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Sixth Supplemental Indenture

 Exhibit 4.45 
  

  

 NEWS AMERICA INCORPORATED, 
 Company, 
 NEWS CORPORATION, 
 NEWS AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED, 
 FEG HOLDINGS, INC., 
 FOX
ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC., 
 NEWS AMERICA MARKETING FSI, LLC, 
 NEWS PUBLISHING AUSTRALIA LIMITED, 
 Guarantors 
 and 
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK, 

 Trustee 
  

 SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 Dated as of March 21, 2005 
 Amending and Supplementing the Indenture 
 Dated as of November 12, 1996 
  

 5% Subordinated Discount Debentures due 2016 
  

  

 SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 21, 2005, among News America Incorporated, a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with its principal office located at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, News Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“News Corporation”), News Australia Holdings Pty
Limited, an Australia corporation (ABN 32 105 197 028) (“NAHPL”), FEG Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. (formerly known as Fox Acquisition Corp.), a Delaware corporation (“New
FEG”), News America Marketing FSI, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, News Publishing Australia Limited, a Delaware corporation, and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation (the “Trustee”), amending and
supplementing the Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of November 12, 1996 (the “Original Indenture”), among the Company, the guarantors named therein and the Trustee, which provided for the issuance of the Company’s
5% Subordinated Discount Debentures due November 12, 2016. (The Original Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 2, 2000, the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 14, 2001, the
Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 27, 2003, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2004, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2005, and this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as
of March 21, 2005, and as it may hereafter be supplemented is referred to herein as the or this “Indenture”.) Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Indenture. 
 RECITALS: 
 WHEREAS, on January 10, 2005, News Corporation commenced an offer to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) shares of News Corporation Class A common stock for all of the outstanding shares of Fox Entertainment Group,
Inc. (“Old FEG”) Class A common stock; and 
 WHEREAS, on March 21, 2005, New FEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of
News Corporation, will be the surviving corporation of a merger (the “Merger”) of Old FEG with and into New FEG, such Merger to be effected in order to convert any Old FEG Class A common stock into shares of News Corporation
Class A common stock that News Corporation did not acquire in the Exchange Offer; and 
 WHEREAS, Section 901 of the Indenture
provides that, without the consent of Holders, the parties to the Indenture may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture to make provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture which shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of the Indenture, provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities or, so long as any of the Preferred Securities shall remain outstanding, the holders of the Preferred Securities;

 WHEREAS, the Original Indenture is subject to the provisions of the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
“TIA”), that are required to be part of the Original Indenture and the Indenture shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company and each of the Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture and have done all things necessary to make this Sixth Supplemental Indenture a valid
agreement in accordance with its terms. 

 NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 
 For and in consideration of the premises, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities,
as follows: 
 ARTICLE ONE 
 ORIGINAL INDENTURE 
 SECTION 101. Effect of Original Indenture. 
 Except as specifically provided in this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the Original Indenture (as amended and supplemented prior to the date hereof) shall
remain in full force and effect. 
 ARTICLE TWO 
 AMENDMENTS TO THE INDENTURE 
 SECTION 201. Amendments to the Indenture: 
 Effective upon the Merger, in accordance with Section 901 of the Indenture: 
 (a) Without further action on the part of Old FEG, New FEG or any other Person, New FEG hereby acknowledges and agrees that, by operation of law, it
succeeds to and assumes all the obligations of Old FEG under the Indenture. 
 (b) By reason of the Merger and the continuation, as
Guarantors, of the Guarantors under the Indenture, all references in the Indenture to the “Guarantors” are hereby deemed to refer to each of such entities: 
  

			
	 Name
	 	 Jurisdiction of Organization

	 News Corporation
	 	Delaware
	 News Australia Holdings Pty Limited
	 	Australia
	 FEG Holdings, Inc.
	 	Delaware
	 Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.
	 	
	 (formerly known as Fox Acquisition Corp)
	 	Delaware
	 News America Marketing FSI, LLC
	 	Delaware
	 News Publishing Australia Limited
	 	Delaware

  

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 ARTICLE THREE 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 SECTION 301. Effect of Headings. 
 The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not effect the construction hereof. 
 SECTION 302. Governing Law. 
 Subject to the
following sentence, this Sixth Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. This Sixth Supplemental Indenture is subject to the
provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of the Original Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. 
 SECTION 303. Counterparts. 
 This Sixth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
 SECTION 304. Trustee. 
 The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture. The recitals and statements herein are deemed
to be those of the Company and the Guarantors and not of the Trustee. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Sixth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed
as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	News America Incorporated
		
	By:	 	    /s/    Paula Wardynski        
	 Name:
 Title:
	 	     Paula Wardynski
     Vice President

	  
 News Corporation, as Guarantor
  
 News Australia Holdings Pty Limited, as Guarantor
  
 FEG Holdings, Inc., as Guarantor
  
 Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. (formerly known as Fox Acquisition Corp.), as Guarantor
  
 News America Marketing FSI, LLC, as Guarantor
  
 News Publishing Australia Limited, as Guarantor

		
	By:	 	    /s/    Paula Wardynski        
	 Name:
 Title:
	 	     Paula Wardynski
     Vice President, News America Incorporated, as Attorney-in-Fact for the Guarantors

  

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	The Bank of New York, as Trustee
		
	By:	 	    /s/    Kisha A. Holder        
	 Name:
 Title:
	 	     Kisha A. Holder
     Assistant Vice President

  

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	STATE OF NEW YORK	  	)	  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  	
																																	
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	COUNTY OF NEW YORK	  	)	  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  	

 On this 21 day of March, 2005, before me personally appeared Paula Wardynski, who acknowledged
herself to be the Vice President of News America Incorporated, and that she, as such Vice President, being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing in the name of such corporation as such
Vice President. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal. 
  

			
		
	By:	 	    /s/    Catherine B. McDermott         
	 Name:
 Title:
	 	     Catherine B. McDermott
     Notary Public, State of New York
     No. 02MC4974028
     Qualified in Kings County
     Commission Expires Nov. 5, 2006

  

 6Third Supplemental Indenture

 Exhibit 4.49 
  

  

 NEWS AMERICA INCORPORATED, 
 Company, 
 NEWS CORPORATION, 
 NEWS HOLDINGS LIMITED, 
 NEWS AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED, 
 FEG HOLDINGS, INC., 
 FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC., 
 NEWS AMERICA MARKETING FSI, LLC, 
 NEWS PUBLISHING AUSTRALIA LIMITED,

 Guarantors 
 and

 THE BANK OF NEW YORK, 
 Trustee 
  

 THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 Dated as of March 14, 2005 
 Amending and Supplementing the Indenture 
 Dated as of March 21, 2003 
  

 Senior Exchangeable 
 Beneficial Unsecured exChangeable Securities (BUCS)/TM/ due 2023 
  

  

 TM Trademark of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. 

 THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 14, 2005, among News America Incorporated, a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with its principal office located at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, News Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“News Corporation”), News Holdings Limited
(formerly known as The News Corporation Limited), an Australia corporation (ABN 40 007 910 330) (“News Holdings”), News Australia Holdings Pty Limited (formerly known as Carlholt Pty Ltd), an Australia corporation (ABN 32 105 197
028) (“NAHPL”), FEG Holdings, Inc., Fox Entertainment Group, Inc., News America Marketing FSI, LLC, News Publishing Australia Limited, and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation (the “Trustee”),
amending and supplementing the Indenture, dated as of March 21, 2003 the “Original Indenture”), among the Company, the guarantors named therein and the Trustee, which provided for the issuance of the Company’s Senior
Exchangeable Beneficial Unsecured exChangeable Securities due 2023 (the “Securities”). (The Original Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 27, 2003, the Second Supplemental Indenture,
dated as of November 12, 2004, and this Third Supplemental Indenture, dated March 14, 2005 and as it may hereafter be supplemented is referred to herein as the or this “Indenture”.) Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. 
 RECITALS: 
 WHEREAS, on November 12, 2004, News Holdings effected a corporate reorganization in accordance with the Corporations Act of Australia pursuant to
which the publicly held shares of News Holdings were exchanged for shares of News Corporation (the “Share Exchange”); and 
 WHEREAS, in connection with the Share Exchange, NAHPL became a wholly-owned Subsidiary of News Corporation, and News Holdings became a Subsidiary of NAHPL and News Corporation; and 
 WHEREAS, on March 14, 2005, subject to the receipt of certain consents, all or substantially all of the assets of News Holdings will be transferred
to NAHPL, which, on the date of such transfer, will continue to be a wholly owned Subsidiary of News Corporation (the “Asset Transfer”); and 
 WHEREAS, Section 9.1 of the Indenture provides that, without the consent of Holders, the parties to the Indenture may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture to evidence the succession of another
Person to any of the Guarantors and the assumption by such successor of the covenants of such Guarantor contained in the Indenture and in the Securities; and 
 WHEREAS, Section 9.1 of the Indenture further provides that, without the consent of Holders, the parties to the Indenture may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture to cure any ambiguity, to
correct or supplement any provision of the Indenture which may be inconsistent with any other provision of the Indenture, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture which shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture, provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests 

 
of the Holders of Securities or, so long as any of the BUCS shall remain outstanding, the holders of the BUCS; 
 WHEREAS, the Original Indenture is subject to the provisions of the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”),
that are required to be part of the Original Indenture and the Indenture shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company and each of the Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture and have done all things necessary to make this Third Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement in
accordance with its terms. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 
 For and in consideration of the premises, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities,
as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 ORIGINAL INDENTURE 
 SECTION 1.1 Effect of Original Indenture. 
 Except as specifically provided in this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Original Indenture (as amended and supplemented prior to the date hereof) shall
remain in full force and effect. 
 ARTICLE II 
 AMENDMENTS TO THE INDENTURE 
 SECTION 2.1 Amendments to the Indenture 
 Effective upon the Asset Transfer, in accordance with Section 9.1 of the Original Indenture: 
 (a) Without further action on the part of News Corporation, News Holdings or any other Person, (i) News Corporation shall assume all the obligations
of News Holdings under the Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees, (ii) News Corporation shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of News Holdings under the Indenture, the Securities and the
Guarantees with the same effect as if News Corporation had been named as “News Corporation” in the Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees, and (iii) News Holdings shall be discharged and released from all obligations and
covenants under the Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees. 
  

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 (b) Section 1.1(b) of the Indenture shall be amended as follows: 
  

	 	(i)	To delete the definition of News Holdings in its entirety. 

  

	 	(ii)	To amend the definition of “Change of Control” by deleting the words “ordinary shares” and replacing them with the words “common stock.”

 (c) Clause (i) of Section 12.4 of the Indenture shall be amended in its entirety to read as follows: 

 

	 	(i)	the sale or disposition (by merger or otherwise) of a Subsidiary Guarantor to an entity which is not a subsidiary of News Corporation or 

 (d) All references (in any form or terms) in the Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees to News Corporation or News Holdings under its former name
or any variation thereof, including News Corporation, shall be deemed to be references to News Corporation (and not News Holdings); provided that any such references in the definition of “Registration Rights Agreement” in
Section 1.1(b) of the Indenture shall be deemed to refer to News Holdings. 
 (e) News America Marketing FSI, Inc., a guarantor, has
been converted from a Delaware corporation to a Delaware limited liability company named News America Marketing FSI, LLC. 
 ARTICLE III

 MISCELLANEOUS 
 SECTION 3.1 Effect of Headings. 
 The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not
affect the construction hereof. 
 SECTION 3.2 Governing Law. 
 Subject to the following sentence, this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. This
Third Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of the Original Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. 
 SECTION 3.3 Trustee. 
 The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture. The recitals and statements herein are deemed to be those of the Company and the Guarantors and not of the Trustee. 
  

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 SECTION 3.4 Counterparts. 
 This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed
as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	News America Incorporated
		
	By:	 	/s/    Lawrence A. Jacobs        
	Name:	 	Lawrence A. Jacobs
	Title:	 	Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel
	
	News Holdings Limited, as Guarantor (until the Asset Transfer)
	
	News Corporation (a Delaware corporation), as Guarantor
	
	News Australia Holdings Pty Limited, as Guarantor
	
	FEG Holdings, Inc., as Guarantor
	
	Fox Entertainment Group, Inc., as Guarantor
	
	News America Marketing FSI, LLC, as Guarantor
	
	News Publishing Australia Limited, as Guarantor
		
	By:	 	/s/    Lawrence A. Jacobs        
	Name:	 	Lawrence A. Jacobs
	Title:	 	Senior Executive Vice President and Group General Counsel, News Corporation (a Delaware corporation), as Attorney for the Guarantors

  

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	The Bank of New York, as Trustee
		
	By:	 	/s/    Kisha A. Holder        
	Name:	 	Kisha A. Holder
	Title:	 	Assistant Vice President

  

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	STATE OF NEW YORK	 	)	 	
		 	) ss.:	 	
	COUNTY OF NEW YORK	 	)	 	

 On this 14 day of March, 2005, before me personally appeared Lawrence A. Jacobs, who acknowledged
himself to be the Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel of News America Incorporated, and that he, as such Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel, being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the
purposes therein contained, by signing in the name of each such corporation as such Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal. 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/    Catherine B. McDermott        
	Name:	 	Catherine B. McDermott
	Title:	 	Notary Public, State of New York
		 	No. 02MC4974028
		 	Qualified in Kings County
		 	Commission Expires Nov. 5, 2006

 [Notarial Seal] 
  

					
	STATE OF NEW YORK	 	)	 	
		 	) ss.:	 	
	COUNTY OF NEW YORK	 	)	 	

 On this 14 day of March, 2005, before me personally appeared Lawrence A. Jacobs, who acknowledged
himself to be the Senior Executive Vice President and Group General Counsel of News Corporation, and that he, as such Senior Executive Vice President and Group General Counsel, being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the
purposes therein contained, by signing in the name of each such corporation as such Senior Executive Vice President and Group General Counsel. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal. 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/    Catherine B. McDermmott        
	Name:	 	Catherine B. McDermmott
	Title:	 	Notary Public, State of New York
		 	No. 02MC4974028
		 	Qualified in Kings County
		 	Commission Expires Nov. 5, 2006

 [Notarial Seal] 
  

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