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Borrowings
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Borrowings

NOTE 5. BORROWINGS

Senior Notes Issued Under January 2019 Indenture

In January 2019, the Company issued $6.8 billion of senior notes (as summarized below) (the “Notes”) in a private offering and used the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes, together with available cash on its balance sheet, to fund the Dividend and to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the Notes and the Transactions.

 

 

 

Outstanding

as of March 31, 2019

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

Senior notes

 

 

 

 

3.666% senior notes due 2022

 

$

750

 

4.030% senior notes due 2024

 

 

1,250

 

4.709% senior notes due 2029

 

 

2,000

 

5.476% senior notes due 2039

 

 

1,250

 

5.576% senior notes due 2049

 

 

1,550

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total senior notes

 

 

6,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less: unamortized debt issuance costs

 

 

(50

)

Total borrowings

 

$

6,750

 

The Notes were issued under an Indenture, dated as of January 25, 2019, by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “2019 Indenture”). The Notes are direct unsecured obligations of the Company and rank pari passu with all other senior indebtedness of the Company, including the indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Agreement described below. Redemption may occur, at the option of the holders, at 101% of the principal amount plus an accrued interest amount in certain circumstances where a change of control is deemed to have occurred. The Notes are subject to certain covenants, which, among other things, limit the Company’s ability and the ability of the Company’s subsidiaries, to create liens and engage in a merger, sale or consolidation transaction. The 2019 Indenture does not contain any financial maintenance covenants.

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 31, 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. Upon the issuance of the Notes, the commitment letter was reduced to $1.7 billion. 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”) on March 15, 2019 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 Company did not request any borrowings under the Bridge Credit Agreement and, as permitted under the terms of the agreement, terminated the agreement on March 20, 2019. In connection with such termination all accrued and unpaid fees thereunder were paid in full and all commitments thereunder were terminated.