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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 17, 2019

 

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-38842

 

83-0940635

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

     

500 South Buena Vista Street

Burbank, California

 

91521

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

(818) 560-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

 

DIS

 

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On September 17, 2019, The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”) issued a press release announcing the early results of its previously announced cash tender offers (the “Tender Offers”) by Disney and its indirect subsidiary, 21st Century Fox America, Inc. (“21CFA”), to purchase certain outstanding notes of Disney, subject to a maximum aggregate purchase price (including principal and premium, but excluding accrued interest) of $1,750,000,000 (subsequently increased to $4,000,000,000), and any and all outstanding debt securities of 21CFA. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

On September 17, 2019, Disney also issued a press release announcing the pricing information for the Tender Offers. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

This Current Report on Form 8-K is not an offer to purchase or sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase or sell, with respect to any securities.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

    Number    

   

Description of Exhibit

         
 

99.1

   

Press Release, dated September 17, 2019

         
 

99.2

   

Press Release, dated September 17, 2019

         
 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

     

By:

 

/s/ Jolene E. Negre

Name:

 

Jolene E. Negre

Title:

 

Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

Date: September 17, 2019

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY ANNOUNCES EARLY RESULTS OF TENDER OFFERS BY THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND 21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC. AND UPSIZING OF TENDER OFFERS FOR NOTES OF THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

BURBANK, Calif., September 17, 2019 – The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”) (NYSE: DIS) announced today the early results of the previously announced cash tender offers (each, a “Tender Offer”) of Disney and its indirect subsidiary, 21st Century Fox America, Inc. (“21CFA”), to purchase outstanding notes of Disney listed in the table below (the “Disney Notes”), subject to the Maximum Disney Tender Cap (as defined below) and in the order of priority shown in the table below, and any and all outstanding debt securities of 21CFA (the “21CFA Notes” and together with the Disney Notes, the “Tender Notes” and each a “Series” of Tender Notes). Disney further announced that it has increased the maximum aggregate purchase price (including principal and premium, but excluding accrued interest) of the Disney Notes that it intends to purchase in the Tender Offers from $1,750,000,000 to $4,000,000,000 (the “Maximum Disney Tender Cap”). The Withdrawal Deadline has passed, and Tender Notes tendered pursuant to the Tender Offers may no longer be withdrawn, except in the limited circumstances described in the Offer to Purchase (as defined below).

As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 16, 2019 (the “Early Tender Deadline”), approximately $4,270,376,000 aggregate principal amount of Disney Notes were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn and approximately $257,263,000 aggregate principal amount of 21CFA Notes were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn. The table below identifies the principal amount of each Series validly tendered and not validly withdrawn.

The Disney Notes

 

Issuer

  

Notes

   CUSIP
Number
   Principal Amount
Outstanding Prior to the
Tender Offers
     Acceptance
Priority
Level
   Principal Amount
Tendered(1)
 

Disney

   8.250% Notes due 2096    254687FE1
U25497BN4
   $ 93,881,000      1    $ 16,463,000  

Disney

   7.900% Notes due 2095    254687FC5
U25497BM6
   $ 114,658,000      2    $ 20,703,000  

Disney

   7.750% Notes due 2045    254687EY8
U25497BK0
   $ 589,505,000      3    $ 264,520,000  

Disney

   6.150% Notes due 2041    254687EQ5
U25497BF1
   $ 1,488,657,000      4    $ 856,786,000  

Disney

   8.150% Notes due 2036    254687EC6
U25497AZ8
   $ 299,003,000      5    $ 59,217,000  

Disney

   7.850% Notes due 2039    254687EL6
U25497BD6
   $ 297,134,000      6    $ 185,851,000  

Disney

   6.750% Notes due 2038    254687EJ1
U25497BC8
   $ 234,684,000      7    $ 93,455,000  

Disney

   6.900% Notes due 2039    254687EN2
U25497BE4
   $ 588,117,000      8    $ 351,699,000  

Disney

   6.150% Notes due 2037    254687EE2
U25497BA2
   $ 990,309,000      9    $ 668,375,000  

Disney

   6.400% Notes due 2035    254687EA0
U25497AY1
   $ 1,115,433,000      10    $ 602,014,000  

Disney

   6.650% Notes due 2037    254687EG7
U25497BB0
   $ 1,234,237,000      11    $ 725,619,000  

Disney

   5.400% Notes due 2043    254687ES1
U25497BG9
   $ 683,836,000      12    $ 346,023,000  

Disney

   8.450% Notes due 2034    254687DW3
U25497AW5
   $ 194,866,000      13    $ 79,651,000  

 

(1)

As of the Early Tender Deadline.

The 21CFA Notes

 

Issuer

  

Notes

   CUSIP
Number
   Principal Amount
Outstanding Prior to the
Tender Offers
     Principal
Amount
Tendered(1)
 

21CFA

   5.650% Senior Notes due 2020    90131HAP0
652482BV1
   $ 29,018,000      $ 5,557,000  

21CFA

   4.500% Senior Notes due 2021    90131HAQ8    $ 136,676,000      $ 87,098,000  

21CFA

   3.000% Senior Notes due 2022    90131HAR6    $ 78,176,000      $ 41,716,000  

21CFA

   8.875% Senior Debentures due 2023    90131HAS4    $ 51,596,000      $ 8,018,000  


Issuer

  

Notes

   CUSIP
Number
   Principal Amount
Outstanding Prior to the
Tender Offers
     Principal Amount
Tendered(1)
 

21CFA

   4.000% Senior Notes due 2023    90131HAA3    $ 15,156,000      $ 3,919,000  

21CFA

   7.750% Senior Debentures due January 2024    90131HAT2
652478AR9
   $ 13,671,000      $ 1,112,000  

21CFA

   7.750% Senior Debentures due February 2024    90131HAU9
652478AU2
   $ 21,888,000      $ 189,000  

21CFA

   9.500% Senior Debentures due 2024    90131HAV7    $ 7,255,000      $ 97,000  

21CFA

   3.700% Senior Notes due 2024    90131HAE5
90131HAC9
U88803AA6
   $ 22,684,000      $ 14,497,000  

21CFA

   8.500% Senior Debentures due 2025    90131HAW5    $ 13,758,000      $ 1,486,000  

21CFA

   3.700% Senior Notes due 2025    90131HBW4    $ 7,702,000      $ 3,878,000  

21CFA

   7.700% Senior Debentures due 2025    90131HAX3    $ 11,916,000      $ 3,500,000  

21CFA

   7.430% Senior Debentures due 2026    90131HAY1    $ 10,501,000      $ 4,533,000  

21CFA

   3.375% Senior Notes due 2026    90131HCB9
90131HCA1
U88803AF5
   $ 13,660,000      $ 11,788,000  

21CFA

   7.125% Senior Debentures due 2028    90131HAZ8    $ 5,875,000      $ 576,000  

21CFA

   7.300% Senior Debentures due 2028    90131HBA2    $ 4,418,000      $ 409,000  

21CFA

   7.280% Senior Debentures due 2028    90131HBB0    $ 4,900,000      $ 330,000  

21CFA

   7.625% Senior Debentures due 2028    90131HBC8    $ 12,211,000      $ 1,558,000  

21CFA

   6.550% Senior Notes due 2033    90131HBD6    $ 7,653,000      $ 1,530,000  

21CFA

   8.450% Senior Debentures due 2034    90131HBE4    $ 5,134,000      $ 197,000  

21CFA

   6.200% Senior Notes due 2034    90131HBF1
652482BH2
   $ 15,778,000      $ 13,397,000  

21CFA

   6.400% Senior Notes due 2035    90131HBG9
90131HBH7
U65249AM3
   $ 34,567,000      $ 6,276,000  

21CFA

   8.150% Senior Debentures due 2036    90131HBJ3    $ 997,000      $ 349,000  

21CFA

   6.150% Senior Notes due 2037    90131HBK0    $ 9,691,000      $ 7,465,000  

21CFA

   6.650% Senior Notes due 2037    90131HBL8    $ 15,763,000      $ 4,492,000  

21CFA

   6.750% Senior Debentures due 2038    90131HBM6    $ 14,056,000      $ 2,503,000  

21CFA

   7.850% Senior Notes due 2039    90131HBN4    $ 2,866,000      $ 30,000  

21CFA

   6.900% Senior Notes due 2039    90131HBP9    $ 11,883,000      $ 191,000  

21CFA

   6.150% Senior Notes due 2041    90131HBQ7    $ 11,343,000      $ 10,067,000  

21CFA

   5.400% Senior Notes due 2043    90131HAB1    $ 16,164,000      $ 9,502,000  

21CFA

   4.750% Senior Notes due 2044    90131HAH8
90131HAF2
U88803AB4
   $ 11,276,000      $ 4,398,000  

21CFA

   4.950% Senior Notes due 2045    90131HBZ7    $ 699,000      $ 585,000  

21CFA

   7.750% Senior Debentures due 2045    90131HBR5    $ 10,495,000      $ 1,618,000  

21CFA

   4.750% Senior Notes due 2046    90131HCD5    $ 108,000      $ 25,000  

21CFA

   7.900% Senior Debentures due 2095    90131HBS3    $ 35,342,000      $ 357,000  

21CFA

   8.250% Senior Debentures due 2096    90131HBT1    $ 6,119,000      $ 4,020,000  

 

(1)

As of the Early Tender Deadline.

The Tender Offers are intended to help manage Disney’s debt maturity profile, opportunistically prefund existing maturities and manage Disney’s overall cost of borrowing. The Disney Notes that have been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as of the Early Tender Deadline have a weighted average coupon of 6.545% and are notes that were previously issued by Disney in exchange for outstanding notes issued by 21CFA. The 21CFA Notes that have been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as of the Early Tender Deadline have a weighted average coupon of 4.922% and are notes that remained outstanding following the exchange offers completed in connection with Disney’s acquisition of TFCF Corporation (formerly known as Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.), the parent company of 21CFA.

The amount of each Series accepted for purchase will be determined pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Tender Offers as described in a separate Amended and Restated Offer to Purchase dated September 3, 2019 (as amended by this press release and as it may be further amended or supplemented, the “Offer to Purchase”) and related Letter of


Transmittal (as amended by this press release and as it may be further amended or supplemented, the “Letter of Transmittal”). Capitalized terms used and not defined in this press release have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase.

The Tender Offers are subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions as set forth in the Offer to Purchase, including the receipt by Disney prior to the Early Settlement Date (as defined below) of net proceeds of at least $2,000,000,000 from the previously announced offering of Disney’s floating rate senior unsecured notes and fixed rate senior unsecured notes pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Financing Condition”). As of the Early Tender Deadline, all conditions to the Tender Offers, including the Financing Condition, have been satisfied.

The applicable Total Consideration for each $1,000 in principal amount of Tender Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn on or before the Early Tender Deadline and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offers will be determined in the manner described in the Offer to Purchase. The consideration will be determined by reference to a fixed spread specified for each Series over the yield based on the bid price of the applicable Reference Security, as fully described in the Offer to Purchase. The consideration will be calculated by the Dealer Managers (as defined below) at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, today, September 17, 2019. In addition to the applicable Total Consideration, accrued and unpaid interest from the last interest payment date up to, but not including, the early settlement date, which is currently expected to occur on September 18, 2019 (the “Early Settlement Date”), will be paid in cash on all validly tendered Tender Notes accepted for purchase in the Tender Offers. The Total Consideration plus accrued interest for Tender Notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn on or before the Early Tender Deadline and accepted for purchase will be paid by the purchasers in same-day funds on the Early Settlement Date.

The Tender Offers will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on September 30, 2019 (as the same may be extended with respect to one or more Series, the “Expiration Date”). Holders of Tender Notes who validly tender their Tender Notes after the Early Tender Deadline and on or before the Expiration Date and whose Tender Notes are accepted for purchase will receive only the applicable Purchase Price, as fully described in the Offer to Purchase. The Purchase Price for the Tender Notes accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offers will be calculated by taking the Total Consideration for the applicable Series and subtracting from it the Early Tender Premium for such Series. The Purchase Price plus accrued interest for Tender Notes that are validly tendered after the Early Tender Deadline and on or before the Expiration Date and accepted for purchase will be paid by the purchasers in same-day funds promptly following the Expiration Date on the final settlement date, which is currently expected to occur on October 3, 2019. No tenders will be valid if submitted after the Expiration Date.

General

This announcement is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to purchase or sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase or sell, with respect to any securities. The Tender Offers are only being made pursuant to the terms of the Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal. None of the purchasers, the Dealer Managers or the Tender Agent and Information Agent is making any recommendation as to whether or not holders should tender their Tender Notes in connection with the Tender Offers.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citigroup”), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (“J.P. Morgan”), BNP Paribas Securities Corp., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC are acting as Dealer Managers (collectively, the “Dealer Managers”) and Global Bondholder Services Corporation (“GBSC”) is acting as the Tender Agent and Information Agent for the Tender Offers. Questions regarding the Tender Offers may be directed to Citigroup or J.P. Morgan, the lead Dealer Managers, at:

 

Citigroup

388 Greenwich Street, 7th Floor

New York, New York 10013

Attn: Liability Management Group

Collect: (212) 723-6106

Toll-Free: (800) 558-3745

 

J.P. Morgan

383 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor

New York, New York 10179

Attn: Liability Management Group

Collect: (212) 834-4811

Toll-Free: (866) 834-4666


Requests for documents (including the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal, along with any amendments and supplements thereto) may be directed to GBSC at (866) 470-3900 (toll free) or (212) 430-3774 (banks and brokers) or by email at contact@gbsc-usa.com.

Cautionary Notes on Forward Looking Statements

This communication may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Disney has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations about future events. These forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, those relating to future actions, new projects, strategies, future performance and the outcome of contingencies such as future financial results are necessarily estimates reflecting the best judgment of the management of Disney and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements should, therefore, be considered in light of various important factors, including those factors described in more detail in Disney’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 29, 2018 and in any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 29, 2018 filed by TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp.) and Annual Reports on Form 10-K under Item 1A, “Risk Factors” as well as in any subsequent periodic or current reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act, that include “Risk Factors” or that discuss risks to us.

You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this communication. Disney does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this communication or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

Media Contact:

David Jefferson

david.j.jefferson@disney.com

818-560-4832

Investor Contact:

Lowell Singer

lowell.singer@disney.com

818-560-6601

Exhibit 99.2

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY ANNOUNCES

PRICING INFORMATION FOR TENDER OFFERS BY

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND 21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.

BURBANK, Calif., September 17, 2019 – The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”) (NYSE: DIS) announced today the pricing information of the previously announced cash tender offers (each, a “Tender Offer”) of Disney and its indirect subsidiary, 21st Century Fox America, Inc. (“21CFA”), to purchase outstanding notes of Disney listed in the table below (the “Disney Notes”), subject to the Maximum Disney Tender Cap (as defined below) and in the order of priority set forth in the table below, and any and all outstanding debt securities of 21CFA (the “21CFA Notes” and together with the Disney Notes, the “Tender Notes” and each a “Series” of Tender Notes). As previously announced, Disney increased the maximum aggregate purchase price (including principal and premium, but excluding accrued interest) of the Disney Notes that it intends to purchase in the Tender Offers from $1,750,000,000 to $4,000,000,000 (the “Maximum Disney Tender Cap”). The terms and conditions of the Tender Offers are described in a separate Amended and Restated Offer to Purchase dated September 3, 2019 (as amended by the press release dated September 17, 2019 and as it may be further amended or supplemented, the “Offer to Purchase”) and related Letter of Transmittal (as amended by the press release dated September 17, 2019 and as it may be further amended or supplemented, the “Letter of Transmittal”). Capitalized terms used and not defined in this press release have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase.

Because the aggregate purchase price (including principal and premium, but excluding accrued interest) of Disney Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 16, 2019 (the “Early Tender Deadline”) exceeds the Maximum Disney Tender Cap, Disney will accept for purchase such Disney Notes in accordance with the Acceptance Priority Levels, subject to the proration factors set forth in the table below, as described in the Offer to Purchase, so as not to exceed the Maximum Disney Tender Cap. As a result of reaching the Maximum Disney Tender Cap by the Early Tender Deadline, no Disney Notes tendered after the Early Tender Deadline will be accepted for purchase, regardless of priority level. Disney Notes not accepted for purchase will be returned promptly to the tendering Holders (or, in the case of Disney Notes tendered by book-entry transfer, such Disney Notes will be promptly credited to the account maintained at The Depository Trust Company from which such Disney Notes were delivered) and otherwise returned in accordance with the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal.

The consideration to be paid in the Tender Offers for each Series accepted for purchase was determined by reference to the applicable fixed spread for each Series over the yield (the “Tender Offer Yield”) based on the bid price of the applicable reference security, in each case as set forth in the table below. The Tender Offer Yields (as determined pursuant to the Offer to Purchase) listed in the table below were determined at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, today, September 17, 2019, by the Dealer Managers (as defined below). The Total Consideration for each Series includes an early tender premium (the “Early Tender Premium”) of $30.00 per $1,000 principal amount of Tender Notes accepted for purchase by Disney and 21CFA and accounts for the par call date, if applicable.

The following table sets forth the pricing information for the Tender Offers:

The Disney Notes

 

Issuer

  

Notes

  

CUSIP
Number

   Acceptance
Priority
Level
   Principal
Amount
Accepted by
Disney for
Purchase
     Proration
Factor(1)
   

Reference
Security

   Tender
Offer Yield
    Fixed
Spread
(basis
points)(2)
     Total
Consideration(3)
 

Disney

   8.250% Notes due 2096    254687FE1
U25497BN4
   1    $ 16,463,000        100.0   2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      4.180     190 bps      $ 1,933.49  

Disney

   7.900% Notes due 2095    254687FC5
U25497BM6
   2    $ 20,703,000        100.0   2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      4.180     190 bps      $ 1,851.81  


Issuer

  

Notes

  

CUSIP
Number

   Acceptance
Priority
Level
   Principal
Amount
Accepted by
Disney for
Purchase
     Proration
Factor(1)
   

Reference
Security

   Tender
Offer Yield
    Fixed
Spread
(basis
points)(2)
     Total
Consideration(3)
 

Disney

   7.750% Notes due 2045    254687EY8
U25497BK0
   3    $ 264,520,000        100.0   2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.480     120 bps      $ 1,730.06  

Disney

   6.150% Notes due 2041    254687EQ5
U25497BF1
   4    $ 856,786,000        100.0   2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.230     95 bps      $ 1,448.72  

Disney

   8.150% Notes due 2036    254687EC6
U25497AZ8
   5    $ 59,217,000        100.0   2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.330     105 bps      $ 1,623.99  

Disney

   7.850% Notes due 2039    254687EL6
U25497BD6
   6    $ 185,851,000        100.0   2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.330     105 bps      $ 1,643.35  

Disney

   6.750% Notes due 2038    254687EJ1
U25497BC8
   7    $ 93,455,000        100.0   2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.230     95 bps      $ 1,483.59  

Disney

   6.900% Notes due 2039    254687EN2
U25497BE4
   8    $ 351,699,000        100.0   2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.180     90 bps      $ 1,545.56  

Disney

   6.150% Notes due 2037    254687EE2
U25497BA2
   9    $ 668,375,000        100.0   2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.080     80 bps      $ 1,412.06  

Disney

   6.400% Notes due 2035    254687EA0
U25497AY1
   10    $ 142,237,000        23.6   2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.030     75 bps      $ 1,429.71  

 

(1)

The proration factor has been rounded to the nearest tenth of a percentage point for presentation purposes.

(2)

Fixed Spread includes Early Tender Premium.

(3)

Per $1,000 principal amount of Disney Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn and accepted for purchase in the applicable Tender Offer at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline.

The 21CFA Notes

 

Issuer

  

Notes

  

CUSIP
Number

   Principal
Amount
Accepted by
21CFA for
Purchase
    

Reference
Security

   Tender
Offer Yield
    Fixed
Spread
(basis
points)(1)
     Total
Consideration(2)
 

21CFA

   5.650% Senior Notes due 2020    90131HAP0
652482BV1
   $ 5,557,000      1.750% UST due 07/31/2021      2.329     55 bps      $ 1,029.65  

21CFA

   4.500% Senior Notes due 2021    90131HAQ8    $ 87,098,000      1.750% UST due 07/31/2021      2.129     35 bps      $ 1,032.71  

21CFA

   3.000% Senior Notes due 2022    90131HAR6    $ 41,716,000      1.500% UST due 08/15/2022      2.066     35 bps      $ 1,026.96  

21CFA

   8.875% Senior Debentures due 2023    90131HAS4    $ 8,018,000      1.750% UST due 07/31/2024      2.491     80 bps      $ 1,218.80  

21CFA

   4.000% Senior Notes due 2023    90131HAA3    $ 3,919,000      1.750% UST due 07/31/2024      2.391     70 bps      $ 1,061.55  

21CFA

   7.750% Senior Debentures due January 2024    90131HAT2
652478AR9
   $ 1,112,000      1.750% UST due 07/31/2024      2.591     90 bps      $ 1,210.38  

21CFA

   7.750% Senior Debentures due February 2024    90131HAU9
652478AU2
   $ 189,000      1.750% UST due 07/31/2024      2.541     85 bps      $ 1,214.09  

21CFA

   9.500% Senior Debentures due 2024    90131HAV7    $ 97,000      1.750% UST due 07/31/2024      2.541     85 bps      $ 1,314.06  

21CFA

   3.700% Senior Notes due 2024    90131HAE5
90131HAC9
U88803AA6
   $ 14,497,000      1.750% UST due 07/31/2024      2.191     50 bps      $ 1,067.63  

21CFA

   8.500% Senior Debentures due 2025    90131HAW5    $ 1,486,000      1.750% UST due 07/31/2024      2.541     85 bps      $ 1,300.46  

21CFA

   3.700% Senior Notes due 2025    90131HBW4    $ 3,878,000      1.750% UST due 07/31/2024      2.341     65 bps      $ 1,073.61  

21CFA

   7.700% Senior Debentures due 2025    90131HAX3    $ 3,500,000      1.750% UST due 07/31/2024      2.591     90 bps      $ 1,287.24  

21CFA

   7.430% Senior Debentures due 2026    90131HAY1    $ 4,533,000      1.625% UST due 08/15/2029      2.769     95 bps      $ 1,296.11  

21CFA

   3.375% Senior Notes due 2026    90131HCB9
90131HCA1
U88803AF5
   $ 11,788,000      1.625% UST due 08/15/2029      2.369     55 bps      $ 1,063.76  


Issuer

  

Notes

  

CUSIP
Number

   Principal
Amount
Accepted by
21CFA for
Purchase
    

Reference
Security

   Tender
Offer Yield
    Fixed
Spread
(basis
points)(1)
     Total
Consideration(2)
 

21CFA

   7.125% Senior Debentures due 2028    90131HAZ8    $ 576,000      1.625% UST due 08/15/2029      2.769     95 bps      $ 1,329.78  

21CFA

   7.300% Senior Debentures due 2028    90131HBA2    $ 409,000      1.625% UST due 08/15/2029      2.769     95 bps      $ 1,345.18  

21CFA

   7.280% Senior Debentures due 2028    90131HBB0    $ 330,000      1.625% UST due 08/15/2029      2.819     100 bps      $ 1,344.88  

21CFA

   7.625% Senior Debentures due 2028    90131HBC8    $ 1,558,000      1.625% UST due 08/15/2029      2.769     95 bps      $ 1,391.95  

21CFA

   6.550% Senior Notes due 2033    90131HBD6    $ 1,530,000      1.625% UST due 08/15/2029      2.919     110 bps      $ 1,402.53  

21CFA

   8.450% Senior Debentures due 2034    90131HBE4    $ 197,000      1.625% UST due 08/15/2029      2.969     115 bps      $ 1,654.97  

21CFA

   6.200% Senior Notes due 2034    90131HBF1
652482BH2
   $ 13,397,000      1.625% UST due 08/15/2029      2.969     115 bps      $ 1,393.74  

21CFA

   6.400% Senior Notes due 2035    90131HBG9
90131HBH7
U65249AM3
   $ 6,276,000      2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.030     75 bps      $ 1,429.71  

21CFA

   8.150% Senior Debentures due 2036    90131HBJ3    $ 349,000      2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.330     105 bps      $ 1,623.99  

21CFA

   6.150% Senior Notes due 2037    90131HBK0    $ 7,465,000      2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.080     80 bps      $ 1,412.06  

21CFA

   6.650% Senior Notes due 2037    90131HBL8    $ 4,492,000      2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.080     80 bps      $ 1,493.64  

21CFA

   6.750% Senior Debentures due 2038    90131HBM6    $ 2,503,000      2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.230     95 bps      $ 1,483.59  

21CFA

   7.850% Senior Notes due 2039    90131HBN4    $ 30,000      2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.330     105 bps      $ 1,643.35  

21CFA

   6.900% Senior Notes due 2039    90131HBP9    $ 191,000      2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.180     90 bps      $ 1,545.56  

21CFA

   6.150% Senior Notes due 2041    90131HBQ7    $ 10,067,000      2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.230     95 bps      $ 1,448.72  

21CFA

   5.400% Senior Notes due 2043    90131HAB1    $ 9,502,000      2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.180     90 bps      $ 1,371.07  

21CFA

   4.750% Senior Notes due 2044    90131HAH8
90131HAF2
U88803AB4
   $ 4,398,000      2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.180     90 bps      $ 1,265.73  

21CFA

   4.950% Senior Notes due 2045    90131HBZ7    $ 585,000      2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.180     90 bps      $ 1,308.20  

21CFA

   7.750% Senior Debentures due 2045    90131HBR5    $ 1,618,000      2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.480     120 bps      $ 1,730.06  

21CFA

   4.750% Senior Notes due 2046    90131HCD5    $ 25,000      2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      3.180     90 bps      $ 1,280.76  

21CFA

   7.900% Senior Debentures due 2095    90131HBS3    $ 357,000      2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      4.180     190 bps      $ 1,851.81  

21CFA

   8.250% Senior Debentures due 2096    90131HBT1    $ 4,020,000      2.875% UST due 05/15/2049      4.180     190 bps      $ 1,933.49  

 

(1)

Fixed Spread includes Early Tender Premium.

(2)

Per $1,000 principal amount of 21CFA Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn and accepted for purchase in the applicable Tender Offer at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline.

The amount of each Series accepted for purchase was determined pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Tender Offers as described in the Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal.

All payments for Tender Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn on or before the Early Tender Deadline and accepted for purchase will also include accrued and unpaid interest from the last interest payment date up to, but not including, the early settlement date, which is currently expected to occur tomorrow, September 18, 2019.

The Tender Offers are intended to help manage Disney’s debt maturity profile, opportunistically prefund existing maturities and manage Disney’s overall cost of borrowing. The Disney Notes that have been accepted for purchase have a weighted average coupon of 6.633% and are notes that were previously issued by Disney in exchange for outstanding notes issued by 21CFA. The 21CFA Notes that have been accepted for purchase as of the Early Tender Deadline have a weighted average coupon of 4.922% and are notes that remained outstanding following the exchange offers completed in connection with Disney’s acquisition of TFCF Corporation (formerly known as Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.), the parent company of 21CFA.


The Tender Offers will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on September 30, 2019 (as the same may be extended with respect to one or more Series, the “Expiration Date”). Holders of 21CFA Notes who validly tender their 21CFA Notes after the Early Tender Deadline and on or before the Expiration Date and whose 21CFA Notes are accepted for purchase will receive only the applicable Purchase Price, as fully described in the Offer to Purchase. The Purchase Price for the 21CFA Notes accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offers will be calculated by taking the Total Consideration for the applicable Series and subtracting from it the Early Tender Premium for such Series. The Purchase Price plus accrued interest for 21CFA Notes that are validly tendered after the Early Tender Deadline and on or before the Expiration Date and accepted for purchase will be paid by the purchasers in same-day funds promptly following the Expiration Date on the final settlement date, which is currently expected to occur on October 3, 2019. No tenders will be valid if submitted after the Expiration Date.

General

This announcement is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to purchase or sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase or sell, with respect to any securities. The Tender Offers are only being made pursuant to the terms of the Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal. None of the purchasers, the Dealer Managers or the Tender Agent and Information Agent is making any recommendation as to whether or not holders should tender their Tender Notes in connection with the Tender Offers.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citigroup”), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (“J.P. Morgan”), BNP Paribas Securities Corp., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC are acting as Dealer Managers (collectively, the “Dealer Managers”) and Global Bondholder Services Corporation (“GBSC”) is acting as the Tender Agent and Information Agent for the Tender Offers. Questions regarding the Tender Offers may be directed to Citigroup or J.P. Morgan, the lead Dealer Managers, at:

 

Citigroup

388 Greenwich Street, 7th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attn: Liability Management Group
Collect: (212) 723-6106
Toll-Free: (800) 558-3745

 

J.P. Morgan

383 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10179
Attn: Liability Management Group
Collect: (212) 834-4811
Toll-Free: (866) 834-4666

Requests for documents (including the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal, along with any amendments and supplements thereto) may be directed to GBSC at (866) 470-3900 (toll free) or (212) 430-3774 (banks and brokers) or by email at contact@gbsc-usa.com.

Cautionary Notes on Forward Looking Statements

This communication may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Disney has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations about future events. These forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, those relating to future actions, new projects, strategies, future performance and the outcome of contingencies such as future financial results are necessarily estimates reflecting the best judgment of the management of Disney and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements should, therefore, be considered in light of various important factors, including those factors described in more detail in Disney’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 29, 2018 and in any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 29, 2018 filed by TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp.) and Annual Reports on Form 10-K under Item 1A, “Risk Factors” as well as in any subsequent periodic or current reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act, that include “Risk Factors” or that discuss risks to us.

You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this communication. Disney does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this communication or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.


Media Contact:

David Jefferson

david.j.jefferson@disney.com

818-560-4832

Investor Contact:

Lowell Singer

lowell.singer@disney.com

818-560-6601