Exhibit 5.1
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| | October 13, 2023 | | |
Fox Corporation
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
| Re: | Fox Corporation’s $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.500% Senior Notes due 2033 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are issuing this opinion letter in our capacity as special legal counsel for Fox Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the registration by the Company of $1,2500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.500% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “Notes”) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-273947) (as amended or supplemented, the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes are to be issued pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated January 25, 2019, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (as amended or supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “Indenture,” which term, as used herein, includes the officer’s certificate, dated October 13, 2023, setting forth the terms of the Notes). The Notes are to be sold pursuant to that certain Underwriting Agreement, dated October 5, 2023 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as underwriters (collectively, the “Underwriters”).
In that connection, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of this opinion, including (i) the amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws of the Company, (ii) resolutions of the board of directors of the Company with respect to the issuance of the Notes, (iii) the Registration Statement, (iv) the Indenture and (v) the form of the Notes.
For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed the genuineness of the signatures of persons signing all documents in connection with
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