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Borrowings
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Borrowings

NOTE 9. BORROWINGS

 

 

 

Outstanding

as of June 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

Public debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.666% senior notes due 2022

 

$

750

 

 

$

750

 

4.030% senior notes due 2024

 

 

1,250

 

 

 

1,250

 

3.050% senior notes due 2025

 

 

600

 

 

 

-

 

4.709% senior notes due 2029

 

 

2,000

 

 

 

2,000

 

3.500% senior notes due 2030

 

 

600

 

 

 

-

 

5.476% senior notes due 2039

 

 

1,250

 

 

 

1,250

 

5.576% senior notes due 2049

 

 

1,550

 

 

 

1,550

 

Total public debt

 

 

8,000

 

 

 

6,800

 

Less: unamortized discount and debt issuance costs

 

 

(54

)

 

 

(49

)

Total borrowings

 

$

7,946

 

 

$

6,751

 

 

Public Debt - Senior Notes Issued

The Company issued senior notes (as summarized above) (the “Notes”) 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 merger, sale or consolidation transactions. The 2019 Indenture does not contain any financial maintenance covenants. Under the 2019 Indenture, the Company had the following issuances:

In April 2020, the Company issued $1.2 billion of senior notes and used the net proceeds for general corporate purposes.

In January 2019, the Company issued $6.8 billion of senior notes and used the net proceeds, 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 such notes and the Separation and the Distribution.

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. In April 2020, the Company entered into an amendment to the Revolving Credit Agreement, which, among other things, deducts cash in excess of $500 million from indebtedness for purposes of calculating the operating income leverage ratio under the agreement. 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 June 30, 2020, there were no borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Credit Agreement.

Bridge Credit Agreement

In December 2017, 21st Century Fox America, Inc. (“21CFA”), a wholly owned subsidiary of 21CF, entered into a commitment letter on behalf of FOX with the financial institutions party thereto for borrowings of up to $9 billion to provide FOX with financing in connection with the Dividend. FOX paid a commitment fee of 0.125%. Upon the issuance of the $6.8 billion of senior notes in January 2019, 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.