption date, as applicable; provided, further, that any Applicable Deficit shall be set forth in an officers’ certificate delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the deposit of the Applicable Deficit that confirms that the Applicable Deficit shall be applied to the interest or other amounts payable at the stated maturity or on the redemption date, as applicable; |
(b) | in the case of Legal Defeasance, we shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel confirming that: |
(i) | we have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) a ruling; or |
(ii) | since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law; |
(c) | in the case of Covenant Defeasance, we shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the holders and beneficial owners of the notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred; |
(d) | no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit or the grant of any lien securing such borrowing or any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of liens in connection therewith); |
(e) | we shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate stating that the deposit was not made by us with the intent of preferring the holders of notes over our other creditors or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any of our creditors; and |
(f) | we shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel (which opinion of counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions), each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. |
• | change the amount of notes whose holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; |
• | reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on the notes; |
• | reduce the principal or change the stated maturity of the notes; |
• | waive a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on the notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the notes by the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the notes outstanding and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration); |
• | make the principal of or interest, if any, on any notes payable in any currency other than that stated in the notes; |
• | make any change to the indenture regarding the waiver of past defaults, the rights of holders of notes to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the stated maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date) and the limitations on amendments and waivers to the indenture; or |
• | reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof. |
(a) | in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; |
(b) | in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; |
(c) | in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and |
(d) | any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock. |
• | DTC is: |
• | a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, |
• | a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, |
• | a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and |
• | a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act; |
• | DTC was created to hold securities of its participants and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among its participants in those securities through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of the participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates; |
• | DTC’s participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations; |
• | DTC is owned by a number of its participants and by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the NYSE Amex LLC and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; and |
• | Access to DTC’s book-entry system is also available to others, such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies, that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, either directly or indirectly. |
• | It was created in 1968 to hold securities for participants of Euroclear and to clear and settle transactions between Euroclear participants through simultaneous electronic book-entry delivery against payment, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates and any risk from lack of simultaneous transfers of securities and cash; |
• | Euroclear includes various other services, including securities lending and borrowing and interfaces with domestic markets in several countries; |
• | Euroclear is operated by Euroclear Bank S.A./ N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System (the “Euroclear Operator”), under contract with Euroclear Clearance Systems S.C., a Belgian cooperative corporation (the “Cooperative”); |
• | The Euroclear Operator conducts all operations, and all Euroclear securities clearance accounts and Euroclear cash accounts are accounts with the Euroclear Operator, not the Cooperative. The Cooperative establishes policy for Euroclear on behalf of Euroclear participants. Euroclear participants include banks (including central banks), securities brokers and dealers and other professional financial intermediaries; |
• | Indirect access to Euroclear is also available to other firms that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Euroclear participant, either directly or indirectly; |
• | Securities clearance accounts and cash accounts with the Euroclear Operator are governed by the Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear and the related Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System, and applicable Belgian law (collectively, the “Terms and Conditions”); |
• | The Terms and Conditions govern transfers of securities and cash within Euroclear, withdrawals of securities and cash from Euroclear, and receipts of payments with respect to securities in Euroclear. The Euroclear Operator acts under the Terms and Conditions only on behalf of Euroclear participants, and has no record of or relationship with persons holding through Euroclear participants; and |
• | Distributions with respect to securities held beneficially through Euroclear will be credited to the cash accounts of Euroclear participants in accordance with the Terms and Conditions, to the extent received by the U.S. depositary for Euroclear. |
• | It is incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg as a professional depositary and holds securities for its participating organizations and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between Clearstream participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of Clearstream participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates; |
• | Clearstream provides to Clearstream participants, among other things, services for safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement of internationally traded securities and securities lending and borrowing. Clearstream interfaces with domestic markets in several countries; |
• | As a professional depositary, Clearstream is subject to regulation by the Luxembourg Monetary Institute; |
• | Clearstream participants are recognized financial institutions around the world, including underwriters, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations; |
• | Indirect access to Clearstream is also available to others, such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Clearstream participant either directly or indirectly; and |
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ITEM 20. | INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS |
ITEM 21. | EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES |
ITEM 22. | UNDERTAKINGS |
(a) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: |
(1) | to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
(i) | to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; |
(ii) | to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and |
(iii) | to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; |
(2) | that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; |
(3) | to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering; |
(4) | that, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser, if the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use; and |
(5) | that, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
(i) | any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
(ii) | any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; |
(iii) | the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and |
(iv) | any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
(b) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of such registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(c) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of such registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
(d) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of this Form, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request. |
(e) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective. |
Exhibit Number | Description | Method of Filing | ||||
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-100656, filed on October 21, 2002. | |||||
Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective as of June 10, 2004. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q, File No. 001-31463, filed on September 9, 2004. | |||||
Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of June 9, 2021. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K, File No. 001-31463, filed on June 14, 2021. | |||||
Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of June 14, 2023. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K, File No. 001-31463, filed on June 16, 2023. | |||||
Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of June 11, 2025. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 001-31463, filed on June 13, 2025. | |||||
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (adopted March 27, 2024). | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K, File No.001-31463, filed on March 28, 2024. | |||||
Form of Stock Certificate. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Amendment No. 3 to Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-96587, filed on September 27, 2002. | |||||
Indenture, dated as of January 14, 2022, between DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 001-31463, filed on January 14, 2022. | |||||
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 11, 2025, between DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 001-31463, filed on September 11, 2025. | |||||
Form of 4.000% Senior Note due 2029 (included in Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 11, 2025). | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 001-31463, filed on September 11, 2025. | |||||
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2025, by and among DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 001-31463, filed on September 11, 2025. | |||||
Opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. | Filed herewith. | |||||
List of Subsidiaries. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K, File No. 001-31463, filed on March 27, 2026. | |||||
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. | Filed herewith. | |||||
Consent of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of Foot Locker, Inc. | Filed herewith. | |||||
Consent of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (included in Exhibit 5.1). | Filed herewith. | |||||
Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages). | Filed herewith. | |||||
Exhibit Number | Description | Method of Filing | ||||
Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. | Filed herewith. | |||||
Form of Letter to DTC Participants Regarding the Exchange Offer. | Filed herewith. | |||||
Form of Letter to Beneficial Holders Regarding the Exchange Offer. | Filed herewith. | |||||
Filing Fee Table. | Filed herewith. | |||||
DICK’S SPORTING GOODS, INC. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Navdeep Gupta | |||||
Navdeep Gupta | ||||||
Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
Name | Title | Date | ||||
/s/ Lauren R. Hobart | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | June 5, 2026 | ||||
Lauren R. Hobart | ||||||
/s/ Navdeep Gupta | Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | June 5, 2026 | ||||
Navdeep Gupta | ||||||
/s/ Edward W. Stack | Executive Chairman and Director | June 5, 2026 | ||||
Edward W. Stack | ||||||
/s/ Mark J. Barrenechea | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||||
Mark J. Barrenechea | ||||||
/s/ Emanuel Chirico | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||||
Emanuel Chirico | ||||||
/s/ William J. Colombo | Vice Chairman and Director | June 5, 2026 | ||||
William J. Colombo | ||||||
/s/ Robert Eddy | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||||
Robert Eddy | ||||||
/s/ Anne Fink | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||||
Anne Fink | ||||||
/s/ Larry Fitzgerald, Jr. | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||||
Larry Fitzgerald, Jr. | ||||||
/s/ Sandeep Mathrani | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||||
Sandeep Mathrani | ||||||
/s/ Desiree Ralls-Morrison | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||||
Desiree Ralls-Morrison | ||||||
/s/ Lawrence J. Schorr | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||||
Lawrence J. Schorr | ||||||
/s/ Larry D. Stone | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||||
Larry D. Stone | ||||||