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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 14, 2018

 

 

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC.

(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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐


ITEM 5.07

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on November 14, 2018. A brief description of the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the results of the voting on such matters are set forth below.

Proposal 1: The following individuals were elected as directors:

 

Name

   For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Delphine Arnault

     664,183,547        38,423,174        940,168        15,847,526  

James W. Breyer

     669,616,856        32,984,666        945,367        15,847,526  

Chase Carey

     645,708,008        56,898,008        940,873        15,847,526  

David F. DeVoe

     637,859,784        64,743,010        944,095        15,847,526  

Sir Roderick I. Eddington

     656,460,698        46,141,344        944,847        15,847,526  

James R. Murdoch

     691,656,783        10,959,359        930,747        15,847,526  

K. Rupert Murdoch

     683,175,191        19,429,836        941,862        15,847,526  

Lachlan K. Murdoch

     680,500,685        22,100,637        945,567        15,847,526  

Jacques Nasser

     664,267,451        36,951,088        2,328,350        15,847,526  

Robert S. Silberman

     633,848,254        68,754,834        943,801        15,847,526  

Tidjane Thiam

     479,203,417        223,302,989        1,040,483        15,847,526  

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, 2019 passed and was voted upon as follows:

 

 

For:

  

712,035,859

  
 

Against:

  

6,862,930

  
 

Abstain:

  

495,626

  

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

 

 

For:

  

548,247,271

  
 

Against:

  

154,217,527

  
 

Abstain:

  

1,082,091

  
 

Broker Non-Votes:

  

15,847,526

  

Proposal 4: A stockholder proposal to vote, on an advisory, nonbinding basis, for the Company’s board of directors to adopt a recapitalization plan to eliminate the Company’s dual class capital structure failed and was voted upon as follows:

 

 

For:

  

266,647,916

  
 

Against:

  

435,774,050

  
 

Abstain:

  

1,124,923

  
 

Broker Non-Votes:

  

15,847,526

  


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.

 

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC.

(REGISTRANT)

By:

 

/s/ Janet Nova

 

Janet Nova

 

Executive Vice President and

Deputy Group General Counsel

Dated: November 14, 2018