Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 3, 2022, which shall become effective on the date of the closing of the Combination (as defined below, such date, the “Effective Date”), is by and between ZelnickMedia Corporation, a New York corporation (“ZelnickMedia”), and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
WHEREAS, on January 9, 2022, the Company, Zebra MS I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Zebra MS II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and Zynga Inc. entered in an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Company desires to continue to receive financial and management consulting services from ZelnickMedia from and after the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (such transactions, the “Combination”);
WHEREAS, ZelnickMedia desires to continue to provide financial and management consulting services to the Company and the compensation arrangements set forth in this Agreement are designed to compensate ZelnickMedia for such services;
WHEREAS, ZelnickMedia and the Company are parties to that certain Management Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2017, and effective as of January 1, 2018, by and between ZelnickMedia and the Company (the “2017 Agreement”), which sets forth the terms of the existing management services agreement between ZelnickMedia and the Company;
WHEREAS, ZelnickMedia and the Company desire to supersede and replace the 2017 Agreement in its entirety (except as otherwise expressly contemplated herein and therein and thereunder), effective as of the Effective Date; and
WHEREAS, until the Effective Date, the Company and ZelnickMedia will continue to abide by and operate under the terms and conditions of the 2017 Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective agreements hereinafter set forth, and the mutual benefits to be derived herefrom, ZelnickMedia and the Company agree as follows:
1. Engagement. The Company hereby engages ZelnickMedia as its financial and management consultant, and ZelnickMedia hereby agrees to provide financial and management consulting services to the Company, all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below.
2. Services of ZelnickMedia. ZelnickMedia hereby agrees during the term of this engagement to consult with the board of directors (the “Board”) and management of the Company and its subsidiaries in such manner and on such business, financial and operational matters as may be reasonably requested from time to time by the Board, including but not limited to:
(i) oversee and supervise the operations of the Company and its subsidiaries in accordance with policies established by the Board and usual and customary standards of efficient operation and maintenance;
(ii) assist in the preparation of operating budgets and business plans;
(iii) advise and assist the Company and its subsidiaries regarding their corporate and financial structure;