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): October 1, 2019
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
001-38842 |
83-0940635 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission
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(IRS Employer
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500 South Buena Vista Street Burbank, California |
91521 |
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(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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered |
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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 ☐
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Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On October 1, 2019, The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”) issued a press release announcing the expiration and final results of its previously announced cash 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 $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.
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
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Description of Exhibit |
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99.1 |
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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 |
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By: |
/s/ Jolene E. Negre |
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Name: |
Jolene E. Negre |
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Title: |
Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary |
Date: October 1, 2019
Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY ANNOUNCES EXPIRATION AND FINAL RESULTS OF TENDER OFFERS BY THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND 21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.
BURBANK, Calif., October 1, 2019 The Walt Disney Company (Disney) (NYSE: DIS) announced today the expiration and final 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 a maximum aggregate purchase price (including principal and premium, but excluding accrued interest) of $4,000,000,000 (the Maximum Disney Tender Cap), 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).
The Tender Offers expired at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on September 30, 2019 (the Expiration Date) and no tenders submitted after the Expiration Date are valid. The Tender Offers were subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions as set forth in the Offer to Purchase (as defined below), all of which have been satisfied as of the Expiration Date.
The early results and pricing information of the Tender Offers were previously announced in the press releases dated September 17, 2019. On September 18, 2019 (the Early Settlement Date), Disney and 21CFA purchased $2,659,306,000 aggregate principal amount of Disney Notes and $257,263,000 aggregate principal amount of 21CFA Notes, which were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 16, 2019 (the Early Tender Deadline) in accordance with the Amended and Restated Offer to Purchase dated September 3, 2019 (as amended by the press release dated September 17, 2019, the Offer to Purchase) and related Letter of Transmittal (as amended by the press release dated September 17, 2019, 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.
As previously announced, because the aggregate purchase price (including principal and premium, but excluding accrued interest) of Disney Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as of the Early Tender Deadline exceeded the Maximum Disney Tender Cap, Disney accepted 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 have been accepted for purchase and any such Disney Notes have been returned promptly to the tendering Holders (or, in the case of Disney Notes tendered by book-entry transfer, such Disney Notes have been 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.
After the Early Tender Deadline and on or prior to the Expiration Date, approximately $6,472,000 aggregate principal amount of 21CFA Notes were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn, and 21CFA has accepted for purchase all of such 21CFA Notes.
The table below identifies the principal amount of each Series of Tender Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn and accepted for purchase as of the Expiration Date.
The Disney Notes
Issuer |
Notes |
CUSIP
Number |
Principal
Amount Outstanding Prior to the Tender Offers |
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) |
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Disney |
8.250% Notes due 2096 |
254687FE1
U25497BN4 |
$93,881,000 | 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 |
$114,658,000 | 2 | $20,703,000 | 100.0% |
2.875% UST
due 05/15/2049 |
4.180% | 190 bps | $1,851.81 | ||||||||||
Disney |
7.750% Notes due 2045 |
254687EY8
U25497BK0 |
$589,505,000 | 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 |
$1,488,657,000 | 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 |
$299,003,000 | 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 |
$297,134,000 | 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 |
$234,684,000 | 7 | $93,455,000 | 100.0% |
2.875% UST
due 05/15/2049 |
3.230% | 95 bps | $1,483.59 |
Issuer |
Notes |
CUSIP
Number |
Principal
Amount Outstanding Prior to the Tender Offers |
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) |
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Disney |
6.900% Notes due 2039 |
254687EN2
U25497BE4 |
$588,117,000 | 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 |
$990,309,000 | 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 |
$1,115,433,000 | 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 Outstanding Prior to the Tender Offers |
Principal
Amount Accepted by 21CFA for Purchase |
Reference
Security |
Tender Offer
Yield |
Fixed Spread
(basis points)(1) |
Total
Consideration(2) |
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21CFA |
5.650% Senior Notes due 2020 |
90131HAP0
652482BV1 |
$29,018,000 | $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 | $136,676,000 | $87,114,000 |
1.750% UST due
07/31/2021 |
2.129% | 35 bps | $1,032.71 | ||||||||
21CFA |
3.000% Senior Notes due 2022 | 90131HAR6 | $78,176,000 | $42,294,000 |
1.500% UST due
08/15/2022 |
2.066% | 35 bps | $1,026.96 | ||||||||
21CFA |
8.875% Senior Debentures due 2023 | 90131HAS4 | $51,596,000 | $8,293,000 |
1.750% UST due
07/31/2024 |
2.491% | 80 bps | $1,218.80 | ||||||||
21CFA |
4.000% Senior Notes due 2023 | 90131HAA3 | $15,156,000 | $4,369,000 |
1.750% UST due
07/31/2024 |
2.391% | 70 bps | $1,061.55 | ||||||||
21CFA |
7.750% Senior Debentures due January 2024 |
90131HAT2
652478AR9 |
$13,671,000 | $1,182,000 |
1.750% UST due
07/31/2024 |
2.591% | 90 bps | $1,210.38 | ||||||||
21CFA |
7.750% Senior Debentures due February 2024 |
90131HAU9
652478AU2 |
$21,888,000 | $196,000 |
1.750% UST due
07/31/2024 |
2.541% | 85 bps | $1,214.09 | ||||||||
21CFA |
9.500% Senior Debentures due 2024 | 90131HAV7 | $7,255,000 | $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 |
$22,684,000 | $14,742,000 |
1.750% UST due
07/31/2024 |
2.191% | 50 bps | $1,067.63 | ||||||||
21CFA |
8.500% Senior Debentures due 2025 | 90131HAW5 | $13,758,000 | $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 | $7,702,000 | $3,880,000 |
1.750% UST due
07/31/2024 |
2.341% | 65 bps | $1,073.61 | ||||||||
21CFA |
7.700% Senior Debentures due 2025 | 90131HAX3 | $11,916,000 | $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 | $10,501,000 | $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 |
$13,660,000 | $11,788,000 |
1.625% UST due
08/15/2029 |
2.369% | 55 bps | $1,063.76 | ||||||||
21CFA |
7.125% Senior Debentures due 2028 | 90131HAZ8 | $5,875,000 | $598,000 |
1.625% UST due
08/15/2029 |
2.769% | 95 bps | $1,329.78 | ||||||||
21CFA |
7.300% Senior Debentures due 2028 | 90131HBA2 | $4,418,000 | $409,000 |
1.625% UST due
08/15/2029 |
2.769% | 95 bps | $1,345.18 | ||||||||
21CFA |
7.280% Senior Debentures due 2028 | 90131HBB0 | $4,900,000 | $330,000 |
1.625% UST due
08/15/2029 |
2.819% | 100 bps | $1,344.88 |
Issuer |
Notes |
CUSIP
Number |
Principal
Amount Outstanding Prior to the Tender Offers |
Principal
Amount Accepted by 21CFA for Purchase |
Reference
Security |
Tender Offer
Yield |
Fixed Spread
(basis points)(1) |
Total
Consideration(2) |
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21CFA |
7.625% Senior Debentures due 2028 | 90131HBC8 | $12,211,000 | $4,968,000 |
1.625% UST due
08/15/2029 |
2.769% | 95 bps | $1,391.95 | ||||||||
21CFA |
6.550% Senior Notes due 2033 | 90131HBD6 | $7,653,000 | $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 | $5,134,000 | $207,000 |
1.625% UST due
08/15/2029 |
2.969% | 115 bps | $1,654.97 | ||||||||
21CFA |
6.200% Senior Notes due 2034 |
90131HBF1
652482BH2 |
$15,778,000 | $13,414,000 |
1.625% UST due
08/15/2029 |
2.969% | 115 bps | $1,393.74 | ||||||||
21CFA |
6.400% Senior Notes due 2035 |
90131HBG9
90131HBH7 U65249AM3 |
$34,567,000 | $6,279,000 |
2.875% UST due
05/15/2049 |
3.030% | 75 bps | $1,429.71 | ||||||||
21CFA |
8.150% Senior Debentures due 2036 | 90131HBJ3 | $997,000 | $360,000 |
2.875% UST due
05/15/2049 |
3.330% | 105 bps | $1,623.99 | ||||||||
21CFA |
6.150% Senior Notes due 2037 | 90131HBK0 | $9,691,000 | $7,496,000 |
2.875% UST due
05/15/2049 |
3.080% | 80 bps | $1,412.06 | ||||||||
21CFA |
6.650% Senior Notes due 2037 | 90131HBL8 | $15,763,000 | $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 | $14,056,000 | $2,761,000 |
2.875% UST due
05/15/2049 |
3.230% | 95 bps | $1,483.59 | ||||||||
21CFA |
7.850% Senior Notes due 2039 | 90131HBN4 | $2,866,000 | $30,000 |
2.875% UST due
05/15/2049 |
3.330% | 105 bps | $1,643.35 | ||||||||
21CFA |
6.900% Senior Notes due 2039 | 90131HBP9 | $11,883,000 | $191,000 |
2.875% UST due
05/15/2049 |
3.180% | 90 bps | $1,545.56 | ||||||||
21CFA |
6.150% Senior Notes due 2041 | 90131HBQ7 | $11,343,000 | $10,078,000 |
2.875% UST due
05/15/2049 |
3.230% | 95 bps | $1,448.72 | ||||||||
21CFA |
5.400% Senior Notes due 2043 | 90131HAB1 | $16,164,000 | $10,233,000 |
2.875% UST due
05/15/2049 |
3.180% | 90 bps | $1,371.07 | ||||||||
21CFA |
4.750% Senior Notes due 2044 |
90131HAH8
90131HAF2 U88803AB4 |
$11,276,000 | $4,598,000 |
2.875% UST due
05/15/2049 |
3.180% | 90 bps | $1,265.73 | ||||||||
21CFA |
4.950% Senior Notes due 2045 | 90131HBZ7 | $699,000 | $585,000 |
2.875% UST due
05/15/2049 |
3.180% | 90 bps | $1,308.20 | ||||||||
21CFA |
7.750% Senior Debentures due 2045 | 90131HBR5 | $10,495,000 | $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 | $108,000 | $25,000 |
2.875% UST due
05/15/2049 |
3.180% | 90 bps | $1,280.76 | ||||||||
21CFA |
7.900% Senior Debentures due 2095 | 90131HBS3 | $35,342,000 | $482,000 |
2.875% UST due
05/15/2049 |
4.180% | 190 bps | $1,851.81 | ||||||||
21CFA |
8.250% Senior Debentures due 2096 | 90131HBT1 | $6,119,000 | $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 Tender Offers are intended to help manage Disneys debt maturity profile, opportunistically prefund existing maturities and manage Disneys overall cost of borrowing. The Disney Notes that were accepted for purchase had a weighted average coupon of 6.633% and were notes that were previously issued by Disney in exchange for outstanding notes issued by 21CFA. The 21CFA Notes that were accepted for purchase as of the Early Tender Deadline, together with the 21CFA Notes that were tendered after the Early Tender Deadline and on or prior to the Expiration Date and have been accepted for purchase, have a weighted average coupon of 4.961% and are notes that remained outstanding following the exchange offers completed in connection with Disneys acquisition of TFCF Corporation (formerly known as Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.), the parent company of 21CFA.
Holders of 21CFA Notes who validly tendered their 21CFA Notes after the Early Tender Deadline and on or prior to the Expiration Date and whose 21CFA Notes were 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 were validly tendered after the Early Tender Deadline and on or prior to 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.
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 were only made pursuant to the terms of the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal. None of the purchasers, the Dealer Managers or the Tender Agent and Information Agent made 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 acted as Dealer Managers (collectively, the Dealer Managers) and Global Bondholder Services Corporation (GBSC) acted 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 Disneys 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