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A copy of the press release issued by the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
EXHIBIT 99.1 News Corporation
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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N E W S R E L E A S E
Contact: Alice Macandrew +44 (0)207 782 6013
Christof Schramm +49 211 9541 2311
News Corporation to invest up to Euro 120 million
in Sky Deutschland AG
London, 21 December 2009
. News Corporation today announces it has agreed to subscribe to up to 49 million new registered shares in Sky Deutschland AG via a capital increase that is expected to raise between Euro 110 million and Euro 120 million. As a result, News Corporation's stake in Sky Deutschland will increase from its current position of 39.96 percent up to a maximum of 45.4 percent.The issue price of the new shares will be the greater of Euro 2.25 or the volume-weighted average price on XETRA over the five trading days prior to the resolution of the capital increase less a discount of 3 percent. The capital increase is expected to occur in the course of January 2010.
News Corporation
(NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) had total assets as of September 30, 2009 of approximately US$55 billion and total annual revenues of approximately US$30 billion. News Corporation is a diversified global media company with operations in eight industry segments: filmed entertainment; television; cable network programming; direct broadcast satellite television; integrated marketing services; newspapers and information services; book publishing; and other. The activities of News Corporation are conducted principally in the United States, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and Latin America.-----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----