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

November 13, 2014

DATE OF REPORT

(DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)

 

 

NEWS CORPORATION

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-35769   46-2950970

(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) 416-3400

(REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

 

 

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 on November 13, 2014 (the “Annual Meeting”). 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
 

K. Rupert Murdoch

     111,786,436         53,745,496         1,824,667         4,317,022   

Lachlan K. Murdoch

     113,153,122         53,519,587         683,890         4,317,022   

Robert J. Thomson

     113,566,097         53,102,774         687,728         4,317,022   

José María Aznar

     106,174,041         60,496,912         685,646         4,317,022   

Natalie Bancroft

     105,973,956         60,697,056         685,587         4,317,022   

Peter L. Barnes

     111,016,283         54,512,871         1,827,445         4,317,022   

Elaine L. Chao

     109,257,972         57,412,530         686,097         4,317,022   

John Elkann

     122,960,815         43,707,078         688,706         4,317,022   

Joel I. Klein

     112,362,516         54,305,001         689,082         4,317,022   

James R. Murdoch

     109,925,958         56,745,043         685,598         4,317,022   

Ana Paula Pessoa

     113,562,504         53,105,007         689,088         4,317,022   

Masroor Siddiqui

     113,558,428         53,110,599         687,572         4,317,022   

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, 2015 passed and was voted upon as follows:

 

For:

     167,104,420   

Against:

     3,874,535   

Abstain:

     694,666   

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

 

For:

     138,369,886   

Against:

     26,830,145   

Abstain:

     2,156,568   

Broker Non-Votes:

     4,317,022   

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

 

One Year:

     160,978,805   

Two Years:

     217,584   

Three Years:

     3,993,626   

Abstain:

     2,166,584   

Broker Non-Votes:

     4,317,022   


Proposal 5: A proposal to approve the material terms of the performance goals under the News Corporation 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code passed and was voted upon as follows:

 

For:

     163,324,241   

Against:

     3,996,094   

Abstain:

     36,264   

Broker Non-Votes:

     4,317,022   

Proposal 6: A stockholder proposal to eliminate the Company’s dual class capital structure did not pass and was voted upon as follows:

 

For:

     79,057,219   

Against:

     87,590,542   

Abstain:

     708,838   

Broker Non-Votes:

     4,317,022   


SIGNATURES

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

 

NEWS CORPORATION

(REGISTRANT)

By:  

/s/ Michael L. Bunder

  Michael L. Bunder
  Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Dated: November 14, 2014