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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20, 2015

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   2711   13-3249610

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

(212) 852-7000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   2711   26-0075658

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

(212) 852-7000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Janet Nova, Esq.

21st Century Fox America, Inc.

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

(212) 852-7000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies of communications to:

Amy Bowerman Freed, Esq.

Hogan Lovells US LLP

875 Third Avenue

New York, NY 10022

(212) 918-3000

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.

If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box.  ¨

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   x    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting this transaction:

Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issue Tender Offer)  ¨

Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)  ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of each Class of

Securities to be Registered

 

Amount to be

Registered

 

Proposed

Maximum

Offering Price

Per Unit(1)

 

Proposed

Maximum

Aggregate

Offering Price(1)

 

Amount of

Registration Fee

3.700% Senior Notes due 2025

  $600,000,000   100%   $600,000,000   $60,420

4.950% Senior Notes due 2045

  $400,000,000   100%   $400,000,000   $40,280

Guarantee of the 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025

  $600,000,000   (2)   (2)   None

Guarantee of the 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045

  $400,000,000   (2)   (2)   None

Total

  $1,000,000,000   —     $1,000,000,000   $100,700

 

 

(1) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(f) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no separate consideration will be received for the guarantee.

 

 

The registrants hereby amend this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrants shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. WE MAY NOT SELL THESE SECURITIES UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION IS EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL THESE SECURITIES AND IT IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED NOVEMBER 20, 2015

 

LOGO

PROSPECTUS

21st Century Fox America, Inc.

EXCHANGE OFFER OF

US$600,000,000 OF OUR 3.700% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2025

AND

US$400,000,000 OF OUR 4.950% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2045

 

 

Unconditionally Guaranteed by

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.

 

 

THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT

5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME,             UNLESS EXTENDED.

Terms of the exchange offer:

 

 

 

  We, 21st Century Fox America, Inc., are registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) the exchange notes, which are being offered in exchange for the original notes that were previously issued in an offering exempt from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s registration requirements. The terms of the exchange offer are summarized below and are more fully described in this prospectus.

 

  We will exchange all original notes that are validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the exchange offer.

 

  You may withdraw tenders of original notes at any time prior to the expiration of the exchange offer.

 

  We believe that the exchange of original notes will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes, but you should see “The Exchange Offer—Tax Consequences of the Exchange Offer” and “Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” on pages 17 and 35, respectively, of this prospectus for more information.

 

  We will not receive any proceeds from the exchange offer.

 

  The terms of the exchange notes are substantially identical to the original notes, except that the exchange notes are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the transfer restrictions and registration rights applicable to the original notes do not apply to the exchange notes.

 

  Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (“21st Century Fox”) will guarantee the exchange notes. If we do not make payments on the exchange notes, 21st Century Fox must make them instead.

 

  We do not intend to list the exchange notes on any securities exchange or to have them approved for any automated quotation system.

 

 

Investments in these securities involve risks. See Risk Factors on page 7.

 

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is                     .

This prospectus, the letter of transmittal and the notice of guaranteed delivery are first being distributed to all holders of the original notes on                     .


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NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY 21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL CREATE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES AN IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF 21ST CENTURY FOX AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES SINCE THE DATE HEREOF. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY SECURITIES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFICALLY OFFERED HEREBY OR AN OFFER TO SELL ANY SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE, OR TO ANY PERSON WHOM, IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS SPEAKS ONLY AS OF THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS UNLESS THE INFORMATION SPECIFICALLY INDICATES THAT ANOTHER DATE APPLIES.

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

     1   

RISK FACTORS

     7   

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES OF 21ST CENTURY FOX

     8   

THE EXCHANGE OFFER

     9   

USE OF PROCEEDS

     19   

SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF 21ST CENTURY FOX

     20   

DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES

 

MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

    

 

 

22

 

35

  

 

  

BOOK-ENTRY; DELIVERY AND FORM

     40   

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     42   

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

     43   

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     43   

LEGAL MATTERS

     44   

EXPERTS

     44   

We will provide to you upon written or oral request, without charge, a copy of any and all of the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus; however, a reasonable fee per page will be charged for any paper copies of any exhibits to such information. Requests for copies of such information relating to 21st Century Fox should be directed to: 21st Century Fox America, Inc., 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, Attention: Investor Relations (telephone number (212) 852-7059).

In order to obtain timely delivery, you must request information no later than                     , which is five business days before the scheduled expiration of the exchange offer.

 

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements”. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this prospectus that address activities, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will or may occur in the future, or that include the words “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “plans,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “continues,” “forecasts,” “designed,” “goal,” or the negative of those words or other comparable words are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

These statements appear in a number of places in this prospectus and documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus and are based on certain assumptions and analyses made in light of our experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors we believe are appropriate in the circumstances. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about 21st Century Fox and its subsidiaries and businesses, including the risks and uncertainties discussed in this prospectus under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere, and are not guarantees of performance. Other important factors that could affect the future results of 21st Century Fox and cause those results or other outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements include:

 

    rapidly changing technology challenging 21st Century Fox’s businesses’ ability to adapt successfully;

 

    significant changes in 21st Century Fox’s assumptions about customer acceptance, overall market penetration and competition from providers of alternative products and services;

 

    changes in 21st Century Fox’s business strategy and development plans; and

 

    exposure to fluctuations in currency exchange rates;

 

    unexpected challenges created by legislative and regulatory developments;

 

    worldwide economic and business conditions;

 

    other risks described herein or included from time to time in periodic reports that 21st Century Fox files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”).

Because the above factors could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made by 21st Century Fox, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and it should not be assumed that the statements made herein remain accurate as of any future date. 21st Century Fox undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement or update or revise the reasons that actual results or outcomes could materially differ from those anticipated in each forward-looking statement, except as required by law. Readers should carefully review the other documents filed by 21st Century Fox with the Commission.

THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE TO, NOR WILL 21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC. ACCEPT SURRENDERS OF ORIGINAL NOTES FOR EXCHANGE FROM, HOLDERS IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE EXCHANGE OFFER OR THE ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

The following summary is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed information included elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Because this is a summary, it may not contain all the information that may be important to you. You should read the entire prospectus, as well as the information incorporated by reference, before making an investment decision. When used in this prospectus, the terms “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to 21st Century Fox America, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, and “21st Century Fox” or “the Guarantor” refers to Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless otherwise specified.

THE COMPANY AND THE GUARANTOR

The Company

21st Century Fox America, Inc., a 100% owned subsidiary of 21st Century Fox, is an operating company and holding company, which, together with its subsidiaries, holds most of the operating assets of 21st Century Fox.

The Guarantor

21st Century Fox is a diversified global media and entertainment company, which manages and reports its businesses in the following segments:

 

    Cable Network Programming, which principally consists of the production and licensing of programming distributed primarily through cable television systems, direct broadcast satellite operators, telecommunication companies and online video distributors in the U.S. and internationally.

 

    Television, which principally consists of the broadcasting of network programming in the U.S. and the operation of 28 full power broadcast television stations, including 11 duopolies, in the U.S. (of these stations, 17 are affiliated with FOX Broadcasting Company, 10 are affiliated with Master Distribution Service, Inc. and one is an independent station).

 

    Filmed Entertainment, which principally consists of the production and acquisition of live-action and animated motion pictures for distribution and licensing in all formats in all entertainment media worldwide, and the production and licensing of television programming worldwide.

 

    Direct Broadcast Satellite Television, which consisted of the distribution of programming services via satellite, cable and broadband directly to subscribers in Italy, Germany and Austria. The Direct Broadcast Satellite Television (“DBS”) segment consisted entirely of the operations of Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland AG. On November 12, 2014, 21st Century Fox completed the sale of Sky Italia and its 57% interest in Sky Deutschland AG to Sky plc.

 

    Other, Corporate and Eliminations, which principally consists of corporate overhead and eliminations and other businesses.

Following the sale of the DBS businesses, the Company continues to report in five segments for comparative purposes, and there is no current activity in the DBS segment.

The Company’s and the Guarantor’s principal executive offices are located at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036. The telephone number at that address is (212) 852-7000.

 



 

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The Exchange Offer

On October 21, 2015, we completed the offering of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 and $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045. The offering was made in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. As part of the offering, we entered into a registration rights agreement with the initial purchasers of the original notes in which we agreed, among other things, to deliver this prospectus and to complete an exchange offer for the original notes. Below is a summary of the exchange offer.

 

Securities offered

Up to $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of exchange 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 and up to $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of exchange 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045 which have been registered under the Securities Act. The form and terms of these exchange notes are identical in all material respects to those of the original notes. The exchange notes, however, will not contain transfer restrictions and registration rights applicable to the original notes.

 

The exchange offer

We are offering to exchange US$2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof of our exchange 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 and US$2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof of our exchange 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045 which have been registered under the Securities Act, for each US$2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof of our outstanding original 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 and original 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045.

 

  In order to be exchanged, an original note must be properly tendered and accepted. All original notes that are validly tendered and not withdrawn will be exchanged. As of the date of this prospectus, there are $600,000,000 principal amount of 3.700% original notes and $400,000,000 principal amount of 4.950% original notes outstanding. We will issue exchange notes promptly after the expiration of the exchange offer.

 

Resales

We are registering the exchange offer in reliance on the position enunciated by the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corp., SEC No-Action Letter (April 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley & Co, Inc., SEC No-Action Letter (June 5, 1991), and Shearman & Sterling, SEC No-Action Letter (July 2, 1993). Based on interpretations by the Staff of the Commission, as detailed in a series of no-action letters issued to third parties, we believe that the exchange notes issued in the exchange offer may be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred by you without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as long as:

 

    you are acquiring the exchange notes in the ordinary course of your business;

 

    you are not participating, do not intend to participate and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate, in a distribution of the exchange notes; and

 

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  Rule 405 under the Securities Act defines “affiliate” as a person that, directly or indirectly, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, a specified person. In the absence of an exemption, you

 

  must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with the resale of the exchange notes. If you fail to comply with these requirements, you may incur liabilities under the Securities Act and we will not indemnify you for such liabilities.

 

  Each broker or dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account in exchange for original notes that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities must acknowledge that it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any offer to resell, resale, or other transfer of the exchange notes issued in the exchange offer and that it has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with the Company or 21st Century Fox or an affiliate of the Company or 21st Century Fox to distribute the exchange notes.

 

Expiration date

5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     , unless we extend the expiration date.

 

Withdrawal rights

You may withdraw tenders of the original notes at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. For more information, see the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Withdrawal Rights.”

 

Conditions to the exchange offer

The exchange offer is subject to certain customary conditions, which we may waive in our sole discretion. For more information, see the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Conditions to the Exchange Offer.” The exchange offer is not conditioned upon the exchange of any minimum principal amount of original notes.

 

Procedures for tendering original notes

If you wish to accept the exchange offer, you must (1) complete, sign and date the accompanying letter of transmittal, or a facsimile copy of such letter, in accordance with its instructions and the instructions in this prospectus, and (2) mail or otherwise deliver the executed letter of transmittal, together with the original notes and any other required documentation to the exchange agent at the address set forth in the letter of transmittal. If you are a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and you hold original notes through The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and wish to accept the exchange offer, you must do so pursuant to DTC’s automated tender offer program. By executing or agreeing to be bound by the letter of transmittal, you will represent to us, among other things, (1) that you are, or the person or entity receiving the exchange notes is, acquiring the exchange notes in the ordinary course of business, (2) that neither you nor any such other person or entity has any arrangement or

 



 

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understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the exchange notes within the meaning of the Securities Act and (3) that neither you nor any such other person or entity is our affiliate within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

  If you are a beneficial owner whose original notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and you wish to tender in the exchange offer, we urge you to promptly contact the person or entity in whose name your original notes are registered and instruct that person or entity to tender on your behalf. If you wish to tender in the exchange offer on your own behalf, you must, prior to completing and executing the letter of transmittal and delivering your original notes, either make appropriate arrangements to register ownership of your original notes in your name or obtain a properly completed bond power from the person or entity in whose name your original notes are registered. The transfer of registered ownership may take considerable time.

 

Guaranteed delivery procedures

If you wish to tender your original notes and your original notes are not immediately available or you cannot deliver your original notes, the letter of transmittal or any other documents required to the exchange agent (or comply with the procedures for book-entry transfer) prior to the expiration date, you must tender your original notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

 

Taxation

The exchange pursuant to the exchange offer will generally not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For more details, see the sections entitled “The Exchange Offer—Tax Consequences of the Exchange Offer” and “Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

 

Consequences of failure to exchange

If you do not exchange the original notes, they will remain entitled to all the rights and preferences and will continue to be subject to the limitations contained in the indenture. However, following the exchange offer, all outstanding original notes will still be subject to the same restrictions on transfer, and we will have no obligation to register outstanding original notes under the Securities Act.

 

Use of proceeds

We will not receive any proceeds from the exchange offer. For more details, see the “Use of Proceeds” section.

 

Exchange agent

The Bank of New York Mellon is serving as the exchange agent in connection with the exchange offer. The address, telephone number and facsimile number of the exchange agent are listed under the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Exchange Agent.”

 



 

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The Exchange Notes

 

Issuer

21st Century Fox America, Inc.

 

Guarantor

21st Century Fox is a guarantor of the original notes and the exchange notes. If we cannot make payments on the original notes or the exchange notes when they are due, the Guarantor must make them instead.

 

Securities offered

US$600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 and US$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045.

 

Maturities

October 15, 2025 for the 3.700% Senior Notes and October 15, 2045 for the 4.950% Senior Notes.

 

Interest payment dates

April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2016.

 

Redemption

The notes may not be redeemed by the Company prior to maturity, except as set forth herein. See “Description of the Notes—Redemption by the Company.”

 

Ranking

The notes will be direct unsecured obligations and will constitute indebtedness (as defined herein) ranking pari passu with all other unsecured indebtedness which is not by its terms subordinated to the notes. The guarantee constitutes indebtedness of the Guarantor, and is intended to rank pari passu with all other unsecured indebtedness of the Guarantor, which is not by its terms subordinated to the guarantee. See “Description of the Notes.”

 

Change of control

If we experience a change of control triggering event as described in the section entitled “Description of the Notes—Repurchase upon change of control triggering event,” we must offer to repurchase the notes 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.

 

Certain covenants

The indenture, among other things, limits our ability to incur liens and requires our subsidiaries to issue guarantees under certain circumstances. The indenture also restricts our ability and the ability of 21st Century Fox to sell all or substantially all of our or its assets or to merge with or into other companies. For more details, see “Description of the Notes—Successor corporation” and “Description of the Notes—Certain covenants.”

 

Governing Law

The notes will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

Absence of public market for the notes

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for the original notes, and it is not currently anticipated that an active public market for the exchange notes will develop. We currently do not intend to apply for the listing of the notes on any securities exchange or to seek approval for quotation through any automated quotation system. Although the initial purchasers have informed us that they currently intend to make a market in the notes, they are not obligated to do so and any such market-making activity may be discontinued at any time without notice. Accordingly, there can be no assurance as to the development or liquidity of any market for the notes. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

Risk Factors

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RISK FACTORS

Before you participate in the exchange offer, you should be aware that there are various risks, including the ones listed below. You should carefully consider these risk factors, as well as the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, in evaluating your participation in the exchange offer.

Risk Factor Relating to the Notes and Guarantees

Structural risks. The operations of 21st Century Fox worldwide and the operations of the Company in the United States are conducted through subsidiaries, and, therefore, 21st Century Fox and the Company are dependent upon the earnings and cash flows of their subsidiaries to meet debt service obligations, including obligations with respect to the notes. The claims of holders of the notes will be subordinate to claims of creditors of the subsidiaries of the Guarantor (other than the Company) with respect to the assets of such subsidiaries in the event of bankruptcy or reorganization of such subsidiaries.

Risk Factor Relating to the Exchange Offer

If you do not exchange your original notes for exchange notes, you will continue to have restrictions on your ability to resell them, which could reduce their value. The original notes were not registered under the Securities Act or under the securities laws of any state and may not be resold, offered for resale, or otherwise transferred unless they are subsequently registered or resold pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. If you do not exchange your original notes for exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer, you will not be able to resell, offer to resell, or otherwise transfer the original notes unless they are registered under the Securities Act or unless you resell them, offer to resell them or otherwise transfer them under an exemption from the registration requirements of, or in a transaction not subject to, the Securities Act.

 

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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES OF 21ST CENTURY FOX

The following table sets forth the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the periods indicated:

 

Three months ended

September 30, 2015

   Fiscal Years Ended June 30,  
   2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  

4.2

     8.0         4.8         7.7         4.3         3.6   

 

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THE EXCHANGE OFFER

Purpose of the Exchange Offer

The exchange offer is designed to provide holders of original notes with an opportunity to acquire exchange notes (the “Exchange Notes”) which, unlike the original notes, will not be restricted securities and will be freely transferable at all times, subject to any restrictions on transfer imposed by state “blue sky” laws and provided that the holder is not our affiliate within the meaning of the Securities Act and represents that the Exchange Notes are being acquired in the ordinary course of the holder’s business and the holder is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes. Capitalized terms used herein and otherwise not defined are defined in the indenture dated as of August 25, 2009, as amended and restated on February 16, 2011 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, 21st Century Fox and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

The outstanding original 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 in the aggregate principal amount of US$600,000,000 and outstanding original 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045 in the aggregate principal amount of US$400,000,000 were originally issued and sold on October 21, 2015 (the “Issue Date”), to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as initial purchasers, pursuant to the purchase agreement dated as of October 14, 2015. The original notes were issued and sold in a transaction not registered under the Securities Act in reliance upon the exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The concurrent resale of the original notes by the initial purchaser to investors was also done in reliance upon the exemption provided by Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act. The original notes are restricted securities and may not be reoffered, resold or transferred other than pursuant to a registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act or unless an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available. Pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, the original notes may generally be resold (a) commencing six months after the Issue Date, in an amount up to, for any three-month period, the greater of 1% of the original notes then outstanding or the average weekly trading volume of the original notes during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of the required notice of sale with the Commission so long as 21st Century Fox remains current in its periodic filing obligations and (b) commencing one year after the Issue Date, in any amount and otherwise without restriction by a holder who is not, and has not been for the preceding three months, our affiliate. Certain other exemptions may also be available under other provisions of the federal securities laws for the resale of the original notes.

In connection with the original issuance and sale of the original notes, we entered into the registration rights agreement, dated as of October 21, 2015 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which we agreed to file with the Commission a registration statement covering the exchange by us of the Exchange Notes for the original notes (the “Exchange Offer”). The Registration Rights Agreement provides that we will file with the Commission an exchange offer registration statement (the “Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act, with respect to an offer to exchange the original notes for the Exchange Notes and to offer to holders of original notes who are able to make certain representations the opportunity to exchange their original notes for Exchange Notes.

The Registration Rights Agreement provides that unless the Exchange Offer would not be permitted by applicable law or the policies of the Commission (“SEC Policy”), we will (i) file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement with the Commission on or prior to 90 days after the Issue Date, (ii) use our reasonable best efforts to have the Exchange Offer Registration Statement declared effective by the Commission on or prior to 180 days after the Issue Date, (iii) commence the Exchange Offer and use our reasonable best efforts to issue, on or prior to 225 days after the Issue Date, Exchange Notes, in exchange for all original notes tendered prior thereto in the Exchange Offer and (iv) if obligated to file a shelf registration statement, use our reasonable best efforts to file the shelf registration statement prior to the later of (a) 90 days after the Issue Date or (b) 30 days after such filing obligation arises (provided, however, that if the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective

 

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by the Commission on or prior to the 180th day after the Issue Date, then the Company will file the shelf registration statement with the Commission on or prior to the 210th day after the Issue Date, unless the Company has consummated the Exchange Offer prior to the 180th day after the Issue Date whereby the Company’s obligations to file a shelf registration statement pursuant to clause (iv) above shall be cancelled). We shall use our reasonable best efforts to keep such shelf registration statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended for a period of six months from the Issue Date or such shorter period that will terminate when all notes covered by the shelf registration statement have been sold pursuant thereto. A holder of original notes that sells its original notes pursuant to the shelf registration statement generally will be required to be named as a selling security holder in the related prospectus and to deliver a prospectus to purchasers, will be subject to certain of the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act in connection with such sales and will be bound by the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement that are applicable to such holder (including certain indemnification and contribution obligations).

Under existing interpretations by the staff of the Commission, the Exchange Notes, in general, would not be restricted securities and would be freely transferable after the Exchange Offer without further registration under the Securities Act; provided, however, that in the case of broker-dealers participating in the Exchange Offer, a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act must be delivered by such broker-dealers in connection with resales of the Exchange Notes. We have agreed for a period of 90 days after consummation of the Exchange Offer, to make available a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act to any such broker-dealer for use in connection with any resale of any Exchange Notes acquired in the Exchange Offer. A broker-dealer that delivers such a prospectus to purchasers in connection with such resales will be subject to certain of the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act and will be bound by the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement (including certain indemnification rights and obligations).

Each holder of original notes that wishes to exchange such original notes for Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer will be required to make certain representations, including representations that (i) any Exchange Notes to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) it has no arrangement with any person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of Exchange Notes and (iii) it is not our affiliate as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, or if it is an affiliate, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable.

If the holder is not a broker-dealer, it will be required to represent that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of Exchange Notes. If the holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for original notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it will be required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes.

We have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer and will indemnify each initial purchaser against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, we will be required to pay additional interest if a registration default exists. A registration default will exist if:

 

    we fail to file any of the registration statements required by the Registration Rights Agreement on or before the date specified for such filing;

 

    any of the registration statements is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness, referred to in the Registration Rights Agreement as the Effectiveness Target Date;

 

    the Exchange Offer is required to be consummated under the Registration Rights Agreement and we fail to issue Exchange Notes in exchange for all original notes properly tendered and not withdrawn in the Exchange Offer within 45 days of the Effectiveness Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; or

 

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    the shelf registration statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective but thereafter ceases to be effective or usable in connection with the Exchange Offer or resales of the Exchange Notes, as the case may be, during the periods specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Additional interest will accrue on the principal amount of the notes (in addition to the stated interest on the notes) from and including the date on which any of the registration defaults described above has occurred and continue until all registration defaults have been cured. Additional interest will accrue at a rate of 0.25% per annum during the 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a registration default and will increase by 0.25% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period (or portion thereof) while a registration default is continuing, up to a maximum rate of additional interest of 0.50% per annum.

This summary of certain provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is listed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

Terms of the Exchange Offer

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal, we will accept any and all original notes validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. Subject to the minimum denomination requirements of the Exchange Notes, the Exchange Notes are being offered in exchange for a like principal amount of original notes. Original notes of US$2,000 principal amount may be exchanged in integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. Holders may tender some or all of their original notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

The form and terms of the Exchange Notes will be identical in all material respects to the form and terms of the original notes except that (i) the Exchange Notes will be registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, will not bear legends restricting the transfer thereof and (ii) holders of the Exchange Notes will not be entitled to certain rights of holders of original notes under the Registration Rights Agreement. The Exchange Notes will evidence the same debt as the original notes and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. Each series of Exchange Notes will be treated as a single class under the Indenture with any original notes of that series that remain outstanding. The Exchange Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum aggregate principal amount of original notes being tendered for exchange.

As of                     , US$600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of original 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 and US$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of original 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045 were outstanding. This prospectus, the letter of transmittal and notice of guaranteed delivery are being sent to all registered holders of original notes as of                     . Tendering holders will not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees or, subject to the instructions in the letter of transmittal, transfer taxes with respect to the exchange of original notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. We will pay all charges and expenses, other than certain transfer taxes that may be imposed, in connection with the Exchange Offer. See “—Payment of Expenses.”

Holders of original notes do not have any appraisal or dissenters’ rights under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware in connection with the Exchange Offer.

Expiration Date; Extensions; Termination

The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     . We reserve the right to extend the Exchange Offer at our discretion, in which event the term expiration date shall mean the time and date on which the Exchange Offer as so extended shall expire. We shall notify the exchange agent of any extension by oral or written notice and shall notify the registered holders of original notes via a press release prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled expiration date.

 

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We reserve the right to extend or terminate the Exchange Offer and not accept for exchange any original notes if any of the events set forth below under the caption “—Conditions to the Exchange Offer” occur and are not waived by us, by giving oral or written notice of such delay or termination to the exchange agent. See “—Conditions to the Exchange Offer.” The rights reserved by us in this paragraph are in addition to our rights set forth below under the caption “—Conditions to the Exchange Offer.”

Procedures for Tendering

The tender to us of original notes by a holder pursuant to one of the procedures set forth below and the acceptance thereof by us will constitute an agreement between such holder and us in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the letter of transmittal.

Except as set forth below, a holder who wishes to tender original notes for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer must transmit an agent’s message or a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, including all other documents required by such letter of transmittal, to the exchange agent at the address set forth below under “Exchange Agent” on or prior to the expiration date. In addition, either (i) certificates for such original notes must be received by the exchange agent along with the letter of transmittal, (ii) a timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer (a book-entry confirmation) of such original notes, if such procedure is available, into the exchange agent’s account at DTC pursuant to the procedure of book-entry transfer described below, must be received by the exchange agent prior to the expiration date, or (iii) the holder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below. LETTERS OF TRANSMITTAL AND ORIGINAL NOTES SHOULD NOT BE SENT TO US.

The term “Agent’s Message” means a message, transmitted by DTC to and received by the exchange agent and forming a part of a book-entry confirmation, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgement from the tendering participant, which acknowledgment states that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the letter of transmittal and that we may enforce such letter of transmittal against such participant.

Signatures on a letter of transmittal must be guaranteed unless the original notes tendered pursuant thereto are tendered (i) by a registered holder of original notes who has not completed the box entitled “Special Issuance and Delivery Instructions” on the letter of transmittal or (ii) for the account of any firm that is a member of a registered national securities exchange or a commercial bank or trust company having an office in the United States, each an eligible institution. In the event that signatures on a letter of transmittal are required to be guaranteed, such guarantee must be by an eligible institution.

The method of delivery of original notes and other documents to the exchange agent is at the election and risk of the holder, but if delivery is by mail it is suggested that the mailing be made sufficiently in advance of the expiration date to permit delivery to the exchange agent before the expiration date.

If the letter of transmittal is signed by a person other than a registered holder of any original notes tendered therewith, such original notes must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate bond powers, in either case signed exactly as the name of the registered holder appears on the original notes.

If the letter of transmittal or any original notes or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing, and, unless waived by us, proper evidence satisfactory to us of their authority to so act must be submitted.

All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of tendered original notes will be resolved by us, and our determination will be final and binding. We reserve the absolute right to reject any or all tenders that are not in proper form or the acceptance of which would, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the right to waive any irregularities or conditions of tender as to

 

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particular original notes. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including the instructions in the letter of transmittal) will be final and binding. Unless waived, any irregularities in connection with tenders must be cured within such time as we shall determine. Neither we nor the exchange agent shall be under any duty to give notification of defects in such tenders or shall incur liabilities for failure to give such notification. Tenders of original notes will not be deemed to have been made until such irregularities have been cured or waived. Any original notes received by the exchange agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned by the exchange agent to the tendering holder, unless otherwise provided in the letter of transmittal, as soon as practicable following the expiration date.

Our acceptance for exchange of original notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer will constitute a binding agreement between the tendering person and us upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer.

Book-Entry Transfer

The exchange agent will make a request to establish an account with respect to the original notes at DTC for purposes of the Exchange Offer within two business days after the date of this prospectus. Any financial institution that is a participant in DTC’s book-entry transfer facility systems may make book-entry delivery of original notes by causing DTC to transfer those original notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC in accordance with DTC’s procedures for transfer. However, although delivery of original notes may be effected through book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, an Agent’s Message or a duly executed letter of transmittal, including all other documents required by such letter of transmittal, must in any case, be transmitted to and received by the exchange agent at one of the addresses set forth below under the caption “Exchange Agent” on or prior to the expiration date or the guaranteed delivery procedures described below must be complied with.

DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO DTC IN ACCORDANCE WITH DTC’S PROCEDURES DOES NOT CONSTITUTE DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT.

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures

Holders who wish to tender their original notes and (i) whose original notes are not immediately available, or (ii) who cannot deliver their original notes, the letter of transmittal or any other required documents to the exchange agent prior to the expiration date, may effect a tender if:

(a) the tender is made through an eligible institution;

(b) prior to the expiration date, the exchange agent receives from an eligible institution a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, or a facsimile of the letter of transmittal, and notice of guaranteed delivery by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery setting forth the name and address of the holder of the original notes, the certificate number or numbers of the original notes and the amount of original notes being tendered, stating that the tender is being made and guaranteeing that, within three NASDAQ Stock Market trading days after the expiration date, the properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal (or facsimile thereof) together with the certificates for all physically tendered original notes, in proper form for transfer, or a book-entry confirmation, as the case may be, and any other documents required by the letter of transmittal will be deposited by the eligible institution with the exchange agent; and

(c) a properly completed and executed letter of transmittal (or facsimile thereof), as well as the certificates representing all tendered original notes in proper form for transfer, or a book-entry confirmation, as the case may be, and all other documents required by the letter of transmittal, are received by the exchange agent within three NASDAQ Stock Market trading days after the expiration date.

 

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Conditions to the Exchange Offer

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Exchange Offer, or any extension of the Exchange Offer, we will not be required to accept for exchange, or to issue Exchange Notes in exchange for, any original notes and may terminate the Exchange Offer (whether or not any original notes have been accepted for exchange) or may waive any conditions to or amend the Exchange Offer, if any of the following conditions have occurred or exists or have not been satisfied:

 

    there is threatened, instituted or pending any action or proceeding before, or any statute, rule, regulation, injunction, order or decree issued by, any court or governmental agency or other governmental regulatory or administrative agency or commission:

(1) seeking to restrain or prohibit the making or completion of the Exchange Offer or any other transaction contemplated by the Exchange Offer, or assessing or seeking any damages as a result of this transaction; or

(2) resulting in a material delay in our ability to accept for exchange or exchange some or all of the original notes in the Exchange Offer; or

 

    any action has been taken, proposed or threatened, by any governmental authority, domestic or foreign, that in our sole judgment might directly or indirectly result in any of the consequences referred to in clauses (1) or (2) above or, in our sole judgment, might result in the holders of Exchange Notes having obligations with respect to resales and transfers of Exchange Notes which are greater than those described in the interpretation of the Commission referred to above, or would otherwise make it inadvisable to proceed with the Exchange Offer; or

 

    the following has occurred:

(1) any general suspension of or general limitation on prices for, or trading in, securities on any national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market; or

(2) any limitation by a governmental authority, which may adversely affect our ability to complete the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Offer; or

(3) a declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States or any limitation by any governmental agency or authority which adversely affects the extension of credit; or

(4) a commencement of a war, armed hostilities or other similar international calamity directly or indirectly involving the United States, or, in the case of any of the preceding events existing at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer, a material acceleration or worsening of these calamities; or

 

    any change, or any development involving a prospective change, has occurred or been threatened in our business, financial condition, operations or prospects and those of our subsidiaries taken as a whole that is or may be adverse to us, or we have become aware of facts that have or may have an adverse impact on the value of the original notes or the Exchange Notes, which in our sole judgment in any case makes it inadvisable to proceed with the Exchange Offer and/or with such acceptance for exchange or with such exchange; or

 

    there shall occur a change in the current interpretation by the Staff of the Commission which permits the Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer in exchange for original notes to be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by holders thereof (other than broker-dealers and any such holder which is our affiliate within the meaning of Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that such Exchange Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such holders’ business and such holders have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes; or

 

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    any law, statute, rule or regulation shall have been adopted or enacted which, in our judgment, would reasonably be expected to impair our ability to proceed with the Exchange Offer; or

 

    a stop order shall have been issued by the Commission or any state securities authority suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement, or proceedings shall have been initiated or, to our knowledge, threatened for that purpose, or any governmental approval has not been obtained, which approval we shall, in our sole discretion, deem necessary for the consummation of the Exchange Offer as contemplated hereby; or

 

    we have received an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that there exists any actual or threatened legal impediment (including a default or prospective default under an agreement, indenture or other instrument or obligation to which we are a party or by which we are bound) to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Offer.

If we determine in our sole and absolute discretion that any of the foregoing events or conditions has occurred or exists or has not been satisfied, we may, subject to applicable law, terminate the Exchange Offer (whether or not any original notes have been accepted for exchange) or may waive any such condition or otherwise amend the terms of the Exchange Offer in any respect. If such waiver or amendment constitutes a material change to the Exchange Offer, we will promptly disclose such waiver or amendment by means of a prospectus supplement that will be distributed to the registered holders of the original notes and will extend the Exchange Offer to the extent required by Rule 14e-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

These conditions are for our sole benefit and we may assert them regardless of the circumstances giving rise to any of these conditions, or we may waive them, in whole or in part, in our sole discretion. Any determination made by us concerning an event, development or circumstance described or referred to above will be final and binding on all parties.

Acceptance of Original Notes for Exchange; Delivery of Exchange Notes

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer, we will accept all original notes validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. We will issue Exchange Notes in exchange for original notes promptly following the expiration date.

Subject to the conditions set forth under the caption “—Conditions to the Exchange Offer,” issuance of Exchange Notes in exchange for original notes tendered and accepted for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be made only after timely receipt by the exchange agent of certificates for original notes or a book-entry confirmation of a book-entry transfer of original notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, including an Agent’s Message if the tendering holder does not deliver a letter of transmittal, a completed letter of transmittal, or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message in lieu of the letter of transmittal and any other documents required by such letter of transmittal. Accordingly, the delivery of Exchange Notes might not be made to all tendering holders at the same time, and will depend upon when certificates for original notes, book-entry confirmations with respect to original notes and other required documents are received by the exchange agent.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer, we will be deemed to have accepted for exchange, and thereby to have exchanged, original notes validly tendered and not withdrawn as, if and when we give oral or written notice to the exchange agent of our acceptance of such original notes for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer. The exchange agent will act as agent for us for the purpose of receiving tenders of original notes, letters of transmittal and related documents, and as agent for tendering holders for the purpose of receiving original notes, letters of transmittal and related documents and transmitting Exchange Notes which will not be held in global form by DTC or a nominee of DTC to validly tendered holders. Such exchange will be made promptly after the expiration date. If for any reason whatsoever, acceptance for exchange or the exchange

 

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of any original notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer is delayed (whether before or after our acceptance for exchange of original notes) or we extend the Exchange Offer or are unable to accept for exchange or exchange any original notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer, then, without prejudice to our rights set forth herein, the exchange agent may, nevertheless, on our behalf and subject to Rule 14e-l promulgated under the Exchange Act, retain tendered original notes and such original notes may not be withdrawn except to the extent tendering holders are entitled to withdrawal rights as described under the caption “—Withdrawal Rights.”

Pursuant to an Agent’s Message or a letter of transmittal, a holder of original notes will represent, warrant and agree in the letter of transmittal that it has full power and authority to tender, exchange, sell, assign and transfer original notes, that we will acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title to the tendered original notes, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances, and the original notes tendered for exchange are not subject to any adverse claims or proxies. The holder also will warrant and agree that it will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by us or the exchange agent to be necessary or desirable to complete the exchange, sale, assignment and transfer of the original notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

If any tendered original notes are not accepted for exchange because of an invalid tender, the occurrence of certain other events set forth herein or otherwise, any such unaccepted original notes will be returned, at our expense, to the tendering holder thereof as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer.

Withdrawal Rights

Tenders of original notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. For a withdrawal to be effective, the exchange agent must receive a written notice of withdrawal at the address, or in the case of eligible institutions, at the facsimile number, set forth below under the caption “—Exchange Agent” before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. Any notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the person having tendered the original notes to be withdrawn, identify the original notes to be withdrawn (including the certificate number or numbers and the principal amount of the original notes), and (where certificates for original notes have been transmitted) specify the name in which such original notes are registered, if different from that of the withdrawing holder. If certificates for original notes have been delivered or otherwise identified to the exchange agent, then, prior to the release of such certificates, the withdrawing holder must also submit the serial numbers of the particular certificates to be withdrawn and a signed notice of withdrawal with signatures guaranteed by an eligible institution unless such holder is an eligible institution. If original notes have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer described above, any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited with the withdrawn original notes and otherwise comply with the procedures of such facility. All questions as to the validity, form and eligibility (including time of receipt) of such notices will be determined by us, and our determination shall be final and binding on all parties. Any original notes so withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for exchange for purposes of the Exchange Offer. Any original notes which have been tendered for exchange but which are not exchanged for any reason will be returned to the holder thereof without cost to such holder (or in the case of original notes tendered by book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at DTC pursuant to the book-entry transfer procedures described above, such original notes will be credited to an account maintained with DTC for the original notes) as soon as practicable after withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the Exchange Offer. Properly withdrawn original notes may be retendered by following one of the procedures described above under the caption “—Procedures for Tendering” at any time on or prior to the expiration date.

Exchange Agent

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direct questions and requests for assistance, requests for additional copies of this prospectus or of the letter of transmittal and requests for notices of guaranteed delivery to the exchange agent addressed as follows:

By Registered or Certified Mail, or

Hand Delivery or Overnight Delivery

The Bank of New York Mellon, as Exchange Agent

c/o The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

Corporate Trust Operations—Reorganization Unit

111 Sanders Creed Parkway

East Syracuse, NY 13057

Attn: Allissa Overton

By Facsimile Transmission:

(Eligible Institutions Only)

732-667-9408

Confirm by Telephone:

315-414-3362

If you deliver the letter of transmittal to an address other than any address indicated above or transmit instructions by facsimile to a facsimile number other than any facsimile number indicated above, then your delivery or transmission will not constitute a valid delivery of the letter of transmittal.

Payment of Expenses

We have not retained any dealer-manager or similar agent in connection with the Exchange Offer. We will not make any payment to brokers, dealers or others for soliciting acceptances of the Exchange Offer. However, we will pay the reasonable and customary fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses to the exchange agent in connection therewith. We will also pay the cash expenses to be incurred in connection with the Exchange Offer, including accounting, legal, printing and other related fees and expenses.

Consequences of Failure to Exchange

Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, certain rights under the Registration Rights Agreement, including registration rights and the right to receive the contingent increases in the interest rate, will terminate. The original notes that are not exchanged for Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer will remain restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act. Accordingly, such original notes may be resold only (i) to us or our subsidiaries, (ii) to a qualified institutional buyer in compliance with Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, (iii) to an institutional accredited investor that, prior to such transfer, furnishes to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements relating to the restrictions on transfer of the original notes (the form of which letter can be obtained from the Trustee) and, if requested by us and the Trustee, an opinion of counsel acceptable to us that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (iv) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (if available) or (v) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. The liquidity of the original notes could be adversely affected by the Exchange Offer.

Tax Consequences of the Exchange Offer

The exchange of original notes for Exchange Notes will not be treated as a taxable transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes because the Exchange Notes will not be considered to differ materially in kind or in extent from the original notes. Rather, the Exchange Notes received by a holder of original notes will be treated as a continuation of such holder’s investment in the original notes. As a result, there will be no material U.S. federal income tax consequences to holders exchanging original notes for Exchange Notes.

 

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PERSONS CONSIDERING THE EXCHANGE OF THE ORIGINAL NOTES FOR EXCHANGE NOTES SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS CONCERNING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES ARISING UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR FOREIGN LAWS OF SUCH AN EXCHANGE.

Accounting Treatment

The Exchange Notes will be recorded at the same carrying value as the original notes, as reflected in our accounting records on the date of the exchange. Accordingly, no gain or loss for accounting purposes will be recognized.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer. In consideration for issuing the Exchange Notes, we will receive in exchange the original notes of like principal amount. The form and terms of the Exchange Notes are identical in all material respects to the form and terms of the original notes, except for certain transfer restrictions and registration rights relating to the original notes and except for certain provisions providing for an increase in the interest rate on the original notes under certain circumstances relating to the timing of the Exchange Offer. The original notes surrendered in exchange for the Exchange Notes will be retired and canceled and cannot be reissued. Accordingly, issuance of the Exchange Notes will not result in any increase in our outstanding debt or in the obligations of the Guarantor.

On October 21, 2015, we issued and sold the original notes. The net proceeds of $987 million from the sale of the notes will be used for general corporate purposes.

 

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SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF 21ST CENTURY FOX

The following table presents selected historical consolidated financial data of 21st Century Fox. The data as of, and for the years ended, June 30, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 are derived from 21st Century Fox’s audited consolidated financial statements for those periods. The data as of, and for the three months ended, September 30, 2015 and 2014 are derived from 21st Century Fox’s unaudited consolidated financial statements for those periods, which, in the opinion of management, contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for these periods. Historical results of operations may not be indicative of results to be expected for any future period.

This information is only a summary and should be read in conjunction with 21st Century Fox’s audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes and management’s discussion and analysis of results of operations and financial condition contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed August 13, 2015, and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, filed November 4, 2015, each of which is incorporated by reference into this registration statement.

 

    For the three months
ended September 30,(a)
(unaudited)
    For the fiscal years ended June 30,  
        2015              2014         2015(b)      2014(b)      2013(b)      2012(c)      2011(d)  
    (in millions, except per share data)  

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:

               

Revenues

  $ 6,077       $ 7,887      $ 28,987       $ 31,867       $ 27,675       $ 25,051       $ 24,232   

Income from continuing operations attributable to 21st Century Fox stockholders

    678         1,044        8,373         3,785         6,820         3,176         2,296   

Net income attributable to 21st Century Fox stockholders

    675         1,037        8,306         4,514         7,097         1,179         2,739   

Income from continuing operations attributable to 21st Century Fox stockholders per share—basic

  $ 0.34       $ 0.48      $ 3.94       $ 1.67       $ 2.91       $ 1.27       $ 0.87   

Income from continuing operations attributable to 21st Century Fox stockholders per share—diluted

  $ 0.34       $ 0.48      $ 3.93       $ 1.67       $ 2.91       $ 1.27       $ 0.87   

Net income attributable to 21st Century Fox stockholders per share—basic

  $ 0.34       $ 0.47      $ 3.91       $ 1.99       $ 3.03       $ 0.47       $ 1.04   

Net income attributable to 21st Century Fox stockholders per share—diluted

  $ 0.34       $ 0.47      $ 3.90       $ 1.99       $ 3.03       $ 0.47       $ 1.04   

Cash dividend per share

  $ 0.150       $ 0.125      $ 0.275       $ 0.250       $ 0.170       $ 0.180       $ 0.150   

 

     As of
September 30,
2015
     As of June 30,  
        2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  
     (in millions)  

BALANCE SHEET DATA:

                 

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 5,830       $ 8,428       $ 5,415       $ 6,659       $ 9,626       $ 12,680   

Total assets

     47,997         50,051         54,793         50,944         56,663         61,980   

Borrowings

     19,011         19,039         19,058         16,458         15,455         15,495   

21st Century Fox stockholders’ equity

     15,281         17,220         17,418         16,998         24,684         30,069   

 

(a)

See Notes 2, 5 and 12 to the unaudited consolidated financial statements of 21st Century Fox contained in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for the period ended September 30, 2015, filed November 4, 2015 for

 

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  information with respect to significant acquisitions, disposals, restructuring charges and other transactions during the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.
(b) See Notes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 22 to the consolidated financial statements of 21st Century Fox contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the period ended June 30, 2015, filed August 13, 2015 for information with respect to significant acquisitions, disposals, discontinued operations, accounting changes, impairment charges, restructuring charges and other transactions during fiscal 2015, 2014 and 2013.
(c) In fiscal 2012, 21st Century Fox recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $201 million as a result of an impairment assessment performed on the Digital Media Group reporting unit. Also, during fiscal 2012, 21st Century Fox recorded non-cash impairment charges of approximately $2.6 billion ($2.2 billion, net of tax) related to discontinued operations consisting of a write-down in goodwill of approximately $1.3 billion and a write-down of the indefinite-lived intangible assets (primarily newspaper mastheads and distribution networks) of approximately $1.3 billion.
(d) In fiscal 2011, 21st Century Fox recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $168 million as a result of an impairment assessment performed on the Digital Media Group reporting unit and also recorded a restructuring charge of approximately $120 million resulting from an organizational restructuring to align resources more closely with the digital media properties.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES

The original notes were issued as two separate series under an Indenture dated as of August 25, 2009, as amended and restated on February 16, 2011 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, 21st Century Fox and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”), in a transaction that is not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. References to the notes include the Exchange Notes (as hereinafter defined) unless the context requires otherwise. Series of debt securities issued under the Indenture, including the notes, or other predecessor senior indentures are referred to herein as “Debt Securities.” The following summaries of the material provisions of the notes and the Indenture do not purport to be complete and are subject, and are qualified in their entirety by reference, to all the provisions of the notes and the Indenture, including the definitions therein of certain terms. Capitalized terms used in this section and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.

General

The 3.700% notes will be initially limited to $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount and will mature on October 15, 2025.

The 4.950% notes will be initially limited to $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount and will mature on October 15, 2045.

The Company may from time to time, without notice to or consent of holders of the notes, issue additional 3.700% notes and 4.950% notes of the same tenor, coupon and other terms as the 3.700% notes and the 4.950% notes, so that such additional notes and the notes offered hereby of the same series will form a single series. Interest will accrue on the notes from October 21, 2015, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for, payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year commencing on April 15, 2016 to the person (or any predecessor) in whose name the notes are registered at the close of business on April 1 or October 1, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The notes are not entitled to any sinking fund.

The notes will be issued only in fully registered form in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The notes will be represented by global notes (the “Global Securities”) registered in the name of the nominee of DTC.

The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities that may be issued thereunder and provides that Debt Securities, including the 3.700% notes and the 4.950% notes, may be issued thereunder from time to time in one or more series. As of September 30, 2015, there were approximately $6.7 billion of Debt Securities issued under the Indenture and $10.8 billion issued under various predecessor senior indentures. While most of the terms of the predecessor senior indentures and the Indenture are the same, there are several significant differences described under “Repurchase upon change of control triggering event” which could result in different consequences for holders of Debt Securities issued under the predecessor senior indentures and those issued under the Indenture. In addition, other provisions of the Indenture regarding the Limitation on Liens covenant, Events of Default and Guarantees by Subsidiaries have been changed from predecessor senior indentures. For a complete list of predecessor senior indentures, see the exhibit list of 21st Century Fox’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, filed with the Commission on August 13, 2015, as amended.

The Company has appointed The Bank of New York Mellon at its offices at 525 William Penn Place, 38th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15259, to serve as registrar and paying agent under the Indenture. No service charge will be made for any transfer, exchange or redemption of notes, except in certain circumstances, for any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.

 

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Additional interest

As discussed under the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Purpose of the Exchange Offer,” pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company and the Guarantor will agree to file with the Commission a registration statement (the “Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) with respect to the 3.700% notes and the 4.950% notes and to offer to the holders of such notes who are able to make certain representations the opportunity to exchange their notes (the “Exchange Offer”) for notes issued under the Indenture containing terms identical to such holders’ notes (except that the transfer restrictions thereon shall be eliminated). The notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer in exchange for the 3.700% notes are referred to herein as the “3.700% Exchange Notes”, and the notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer in exchange for the 4.950% notes are referred to herein as the “4.950% Exchange Notes” (collectively, the “Exchange Notes”). In the event that the Company and the Guarantor are not permitted to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or SEC Policy or, in certain other circumstances, including if for any reason the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the 180th day after the date the notes are first issued (the “Issue Date”), the Company and the Guarantor will file with the Commission a shelf registration statement with respect to resales of the notes by the holders thereof. The interest rate on the notes is subject to increase under certain circumstances during any period in which the Company and the Guarantor are not in compliance with their obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement. See the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Purpose of the Exchange Offer.”

Ranking

The notes will be direct, unsecured obligations of the Company and will constitute Indebtedness (as defined below) ranking pari passu with all other unsecured Indebtedness of the Company which is not by its terms subordinated to the notes. The Guarantee constitutes Indebtedness of the Guarantor and is intended to rank pari passu with all other unsecured Indebtedness of such Guarantor which is not by its terms subordinated to the Guarantee.

“Indebtedness” of any Person is defined as, at any date, and without duplication, any obligation for or in respect of: (i) money borrowed (whether or not for cash consideration and whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only a portion thereof) and premiums (if any) and capitalized interest (if any) in respect thereof; (ii) all obligations (if any) with respect to any debenture, bond (other than performance and similar bonds), note, loan, stock or similar instrument (whether or not issued for cash consideration); (iii) liabilities of such Person in respect of any letter of credit (other than in respect of Trade Payables, Programming Liabilities, or royalties), bankers’ acceptance or note purchase facility or any liability with respect to any recourse receivables purchase, factoring or discounting arrangement; (iv) all obligations of such Person with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations (whether in respect of buildings, machinery, equipment or otherwise); (v) all obligations created or arising under any deferred purchase or conditional sale agreement or arrangement or representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property that would appear as a liability on a statement of financial positions of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP (including pursuant to financing leases), except any such balance which represents a Trade Payable, Programming Liability or royalty; (vi) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any Redeemable Stock of such Person or any warrants, rights or options to acquire such Redeemable Stock valued, in the case of Redeemable Stock, at the greatest amount payable in respect thereof on a liquidation (whether voluntary or involuntary) plus accrued and unpaid dividends; (vii) direct or indirect guarantees of all Indebtedness of other Persons referred to in clauses (i) to (vi) above or legally binding agreements by any Person (a) to supply funds to or in any other manner invest in the debtor (including any agreement to pay for property or services irrespective of whether such property is received or such services are rendered), or (b) otherwise to assure in a legally binding manner any Person to whom Indebtedness is owed against loss; and (viii) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (i) to (vii) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any encumbrance on any asset owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for

 

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the payment of such Indebtedness. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be (without duplication) (i) the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability of any such contingent obligations at such date and (ii) in the case of Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien to which the property or assets owned or held by such Person is subject, the lesser of the fair market value at such date of any asset subject to a Lien securing the Indebtedness of others and the amount of the Indebtedness secured. Notwithstanding anything stated herein to the contrary, for purposes of the Indenture, any obligation owed solely between or among members of the 21st Century Fox Consolidated Group shall not constitute “Indebtedness”.

Guarantees

The notes will be unconditionally guaranteed by 21st Century Fox. See “The guarantor of the notes” in the Company’s offering circular relating to the original notes. The Guarantee is intended to rank pari passu with 21st Century Fox’s obligations under the Revolving Credit Agreement (as defined in the next sentence) and its obligations under the various senior public debt instruments issued by the Company or 21st Century Fox. The Revolving Credit Agreement means that certain revolving credit agreement, dated as of May 21, 2015, by and among the Company, as borrower, 21st Century Fox, as guarantor, the initial lenders named therein, the initial issuing banks named therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A. as co-administrative agents, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as designated agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent.

Redemption by the Company

Each series of notes is redeemable, as a whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time or from time to time, upon mailed notice to the registered address of each holder of such series of notes at least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to the redemption. Except as provided below, the redemption price will be equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the series of notes to be redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below) on such series of notes discounted to the date of redemption, on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at a rate equal to the sum of the applicable Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 30 basis points for the 3.700% notes and 35 basis points for the 4.950% notes. Accrued interest will be paid to the date of redemption. All calculations thereunder shall be made by the Company. On and after July 15, 2025, in the case of the 3.700% notes, and on and after April 15, 2045, in the case of the 4.950% notes, the notes are redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of such notes being redeemed to such redemption date.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi- annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third business day immediately preceding that redemption date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue (as defined below), assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that redemption date.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Reference Treasury Dealer (as defined below) as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the applicable series of notes, that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the applicable series of notes.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined below) for that redemption date.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and its successor. If the Reference Treasury Dealer shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, the Company will substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer.

 

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“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by the Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding that redemption date.

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the series of notes that would be due after the related redemption date but for that redemption. If that redemption date is not an interest payment date with respect to the series of notes being redeemed, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on such series of notes being redeemed will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on such series of notes to such redemption date.

On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the series of notes being redeemed or any portion of the series of notes called for redemption (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest). On or before the redemption date, the Company will deposit with a paying agent (or the Trustee) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the notes to be redeemed on that date. If less than all of the notes of any series are to be redeemed, the notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the trustee by a method the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate.

Repurchase upon change of control triggering event

Within 60 days after the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event (as herein defined), the Company will be required to make an offer to purchase each series of notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes of such series, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase. The offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) shall be made not later than the 60th Business Day after the Change of Control Triggering Event.

The Company shall commence a Change of Control Offer by mailing a notice to each holder of the notes stating: (i) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to a covenant in the Indenture and that all notes validly tendered will be accepted for payment; (ii) the purchase price and the purchase date (which shall be not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed) (the “Change of Control Payment Date”); (iii) that any notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date; (iv) that holders electing to have notes purchased pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the notes to the paying agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Change of Control Payment Date; (v) that holders will be entitled to withdraw their tender of notes on the terms and conditions set forth in such notice which will allow any holder to withdraw notes if they notify the Trustee prior to the Change of Control Payment Date; and (vi) that holders who elect to require that only a portion of the notes held by them be repurchased by the Company will be issued new notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the notes surrendered. No notes will be purchased from any holder of notes who does not tender any notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall (i) accept for payment tendered notes or portions thereof pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the paying agent cash in same-day funds sufficient to pay the purchase price of notes or portions thereof so accepted and (iii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee notes so accepted. The paying agent shall promptly make available to the holders of notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and make available for delivery to such holders a new security of the same class equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of notes surrendered. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date. For purposes of this covenant, the Trustee shall act as the paying agent.

 

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This covenant is intended to allow the holders of notes the option of having their notes purchased in the event that someone other than members of the Murdoch Family (as herein defined) acquires a majority of the voting interest of 21st Century Fox and a Rating Decline (as herein defined) occurs shortly thereafter.

21st Century Fox and its Subsidiaries will comply with the appropriate provisions of the Exchange Act, including Rule 14e-1, in the event of a Change of Control Offer. The Change of Control purchase feature of the notes may in certain circumstances make more difficult or discourage a takeover of 21st Century Fox and, thus, the removal of incumbent management. The Change of Control purchase feature, however, is not the result of management’s knowledge of any specific effort to accumulate Class B Common Stock of 21st Century Fox or to obtain control of 21st Century Fox by means of a merger, tender offer, solicitation or otherwise, or part of a plan by management to adopt a series of anti-takeover provisions. Instead, the Change of Control purchase feature is a standard term contained in other offerings of debt securities of other issuers containing features corresponding to the terms of the notes.

The Company’s ability to repurchase the notes upon a Change of Control Triggering Event will depend upon the availability of cash sufficient to pay the purchase price and upon the terms of its and 21st Century Fox’s then existing loan agreements and indentures. If a Change of Control were to occur, there can be no assurance that the Company would have funds sufficient to pay the Change of Control purchase price for all of the notes that might be delivered by holders seeking to exercise the purchase right. In addition, the Revolving Credit Agreement, to which 21st Century Fox, the Company and certain of their Affiliates are parties, could restrict the ability of the Company to repurchase the notes upon a Change of Control. The ability of the Company to repurchase the notes upon a Change of Control will depend upon the principal amount of the notes required to be repurchased, the limitations imposed by the covenants (whether contained in the Revolving Credit Agreement or otherwise) then in effect and, if required, the consent by the banks representing a majority of the outstanding indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Agreement.

“Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of the following: any person (as the term “person” is used in Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) other than 21st Century Fox, any Subsidiary of 21st Century Fox, any employee benefit plan of either 21st Century Fox or any Subsidiary of 21st Century Fox, or the Murdoch Family, becomes the beneficial owner of 50% or more of the combined voting power of 21st Century Fox’s then outstanding common stock entitled to vote generally for the election of directors (“Voting Securities”).

“Change of Control Triggering Event” shall mean a Change of Control and a Rating Decline.

“Investment Grade” is defined as a rating of BBB- or higher by Standard & Poor’s Corporation and its successors (“S&P”) or a rating of Baa3 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors (“Moody’s”) or the equivalent of such ratings.

“Murdoch Family” shall mean K. Rupert Murdoch, his children, or brothers or sisters or children of brothers or sisters, or grandchildren, grand nieces and grand nephews and other members of his immediate family or any trust or any other entity directly or indirectly controlled by one or more of the members of the Murdoch Family described above (“controlled entities”). A trust shall be deemed controlled by the Murdoch Family if the majority of the trustees are members of the Murdoch Family or can be removed or replaced by any one or more members of the Murdoch Family or the controlled entities.

“Rating Agencies” is defined as (i) S&P and (ii) Moody’s or (iii) if S&P or Moody’s or both shall not make a rating of the notes publicly available, a nationally recognized securities rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by 21st Century Fox, which shall be substituted for S&P or Moody’s or both, as the case may be, so that there shall always be two nationally recognized securities rating agencies rating the notes.

 

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“Rating Category” is defined as (i) with respect to S&P, any of the following categories: BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); (ii) with respect to Moody’s, any of the following categories: Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); and (iii) the equivalent of any such category of S&P or Moody’s used by another Rating Agency. In determining whether the rating of the notes has decreased by one or more gradations, gradations within Rating Categories (+ and – for S&P; 1, 2 and 3 for Moody’s; or the equivalent gradations for another Rating Agency) shall be taken into account (e.g., with respect to S&P, a decline in a rating from BB+ to BB, as well as from BB– to B+, will constitute a decrease of one gradation).

“Rating Date” is defined as the date which is 90 days prior to the earlier of, (i) a Change of Control or (ii) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or of the intention by 21st Century Fox to effect a Change of Control.

“Rating Decline” is defined as the occurrence of the following on, or within 90 days after the earlier of, (i) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (ii) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the intention by 21st Century Fox to effect a Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies), (a) in the event the notes are rated by either Rating Agency on the Rating Date as Investment Grade, the rating of the notes shall be reduced so that the notes are rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies, or (b) in the event the notes are rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies on the Rating Date, the rating of the notes by both Rating Agencies shall be decreased by one or more gradations (including gradations within Rating Categories as well as between Rating Categories).

As of September 30, 2015, there were approximately $10.8 billion of Debt Securities issued under various predecessor senior indentures which contain change of control provisions different than those set forth herein. Under the terms of those predecessor senior indentures, Change of Control is defined as “the occurrence of the following: any person (as the term “person” is used in Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) other than 21st Century Fox, any Subsidiary of 21st Century Fox, any employee benefit plan of either 21st Century Fox or any Subsidiary of 21st Century Fox, or the Murdoch Family, becomes the beneficial owner of the greater of (A) 30% or more of the Voting Securities; and (B) if the Murdoch Family is the beneficial owner of, or has the right to vote, more than 30% of the Voting Securities, a percentage of Voting Securities greater than the percentage of Voting Securities so owned or voted by the Murdoch Family.” Also, under those predecessor senior indentures, “Rating Decline” was defined as the occurrence of the following on, or within 90 days after the earlier of, (i) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (ii) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the intention by 21st Century Fox to effect a Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies), (a) in the event the notes are rated by either Rating Agency on the Rating Date as Investment Grade, the rating of the notes shall be reduced so that the notes are rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies, or (b) in the event the notes are rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies on the Rating Date, the rating of the notes by either Rating Agency shall be decreased by one or more gradations (including gradations within Rating Categories as well as between Rating Categories). Because of the difference in this definition from that in the Indenture pursuant to which the 3.700% notes and the 4.950% notes are being issued, there may be circumstances where the Company is required to offer to repurchase notes issued under predecessor senior indentures and not the 3.700% or the 4.950% notes.

Successor corporation

Neither 21st Century Fox nor the Company shall consolidate with or merge with or into or sell, assign or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety to any person (other than its Subsidiary), or permit any person (other than its Subsidiary) to merge with or into 21st Century Fox or the Company unless: (i) 21st Century Fox or the Company shall be the continuing person, or the person (if other than 21st Century Fox or the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which 21st Century Fox (or the Company) is merged or to which the properties and assets of 21st Century Fox (or the Company), substantially as an entirety, are transferred shall (a) be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state

 

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thereof or the District of Columbia and shall (b) expressly assume, by supplemental indentures executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of 21st Century Fox (or the Company) under the notes and the Indenture, and the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect; and (ii) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default and no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

In connection with any consolidation, merger or transfer contemplated hereby, 21st Century Fox shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and the supplemental indenture, if any, in respect thereto comply with these “Successor Corporation” provisions and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transactions have been complied with.

Upon any consolidation or merger or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of 21st Century Fox or the Company in accordance with the foregoing, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which 21st Century Fox or the Company is merged or to which such transfer is made, shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of 21st Century Fox or the Company under the Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as 21st Century Fox or the Company therein; and thereafter, except in the case of a lease transaction of substantially all of its property and assets, 21st Century Fox or the Company shall be discharged from its obligations under the debt securities and the Indenture.

Waiver, modification and amendment

The holders of a majority in principal amount of the notes may waive certain past Defaults with respect to the notes. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected may waive the Company’s and the Guarantor’s compliance with certain restrictive provisions.

Modification and amendment of the Indenture may be made by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee with the written consent (i) of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities, or (ii) in case less than all of the several series of Debt Securities then Outstanding are affected by the modification or amendment, the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series so affected, voting as a single class, provided that no such modification or amendment may, without the consent of the holders of each Debt Security affected thereby: (a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of, or interest on, any Debt Security; (b) reduce the principal amount of, or the rate of interest, if any, on, or any premium payable upon the redemption of, any Debt Security; (c) change the place or currency of payment of principal of, or premium or interest on, any Debt Security; (d) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payments on, or with respect to, any Debt Security; or (e) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any particular series specified in this or the preceding paragraph. Any modification or amendment which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of the Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Debt Securities, or which modifies the rights of the holders of Debt Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under the applicable indenture of the holders of Debt Securities of any other series.

Events of default

The following events are Defaults under the Indenture: (a) failure to pay the principal of (or premium, if any, on) the applicable series of notes when due; (b) failure to pay any interest installment on the applicable series of notes when due, continued for 30 days; (c) failure to pay the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of the applicable series of notes; (d) failure of the Company, 21st Century Fox or any Guarantor to perform any other covenant under the Indenture (other than a covenant included in the Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Debt Securities other than the 3.700% notes and the 4.950% notes), continued

 

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for 90 days after written notice and (e) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of 21st Century Fox, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company, 21st Century Fox and any other Guarantor will not be deemed to have failed to comply with any of its obligations under the SEC reporting covenant in the Indenture until 120 days after the date any such report or document is due to the trustee or the holders.

If an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, with respect to Outstanding Securities of any series shall occur and be continuing, then and, in every such case, the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all of the Securities of that series and accrued interest immediately due and payable by a notice in writing to the Company and to the Trustee. If an event of default occurs and is continuing as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, the principal amount and interest, if any, of all the debt securities of that series automatically will become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holder of such securities. At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may, in certain circumstances, rescind and annul such declaration (except an acceleration due to a default in payment of the interest on any security).

The Trustee will give notice to holders of the notes of any continuing default known to the Trustee within 90 days after it becomes so known unless such default shall have been cured or waived; however, the Trustee may withhold such notice of default, other than a payment default, if it determines in good faith that withholding the notice is in the interests of the holders.

No holder of any notes shall have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or the notes or for any remedy thereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of a default with respect to such holder’s notes and unless also the holders of not less than 25% of the principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the applicable series of notes shall have made written request upon the Trustee, and have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, to institute such proceeding as Trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received direction inconsistent with such request in writing by the holders of a majority in principal amount of Outstanding Securities and shall have neglected or refused to institute such proceeding within 60 days. However, the right of any holder of any note to enforce the payment of principal and interest, if any, due on such note on or after the dates expressed in such note, may not be impaired or affected.

The Indenture includes a covenant requiring certain officers of the Company to furnish to the Trustee annually a statement as to whether, to their knowledge, the Company is in default under the Indenture and, if so, specifying all such known Defaults.

As discussed above, as of September 30, 2015, there were approximately $10.8 billion of Debt Securities issued under various predecessor senior indentures which contain event of default provisions different than those set forth herein. Under the terms of those predecessor senior indentures events of default included (a) an event of default on any other Indebtedness for borrowed money of 21st Century Fox or any of its Subsidiaries having an aggregate amount outstanding in excess of $100 million which has caused the holders thereof to declare such Indebtedness due and payable in advance of its scheduled maturity; (b) failure to pay at stated maturity (and the expiration of any grace period) any other Indebtedness for borrowed money of 21st Century Fox or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $100 million; and (c) final judgments for the payment of money which in the aggregate exceed $250 million rendered against 21st Century Fox or any Restricted Subsidiary by a court and that remain unstayed or undischarged for a period of 60 days. It is important to note that the Indenture defining the 3.700% notes and the 4.950% notes does not include these event of default provisions.

 

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Discharge and defeasance

The Indenture provides that the Company may satisfy and discharge obligations thereunder with respect to the notes of any series by delivering to the Trustee for cancellation all notes of the series or depositing with the Trustee, after the notes have become due and payable, or will become due and payable within one year or will be called for redemption within one year, cash sufficient to pay at stated maturity or redemption all of the notes of the series and all other sums payable under the Indenture with respect to the series.

The Indenture provides with respect to any series of notes that the Company may elect either (A) to defease and be discharged from any and all obligations with respect to any series of the notes (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) (“defeasance”) or (B) to be released from certain of its obligations with respect to such series of the notes described under “Certain Covenants,” and “Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event” (“covenant defeasance”), in each case upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee, in trust for such purpose, of money, and/or U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Securities (each as defined in the Indenture) which through the payment of principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide money, in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of (and premium, if any), and interest on, such series of the notes on the scheduled due dates therefor and the satisfaction of certain other conditions.

Regarding the trustee

The Indenture provides that, except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee will perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in such Indenture. The Trustee is The Bank of New York Mellon, 525 William Penn Place, 38th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15259.

The Indenture and provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, contain limitations on the rights of the Trustee, should it become a creditor of the Company or a Guarantor, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases or to realize on certain property received by it in respect of any such claims, as security or otherwise. The Trustee is permitted to engage in other transactions; provided, however, that if it acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict upon the occurrence of a Default or must resign. The Bank of New York Mellon is a lender under the Revolving Credit Agreement.

The Trustee will perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in the Indenture, unless an event of default occurs and is continuing. In case an event of default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise the same degree of care and skill as a prudent individual would exercise in the conduct of his or her own affairs. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders pursuant to the Indenture, unless such holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

Certain covenants

Guarantees by Subsidiaries. To the extent that after the date of the Indenture any Subsidiary issues any guarantee of any Public Debt in excess of $100 million and such Subsidiary is not thereafter released from such guarantee within ten Business Days, the Indenture requires that such Subsidiary guarantee the notes on a pari passu basis if such Public Debt is senior indebtedness and on a senior basis if such Public Debt is subordinated indebtedness.

Limitation on Liens. Neither 21st Century Fox nor any Subsidiary will create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien on or with respect to any of its properties to secure Indebtedness unless contemporaneously therewith or prior thereto the Securities are equally and ratably secured for so long as such other Indebtedness shall be so secured, except for Permitted Encumbrances.

 

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Governing Law

The Indenture and the notes will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Certain definitions

Set forth below is a summary of certain of the defined terms used herein or in the Indenture. Reference is made to the Indenture for the full definition of all terms.

“21st Century Fox Consolidated Group” is defined as 21st Century Fox and its Subsidiaries which are consolidated under GAAP. The Indenture uses the term “News Consolidated Group.”

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person; provided that any Person that would be an Affiliate solely by reason of the fact that a director or officer of such Person is also a director or officer of a member of 21st Century Fox or its Subsidiaries shall be deemed not to be an Affiliate for purposes of this definition. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Stock, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Capital Stock” of any Person is defined as any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock and any rights (other than loan stock or debt securities convertible into capital stock), warrants or options to acquire such capital stock.

“Content” means all print, audio, visual and other content and information available for publication, distribution, broadcast, transmission or any other form of delivery for exploitation on any form of media or medium of communication, whether now known or hereafter discovered or created.

“Default” is defined as any event, act or condition which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

“Film Special Purpose Vehicle” means any Special Purpose Vehicle established for the sole purpose of financing, producing, distributing, acquiring, marketing, licensing, syndicating, publishing, transmitting or other exploitation of Content.

“Foreign Government Securities” is defined as, with respect to securities and coupons, if any, of any series that are denominated in a foreign currency, securities that are (i) direct obligations of the government that issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government (the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government) which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.

“GAAP” is defined as generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States set forth in Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, which are applicable as of the date of determination, provided that the definitions contained in the Indenture and all ratios and calculations under the covenants described therein shall be determined in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date of the applicable indenture.

“Lien” is defined as any lien, security interest, or other charge or encumbrance of any kind, including without limitation, the lien or retained security title of a conditional vendor and any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property.

 

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“Original Issue Discount Debt Security” is defined as any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof.

“Outstanding” is defined as, as of the date of determination, all Debt Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Indenture, except: (i) Debt Securities for whose payment or redemption (a) money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the holders of such Debt Securities or (b) U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Securities as contemplated by the section of the Indenture governing satisfaction, discharge and defeasance of Debt Securities in the necessary amount have been theretofore deposited with the Trustee in trust for the holders of such Debt Securities in accordance with such section; provided that, if such Debt Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to the Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and (ii) Debt Securities which have been paid pursuant to the section of the Indenture governing mutilated, destroyed, lost and stolen securities or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Debt Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Debt Securities are valid obligations of the Company; provided, however, that in determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Securities that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to the section of the Indenture governing acceleration, the principal amount of a Debt Security denominated in a foreign currency or currencies shall be deemed to be that amount of dollars that could be obtained for such principal amount on the basis of the spot rate of exchange for such foreign currency or such currency unit as determined by the Company or by an authorized exchange rate agent, and Debt Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Debt Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

“Permitted Encumbrance” means any of the following: (i) any Lien which arises in favor of an unpaid seller in respect of goods, plant or equipment sold and delivered to any member of the 21st Century Fox Consolidated Group in the ordinary course of its business until payment of the purchase price for such goods or plant or equipment or any other goods, plant or equipment previously sold and delivered by that seller (except to the extent that such Lien secures Indebtedness or arises otherwise than due to deferment of payment of purchase price); (ii) Liens arising by operation of law, including Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies that are either (a) not yet overdue or (b) being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and as to which appropriate reserves are being maintained; (iii) any Lien or pledge created or subsisting in the ordinary course of business over documents of title, insurance policies or sale contracts in relation to commercial goods to secure the purchase price thereof; (iv) any Lien with respect to a cash deposit which secures the payment or reimbursement obligation in favor of any financial institution or government in connection with any letter of credit, guarantee or bond, issued by or, as the case may be, granted to any financial institution, or government, in respect of any amount payable by any member of the 21st Century Fox Consolidated Group pursuant to any agreement or arrangement (other than in respect of Indebtedness for borrowed money) entered into by any member of the 21st Century Fox Consolidated Group; (v) any Lien with respect to a cash deposit which is deposited in an account with any financial institution or firm of lawyers or title company to be held in escrow in such account pursuant to any agreement or arrangement (other than in respect of Indebtedness for borrowed money); (vi) Liens on property purchased after the date of the Indenture provided that (A) any such

 

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Lien (x) is created solely for the purpose of securing Indebtedness incurred to finance the cost (including the cost of construction) of the item of property subject thereto and such Lien is created prior to, at the time of, or within 270 days after the later of, the acquisition, the completion of construction or the commencement of the full operation of such property, or for the purpose of securing Indebtedness incurred to refinance any Indebtedness previously so secured or (y) existed on such property at the time of its acquisition (other than Liens created in contemplation of such acquisition that were not incurred to finance the acquisition of such property), (B) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any Lien described in clause (A)(x) does not exceed 100% of such cost, and (C) such Lien does not extend to or cover any other property other than such item or property and any improvements on such item; (vii) any Lien with respect to any asset (including, without limitation, securities, documents of title and source codes), to the extent arising from the delivery of such asset to any financial institution, firm of lawyers, title company or other entity which holds assets in escrow or custody, to be held in escrow pursuant to any agreement or arrangement granted in the ordinary course of business; (viii) statutory Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and with respect to amounts not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, if a reserve or other appropriate provision has been made; (ix) easements, rights of way and other encumbrances on title to real property that do not materially adversely affect the use of such property for its present purposes; (x) pledges or deposits in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation; (xi) Liens existing on the date of the Indenture; (xii) Liens permitted to finance receivables (including pursuant to a receivables sales agreement) arising in the ordinary course of business; (xiii) Liens on assets of Film Special Purpose Vehicles securing Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of effecting Permitted Film Financings; (xiv) Liens created in favor of (x) a producer or supplier of Content or (y) any other Person in connection with the financing of the production, distribution, acquisition, marketing, licensing, syndication, publication, transmission and/or other exploitation of Content, in each case above on or with respect to distribution revenues and/or distribution rights which arise from or are attributable to such Content; (xv) Liens under construction, performance and similar bonding arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business; (xvi) in the case of a Person becoming a member of the 21st Century Fox Consolidated Group after the date of the Indenture, any Lien with respect to the assets of such Person at the time it became a member of the 21st Century Fox Consolidated Group, provided that such Lien is not created in contemplation of, or in connection with, such Person becoming a member of the 21st Century Fox Consolidated Group; (xvii) Liens created by members of the 21st Century Fox Consolidated Group in favor of other members of the 21st Century Fox Consolidated Group; (xviii) Liens not otherwise permitted herein which do not, in the aggregate, exceed 15% of the Tangible Assets of the 21st Century Fox Consolidated Group; provided that any such Lien is not otherwise prohibited under the Indenture; and (xix) any extension, renewal or replacements of any of the Liens referred to in clauses (i) through (xviii) above, provided that the renewal, extension or replacements is limited to all or part of the property securing the original Lien or any replacement of such property and further provided that in the case of sub-clauses (i) and (iii) of this definition, there is no default in the underlying obligation secured by such encumbrance or such obligation is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.

“Permitted Film Financing” means debt and equity financing arrangements with third parties for the financing, production, distribution, acquisition, marketing, licensing, syndication, publishing, transmission or other exploitation of Content by any Person in which any interest held by a member of the 21st Century Fox Consolidated Group is held through a Film Special Purpose Vehicle and as to which neither 21st Century Fox nor its Subsidiaries has incurred any Indebtedness other than through such Film Special Purpose Vehicle.

“Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other entity, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Programming Liabilities” means all obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business to finance, produce, distribute, acquire, market, license, syndicate, publish, transmit or otherwise exploit Content, other than any such obligations for Indebtedness described in clause (i) of the definition of Indebtedness and guaranties of such Indebtedness.

 

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“Public Debt” means any Indebtedness of the Company and 21st Century Fox (other than the Securities) that is registered pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC or any comparable national or state regulatory or governmental body in any jurisdiction of the United States or otherwise, plus any Indebtedness that any member of the 21st Century Fox Consolidated Group has issued and provided registration rights to the holders of such privately placed securities in connection with such issuance other than the Securities.

“Redeemable Stock” is defined as any equity security that by its terms or otherwise is required to be redeemed prior to the maturity of the Securities or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof at any time prior to maturity of the Securities.

“Securities” means any debt securities authenticated and delivered under the Indenture.

“Special Purpose Vehicle” means a Person that is, or was, established: (a) with a separate legal identity and limited liability; (b) as a member of the 21st Century Fox Consolidated Group; and (c) for the sole purpose of a single transaction, or series of related transactions, and that has no assets and liabilities other than those directly acquired or incurred in connection with such transaction(s).

“Subsidiary” is defined as, with respect to any Person, (i) a corporation a majority of whose issued and outstanding capital stock, voting shares or ordinary shares having ordinary voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries thereof or (ii) any other Person (other than a corporation) in which such Person, one or more Subsidiaries thereof or such Person and one or more Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof has at least a majority ownership interest and the power to direct the policies, management and affairs thereof. For purposes of this definition, any director’s qualifying shares or investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable law shall be disregarded in determining the ownership of a Subsidiary.

“Tangible Assets” of any Person is defined as, as of any date, the amount of total assets of such Person and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at such date minus goodwill, trade names, patents, unamortized debt discount expense and other like intangibles, all determined in accordance with GAAP.

The summary herein of certain provisions of the Indenture, including the defined terms therein, does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Indenture, a copy of which will be made available to prospective purchasers of the notes upon request to the Company.

 

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MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The following is a general discussion of certain U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of notes by U.S. Holders and Non-U.S. Holders, each as defined below. This discussion is based upon the U.S. federal tax law now in effect, which is subject to change, possibly retroactively. For purposes of this discussion, a “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of a note that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or any entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, an estate whose income is includable in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of its source or a trust whose administration is subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court and which has one or more U.S. persons who have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or if a valid election is made to treat the trust as a U.S. person. A “Non-U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of a note that is neither a U.S. Holder nor a partnership (or an entity that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes).

This summary does not discuss all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation which may be important to particular holders in light of their individual investment circumstances, such as notes held by investors subject to special tax rules (e.g., banks or other financial institutions, insurance companies, broker-dealers, U.S. expatriates and tax-exempt entities) or to persons that will hold the notes as a part of a straddle, hedge, or synthetic security transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes or that have a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar, all of whom may be subject to tax rules that differ significantly from those summarized below. If a partnership (or any entity that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds the notes, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. In addition, this summary does not discuss any other U.S. federal tax (such as gift tax) considerations or any foreign, state or local tax considerations. This summary assumes that investors will hold their notes as “capital assets” (generally, property held for investment) under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Issuer will treat the notes as debt, and the following discussion assumes that the notes are properly characterized as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes. PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS ARE URGED TO CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS REGARDING THE U.S. FEDERAL TAX CONSEQUENCES OF ACQUIRING, HOLDING AND DISPOSING OF NOTES, AS WELL AS ANY TAX CONSEQUENCES THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY NON-U.S., STATE, LOCAL OR OTHER TAXING JURISDICTION.

Tax Considerations Applicable to U.S. Holders and Non-U.S. Holders

Exchange of the Original Notes for Exchange Notes

The exchange of an original note for an Exchange Note pursuant to the Exchange Offer will not constitute a taxable exchange for U.S. federal income tax purposes because the Exchange Note will not be considered to differ materially in kind or extent from the original note. Accordingly, the Exchange Note will be treated for U.S. federal tax purposes as a continuation of the original note in the hands of a U.S. Holder or a Non-U.S. Holder. As a result, (1) a holder will not recognize any gain or loss on the exchange, (2) the holder’s holding period for an Exchange Note will include the holding period for the original note, and (3) the holder’s adjusted tax basis of the Exchange Note will be the same as the holder’s adjusted basis of the original note. The Exchange Offer will not have any U.S. federal income tax consequences for a nonexchanging holder of an original note.

Taxation of U.S. Holders

Interest

A U.S. Holder generally will be required to include in gross income as ordinary interest income the stated interest on a note at the time the interest accrues or is received, in accordance with the U.S. Holder’s method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

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Optional Redemption and Change of Control

We intend to take the position that the likelihood of an optional redemption, as described under “Description of the Notes—Redemption by the Company,” or of a Change of Control Offer, as described under “Description of the Notes—Repurchase upon change of control triggering event,” is remote within the meaning of the applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations and, in accordance with such treatment, a U.S. Holder would not be required to take into account any such payment until such payment is made by the Company. However, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) may take a contrary position, which could affect both the timing of a U.S. Holder’s recognition of income from the notes and our deduction with respect to such payment.

Sale, Exchange or Disposition of the Notes

Upon the sale, exchange, redemption or other taxable disposition of an exchange note, a U.S. Holder will generally recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between (i) the amount realized on the disposition (not including the amount allocable to accrued and unpaid interest not previously included in gross income, which will be treated as ordinary interest income), and (ii) the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the note. The amount realized will equal the sum of the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property received on the disposition of the note. A U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the note will generally equal such U.S. Holder’s purchase price for the note, reduced by any principal payments on the note received by such U.S. Holder, increased by any amounts included by such U.S. Holder in income as described in “Accrual Method Election” below, and reduced by any amortizable bond premium applied to reduce such U.S. Holder’s interest income as described in “Bond Premium” below. The capital gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder’s holding period in the note exceeds one year at the time of the disposition.

Market Discount

A U.S. Holder that purchases a note for an amount that is less than its principal amount will have market discount with respect to the note in the amount of such excess. Such U.S. Holder is required (unless the market discount is less than a de minimis amount) to treat any principal payments on, or any gain realized on the disposition or retirement of, such note, as interest income to the extent of the market discount that accrued while such U.S. Holder held the note, unless the U.S. Holder elects to include the market discount in income on a current basis (see “Accrual Method Election” below). “Accrued” market discount is determined on a straight-line basis or, at the U.S. Holder’s election, on a constant-yield basis. Market discount is considered to be a de minimis amount if it is less than one-quarter of one percent of the note’s principal amount multiplied by the number of complete years to maturity after the U.S. Holder acquired the note. If a U.S. Holder disposes of a note with more than a de minimis amount of market discount in a nontaxable transaction in exchange for property whose adjusted basis is determined by reference to the adjusted basis of the note, such U.S. Holder must include all market discount in income as if such U.S. Holder had sold the note at its then fair market value.

If a U.S. Holder acquires a note at a market discount and does not make the accrual method election described below, such U.S. Holder may be required to defer the deduction of a portion of the interest expense on any indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry the note until the deferred income is realized.

Accrual Method Election

A U.S. Holder that purchases a note with market discount may elect to include in gross income such U.S. Holder’s entire return on the note (i.e., the excess of all remaining payments to be received on the note over the amount such U.S. Holder paid for the note) based on the compounding of interest at a constant rate. Such an election will apply to all debt instruments with market discount acquired by such U.S. Holder after the first day of the first taxable year to which such election applies. The election may be revoked only with the consent of the IRS.

 

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Bond Premium

A U.S. Holder that purchases a note for an amount in excess of its principal amount will have premium with respect to the note in the amount of such excess. Such U.S. Holder may elect to treat the premium as “amortizable bond premium.” If such an election is made, the amount of interest such U.S. Holder must include in income for each accrual period is reduced by the portion of the premium allocable to such period based on the note’s yield to maturity. If the amortizable bond premium exceeds the interest allocable to the accrual period, the electing U.S. Holder must treat the excess as a bond premium deduction for the accrual period. However, the amount treated as a bond premium deduction is limited to the amount by which such U.S. Holder’s total interest income on the note in prior accrual periods exceeds the total amount treated by such U.S. Holder as bond premium on the note in prior accrual periods. A U.S. Holder generally may not assume that a note will be redeemed or converted prior to maturity for this purpose. If the note is in fact redeemed, such U.S. Holder may deduct any unamortized premium in the year of redemption. If a U.S. Holder makes the election described in this paragraph, the election will apply to all debt instruments the interest on which is not excludible from gross income (“fully taxable bonds”) that such U.S. Holder holds at the beginning of the first taxable year to which the election applies and to all fully taxable bonds such U.S. Holder later acquires. The election may be revoked only with the consent of the IRS.

If a U.S. Holder does not make this election, such U.S. Holder must include the full amount of each interest payment in income as described in “Interest” above. The U.S. Holder will receive a tax benefit from the premium only in computing gain or loss upon the sale or other disposition or retirement of the note.

Medicare Tax

A United States person that is an individual or estate, or a trust that does not fall into a special class of trusts that is exempt from such tax, will be subject to a 3.8% tax on the lesser of (1) such person’s “net investment income” for the relevant taxable year and (2) the excess of such person’s modified gross income for the taxable year over a certain threshold (which in the case of individuals will be between $125,000 and $250,000, depending on the individual’s circumstances). A U.S. Holder’s net investment income will generally include its interest income and its net gains from the disposition of notes, unless such interest payments or net gains are derived in the ordinary course of the conduct of a trade or business (other than a trade or business that consists of certain passive or trading activities). If you are a United States person that is an individual, estate or trust, you are urged to consult your tax advisors regarding the applicability of the Medicare tax to your income and gains in respect of your investment in the notes.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

Certain non-corporate U.S. Holders may be subject to backup withholding, currently at a rate of 28%, on payments of principal and interest on, and the proceeds of the disposition of, the notes, if the U.S. Holder (1) fails to provide a correct taxpayer identification number (“TIN”), which, for an individual, would generally be his or her Social Security Number, (2) provides an incorrect TIN, (3) is notified by the IRS that it has failed to report payments of interest or dividends, or (4) under certain circumstances, fails to certify that it is exempt from withholding. In addition, such payments of principal, interest and disposition proceeds to U.S. Holders will generally be subject to information reporting.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amount withheld from payment to a U.S. Holder under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a credit against the U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability and may entitle the U.S. Holder to a refund, provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding their qualification for exemption from backup withholding and the procedure for obtaining such an exemption, if available.

 

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Taxation of Non-U.S. Holders

Interest

Provided the beneficial owner of the notes fulfills certain certification requirements of section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code as described below under the heading “Owner Statement Requirement,” interest paid by the Company to a Non-U.S. Holder will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax unless (A) the Non-U.S. Holder (i) actually or constructively owns 10% or more of the total voting power of all voting stock of the Company or (ii) is a controlled foreign corporation with respect to which the Company is a “related person” within the meaning of the Code or (B) such Non-U.S. Holder held the notes in connection with a U.S. trade or business carried on by such Non-U.S. Holder. Interest that does not qualify for exemption under these rules and is not effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business generally will be subject to a U.S. withholding tax at a rate of 30% unless such tax is reduced or eliminated by an applicable treaty. A Non-U.S. Holder that is engaged in the conduct of a U.S. trade or business will be subject to (i) U.S. federal income tax on interest that is effectively connected with the conduct of such trade or business (and attributable to a permanent establishment in the United States of such Non-U.S. Holder if a tax treaty applies) and (ii) if the Non-U.S. Holder is a corporation, a U.S. branch profits tax equal to 30% of its “effectively connected earnings and profits” as adjusted for the taxable year, unless the Non-U.S. Holder qualifies for an exemption from such tax or a lower tax rate under an applicable treaty. Any such interest that is effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business (and attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment of a Non-U.S. Holder if a tax treaty applies) will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis in the same manner as if such Non-U.S. Holder were a U.S. person.

Gain on Disposition

A Non-U.S. Holder will generally not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on gain recognized on a sale, redemption or other disposition of notes unless (i) the gain is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States by the Non-U.S. Holder (and attributable to a permanent establishment in the United States of such Non-U.S. Holder if a tax treaty applies) or (ii) in the case of a Non-U.S. Holder who is an individual, such Non-U.S. Holder is present in the United States for 183 or more days in the taxable year and certain other requirements are met. Any such gain that is effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business (and attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment of a Non-U.S. Holder if a tax treaty applies) will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis in the same manner as if such Non-U.S. Holder were a U.S. Holder and, if such Non-U.S. Holder is a corporation, such gain may also be subject to the 30% U.S. branch profits tax described above. Any gain (net of certain U.S. source losses) recognized by a Non-U.S. Holder described in (ii) above will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at a rate of 30% (or a lower tax rate under an applicable treaty).

Federal Estate Taxes

If interest on the notes is exempt from withholding of U.S. federal income tax under the rules described above (without regard to the requirements described below under the heading “Owner Statement Requirement”), the notes held by an individual who at the time of death is a Non-U.S. Holder and is not engaged in a U.S. trade or business generally will not be subject to U.S. federal estate tax as a result of such individual’s death.

Owner Statement Requirement

Sections 871(h) and 881(c) of the Code require that either the beneficial owner of a note or a securities clearing organization, bank or other financial institution that holds customers’ securities in the ordinary course of its trade or business (a “Financial Institution”) and that holds notes on behalf of such owner file a statement (IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E and/or W-8IMY, as applicable, or any successor form) with the Company or its agent to the effect that the beneficial owner is not a U.S. person in order to avoid withholding of U.S. federal income tax (an “Owner’s Statement”).

 

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Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

Current U.S. federal income tax law provides that in the case of payments of interest to Non-U.S. Holders, backup withholding generally will not apply to payments made outside the United States by the Company or a paying agent on a note if an Owner’s Statement is received or an exemption has otherwise been established; provided in each case that the Company or a paying agent, as the case may be, does not have actual knowledge that the payee is a U.S. person.

Non-U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the application of the information reporting and backup withholding in their particular situations, the availability of an exemption therefrom, and the procedure for obtaining such an exemption, if available. Any amounts withheld from a payment to a Non-U.S. Holder under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a credit against such Non-U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability and may entitle such Non-U.S. Holder to a refund, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS.

Additional Withholding Rules for Foreign Accounts

Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (“FATCA”) impose a withholding tax of 30% on certain types of payments by U.S. entities (such as the Issuer) made to persons that fail to meet requirements under FATCA. This withholding tax may be imposed on a portion of payments to (i) certain holders or beneficial owners of notes that do not provide certain information requested by the Issuer (or any relevant intermediary), (ii) any recipient (including an intermediary) of a payment that is a non-U.S. financial institution and has not (or the relevant financial institution has not) entered into an agreement with the IRS under FATCA and (iii) any recipient or intermediary that has not otherwise established an exemption from FATCA.

FATCA withholding will generally apply to a note holder that does not establish an exemption from FATCA withholding in connection with the receipt of: (i) payments of interest on the notes held by such note holder and (ii) payments of gross proceeds from a sale or other disposition of such notes made on or after January 1, 2019. Prospective investors should consult their tax advisors regarding this legislation.

Neither a holder nor a beneficial owner of notes will be entitled to any additional amounts in the event such withholding tax is imposed. Certain beneficial owners may be eligible for a refund of amounts withheld pursuant to FATCA if certain requirements are met.

 

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BOOK-ENTRY; DELIVERY AND FORM

The Company will initially issue the Exchange Notes in the form of one or more global notes. Each global note will be deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee. Except as described below, a global note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to DTC or another nominee of DTC. You may hold your beneficial interests in any global note directly through DTC if you have an account with DTC or indirectly through organizations which have accounts with DTC.

DTC has advised the Company as follows:

 

    it is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York,

 

    it is a member of the Federal Reserve System,

 

    is a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and

 

    it is “a clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

DTC was created to hold securities of institutions that have accounts with it (“participants”) and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among its participants in such securities through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of the participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct participants include securities brokers and dealers, which may include the initial purchasers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. DTC is owned by a number of its participants and by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange LLC and FINRA. Access to DTC’s book-entry system is also available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, whether directly or indirectly.

The rules applicable to DTC and its participants are on file with the Commission.

The Company expects that, pursuant to procedures established by DTC, upon the deposit of a global note with DTC, DTC will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the principal amount of notes represented by the global note to the accounts of participants. The accounts to be credited will be designated by the initial purchasers. Ownership of beneficial interests in the global note will be limited to participants or persons that may hold interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in the global note will be shown on, and the transfer of those ownership interests will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC, with respect to participants’ interests, or by DTC’s direct and indirect participants, with respect to the owners of beneficial interests in the global note other than participants. The laws of some jurisdictions may require that purchasers of securities take physical delivery of securities in definitive form. These limits and laws may impair the ability to transfer or pledge beneficial interests in the global note.

So long as DTC, or its nominee, is the registered holder and owner of the global note, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole legal owner and holder of any notes evidenced by the global note for all purposes of the notes and the Indenture. DTC has no knowledge of the actual beneficial owners of the notes; DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the participants to whose accounts such notes are credited, which may or may not be the beneficial owners. The participants and indirect participants will remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers. Except as set forth below, as an owner of a beneficial interest in the global note, you will not be entitled to have the notes represented by the global note registered in your name, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated notes and will not be considered to be the owner or holder of any notes under the global note. The Company understands that under existing industry practice, in the event an owner of a beneficial interest in the global note desires to take any action that DTC, as the holder of the global note, is entitled to take, DTC would authorize the participants to take the action, and the participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through the participants to take the action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners owning through those participants and indirect participants.

 

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Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to participants, by participants to indirect participants, and by participants and indirect participants to beneficial owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Beneficial owners of the notes may wish to take certain steps to augment transmission to them of notices of significant events with respect to the notes, such as redemptions, tenders, defaults and proposed amendments to the security documents. Beneficial owners of the notes may wish to ascertain that the nominee holding the notes for their benefit has agreed to obtain and transmit notices to beneficial owners, or in the alternative, beneficial owners may wish to provide their names and addresses to the registrar and request that copies of the notices be provided directly to them.

Redemption notices shall be sent to DTC. If less than all of the notes within an issue are being redeemed, DTC’s practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest of each participant in such issue to be redeemed.

The Company will make payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on notes represented by the global note registered in the name of and held by DTC or its nominee to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner and holder of the global note.

The Company expects that DTC or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the global note will credit participants’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of the global note as shown on the records of DTC or its nominee. The Company also expects that payments by participants or indirect participants to owners of beneficial interests in the global note held through direct and indirect participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices and will be the responsibility of the participants. The Company will not have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests in the global note for any note or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to beneficial ownership interests or for any other aspect of the relationship between DTC and its direct or indirect participants or the relationship between those participants and the owners of beneficial interests in the global note owning through those participants.

Although DTC has agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate transfers of interests in the global note among participants in DTC, it is under no obligation to perform or continue to perform such procedures, and such procedures may be discontinued at any time. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor securities depository is not obtained, note certificates are required to be printed and delivered as described under “Description of the Notes.” Neither the Trustee nor the Company will have any responsibility or liability for the performance by DTC or its participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.

The information in this section concerning DTC and DTC’s book-entry system has been obtained from sources that the Company believes to be reliable, but the Company takes no responsibility for the accuracy thereof.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with the resale of the Exchange Notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for original notes where such original notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that, starting on the expiration date and ending on the close of business on the first anniversary of the expiration date, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until                     , 2016 (90 days after the date of delivery of this prospectus), all broker-dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Notes may be required to deliver a prospectus.

We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Notes by broker-dealers. Exchange Notes received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange Notes or a combination of such methods of resale. These resales may be made at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any of the Exchange Notes. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of the Exchange Notes may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any profit on any such resale of Exchange Notes and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The letter of transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act.

For a period of 90 days after the expiration date, we will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests these documents in the letter of transmittal. We have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the performance of our obligations in connection with the Exchange Offer. We will indemnify the holders of the notes (including any broker-dealer) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

21st Century Fox is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act and files reports and other information with the Commission.

You may read and copy this information at the Public Reference Room of the Commission, 100 F Street N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. For more information about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. The Commission also maintains a website that contains reports and other information about issuers who file electronically with the Commission. The Internet address of the site is http://www.sec.gov. Some, but not all, of 21st Century Fox’s publicly filed information is available through the Commission’s web site. You may also obtain certain of these documents at 21st Century Fox’s website at www.21cf.com. We are not incorporating the contents of the websites of the Commission, 21st Century Fox or any other person into this document. We are only providing information about how you may obtain certain documents that are incorporated into this document by reference at these websites.

This prospectus forms part of the registration statement filed by the Company and 21st Century Fox with the Commission under the Securities Act. This prospectus omits certain of the information contained in the registration statement in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission.

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The Commission allows 21st Century Fox to “incorporate by reference” information into this prospectus, which means important information may be disclosed to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the Commission. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, except for any information superseded by information contained directly in this prospectus. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that 21st Century Fox has previously filed with the Commission (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the Commission’s rules). These documents contain important information about 21st Century Fox and its consolidated subsidiaries and their finances.

21st Century Fox has filed with the Commission, pursuant to the Exchange Act, its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, filed August 13, 2015; its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, filed November 4, 2015; its Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed July 17, 2015, September 9, 2015, September 29, 2015, October 14, 2015, October 21, 2015 and November 12, 2015; and its Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed September 29, 2015.

Reports and other information filed by 21st Century Fox with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this registration statement and prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the prospectus. In addition, all reports, amendments to previously filed reports and other information filed by 21st Century Fox with the Commission following the date hereof and prior to the termination of the exchange offer, including 21st Century Fox’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments thereto and Proxy Statement filed on Schedule 14A, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein. Statements contained in this document as to the contents of any contract or other document referred to in such document are not necessarily complete and, in each instance, reference is made to the copy of such contract or other document filed with the Commission, each such statement being qualified in all respects by such reference.

We will provide to you upon written or oral request, without charge, a copy of any and all of the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus; however, a reasonable fee per page will be charged for any paper copies of any exhibits to such information. Requests for copies of such information relating to 21st Century Fox should be directed to: 21st Century Fox America, Inc., 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, Attention: Investor Relations (telephone number (212) 852-7059).

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

Certain legal matters in connection with the notes and the Guarantee have been passed upon for the Company and the Guarantor by Hogan Lovells US LLP, 875 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of 21st Century Fox appearing in 21st Century Fox’s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended June 30, 2015, and the effectiveness of 21st Century Fox’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2015, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

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We have not authorized any dealer or salesperson or other person to give any information or represent anything not contained in this prospectus. You must not rely on any unauthorized information. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or buy any securities in any jurisdiction where it is unlawful. The information in this prospectus is current only as of the date of this prospectus unless the information specifically indicates that another date applies.

 

 

Until                     , all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.

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21st Century Fox America, Inc.

Exchange Offer of

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

ITEM 20. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

The Company and 21st Century Fox are each governed by the laws of the state of Delaware. Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or the DGCL, provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonable incurred in connection with a pending or completed action, suit or proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating court determines that such an indemnification is proper under the circumstances.

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL enables a corporation in its original certificate of incorporation, or an amendment thereto validly approved by stockholders, to eliminate or limit personal liability of members of its Board of Directors for violations of a director’s fiduciary duty of care. However, the elimination or limitation shall not apply where there has been a breach of the duty of loyalty, a failure to act in good faith, intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of a law, a violation of Section 174 of the DGCL or an improper personal benefit is obtained in any transaction.

With Respect to the Company

The Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director shall not be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended.

The Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company include indemnification provisions substantially similar to the indemnification provisions included in 21st Century Fox’s Amended and Restated By-Laws as described below.

21st Century Fox maintains insurance on behalf of its officers and directors and officers and directors of its subsidiaries, including the Company, against any liability which may be asserted against any such officer or director, subject to certain customary exclusions.

With Respect to 21st Century Fox

21st Century Fox’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director shall not be liable to 21st Century Fox or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended.

The Amended and Restated By-Laws of 21st Century Fox provide, generally, that, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as it exists or may in the future be amended, 21st Century Fox will indemnify each person who was or is made a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to or who is otherwise involved in, any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal or otherwise, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of 21st Century Fox or any of its subsidiaries or is or was serving at the request of 21st

 

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Century Fox as a director or officer of any other corporation, partnership or other enterprise, whether the basis of such action, suit or proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other capacity while serving as a director or officer (and may indemnify, to the extent authorized by its Board of Directors, any officer, employee or agent of 21st Century Fox), against all expense, liability, and loss reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, and such indemnification shall continue as to such person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or in any other capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors, and administrators.

21st Century Fox maintains insurance on behalf of its officers and directors.

Article VII of 21st Century Fox’s Amended and Restated By-Laws includes the following language:

“ARTICLE VII—INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. Indemnification.

Each person who was or is made a party to or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (hereinafter a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of any other corporation or of a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, or in any other capacity (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in such person’s official capacity or in any other capacity while holding such office, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against all expense, liability, and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, excise or other taxes assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan, penalties, and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith, and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to serve as a director or officer or in any other capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors, and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 3 of this ARTICLE VII with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.

Section 2. Advancement of Expenses.

The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the reasonable expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that no such advancement of expenses shall be made except upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision or order from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this ARTICLE VII or otherwise.

Section 8. Indemnification of Other Persons.

The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board, grant indemnification rights and rights to the advancement of expenses to any officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provision of this ARTICLE VII and as permitted by the DGCL with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses to directors.”

 

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ITEM 21. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Number

  

Description

  3.1    Restated Certificate of Incorporation of 21st Century Fox (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Annual Report of 21st Century Fox on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32352) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 19, 2013).
  3.2    Amended and Restated By-Laws of 21st Century Fox (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report of 21st Century Fox on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32352) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 2013).
  4.1    Indenture, dated as of August 25, 2009, as amended and restated on February 16, 2011, by and among 21st Century Fox America, Inc., 21st Century Fox, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report of 21st Century Fox on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32352) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 17, 2011).
  4.2    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2015, by and among 21st Century Fox America, Inc., 21st Century Fox and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC.*
  4.3    Form of Notes representing $600,000,000 principal amount of 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025, dated October 21, 2015.*
  4.4    Form of Notes representing $400,000,000 principal amount of 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045, dated October 21, 2015.*
  5.1    Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP with respect to 21st Century Fox America, Inc. and the Guarantor.*
10.1    Form of Credit Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2015, among 21st Century Fox America, Inc., 21st Century Fox and the initial lenders and initial issuing banks named therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A. as co-administrative agents, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as designated agent, Bank of America, N.A. as syndication agent, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as co-documentation agents. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report of 21st Century Fox on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32352) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2015).
12.1    Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges of 21st Century Fox.*
21    Subsidiaries of 21st Century Fox (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21 to the Annual Report of 21st Century Fox on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32352) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2015).
23.1    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP regarding 21st Century Fox.*
23.2    Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP with respect to 21st Century Fox America, Inc. and the Guarantor (Included in Exhibit 5.1).*
24    Power of Attorney (Included in the signature pages of this registration statement).
25    Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, with respect to Indenture dated as of August 25, 2009.*

 

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Number

  

Description

99.1    Form of Letter of Transmittal.*
99.2    Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*
99.3    Form of Exchange Agent Agreement.*
99.4    Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees and Form of Letter to Clients.*

 

* Filed herewith.

 

ITEM 22. UNDERTAKINGS

1. The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrants’ annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

2. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by a registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of such registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrants will, unless in the opinion of their counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

3. The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that:

(i) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(ii) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

4. The undersigned registrants hereby undertake to respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of this Form, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request.

5. The undersigned registrants hereby undertake to supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 20th day of November, 2015.

 

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.
By:  

/s/ James R. Murdoch

  James R. Murdoch
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints James R. Murdoch, John P. Nallen and Janet Nova, or any one of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all pre- or post-effective amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on November 20, 2015.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/ James R. Murdoch

James R. Murdoch

   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ John P. Nallen

John P. Nallen

   Director, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ K. Rupert Murdoch

K. Rupert Murdoch

   Director

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 20th day of November, 2015.

 

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC.

By:

 

/s/ James R. Murdoch

  James R. Murdoch
  Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints James R. Murdoch, John P. Nallen and Janet Nova, or any one of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all pre- or post-effective amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on November 20, 2015.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/ James R. Murdoch

James R. Murdoch

   Director and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ John P. Nallen

John P. Nallen

   Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ K. Rupert Murdoch

K. Rupert Murdoch

   Executive Chairman

/s/ Lachlan K. Murdoch

Lachlan K. Murdoch

   Executive Chairman

/s/ Chase Carey

Chase Carey

   Executive Vice Chairman

/s/ Delphine Arnault

Delphine Arnault

   Director

/s/ James W. Breyer

James W. Breyer

   Director


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Signature

  

Title

/s/ David F. DeVoe

David F. DeVoe

   Director

/s/ Viet Dinh

Viet Dinh

   Director

/s/ Roderick I. Eddington

Roderick I. Eddington

   Director

/s/ Jacques Nasser

Jacques Nasser

   Director

/s/ Robert S. Silberman

Robert S. Silberman

   Director

/s/ Tidjane Thiam

Tidjane Thiam

   Director

/s/ Jeffrey W. Ubben

Jeffrey W. Ubben

   Director


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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

ITEM 21. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

Number

  

Description

  3.1    Restated Certificate of Incorporation of 21st Century Fox (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Annual Report of 21st Century Fox on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32352) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 19, 2013).
  3.2    Amended and Restated By-Laws of 21st Century Fox (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report of 21st Century Fox on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32352) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 2013).
  4.1    Indenture, dated as of August 25, 2009, as amended and restated on February 16, 2011, by and among 21st Century Fox America, Inc., 21st Century Fox, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report of 21st Century Fox on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32352) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 17, 2011).
  4.2    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2015, by and among 21st Century Fox America, Inc., 21st Century Fox and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC.*
  4.3    Form of Notes representing $600,000,000 principal amount of 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025, dated October 21, 2015.*
  4.4    Form of Notes representing $400,000,000 principal amount of 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045, dated October 21, 2015.*
  5.1    Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP with respect to 21st Century Fox America, Inc. and the Guarantor.*
10.1    Form of Credit Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2015, among 21st Century Fox America, Inc., 21st Century Fox and the initial lenders and initial issuing banks named therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A. as co-administrative agents, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as designated agent, Bank of America, N.A. as syndication agent, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as co-documentation agents. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report of 21st Century Fox on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32352) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2015).
12.1    Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges of 21st Century Fox.*
21    Subsidiaries of 21st Century Fox (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21 to the Annual Report of 21st Century Fox on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32352) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2015).
23.1    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP regarding 21st Century Fox.*
23.2    Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP with respect to 21st Century Fox America, Inc. and the Guarantor (Included in Exhibit 5.1).*
24    Power of Attorney (Included in the signature pages of this registration statement).
25    Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, with respect to Indenture dated as of August 25, 2009.*


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Number

  

Description

99.1    Form of Letter of Transmittal.*
99.2    Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*
99.3    Form of Exchange Agent Agreement.*
99.4    Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees and Form of Letter to Clients.*

 

* Filed herewith.
EX-4.2 2 d25332dex42.htm EX-4.2 EX-4.2

Exhibit 4.2

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

$600,000,000 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025

$400,000,000 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

Dated as of October 21, 2015

by and among

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.,

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC.,

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.,

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,

and

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC

 

 


REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of October 21, 2015 by and among 21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”), and J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC (the “Purchaser Representative”), CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED and MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC (collectively, with the Purchaser Representative, the “Initial Purchasers” and each, an “Initial Purchaser”).

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 14, 2015, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for, among other things, the sale by the Issuer to the Initial Purchasers of (i) an aggregate of $600,000,000 principal amount of the Issuer’s 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “3.700% Senior Notes”) and (ii) an aggregate of $400,000,000 principal amount of the Issuer’s 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045 (the “4.950% Senior Notes” and together with the 3.700% Senior Notes, the “Securities”). In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Issuer has agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.       Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:

3.700% Exchange Notes” shall mean the senior debt securities issued by the Issuer under the Indenture containing terms identical to the 3.700% Senior Notes which terms shall include the guarantee of the Guarantor on the original 3.700% Senior Notes (except that (i) interest thereon shall accrue from the last date on which interest was paid on the 3.700% Senior Notes or, if no such interest has been paid, from October 21, 2015 and (ii) the transfer restrictions thereon shall be eliminated) to be offered to Holders of 3.700% Senior Notes in exchange for 3.700% Senior Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

3.700% Senior Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

4.950% Exchange Notes” shall mean the senior debt securities issued by the Issuer under the Indenture containing terms identical to the 4.950% Senior Notes which terms shall include the guarantee of the Guarantor on the original 4.950% Senior Notes (except that (i) interest thereon shall accrue from the last date on which interest was paid on the 4.950% Senior Notes or, if no such interest has been paid, from October 21, 2015 and (ii) the transfer restrictions thereon shall be eliminated) to be offered to Holders of 4.950% Senior Notes in exchange for 4.950% Senior Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

4.950% Senior Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Additional Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(e) hereof.

Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in the last paragraph of Section 3 hereof.

 

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Applicable Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(s) hereof.

Business Day” shall mean a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are required to be closed.

Closing Time” shall mean the Closing Time as defined in the Purchase Agreement.

Depositary” shall mean The Depository Trust Company, or any other depositary appointed by the Issuer; provided, however, that such depositary must have an address in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City of New York.

Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

Event Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(e) hereof.

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Exchange Notes” shall mean the 3.700% Exchange Notes and the 4.950% Exchange Notes.

Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Issuer of Exchange Notes for Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the Securities Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean an exchange offer registration statement on Form S-1 or S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form), and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

Exchange Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.

Holder” shall mean each of the Initial Purchasers, for so long as it owns any Registrable Securities, and each of its successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become registered owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture.

Indenture” shall mean the Amended and Restated Indenture relating to the Securities, dated February 16, 2011, among the Company as issuer of the Securities, the Guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Initial Purchaser” and “Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Inspectors” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(m) hereof.

Issuer” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement and also includes the Issuer’s successors and permitted assigns.

Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Registrable Securities.

 

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Participating Broker-Dealer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(s) hereof.

Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

Private Exchange” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.

Private Exchange Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to a prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and in each case including all material incorporated by reference therein.

Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Purchaser Representative” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Records” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(m) hereof.

Registrable Securities” shall mean each Security and, if issued, each Private Exchange Note until (i) the date on which such Security has been exchanged by a Person other than a Participating Broker-Dealer for an Exchange Note in the Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer of a Security for an Exchange Note, the date on which such Exchange Note is sold to a purchaser who receives from such Participating Broker-Dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, (iii) the date on which such Security or Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement, (iv) the date such Security or Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, shall have been otherwise transferred by the Holder thereof and a new Security not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Issuer and subsequent disposition of such Security shall not require registration or qualification under the Securities Act or any similar state law then in force or (v) such Security or Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, ceases to be outstanding.

Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or compliance by the Issuer with this Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “FINRA”) registration and filing fees, including, if applicable, the reasonable fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” (and its counsel) that is required to be retained by the Initial Purchasers in accordance with the rules and regulations of the FINRA, (ii) all reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any underwriters or the Initial Purchasers in connection with “blue sky” qualification of any of the Exchange Notes or Registrable Securities) and compliance with the rules of the FINRA, (iii) all reasonable expenses of any Persons (other than the Holders or Persons acting on the request of the Holders) in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus and any amend-

 

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ments or supplements thereto, and in preparing or assisting in preparing, printing and distributing any underwriting agreements and other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuer and the Guarantor and of the independent certified public accountants of the Issuer and the Guarantor, including the expenses of any “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance, (vi) the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee, and any exchange agent or custodian, (vii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing, if any, of any of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange or exchanges and (viii) any reasonable fees and disbursements of any underwriter customarily required to be paid by the Issuer or sellers of securities and the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Issuer in connection with any Registration Statement.

Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Issuer which covers any of the Exchange Notes or Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and all amendments and supplements to any such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.

Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Issuer pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(b) hereof which covers all of the Registrable Securities or all of the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

2. Registration Under the Securities Act.

(a) Exchange Offer. To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable SEC policy, the Issuer shall, for the benefit of the Holders and at the Issuer’s cost (i) file with the SEC within 90 days after the Closing Time an Exchange Offer Registration Statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act covering the offer by the Issuer to the Holders to exchange all of the Registrable Securities (other than Private Exchange Notes, if issued) for a like principal amount of Exchange Notes, (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act by the SEC on or prior to the 180th day after the Closing Time, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have such Registration Statement remain effective until the closing of the Exchange Offer and (iv) commence the Exchange Offer and use its reasonable best efforts to issue Exchange Notes in exchange for all Registrable Securities (other than the Private Exchange Notes, if issued) properly tendered prior thereto in the Exchange Offer not later than 225 days after the Closing Time. Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Issuer shall promptly commence the Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Exchange Offer to enable each Holder eligible and electing to exchange Registrable Securities (other than Private Exchange Notes, if issued) for Exchange Notes (assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Issuer within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securi-

 

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ties Act and is not a broker-dealer tendering Registrable Securities acquired directly from the Issuer or an affiliate of the Issuer for its own account, acquires the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business and has no arrangements or understandings with any Person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of “distributing” (within the meaning of the Securities Act) the Exchange Notes), with such Exchange Notes, from and after their receipt, having no limitations or restrictions on their transfer under the Securities Act and under state securities or “blue sky” laws.

In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Issuer shall:

(i) deliver to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;

(ii) keep the Exchange Offer open for acceptance for a period of not less than 20 Business Days after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders (or longer if required by applicable law) (such period referred to herein as the “Exchange Period”);

(iii) utilize the services of the Trustee for the Exchange Offer;

(iv) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last Business Day of the Exchange Period, by sending to the institution specified in the notice a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Securities delivered for exchange and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing such Holder’s election to have such Securities exchanged;

(v) notify each Holder that any Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest, but will not retain any rights under this Agreement (except in the case of the Initial Purchasers and Participating Broker-Dealers as provided herein); and

(vi) otherwise comply in all respects with all applicable laws relating to the Exchange Offer.

If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, an Initial Purchaser holds any Securities acquired by it and such Securities have the status of an unsold allotment in the initial distribution, the Issuer shall, upon the request of such Initial Purchaser, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser in exchange (the “Private Exchange”) for the Securities held by such Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount of debt securities of the Issuer that are identical (except that such securities shall bear appropriate transfer restrictions) to the Exchange Notes (the “Private Exchange Notes”).

The Private Exchange Notes, if any, shall be issued under the Indenture. The Private Exchange Notes shall be of the same series as, and the Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Private Exchange Notes bear the same CUSIP number as the applicable Exchange Notes.

As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer and/or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Issuer shall:

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(ii) accept for exchange all Securities duly tendered pursuant to the Private Exchange; and

(iii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Issuer, and issue, and cause the Trustee under the Indenture to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder, a new Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the Securities surrendered by such Holder and accepted for exchange.

To the extent not prohibited by any law or applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC, the Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above, and shall comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable laws in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC. Each Holder of Registrable Securities (other than Private Exchange Notes, if issued) who wishes to exchange such Registrable Securities (other than Private Exchange Notes, if issued) for Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer will be required to make certain customary representations in connection therewith, including representations that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Issuer within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, or if it is such an affiliate, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, that any Exchange Notes to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of business and that at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer it has no arrangement with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes. The Issuer shall inform the Initial Purchasers, after consultation with the Trustee and the Initial Purchasers, of the names and addresses of the Holders to whom the Exchange Offer is made, and the Initial Purchasers shall have the right to contact such Holders and otherwise facilitate the tender of Registrable Securities in the Exchange Offer.

Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with this Section 2(a), the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to apply, mutatis mutandis, solely with respect to Registrable Securities that are Private Exchange Notes, if issued, and Exchange Notes held by Participating Broker-Dealers, and the Issuer shall have no further obligation to register Registrable Securities (other than Private Exchange Notes, if issued) pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.

(b) Shelf Registration. To the extent not prohibited by any law or applicable SEC policy, in the event that (i) the Issuer is not permitted to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or SEC policy, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason declared effective under the Securities Act by the SEC within 180 days after the Closing Time, (iii) any Holder of Securities notifies the Issuer within 30 days after the commencement of the Exchange Offer that (1) due to a change in law or SEC policy it is not entitled to participate in the Exchange Offer, (2) due to a change in law or SEC policy it may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a Prospectus and the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such holder or (3) it is a broker-dealer and owns Securities acquired directly from the Issuer or an affiliate of the Issuer, or (iv) the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by them in the Exchange Offer to the public without restriction under the Securities Act and without restriction under applicable “blue sky” or state securities laws, then in the case of any of (i) through (iv), the Issuer shall, at the Issuer’s cost, file as promptly as practicable after such determination or date, as the case may be, and, in any event, prior to the later of (A) 90 days after the Closing Time or (B) 30 days after such filing obligation arises (provided, however, that if the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective under the Securities

 

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Act by the SEC within 180 days after the Closing Time, then the Issuer shall file the Shelf Registration Statement with the SEC on or prior to the 210th day after the Closing Time, unless the Issuer has consummated the Exchange Offer prior to the 180th day after the Closing Time whereby the Issuer’s obligation to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to clause (b)(ii) above shall be cancelled, provided, that such cancellation shall not relieve the Issuer of any obligation to pay Additional Interest, if Additional Interest is otherwise due and payable), a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the sale by the Holders of all of the Registrable Securities affected thereby, and, to the extent not declared effective automatically by the SEC, shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable and, in any event, on or prior to 90 days after the obligation to file the Shelf Registration Statement arises (in the case of (B) above). No Holder of Registrable Securities may include any of its Registrable Securities in any Shelf Registration pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Issuer in writing, within 10 days after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Issuer may, after conferring with counsel with regard to information relating to Holders that would be required by the SEC to be included in such Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus included therein, reasonably request for inclusion in any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus included therein. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration is being effected agrees to furnish to the Issuer all information with respect to such Holder necessary to make any information previously furnished to the Issuer by such Holder not materially misleading.

The Issuer agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended for a period of six months from the Closing Time or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto (subject to extension pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 3 hereof) (the “Effectiveness Period”), provided, however, that with respect to the Private Exchange Notes, if issued, the Issuer shall only be obligated to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective, supplemented and amended for a period of 60 days. The Issuer shall not permit any securities other than Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf Registration. The Issuer further agrees, if necessary, to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Issuer for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder for shelf registrations, and the Issuer agrees to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.

Notwithstanding the requirements contained in this Section 2(b), solely with respect to the Private Exchange Notes, if issued, the Issuer shall have no obligation to file or effect a Shelf Registration Statement registering such Private Exchange Notes if the aggregate principal amount of such Private Exchange Notes does not exceed $5,000,000.

(c) Expenses. The Issuer shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or 2(b) hereof. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, each Holder shall pay all expenses of its counsel, underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

(d) Effective Registration Statement. An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC; provided, however, that if, after it has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or any other governmental agency or court, such Shelf Registration Statement will be deemed not to have been effective during the period of such interference, until the offering of Registrable Securities may legally

 

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resume. The Issuer will be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, to become, or to remain, effective during the requisite period if they voluntarily take any action that would result in any such Registration Statement not being declared effective or in the Holders of Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to exchange or offer and sell such Registrable Securities during that period unless such action is required by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the only remedy available under this Agreement for the failure of the Issuer to satisfy the obligations set forth in Sections 2(a), 2(b) and 3 hereof shall be payment by the Issuer of the Additional Interest as set forth in Section 2(e) hereof and the remedy of specific enforcement provided by Section 2(f) hereof.

(e) Additional Interest. If (i) the Issuer fails to file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities (other than the Private Exchange Notes, if issued) on or before the date specified herein for such filing, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the date specified herein for such effectiveness (the “Effectiveness Target Date”), (iii) the Exchange Offer is required to be consummated hereunder and the Issuer fails to issue Exchange Notes in exchange for all Securities properly tendered and not withdrawn in the Exchange Offer within 45 days of the Effectiveness Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, or (iv) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed and declared effective hereunder is declared effective but thereafter ceases to be effective or usable in connection with the Exchange Offer or resales of Securities, as the case may be, during the periods specified herein (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above, a “Registration Default”), then the interest rate borne by the Registrable Securities (other than the Private Exchange Notes, if issued, as to which no additional amounts shall be payable under this Section 2(e)) as to which the Registration Default exists shall be increased (the “Additional Interest”), with respect to the first 90-day period (or portion thereof) while a Registration Default is continuing immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default, by 0.25% per annum, such interest rate increasing by an additional 0.25% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period (or portion thereof) while a Registration Default is continuing until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum rate of Additional Interest of 0.50% per annum. Upon (1) the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, required hereunder (in the case of clause (i) of the preceding sentence), (2) the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, required hereunder (in the case of clause (ii) of the preceding sentence), (3) the issuance of Exchange Notes in exchange for all Securities (other than the Private Exchange Notes, if issued) properly tendered and not withdrawn in the Exchange Offer (in the case of clause (iii) of the preceding sentence), or (4) the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, required hereunder which had ceased to be effective (in the case of clause (iv) of the preceding sentence), Additional Interest as a result of the Registration Default described in such clause shall cease to accrue (but any accrued amount shall be payable) and the interest rate on the Securities shall revert to the original rate if no other Registration Default has occurred and is continuing.

The Issuer shall notify the Trustee within three Business Days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Additional Interest is required to be paid (an “Event Date”). Additional Interest shall be paid by depositing with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of Securities (other than Private Exchange Notes, if issued) on or before the applicable semi-annual interest payment date, immediately available funds in sums sufficient to pay the Additional Interest then due. The Additional Interest due shall be payable on each interest payment date to the record Holder of Securities entitled to receive the interest payment to be paid on such date as set forth in the Indenture. Each obligation to pay Additional Interest shall be deemed to accrue from and including the day following the applicable Event Date.

 

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(f) Specific Enforcement. Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the Issuer acknowledges that any failure by the Issuer to comply with its obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it would not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, any Initial Purchaser or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Issuer’s obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof.

3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Registration Statements pursuant to Sections 2(a) and 2(b) hereof, the Issuer shall:

(a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement or Registration Statements as prescribed by Sections 2(a) and 2(b) hereof within the relevant time period specified in Section 2 hereof on the appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form (i) shall be selected by the Issuer, (ii) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the selling Holders thereof and (iii) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith; and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective in accordance with Section 2 hereof; provided, however, that if (1) such filing is pursuant to Section 2(b) or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes, before filing any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Issuer shall furnish to and afford the Holders of the Registrable Securities and each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, covered by such Registration Statement, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, a reasonable opportunity to review copies of all such documents (excluding copies of any documents to be incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed to be filed (at least five Business Days prior to such filing). The Issuer shall not file any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto in respect of which the Holders must be afforded an opportunity to review prior to the filing of such document if the Majority Holders or such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, their counsel or the managing underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object;

(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the Effectiveness Period or the Applicable Period, as the case may be; and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act, and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to it with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by each Registration Statement during the Effectiveness Period or the Applicable Period, as the case may be, in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the selling Holders thereof described in this Agreement (including sales by any Participating Broker Dealer);

(c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, (i) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities, at least three Business Days prior to filing, that a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities is being filed and advising such Holder that the distribution of Registrable Securities will be made in accordance with the method selected by the Majority Holders, (ii) furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities and to each underwriter of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, including each preliminary prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto and such other

 

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documents as such Holder or underwriter may reasonably request, in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities, and (iii) subject to the last paragraph of Section 3(s) hereof, hereby consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;

(d) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions by the time the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement and each underwriter of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities shall reasonably request in advance of such date of effectiveness, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Holder and underwriter to consummate the disposition in each such jurisdiction of such Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), (ii) file any general consent to service of process or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject;

(e) in the case of (1) a Shelf Registration or (2) notification from Participating Broker-Dealers that they will be utilizing the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as provided in Section 3(s) hereof, notify each Holder of Registrable Securities, or such Participating Broker-Dealers, as the case may be, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, promptly and confirm such notice in writing (i) when a Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendments and supplements thereto become effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of, a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) if the Issuer receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities or the Exchange Notes to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer for offer or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the happening of any event or the failure of any event to occur or the discovery of any facts or otherwise during the Effectiveness Period or Applicable Period, as the case may be, which makes any statement made in a Registration Statement or the related Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which causes such Registration Statement or Prospectus to omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading and (vi) of the Issuer’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement would be appropriate;

(f) take reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement as soon as practicable;

(g) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement relating to such Shelf Registration and any post-effective amendment thereto (without documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested);

 

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(h) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and cause such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) and registered in such names as the selling Holders or the underwriters may reasonably request at least two Business Days prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;

(i) in the case of a Shelf Registration or an Exchange Offer Registration, upon the occurrence of any circumstance contemplated by Section 3(e)(ii), 3(e)(iii), 3(e)(v) or 3(e)(vi) hereof, use its reasonable best efforts to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document (subject to Section 3(a)) so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes to whom a Prospectus is being delivered by a Participating Broker-Dealer who has notified the Issuer that it will be utilizing the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as provided in Section 3(s) hereof, such Prospectus 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; and to notify each Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, to suspend use of the Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and each Holder and Participating Broker-Dealer hereby agrees to suspend use of the Prospectus until the Issuer has amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission;

(j) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the filing of any document which is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus after the initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide a reasonable number of copies of such document to the Holders;

(k) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Notes or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement, and provide the Trustee with certificates for the Exchange Notes or the Registrable Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with the Depositary;

(l) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such agreements (including underwriting agreements) as are customary in underwritten offerings and take all such other appropriate actions as are reasonably requested in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of such Registrable Securities, and in such connection, whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an underwritten registration, at the time of effectiveness of such Shelf Registration: (i) make such representations and warranties to Holders of such Registrable Securities and the underwriters (if any), with respect to the business of the Issuer and its subsidiaries as then conducted or proposed to be conducted and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in form and substance similar to the representations and warranties given by the Issuer in the Purchase Agreement and reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters (if any) and the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold, and confirm the same if and when requested; (ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the Issuer and the Guarantor and updates thereof, if appropriate, in form and substance similar to the opinion given by counsel to the Issuer and the Guarantor pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters (if any) and the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold, addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters (if any); (iii) obtain “cold comfort” letters and updates thereof in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters (if any) from the independent certi-

 

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fied public accountants of the Issuer and the Guarantor (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Issuer or of any business acquired by the Issuer for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to the selling Holders of Registrable Securities (if appropriate) and to each of the underwriters (if any), such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings and such other matters as reasonably requested by such selling Holders and underwriters; and (iv) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 4 hereof (or such other less favorable provisions and procedures acceptable to Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and the managing underwriters or agents) with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section (including, without limitation, such underwriters and selling Holders); the above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting agreement, or as and to the extent required thereunder;

(m) if (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 2(b) or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, make available for inspection by any selling Holder of such Registrable Securities being sold, or each such Participating Broker Dealer, as the case may be, any underwriter participating in any such disposition of Registrable Securities, if any, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such selling Holder or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, or underwriter (collectively, the “Inspectors”), at the offices where normally kept, during reasonable business hours, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Issuer, the Guarantor and the other subsidiaries of Guarantor (collectively, the “Records”) as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Issuer, the Guarantor and the other subsidiaries of the Guarantor to supply all information in each case reasonably requested by any such Inspector in connection with such Registration Statement. Records which the Issuer or the Guarantor determine to be confidential or any Records which they notify the Inspectors are confidential shall not be disclosed by the Inspectors unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is necessary in connection with the Inspectors’ assertion of any claims or actions or with their establishment of any defense in an action then pending before a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction or (iii) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public; each selling Holder of such Registrable Securities and each such Participating Broker-Dealer will be required to agree that information obtained by it as a result of such inspections shall be deemed confidential and shall not be used by it as the basis for any market transactions in the securities of the Issuer unless and until such is made generally available to the public; each selling Holder of such Registrable Securities and each such Participating Broker-Dealer will be required to further agree that it will, prior to disclosure of such Records pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, give prompt notice to the Issuer and the Guarantor and allow the Issuer and the Guarantor at their expense to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure to the public of the Records deemed confidential;

(n) comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make generally available to its security holders earnings statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the Securities Act) no later than 180 days after the end of any 12-month period (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Registrable Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or reasonable best efforts underwritten offering and (ii) if not sold to underwriters in such an of-

 

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fering, commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the Issuer after the effective date of a Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said 12-month period;

(o) upon consummation of an Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, obtain an opinion of counsel to the Issuer and the Guarantor addressed to the Trustee for the benefit of all Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, and which includes an opinion that (i) the Issuer has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Exchange Notes and Private Exchange Notes and the Indenture, and (ii) each of the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, and the Indenture constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer and the Guarantor, enforceable against the Issuer and the Guarantor in accordance with its respective terms (in each case, with customary exceptions);

(p) if an Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Registrable Securities by Holders to the Issuer (or to such other Person as directed by the Issuer) in exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, the Issuer shall mark, or cause to be marked, on such Registrable Securities delivered by such Holders that such Registrable Securities are being cancelled in exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be; in no event shall such Registrable Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied;

(q) cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities covered by any Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any, participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the FINRA;

(r) use its reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby;

(s) in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (i) include in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled “Plan of Distribution,” which section shall be reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Representative or another representative of the Participating Broker-Dealers, and which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of the SEC with respect to the potential “underwriter” status of any broker-dealer (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”) that holds Registrable Securities acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that will be the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Exchange Notes to be received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer, whether such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the SEC or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the Purchaser Representative or such other representative, represent the prevailing views of the staff of the SEC, including a statement that any such broker-dealer who receives Exchange Notes for Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be deemed a statutory underwriter and must deliver a Prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes, (ii) furnish to each Participating Broker-Dealer who has delivered to the Issuer the notice referred to in Section 3(e), without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as such Participating Broker-Dealer may reasonably request, (iii) hereby consent to the use of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, by any Person subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the SEC, including all Participating Broker-Dealers, in connection with the sale or transfer of the Exchange Notes covered by the Pro-

 

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spectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, (iv) use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the Prospectus contained therein in order to permit such Prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as such Persons must comply with such requirements in order to resell the Exchange Notes (provided, however, that such period shall not be required to exceed 180 days (or such longer period if extended pursuant to the last sentence of this Section 3(s) hereof) (the “Applicable Period”)), and (v) include in the transmittal letter or similar documentation to be executed by an exchange offeree in order to participate in the Exchange Offer (x) the following provision:

“If the exchange offeree is a broker-dealer holding Registrable Securities acquired for its own account as a result of marketmaking activities or other trading activities, it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of Exchange Notes received in respect of such Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer;”

and (y) a statement to the effect that by a Participating Broker-Dealer making the acknowledgment described in clause (x) and by delivering a Prospectus in connection with the exchange of Registrable Securities, such Participating Broker-Dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act.

The Issuer may require each seller of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the Issuer such information regarding such seller and the proposed distribution of such Registrable Securities, as the Issuer may from time to time reasonably request in writing. The Issuer may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of any seller who fails to furnish any such information which the Issuer reasonably requires in order for the Shelf Registration Statement to comply with applicable law and SEC policy within a reasonable time after receiving such request (without the accrual of Additional Interest on such excluded Registrable Securities) and shall be under no obligation to include the Registrable Securities of such seller in the Shelf Registration Statement or to compensate any such seller for any lost income, interest or other opportunity foregone, or any liability incurred, as a result of the Issuer’s decision to exclude such seller.

In the case of (1) a Shelf Registration Statement or (2) Participating Broker- Dealers who have notified the Issuer that they will be utilizing the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as provided in this Section 3(s) that are seeking to sell Exchange Notes and are required to deliver Prospectuses, each Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Issuer of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(e)(ii), 3(e)(iii), 3(e)(v) or 3(e)(vi) hereof, such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, until such Holder’s or Participating Broker-Dealer’s, as the case may be, receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(i) hereof or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Issuer that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and, if so directed by the Issuer, such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, will deliver to the Issuer (at the Issuer’s expense) all copies in such Holder’s or Participating Broker-Dealer’s, as the case may be, possession, other than one permanent file copy then in such Holder’s or Participating Broker Dealer’s, as the case may be, possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, current at the time of receipt of such notice. If the Issuer shall give any such notice to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, pursuant to a Registration Statement: (x) the Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to file and have declared effective (if an amendment) as soon as practicable an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and, in the case of an amendment, have such amendment declared effective

 

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as soon as practicable; provided, however, that the Issuer may postpone the filing of such amendment or supplement for a period not to extend beyond the earlier to occur of (I) 30 days after the date of the determination of the Board of Directors and (II) the day after the cessation of the circumstances upon which such postponement is based, if the members of the Issuer determine reasonably and in good faith that such filing would require disclosure of material information which the Issuer has a bona fide purpose for preserving as confidential; provided, further, however, that the Issuer shall be entitled to such postponement only once during any 12-month period and the exercise by the Issuer of its rights under this provision shall not relieve the Issuer of any obligation to pay Additional Interest under Section 2(e) hereof; and (y) the Issuer shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days in the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Issuer shall have made available to the Holders or Participating Broker-Dealers, as the case may be, copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions or the Advice.

4. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) The Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, each Holder, each Participating Broker-Dealer, each underwriter who participates in an offering of Registrable Securities, their respective affiliates, each Person, if any, who controls any of such parties within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each of their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, as follows:

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, joint or several, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), covering Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of 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, joint or several, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any court or 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 prior written consent of the Issuer; and

(iii) against any and all expenses whatsoever, as incurred (including reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel chosen by the Purchaser Representative (on behalf of the Initial Purchasers), such Holder, such Participating Broker-Dealer or any underwriter (except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in Section 4(c) hereof)), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any court or governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this Section 4(a);

provided, however, that this indemnity does not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission (1) made

 

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in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished in writing to the Issuer or the Guarantor by such Initial Purchaser, such Holder, such Participating Broker-Dealer or an underwriter with respect to such Initial Purchaser, such Holder, such Participating Broker-Dealer or underwriter, as the case may be, expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or in any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or (2) contained in any preliminary prospectus if such Initial Purchaser, such Holder, such Participating Broker-Dealer or such underwriter failed to send or deliver a copy of the Prospectus (in the form it was first provided to such parties for confirmation of sales or as amended or supplemented pursuant to Section 3(i) hereof prior to such confirmation of sales) to the Person asserting such losses, claims, damages or liabilities on or prior to the delivery of written confirmation of any sale of securities covered thereby to such Person in any case where such delivery is required by the Securities Act and a court of competent jurisdiction in a judgment not subject to appeal or final review shall have determined that such Prospectus would have corrected such untrue statement or omission. Any amounts advanced by the Issuer to an indemnified party pursuant to this Section 4 as a result of such losses shall be returned to the Issuer if it shall be finally determined by such a court in a judgment not subject to appeal or final review that such indemnified party was not entitled to indemnification by the Issuer.

(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, the Guarantor, each Initial Purchaser, each underwriter who participates in an offering of Registrable Securities and the other selling Holders and each of their respective directors, officers (including each officer of the Issuer who signed the Registration Statement), employees and agents and each Person, if any, who controls the Issuer, the Guarantor, any of the Initial Purchasers, any underwriter or any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever described in the indemnity contained in Section 4(a) hereof, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or in any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor by such selling Holder with respect to such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any supplement thereto), or in any such Prospectus (or any amendment thereto); provided, however, that, in the case of the Shelf Registration Statement, no such Holder shall be liable for any claims hereunder in excess of the amount of net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale or other disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

(c) Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable 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 such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 4(a) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Purchaser Representative, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 4(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Issuer. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. If it so elects within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, an indemnifying party, jointly with any other indemnifying parties receiving such notice, may assume the defense of such action with counsel chosen by it and approved by the indemnified parties defendant in such action, unless such indemnified parties reasonably object to such assumption on the ground that there may be legal defenses available to them which are different from or in addition to those available to such indemnifying party. If an indemnifying party assumes the defense of such action, the indemnifying parties shall not be liable for any fees and expenses of counsel for the indemnified parties incurred thereafter in con-

 

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nection with such action. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for 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 anyone action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 4 (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 4(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 4(a)(ii) effected without its prior written consent if such indemnifying party (1) reimburses such indemnified party in accordance with such request to the extent it considers such request to be reasonable and (2) provides written notice to the indemnified party substantiating the unpaid balance as unreasonable, in each case prior to the date of such settlement.

(e) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances under which any of the indemnity provisions set forth in this Section 4 is for any reason held to be unavailable to the indemnified parties although applicable in accordance with its terms, the Issuer and the Holders shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnity agreement incurred by the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Initial Purchasers, the Holders and the Participating Broker-Dealers; provided, however, that no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11 (f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person that was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. As between the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Holders, such parties shall contribute to such aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnity agreement in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Issuer and the Guarantor on the one hand and of the Holder of Registrable Securities, the Participating Broker-Dealer or the Initial Purchaser, as the case may be, on the other hand 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.

The relative fault of the Issuer and the Guarantor on the one hand and the Holder of Registrable Securities, the Participating Broker-Dealer or the Initial Purchaser, as the case may be, on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuer, or the Guarantor, or by the Holder of Registrable Securities, the Participating Broker-Dealer or the Initial Purchaser, as the case may be, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

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The Issuer, the Guarantor, the Holders of the Registrable Securities and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 4.

For purposes of this Section 4, each affiliate of an Initial Purchaser or Holder, and each director, officer, employee, agent and Person, if any, who controls a Holder of Registrable Securities, an Initial Purchaser or a Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such other Person, and each member or director of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, each officer of the Issuer who signed the Registration Statement, and each Person, if any, who controls the Issuer or the Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be.

5. Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No Holder may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. The Issuer shall be under no obligation to compensate any Holder for lost income, interest or other opportunity foregone, or other liability incurred, as a result of the Issuer’s decision to exclude such Holder from any underwritten registration if such Holder has not complied with the provisions of this Section 5 in all material respects following five business days’ written notice of noncompliance and the Issuer’s decision to exclude such Holder.

6. Selection of Underwriters. The Holders of Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell the securities covered by such Shelf Registration in an underwritten offering. In any such underwritten offering, the underwriter or underwriters and manager or managers that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities included in such offering; provided, however, that such underwriters and managers must be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer.

7. Guarantor. The parties to this Agreement agree and acknowledge that all obligations of the Issuer under this Agreement are joint and several obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantor.

8. Miscellaneous.

(a) Rule 144A. For so long as the Issuer is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act and any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, the Issuer covenants that it will file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder, that if it ceases to be so required to file such reports, it will upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities (i) deliver such information to a prospective purchaser as is necessary to permit sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and (ii) take such further action that is reasonable in the circumstances, in each case, to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell its Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rules or regulations hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the reasonable request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Issuer will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

 

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(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuer has not entered into nor will the Issuer on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Issuer’s other issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements.

(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, otherwise than with the prior written consent of the Issuer and the Majority Holders; provided, however, that no amendment, modification, or supplement or waiver or consent to the departure with respect to the provisions of Section 4 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder of Registrable Securities.

(d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery: (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Issuer by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8(d), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the addresses set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and (ii) if to the Issuer or the Guarantor, initially at the Issuer’s and the Guarantor’s address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8(d).

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

Copies of all such notices, demands, or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the address specified in the Indenture.

(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of the Initial Purchasers, including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities, such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.

(f) Third Party Beneficiary. Each of the Initial Purchasers shall be a third party beneficiary of the agreements made hereunder between the Issuer or the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of Holders hereunder.

(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed

 

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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.

(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

(i) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS. Specified times of day refer to New York City time.

(j) Severability. In the event that anyone or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

(k) Securities Held by the Issuer or any of its Affiliates. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Issuer or any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.
By:   /s/ Janet Nova
  Name:   Janet Nova
  Title:  

Executive Vice President and Deputy

General Counsel

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC.
By:   /s/ Janet Nova
  Name:   Janet Nova
  Title:  

Executive Vice President and Deputy

Group General Counsel

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,

as of the date first above written:

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

For itself and on behalf of the

several Initial Purchasers

By:   /s/ Som Bhattacharyya
  Name: Som Bhattacharyya
  Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

EX-4.3 3 d25332dex43.htm EX-4.3 EX-4.3

Exhibit 4.3

FORM OF 3.700% SENIOR NOTE

UNLESS THIS 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 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.

THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A)(1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.


No. A-[    ]   **$[            ]**

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

3.700% SENIOR NOTES DUE OCTOBER 15, 2025

CUSIP 90131HBU8

see reverse for certain definitions

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation (“21CFA” or the “Company”, which terms include any successor Person 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 October 15, 2025 and to pay interest thereon from October 21, 2015 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 each year, commencing April 15, 2016, at the rate of 3.700% per annum, until the principal hereof is fully paid or made available for payment. 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 Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, which shall be the April 1 or October 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 Note (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 Notes 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 the Note may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in such Indenture.

This Note is unconditionally guaranteed by Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“21st Century Fox”), as set forth in Article Twelve of the Indenture and in the Guarantee endorsed hereon.

Payment of the principal of, and interest on, this Note 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 Note 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 signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 21CFA has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

Dated: October     , 2015

 

    21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.
By:         By:    
  Name:    Paula M. Wardynski       Name:    Janet Nova
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer       Title:   Executive Vice President and Deputy General Counsel


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: October     , 2015


21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

3.700% SENIOR NOTES DUE OCTOBER 15, 2025

Indenture

This Security is one of a duly authorized series (this series being the “Securities”) of debt securities of 21st Century Fox America, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“21CFA” or the “Company”), issued under an Indenture dated as of August 25, 2009, as amended and restated on February 16, 2011 (the “Indenture”), among 21CFA, Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“21st Century Fox” or the “Guarantor”), 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 21CFA from time to time of debt securities (the “Debt Securities”) in one or more series, in which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, 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 the Indenture. The terms of the Securities and Guarantee set forth in this 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 are unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis (the “Guarantee”) by the Guarantor. 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. 21CFA may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee. 21CFA 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

This Note is redeemable, as a whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time or from time to time, upon mailed notice to the registered address of the Holder at least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to the redemption. Except as provided below, the redemption price will be equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below) on such Notes discounted to the date of redemption, on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at a rate equal to the sum of the applicable Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 30 basis points. Accrued interest will be paid to the date of redemption. All calculations hereunder shall be made by the Company. On and after July 15, 2025, the Notes are redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the


Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of such Notes being redeemed to such date of redemption.

‘‘Treasury Rate’’ means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third business day immediately preceding that redemption date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue (as defined below), assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that redemption date.

‘‘Comparable Treasury Issue’’ means the United States Treasury security selected by the Reference Treasury Dealer (as defined below) as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes, that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.

‘‘Comparable Treasury Price’’ means, with respect to any redemption date, the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined below) for that redemption date.

‘‘Reference Treasury Dealer’’ means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and its successor. If the Reference Treasury Dealer shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, the Company will substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer.

‘‘Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations’’ means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by the Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding that redemption date.

‘‘Remaining Scheduled Payments’’ means the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes that would be due after the related redemption date but for that redemption. If that redemption date is not an interest payment date with respect to the Notes, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on the Notes will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on the Notes to such redemption date.

On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on this Note or any portion of this Note called for redemption (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest). On or before the redemption date, the Company will deposit with a paying agent (or the Trustee) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on that date. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by a method the trustee deems to be fair and appropriate.

 

  3. Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, 21CFA 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 aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.

 

  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 Security may be treated as the owner of the Security 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, 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.

 

  8. Defaults and Remedies

Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default in payment of the principal amount, premium, if any, or interest, in respect of the Securities when the same becomes due and


payable subject, in the case of interest, to the grace period contained in the Indenture; (ii) failure by the Company or the Guarantor to perform any other covenant or warranty (other than a covenant included in the Indenture solely for the benefit of another series of Debt Securities), subject to notice and lapse of time; or (iii) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency of News Corporation, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of News Corporation. If an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, occurs and is continuing, the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare all the 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, the principal amount and interest, if any, of all the debt securities of that series automatically will 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 clause (i) above) if it determines in good faith that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders.

 

  9. Trustee Dealings with 21CFA

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 21CFA or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with 21CFA 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 21CFA shall not have any liability for any obligations of 21CFA 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. 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).

 

  12. Governing Law


THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY AND THE 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.


OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you wish to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, check the Box. ¨

If you wish to have a portion of this Security 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)

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.


GUARANTEE

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (the “Guarantor”) 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) 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 21CFA 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 the Guarantor 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.

No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of the Guarantor shall have any personal liability under the Guarantee by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer, director or incorporator.

The Guarantee 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.


GUARANTOR
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.
By:    
  Name:    Janet Nova
  Title:  

Executive Vice President and

Deputy Group General Counsel

  Date:   October     , 2015


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign the Security, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this security 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 Security on the books of 21CFA. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:         Your Signature:    
      (Sign exactly as your name appears in this Security)

 

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.


FORM OF 3.700% SENIOR NOTE

UNLESS THIS 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 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.

THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A)(1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.


No. S-[    ]   **$[            ]**

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

3.700% SENIOR NOTES DUE OCTOBER 15, 2025

CUSIP U88803AD0

see reverse for certain definitions

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation (“21CFA” or the “Company”, which terms include any successor Person 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 October 15, 2025 and to pay interest thereon from October 21, 2015 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 each year, commencing April 15, 2016, at the rate of 3.700% per annum, until the principal hereof is fully paid or made available for payment. 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 Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, which shall be the April 1 or October 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 Note (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 Notes 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 the Note may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in such Indenture.

This Note is unconditionally guaranteed by Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“21st Century Fox”), as set forth in Article Twelve of the Indenture and in the Guarantee endorsed hereon.

Payment of the principal of, and interest on, this Note 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 Note 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 signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 21CFA has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

Dated: October     , 2015

 

    21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

By:         By:    
  Name:  Title:  

Paula M. Wardynski

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

     

Name: 

Title:

 

Janet Nova

Executive Vice President and Deputy General Counsel


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: October     , 2015


21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

3.700% SENIOR NOTES DUE OCTOBER 15, 2025

Indenture

This Security is one of a duly authorized series (this series being the “Securities”) of debt securities of 21st Century Fox America, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“21CFA” or the “Company”), issued under an Indenture dated as of August 25, 2009, as amended and restated on February 16, 2011 (the “Indenture”), among 21CFA, Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“21st Century Fox” or the “Guarantor”), 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 21CFA from time to time of debt securities (the “Debt Securities”) in one or more series, in which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, 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 the Indenture. The terms of the Securities and Guarantee set forth in this 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 are unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis (the “Guarantee”) by the Guarantor. 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. 21CFA may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee. 21CFA 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

This Note is redeemable, as a whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time or from time to time, upon mailed notice to the registered address of the Holder at least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to the redemption. Except as provided below, the redemption price will be equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below) on such Notes discounted to the date of redemption, on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at a rate equal to the sum of the applicable Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 30 basis points. Accrued interest will be paid to the date of redemption. All calculations hereunder shall be made by the Company. On and after July 15, 2025, the Notes are redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the


Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of such Notes being redeemed to such date of redemption.

‘‘Treasury Rate’’ means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third business day immediately preceding that redemption date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue (as defined below), assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that redemption date.

‘‘Comparable Treasury Issue’’ means the United States Treasury security selected by the Reference Treasury Dealer (as defined below) as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes, that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.

‘‘Comparable Treasury Price’’ means, with respect to any redemption date, the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined below) for that redemption date.

‘‘Reference Treasury Dealer’’ means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and its successor. If the Reference Treasury Dealer shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, the Company will substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer.

‘‘Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations’’ means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by the Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding that redemption date.

‘‘Remaining Scheduled Payments’’ means the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes that would be due after the related redemption date but for that redemption. If that redemption date is not an interest payment date with respect to the Notes, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on the Notes will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on the Notes to such redemption date.

On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on this Note or any portion of this Note called for redemption (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest). On or before the redemption date, the Company will deposit with a paying agent (or the Trustee) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on that date. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by a method the trustee deems to be fair and appropriate.

 

  3. Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, 21CFA 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 aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.

 

  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 Security may be treated as the owner of the Security 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, 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.

 

  8. Defaults and Remedies

Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default in payment of the principal amount, premium, if any, or interest, in respect of the Securities when the same becomes due and


payable subject, in the case of interest, to the grace period contained in the Indenture; (ii) failure by the Company or the Guarantor to perform any other covenant or warranty (other than a covenant included in the Indenture solely for the benefit of another series of Debt Securities), subject to notice and lapse of time; or (iii) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency of News Corporation, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of News Corporation. If an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, occurs and is continuing, the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare all the 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, the principal amount and interest, if any, of all the debt securities of that series automatically will 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 clause (i) above) if it determines in good faith that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders.

 

  9. Trustee Dealings with 21CFA

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 21CFA or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with 21CFA 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 21CFA shall not have any liability for any obligations of 21CFA 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. 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).

 

  12. Governing Law


THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY AND THE 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.


OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you wish to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, check the Box.  ¨

If you wish to have a portion of this Security 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)

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.


GUARANTEE

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (the “Guarantor”) 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) 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 21CFA 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 the Guarantor 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.

No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of the Guarantor shall have any personal liability under the Guarantee by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer, director or incorporator.

The Guarantee 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.


GUARANTOR
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.
By:    
  Name:    Janet Nova
  Title:  

Executive Vice President and

Deputy Group General Counsel

  Date:   October     , 2015


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign the Security, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this security 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 Security on the books of 21CFA. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:         Your Signature:    
      (Sign exactly as your name appears in this Security)

 

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.

EX-4.4 4 d25332dex44.htm EX-4.4 EX-4.4

Exhibit 4.4

FORM OF 4.950% SENIOR NOTE

UNLESS THIS 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 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.

THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A)(1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.


No. A-[    ]   **$[            ]**

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

4.950% SENIOR NOTES DUE OCTOBER 15, 2045

CUSIP 90131HBX2

see reverse for certain definitions

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation (“21CFA” or the “Company”, which terms include any successor Person 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 October 15, 2045 and to pay interest thereon from October 21, 2015 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 each year, commencing April 15, 2016, at the rate of 4.950% per annum, until the principal hereof is fully paid or made available for payment. 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 Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, which shall be the April 1 or October 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 Note (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 Notes 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 the Note may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in such Indenture.

This Note is unconditionally guaranteed by Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“21st Century Fox”), as set forth in Article Twelve of the Indenture and in the Guarantee endorsed hereon.

Payment of the principal of, and interest on, this Note 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 Note 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 signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 21CFA has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

Dated: October     , 2015

 

    21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.
By:         By:    
  Name:    Paula M. Wardynski       Name:    Janet Nova
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer       Title:   Executive Vice President and Deputy General Counsel


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: October     , 2015


21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

4.950% SENIOR NOTES DUE OCTOBER 15, 2045

Indenture

This Security is one of a duly authorized series (this series being the “Securities”) of debt securities of 21st Century Fox America, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“21CFA” or the “Company”), issued under an Indenture dated as of August 25, 2009, as amended and restated on February 16, 2011 (the “Indenture”), among 21CFA, Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“21st Century Fox” or the “Guarantor”), 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 21CFA from time to time of debt securities (the “Debt Securities”) in one or more series, in which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, 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 the Indenture. The terms of the Securities and Guarantee set forth in this 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 are unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis (the “Guarantee”) by the Guarantor. 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. 21CFA may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee. 21CFA 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

This Note is redeemable, as a whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time or from time to time, upon mailed notice to the registered address of the Holder at least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to the redemption. Except as provided below, the redemption price will be equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below) on such Notes discounted to the date of redemption, on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at a rate equal to the sum of the applicable Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 35 basis points. Accrued interest will be paid to the date of redemption. All calculations hereunder shall be made by the Company. On and after April 15, 2045, the Notes are redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the


Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of such Notes being redeemed to such date of redemption.

‘‘Treasury Rate’’ means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third business day immediately preceding that redemption date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue (as defined below), assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that redemption date.

‘‘Comparable Treasury Issue’’ means the United States Treasury security selected by the Reference Treasury Dealer (as defined below) as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes, that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.

‘‘Comparable Treasury Price’’ means, with respect to any redemption date, the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined below) for that redemption date.

‘‘Reference Treasury Dealer’’ means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and its successor. If the Reference Treasury Dealer shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, the Company will substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer.

‘‘Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations’’ means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by the Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding that redemption date.

‘‘Remaining Scheduled Payments’’ means the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes that would be due after the related redemption date but for that redemption. If that redemption date is not an interest payment date with respect to the Notes, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on the Notes will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on the Notes to such redemption date.

On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on this Note or any portion of this Note called for redemption (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest). On or before the redemption date, the Company will deposit with a paying agent (or the Trustee) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on that date. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by a method the trustee deems to be fair and appropriate.

 

  3. Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, 21CFA 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 aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.

 

  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 Security may be treated as the owner of the Security 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, 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.

 

  8. Defaults and Remedies

Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default in payment of the principal amount, premium, if any, or interest, in respect of the Securities when the same becomes due and


payable subject, in the case of interest, to the grace period contained in the Indenture; (ii) failure by the Company or the Guarantor to perform any other covenant or warranty (other than a covenant included in the Indenture solely for the benefit of another series of Debt Securities), subject to notice and lapse of time; or (iii) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency of News Corporation, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of News Corporation. If an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, occurs and is continuing, the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare all the 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, the principal amount and interest, if any, of all the debt securities of that series automatically will 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 clause (i) above) if it determines in good faith that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders.

 

  9. Trustee Dealings with 21CFA

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 21CFA or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with 21CFA 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 21CFA shall not have any liability for any obligations of 21CFA 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. 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).

 

  12. Governing Law


THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY AND THE 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.


OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you wish to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, check the Box. ¨

If you wish to have a portion of this Security 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)

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.


GUARANTEE

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (the “Guarantor”) 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) 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 21CFA 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 the Guarantor 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.

No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of the Guarantor shall have any personal liability under the Guarantee by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer, director or incorporator.

The Guarantee 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.


GUARANTOR
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.
By:    
  Name:    Janet Nova
  Title:  

Executive Vice President and

Deputy Group General Counsel

  Date:   October     , 2015


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign the Security, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this security 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 Security on the books of 21CFA. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:         Your Signature:    
      (Sign exactly as your name appears in this Security)

 

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.


FORM OF 4.950% SENIOR NOTE

UNLESS THIS 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 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.

THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A)(1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.


No. S-[    ]   **$[            ]**

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

4.950% SENIOR NOTES DUE OCTOBER 15, 2045

CUSIP U88803AE8

see reverse for certain definitions

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation (“21CFA” or the “Company”, which terms include any successor Person 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 October 15, 2045 and to pay interest thereon from October 21, 2015 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 each year, commencing April 15, 2016, at the rate of 4.950% per annum, until the principal hereof is fully paid or made available for payment. 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 Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, which shall be the April 1 or October 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 Note (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 Notes 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 the Note may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in such Indenture.

This Note is unconditionally guaranteed by Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“21st Century Fox”), as set forth in Article Twelve of the Indenture and in the Guarantee endorsed hereon.

Payment of the principal of, and interest on, this Note 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 Note 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 signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 21CFA has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

Dated: October     , 2015

 

    21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

By:         By:    
  Name:  Title:  

Paula M. Wardynski

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

     

Name: 

Title:

 

Janet Nova

Executive Vice President and Deputy General Counsel


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: October     , 2015


21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

4.950% SENIOR NOTES DUE OCTOBER 15, 2045

Indenture

This Security is one of a duly authorized series (this series being the “Securities”) of debt securities of 21st Century Fox America, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“21CFA” or the “Company”), issued under an Indenture dated as of August 25, 2009, as amended and restated on February 16, 2011 (the “Indenture”), among 21CFA, Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“21st Century Fox” or the “Guarantor”), 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 21CFA from time to time of debt securities (the “Debt Securities”) in one or more series, in which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, 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 the Indenture. The terms of the Securities and Guarantee set forth in this 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 are unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis (the “Guarantee”) by the Guarantor. 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. 21CFA may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee. 21CFA 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

This Note is redeemable, as a whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time or from time to time, upon mailed notice to the registered address of the Holder at least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to the redemption. Except as provided below, the redemption price will be equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below) on such Notes discounted to the date of redemption, on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at a rate equal to the sum of the applicable Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 35 basis points. Accrued interest will be paid to the date of redemption. All calculations hereunder shall be made by the Company. On and after April 15, 2045, the Notes are redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the


Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of such Notes being redeemed to such date of redemption.

‘‘Treasury Rate’’ means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third business day immediately preceding that redemption date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue (as defined below), assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that redemption date.

‘‘Comparable Treasury Issue’’ means the United States Treasury security selected by the Reference Treasury Dealer (as defined below) as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes, that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.

‘‘Comparable Treasury Price’’ means, with respect to any redemption date, the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined below) for that redemption date.

‘‘Reference Treasury Dealer’’ means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and its successor. If the Reference Treasury Dealer shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, the Company will substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer.

‘‘Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations’’ means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by the Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding that redemption date.

‘‘Remaining Scheduled Payments’’ means the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes that would be due after the related redemption date but for that redemption. If that redemption date is not an interest payment date with respect to the Notes, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on the Notes will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on the Notes to such redemption date.

On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on this Note or any portion of this Note called for redemption (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest). On or before the redemption date, the Company will deposit with a paying agent (or the Trustee) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on that date. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by a method the trustee deems to be fair and appropriate.

 

  3. Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, 21CFA 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 aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.

 

  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 Security may be treated as the owner of the Security 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, 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.

 

  8. Defaults and Remedies

Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default in payment of the principal amount, premium, if any, or interest, in respect of the Securities when the same becomes due and


payable subject, in the case of interest, to the grace period contained in the Indenture; (ii) failure by the Company or the Guarantor to perform any other covenant or warranty (other than a covenant included in the Indenture solely for the benefit of another series of Debt Securities), subject to notice and lapse of time; or (iii) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency of News Corporation, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of News Corporation. If an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, occurs and is continuing, the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare all the 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, the principal amount and interest, if any, of all the debt securities of that series automatically will 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 clause (i) above) if it determines in good faith that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders.

 

  9. Trustee Dealings with 21CFA

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 21CFA or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with 21CFA 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 21CFA shall not have any liability for any obligations of 21CFA 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. 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).

 

  12. Governing Law


THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY AND THE 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.


OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you wish to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, check the Box.  ¨

If you wish to have a portion of this Security 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)

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.


GUARANTEE

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (the “Guarantor”) 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) 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 21CFA 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 the Guarantor 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.

No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of the Guarantor shall have any personal liability under the Guarantee by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer, director or incorporator.

The Guarantee 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.


GUARANTOR

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.

By:    
  Name:    Janet Nova
  Title:  

Executive Vice President and

Deputy Group General Counsel

  Date:   October     , 2015


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign the Security, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this security 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 Security on the books of 21CFA. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:         Your Signature:    
      (Sign exactly as your name appears in this Security)

 

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.

EX-5.1 5 d25332dex51.htm EX-5.1 EX-5.1
   Exhibit 5.1

LOGO

  

Hogan Lovells US LLP

875 Third Avenue

New York, NY 10022

T +1 212 918 3000

F +1 212 918 3100

www.hoganlovells.com

November 20, 2015

21st Century Fox America, Inc.

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.

c/o 21st Century Fox America, Inc.

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as counsel to 21st Century Fox America, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as News America Incorporated) (the “Company”) and Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”), in connection with the registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company and the Guarantor with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the proposed issuance of up to US$600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “3.700% Exchange Notes”) and up to US$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045 (the “4.950% Exchange Notes,” and, together with the 3.700% Exchange Notes, the “Exchange Notes”) and the related irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of the Exchange Notes on a senior, unsecured basis by the Guarantor (the “Guarantee”) in exchange for a like principal amount of the Company’s currently outstanding 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “3.700% Original Notes”) and 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045 (the “4.950% Original Notes,” and, together with the 3.700% Original Notes, the “Original Notes”). The Original Notes were issued, and the Exchange Notes will be issued, pursuant to an Indenture dated as of August 25, 2009, as amended and restated on February 16, 2011 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K, 17 C.F.R. § 229.601(b)(5), in connection with the Registration Statement.

For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined copies of such agreements, instruments and documents as we have deemed an appropriate basis on which to render the opinions hereinafter expressed. In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, the authenticity of all original documents, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies (including telecopies, facsimiles and electronic copies). As to all matters of fact, we have relied on the representations and statements of fact made in the documents so reviewed, and we have not independently established the facts so relied on. This opinion letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.

To the extent that the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor under the Indenture may depend upon such matters, we assume for purposes of the opinions expressed herein (i) that the Trustee is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) that the Trustee is duly qualified to engage in the activities contemplated by the Indenture; (iii) that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by the Trustee and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms; (iv) that, with respect to acting as a trustee under the Indenture, the Trustee is


in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations; and (v) that the Trustee has the requisite organizational and legal power and authority to perform its obligations under the Indenture.

This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the applicable provisions of (i) the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, and (ii) the laws of the State of New York, (but not including any statutes, ordinances, administrative decisions, rules or regulations of any political subdivision of the State of New York). We express no opinion herein as to any other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, or regulations.

Also, with your approval, we have relied as to certain matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and the Guarantor and other sources believed by us to be responsible, and we have assumed that the Exchange Notes and Guarantee conform to the specimens thereof examined by us and that the Trustee’s certificate of authentication of the Exchange Notes has been manually signed by one of the Trustee’s authorized officers.

Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

(a)(i) following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and receipt by the Company of the Original Notes in exchange for the Exchange Notes as specified in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2015, by and among the Company, the Guarantor and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as initial purchasers (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) entered into in connection with the issuance of the Original Notes, and (ii) assuming the due execution, issuance, delivery and authentication of the Exchange Notes as provided in the Indenture, the Exchange Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company; and

(b)(i) following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and receipt by the Company of the Original Notes in exchange for the Exchange Notes as specified in the Registration Rights Agreement entered into by the Company in connection with the issuance of the Original Notes, (ii) assuming the due execution, issuance, delivery and authentication of the Exchange Notes as provided in the Indenture, and (iii) assuming the due execution and delivery of the Guarantee as provided in the Indenture, the Guarantee will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor.

In addition to the assumptions, qualifications, exceptions and limitations elsewhere set forth in this opinion letter, our opinions expressed in this opinion letter above are also subject to the effect of: (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights (including, without limitation, the effect of statutory and other law regarding fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers and preferential transfers) and (ii) the exercise of judicial discretion and the application of principles of equity, good faith, fair dealing, reasonableness, conscionability and materiality (regardless of whether the applicable agreements are considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

We express no opinion in this letter as to any other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, or regulations not specifically identified above as being covered hereby (and in particular, we express no opinion as to any effect that such other laws and regulations may have on the opinions expressed herein). We express no opinion in this letter as to federal or state securities laws or regulations, antitrust, unfair competition, banking, or tax laws or regulations, or laws or regulations of any political subdivision below the state level. The opinions set forth above are based upon a review of only those laws and regulations (not otherwise excluded in this letter) that, in our experience, are generally recognized as applicable to transactions of the type contemplated in the Indenture, the Registration Statement, the Exchange Notes and the Guarantee.

This opinion letter has been prepared for use in connection with the Registration Statement. We assume no obligation to advise you of any changes in the foregoing subsequent to the effective date of the Registration Statement.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an “expert” within the meaning of the Act.


Very truly yours,
/s/ Hogan Lovells US LLP
HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
EX-12.1 6 d25332dex121.htm EX-12.1 EX-12.1

Exhibit 12.1

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(in Millions, Except Ratio Amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

    

For the three
months ended
September 30,

    For the fiscal years ended June 30,  
   2015     2015     2014     2013     2012     2011  

Earnings:

            

Income from continuing operations before income tax expense

   $ 1,053      $ 9,847      $ 5,189      $ 8,736      $ 4,463      $ 3,098   

Add:

            

Equity earnings of affiliates

     (35 )     (904 )     (622 )     (655 )     (636 )     (352 )

Cash distributions received from affiliates

     6        352        358        324        281        252   

Fixed charges, excluding capitalized interest

     315        1,303        1,267        1,217        1,186        1,125   

Amortization of capitalized interest

     6        30        40        42        37        44   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total earnings available for fixed charges

   $ 1,345      $ 10,628      $ 6,232      $ 9,664      $ 5,331      $ 4,167   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fixed charges:

            

Interest on debt and finance lease charges

   $ 295      $ 1,198      $ 1,121      $ 1,063      $ 1,032      $ 962   

Capitalized interest

     3        26        28        41        42        44   

Interest element on rental expense

     20        105        146        154        154        163   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total fixed charges

   $ 318      $ 1,329      $ 1,295      $ 1,258      $ 1,228      $ 1,169   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

     4.2        8.0        4.8        7.7        4.3        3.6   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
EX-23.1 7 d25332dex231.htm EX-23.1 EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in the Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. for the exchange offer of $600 million of 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 and $400 million of 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045 and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated August 12, 2015, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended June 30, 2015, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
New York, New York
November 20, 2015
EX-25 8 d25332dex25.htm EX-25 EX-25

Exhibit 25

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

¨ CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York

  13-5160382

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.   10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   13-3249610

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York

  10036

(Address of principal executive offices)

  (Zip code)

 

 

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   26-0075658

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York

  10036
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

3.700% Senior Notes due 2025

4.950% Senior Notes due 2045

Guarantee of the 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025

and Guarantee of the 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

  

Address

Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services of the State of New York    One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223
Federal Reserve Bank of New York    33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    550 17th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20429
The Clearing House Association L.L.C.    100 Broad Street New York, N.Y. 10004

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

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  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-207042).

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-188382).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Woodland Park, and State of New Jersey, on the 13th day of November, 2015.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:  

/s/        Laurence J. O’Brien

  Name: Laurence J. O’Brien
  Title:   Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT 7

 

 

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business September 30, 2015, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar amounts in thousands  

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     7,666,000   

Interest-bearing balances

     94,003,000   

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     42,625,000   

Available-for-sale securities

     73,718,000   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     6,000   

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     19,711,000   

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     338,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

     35,257,000   

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     159,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

     35,098,000   

Trading assets

     4,501,000   

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     1,020,000   

Other real estate owned

     6,000   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     505,000   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     0   

Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     6,332,000   

Other intangible assets

     1,067,000   

Other assets

     15,601,000   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     302,197,000   
  

 

 

 


LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

     137,470,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     94,006,000   

Interest-bearing

     43,464,000   

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

     122,350,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     7,114,000   

Interest-bearing

     115,236,000   

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

     290,000   

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     216,000   

Trading liabilities

     4,352,000   

Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     6,746,000   

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

     765,000   

Other liabilities

     8,132,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     280,321,000   
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0   

Common stock

     1,135,000   

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     10,203,000   

Retained earnings

     11,835,000   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     -1,647,000   

Other equity capital components

     0   

Total bank equity capital

     21,526,000   

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     350,000   

Total equity capital

     21,876,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

     302,197,000   
  

 

 

 


I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Thomas P. Gibbons,                

Chief Financial Officer                

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

 

Gerald L. Hassell

Catherine A. Rein

Joseph J. Echevarria

 

       Directors   

 

 

EX-99.1 9 d25332dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

Letter of Transmittal

for

Tender of any and all Outstanding

3.700% Senior Notes Due 2025 and 4.950% Senior Notes Due 2045

In Exchange for

3.700% Senior Notes Due 2025 and 4.950% Senior Notes Due 2045

 

 

Unconditionally Guaranteed by

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.

Which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as described in the Prospectus dated             .

 

THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON                     , UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”). TENDERS MAY BE WITHDRAWN PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.

The Exchange Agent For The Exchange Offer Is:

The Bank of New York Mellon

 

By Registered or Certified Mail.

  Facsimile Transmissions:   By Hand or Overnight Delivery:

The Bank of New York Mellon,

as Exchange Agent

c/o The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

Corporate Trust Operations—Reorganization Unit

111 Sanders Creek Parkway

East Syracuse, NY 13057

Attention: Christopher Landers

  (Eligible Institutions Only)

732-667-9408

To Confirm by

Telephone or

for Information Call:

315-414-3362

  The Bank of New York Mellon,

as Exchange Agent

c/o The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

Corporate Trust Operations—Reorganization Unit

111 Sanders Creek Parkway

East Syracuse, NY 13057

Attention: Christopher Landers

DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL VIA FACSIMILE TO A NUMBER OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED HEREIN SHOULD BE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS COMPLETED.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the same meaning given them in the Prospectus (as defined below).

The Letter of Transmittal is to be completed by holders (which term, for purposes of this document, shall include any participant in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”)) either if (a) certificates are to be forwarded herewith or (b) tenders are to be made pursuant to the procedures for tender by book-entry transfer set forth in the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Procedures for Tendering” in the Prospectus and an Agent’s Message is not delivered. Certificates, or Book-Entry Confirmation (as defined below) of a book-entry transfer of such original notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC, as well as this Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof or delivery of an Agent’s Message in lieu thereof), properly


completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees, and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth herein on or prior to the Expiration Date. Tenders by book-entry transfer may also be made by delivering an Agent’s Message in lieu of this Letter of Transmittal. The term “Book-Entry Confirmation” means a timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of original notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC. The term “Agent’s Message” means a message, transmitted by DTC to and received by the Exchange Agent and forming part of a Book-Entry Confirmation, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the tendering participant, which acknowledgment states that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by this Letter of Transmittal and that the Company may enforce this Letter of Transmittal against such participant.

Holders of original notes whose certificates (the “Certificates”) for such original notes are not immediately available or who cannot deliver their Certificates and all other required documents to the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date or who cannot complete the procedures for book-entry transfer on a timely basis, must tender their original notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” in the Prospectus.

DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY DOES NOT CONSTITUTE DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT.

NOTE: SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED BELOW

PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

All Tendering Holders Must Complete This Box:

 

DESCRIPTION OF ORIGINAL NOTES
If Blank, Please Fill in Name(s) and
Address(es) of Registered Holders
  Original Notes Tendered (Attach Additional List if Necessary)
     Certificate Number(s)*   Aggregate Principal
Amount of
Original Notes
  Principal Amount of
Original Notes
Tendered
(if less than all)**
             
             
             
             
             
      Total Amount Tendered          

*  Need not be completed by book-entry holders.

**  Original notes may be tendered in whole or in part in US$2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof, provided that if any original notes are tendered for exchange in part, the untendered amount thereof must be in US$2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. All original notes held shall be deemed tendered unless a lesser number is specified in this column. See Instruction 4.

(BOXES BELOW TO BE CHECKED BY ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS ONLY)

 

¨ CHECK HERE IF TENDERED ORIGINAL NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER MADE TO THE ACCOUNT MAINTAINED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT WITH DTC AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

 

Name of Tendering Institution: 

   


 

DTC Account Number: 

   

 

 

Transaction Code Number: 

   

 

¨   CHECK HERE AND ENCLOSE A PHOTOCOPY OF THE NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY IF TENDERED ORIGINAL NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY PREVIOUSLY SENT TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

 

 

Name of Registered Holder(s):

    

 

 

Window Ticket Number (if any):

   

 

 

Date of Execution of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery:

   

 

 

Name of Institution that Guaranteed Delivery:

   
 

If Guaranteed Delivery is to be made by Book-Entry Transfer.

 

 

Name of Tendering Institution:

   

 

 

DTC Account Number:

   

 

 

Transaction Code Number:

   

 

¨   CHECK HERE IF TENDERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER AND NONEXCHANGED ORIGINAL NOTES ARE TO BE RETURNED BY CREDITING THE DTC ACCOUNT NUMBER SET FORTH ABOVE.

 

¨   CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER WHO ACQUIRED THE ORIGINAL NOTES FOR YOUR OWN ACCOUNT AS A RESULT OF MARKET-MAKING OR OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES (A “PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER”) AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.

 

 

Name:

   

 

 

Address:

   


Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned hereby tenders to 21st Century Fox America, Inc. (the “Company”), the above-described principal amount of original notes in exchange for the like principal amount of the above described exchange notes which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated              (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Prospectus”), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and in this Letter of Transmittal (which, together with the Prospectus, constitute the “Exchange Offer”).

Subject to and effective upon the acceptance for exchange of all or any portion of the original notes tendered herewith in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including, if the Exchange Offer is extended or amended, the terms and conditions of any such extension or amendment), the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to or upon the order of the Company all right, title and interest in and to such original notes as are being tendered herewith. The undersigned hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Exchange Agent as its agent and attorney-in-fact (with full knowledge that the Exchange Agent is also acting as agent of the Company in connection with the Exchange Offer) with respect to the tendered original notes, with full power of substitution (such power of attorney being deemed to be an irrevocable power coupled with an interest) subject only to the right of withdrawal described in the Prospectus, to (i) deliver certificates for original notes (the “Certificates”) to the Company together with all accompanying evidences of transfer and authenticity to, or upon the order of, the Company, upon receipt by the Exchange Agent, as the undersigned’s agent, of the exchange notes to be issued in exchange for such original notes, (ii) present Certificates for transfer, and to transfer the original notes on the books of the Company, and (iii) receive for the account of the Company all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of such original notes, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer.

THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT THE UNDERSIGNED HAS FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY TO TENDER, EXCHANGE, SELL, ASSIGN AND TRANSFER THE ORIGINAL NOTES TENDERED HEREBY AND THAT, WHEN THE SAME ARE ACCEPTED FOR EXCHANGE, THE COMPANY WILL ACQUIRE GOOD, MARKETABLE AND UNENCUMBERED TITLE THERETO, FREE AND CLEAR OF ALL LIENS, RESTRICTIONS, CHARGES AND ENCUMBRANCES, AND THAT THE ORIGINAL NOTES TENDERED HEREBY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO ANY ADVERSE CLAIMS OR PROXIES. THE UNDERSIGNED WILL, UPON REQUEST, EXECUTE AND DELIVER ANY ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS DEEMED BY THE COMPANY OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT TO BE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE TO COMPLETE THE EXCHANGE, ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER OF THE ORIGINAL NOTES TENDERED HEREBY, AND THE UNDERSIGNED WILL COMPLY WITH ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT. THE UNDERSIGNED HAS READ AND AGREES TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER.

The name(s) and address(es) of the registered holder(s) (which term, for purposes of this document shall include any participant in DTC) of the original notes tendered hereby should be printed above, if they are not already set forth above, as they appear on the Certificates. The Certificate number(s) and the original notes that the undersigned wishes to tender should be indicated in the appropriate boxes above.

If any tendered original notes are not exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer for any reason, or if Certificates are submitted for more original notes than are tendered or accepted for exchange, Certificates for such nonexchanged or nontendered original notes will be returned (or, in the case of original notes tendered by book-entry transfer, such original notes will be credited to an account maintained at DTC), without expense to the tendering holder, promptly following the expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer.

The undersigned understands that tenders of original notes pursuant to any one of the procedures described in the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Procedures for Tendering” in the Prospectus and in the instructions attached hereto will, upon the Company’s acceptance for exchange of such tendered original notes, constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and the Company upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer. The undersigned recognizes that, under certain circumstances set forth in the Prospectus, the Company may not be required to accept for exchange any of the original notes tendered hereby.


Unless otherwise indicated herein in the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” below, the undersigned hereby directs that the Exchange Notes be issued in the name(s) of the undersigned or, in the case of a book-entry transfer of original notes, that such Exchange Notes be credited to the account indicated above maintained at DTC. If applicable, substitute Certificates representing original notes not exchanged or not accepted for exchange will be issued to the undersigned or, in the case of a book-entry transfer of original notes, will be credited to the account indicated above maintained at DTC. Similarly, unless otherwise indicated under “Special Delivery Instructions,” please deliver the Exchange Notes to the undersigned at the address shown below the undersigned’s signature.

BY TENDERING ORIGINAL NOTES AND EXECUTING THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, OR EFFECTING DELIVERY OF AN AGENT’S MESSAGE IN LIEU THEREOF, THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY REPRESENTS AND AGREES THAT (i) THE UNDERSIGNED IS NOT AN “AFFILIATE” OF THE COMPANY, (ii) ANY EXCHANGE NOTES TO BE RECEIVED BY THE UNDERSIGNED ARE BEING ACQUIRED IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF ITS BUSINESS, (iii) THE UNDERSIGNED HAS NO ARRANGEMENT OR UNDERSTANDING WITH ANY PERSON TO PARTICIPATE IN A DISTRIBUTION (WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SECURITIES ACT) OF EXCHANGE NOTES TO BE RECEIVED IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER, AND (iv) IF THE UNDERSIGNED IS NOT A BROKER-DEALER, THE UNDERSIGNED IS NOT ENGAGED IN, AND DOES NOT INTEND TO ENGAGE IN, A DISTRIBUTION (WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SECURITIES ACT) OF SUCH EXCHANGE NOTES. BY TENDERING ORIGINAL NOTES PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND EXECUTING THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, OR EFFECTING DELIVERY OF AN AGENT’S MESSAGE IN LIEU THEREOF, A HOLDER OF ORIGINAL NOTES THAT IS A BROKER-DEALER REPRESENTS AND AGREES, CONSISTENT WITH CERTAIN INTERPRETIVE LETTERS ISSUED BY THE STAFF OF THE DIVISION OF CORPORATION FINANCE OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION TO THIRD PARTIES, THAT (A) SUCH ORIGINAL NOTES HELD BY THE BROKER-DEALER ARE HELD ONLY AS A NOMINEE, OR (B)(X) SUCH ORIGINAL NOTES WERE ACQUIRED BY SUCH BROKER-DEALER FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT AS A RESULT OF MARKET-MAKING ACTIVITIES OR OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES, (Y) IT WILL DELIVER THE PROSPECTUS (AS AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME) MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IN CONNECTION WITH ANY RESALE OF SUCH EXCHANGE NOTES (PROVIDED THAT, BY SO ACKNOWLEDGING AND BY DELIVERING A PROSPECTUS, SUCH BROKER-DEALER WILL NOT BE DEEMED TO ADMIT THAT IT IS AN “UNDERWRITER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SECURITIES ACT) AND (Z) IT HAS NOT ENTERED INTO ANY ARRANGEMENT OR UNDERSTANDING WITH THE COMPANY OR TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC. OR AN AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY OR TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC. TO DISTRIBUTE THE EXCHANGE NOTES.

THE COMPANY HAS AGREED THAT, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, THE PROSPECTUS, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, MAY BE USED BY A PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER (AS DEFINED BELOW) IN CONNECTION WITH RESALES OF EXCHANGE NOTES RECEIVED IN EXCHANGE FOR ORIGINAL NOTES, WHERE SUCH ORIGINAL NOTES WERE ACQUIRED BY SUCH PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT AS A RESULT OF MARKET-MAKING ACTIVITIES OR OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES, FOR A PERIOD ENDING 90 DAYS AFTER THE EXPIRATION DATE (SUBJECT TO EXTENSION UNDER CERTAIN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE PROSPECTUS) OR, IF EARLIER, WHEN ALL SUCH EXCHANGE NOTES HAVE BEEN DISPOSED OF BY SUCH PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER. IN THAT REGARD, EACH BROKER-DEALER WHO ACQUIRED ORIGINAL NOTES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT AS A RESULT OF MARKET-MAKING OR OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES (A “PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER”), BY TENDERING SUCH ORIGINAL NOTES AND EXECUTING THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, OR EFFECTING DELIVERY OF AN AGENT’S MESSAGE IN LIEU THEREOF, AGREES THAT, UPON RECEIPT OF NOTICE FROM THE COMPANY OF THE OCCURRENCE OF ANY EVENT OR THE DISCOVERY OF ANY FACT THAT MAKES ANY STATEMENT CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THE PROSPECTUS UNTRUE IN ANY MATERIAL RESPECT OR THAT CAUSES THE PROSPECTUS TO OMIT TO STATE A MATERIAL FACT NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MAKE THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED OR


INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE THEREIN, IN LIGHT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THEY WERE MADE, NOT MISLEADING OR OF THE OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN OTHER EVENTS SPECIFIED IN THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENTS, SUCH PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER WILL SUSPEND THE SALE OF EXCHANGE NOTES PURSUANT TO THE PROSPECTUS UNTIL THE COMPANY HAS AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED THE PROSPECTUS TO CORRECT SUCH MISSTATEMENT OR OMISSION AND HAS FURNISHED COPIES OF THE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED PROSPECTUS TO THE PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER OR THE COMPANY HAS GIVEN NOTICE THAT THE SALE OF THE EXCHANGE NOTES MAY BE RESUMED, AS THE CASE MAY BE. IF THE COMPANY GIVES SUCH NOTICE TO SUSPEND THE SALE OF THE EXCHANGE NOTES, THEY SHALL EXTEND THE 90-DAY PERIOD REFERRED TO ABOVE DURING WHICH PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALERS ARE ENTITLED TO USE THE PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESALE OF EXCHANGE NOTES BY THE NUMBER OF DAYS DURING THE PERIOD FROM AND INCLUDING THE DATE OF THE GIVING OF SUCH NOTICE TO AND INCLUDING THE DATE WHEN PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALERS SHALL HAVE RECEIVED COPIES OF THE SUPPLEMENTED OR AMENDED PROSPECTUS NECESSARY TO PERMIT RESALES OF THE EXCHANGE NOTES OR TO AND INCLUDING THE DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY HAS GIVEN NOTICE THAT THE SALE OF EXCHANGE NOTES MAY BE RESUMED, AS THE CASE MAY BE.

AS A RESULT, A PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER WHO INTENDS TO USE THE PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH RESALES OF EXCHANGE NOTES RECEIVED IN EXCHANGE FOR ORIGINAL NOTES PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER MUST NOTIFY THE COMPANY, OR CAUSE THE COMPANY TO BE NOTIFIED, ON OR PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE, THAT IT IS A PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER. SUCH NOTICE MAY BE GIVEN IN THE SPACE PROVIDED ABOVE OR MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN THE PROSPECTUS IN THE SECTION ENTITLED “THE EXCHANGE OFFER” UNDER THE HEADING “EXCHANGE AGENT.”

The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Company to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the original notes tendered hereby. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred in this Letter of Transmittal shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned and any obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, trustees in bankruptcy, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned. Except as stated in the Prospectus, this tender is irrevocable.

THE UNDERSIGNED, BY COMPLETING THE BOX ENTITLED “DESCRIPTION OF ORIGINAL NOTES” ABOVE AND SIGNING THIS LETTER, WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE TENDERED THE ORIGINAL NOTES AS SET FORTH IN SUCH BOX.


 

HOLDER(S) SIGN HERE

(SEE INSTRUCTIONS 2, 5 AND 6)

(PLEASE COMPLETE SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 ON PAGE 15)

(NOTE: SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED IF REQUIRED BY INSTRUCTION 2)

 

Must be signed by registered holder(s) (which term, for purposes of this document, shall include any participant in DTC) exactly as name(s) appear(s) on Certificate(s) hereby tendered or on the register of holders maintained by the Company, or by any person(s) authorized to become the registered holder(s) by endorsements and documents transmitted herewith (including such opinions of counsel, certifications and other information as may be required by the Company for the original notes to comply with the restrictions on transfer applicable to the original notes). If signature is by an attorney-in-fact, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, officer of a corporation or another acting in a fiduciary capacity or representative capacity, please set forth the signer’s full title. See Instruction 5.

 
     
     
  (Signature(s) of Holder(s))  
  Date:                         ,               

 

  Name(s):       
     
  (Please Print)   

 

 

Capacity (full title):  

     

 

 

Address:  

     
     
  (Include Zip Code)  

 

 

Area Code and Telephone Number:  

     
     
  (Tax Identification or Social Security Number(s))  

 

 

GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURE(S)

(SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

 
     
  (Authorized Signature)  
 

Date:                         ,             

 

 

 

 



 

Name of Firm:  

     

 

 

Capacity (full title):  

      
 

(Please Print)

 

 

Address:

    
   
   
  (Include Zip Code)
 

Area Code and Telephone Number:

      

 

 



(TAX IDENTIFICATION OR SOCIAL

SECURITY NUMBER(S))

 

SPECIAL ISSUANCE INSTRUCTIONS

(See Instructions 1, 5 and 6)

 

To be completed ONLY if Exchange Notes or original notes not tendered are to be issued in the name of someone other than the registered holder of the original notes whose name(s) appear(s) above.

 

Issue:         ¨Original notes not tendered to:

                  ¨ Exchange Notes to:

 

Name:    
  (Please Print)
Address:    
 
(Include Zip Code)
 
(Tax Identification or Social Security Number(s))

SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

(See Instructions 1, 5 and 6)

 

To be completed ONLY if Exchange Notes or original notes not tendered are to be sent to someone other than the registered holder of the original notes whose name(s) appear(s) at an address other than that shown above.

 

Issue:       ¨ Original notes not tendered to:

                ¨ Exchange Notes to:

 

Name:        
  (Please Print)
Address:    
 
(Include Zip Code)
 
(Tax Identification or Social Security Number(s))

 

 


INSTRUCTIONS

FORMING PART OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER

1. Delivery of Letter of Transmittal and Certificates; Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.

This Letter of Transmittal is to be completed either if (a) Certificates are to be forwarded herewith or (b) tenders are to be made pursuant to the procedures for tender by book-entry transfer set forth in the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Procedures for Tendering” in the Prospectus. Certificates, or timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such original notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC, as well as this Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees, or an Agent’s Message in lieu thereof, and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth herein on or prior to the Expiration Date. Original notes may be tendered in whole or in part in US$2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof, provided that, if any original notes are tendered for exchange in part, the untendered amount thereof must be in US$2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof.

Holders who wish to tender their original notes and (i) whose original notes are not immediately available or (ii) who cannot deliver their original notes, this Letter of Transmittal and all other required documents to the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date or (iii) who cannot complete the procedures for delivery by book-entry transfer on a timely basis, may tender their original notes by properly completing and duly executing a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” in the Prospectus. Pursuant to such procedures: (i) such tender must be made by or through an Eligible Institution (as defined below); (ii) a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, substantially in the form made available by the Company, must be received by the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date; and (iii) the Certificates (or a Book-Entry Confirmation) representing all tendered original notes, in proper form for transfer, together with a Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees, or an Agent’s Message in lieu thereof, and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Exchange Agent within three NASDAQ Stock Market trading days after the date of execution of such Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, all as provided in the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” in the Prospectus.

The Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by hand or transmitted by facsimile or mail to the Exchange Agent, and must include a guarantee by an Eligible Institution in the form set forth in such Notice. For original notes to be properly tendered pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure, the Exchange Agent must receive a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery on or prior to the Expiration Date. As used herein and in the Prospectus, “Eligible Institution” means a firm or other entity identified in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act as “an eligible guarantor institution,” including (as such terms are defined therein) (i) a bank; (ii) a broker, dealer, municipal securities broker, municipal securities dealer, government securities broker or governmental securities dealer, (iii) a credit union; (iv) a national securities exchange, registered securities association or clearing agency, or (v) a savings association, with membership in an approved signature medallion guarantee program, that is a participant in a Securities Transfer Association.

THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES, THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS IS AT THE OPTION AND SOLE RISK OF THE TENDERING HOLDER AND THE DELIVERY WILL BE DEEMED MADE ONLY WHEN ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT. IF DELIVERY IS TO BE MADE OTHER THAN BY HAND OR FACSIMILE, REGISTERED MAIL WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, PROPERLY INSURED, OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY SERVICE IS RECOMMENDED. IN ALL CASES, SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENSURE TIMELY DELIVERY.

The Company will not accept any alternative, conditional or contingent tenders. Each tendering holder, by execution of a Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), or delivery of an Agent’s Message in lieu thereof, waives any right to receive any notice of the acceptance of such tender.


2. Guarantee of Signatures. No signature guarantee on this Letter of Transmittal is required if:

(i) This Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder (which term, for purposes of this document, shall include any participant in DTC whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of the original notes) of original notes tendered herewith, unless such holder(s) has completed either the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or the box entitled “Special Delivery Instructions” above, or

(ii) such original notes are tendered for the account of a firm that is an Eligible Institution.

In all other cases, an Eligible Institution must guarantee the signature(s) on this Letter of Transmittal. See Instruction 5.

3. Inadequate Space. If the space provided in the box captioned “Description of Original Notes” is inadequate, the Certificate number(s) and/or the principal amount of original notes and any other required information should be listed on a separate signed schedule which is attached to this Letter of Transmittal.

4. Partial Tenders and Withdrawal Rights. Tenders of original notes will be accepted only in US$2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof, provided that if any original notes are tendered for exchange in part, the untendered amount thereof must be in US$2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. If less than all the original notes evidenced by any Certificate submitted are to be tendered, fill in the principal amount of original notes which are to be tendered in the box entitled “Principal Amount of Original Notes Tendered.” In such case, new Certificate(s) for the remainder of the original notes that were evidenced by your old Certificate(s) will only be sent to the holder of the original notes, promptly after the Expiration Date. All original notes represented by Certificates delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated.

Except as otherwise provided herein, tenders of original notes may be withdrawn at any time on or prior to the Expiration Date. In order for a withdrawal to be effective on or prior to that time, a written, telegraphic, telex or facsimile transmission of such notice of withdrawal must be timely received by the Exchange Agent at one of its addresses set forth above or in the Prospectus on or prior to the Expiration Date. Any such notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the person who tendered the original notes to be withdrawn, identify the original notes to be withdrawn (including the aggregate principal amount of original notes to be withdrawn), and (if Certificates for original notes have been tendered) the name of the registered holder of the original notes as set forth on the Certificate for the original notes, if different from that of the person who tendered such original notes. If Certificates for the original notes have been delivered or otherwise identified to the Exchange Agent, then prior to the physical release of such Certificates for the original notes, the tendering holder must submit the serial numbers shown on the particular Certificates for the original notes to be withdrawn and the signature on the notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution, except in the case of original notes tendered for the account of an Eligible Institution. If original notes have been tendered pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth in the Prospectus under in the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Procedures for Tendering,” the notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited with the withdrawal of original notes, in which case a notice of withdrawal will be effective if delivered to the Exchange Agent by written, telegraphic, telex or facsimile transmission. Withdrawals of tenders of original notes may not be rescinded. Original notes properly withdrawn will not be deemed validly tendered for purposes of the Exchange Offer, but may be retendered at any subsequent time on or prior to the Expiration Date by following any of the procedures described in the Prospectus under the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Procedures for Tendering.”

All questions as to the validity, form and eligibility (including time of receipt) of withdrawal notices will be determined by the Company, in its sole discretion, which determination shall be final and binding on all parties. Neither the Company, any affiliates or assigns of the Company, the Exchange Agent nor any other person shall be under any duty to give any notification of any irregularities in any notice of withdrawal or incur any liability for failure to give any such notification. Any original notes which have been tendered but which are withdrawn will be returned to the holder thereof without cost to such holder promptly after withdrawal.


5. Signatures on Letter of Transmittal, Assignments and Endorsement. If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of the original notes tendered hereby, the signature(s) must correspond exactly with the name(s) as written on the face of the Certificate(s) without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

If any of the original notes tendered hereby are owned of record by two or more joint owners, all such owners must sign this Letter of Transmittal.

If any tendered original notes are registered in different name(s) on several Certificates, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate Letters of Transmittal (or facsimiles thereof) as there are different registrations of Certificates.

If this Letter of Transmittal or any Certificates or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing and must submit proper evidence satisfactory to the Company, in its sole discretion, of each such person’s authority so to act.

When this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered owner(s) of the original notes listed and transmitted hereby, no endorsement(s) of Certificate(s) or separate bond power(s) are required unless Exchange Notes are to be issued in the name of a person other than the registered holder(s). Signature(s) on such Certificate(s) or bond power(s) must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.

If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered owner(s) of the original notes listed, the Certificates must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate bond powers, signed exactly as the name or names of the registered owner(s) appear(s) on the Certificates, and also must be accompanied by such opinions of counsel, certifications and other information as the Company or the Trustee for the original notes may require in accordance with the restrictions on transfer applicable to the original notes. Signatures on such Certificates or bond powers must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.

6. Special Issuance and Delivery Instructions. If Exchange Notes are to be issued in the name of a person other than the signer of this Letter of Transmittal, or if Exchange Notes are to be sent to someone other than the signer of this Letter of Transmittal or to an address other than that shown above, the appropriate boxes on this Letter of Transmittal should be completed. Certificates for original notes not exchanged will be returned by mail or, if tendered by book-entry transfer, by crediting the account indicated above maintained at DTC. See Instruction 4.

7. Irregularities. The Company will determine, in its sole discretion, all questions as to the form of documents, validity, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for exchange of any tender of original notes, which determination shall be final and binding on all parties. The Company reserves the absolute right to reject any and all tenders determined by it not to be in proper form or the acceptance of which, or exchange for which, may, in the view of counsel to the Company, be unlawful. The Company also reserves the absolute right, subject to applicable law, to waive satisfaction of any of the conditions of the Exchange Offer set forth in the Prospectus in the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Conditions to the Exchange Offer” or irregularities in any tender of original notes of any particular holder whether or not similar conditions or irregularities are waived in the case of other holders. The Company’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including this Letter of Transmittal and the instructions hereto) will be final and binding. No tender of original notes will be deemed to have been validly made until all irregularities with respect to such tender have been cured or waived. The Company, any affiliates or assigns of the Company, the Exchange Agent, or any other person shall not be under any duty to give notification of any irregularities in tenders or incur any liability for failure to give such notification.

8. Questions, Requests for Assistance and Additional Copies. Questions and requests for assistance may be directed to the Exchange Agent at its address and telephone number set forth on the front of this Letter of Transmittal. Additional copies of the Prospectus, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and this Letter of Transmittal may be obtained from the Exchange Agent or from your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee.


9. 28% Backup Withholding; Substitute Form W-9. Under U.S. Federal income tax law, a holder whose tendered original notes are accepted for exchange is required to provide the Exchange Agent with such holder’s correct taxpayer identification number (“TIN”) on Substitute Form W-9 below. If the Exchange Agent is not provided with the correct TIN, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) may subject the holder or other payee to a $50 penalty. In addition, payments to a holder or other payee with respect to original notes exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be subject to 28% backup withholding.

The holder is required to give the Exchange Agent the TIN (e.g., social security number or employer identification number) of the registered owner of the original notes or of the last transferee appearing on the transfers attached to, or endorsed on, the original notes.

Certain holders (including, among others, corporations, financial institutions and certain foreign persons) may not be subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements. Such holders should nevertheless complete the attached Substitute Form W-9 below, and write “exempt” on the face thereof, to avoid possible erroneous backup withholding. A foreign person may qualify as an exempt recipient by submitting a properly completed IRS Form W-8, signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to that holder’s non-U.S. status.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, the U.S. Federal income tax liability of a person subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund may be obtained.

10. Waiver of Conditions. The Company reserves the absolute right to waive satisfaction of any or all conditions enumerated in the Prospectus.

11. No Conditional Tenders. No alternative, conditional or contingent tenders will be accepted. All tendering holders of original notes, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal, shall waive any right to receive notice of the acceptance of original notes for exchange.

Neither the Company, the Exchange Agent nor any other person is obligated to give notice of any irregularity with respect to any tender of original notes; nor shall any of them incur any liability for failure to give any such notice.

12. Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Certificates. If any Certificate(s) representing original notes have been lost, destroyed or stolen, the holder should promptly notify the Exchange Agent. The holder will then be instructed as to the steps that must be taken in order to replace the Certificate(s). This Letter of Transmittal and related documents cannot be processed until the procedures for replacing lost, destroyed or stolen Certificate(s) have been followed.

13. Security Transfer Taxes. Holders who tender their original notes for exchange will not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in connection therewith. If, however, Exchange Notes are to be delivered to, or are to be issued in the name of, any person other than the registered holder of the original notes tendered, or if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of original notes in connection with the Exchange Offer, then the amount of any such transfer tax (whether imposed on the registered holder or any other persons) will be payable by the tendering holder. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is not submitted with the Letter of Transmittal, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to such tendering holder.

 

IMPORTANT: THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL (OR FACSIMILE THEREOF) AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT ON OR PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.


TO BE COMPLETED BY ALL TENDERING SECURITY HOLDERS

(SEE INSTRUCTION 9)

PAYOR’S NAME: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

 

SUBSTITUTE

Form W-9

 

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

 

Payer’s Request for Taxpayer
Identification Number (TIN)

and Certification

  Part I—PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR TIN IN THE BOX AT RIGHT AND CERTIFY BY SIGNING AND DATING BELOW.  

 

Social security number

OR

 

Employer identification number

 

Part IICertification—Under penalties of perjury, I certify that:

 

(1)    The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me);

 

(2)    I am not subject to backup withholding either because (i) I am exempt from backup withholding, (ii) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (iii) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding;

 

(3)    I am a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien); and

 

(4)    The FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any) indicating that I am exempt from FATCA reporting is correct.

 

Certification Instructions—You must cross out item 2 of Part II above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are subject to backup withholding because of underreporting interest or dividends on your tax return and you have not been notified by the IRS that you are no longer subject to backup withholding.

 

Signature:                                                                                             Date:                                              

Name (Please Print):

 

NOTE: FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS FORM MAY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES RESULT IN BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF 28% OF ANY AMOUNTS PAID TO YOU PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER.

 

     Signature(s):                                                   Date:                                 
EX-99.2 10 d25332dex992.htm EX-99.2 EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

Notice of Guaranteed Delivery

For

Tender of any and all Outstanding

3.700% Senior Notes Due 2025 and 4.950% Senior Notes Due 2045

In Exchange for

3.700% Senior Notes Due 2025 and 4.950% Senior Notes Due 2045

 

 

Unconditionally Guaranteed by

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, or one substantially equivalent to this form, must be used to accept the Exchange Offer (as defined below) if (i) certificates for the Company’s (as such term is defined below) 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 and 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045 (the “Original Notes”) are not immediately available, (ii) the Original Notes, the Letter of Transmittal and all other required documents cannot be delivered to The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Exchange Agent”) on or prior to 5:00 p.m. on the Expiration Date (as defined in the Prospectus referred to below) or (iii) the procedures for delivery by book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis. This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by hand, overnight courier or mail, or transmitted by facsimile transmission, to the Exchange Agent, as more fully described in the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” in the Prospectus. In addition, in order to utilize the guaranteed delivery procedure to tender Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, a completed, signed and dated Letter of Transmittal relating to the Original Notes (or facsimile thereof) must also be received by the Exchange Agent within three NASDAQ Stock Market trading days after the Expiration Date. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Prospectus.

The Exchange Agent For The Exchange Offer Is:

The Bank of New York Mellon

 

By Registered or Certified Mail.   Facsimile Transmissions:   By Hand or Overnight Delivery:

The Bank of New York Mellon,

as Exchange Agent

c/o The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

Corporate Trust Operations—Reorganization Unit

111 Sanders Creek Parkway

East Syracuse, NY 13057

Attention: Christopher Landers

 

(Eligible Institutions Only)

732-667-9408

To Confirm by

Telephone or

for Information Call:

315-414-3362

 

The Bank of New York Mellon,

as Exchange Agent

c/o The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

Corporate Trust Operations—Reorganization Unit

111 Sanders Creek Parkway

East Syracuse, NY 13057

Attention: Christopher Landers

DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY VIA FACSIMILE TO A NUMBER OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is not to be used to guarantee signatures. If a signature on a Letter of Transmittal is required to be guaranteed by an “Eligible Institution” under the instructions thereto, such signature guarantee must appear in the applicable space provided in the signature box on the Letter of Transmittal.


Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned hereby tenders to 21st Century Fox America, Inc. (the “Company”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated                     (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Prospectus”), and the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the “Exchange Offer”), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the aggregate principal amount of Original Notes set forth below pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Prospectus in the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

The undersigned understands that tenders of Original Notes will be accepted only in US$2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. The undersigned understands that tenders of Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may not be withdrawn after 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Expiration Date. Tenders of Original Notes may also be withdrawn if the Exchange Offer is terminated without any such Original Notes being purchased thereunder or as otherwise provided in the Prospectus.

All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred by this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned and every obligation of the undersigned under this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.

 

 

 

PLEASE SIGN AND COMPLETE

Signature(s) of Registered Owner(s)

or Authorized Signatory: 

                                                                                                            

                                                                                              

                                                                                                         

                                                                                                       

  

Name(s) of Registered Holder(s):

                                                                                                       

                                                                                                

                                                                                                       

                                                                                                

Principal Amount of

Original Notes Tendered:                                                          

                                                                                              

  

Address:

                                                                                                       

                                                                                                

                                                                                                       

                                                                                                

                                                                                                       

                                                                                                

Certificate No(s). of Original Notes

(if available):                                                                           

                                                                                                   

  

Area Code(s) and Telephone No(s).:

                                                                                                       

                                                                                                

                                                                                                            

                                                                                                 

  

Date:                                                                                               

                                                                                              

 

 

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must be signed by the holder(s) of Original Notes as their name(s) appear on certificates for Original Notes, or on a security position listing, or by person(s) authorized to become registered holder(s) by endorsements and documents transmitted with this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. If a signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer or other person acting in a fiduciary or such representative capacity, such person must provide his or her full title below and, unless waived by the Company, provide proper evidence satisfactory to the Company of such person’s authority to act.


   

 

PLEASE PRINT NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)

 

   
   

Name(s): 

       
   
         
   
   

Capacity: 

       
         
   
   

Address(es) 

       
   
             
         
   

 

GUARANTEE

(NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)

 

The undersigned, a firm or other entity identified in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as an “eligible guarantor institution,” including (as such terms are defined therein): (i) a bank; (ii) a broker, dealer, municipal securities broker, municipal securities dealer, government securities broker or government securities dealer; (iii) a credit union; (iv) a national securities exchange, registered securities association or clearing agency; or (v) a savings association that is a participant in a Securities Transfer Association recognized program (each of the foregoing being referred to as an “Eligible Institution”), hereby guarantees to deliver to the Exchange Agent, at one of its addresses set forth above, either the Original Notes tendered hereby in proper form for transfer, or confirmation of the book-entry transfer of such Original Notes to the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company, pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth in the Prospectus, in either case, together with one or more properly completed and duly executed Letter(s) of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof) and any other required documents within three business days after the date of execution of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

 

The undersigned acknowledges that it must deliver the Letter(s) of Transmittal and the Original Notes tendered hereby to the Exchange Agent within the time period set forth above and that failure to do so could result in a financial loss to the undersigned.

 

(PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT)

 

   
        

Authorized Signature

 

   
   

Name of Firm:

            
   
    Address:        Title:          
   
             Date:          
     

Zip Code

 

        
    Area Code and Telephone No.         
   

 

NOTE: DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES FOR ORIGINAL NOTES WITH THIS FORM. CERTIFICATES FOR ORIGINAL NOTES SHOULD ONLY BE SENT WITH YOUR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

 

EX-99.3 11 d25332dex993.htm EX-99.3 EX-99.3

Exhibit 99.3

            , 2015

EXCHANGE AGENT AGREEMENT

The Bank of New York Mellon

500 Ross Street, 12th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15262

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

Ladies and Gentlemen:

21st Century Fox America, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to make an offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange up to US$600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 and up to US$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045 (collectively, the “Old Securities”) for like amounts of its 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 and its 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045 (collectively, the “New Securities”). The terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer as currently contemplated are set forth in a prospectus, dated             (the “Prospectus”), proposed to be distributed to all record holders of the Old Securities. The Old Securities and the New Securities are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities”.

The Company hereby appoints The Bank of New York Mellon to act as exchange agent (the “Exchange Agent”) in connection with the Exchange Offer. References hereinafter to “you” shall refer to The Bank of New York Mellon.

The Exchange Offer is expected to be commenced by the Company on or about             . The Letter of Transmittal accompanying the Prospectus (or in the case of book-entry securities, the Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”) of the Book-Entry Transfer Facility (as defined below)) is to be used by the holders of the Old Securities to accept the Exchange Offer and contains instructions with respect to the delivery of certificates for Old Securities tendered in connection therewith.

The Exchange Offer shall expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on             , or on such subsequent date or time to which the Company may extend the Exchange Offer (the “Expiration Date”). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus, the Company expressly reserves the right to extend the Exchange Offer from time to time and may extend the Exchange Offer by giving oral (promptly confirmed in writing) or written notice to you before 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the NASDAQ Stock Market trading day following the previously scheduled Expiration Date.

The Company expressly reserves the right to amend or terminate the Exchange Offer, and not to accept for exchange any Old Securities not theretofore accepted for exchange, upon the occurrence of any of the conditions of the Exchange Offer specified in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Conditions to the Exchange Offer.” The Company will give oral (promptly confirmed in writing) or written notice of any amendment, termination or nonacceptance to you as promptly as practicable.

In carrying out your duties as Exchange Agent, you are to act in accordance with the following instructions:

1. You will perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in the section of the Prospectus captioned “The Exchange Offer” or as specifically set forth herein; provided, however, that in no way will your general duty to act in good faith be discharged by the foregoing.

2. You will establish a book-entry account with respect to the Old Securities at The Depository Trust Company (the “Book-Entry Transfer Facility”) for purposes of the Exchange Offer within two NASDAQ Stock Market trading days after the date of the Prospectus, and any financial institution that is a participant in the Book-Entry


Transfer Facility’s systems may make book-entry delivery of the Old Securities by causing the Book-Entry Transfer Facility to transfer such Old Securities into your account in accordance with the Book-Entry Transfer Facility’s procedure for such transfer.

3. You are to examine each of the Letters of Transmittal and certificates for Old Securities (or confirmation of book-entry transfer into your account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility) and any other documents delivered or mailed to you by or for holders of the Old Securities to ascertain whether: (i) the Letters of Transmittal and any such other documents are duly executed and properly completed in accordance with instructions set forth therein; and (ii) the Old Securities have otherwise been properly tendered. In each case where the Letter of Transmittal or any other document has been improperly completed or executed or any of the certificates for Old Securities are not in proper form for transfer or some other irregularity in connection with the acceptance of the Exchange Offer exists, you will endeavor to inform the presenters of the need for fulfillment of all requirements and to take any other action as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to cause such irregularity to be corrected.

4. With the approval of the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, or any Vice President of the Company (such approval, if given orally, to be promptly confirmed in writing) or any other party designated in writing by such an officer, you are authorized to waive any irregularities in connection with any tender of Old Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

5. Tenders of Old Securities may be made only as set forth in the Letter of Transmittal and in the section of the Prospectus captioned “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering”, and Old Securities shall be considered properly tendered to you only when tendered in accordance with the procedures set forth therein.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, Old Securities which the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, or any Vice President of the Company shall approve as having been properly tendered shall be considered to be properly tendered (such approval, if given orally, shall be promptly confirmed in writing).

6. You shall advise the Company with respect to any Old Securities received subsequent to the Expiration Date and accept its instructions with respect to the disposition of such Old Securities.

7. You shall accept tenders:

(a) in cases where the Old Securities are registered in two or more names only if signed by all named holders;

(b) in cases where the signing person (as indicated on the Letter of Transmittal) is acting in a fiduciary or a representative capacity only when proper evidence of his or her authority so to act is submitted; and

(c) from persons other than the registered holder of Old Securities, provided that customary transfer requirements, including payment of any applicable transfer taxes, are fulfilled.

You shall accept partial tenders of Old Securities where so indicated and as permitted in the Letter of Transmittal and deliver certificates for Old Securities to the registrar for split-up and return any untendered Old Securities to the holder (or such other person as may be designated in the Letter of Transmittal) as promptly as practicable after expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer.

8. Upon satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions to the Exchange Offer, the Company will notify you (such notice, if given orally, to be promptly confirmed in writing) of its acceptance, promptly after the Expiration Date, of all Old Securities properly tendered and you, on behalf of the Company, will exchange such Old Securities for New Securities and cause such Old Securities to be cancelled. Delivery of New Securities will be made on behalf of the Company by you at the rate of US$2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof of New Securities for each US$2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof of the corresponding series of Old Securities tendered promptly after notice (such notice if given orally,


to be promptly confirmed in writing) of acceptance of said Old Securities by the Company; provided, however, that in all cases, Old Securities tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be exchanged only after timely receipt by you of certificates for such Old Securities (or confirmation of book-entry transfer into your account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility), a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or manually signed facsimile thereof) with any required signature guarantees and any other required documents. You shall issue New Securities only in denominations of US$2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof.

9. Tenders pursuant to the Exchange Offer are irrevocable, except that, subject to the terms and upon the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal, Old Securities tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date.

10. The Company shall not be required to exchange any Old Securities tendered if any of the conditions set forth in the Exchange Offer are not met. Notice of any decision by the Company not to exchange any Old Securities tendered shall be given (if given orally, to be promptly confirmed in writing) by the Company to you.

11. If, pursuant to the Exchange Offer, the Company does not accept for exchange all or part of the Old Securities tendered because of an invalid tender, the occurrence of certain other events set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer–Conditions to the Exchange Offer” or otherwise, you shall as soon as practicable after the expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer return those certificates for unaccepted Old Securities (or effect appropriate book-entry transfer), together with any related required documents and the Letters of Transmittal relating thereto that are in your possession, to the persons who deposited them.

12. All certificates for reissued Old Securities, unaccepted Old Securities or for New Securities shall be forwarded by first-class mail.

13. You are not authorized to pay or offer to pay any concessions, commissions or solicitation fees to any broker, dealer, bank or other persons or to engage or utilize any person to solicit tenders.

14. As Exchange Agent hereunder, you:

(a) shall not be liable for any action or omission to act unless the same constitutes your own gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith, and in no event shall you be liable to a security holder, the Company or any third party for special, indirect or consequential damages, or lost profits, arising in connection with this Agreement;

(b) shall have no duties or obligations other than those specifically set forth herein or as may be subsequently agreed to in writing between you and the Company;

(c) will be regarded as making no representations and having no responsibilities as to the validity, sufficiency, value or genuineness of any of the certificates or the Old Securities represented thereby deposited with you pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and will not be required to and will make no representation as to the validity, value or genuineness of the Exchange Offer;

(d) shall not be obligated to take any legal action hereunder which might in your judgment involve any expense or liability, unless you shall have been furnished with indemnity satisfactory to you;

(e) may conclusively rely on and shall be protected in acting in reliance upon any certificate, instrument, opinion, notice, letter, telegram or other document or security delivered to you and believed by you to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person or persons;

(f) may act upon any tender, statement, request, document, agreement, certificate or other instrument whatsoever not only as to its due execution and validity and effectiveness of its provisions, but also as to the truth and accuracy of any information contained therein, which you shall in good faith believe to be genuine or to have been signed or presented by the proper person or persons;


(g) may conclusively rely on and shall be protected in acting upon written or oral instructions from any authorized officer of the Company;

(h) may consult with counsel of your selection with respect to any questions relating to your duties and responsibilities and the advice or opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by you hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel;

(i) shall in no event be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of your obligations under this Agreement arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond your reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services;

(j) shall not advise any person tendering Old Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer as to the wisdom of making such tender or as to the market value or decline or appreciation in market value of any Old Securities; and

(k) shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of the Depository Trust Company in connection with its actions related to the Exchange Offer.

15. You shall take such action as may from time to time be requested by the Company (and such other action as you may deem appropriate) to furnish copies of the Prospectus, Letter of Transmittal and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (as defined in the Prospectus) or such other forms as may be approved from time to time by the Company, to all persons requesting such documents and to accept and comply with telephone requests for information relating to the Exchange Offer, provided that such information shall relate only to the procedures for accepting (or withdrawing from) the Exchange Offer. The Company will furnish you with copies of such documents at your request. All other requests for information relating to the Exchange Offer shall be directed to the Company, Attention: Paula Wardynski.

16. You shall advise by electronic mail transmission to Paula Wardynski, of the Company, and such other person or persons as the Company may request, daily (and more frequently during the week immediately preceding the Expiration Date if requested) up to and including the Expiration Date, as to the number of Old Securities which have been tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer and the items received by you pursuant to this Agreement, separately reporting and giving cumulative totals as to items properly received and items improperly received. In addition, you will also inform, and cooperate in making available to, the Company or any such other person or persons upon oral request made from time to time prior to the Expiration Date of such other information as they may reasonably request. Such cooperation shall include, without limitation, the granting by you to the Company and such person as the Company may request of access to those persons on your staff who are responsible for receiving tenders, in order to ensure that immediately prior to the Expiration Date the Company shall have received information in sufficient detail to enable it to decide whether to extend the Exchange Offer. You shall prepare a final list of all persons whose tenders were accepted, the aggregate principal amount of Old Securities tendered, the aggregate principal amount of Old Securities accepted and deliver said list to the Company.

17. Letters of Transmittal and Notices of Guaranteed Delivery shall be stamped by you as to the date and, after the expiration of the Exchange Offer, the time, of receipt thereof and shall be preserved by you for a period of time at least equal to the period of time you preserve other records pertaining to the transfer of securities. You shall dispose of unused Letters of Transmittal and other surplus materials by returning them to the Company.

18. For services rendered as Exchange Agent hereunder, you shall be entitled to such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the Company and you. The provisions of this section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

19. You hereby acknowledge receipt of the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal. Any inconsistency between this Agreement, on the one hand, and the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal (as they may be amended from


time to time), on the other hand, shall be resolved in favor of the latter two documents, except with respect to your duties, liabilities and indemnification as Exchange Agent.

20. The Company covenants and agrees to fully indemnify and hold you harmless against any and all loss, liability, cost or expense, including attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct on your part, arising out of or in connection with the administration of your duties under this Agreement, including without limitation, in connection with any act, omission, delay or refusal made by you in reliance upon any signature, endorsement, assignment, certificate, order, request, notice, instruction or other instrument or document believed by you to be valid, genuine and sufficient and in accepting any tender or effecting any transfer of Old Securities believed by you in good faith to be authorized, and in delaying or refusing in good faith to accept any tenders or effect any transfer of Old Securities. In each case, the Company shall be notified by you, by letter or facsimile transmission, of the written assertion of a claim against you or of any other action commenced against you, promptly after you shall have received any such written assertion or shall have been served with a summons in connection therewith. The Company shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense of any such claim or other action and, if the Company so elects, the Company shall assume the defense of any suit brought to enforce any such claim. In the event that the Company shall assume the defense of any such suit, the Company shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of any additional counsel thereafter retained by you, so long as the Company shall retain counsel satisfactory to you to defend such suit, and so long as you have not determined, in your reasonable judgment, that a conflict of interest exists between you and the Company. The provisions of this section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

21. You shall arrange to comply with all requirements under the tax laws of the United States, including those relating to missing Tax Identification Numbers, and shall file any appropriate reports with the Internal Revenue Service.

22. You shall deliver or cause to be delivered, in a timely manner to each governmental authority to which any transfer taxes are payable in respect of the exchange of Old Securities, the Company’s check in the amount of all transfer taxes so payable; provided, however, that you shall reimburse the Company for amounts refunded to you in respect of your payment of any such transfer taxes, at such time as such refund is received by you.

23. This Agreement and your appointment as Exchange Agent hereunder shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such state, and without regard to conflicts of law principles, and shall inure to the benefit of, and the obligations created hereby shall be binding upon, the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

24. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

25. In case any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

26. This Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to be modified, amended, rescinded, cancelled or waived, in whole or in part, except by a written instrument signed by a duly authorized representative of the party to be charged. This Agreement may not be modified orally.

27. Unless otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile or similar writing) and shall be given to such party, addressed to it, at its address or telecopy number set forth below:

If to the Company:

21st Century Fox America, Inc.

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036


Facsimile: (212) 852-7214

Attention: Janet Nova, Esq.

with a copy to:

Hogan Lovells US LLP

875 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Facsimile: (212) 918-3100

Attention: Amy Bowerman Freed, Esq.

If to the Exchange Agent:

The Bank of New York Mellon

500 Ross Street, 12th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15262

Facsimile: (412) 234-8377

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

28. The Exchange Agent agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Agreement sent by unsecured e-mail, pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods, provided, however, that the Exchange Agent shall have received an incumbency certificate listing persons designated to give such instructions or directions and containing specimen signatures of such designated persons, which such incumbency certificate shall be amended and replaced whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to give the Exchange Agent e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Exchange Agent in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Exchange Agent’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Exchange Agent shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Exchange Agent’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Exchange Agent, including without limitation the risk of the Exchange Agent acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

29. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE EXCHANGE AGENT 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 TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

30. Unless terminated earlier by the parties hereto, this Agreement shall terminate 90 days following the Expiration Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Sections 18 and 20 shall survive the termination of this Agreement. Upon any termination of this Agreement, you shall promptly deliver to the Company any certificates for Securities, funds or property then held by you as Exchange Agent under this Agreement.

31. This Agreement shall be binding and effective as of the date hereof.

Please acknowledge receipt of this Agreement and confirm the arrangements herein provided by signing and returning the enclosed copy.

 

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.
By:  

 

 

Name:

Title:


Accepted as of the date

first above written:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Exchange Agent
By:  

 

 

Name:

Title:

EX-99.4 12 d25332dex994.htm EX-99.4 EX-99.4

Exhibit 99.4

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

Tender of any and all Outstanding

3.700% Senior Notes Due 2025 and 4.950% Senior Notes Due 2045

In Exchange for

3.700% Senior Notes Due 2025 and 4.950% Senior Notes Due 2045

 

 

Unconditionally Guaranteed by

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.

To: Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

21st Century Fox America, Inc. (the “Company”) is offering, upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in a prospectus dated                     (the “Prospectus”), and the enclosed letter of transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) its 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 and its 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045 which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for a like principal amount of the Company’s issued and outstanding 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 and the 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045 (collectively, the “Original Notes”). The Exchange Offer is being made in order to satisfy certain obligations of the Company contained in a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2015, among the Company, the Guarantor (as defined therein) and the initial purchasers referred to therein.

We are requesting that you contact your clients for whom you hold Original Notes regarding the Exchange Offer. For your information and for forwarding to your clients for whom you hold Original Notes registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, or who hold Original Notes registered in their own names, we are enclosing the following documents:

1. A Prospectus dated                             ;

2. The Letter of Transmittal for your use and for the information (or the use, where relevant) of your clients;

3. A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Exchange Offer if certificates for Original Notes are not immediately available or time will not permit all required documents to reach the Exchange Agent (as defined below) prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) or if the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis;

4. A form of letter that may be sent to your clients for whose account you hold Original Notes registered in your name or the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients’ instructions with regard to the Exchange Offer; and

5. Return envelopes addressed to The Bank of New York Mellon, the exchange agent for Original Notes (the “Exchange Agent”).

YOUR PROMPT ACTION IS REQUESTED. THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON                             , UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”). THE ORIGINAL NOTES TENDERED PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE.

To participate in the Exchange Offer, a duly executed and properly completed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof or an Agent’s Message (as defined in the Prospectus) in lieu thereof), with any required signature guarantees and any other required documents, should be sent to the Exchange Agent and certificates representing the Original Notes should be delivered to the Exchange Agent, all in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Letter of Transmittal and the Prospectus.


If holders of Original Notes wish to tender, but it is impracticable for them to forward their certificates for Original Notes prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer or to comply with the book-entry transfer procedures on a timely basis, a tender may be effected by following the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Prospectus in the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

The Company will, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial banks and trust companies for reasonable and necessary costs and expenses incurred by them in forwarding the Prospectus and the related documents to the beneficial owners of Original Notes held by them as nominee or in a fiduciary capacity. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all transfer taxes applicable to the exchange of Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, except as set forth in Instruction 13 of the Letter of Transmittal.

Any inquiries you may have with respect to the Exchange Offer, or requests for additional copies of the enclosed materials, should be directed to The Bank of New York Mellon, the Exchange Agent for the Original Notes, at its address and telephone number set forth on the front of the Letter of Transmittal.

Very truly yours,

21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

NOTHING HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY PERSON AS AN AGENT OF THE COMPANY OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF EITHER OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN THE PROSPECTUS OR THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

Enclosures


21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

Tender of any and all Outstanding

3.700% Senior Notes Due 2025 and 4.950% Senior Notes Due 2045

In Exchange for

3.700% Senior Notes Due 2025 and 4.950% Senior Notes Due 2045

 

 

Unconditionally Guaranteed by

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.

To Our Clients:

Enclosed for your consideration is a prospectus dated                     (the “Prospectus”), and the related letter of transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), relating to the offer (the “Exchange Offer”) of 21st Century Fox America, Inc. (the “Company”) to exchange its 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 and its 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045 which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for a like principal amount of the issued and outstanding 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 and the 4.950% Senior Notes due 2045 (collectively, the “Original Notes”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal. The Exchange Offer is being made in order to satisfy certain obligations of the Company contained in a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2015, among the Company, the Guarantor (as defined therein) and the initial purchasers referred to therein.

This material is being forwarded to you as the beneficial owner of the Original Notes held by us for your account but not registered in your name. A TENDER OF SUCH ORIGINAL NOTES MAY ONLY BE MADE BY US AS THE HOLDER OF RECORD AND PURSUANT TO YOUR INSTRUCTIONS.

Accordingly, we request instructions as to whether you wish us to tender on your behalf the Original Notes held by us for your account, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the enclosed Prospectus and Letter of Transmittal.

Your instructions should be forwarded to us as promptly as possible in order to permit us to tender the Original Notes on your behalf in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     , unless extended by the Company in its sole discretion. Any Original Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be withdrawn at any time before the Expiration Date.

Your attention is directed to the following:

1. The Exchange Offer is for any and all Original Notes.

2. The Exchange Offer is subject to certain conditions set forth in the Prospectus in the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” under the heading “Conditions to the Exchange Offer.”

3. Any transfer taxes incident to the transfer of Original Notes from the holder to the Company will be paid by the Company, except as otherwise provided in the Instructions in the Letter of Transmittal.

4. The Exchange Offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     , unless extended by the Company in its sole discretion.

If you wish to have us tender your Original Notes, please so instruct us by completing, executing and returning to us the instruction form on the back of this letter. THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS FURNISHED TO YOU FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND MAY NOT BE USED DIRECTLY BY YOU TO TENDER ORIGINAL NOTES.


INSTRUCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO

THE EXCHANGE OFFER

The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the enclosed material referred to therein relating to the Exchange Offer made by 21st Century Fox America, Inc. with respect to the Original Notes.

This will instruct you to tender the Original Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned, upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the related Letter of Transmittal.

The undersigned expressly agrees to be bound by the enclosed Letter of Transmittal and that such Letter of Transmittal may be enforced against the undersigned.

Please tender the Original Notes held by you for my account as indicated below.

 

      

 

Original

  

Notes 

    

 

Aggregate Principal Amount of Original Notes Tendered

 

¨     Please do not tender any Original Notes held by you for my account.

Dated: 

    

Signature(s): 

    

Please print name(s) here: 

    

Address(es): 

    

Area Code and Telephone Number(s): 

    

Tax Identification or Social Security Number(s): 

    

None of the Original Notes held by us for your account will be tendered unless we receive written instructions from you to do so. Unless a specific contrary instruction is given in the space provided, your signature(s) hereon shall constitute an instruction to us to tender all the Original Notes held by us for your account.

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