Description of Registrants Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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Exhibit 4.5

DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED

The following description of the capital stock of fuboTV Inc., a Florida corporation (“we,” “our,” “us” or the “Company”) and certain provisions of our Articles, as amended from time to time (the “Articles”) and Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended from time to time (the “Bylaws”) is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of our Articles and Bylaws and applicable provisions of the Florida Business Corporation Act (the “FBCA”).

Our authorized capital stock consists of 400,000,000 shares of common stock with a $0.0001 par value per share, and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a $0.0001 par value per share.

The following summary describes the material provisions of our capital stock.

Common Stock

Each share of our common stock is generally entitled to one vote for each share on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders, including the election of directors, but is generally not entitled to vote on any matter for which the vote is reserved to a class of preferred stock pursuant to the designation for that preferred stock.

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “FUBO.”

Rights and Preferences

Holders of our common stock have no preemptive, conversion or subscription rights, and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to our common stock. The rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of our common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock currently outstanding or which we may designate and issue in the future.

Fully Paid and Nonassessable

All of our outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and nonassessable.

Transfer Agent

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC.

Dividend

Our Bylaws provide that the board of directors, subject to any restrictions contained in the FBCA or our Articles, may declare and pay distributions to its shareholders. Specifically, no distribution may be made if, after giving it effect, (a) the Company would not be able to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of the Company’s activities and affairs; or (b) the Company’s total assets would be less than the sum of its total liabilities plus (unless our Articles permit otherwise) the amount that would be needed, if the Company were to be dissolved and wound up at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the preferential rights upon dissolution and winding up of shareholders whose preferential rights are superior to those receiving the distribution.




We may also issue shares as share dividends, which may be issued pro rata and without consideration to our shareholders or to the shareholders of one or more classes or series or shares. Shares of one class, series or shares may not be issued as a share dividend in respect of shares of another class or series unless (a) our Articles so authorize; (b) a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the class or series to be issued approves the issue; or (c) there are no outstanding shares of the class or series to be issued.

Preferred Stock

Under the terms of our Articles, our board of directors is authorized to determine the rights and preferences of any undesignated shares of preferred stock in one or more series without shareholder approval. Our board of directors has the discretion to determine the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting rights, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, of each series of preferred stock.

The purpose of authorizing our board of directors to issue preferred stock and determine its rights and preferences is to eliminate delays associated with a shareholder vote on specific issuances. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions, future financings and other corporate purposes, could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third-party to acquire, or could discourage a third-party from seeking to acquire, a majority of our outstanding voting stock. We have no present plans to issue any shares of preferred stock.

Registration Rights

As of the date of this annual report, no holders of our common stock are entitled to rights with respect to the registration of such shares for public resale under the Securities Act, which have not already been satisfied.

Exclusive Forum

The FBCA provides that a corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws may require that any or all internal corporate claims be brought exclusively in any specified court or courts of the State of Florida and, if so specified, in any additional courts in Florida or in any other jurisdictions with which the corporation has a reasonable relationship. Our Articles do not provide any such exclusive forum provisions, but the Certificates of Designation related to certain current classes of preferred stock do so provide. Our Bylaws provide that, unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, a state court located within the State of Florida (or, if no state court located within the State of Florida has jurisdiction, a federal district court in Florida) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for the following actions: (i) any derivative action, suit or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company; (ii) any action, suit or proceeding asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or the Company’s shareholders; (iii) any action, suit or proceeding arising pursuant to any provision of the FBCA or the Company’s Articles or Bylaws; and (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Company or any director, officer or other employee of the Company governed by the internal affairs doctrine, and further provides that the U.S. federal district courts shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause or causes of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including all causes of action asserted against any defendant to such complaint.

Anti-Takeover Provisions
The FBCA contains certain provisions which may affect the ability of a party to acquire control of the Company.




Control Share Acquisition Statute

The control share acquisition statute, Section ###-###-#### of the FBCA, generally provides that in the event that a person acquires voting shares of the Company which would have 20% or more of the voting power of all of the shares of the Company, such acquired shares have only such voting rights as are accorded the shares before the control-share acquisition only to the extent granted by resolution approved by the shareholders of the Company (excluding shares held by the person acquiring the control shares or any officers of the Company or any employees who are also directors of the Company).

A Florida corporation may provide in articles of incorporation or bylaws that the corporation is not subject to these provisions, but our Articles and Bylaws do not currently exempt the Company from these provisions. Absent such an exclusion, these provisions of the FBCA generally apply to any Florida corporation which has:

1.    One hundred or more shareholders;

2.    Its principal place of business, its principal office, or substantial assets within Florida; and

3.    Either (i) more than 10% of its shareholders resident in Florida; (ii) more than 10% of its shares owned by residents of Florida; or (iii) one thousand shareholders resident in Florida.

The control share acquisition statute may have the effect of discouraging or preventing certain change of control or takeover transactions involving the Company.

Affiliated Transactions Statute

The affiliated transactions statute, Section ###-###-#### of the FBCA, covers certain affiliated transactions, and provides that the Company may not engage in certain mergers, consolidations or sales of stock, dispositions or certain other transactions with any “interested shareholder” for a period of three years following the time that such shareholder became an interested shareholder, unless:

prior to the time that such shareholder became an interested shareholder, the board of directors of the Company approved either the affiliated transaction or the transaction which resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder; or

upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder, the interested shareholder owned at least 85% of the voting shares of the Company outstanding at the time the transaction commenced; or

at or subsequent to the time that such shareholder became an interested shareholder, the affiliated transaction is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of shareholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting shares which are not owned by the interested shareholder.

“Interested shareholders” are generally defined as any person who is the beneficial owner of more than 15% of the outstanding voting shares of the Company.

Notwithstanding the above, the voting requirements set forth above do not apply to a particular affiliated transaction if one or more conditions are met, including, but not limited to, the following: if the affiliated transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company; if the



interested shareholder has been the beneficial owner of at least 80% of the Company’s outstanding voting shares for at least three years preceding the announcement date; or if the consideration to be paid to the holders of each class or series of voting shares in the affiliated transaction meets certain minimum conditions.

The provisions of this section of the FBCA would not apply to the Company if the Company’s original articles of incorporation contained a provision electing not to be governed by this section of the FBCA, or the Company had adopted an amendment to its Articles in compliance with the FBCA expressly electing not to be governed by this section of the FBCA. The Company’s original articles of incorporation did contain such an election not to be governed by these provisions, and thus these provisions do not currently apply to the Company.