M&A
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.95
Fox to acquire Roku for 0.9693 Fox shares plus $96 cash per share
Fox Corp
- Roku shareholders receive 0.9693 Fox Class A shares plus $96 cash per share; Fox to issue shares worth 40% of total consideration.
- Anthony Wood, Roku founder/CEO, with ~55% voting power, signed Voting Agreement to support the deal.
- Fox obtained $12B bridge loan commitment from Morgan Stanley for cash portion of consideration.
- Fox to add one Roku-designated director to Fox board after closing.
- Termination fee of $866M from either side; regulatory termination fee of $1.24B if antitrust approval fails.