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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 23, 2004
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 000-50250 13-4172551
(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction File Number) Identification No.)
of incorporation)
2000 PURCHASE STREET
PURCHASE, NEW YORK 10577
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(914) 249-2000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
On November 23, 2004, MasterCard Incorporated, MasterCard International
Incorporated, the principal operating subsidiary of MasterCard Incorporated, and
UMB Bank & Trust, N.A., as indenture trustee for the 7.36% Series A Senior
Secured Notes (the "notes"), amended the terms of MasterCard International's
guarantee in connection with the notes by transferring certain obligations from
MasterCard International to MasterCard Incorporated. The notes were issued in
August 1999 by MasterCard International O'Fallon 1999 Trust, a consolidated
variable interest entity, to finance MasterCard's global technology and
operations facility in O'Fallon Missouri. As a result of the amendment to the
guarantee, MasterCard Incorporated has become a party to the guarantee and has
assumed certain covenant compliance obligations, including financial reporting
and maintenance of consolidated net worth. The amendment to the guarantee aligns
MasterCard's financial reporting and net worth covenant obligations under the
guarantee with similar obligations under its other debt instruments. MasterCard
entered into the amendment to the guarantee to better reflect MasterCard's
corporate structure and to reduce the costs and administrative burden of
complying with different debt covenants.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED
Date: November 29, 2004 By /s/ Noah J. Hanft
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Noah J. Hanft
General Counsel and Secretary