Form 8-K

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

October 15, 2010

DATE OF REPORT

(DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)

 

 

NEWS CORPORATION

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-32352   26-0075658

(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION

OF INCORPORATION)

  (COMMISSION FILE NO.)  

(IRS EMPLOYER

IDENTIFICATION NO.)

1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036

(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING ZIP CODE)

(212) 852-7000

(REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

NOT APPLICABLE

(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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ITEM 5.07    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

News Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on October 15, 2010. A brief description of the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the results of the voting on such matters is set forth below.

Proposal 1: The following individuals were elected as directors:

 

Name

   For      Withheld      Broker
Non-Votes
 

José María Aznar

     577,317,999         2,695,707         13,407,523   

Natalie Bancroft

     521,969,664         58,044,042         13,407,523   

Peter L. Barnes

     578,913,089         1,100,617         13,407,523   

Chase Carey

     566,420,563         13,593,143         13,407,523   

Kenneth E. Cowley

     559,380,960         20,632,746         13,407,523   

David F. DeVoe

     519,035,544         60,978,162         13,407,523   

Viet Dinh

     575,846,489         4,167,217         13,407,523   

Sir Roderick I. Eddington

     538,996,410         41,017,296         13,407,523   

Andrew S.B. Knight

     527,445,316         52,568,390         13,407,523   

James R. Murdoch

     517,177,427         62,836,279         13,407,523   

K. Rupert Murdoch

     567,283,768         12,729,938         13,407,523   

Lachlan K. Murdoch

     562,998,193         17,015,513         13,407,523   

Thomas J. Perkins

     568,491,966         11,521,740         13,407,523   

Arthur M. Siskind

     557,232,552         22,781,154         13,407,523   

John L. Thornton

     576,521,109         3,492,597         13,407,523   

Proposal 2: A proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011 was voted upon as follows:

 

For:

     591,181,986   

Against:

     1,744,983   

Abstain:

     442,802   

Broker Non-Votes:

     —     

Proposal 3: A proposal to re-approve the material terms under the News Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan for payment of performance-based compensation for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, was voted upon as follows:

 

For:

     530,455,506   

Against:

     49,320,288   

Abstain:

     237,912   

Broker Non-Votes:

     13,407,523   

Proposal 4: A stockholder proposal concerning the establishment of a human rights committee was voted upon as follows:

 

For:

     11,735,703   

Against:

     530,616,627   

Abstain:

     37,661,376   

Broker Non-Votes:

     13,407,523   

Proposal 5: A stockholder proposal concerning shareholder say on executive pay was voted upon as follows:

 

For:

     215,620,268   

Against:

     363,908,110   

Abstain:

     485,328   

Broker Non-Votes:

     13,407,523   


 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

NEWS CORPORATION

(REGISTRANT)

By:   /s/ Lawrence A. Jacobs
   
  Lawrence A. Jacobs
  Senior Executive Vice President and Group General Counsel

Dated: October 19, 2010