Fox Corporation details $23.2B Roku acquisition terms
Fox Corporation filed an amendment providing detailed historical financials for Roku and unaudited pro forma condensed combined results reflecting Fox’s planned acquisition of Roku.
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Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Fox Corporation filed an amendment providing detailed historical financials for Roku and unaudited pro forma condensed combined results reflecting Fox’s planned acquisition of Roku. Roku shareholders are expected to receive $96.00 in cash plus 0.9693 shares of Fox Class A stock for each Roku share, implying total preliminary consideration of $23.2 billion, including $14.6 billion in cash and Fox issuing about 147.6 million new Class A shares. Fox plans to fund the cash portion primarily with new senior unsecured debt and a $1 billion term loan, supported by a $11 billion bridge facility that is not expected to be drawn. The preliminary purchase price allocation assigns $8.5 billion to acquired intangibles and $13.1 billion to goodwill. Pro forma for the year ended June 30 2026, combined net income attributable to Fox stockholders is $618 million, with basic EPS of $1.07 on 578.9 million shares.
Filing Explained
The merger remains uncompleted; closing would dilute existing Fox ownership through new shares, while reported pro forma results are illustrative.
The filing remains a pre-closing amendment: it adds Roku historical statements and illustrative combined information for the proposed merger, while completion would leave Roku wholly owned by Fox and require Fox to issue shares and arrange financing.
Issuing the additional Fox shares would reduce existing Fox holders’ percentage ownership absent offsetting changes. The filing says the pro forma figures are informational only: they do not show actual combined historical results or project future results.
The final merger consideration will be recalculated using the actual Roku shares converted at closing and Fox’s Class A share price immediately before closing, so the preliminary stock-linked value and total can change. The pro forma balance sheet assumes
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