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 21, 2011

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:

 

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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 21, 2011. 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      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

José María Aznar

     593,998,174         70,698,889         839,481         16,564,060   

Natalie Bancroft

     442,201,298         222,222,317         1,112,929         16,564,060   

Peter L. Barnes

     587,592,566         74,470,837         3,473,141         16,564,060   

James W. Breyer

     655,828,143         6,853,833         2,854,568         16,564,060   

Chase Carey

     602,447,396         61,635,859         1,453,289         16,564,060   

David F. DeVoe

     513,840,118         150,579,394         1,117,032         16,564,060   

Viet Dinh

     567,283,524         94,783,032         3,469,988         16,564,060   

Sir Roderick I. Eddington

     541,432,450         111,419,185         12,684,909         16,564,060   

Joel I. Klein

     640,620,720         23,453,541         1,462,283         16,564,060   

Andrew S.B. Knight

     450,404,693         214,016,990         1,114,861         16,564,060   

James R. Murdoch

     433,028,510         232,013,203         494,831         16,564,060   

K. Rupert Murdoch

     561,685,725         91,798,107         12,052,712         16,564,060   

Lachlan K. Murdoch

     440,906,956         224,151,616         477,972         16,564,060   

Arthur M. Siskind

     463,858,791         200,565,116         1,112,637         16,564,060   

John L. Thornton

     581,619,156         82,442,239         1,475,149         16,564,060   

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, 2012 passed and was voted upon as follows:

 

For:

     665,333,406   

Against:

     16,068,558   

Abstain:

     698,640   

Broker Non-Votes:

     —     

Proposal 3: A proposal to approve, on an advisory, nonbinding basis, executive compensation passed and was voted upon as follows:

 

For:

     432,583,767   

Against:

     232,106,515   

Abstain:

     846,262   

Broker Non-Votes:

     16,564,060   

Proposal 4: A proposal to vote, on an advisory, nonbinding basis, for the preference as to the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation was voted upon as follows:

 

1 Year:

     643,239,395   

2 Years:

     3,299,001   

3 Years:

     9,139,402   

Abstain:

     9,858,746   

Broker Non-Votes:

     16,564,060   

Based on the recommendation of the Board of Directors in the Company’s proxy statement and the voting results with respect to the advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation, the Company has decided to hold an advisory vote on executive compensation annually.

Other Matters: A stockholder proposal raised from the floor of the Annual Meeting requesting that the Board of Directors require that the Chair of the Board be an independent member of the Board of Directors failed and was voted upon as follows:

 

For:

     1,517,604   

Against:

     680,583,000   

Abstain:

     —     

Broker Non-Votes:

     —     


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/ Janet Nova

  Janet Nova
 

Senior Vice President and

Interim Group General Counsel

Dated: October 24, 2011