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Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on October 16, 2012.

 

 

 

 

NEWS CORPORATION

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS

NEW YORK, NY 10036

 

 
        
            
  Meeting Information         
 

 

Meeting Type: Annual

        
  For stockholders as of: September 26, 2012         
  Date: October 16, 2012    Time: 10:00 AM Pacific Time         
  Location: Zanuck Theatre at Fox Studios         
 

 10201 West Pico Boulevard

 Los Angeles, California 90035

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www.newscorp.com/investor/annual_meeting_info.html    

        
   

 

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  THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSALS 1, 2 AND 3.
 

 

1.

 

 

Proposal to elect 14 directors

   

 

1a.

 

 

José María Aznar

   

 

1b.

 

 

Natalie Bancroft

   

 

1c.

 

 

Peter L. Barnes

   

 

1d.

 

 

James W. Breyer

   

 

1e.

 

 

Chase Carey

   

 

1f.

 

 

Elaine L. Chao

   

 

1g.

 

 

David F. DeVoe

   

 

1h.

 

 

Viet Dinh

   

 

1i.

 

 

Sir Roderick I. Eddington

   

 

1j.

 

 

Joel I. Klein

   

 

1k.

 

 

James R. Murdoch

   

 

1l.

 

 

K. Rupert Murdoch

   

 

1m.

 

 

Lachlan K. Murdoch

   

 

1n.

 

 

Álvaro Uribe

 
 

 

2. 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, 2013.

 

3. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS YOU VOTE AGAINST PROPOSALS 4, 5 AND 6:

 

4. Stockholder Proposal - Adopt a Policy that the Chairman of the Board of Directors be an Independent Director.

 

5. Stockholder Proposal - Adopt Simple Majority Vote.

 

6. Stockholder Proposal - Eliminate the Company’s Dual Class Capital Structure.

 

7. CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATION - Please mark “YES” if the stock is owned of record or beneficially by a U.S. stockholder, or mark “NO” if such stock is owned of record or beneficially by a non-U.S. stockholder. (Please refer to Appendix B of the Proxy Statement for additional guidance.)

 

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