TOYS R US, INC. $400,000,000 7.375% Notes Due 2018 TERMS AGREEMENT

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Exhibit 1.2
 
EXECUTION COPY

TOYS “R” US, INC.

$400,000,000
7.375% Notes Due 2018

TERMS AGREEMENT

September 17, 2003

To:   Toys “R” Us, Inc.
One Geoffrey Way
Wayne, New Jersey 07470

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We understand that Toys “R” Us, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.375% Notes Due 2018 (the “Securities”). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth or incorporated by reference herein, we, the underwriters named below (the “Underwriters”), agree to purchase, severally and not jointly, the principal amount of Securities opposite our names set forth below at the purchase price set forth below. Except as expressly set forth herein, the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement dated September 17, 2003 among the parties hereto are incorporated by reference herein.

         
    Principal Amount
Underwriter   of Securities

 
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
  $ 136,000,000  
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
    136,000,000  
BNY Capital Markets, Inc.
    80,000,000  
Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.
    4,000,000  
Barclays Capital Inc.
    4,000,000  
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
    4,000,000  
Fleet Securities, Inc.
    8,000,000  
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
    4,000,000  
McDonald Investments Inc.
    8,000,000  

 


 

         
    Principal Amount
Underwriter   of Securities

 
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
    8,000,000  
SG Cowen Securities Corporation
    8,000,000  
 
   
 
Total
  $ 400,000,000  
 
   
 

     The Securities shall have the following terms:

     
Title:   7.375% Notes Due 2018
     
Ranking:   Senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company
     
Aggregate principal
amount:
  $400,000,000
     
Form and Denominations:   Book-entry form represented by one or more global securities deposited with or on behalf of The Depository Trust Company
     
Currency of payment:   United States dollars
     
Interest rate or
formula:
  7.375% per annum (interest accrues from September 22, 2003)
     
Interest payment dates:   April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on April 15, 2004
     
Regular record dates:   April 1 and October 1 of each year
     
Stated maturity date:   October 15, 2018
     
Redemption provisions:   Upon at least 30 days, and not more than 60 days, notice, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole at any time and in part from time to time, for a redemption price determined by a make-whole formula calculated based on the yield of a United States Treasury security of comparable maturity plus 50 basis points as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the sale of the Securities dated September 17, 2003 under the caption “Description of the Notes – Optional Redemption.”
     
Sinking fund
requirements:
  None
     
Conversion provisions:   None

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Listing requirements:   None
     
Ratings:   Baa3/BBB-
     
Clear-market provision:   None
     
Type of offering:   Fixed price offering
     
Initial public offering
price per Security:
  99.551% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from September 22, 2003
     
Purchase price per
Security payable by
Underwriters:
  98.701% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from September 22, 2003
     
Closing Date and location:   September 22, 2003, at 10:00 a.m. in the offices of Shearman & Sterling LLP located at 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022
     
Other terms and conditions:   None

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     Please indicate your agreement to the terms and conditions hereof by signing a counterpart of this Terms Agreement in the space set forth below and returning the signed counterpart to us.

             
        Very truly yours,
             
        CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
             
        By:   /s/ Marco Habert
           
            Name: Marco Habert
            Title: Director
             
        WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
             
        By:   /s/ Kent Phillips
           
            Name: Kent Phillips
            Title: Director
             
        Acting on behalf of themselves and as the Representatives of the several Underwriters.
             
Accepted:        
             
TOYS “R” US, INC.        
             
By:   /s/ Jon W. Kimmins        
   
       
    Name: Jon W. Kimmins        
    Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer