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Borrowings
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Borrowings

NOTE 5. BORROWINGS

In January 2019, the Company issued $750 million of 3.666% Senior Notes due 2022, $1.25 billion of 4.030% Senior Notes due 2024, $2.00 billion of 4.709% Senior Notes due 2029, $1.25 billion of 5.476% Senior Notes due 2039 and $1.55 billion of 5.576% Senior Notes due 2049 (the “Notes Offering”). The Company intends to use the net proceeds of approximately $6.8 billion from the sale of the notes, together with available cash on its balance sheet and, if needed, borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement and/or the Bridge Credit Agreement (each as defined below) to fund the Dividend and to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Notes Offering and the Transactions.

Revolving Credit Agreement

On March 15, 2019, the Company entered into a credit agreement (the “Revolving Credit Agreement”) among the Company as Borrower, the initial lenders named therein, the initial issuing banks named therein, Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Co-Syndication Agents, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation Agents and the other parties party thereto. The Revolving Credit Agreement provides for a $1.0 billion unsecured revolving credit facility with a sub-limit of $150 million available for the issuance of letters of credit and a maturity date of March 2024. Under the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Company may request an increase in the amount of the credit facility commitments up to a maximum facility amount of $1.5 billion and the Company may request that the maturity date be extended for up to two additional one-year periods. The material terms of the Revolving Credit Agreement include the requirement that the Company maintain specific leverage ratios and limitations on indebtedness. The interest rates and fees under the Revolving Credit Agreement are based on the Company’s long-term senior unsecured non-credit enhanced debt ratings. Given the current credit ratings, the interest rate on borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement would be London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 1.1% and the facility fee is 0.15%. As of March 18, 2019, there were no borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Credit Agreement.

Bridge Credit Agreement

In addition, as previously disclosed, 21st Century Fox America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of 21CF, entered into a commitment letter on behalf of FOX with the financial institutions party thereto to provide FOX with financing in connection with the Dividend. On March 15, 2019, in anticipation of the payment of the Dividend, the Company entered into a $1.7 billion 364-Day Bridge Term Loan Agreement (the “Bridge Credit Agreement”) with the initial lenders named therein, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Administrative Agent, Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner, and Citibank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Co-Syndication Agents. The material terms of the Bridge Credit Agreement include the requirement that the Company maintain specific leverage ratios and limitations on indebtedness. The interest rates and commitment fee under the Bridge Credit Agreement are based on the Company’s long-term senior unsecured non-credit enhanced debt ratings. Given the Company’s current debt ratings, the initial interest rate on advances will be LIBOR plus 1.25% and will subsequently increase every 90 days up to LIBOR plus 2.00%, and the commitment fee on undrawn funds is 0.125%. The Company will also pay a duration fee on each of the 90th, 180th and 270th day after the funding of the loans in an amount equal to 0.50%, 0.75%, and 1.00%, respectively, of the aggregate amount of the advances outstanding at the time. As of March 18, 2019, no loans have been funded under the Bridge Credit Agreement.