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 18, 2013

DATE OF REPORT

(DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)

 

 

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)

 

 

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ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

On October 18, 2013 (the “Effective Date”), the Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) was approved by the stockholders of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (the “Company”) entitled to vote on the Plan. The Plan was previously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on August 6, 2013 and is deemed to be effective as of the Effective Date. No further grants shall be made under the Company’s 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2005 LTIP”).

The Plan shall terminate on October 18, 2023, unless terminated sooner as provided for within the Plan. As of the date hereof, no grants have been made pursuant to the Plan.

The Plan provides for awards of stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $.01 (“Class A Common Stock”), stock appreciation rights, restricted and unrestricted shares of Class A Common Stock, restricted share units, dividend equivalents, performance awards and other equity-related awards and cash payments, the terms and conditions of which are described in the Plan. The maximum number of shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan is 87,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock plus the number of shares of Class A Common Stock subject to outstanding awards under the 2005 LTIP as of the Effective Date that terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation or otherwise. The Plan will be administered by the Company’s Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

The description of the Plan is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on October 18, 2013. 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
 

Delphine Arnault

     496,153,177         13,677,889         611,173         24,013,827   

James W. Breyer

     448,972,606         61,127,937         341,696         24,013,827   

Chase Carey

     471,240,921         38,847,545         353,773         24,013,827   

David F. DeVoe

     462,989,062         47,318,867         134,310         24,013,827   

Viet Dinh

     416,195,289         93,942,703         304,247         24,013,827   

Sir Roderick I. Eddington

     444,386,239         63,758,137         2,297,863         24,013,827   

James R. Murdoch

     410,586,963         99,738,906         116,370         24,013,827   

K. Rupert Murdoch

     463,131,949         46,409,526         900,764         24,013,827   

Lachlan K. Murdoch

     384,273,022         125,874,438         294,779         24,013,827   

Jacques Nasser

     506,040,711         4,110,169         291,359         24,013,827   

Robert S. Silberman

     505,620,054         4,525,610         296,575         24,013,827   

Álvaro Uribe

     448,793,231         61,346,318         302,690         24,013,827   

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, 2014 passed and was voted upon as follows:

 

For:

     528,715,791   

Against:

     3,336,471   

Abstain:

     2,403,804   

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

 

For:

     430,933,593   

Against:

     77,612,177   

Abstain:

     1,896,469   

Broker Non-Votes:

     24,013,827   


Proposal 4: A proposal to approve the Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan passed and was voted upon as follows:

 

For:

     461,267,935   

Against:

     49,027,624   

Abstain:

     146,680   

Broker Non-Votes:

     24,013,827   

Proposal 5: A stockholder proposal to adopt a policy that the Chairman of the Board of Directors be an independent director was rejected by the stockholders and voted upon as follows:

 

For:

     146,967,288   

Against:

     361,675,611   

Abstain:

     1,799,340   

Broker Non-Votes:

     24,013,827   

A stockholder proposal to eliminate the Company’s dual class capital structure was not presented at the Annual Meeting because neither the proponent of the proposal nor a qualified representative of the proponent attended the Annual Meeting to present the proposal.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

10.1    Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan.


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: October 18, 2013


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

10.1    Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan.