UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On November 13, 2026 (the “Issue Date”), Fox Corporation (the “Company”) closed its public offering of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.625% senior notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”), $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.900% senior notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”), $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.150% senior notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes”), $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.400% senior notes due 2036 (the “2036 Notes”), $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.125% senior notes due 2046 (the “2046 Notes”), $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.150% senior notes due 2056 (the “2056 Notes”) and $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.300% senior notes due 2066 (the “2066 Notes,” and together with the 2029 Notes, 2031 Notes, 2033 Notes, 2036 Notes, 2046 Notes and 2056 Notes, the “Notes”). The Company received net proceeds of approximately $8.32 billion after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses. The Company used the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes, together with cash on hand, to repay all outstanding borrowings under its senior unsecured bridge facility in an aggregate principal amount of $8.4 billion, which was entered into to partially finance the Company’s acquisition of Roku, Inc. on November 6, 2026.
The Notes were offered and sold pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated November 10, 2026, among the Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as underwriters (collectively, the “Underwriters”). The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification obligations of the Company and the Underwriters, as well as termination and other customary provisions.
The offering of the Notes was made pursuant to a Prospectus Supplement, dated November 10, 2026 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 10, 2026, and the Base Prospectus, dated August 10, 2026, filed as part of the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-298166) that became effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, when filed with the SEC on August 10, 2026.
The Notes were issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of January 25, 2019 (as amended or supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, and an officer’s certificate, dated as of November 13, 2026, delivered by the Company setting forth certain specific terms applicable to the Notes (the “Officer’s Certificate”). The Notes are the Company’s senior unsecured obligations and are not guaranteed by any of the Company’s subsidiaries on the Issue Date; provided, that, following the Issue Date, subsidiaries of the Company may be required to guarantee the Notes on a senior unsecured basis in certain circumstances as set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture contains customary events of default and negative restrictions for notes of this type, such as limitations on secured debt.
Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on May 15, 2027, to holders of record at the close of business on the preceding May 1 and November 1, as the case may be. The 2029 Notes will mature on November 15, 2029. The 2031 Notes will mature on November 15, 2031. The 2033 Notes will mature on November 15, 2033. The 2036 Notes will mature on November 15, 2036. The 2046 Notes will mature on November 15, 2046. The 2056 Notes will mature on November 15, 2056. The 2066 Notes will mature on November 15, 2066.
Prior to the applicable Par Call Date (as defined in each series of Notes) for a series of Notes, the Company may, at its option, redeem some or all of the Notes of such series at the applicable make-whole price set forth in the Notes for such series, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption. Following the applicable Par Call Date for a series of Notes, the Company may, at its option, redeem some or all of the Notes of such series at par, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption.
If the Company experiences certain change of control triggering events, the Company will be required to offer to repurchase the Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of repurchase.
The foregoing summaries of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Officer’s Certificate and the forms of the Notes. The Underwriting Agreement, the Officer’s Certificate, the form of the 2029 Notes, the form of the 2031 Notes, the form of the 2033 Notes, the form of the 2036 Notes, the form of the 2046 Notes, the form of the 2056 Notes and the form of the 2066 Notes are filed hereto as Exhibit 1.1, Exhibit 4.1, Exhibit 4.2, Exhibit 4.3, Exhibit 4.4, Exhibit 4.5, Exhibit 4.6, Exhibit 4.7 and Exhibit 4.8, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. The Indenture has been filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-298166).
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
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.
| FOX CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Adam G. Ciongoli | |
| Name: | Adam G. Ciongoli | |
| Title: | Chief Legal & Policy Officer | |
| November 13, 2026 | ||
Exhibit 1.1
Execution Version
FOX CORPORATION
(a Delaware corporation)
$750,000,000 5.625% Senior Notes due 2029
$1,500,000,000 5.900% Senior Notes due 2031
$1,250,000,000 6.150% Senior Notes due 2033
$1,750,000,000 6.400% Senior Notes due 2036
$1,000,000,000 7.125% Senior Notes due 2046
$1,500,000,000 7.150% Senior Notes due 2056
$650,000,000 7.300% Senior Notes due 2066
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
November 10, 2026
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
c/o Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
1 Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10019
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street
New York, NY 10282
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
270 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Fox Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), confirms its agreement with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (collectively, the “Underwriters” and each, an “Underwriter”) with respect to the offer and sale by the Issuer and the purchase by the Underwriters of (i) $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 5.625% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Senior Notes”), (ii) $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 5.900% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Senior Notes”), (iii) $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 6.150% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Senior Notes”), (iv) $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 6.400% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “2036 Senior Notes”), (v) $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 7.125% Senior Notes due 2046 (the “2046 Senior Notes”), (vi) $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 7.150% Senior Notes due 2056 (the “2056 Senior Notes”) and (vii) $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 7.300% Senior Notes due 2066 (the “2066 Senior Notes” and, collectively with the 2029 Senior Notes, the 2031 Senior Notes, the 2033 Senior Notes, the 2036 Senior Notes, the 2046 Senior Notes and the 2056 Senior Notes, the “Senior Notes”). The respective principal amounts of the Senior Notes to be so purchased by the several Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule A hereto. The Senior Notes are to be issued pursuant to (x) the indenture (the “Base Indenture”), dated as of January 25, 2019, by and between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “Trustee”) and (y) an officer’s certificate to be delivered thereunder by the Issuer which will set forth certain specific terms applicable to the Senior Notes (the “Officer’s Certificate” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). The Senior Notes will be issued in book-entry form to Cede & Co. as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) pursuant to a letter agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Time (as defined in Section 2(b)(i) hereof), among the Issuer, the Trustee and DTC.
As further described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (each as defined below), the Issuer intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Senior Notes, after deducting estimated offering expenses, together with cash on hand, to fund the repayment of all of the outstanding borrowings under that certain Bridge Credit Agreement dated as of November 6, 2026, by and among the Issuer, as the borrower, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, the proceeds of which were used to fund a portion of the cash consideration with respect to the acquisition of Roku, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Roku”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 14, 2026, by and among the Issuer, Roku, Falcon Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer, and Falcon Merger Sub 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer (collectively, the “Merger”).
In connection with the offer and sale of the Senior Notes, the Issuer has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-298166), which contains a prospectus to be used in connection with the public offering and sale of the securities registered thereby, including the Senior Notes. Such registration statement, including the financial statements, exhibits and schedules thereto, at the time it became effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “1933 Act”), including any required information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the 1933 Act (the “Rule 430 Information”), is called the “Registration Statement.” The term “Preliminary Prospectus” means the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective, and any preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Senior Notes filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act. The term “Final Prospectus” means the prospectus included in the Registration Statement (and any amendments thereto) at the time it became effective, and the prospectus supplement relating to the Senior Notes in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the 1933 Act) in connection with the confirmation and sales of the Senior Notes. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “1934 Act”), and incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus, as the case may be in accordance with Section 3(c) below.
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The term (x) “Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus and (ii) any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act identified in Schedule C-1 hereto, which shall include the term sheet prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) hereto (the “Pricing Term Sheet”), which were available to purchasers of Senior Notes at or prior to the time when sales of Senior Notes were first made (the “Applicable Time”), and (y) “electronic road show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the 1933 Act.
Copies of the Preliminary Prospectus have been, and copies of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus have been or will be, made available or delivered by the Issuer to the Underwriters pursuant to the terms of this underwriting agreement (this “Agreement”). The Issuer hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus in connection with the offering and resale of the Senior Notes by the Underwriters in accordance with Section 6 hereof.
The Issuer acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are each acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s-length contractual counterparty to the Issuer with respect to the offering of the Senior Notes contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as financial advisors or fiduciaries to, or agents of, the Issuer or any other person. Additionally, the Underwriters are not advising the Issuer or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Issuer shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall not have any responsibility or liability to the Issuer with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Issuer and the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters, and shall not be on behalf of the Issuer or any other person.
For purposes of this Agreement, (i) all representations, warranties, covenants, authorizations and agreements of the Issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) as set forth herein with respect to Roku and its subsidiaries for any period prior to the effective time of the Merger are made to the knowledge of the Issuer and (ii) the term “knowledge” with respect to the Issuer shall refer to the actual knowledge of the Issuer after due inquiry.
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) The Issuer, as to itself and its Subsidiaries where applicable, represents and warrants to the Underwriters as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Time, as follows:
(i) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and the Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the 1933 Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Issuer makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus.
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(ii) The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the 1933 Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the 1933 Act has been received by the Issuer. The Registration Statement has become effective, and no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the 1933 Act against the Issuer or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission. As of the effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, the Registration Statement complied in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and the Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; provided that the Issuer makes no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(iii) The Disclosure Package, at the Applicable Time, did not, and the Final Prospectus, at the date of the Final Prospectus, and at the Closing Time, did not and will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, provided, however, that this representation, warranty and agreement shall not apply to statements in or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Issuer in writing by the Underwriters expressly for use in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus. No statement of material fact included in the Final Prospectus has been omitted from the Disclosure Package and no statement of material fact included in the Disclosure Package that is required to be included in the Final Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.
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(iv) The Issuer (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to, and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to, any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) (other than the Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Term Sheet, the Final Prospectus, any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the 1933 Act or Rule 134 under the 1933 Act, any electronic road show and any other document listed on Schedule C-1) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Senior Notes (each such communication by the Issuer, an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) without the prior consent of the Underwriters; and any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus the use of which has been previously consented to by the Underwriters is set forth substantially in form and substance as attached hereto on Schedule C-1. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the 1933 Act (to the extent required thereby), except as consented to by the Underwriters, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus. The information contained in any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when taken together with the Disclosure Package accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not at the Applicable Time, and when taken together with the Final Prospectus at the Closing Time will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the material identified on Schedule C-2 hereto (the “Investor Education Material”) and each electronic road show, if any, when considered together with the Disclosure Package, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Issuer makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Investor Education Material and/or electronic road show, as applicable, in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Investor Education Material and/or electronic road show, as applicable.
(v) (i) Ernst & Young LLP, who are reporting upon the financial statements for the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and delivered its report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and schedules of the Issuer filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement and as incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to the Issuer and its Subsidiaries within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”).
(ii) Deloitte & Touche LLP, who are reporting upon the financial statements for Roku and its subsidiaries and delivered its report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and schedules of Roku incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to Roku and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the PCAOB.
(vi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer.
(vii) The consolidated financial statements of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, as applicable, and present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole as at the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations and consolidated cash flows of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole for the periods specified; all such financial statements of the Issuer have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis during the periods covered thereby, except as indicated therein, and the other financial information included in and/or or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus has been derived from, with respect to the financial statements of the Issuer, the accounting records of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and, in each case, presents fairly the applicable information shown thereby. The pro forma financial statements and the related notes thereto included in each of Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language of the Issuer incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
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(viii) The documents of the Issuer incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and, when read together and with the other information in the Registration Statement and the Disclosure Package, at the Applicable Time and at the Closing Time, did not and will not, and the Final Prospectus at the date of the Final Prospectus and at the Closing Time, did not and will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; and any further documents of the Issuer so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus or the Disclosure Package, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(ix) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein or contemplated thereby, (A) there has been no material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business and (B) there have been no material transactions entered into by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries other than those in the ordinary course of business.
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(x) The Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries are duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, have all power and authority necessary to own, lease and operate their property and to conduct their business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and are duly qualified to transact business and are in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations or business of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Issuer has the full corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture, the Senior Notes and this Agreement. The Issuer does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the Subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026, except for entities that have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(21) of Regulation S-K. Neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter, by-laws or other applicable organizational documents, (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any material contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations or business of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Senior Notes and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any material contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which the Issuer or any Subsidiary is a party or by which it may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter, by-laws or other applicable organizational documents of the Issuer or any Subsidiary, or, to the Issuer’s knowledge, any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental authority or agency is required for the consummation by the Issuer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture and the Senior Notes, except such as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1939 Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated under the 1933 Act or state securities or Blue Sky laws.
(xi) The Issuer possesses adequate certificates, authorities or permits issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by the Issuer, except such certificates, authorities or permits which are not material to such conduct of its businesses, and the Issuer has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would materially adversely affect the conduct of the business, operations, financial condition or income of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(xii) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, threatened against or affecting, the Issuer or its Subsidiaries, which might result in any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or might materially and adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, and the performance of the obligations of the Issuer under, this Agreement, the Indenture and the Senior Notes. There are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, financial condition or income of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(xiii) The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Issuer and is duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Issuer enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equity principles.
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(xiv) The Senior Notes have been duly authorized for offer and sale pursuant to this Agreement by the Issuer (or will have been so authorized prior to the issuance of the Senior Notes), and, when the Senior Notes are issued, authenticated and delivered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture against payment of the consideration therefor in accordance with this Agreement, the Senior Notes will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equity principles, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; and the Senior Notes and the Indenture conform in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(xv) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (i) the Issuer and its Subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, service marks and trade names necessary to conduct the businesses now operated by them (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”), (ii) the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and, to the Issuer’s knowledge, the Intellectual Property Rights licensed to the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, are valid, subsisting and enforceable, and there is no pending or, to the Issuer’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity, scope or enforceability of any such Intellectual Property Rights or (iii) neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any trademarks, service marks or trade names.
(xvi) No labor disturbance by the employees of the Issuer or of any Subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, is imminent which might reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect upon the conduct of the business, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries.
(xvii) The Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(xviii) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations or business of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (i) the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform as required in connection with, the operation of the business of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants; (ii) the Issuer and its Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) used in connection with their businesses, and there have been no material breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same; and (iii) the Issuer and its Subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws and statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
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(xix) The Issuer has an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization,” and the authorized capital stock of the Issuer conforms as to legal matters, in all material respects, to the description thereof contained in each of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus; and all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests of the Issuer and each Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except liens, encumbrances or defects in place as of the date hereof and described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(xx) The Issuer is not an ineligible issuer and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined under the 1933 Act, in each case at the times specified in the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Senior Notes.
(xxi) The Issuer is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Senior Notes and the application of proceeds therefrom as contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(xxii) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Issuer and any person granting such person the right to require the Issuer to file a registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any securities of the Issuer, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, or to require the Issuer to include such securities with the shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(xxiii) (i) None of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or controlled affiliates or to the Issuer’s knowledge, any director, officer, employee, agent or representative of the Issuer or of any of its Subsidiaries or controlled affiliates, has while acting on behalf of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries taken any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment, giving or receipt of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any government official (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) (“Government Official”) in order to unlawfully influence official action by that person for the benefit of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or controlled affiliates, or to otherwise secure any unlawful advantage, or to any person in violation of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, (b) the UK Bribery Act 2010, and (c) any other applicable law, regulation, order, decree or directive having the force of law and relating to bribery or corruption; (ii) the Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries and controlled affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintained and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representations and warranties contained herein; and (iii) neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries will use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of the offering in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws.
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(xxiv) The operations of the Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including applicable provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, and the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Issuer, threatened.
(xxv) (x) None of the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Issuer’s knowledge, any director, officer, employee, agent, controlled affiliate or representative of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, is an individual or entity (“Person”) that is, or is owned or controlled by one or more Persons that are:
(i) the subject of any applicable sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), or
(ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, as of the date of this Agreement, Cuba, the Crimea region of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, any other Covered Region of Ukraine identified pursuant to Executive Order 14065 and non-government controlled areas of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, Iran and North Korea; each, a “Sanctioned Country”) in violation of Sanctions.
(y) Since the more recent of April 24, 2019 or 10 years prior to the date of this Agreement, the Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries have not engaged in, are not now engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, in violation of applicable Sanctions.
(z) The Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of the Senior Notes, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, (i) to finance or facilitate the activities of any person subject to any Sanctions in violation of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country, except as authorized by applicable Sanctions with respect to Cuba, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic of Ukraine, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic of Ukraine, any other Covered Region of Ukraine identified pursuant to Executive Order 14065 and non-government controlled areas of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.
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(xxvi) The Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) pertains to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of its assets; (ii) provides reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; (iii) provides reasonable assurance that its receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with its authorization of management and directors; and (iv) provides reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of assets that could have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements. Since the end of the Issuer’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (x) no known material weakness in the Issuer’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (y) no change in the Issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Issuer’s internal control over financial reporting.
(xxvii) The Issuer has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Issuer to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or to result in a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act.
(xxviii) Except for failures that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse effect, the Issuer and its Subsidiaries have filed all U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. tax returns required to have been filed by them and have paid all taxes required to have been paid by any of them (including as a withholding agent) and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them, except for any such tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
(b) Any certificate signed by any officer of the Issuer and delivered to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Issuer as to the matters covered thereby, to the Underwriters.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to the Underwriters, Closing.
(a) Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Issuer agrees to sell to the Underwriters and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly with the other Underwriters, agrees to purchase from the Issuer, at the price set forth in Schedule B hereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes set forth in Schedule A hereto.
(b) Payment.
(i) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Senior Notes shall be made at the offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 767 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10153, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriters and the Issuer, at 9:00 AM on November 13, 2026, or such other time not later than ten (10) business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriters and the Issuer (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the “Closing Time”).
(ii) Payment shall be made to the Issuer by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Issuer, against delivery to each Underwriter of certificates for the Senior Notes to be purchased by it. The certificates representing the Senior Notes shall be made available for examination and packaging by the Underwriters in The City of New York not later than 4:00 P.M. on the date prior to the date the Closing Time occurs.
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(c) Certificates shall be in such denominations ($2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) and registered in such names as the Underwriters may request in writing at least one full day before the Closing Time.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Issuer. The Issuer covenants with the Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Issuer will file the Final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the 1933 Act; will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Pricing Term Sheet) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the 1933 Act; will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Issuer with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act subsequent to the date of the Final Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Senior Notes; and will furnish copies of the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Issuer will pay the registration fee for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the 1933 Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Time.
(b) During the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), before preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before making, distributing or filing any amendment or supplement or document that will be incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, the Issuer will furnish to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any such proposed amendment or supplement, or such proposed document that will be incorporated by reference therein for review, and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file with the Commission any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or make, distribute, or file with the Commission any such proposed amendment or supplement, or proposed document that will be incorporated by reference therein, to which the Underwriters reasonably object.
(c) During the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), the Issuer will advise the Underwriters promptly (A) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement relating to the Senior Notes shall have become effective, or any supplement to the Final Prospectus shall have been filed, (B) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (C) of any request of the Commission for amendment of the Registration Statement or the filing of a new registration statement or any amendment or supplement to the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or for any additional information, and (D) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or such new registration statement or any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, or of the institution of any proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the 1933 Act. The Issuer will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order and to obtain as soon as possible the lifting thereof, if issued.
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(d) The Issuer will deliver, without charge, to the Underwriters as many copies of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Issuer will deliver to the Underwriters during the period when delivery of a Final Prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the Act) (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”) is required under the 1933 Act, as many copies of the Final Prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, in final form, or as thereafter amended or supplemented, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Issuer will deliver, without charge, to the Underwriters such number of copies of the Registration Statement (including such number of copies of the exhibits filed therewith that may reasonably be requested), including documents incorporated by reference therein, and of all amendments thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(e) The Issuer will comply with the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and the Trust Indenture Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Senior Notes as contemplated in this Agreement and the Final Prospectus. If during the period in which a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the 1933 Act) is required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Issuer or in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Final Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the Final Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with any law, the Issuer promptly will either (i) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Final Prospectus or (ii) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate filing under the 1934 Act which shall be incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus so that the Final Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Final Prospectus will comply with the law.
(f) If the Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Senior Notes at a time when the Final Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Issuer or in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or to make the statements therein not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to comply with any law, the Issuer promptly will either (i) prepare, file with the Commission (if required) and furnish to the Underwriters and any dealers an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Disclosure Package or (ii) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate filing under the 1934 Act which shall be incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package so that the Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be misleading or conflict with the Registration Statement then on file, or so that the Disclosure Package will comply with law.
(g) The Issuer will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as it is practicable to do so, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable detail, complying with the requirements of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and Rule 158 under the 1933 Act.
(h) The Issuer will use the net proceeds of its sale of the Senior Notes as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(j) The Issuer will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Senior Notes.
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SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.
(a) The Issuer will pay all expenses incident to (i) the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including the preparation, printing and any filing of each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (including financial statements and any exhibits and any document incorporated therein by reference) and of each amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Senior Notes to each Underwriter, (iii) the fees and disbursements of the Issuer’s and Roku’s counsel and accountants and the costs and charges of the Trustee and any transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (iv) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters in quantities as hereinabove stated of copies of each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (v) the fees of rating agencies, (vi) the fees and expenses, if any, incurred in connection with the listing of the Senior Notes on any securities exchange, (vii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Senior Notes under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Senior Notes for offer and sale under state securities laws, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum, (viii) all filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Senior Notes by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (provided that the amount payable by the Issuer with respect to fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to subsections (vii) and (viii) shall not exceed $30,000 in the aggregate), and (ix) the costs and expenses of the Issuer relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Senior Notes, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Issuer, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Issuer and any such consultants; provided, however, that except as set forth above or below, the Issuer shall not be required to pay the fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters.
(b) If this Agreement is terminated by the Underwriters in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 10(i), the Issuer shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.
SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Issuer herein contained, to the accuracy of the statements of the Issuer’s officers made in any certificate furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Issuer of all of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Time:
(i) The Registration Statement shall have become effective under the 1933 Act, and no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the 1933 Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the 1933 Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the 1933 Act) and in accordance with Section 3(a)(i) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriters; and
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(ii) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the securities of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act.
(b) At the Closing Time, the Underwriters shall have received the opinion and negative assurance letter, each dated as of the Closing Time, of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, counsel to the Issuer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received from Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, an opinion and negative assurance letter, each dated as of the Closing Time, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(d) At the Closing Time there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Underwriters shall have received a certificate of an officer of the Issuer, dated as of such Closing Time, to the effect that there has been no such material adverse change, that the representations and warranties contained in Section 1 are true and correct as of the Closing Time and that the Issuer has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Time.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received from (i) Ernst & Young LLP “comfort” letters with respect to the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, and (ii) Deloitte & Touche LLP “comfort” letters with respect to Roku and its subsidiaries, in each case, dated as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Time, respectively, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(f) At the Closing Time, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as it may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling it to pass upon the offer and sale of the Senior Notes as herein contemplated and related proceedings or in order to evidence the accuracy and completeness of any of the representations and warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Issuer in connection with the offer and sale of the Senior Notes as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters.
(g) The Underwriters shall have received certificates, dated as of the date hereof and the Closing Time, respectively, signed by the chief financial officer of Roku prior to the consummation of the Merger, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.
If any condition specified in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriters by notice to the Issuer at any time at or prior to the Closing Time, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4.
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SECTION 6. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters.
Each Underwriter represents and agrees that it has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Issuer and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Issuer) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that, solely as a result of use by such underwriter, would not trigger an obligation to file such free writing prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the 1933 Act, (ii) any document listed on Schedule C-1 or prepared pursuant to Section 1(iv) or Section 3(b) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such Underwriter and approved by the Issuer in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Schedule D hereto without the consent of the Issuer; and each Underwriter is not subject to any proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Issuer if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
SECTION 7. Indemnification.
(a) The Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters, their respective affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriters within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of (A) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Senior Notes as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or arising out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading or (B) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Investor Education Material or electronic road show (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Issuer; and
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including, subject to Section 7(c) hereof, the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Underwriters) reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any untrue statement or omission, or any alleged untrue statement or omission described in Section 7(a)(i) above, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;
provided, however, that this Section 7(a) shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arising out of any untrue statement or omission if such alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer by the Underwriters expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Investor Education Material or electronic road show (or in any amendment or supplement thereto).
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(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly with the other Underwriters, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, the directors of the Issuer, the officers of the Issuer who sign the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Issuer within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section 7, as incurred, but only with respect to (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Senior Notes as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or arising out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or arising out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer by such Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (or in any amendment or supplement thereto).
(c) Each indemnified party shall give prompt notice to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of such action. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances.
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SECTION 8. Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in Section 7 is for any reason held to be unenforceable by the indemnified parties although applicable in accordance with its terms, (a) the Issuer, and (b) each Underwriter shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by said indemnity agreement incurred by the Issuer and the Underwriter, as incurred, (i) in such proportions as will reflect the relative benefits from the offering of the Senior Notes received by the Issuer on the one hand and by the Underwriters on the other hand, provided that if the Senior Notes are offered by the Underwriters at an initial offering price to investors set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the relative benefits shall be deemed to be such that the Underwriter shall be responsible for that portion of the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses represented by the percentage that the Underwriters’ discount appearing in such Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus bears to the initial offering price to investors and the Issuer shall be responsible for the balance or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Issuer on the one hand and of the Underwriter on the other band in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, however, that no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, an Underwriter shall not (except if the Underwriter is guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Senior Notes placed by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. For purposes of this Section 8, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director and officer of the Issuer, and each person, if any, who controls the Issuer within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Issuer.
SECTION 9. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of the Issuer submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any termination of this Agreement, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or controlling person, or by or on behalf of the Issuer, and shall survive delivery of any Senior Notes to the Underwriters.
SECTION 10. Termination. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement immediately upon notice to the Issuer, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time, (i) if there has been, since the date of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any material adverse change in financial markets in the United States or internationally or any calamity or crisis that, in your reasonable judgment, is material and adverse, or (iii) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE-Amex, or the NASDAQ Stock Market, or (iv) trading of any securities of the Issuer shall have been suspended on any principal exchange or in any over-the-counter market, or (v) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall have been declared by either Federal or New York State authorities, and in the case of any of the events specified in clauses (ii) through (v), such event singly or together with any other such event makes it, in the Underwriters’ reasonable judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Senior Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. In the event of any such termination, (x) the covenants set forth in Section 3 hereof with respect to any offering of the Senior Notes purchased from the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement and (y) the provisions of Section 4 hereof, the indemnity agreement set forth in Section 7 hereof, the contribution provisions set forth in Section 8 hereof, and the provisions of Sections 9 and 11 hereof shall remain in effect.
SECTION 11. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed by certified or registered mail, hand delivered or sent by recognized courier service or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication, in such case with confirmation of receipt. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Underwriters, with copies to the Underwriters directed as indicated on Schedule E hereto. Notices to the Issuer shall be directed to Fox Corporation, 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Legal Department, with a copy to Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 767 5th Avenue, New York, New York 10153, Attention: Merritt S. Johnson.
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SECTION 12. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Issuer and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 7 and 8 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties and their respective successors and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Senior Notes from an Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase. The Issuer acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Senior Notes pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Issuer, on the one hand, and each Underwriter, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Issuer, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Issuer with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Issuer on other matters) or any other obligation to the Issuer except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, and (iv) the Issuer has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Issuer agrees that it will not claim that an Underwriter has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Issuer, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
SECTION 13. Governing Law, Waiver of Trial by Jury. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within New York. Each of the Issuer and the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 14. Defaulting Underwriter.
(a) If, on the Closing Time, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Senior Notes that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Senior Notes by other persons satisfactory to the Issuer on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Senior Notes, then the Issuer shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Senior Notes on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Senior Notes of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Issuer may postpone the Closing Time for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Issuer or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Issuer agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 14, purchases the Senior Notes that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Senior Notes of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Issuer as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Senior Notes that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Senior Notes, then the Issuer shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Senior Notes that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Senior Notes that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Senior Notes of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.
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(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Senior Notes of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Issuer as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Senior Notes that remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Senior Notes, or if the Issuer shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 14 shall be without liability on the part of the Issuer, except that the Issuer will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 4 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 and Section 8 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Issuer or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
SECTION 15. [Reserved].
SECTION 16. Compliance with USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Issuer, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
SECTION 17. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
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As used in this Section 17:
“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
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“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
SECTION 18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Issuer and each Underwriter, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
[Signature pages follow]
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Issuer a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters and the Issuer in accordance with its terms.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| FOX CORPORATION, as the Issuer | ||
| By: | /s/ Steven Tomsic | |
| Name: Steven Tomsic | ||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
| CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written: | ||
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Nicholas Tatlow | |
| Name: Nicholas Tatlow | ||
| Title: Managing Director | ||
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
| CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Adam D. Bordner | |
| Name: Adam D. Bordner | ||
| Title: Managing Director | ||
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
| DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC | ||
| By: | /s/ John Han | |
| Name: John Han | ||
| Title: Managing Director | ||
| By: | /s/ Ritu Ketkar | |
| Name: Ritu Ketkar | ||
| Title: Managing Director | ||
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC | ||
| By: |
/s/ Jonathan Zwart | |
| Name: Jonathan Zwart | ||
| Title: Managing Director | ||
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
| J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Som Bhattacharyya | |
| Name: Som Bhattacharyya | ||
| Title: Executive Director | ||
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE A
| Underwriters |
Principal Amount of 2029 Senior Notes |
Principal Amount of 2031 Senior Notes |
Principal Amount of 2033 Senior Notes |
Principal Amount of 2036 Senior Notes |
Principal Amount of 2046 Senior Notes |
Principal Amount of 2056 Senior Notes |
Principal Amount of 2066 Senior Notes |
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| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
$ | 187,500,000 | $ | 375,000,000 | $ | 312,500,000 | $ | 437,500,000 | $ | 250,000,000 | $ | 375,000,000 | $ | 162,500,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
$ | 140,625,000 | $ | 281,250,000 | $ | 234,375,000 | $ | 328,125,000 | $ | 187,500,000 | $ | 281,250,000 | $ | 121,875,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
$ | 140,625,000 | $ | 281,250,000 | $ | 234,375,000 | $ | 328,125,000 | $ | 187,500,000 | $ | 281,250,000 | $ | 121,875,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
$ | 140,625,000 | $ | 281,250,000 | $ | 234,375,000 | $ | 328,125,000 | $ | 187,500,000 | $ | 281,250,000 | $ | 121,875,000 | ||||||||||||||
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
$ | 140,625,000 | $ | 281,250,000 | $ | 234,375,000 | $ | 328,125,000 | $ | 187,500,000 | $ | 281,250,000 | $ | 121,875,000 | ||||||||||||||
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$ | 750,000,000 | $ | 1,500,000,000 | $ | 1,250,000,000 | $ | 1,750,000,000 | $ | 1,000,000,000 | $ | 1,500,000,000 | $ | 650,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
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[Schedule A]
SCHEDULE B
| 1. | The purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters for the 2029 Senior Notes shall be 99.750% of the principal amount thereof. |
| 2. | The purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters for the 2031 Senior Notes shall be 99.590% of the principal amount thereof. |
| 3. | The purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters for the 2033 Senior Notes shall be 99.358% of the principal amount thereof. |
| 4. | The purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters for the 2036 Senior Notes shall be 99.294% of the principal amount thereof. |
| 5. | The purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters for the 2046 Senior Notes shall be 98.987% of the principal amount thereof. |
| 6. | The purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters for the 2056 Senior Notes shall be 98.525% of the principal amount thereof. |
| 7. | The purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters for the 2066 Senior Notes shall be 98.495% of the principal amount thereof. |
[Schedule B]
SCHEDULE C-1
Pricing Term Sheet dated November 10, 2026, attached as Schedule D.
[Schedule C-1]
SCHEDULE C-2
Investor Education Material
Fox Corporation Investor Education Presentation, dated November 9, 2026.
[Schedule C-2]
SCHEDULE D
PRICING TERM SHEET
[See attached].
[Schedule D]
SCHEDULE E
NOTICES
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
Attention: Investment Bank Division, with a copy to the Legal Department
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
Attention: General Counsel
Fax: 646-291-1469
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
1 Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10019
Attention: Debt Capital Markets – Syndicate Desk
with a copy to:
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
1 Columbus Circle, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Attention: General Counsel, dbcapmarkets.gcnotices@list.db.com
Phone: 1-800-503-4611
Fax: 646-374-1071
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street
New York, NY 10282-2198
Attention: Registration Department
Email: registration-syndops@ny.email.gs.com
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
270 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk
Phone: 212-834-4533
Fax: 212-834-6081
All fax transmissions must be confirmed in writing.
[Schedule E]
Exhibit 4.1
FOX CORPORATION
Officer’s Certificate
November 13, 2026
The undersigned, Steven Tomsic, Chief Financial Officer of Fox Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), acting pursuant to authority conferred on him by the Board of Directors of the Company, is hereby delivering this Officer’s Certificate, pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Indenture (as defined below), in connection with the issuance of the Senior Notes (as defined below), and does hereby, on behalf of the Company, determine the following terms for seven series of Securities to be issued under the Indenture, dated as of January 25, 2019 (the “Base Indenture” and, together with this Officer’s Certificate, the “Indenture”; unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms have the meanings set forth in the Base Indenture), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”):
(1) The title of the seven series of Securities are: the 5.625% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Senior Notes”), the 5.900% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Senior Notes”), the 6.150% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Senior Notes”), the 6.400% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “2036 Senior Notes”), the 7.125% Senior Notes due 2046 (the “2046 Senior Notes”), the 7.150% Senior Notes due 2056 (the “2056 Senior Notes”) and the 7.300% Senior Notes due 2066 (the “2066 Senior Notes” and, together with the 2029 Senior Notes, the 2031 Senior Notes, the 2033 Senior Notes, the 2036 Senior Notes, the 2046 Senior Notes and the 2056 Senior Notes, the “Senior Notes”).
(2) The initial aggregate principal amount of the 2029 Senior Notes, the 2031 Senior Notes, the 2033 Senior Notes, the 2036 Senior Notes, the 2046 Senior Notes, the 2056 Senior Notes and the 2066 Senior Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Base Indenture are US$750,000,000, US$1,500,000,000, US$1,250,000,000, US$1,750,000,000, US$1,000,000,000, US$1,500,000,000 and US$650,000,000, respectively.
(3) The Company may, from time to time following the date of this Officer’s Certificate, without notice to or consent of the Holders of any series of Senior Notes, issue additional Senior Notes of any series under the Indenture (any such Senior Notes, “Additional Notes”). Any Additional Notes subsequently issued under the Indenture will (i) have the same tenor, coupon and other terms as the applicable series of the Senior Notes and (ii) be treated as a single class with such series of Senior Notes for all purposes under the Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Unless the context requires otherwise, references to the “Senior Notes” for all purposes of the Base Indenture and this Officer’s Certificate shall include any Additional Notes that are actually issued.
(4) The 2029 Senior Notes shall mature and be payable on November 15, 2029, the 2031 Senior Notes shall mature and be payable on November 15, 2031, the 2033 Senior Notes shall mature and be payable on November 15, 2033, the 2036 Senior Notes shall mature and be payable on November 15, 2036, the 2046 Senior Notes shall mature and be payable on November 15, 2046, the 2056 Senior Notes shall mature and be payable on November 15, 2056 and the 2066 Senior Notes shall mature and be payable on November 15, 2066.
(5) The 2029 Senior Notes shall bear interest at a rate of 5.625% per annum, the 2031 Senior Notes shall bear interest at a rate of 5.900% per annum, the 2033 Senior Notes shall bear interest at a rate of 6.150% per annum, the 2036 Senior Notes shall bear interest at a rate of 6.400% per annum, the 2046 Senior Notes shall bear interest at a rate of 7.125% per annum, the 2056 Senior Notes shall bear interest at a rate of 7.150% per annum and the 2066 Senior Notes shall bear interest at a rate of 7.300% per annum. Interest on the Senior Notes shall be payable on the Interest Payment Dates of May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 2027. The Regular Record Dates for each series of the Senior Notes for the interest payable shall be May 1 and November 1 of each year. Interest on each series of the Senior Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
(6) Principal of, and interest on, the Senior Notes shall be payable at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York or at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose; provided that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest on the Senior Notes may be made by check mailed to the registered holders of the Senior Notes at the address appearing in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.
(7) The 2029 Senior Notes shall be issued at a public issuance price of 100.000%, the 2031 Senior Notes shall be issued at a public issuance price of 99.940%, the 2033 Senior Notes shall be issued at a public issuance price of 99.758%, the 2036 Senior Notes shall be issued at a public issuance price of 99.744%, the 2046 Senior Notes shall be issued at a public issuance price of 99.862%, the 2056 Senior Notes shall be issued at a public issuance price of 99.400% and the 2066 Senior Notes shall be issued at a public issuance price of 99.370%.
(8) The Senior Notes shall be issued only in fully registered form in denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. Certain procedures relating to the delivery and form of the Senior Notes are set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
(9) The Senior Notes shall be deemed senior securities, and the Company’s obligations under the Senior Notes shall be guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Company that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture.
(10) Pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Indenture, provision is hereby made that (i) Legal Defeasance of the Securities under Section 4.03(a) of the Indenture, Covenant Defeasance of the Securities under Section 4.03(b) of the Indenture, and the other discharge provisions set forth in Article Four of the Indenture, (ii) each of the Events of Default set forth in Section 5.01 of the Indenture, (iii) each of the covenants of the Company and its Subsidiaries set forth in Article Nine, and (iv) the Change of Control provisions set forth in Article Thirteen, shall be made applicable to the Senior Notes, except that, with respect to the Senior Notes:
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“Change of Control” means any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or group or any entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator for such plan), other than the Permitted Holders (as defined below), becomes the beneficial owner of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding common stock entitled to vote generally for the election of directors (“Voting Stock”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition or any provision of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, (i) a person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own Voting Stock (x) to be acquired by such person or group pursuant to an equity or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, warrant agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the acquisition of the Voting Stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by such agreement or (y) solely as a result of veto or approval rights in any joint venture agreement, shareholder agreement, investor rights agreement or other similar agreement, (ii) if any group (other than a Permitted Holder) includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Company owned, directly or indirectly, by any Permitted Holders that are part of such group shall not be treated as being beneficially owned by such group or any other member of such group for purposes of determining whether a Change of Control has occurred and (iii) a person or group (other than Permitted Holders) will not be deemed to beneficially own Voting Stock of another person as a result of its ownership of capital stock or other securities of such other person’s parent entity (or related contractual rights) unless it owns more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such person’s parent entity. For the avoidance of doubt, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if the Company is or becomes a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of a person and the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such person immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to that transaction.
“Permitted Holders” means (a) K. Rupert Murdoch, his wife, parent or more remote forebear, children or more remote issue of a child, or brother or sister or child or more remote issue of a brother or sister or any trusts established for the benefit of one or more of the foregoing or controlled directly or indirectly by one or more of the foregoing; or (b) any person directly or indirectly controlled by one or more of the members of the Murdoch family described in clause (a) above.
(11) Certain provisions regarding (i) the optional redemption of the Senior Notes are set forth in Item 2 of such Senior Notes and (ii) the repurchase of the Senior Notes upon a Change of Control Triggering Event are set forth in Item 3 of such Senior Notes, and each of the provisions referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) are incorporated by reference in, and made a part of, this Officer’s Certificate.
(12) The form of the 2029 Senior Notes is attached hereto as Exhibit B, the form of the 2031 Senior Notes is attached hereto as Exhibit C, the form of the 2033 Senior Notes is attached hereto as Exhibit D, the form of the 2036 Senior Notes is attached hereto as Exhibit E, the form of the 2046 Senior Notes is attached hereto as Exhibit F, the form of the 2056 Senior Notes is attached hereto as Exhibit G and the form of the 2066 Senior Notes is attached hereto as Exhibit H.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate has been executed as of the date first set forth
| FOX CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Steven Tomsic | |
| Name: | Steven Tomsic | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
The undersigned, Laura A. Cleveland, Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the Company, does hereby certify on behalf of the Company that Steven Tomsic is the duly elected and acting Chief Financial Officer of the Company and that the signature appearing above is his genuine signature.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate has been executed as of the date first set forth above.
| FOX CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Laura A. Cleveland | |
| Name: | Laura A. Cleveland | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |
[Fox – Signature Page to Officer’s Certificate (Indenture)]
Exhibit A
Book-Entry; Delivery and Form
The Global Notes
The Senior Notes will be issued in the form of one or more registered notes in global form, without interest coupons (the “Global Notes”).
On the date of the closing of the issuance of the Senior Notes, each of the Global Notes will be deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, for credit to an account of a Direct or Indirect Participant (each as defined below) in DTC (and collectively, the “Participants”). The Senior Notes will be issued in registered, global form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. DTC will act as securities depository for all of the Global Notes.
Except as set forth below, the Global Notes may be transferred, in whole but not in part, solely to DTC, to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee. Beneficial interests in the Global Notes may not be exchanged for Senior Notes in physical, certificated form (“Certificated Notes”) except in the limited circumstances described below under “—Certificated Notes.”
All interests in the Global Notes will be subject to the procedures and requirements of DTC and its Direct and Indirect Participants (including, if applicable, Euroclear and Clearstream) which may change from time to time.
Certain Book-Entry Procedures for the Global Notes
The descriptions of the operations and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream set forth below are provided solely as a matter of convenience. The information in this section concerning DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream and their book-entry systems has been obtained from sources that the Company believes to be reliable, but the Company takes no responsibility for the accuracy thereof. These operations and procedures are solely within the control of the respective settlement system and are subject to change by them from time to time. The Company takes no responsibility for these operations or procedures, and Holders of Senior Notes are urged to contact the systems or their participants directly to discuss these matters. The Company has been advised by DTC that it is (i) a limited purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, (ii) a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, (iii) a member of the Federal Reserve System, (iv) a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and (v) a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). DTC holds and provides asset servicing for U.S. and non-U.S. equity issues, corporate and municipal debt issues and money market instruments that DTC’s participants (“Direct Participants”) deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the post-trade settlement among Direct Participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities, through electronic computerized book-entry transfers and pledges between Direct Participants’ accounts. Direct Participants include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Access to the DTC system is also available to others, such as both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly (“Indirect Participants”).
Exhibit A-1
Purchases of Senior Notes under the DTC system must be made by or through Direct Participants, which will receive a credit for the Senior Notes on DTC’s records. The ownership interest of each purchaser of Senior Notes represented by the Global Notes is in turn to be recorded on the Direct and Indirect Participants’ records. Holders of Senior Notes will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchase. Holders of Senior Notes are, however, expected to receive written confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the Direct Participant or Indirect Participant through which the Holder of Senior Notes entered into the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests in the Senior Notes are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of Direct Participants and Indirect Participants acting on behalf of Holders of Senior Notes. Holders of Senior Notes will not receive Certificated Notes representing their ownership interests in the Senior Notes, except in the event that use of the book-entry system for the Senior Notes is discontinued. See “—Certificated Notes” below.
To facilitate subsequent transfers, all Senior Notes deposited by Direct Participants with DTC are registered in the name of DTC’s nominee, Cede & Co., or such other name as may be requested by DTC. The deposit of Senior Notes with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co. or such other DTC nominee do not effect any change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge of the actual Holders of Senior Notes; DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the Direct Participants to whose accounts such Senior Notes are credited, which may or may not be the Holders of Senior Notes. The Direct Participants and Indirect Participants will remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.
The laws of some jurisdictions require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. Accordingly, such laws may impair the ability to transfer interests in the Senior Notes represented by the Global Notes to such persons. In addition, because DTC can act only on behalf of its Direct Participants, who in turn act on behalf of persons who hold interests through Direct Participants and Indirect Participants, the ability of a person having an interest in Senior Notes represented by the Global Notes to pledge or transfer such interest to persons or entities that do not participate in DTC’s system, or to otherwise take actions in respect of such interest, may be affected by the lack of a physical definitive security in respect of such interest.
Exhibit A-2
So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of the Global Notes, DTC or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or Holder of any Senior Notes represented by the Global Notes for all purposes under the Indenture and under the Senior Notes represented thereby. Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will not be entitled to have Senior Notes represented by such Global Notes registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of Certificated Notes and will not be considered the owners or Holders thereof under the Indenture for any purpose, including with respect to the giving of any direction, instruction or approval to the Trustee thereunder. Accordingly, each Holder of Senior Notes must rely on the procedures of DTC and, if such Holder of Senior Notes is not a Direct Participant or an Indirect Participant, on the procedures of the Participant through which such Holder of Senior Notes owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a Holder of Senior Notes under the Indenture or such Global Notes. The Company understands that under existing industry practice, in the event that the Company request’s any action of Holders of Senior Notes, or a Holder of Senior Notes desires to take any action that DTC, as the Holder of the Global Notes, is entitled to take, DTC would authorize the Participants to take such action and the Participants would authorize Holders owning through such Participants to take such action or would otherwise act upon the instruction of such Holders. Neither the Company, the Trustee, nor any paying agent under the Indenture will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of the beneficial interests in the Global Notes, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial interests.
Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct Participants, by Direct Participants to Indirect Participants and by Direct Participants and Indirect Participants to Holders of Senior Notes will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time.
Redemption notices will be sent to DTC. If less than all of the Senior Notes within an issue are being redeemed, DTC’s practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest of each Direct Participant in such issue to be redeemed.
Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. will consent or vote with respect to Senior Notes unless authorized by a Direct Participant in accordance with DTC’s procedures. Under its usual procedures, DTC mails an omnibus proxy as soon as possible after the record date. The omnibus proxy assigns Cede & Co.’s consenting or voting rights to those Direct Participants to whose accounts Senior Notes are credited on the record date (identified in a listing attached to the omnibus proxy).
The Company will make all payments on the Global Notes to Cede & Co., or such other nominee as may be designated by DTC, in immediately available funds. DTC’s practice is to credit Direct Participants’ accounts upon DTC’s receipt of funds and corresponding detail information from the Company or the Trustee, on the applicable payment date in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC’s records. Payments by Participants to Holders of Senior Notes will be governed by standing instructions and customary practice, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in the names of nominees for such customers. Such payment will be the responsibility of such Participant and not of DTC, the Company or the Trustee, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. All payments to Cede & Co. (or such other nominee designated by DTC) are the responsibility of the Company or the Trustee, disbursement of such payments to Direct Participants will be the responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of such payments to the Holders of Senior Notes will be the responsibility of Direct Participants and Indirect Participants.
DTC may discontinue providing its services as depository with respect to the Senior Notes at any time by giving reasonable notice to the Company or the Trustee. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor depository is not obtained, Certificated Notes are required to be printed and delivered. The Company may decide (subject to DTC’s procedures) to discontinue use of the system of book-entry-only transfers through DTC (or a successor securities depository). In that event, Certificated Notes will be printed and delivered to DTC. See “—Certificated Notes.”
Exhibit A-3
With respect to Euroclear, the Company understands that:
| | 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. |
With respect to Clearstream, the Company understands that:
| | As a professional depositary, Clearstream is subject to regulation by the Luxembourg Commission for the Supervision of the Financial Section; |
| | Clearstream participants include 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 Participant either directly or indirectly; and |
| | Distributions with respect to the securities held beneficially through Clearstream will be credited to cash accounts of Clearstream participants in accordance with its rules and procedures, to the extent received by the U.S. depositary for Clearstream. |
Exhibit A-4
Secondary market trading between Euroclear participants and Clearstream participants will occur in the ordinary way in accordance with the applicable rules and operating procedures of Euroclear and Clearstream and will be settled using the procedures applicable to conventional eurobonds in immediately available funds.
Cross-market transfers between persons holding directly or indirectly through DTC, on the one hand, and directly or indirectly through Euroclear or Clearstream participants, on the other, will be effected within DTC in accordance with DTC’s rules on behalf of the relevant European international clearing system by its U.S. depositary; however, such cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to the relevant European international clearing system by the counterparty in such system in accordance with its rules and procedures and within its established deadlines (European time). The relevant European international clearing system will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its U.S. depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving the Senior Notes in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures. Euroclear participants and Clearstream participants may not deliver instructions directly to their respective U.S. depositaries.
Because of time-zone differences, credits of securities received in Euroclear or Clearstream as a result of a transaction with a DTC participant will be made during subsequent securities settlement processing and dated the business day following the DTC settlement date. Such credits, or any transactions in the securities settled during such processing, will be reported to the relevant Euroclear participants or Clearstream participants on that business day. Cash received in Euroclear or Clearstream as a result of sales of securities by or through a Euroclear participant or a Clearstream participant to a DTC participant will be received with value on the business day of settlement in DTC but will be available in the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream cash account only as of the business day following settlement in DTC.
Although DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream have agreed to the preceding procedures in order to facilitate transfers of interests in the Global Notes among Participants of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, they are under no obligation to perform or continue to perform such procedures and they may discontinue the procedures at any time. Neither the Company nor the Trustee will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC or of its respective Direct Participants or Indirect Participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.
Certificated Notes
If (i) DTC notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a depositary for the Global Notes (and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days of such notice or of the Company becoming aware of such cessation), (ii) DTC ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act (and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days of such notice or of the Company becoming aware of such cessation), (iii) the Company, at its option, determines (subject to DTC’s procedures) that the Senior Notes will no longer be represented by a Global Note or (iv) upon the occurrence of certain other events as provided in the Indenture, then, in each case, upon surrender by DTC of the Global Notes, Certificated Notes will be issued to each person that DTC identifies as the beneficial owner of the Senior Notes represented by the Global Notes. Upon any such issuance, the Trustee is required to register such Certificated Notes in the name of such person or persons (or the nominee of any thereof) and cause the same to be delivered thereto.
Exhibit A-5
Neither the Company nor the Trustee will be liable for any delay by DTC, any Direct Participant or any Indirect Participant in identifying the beneficial owners of the related Senior Notes and each such person may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, instructions from DTC for all purposes (including with respect to the registration and delivery, and the respective principal amounts, of the Senior Notes to be issued).
Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms set forth in this Exhibit A have the meanings set forth in the Officer’s Certificate to which this Exhibit A is attached.
Exhibit A-6
Exhibit B
Form of Senior Note due 2029
[Attached.]
[Face of Note]
5.625% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2029
UNLESS THIS NOTE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.
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FOX CORPORATION
5.625% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2029
CUSIP Number: 35137L AP0
ISIN: US35137LAP04
see reverse for certain definitions
FOX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Fox” or the “Company,” which terms include any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to **[CEDE & CO].** or registered assigns, the principal amount of **[ ] DOLLARS** on November 15, 2029 and to pay interest thereon from November 13, 2026 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 2027, at the rate of 5.625% per annum, until the principal hereof is fully paid or made available for payment. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, commencing on the date hereof. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, which shall be May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Security may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in such Indenture.
Payment of the principal of, and interest on, this Security will be made at the offices or agencies of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, New York in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public debts; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth herein which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to herein by manual or electronic signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
| FOX CORPORATION | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to 2029 Senior Notes]
| TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION | ||
| This is one of the Securities referred | ||
| to in the within-mentioned Indenture | ||
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
| By: |
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| Authorized Signatory | ||
| Date: | ||
[Signature Page to 2029 Senior Notes]
[Back of Note]
FOX CORPORATION
5.625% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2029
This note (this “note certificate”) is one of a duly authorized series (this series being the “Securities”) of debt securities of Fox Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Fox” or the “Company”), issued under the Indenture dated as of January 25, 2019 (the “Base Indenture”), between Fox and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), which provides for the issuance by the Company from time to time of debt securities (the “Debt Securities”) in one or more series, pursuant to which the Base Indenture, together with all indentures supplemental thereto or any Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture (together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), sets forth the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”), and as provided in all indentures supplemental thereto (or as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate). The terms of the Securities set forth in this note certificate are qualified in their entirety by reference to the terms of the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms. The Securities will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by any Subsidiary of the Company that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
1. Paying Agent and Security Registrar
Initially, the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee. The Company or any Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them may act as Paying Agent, Security Registrar or co-registrar.
2. Optional Redemption by the Company
Prior to October 15, 2029 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Securities at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Securities matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
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On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) - H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.
If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second business day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
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The Trustee shall not be responsible for any calculation of the redemption price or any component thereof including, but not limited to, the Treasury Rate. The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Notice of any redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
In the case of a partial redemption, selection of the Securities for redemption will be made by lot by the Trustee; provided that for so long as the Securities are held by DTC (or another Depositary), the partial redemption of the Securities shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Depositary. No Securities of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Securities is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Security will state the portion of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed. A new Security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security will be issued in the name of the Holder of the Security upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or portions thereof called for redemption.
Notice of any redemption of Securities may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent. In addition, if such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date the notice of redemption was delivered) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the redemption date, or by the redemption date so delayed, or such notice may be rescinded at any time in the Company’s discretion if in the Company’s good faith judgment any or all of such conditions will not be satisfied. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of its obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another person.
3. Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall become immediately obligated to offer to purchase the Securities pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.
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4. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of US$2,000 of principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. The Security Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Security Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of any Securities for a period of 15 days before the selection of any Securities for redemption or of any Securities so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
5. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this note certificate may be treated as the owner of the Securities for all purposes.
6. Amendment; Waiver
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of Securities under the Indenture and the waiver of compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture at any time with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding (or, in case less than all of the several series of Debt Securities then outstanding are affected, of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding of each affected series). The Indenture also permits the Holders of a majority in principal amount of any series of Outstanding Securities (as defined in the Indenture), on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of that series, to waive certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences with respect to that series. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder hereof shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders hereof and of any Securities issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made hereon.
7. Discharge and Defeasance
The Indenture contains provisions for discharge and defeasance at any time of (i) the entire indebtedness of the Securities and (ii) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default applicable to the Securities, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
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8. Defaults and Remedies
Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Securities of such series; (ii) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Securities of such series; (iii) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company in the Indenture and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities (with a copy to the Trustee) specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied; and (iv) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company. If an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare all of the Outstanding Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, all Outstanding Securities will immediately become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of such Securities.
Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it receives indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of amounts specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above) if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders.
9. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
10. No Recourse Against Others
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
11. Authentication
This note certificate shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual or electronic signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
12. CUSIP Numbers; ISINs
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Securities and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
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13. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Principal or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gifts to Minors Acts).
14. Governing Law
THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE CERTIFICATE AND ANY GUARANTEE ENDORSED HEREON SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Fox Corporation
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Legal Department
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you wish to have the Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, check the Box. ☐
If you wish to have a portion of the Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, state the amount (in original principal amount):
| $ _____________________ | ||||
| Date: __________________________________ | Your Signature | |||
| _______________________________________ | ||||
(Sign exactly as your name appears in this note certificate)
Signature Guarantee: _____________________________________
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
FORM OF GUARANTEE1
Each guarantor signatory hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”) has unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including post-petition interest, if any) on the Securities, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, as a result of redemption, upon a Change of Control Triggering Event, by acceleration or otherwise, (ii) the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of, premium and interest, if any, on the Securities, to the extent lawful, (iii) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Indenture, and (iv) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
The obligations of each of the Guarantors to the Holders of the Securities and to the Trustee, pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture, are expressly set forth to the extent and in the manner provided in Article Twelve of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee therein made, including the terms of release set forth in Section 12.04 of the Indenture.
No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of any of the Guarantors shall have any personal liability under the Guarantee by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer, director or incorporator.
The Guarantee of each Guarantor shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories.
| 1 | To be provided in connection with any Guarantee by any Guarantor that may arise pursuant to the Indenture. |
| GUARANTOR | ||
| [_____________] | ||
| By: |
| |
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Date: [_____________________], 20[__] | ||
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign the Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this note certificate to
INSERT ASSIGNEE’S SOC. SEC. OR TAX ID NO.
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint ________________________________________________________________________________________ to transfer this note certificate on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
| Date: _________________________________________ | Your Signature ____________________________________ (Sign exactly as your name appears in this note certificate) | |
| Guaranteed: ____________________________________ | ||
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exhibit C
Form of Senior Note due 2031
[Attached.]
[Face of Note]
5.900% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2031
UNLESS THIS NOTE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.
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FOX CORPORATION
5.900% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2031
CUSIP Number: 35137L AQ8
ISIN: US35137LAQ86
see reverse for certain definitions
FOX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Fox” or the “Company,” which terms include any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to **[CEDE & CO].** or registered assigns, the principal amount of **[ ] DOLLARS** on November 15, 2031 and to pay interest thereon from November 13, 2026 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 2027, at the rate of 5.900% per annum, until the principal hereof is fully paid or made available for payment. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, commencing on the date hereof. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, which shall be May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Security may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in such Indenture.
Payment of the principal of, and interest on, this Security will be made at the offices or agencies of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, New York in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public debts; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth herein which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to herein by manual or electronic signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
| FOX CORPORATION | ||
| By: |
| |
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to 2031 Senior Notes]
| TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION |
| This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture |
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee |
| By: |
| |
| Authorized Signatory | ||
| Date: |
[Signature Page to 2031 Senior Notes]
[Back of Note]
FOX CORPORATION
5.900% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2031
This note (this “note certificate”) is one of a duly authorized series (this series being the “Securities”) of debt securities of Fox Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Fox” or the “Company”), issued under the Indenture dated as of January 25, 2019 (the “Base Indenture”), between Fox and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), which provides for the issuance by the Company from time to time of debt securities (the “Debt Securities”) in one or more series, pursuant to which the Base Indenture, together with all indentures supplemental thereto or any Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture (together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), sets forth the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”), and as provided in all indentures supplemental thereto (or as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate). The terms of the Securities set forth in this note certificate are qualified in their entirety by reference to the terms of the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms. The Securities will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by any Subsidiary of the Company that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
1. Paying Agent and Security Registrar
Initially, the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee. The Company or any Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them may act as Paying Agent, Security Registrar or co-registrar.
2. Optional Redemption by the Company
Prior to October 15, 2031 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Securities at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Securities matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
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On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) - H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.
If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second business day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
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The Trustee shall not be responsible for any calculation of the redemption price or any component thereof including, but not limited to, the Treasury Rate. The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Notice of any redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
In the case of a partial redemption, selection of the Securities for redemption will be made by lot by the Trustee; provided that for so long as the Securities are held by DTC (or another Depositary), the partial redemption of the Securities shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Depositary. No Securities of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Securities is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Security will state the portion of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed. A new Security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security will be issued in the name of the Holder of the Security upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or portions thereof called for redemption.
Notice of any redemption of Securities may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent. In addition, if such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date the notice of redemption was delivered) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the redemption date, or by the redemption date so delayed, or such notice may be rescinded at any time in the Company’s discretion if in the Company’s good faith judgment any or all of such conditions will not be satisfied. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of its obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another person.
3. Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall become immediately obligated to offer to purchase the Securities pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.
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4. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of US$2,000 of principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. The Security Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Security Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of any Securities for a period of 15 days before the selection of any Securities for redemption or of any Securities so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
5. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this note certificate may be treated as the owner of the Securities for all purposes.
6. Amendment; Waiver
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of Securities under the Indenture and the waiver of compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture at any time with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding (or, in case less than all of the several series of Debt Securities then outstanding are affected, of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding of each affected series). The Indenture also permits the Holders of a majority in principal amount of any series of Outstanding Securities (as defined in the Indenture), on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of that series, to waive certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences with respect to that series. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder hereof shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders hereof and of any Securities issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made hereon.
7. Discharge and Defeasance
The Indenture contains provisions for discharge and defeasance at any time of (i) the entire indebtedness of the Securities and (ii) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default applicable to the Securities, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
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8. Defaults and Remedies
Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Securities of such series; (ii) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Securities of such series; (iii) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company in the Indenture and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities (with a copy to the Trustee) specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied; and (iv) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company. If an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare all of the Outstanding Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, all Outstanding Securities will immediately become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of such Securities.
Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it receives indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of amounts specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above) if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders.
9. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
10. No Recourse Against Others
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
11. Authentication
This note certificate shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual or electronic signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
12. CUSIP Numbers; ISINs
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Securities and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
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13. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Principal or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gifts to Minors Acts).
14. Governing Law
THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE CERTIFICATE AND ANY GUARANTEE ENDORSED HEREON SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Fox Corporation
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Legal Department
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you wish to have the Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, check the Box. ☐
If you wish to have a portion of the Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, state the amount (in original principal amount):
| $ _____________________ | ||||
| Date: __________________________________ | Your Signature | |||
| _______________________________________ | ||||
(Sign exactly as your name appears in this note certificate)
Signature Guarantee: _____________________________
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
FORM OF GUARANTEE1
Each guarantor signatory hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”) has unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including post-petition interest, if any) on the Securities, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, as a result of redemption, upon a Change of Control Triggering Event, by acceleration or otherwise, (ii) the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of, premium and interest, if any, on the Securities, to the extent lawful, (iii) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Indenture, and (iv) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
The obligations of each of the Guarantors to the Holders of the Securities and to the Trustee, pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture, are expressly set forth to the extent and in the manner provided in Article Twelve of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee therein made, including the terms of release set forth in Section 12.04 of the Indenture.
No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of any of the Guarantors shall have any personal liability under the Guarantee by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer, director or incorporator.
The Guarantee of each Guarantor shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories.
| 1 | To be provided in connection with any Guarantee by any Guarantor that may arise pursuant to the Indenture. |
| GUARANTOR | ||
| [_____________] | ||
| By: |
| |
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Date: [_____________________], 20[__] | ||
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign the Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this note certificate to
INSERT ASSIGNEE’S SOC. SEC. OR TAX ID NO.
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint ________________________________________________________________________________________ to transfer this note certificate on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
| Date: _________________________________________ | Your Signature ____________________________________ (Sign exactly as your name appears in this note certificate) | |
| Guaranteed: ____________________________________ | ||
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exhibit D
Form of Senior Note due 2033
[Attached.]
[Face of Note]
6.150% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2033
UNLESS THIS NOTE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.
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FOX CORPORATION
6.150% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2033
CUSIP Number: 35137L AR6
ISIN: US35137LAR69
see reverse for certain definitions
FOX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Fox” or the “Company,” which terms include any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to **[CEDE & CO].** or registered assigns, the principal amount of **[ ] DOLLARS** on November 15, 2033 and to pay interest thereon from November 13, 2026 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 2027, at the rate of 6.150% per annum, until the principal hereof is fully paid or made available for payment. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, commencing on the date hereof. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, which shall be May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Security may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in such Indenture.
Payment of the principal of, and interest on, this Security will be made at the offices or agencies of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, New York in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public debts; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth herein which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to herein by manual or electronic signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
| FOX CORPORATION | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to 2033 Senior Notes]
| TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION | ||
| This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture | ||
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
| By: |
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| Authorized Signatory | ||
| Date: | ||
[Signature Page to 2033 Senior Notes]
[Back of Note]
FOX CORPORATION
6.150% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2033
This note (this “note certificate”) is one of a duly authorized series (this series being the “Securities”) of debt securities of Fox Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Fox” or the “Company”), issued under the Indenture dated as of January 25, 2019 (the “Base Indenture”), between Fox and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), which provides for the issuance by the Company from time to time of debt securities (the “Debt Securities”) in one or more series, pursuant to which the Base Indenture, together with all indentures supplemental thereto or any Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture (together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), sets forth the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”), and as provided in all indentures supplemental thereto (or as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate). The terms of the Securities set forth in this note certificate are qualified in their entirety by reference to the terms of the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms. The Securities will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by any Subsidiary of the Company that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
1. Paying Agent and Security Registrar
Initially, the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee. The Company or any Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them may act as Paying Agent, Security Registrar or co-registrar.
2. Optional Redemption by the Company
Prior to September 15, 2033 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Securities at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Securities matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
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On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.
If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second business day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
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The Trustee shall not be responsible for any calculation of the redemption price or any component thereof including, but not limited to, the Treasury Rate. The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Notice of any redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
In the case of a partial redemption, selection of the Securities for redemption will be made by lot by the Trustee; provided that for so long as the Securities are held by DTC (or another Depositary), the partial redemption of the Securities shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Depositary. No Securities of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Securities is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Security will state the portion of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed. A new Security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security will be issued in the name of the Holder of the Security upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or portions thereof called for redemption.
Notice of any redemption of Securities may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent. In addition, if such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date the notice of redemption was delivered) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the redemption date, or by the redemption date so delayed, or such notice may be rescinded at any time in the Company’s discretion if in the Company’s good faith judgment any or all of such conditions will not be satisfied. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of its obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another person.
3. Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall become immediately obligated to offer to purchase the Securities pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.
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4. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of US$2,000 of principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. The Security Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Security Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of any Securities for a period of 15 days before the selection of any Securities for redemption or of any Securities so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
5. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this note certificate may be treated as the owner of the Securities for all purposes.
6. Amendment; Waiver
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of Securities under the Indenture and the waiver of compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture at any time with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding (or, in case less than all of the several series of Debt Securities then outstanding are affected, of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding of each affected series). The Indenture also permits the Holders of a majority in principal amount of any series of Outstanding Securities (as defined in the Indenture), on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of that series, to waive certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences with respect to that series. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder hereof shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders hereof and of any Securities issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made hereon.
7. Discharge and Defeasance
The Indenture contains provisions for discharge and defeasance at any time of (i) the entire indebtedness of the Securities and (ii) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default applicable to the Securities, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
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8. Defaults and Remedies
Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Securities of such series; (ii) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Securities of such series; (iii) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company in the Indenture and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities (with a copy to the Trustee) specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied; and (iv) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company. If an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare all of the Outstanding Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, all Outstanding Securities will immediately become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of such Securities.
Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it receives indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of amounts specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above) if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders.
9. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
10. No Recourse Against Others
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
11. Authentication
This note certificate shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual or electronic signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
12. CUSIP Numbers; ISINs
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Securities and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
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13. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Principal or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gifts to Minors Acts).
14. Governing Law
THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE CERTIFICATE AND ANY GUARANTEE ENDORSED HEREON SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Fox Corporation
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Legal Department
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you wish to have the Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, check the Box. ☐
If you wish to have a portion of the Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, state the amount (in original principal amount):
| $_____________________ | ||
| Date:______________________ | Your Signature | |
| __________________________ |
(Sign exactly as your name appears in this note certificate)
Signature Guarantee:_______________________
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
FORM OF GUARANTEE1
Each guarantor signatory hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”) has unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including post-petition interest, if any) on the Securities, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, as a result of redemption, upon a Change of Control Triggering Event, by acceleration or otherwise, (ii) the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of, premium and interest, if any, on the Securities, to the extent lawful, (iii) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Indenture, and (iv) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
The obligations of each of the Guarantors to the Holders of the Securities and to the Trustee, pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture, are expressly set forth to the extent and in the manner provided in Article Twelve of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee therein made, including the terms of release set forth in Section 12.04 of the Indenture.
No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of any of the Guarantors shall have any personal liability under the Guarantee by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer, director or incorporator.
The Guarantee of each Guarantor shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories.
| 1 | To be provided in connection with any Guarantee by any Guarantor that may arise pursuant to the Indenture. |
| GUARANTOR | ||
| [_____________] | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Date: [_____________________], 20[__] | ||
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign the Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this note certificate to
INSERT ASSIGNEE’S SOC. SEC. OR TAX ID NO.
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint _____________________________________________________________________________________________
to transfer this note certificate on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
| Date:_____________________________________ | Your Signature |
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| (Sign exactly as your name appears in this note certificate) | ||||||
| Guaranteed:_______________________________ | ||||||
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exhibit E
Form of Senior Note due 2036
[Attached.]
[Face of Note]
6.400% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2036
UNLESS THIS NOTE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.
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FOX CORPORATION
6.400% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2036
CUSIP Number: 35137L AS4
ISIN: US35137LAS43
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FOX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Fox” or the “Company,” which terms include any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to **[CEDE & CO].** or registered assigns, the principal amount of **[ ] DOLLARS** on November 15, 2036 and to pay interest thereon from November 13, 2026 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 2027, at the rate of 6.400% per annum, until the principal hereof is fully paid or made available for payment. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, commencing on the date hereof. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, which shall be May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Security may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in such Indenture.
Payment of the principal of, and interest on, this Security will be made at the offices or agencies of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, New York in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public debts; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth herein which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to herein by manual or electronic signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
| FOX CORPORATION | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to 2036 Senior Notes]
| TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION | ||
| This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture | ||
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
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| Authorized Signatory | ||
| Date: | ||
[Signature Page to 2036 Senior Notes]
[Back of Note]
FOX CORPORATION
6.400% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2036
This note (this “note certificate”) is one of a duly authorized series (this series being the “Securities”) of debt securities of Fox Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Fox” or the “Company”), issued under the Indenture dated as of January 25, 2019 (the “Base Indenture”), between Fox and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), which provides for the issuance by the Company from time to time of debt securities (the “Debt Securities”) in one or more series, pursuant to which the Base Indenture, together with all indentures supplemental thereto or any Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture (together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), sets forth the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”), and as provided in all indentures supplemental thereto (or as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate). The terms of the Securities set forth in this note certificate are qualified in their entirety by reference to the terms of the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms. The Securities will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by any Subsidiary of the Company that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
1. Paying Agent and Security Registrar
Initially, the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee. The Company or any Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them may act as Paying Agent, Security Registrar or co-registrar.
2. Optional Redemption by the Company
Prior to August 15, 2036 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Securities at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Securities matured on the Par Call 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 less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
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On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.
If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second business day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
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The Trustee shall not be responsible for any calculation of the redemption price or any component thereof including, but not limited to, the Treasury Rate. The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Notice of any redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
In the case of a partial redemption, selection of the Securities for redemption will be made by lot by the Trustee; provided that for so long as the Securities are held by DTC (or another Depositary), the partial redemption of the Securities shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Depositary. No Securities of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Securities is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Security will state the portion of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed. A new Security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security will be issued in the name of the Holder of the Security upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or portions thereof called for redemption.
Notice of any redemption of Securities may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent. In addition, if such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date the notice of redemption was delivered) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the redemption date, or by the redemption date so delayed, or such notice may be rescinded at any time in the Company’s discretion if in the Company’s good faith judgment any or all of such conditions will not be satisfied. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of its obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another person.
3. Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall become immediately obligated to offer to purchase the Securities pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.
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4. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of US$2,000 of principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. The Security Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Security Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of any Securities for a period of 15 days before the selection of any Securities for redemption or of any Securities so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
5. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this note certificate may be treated as the owner of the Securities for all purposes.
6. Amendment; Waiver
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of Securities under the Indenture and the waiver of compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture at any time with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding (or, in case less than all of the several series of Debt Securities then outstanding are affected, of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding of each affected series). The Indenture also permits the Holders of a majority in principal amount of any series of Outstanding Securities (as defined in the Indenture), on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of that series, to waive certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences with respect to that series. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder hereof shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders hereof and of any Securities issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made hereon.
7. Discharge and Defeasance
The Indenture contains provisions for discharge and defeasance at any time of (i) the entire indebtedness of the Securities and (ii) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default applicable to the Securities, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
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8. Defaults and Remedies
Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Securities of such series; (ii) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Securities of such series; (iii) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company in the Indenture and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities (with a copy to the Trustee) specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied; and (iv) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company. If an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare all of the Outstanding Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, all Outstanding Securities will immediately become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of such Securities.
Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it receives indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of amounts specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above) if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders.
9. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
10. No Recourse Against Others
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
11. Authentication
This note certificate shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual or electronic signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
12. CUSIP Numbers; ISINs
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Securities and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
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13. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Principal or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gifts to Minors Acts).
14. Governing Law
THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE CERTIFICATE AND ANY GUARANTEE ENDORSED HEREON SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Fox Corporation
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Legal Department
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you wish to have the Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, check the Box. ☐
If you wish to have a portion of the Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, state the amount (in original principal amount):
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| Date:______________________ __________________________ |
Your Signature |
(Sign exactly as your name appears in this note certificate)
Signature Guarantee:_____________________
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
FORM OF GUARANTEE1
Each guarantor signatory hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”) has unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including post-petition interest, if any) on the Securities, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, as a result of redemption, upon a Change of Control Triggering Event, by acceleration or otherwise, (ii) the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of, premium and interest, if any, on the Securities, to the extent lawful, (iii) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Indenture, and (iv) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
The obligations of each of the Guarantors to the Holders of the Securities and to the Trustee, pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture, are expressly set forth to the extent and in the manner provided in Article Twelve of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee therein made, including the terms of release set forth in Section 12.04 of the Indenture.
No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of any of the Guarantors shall have any personal liability under the Guarantee by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer, director or incorporator.
The Guarantee of each Guarantor shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories.
| 1 | To be provided in connection with any Guarantee by any Guarantor that may arise pursuant to the Indenture. |
| GUARANTOR | ||
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| Date: [_____________________], 20[__] | ||
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign the Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this note certificate to
INSERT ASSIGNEE’S SOC. SEC. OR TAX ID NO.
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint to transfer this note certificate on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
| Date:________________________________ | Your Signature |
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Guaranteed:__________________________
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exhibit F
Form of Senior Note due 2046
[Attached.]
[Face of Note]
7.125% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2046
UNLESS THIS NOTE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.
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FOX CORPORATION
7.125% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2046
CUSIP Number: 35137L AT2
ISIN: US35137LAT26
see reverse for certain definitions
FOX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Fox” or the “Company,” which terms include any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to **[CEDE & CO].** or registered assigns, the principal amount of **[ ] DOLLARS** on November 15, 2046 and to pay interest thereon from November 13, 2026 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 2027, at the rate of 7.125% per annum, until the principal hereof is fully paid or made available for payment. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, commencing on the date hereof. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, which shall be May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Security may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in such Indenture.
Payment of the principal of, and interest on, this Security will be made at the offices or agencies of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, New York in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public debts; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth herein which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to herein by manual or electronic signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
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| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to 2046 Senior Notes]
| TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION | ||
| This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture | ||
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
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| Date: | ||
[Signature Page to 2046 Senior Notes]
[Back of Note]
FOX CORPORATION
7.125% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2046
This note (this “note certificate”) is one of a duly authorized series (this series being the “Securities”) of debt securities of Fox Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Fox” or the “Company”), issued under the Indenture dated as of January 25, 2019 (the “Base Indenture”), between Fox and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), which provides for the issuance by the Company from time to time of debt securities (the “Debt Securities”) in one or more series, pursuant to which the Base Indenture, together with all indentures supplemental thereto or any Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture (together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), sets forth the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”), and as provided in all indentures supplemental thereto (or as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate). The terms of the Securities set forth in this note certificate are qualified in their entirety by reference to the terms of the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms. The Securities will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by any Subsidiary of the Company that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
1. Paying Agent and Security Registrar
Initially, the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee. The Company or any Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them may act as Paying Agent, Security Registrar or co-registrar.
2. Optional Redemption by the Company
Prior to May 15, 2046 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Securities at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Securities matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
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On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.
If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second business day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
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The Trustee shall not be responsible for any calculation of the redemption price or any component thereof including, but not limited to, the Treasury Rate. The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Notice of any redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
In the case of a partial redemption, selection of the Securities for redemption will be made by lot by the Trustee; provided that for so long as the Securities are held by DTC (or another Depositary), the partial redemption of the Securities shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Depositary. No Securities of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Securities is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Security will state the portion of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed. A new Security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security will be issued in the name of the Holder of the Security upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or portions thereof called for redemption.
Notice of any redemption of Securities may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent. In addition, if such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date the notice of redemption was delivered) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the redemption date, or by the redemption date so delayed, or such notice may be rescinded at any time in the Company’s discretion if in the Company’s good faith judgment any or all of such conditions will not be satisfied. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of its obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another person.
3. Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall become immediately obligated to offer to purchase the Securities pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.
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4. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of US$2,000 of principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. The Security Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Security Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of any Securities for a period of 15 days before the selection of any Securities for redemption or of any Securities so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
5. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this note certificate may be treated as the owner of the Securities for all purposes.
6. Amendment; Waiver
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of Securities under the Indenture and the waiver of compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture at any time with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding (or, in case less than all of the several series of Debt Securities then outstanding are affected, of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding of each affected series). The Indenture also permits the Holders of a majority in principal amount of any series of Outstanding Securities (as defined in the Indenture), on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of that series, to waive certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences with respect to that series. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder hereof shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders hereof and of any Securities issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made hereon.
7. Discharge and Defeasance
The Indenture contains provisions for discharge and defeasance at any time of (i) the entire indebtedness of the Securities and (ii) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default applicable to the Securities, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
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8. Defaults and Remedies
Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Securities of such series; (ii) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Securities of such series; (iii) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company in the Indenture and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities (with a copy to the Trustee) specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied; and (iv) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company. If an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare all of the Outstanding Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, all Outstanding Securities will immediately become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of such Securities.
Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it receives indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of amounts specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above) if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders.
9. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
10. No Recourse Against Others
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
11. Authentication
This note certificate shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual or electronic signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
12. CUSIP Numbers; ISINs
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Securities and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
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13. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Principal or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gifts to Minors Acts).
14. Governing Law
THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE CERTIFICATE AND ANY GUARANTEE ENDORSED HEREON SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Fox Corporation
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Legal Department
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you wish to have the Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, check the Box. ☐
If you wish to have a portion of the Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, state the amount (in original principal amount):
| $______________________ | ||
| Date:___________________________ | Your Signature | |
| _______________________________ |
(Sign exactly as your name appears in this note certificate)
Signature Guarantee:______________________
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
FORM OF GUARANTEE1
Each guarantor signatory hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”) has unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including post-petition interest, if any) on the Securities, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, as a result of redemption, upon a Change of Control Triggering Event, by acceleration or otherwise, (ii) the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of, premium and interest, if any, on the Securities, to the extent lawful, (iii) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Indenture, and (iv) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
The obligations of each of the Guarantors to the Holders of the Securities and to the Trustee, pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture, are expressly set forth to the extent and in the manner provided in Article Twelve of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee therein made, including the terms of release set forth in Section 12.04 of the Indenture.
No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of any of the Guarantors shall have any personal liability under the Guarantee by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer, director or incorporator.
The Guarantee of each Guarantor shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories.
| 1 | To be provided in connection with any Guarantee by any Guarantor that may arise pursuant to the Indenture. |
| GUARANTOR | ||
| [_____________] | ||
| By: |
| |
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Date: [_____________________], 20[__] | ||
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign the Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this note certificate to
INSERT ASSIGNEE’S SOC. SEC. OR TAX ID NO.
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ to transfer this note certificate on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
| Date:_________________________________ | Your Signature |
| ||
| (Sign exactly as your name appears in this note certificate) | ||||
| Guaranteed:____________________________ | ||||
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exhibit G
Form of Senior Note due 2056
[Attached.]
[Face of Note]
7.150% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2056
UNLESS THIS NOTE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.
| No. R-[ ] |
**$[ ]** |
FOX CORPORATION
7.150% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2056
CUSIP Number: 35137L AU9
ISIN: US35137LAU98
see reverse for certain definitions
FOX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Fox” or the “Company,” which terms include any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to **[CEDE & CO].** or registered assigns, the principal amount of **[ ] DOLLARS** on November 15, 2056 and to pay interest thereon from November 13, 2026 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 2027, at the rate of 7.150% per annum, until the principal hereof is fully paid or made available for payment. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, commencing on the date hereof. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, which shall be May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Security may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in such Indenture.
Payment of the principal of, and interest on, this Security will be made at the offices or agencies of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, New York in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public debts; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth herein which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to herein by manual or electronic signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
| FOX CORPORATION | ||
| By: |
| |
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to 2056 Senior Notes]
| TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION | ||
| This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture | ||
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
| By: |
| |
| Authorized Signatory | ||
| Date: | ||
[Signature Page to 2056 Senior Notes]
[Back of Note]
FOX CORPORATION
7.150% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2056
This note (this “note certificate”) is one of a duly authorized series (this series being the “Securities”) of debt securities of Fox Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Fox” or the “Company”), issued under the Indenture dated as of January 25, 2019 (the “Base Indenture”), between Fox and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), which provides for the issuance by the Company from time to time of debt securities (the “Debt Securities”) in one or more series, pursuant to which the Base Indenture, together with all indentures supplemental thereto or any Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture (together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), sets forth the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”), and as provided in all indentures supplemental thereto (or as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate). The terms of the Securities set forth in this note certificate are qualified in their entirety by reference to the terms of the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms. The Securities will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by any Subsidiary of the Company that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
1. Paying Agent and Security Registrar
Initially, the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee. The Company or any Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them may act as Paying Agent, Security Registrar or co-registrar.
2. Optional Redemption by the Company
Prior to May 15, 2056 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Securities at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Securities matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
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On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) - H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.
If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second business day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
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The Trustee shall not be responsible for any calculation of the redemption price or any component thereof including, but not limited to, the Treasury Rate. The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Notice of any redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
In the case of a partial redemption, selection of the Securities for redemption will be made by lot by the Trustee; provided that for so long as the Securities are held by DTC (or another Depositary), the partial redemption of the Securities shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Depositary. No Securities of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Securities is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Security will state the portion of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed. A new Security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security will be issued in the name of the Holder of the Security upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or portions thereof called for redemption.
Notice of any redemption of Securities may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent. In addition, if such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date the notice of redemption was delivered) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the redemption date, or by the redemption date so delayed, or such notice may be rescinded at any time in the Company’s discretion if in the Company’s good faith judgment any or all of such conditions will not be satisfied. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of its obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another person.
3. Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall become immediately obligated to offer to purchase the Securities pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.
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4. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of US$2,000 of principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. The Security Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Security Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of any Securities for a period of 15 days before the selection of any Securities for redemption or of any Securities so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
5. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this note certificate may be treated as the owner of the Securities for all purposes.
6. Amendment; Waiver
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of Securities under the Indenture and the waiver of compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture at any time with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding (or, in case less than all of the several series of Debt Securities then outstanding are affected, of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding of each affected series). The Indenture also permits the Holders of a majority in principal amount of any series of Outstanding Securities (as defined in the Indenture), on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of that series, to waive certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences with respect to that series. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder hereof shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders hereof and of any Securities issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made hereon.
7. Discharge and Defeasance
The Indenture contains provisions for discharge and defeasance at any time of (i) the entire indebtedness of the Securities and (ii) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default applicable to the Securities, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
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8. Defaults and Remedies
Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Securities of such series; (ii) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Securities of such series; (iii) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company in the Indenture and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities (with a copy to the Trustee) specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied; and (iv) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company. If an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare all of the Outstanding Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, all Outstanding Securities will immediately become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of such Securities.
Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it receives indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of amounts specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above) if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders.
9. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
10. No Recourse Against Others
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
11. Authentication
This note certificate shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual or electronic signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
12. CUSIP Numbers; ISINs
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Securities and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
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13. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Principal or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gifts to Minors Acts).
14. Governing Law
THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE CERTIFICATE AND ANY GUARANTEE ENDORSED HEREON SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Fox Corporation
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Legal Department
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you wish to have the Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, check the Box. ☐
If you wish to have a portion of the Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, state the amount (in original principal amount):
| $ _____________________ | ||||
| Date: __________________________________ | Your Signature | |||
| _______________________________________ | ||||
(Sign exactly as your name appears in this note certificate)
Signature Guarantee: _________________________
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
FORM OF GUARANTEE1
Each guarantor signatory hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”) has unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including post-petition interest, if any) on the Securities, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, as a result of redemption, upon a Change of Control Triggering Event, by acceleration or otherwise, (ii) the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of, premium and interest, if any, on the Securities, to the extent lawful, (iii) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Indenture, and (iv) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
The obligations of each of the Guarantors to the Holders of the Securities and to the Trustee, pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture, are expressly set forth to the extent and in the manner provided in Article Twelve of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee therein made, including the terms of release set forth in Section 12.04 of the Indenture.
No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of any of the Guarantors shall have any personal liability under the Guarantee by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer, director or incorporator.
The Guarantee of each Guarantor shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories.
| 1 | To be provided in connection with any Guarantee by any Guarantor that may arise pursuant to the Indenture. |
| GUARANTOR | ||
| [_____________] | ||
| By: |
| |
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Date: [_____________________], 20[__] | ||
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign the Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this note certificate to
INSERT ASSIGNEE’S SOC. SEC. OR TAX ID NO.
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint ________________________________________________________________________________________ to transfer this note certificate on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
| Date: _________________________________________ | Your Signature ____________________________________ (Sign exactly as your name appears in this note certificate) | |
| Guaranteed: ____________________________________ | ||
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exhibit H
Form of Senior Note due 2066
[Attached.]
[Face of Note]
7.300% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2066
UNLESS THIS NOTE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.
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FOX CORPORATION
7.300% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2066
CUSIP Number: 35137L AV7
ISIN: US35137LAV71
see reverse for certain definitions
FOX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Fox” or the “Company,” which terms include any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to **[CEDE & CO].** or registered assigns, the principal amount of **[ ] DOLLARS** on November 15, 2066 and to pay interest thereon from November 13, 2026 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 2027, at the rate of 7.300% per annum, until the principal hereof is fully paid or made available for payment. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, commencing on the date hereof. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, which shall be May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Security may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in such Indenture.
Payment of the principal of, and interest on, this Security will be made at the offices or agencies of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, New York in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public debts; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth herein which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to herein by manual or electronic signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
| FOX CORPORATION | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to 2066 Senior Notes]
| TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION |
| This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture |
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee |
| By: |
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| Authorized Signatory | ||
| Date: |
[Signature Page to 2066 Senior Notes]
[Back of Note]
FOX CORPORATION
7.300% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2066
This note (this “note certificate”) is one of a duly authorized series (this series being the “Securities”) of debt securities of Fox Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Fox” or the “Company”), issued under the Indenture dated as of January 25, 2019 (the “Base Indenture”), between Fox and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), which provides for the issuance by the Company from time to time of debt securities (the “Debt Securities”) in one or more series, pursuant to which the Base Indenture, together with all indentures supplemental thereto or any Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture (together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), sets forth the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”), and as provided in all indentures supplemental thereto (or as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate). The terms of the Securities set forth in this note certificate are qualified in their entirety by reference to the terms of the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms. The Securities will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by any Subsidiary of the Company that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
1. Paying Agent and Security Registrar
Initially, the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee. The Company or any Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them may act as Paying Agent, Security Registrar or co-registrar.
2. Optional Redemption by the Company
Prior to May 15, 2066 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Securities at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Securities matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
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On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) - H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.
If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second business day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
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The Trustee shall not be responsible for any calculation of the redemption price or any component thereof including, but not limited to, the Treasury Rate. The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Notice of any redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
In the case of a partial redemption, selection of the Securities for redemption will be made by lot by the Trustee; provided that for so long as the Securities are held by DTC (or another Depositary), the partial redemption of the Securities shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Depositary. No Securities of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Securities is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Security will state the portion of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed. A new Security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security will be issued in the name of the Holder of the Security upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or portions thereof called for redemption.
Notice of any redemption of Securities may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent. In addition, if such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date the notice of redemption was delivered) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the redemption date, or by the redemption date so delayed, or such notice may be rescinded at any time in the Company’s discretion if in the Company’s good faith judgment any or all of such conditions will not be satisfied. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of its obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another person.
3. Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall become immediately obligated to offer to purchase the Securities pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.
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4. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of US$2,000 of principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. The Security Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Security Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of any Securities for a period of 15 days before the selection of any Securities for redemption or of any Securities so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
5. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this note certificate may be treated as the owner of the Securities for all purposes.
6. Amendment; Waiver
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of Securities under the Indenture and the waiver of compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture at any time with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding (or, in case less than all of the several series of Debt Securities then outstanding are affected, of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding of each affected series). The Indenture also permits the Holders of a majority in principal amount of any series of Outstanding Securities (as defined in the Indenture), on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of that series, to waive certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences with respect to that series. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder hereof shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders hereof and of any Securities issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made hereon.
7. Discharge and Defeasance
The Indenture contains provisions for discharge and defeasance at any time of (i) the entire indebtedness of the Securities and (ii) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default applicable to the Securities, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
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8. Defaults and Remedies
Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Securities of such series; (ii) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Securities of such series; (iii) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company in the Indenture and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities (with a copy to the Trustee) specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied; and (iv) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company. If an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare all of the Outstanding Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, all Outstanding Securities will immediately become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of such Securities.
Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it receives indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of amounts specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above) if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders.
9. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
10. No Recourse Against Others
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
11. Authentication
This note certificate shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual or electronic signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
12. CUSIP Numbers; ISINs
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Securities and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
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13. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Principal or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gifts to Minors Acts).
14. Governing Law
THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE CERTIFICATE AND ANY GUARANTEE ENDORSED HEREON SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Fox Corporation
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Legal Department
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you wish to have the Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, check the Box. ☐
If you wish to have a portion of the Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, state the amount (in original principal amount):
| $______________________ | ||
| Date:___________________________ | Your Signature | |
| _______________________________ |
(Sign exactly as your name appears in this note certificate)
Signature Guarantee:___________________________
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
FORM OF GUARANTEE1
Each guarantor signatory hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”) has unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including post-petition interest, if any) on the Securities, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, as a result of redemption, upon a Change of Control Triggering Event, by acceleration or otherwise, (ii) the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of, premium and interest, if any, on the Securities, to the extent lawful, (iii) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Indenture, and (iv) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
The obligations of each of the Guarantors to the Holders of the Securities and to the Trustee, pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture, are expressly set forth to the extent and in the manner provided in Article Twelve of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee therein made, including the terms of release set forth in Section 12.04 of the Indenture.
No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of any of the Guarantors shall have any personal liability under the Guarantee by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer, director or incorporator.
The Guarantee of each Guarantor shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories.
| 1 | To be provided in connection with any Guarantee by any Guarantor that may arise pursuant to the Indenture. |
| GUARANTOR | ||
| [_____________] | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Date: [_____________________], 20[__] | ||
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign the Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this note certificate to
INSERT ASSIGNEE’S SOC. SEC. OR TAX ID NO.
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ to transfer this note certificate on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
| Date:____________________________________ | Your Signature |
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| (Sign exactly as your name appears in this note certificate) | ||||
| Guaranteed:_______________________________ | ||||
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exhibit 5.1
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| 767 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10153-0119 +1 212 310 8000 tel +1 212 310 8007 fax |
November 13, 2026
FOX Corporation
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to FOX Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.625% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”), $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.900% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”), $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.150% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes”), $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.400% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “2036 Notes”), $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.125% Senior Notes due 2046 (the “2046 Notes”), $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.150% Senior Notes due 2056 (the “2056 Notes”) and $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.300% Senior Notes due 2066 (the “2066 Notes” and, together with the 2029 Notes, the 2031 Notes, the 2033 Notes, the 2036 Notes, the 2046 Notes and the 2056 Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes were issued under an Indenture, dated as of January 25, 2019 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and Bank of New York Mellon as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the notes officers’ certificate, dated as of November 13, 2026 (the “Notes Officers’ Certificate” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon as trustee (the “Trustee”), setting forth the terms of the Notes.
In so acting, we have examined originals or copies (certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of (i) the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-298166) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 10, 2026, which was immediately effective (the “Registration Statement”); (ii) the prospectus, dated August 10, 2026, contained within the Registration Statement (the “Base Prospectus”); (iii) the prospectus supplement, dated November 10, 2026 (together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”); (iv) the Indenture; (v) the Notes Officers’ Certificate, (vi) the global certificates representing the Notes; (vii) the Underwriting Agreement, dated November 10, 2026, among the Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule 1 therein; and (viii) such corporate records, agreements, documents and other instruments, and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company, and have made such inquiries of such officers and representatives, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth.
November 13, 2026
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In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to all questions of fact material to this opinion that have not been independently established, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Company.
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Notes (assuming due authentication and delivery thereof by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture) constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).
The opinion expressed herein is limited to the corporate laws of the State of Delaware and the laws of the State of New York, and we express no opinion as to the effect on the matters covered by this letter of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
We hereby consent to the filing of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus which is a part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
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