Exhibit 4.5
Execution Version
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated March 15, 2022 (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and among Magallanes, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC as representatives of the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule 1-A to the Purchase Agreement (defined below) (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”).
The Company, AT&T and the Initial Purchasers are parties to the Purchase Agreement dated March 9, 2022 (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which (i) the Company sold to the several Initial Purchasers $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.428% Senior Notes due 2024, $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.528% Senior Notes due 2024, $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.638% Senior Notes due 2025, $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.788% Senior Notes due 2025, $4,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.755% Senior Notes due 2027, $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.054% Senior Notes due 2029, $4,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.050% Senior Notes due 2042, $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.141% Senior Notes due 2052 and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2024 (collectively, the “New Money Securities”) and (ii) the selling securityholders listed in Schedule 2-A to the Purchase Agreement (the “Selling Securityholders”) sold to the Initial Purchasers listed in Schedule 1-B to the Purchase Agreement $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.279% Senior Notes due 2032, $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.141% Senior Notes due 2052 and $3,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.391% Senior Notes due 2062 (the “Debt Exchange Securities” and, together with the New Money Securities, the “Securities”), which they acquired from AT&T in satisfaction of certain debt obligations owed by AT&T. The Securities are being issued pursuant to an indenture, dated the date hereof (the “Indenture”), among the Company, AT&T and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and will initially be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by AT&T.
The Securities are being issued and sold in connection with the proposed merger (the “Merger”) of Drake Subsidiary, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Discovery, Inc. (“Discovery”), with and into the Company, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AT&T. The date of the consummation of the Merger is referred to herein as the “Merger Closing Date.” On the Merger Closing Date, each of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (“WBD”), Discovery Communications, LLC (“DCL”), Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (“Scripps” and, together with Discovery and DCL, the “Initial Guarantors”) shall execute and deliver a joinder to this Agreement (the “Joinder Agreement”), pursuant to which each Initial Guarantor will agree to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement as if it were an original party hereto. The representations, warranties, authorizations, acknowledgements, covenants and agreements of the Guarantors under this Agreement shall not become effective or enforceable until the execution and delivery by each of them of the Joinder Agreement, at which time such representations, warranties, authorizations, acknowledgements, covenants and agreements shall become effective and enforceable as if made on the date hereof pursuant to the terms of the Joinder Agreement.