-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, KtPCIjNMZ2CCNR5XxlLbbF6Xb6oAb8+eTbRsDaEyq/TkV936y4/yDaUA5Odl46cG fq4xXec7VkYFqcQABZsWsQ== 0001181431-10-005538.txt : 20100201 0001181431-10-005538.hdr.sgml : 20100201 20100201142543 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-10-005538 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100201 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20100201 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100201 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NEWS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001308161 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NEWSPAPERS: PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING & PRINTING [2711] IRS NUMBER: 260075658 FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32352 FILM NUMBER: 10563036 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-852-7000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEWS CORPORATION, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20041108 8-K 1 rrd264296.htm Prepared By R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form 8-K
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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):  02/01/2010
 
News Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Commission File Number:  001-32352
 
Delaware
  
26-0075658
(State or other jurisdiction of
  
(IRS Employer
incorporation)
  
Identification No.)
 
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
212-852-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
(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:
[  ]   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

[  ]   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[  ]   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[  ]   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 

 
Item 8.01.    Other Events
 
On February 1, 2010, News Corporation, a Delaware corporation, (the "Company") announced that News America Incorporated, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, ("NAI") gave notice to holders of NAI's 0.75% Senior Exchangeable BUCS (the "Securities") that any Securities tendered at the option of the holders on the March 15, 2010 holder redemption date would be redeemed by the Company for cash at the specified redemption amount equal to $1,013.48 per Security, which represents the amount equal to the adjusted liquidation preference of such Securities plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid distributions and any final period distribution. A copy of the press release issued by the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
 
Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
Exhibit
Number           Description
________________________________________
99.1                 Press release of News Corporation, dated February 1, 2010.
 

 

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.
 
           
News Corporation
 
 
Date: February 01, 2010
     
By:
 
/s/    Lawrence A. Jacobs
               
Lawrence A. Jacobs
               
Senior Executive Vice President and Group General Counsel
 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
EX-99.1
  
Press release of News Corporation, dated February 1, 2010.
EX-99.1 2 rrd264296_30987.htm PRESS RELEASE OF NEWS CORPORATION, DATED FEBRUARY 1, 2010. Exhibit 99

Exhibit 99.1

 

News Corporation

N E W S R E L E A S E

For Immediate Release


Contacts - Investor Relations: Reed Nolte 212-852-7092
Press: Jack Horner 646-386-6215

News America Incorporated Issues Notice of Optional Redemption of 0.75% Senior Exchangeable BUCS
______________________

NEW YORK, NY, February 1, 2010 - News America Incorporated (the "Company"), a subsidiary of News Corporation, today issued a notice to holders of the Company's 0.75% Senior Exchangeable BUCS (the "Securities") that such holders have the right to tender Securities on the March 15, 2010 holder redemption date and that the Company has elected to pay for any Securities tendered during the tender offer period entirely in cash.

The Securities were issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of March 21, 2003, as supplemented (the "Indenture"), among the Company, News Corporation (f/k/a The News Corporation Limited), the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon (f/k/a The Bank of New York), as trustee (the "Trustee").

Pursuant to the Indenture, each holder of Securities has the right to tender Securities for purchase by the Company on each of March 15, 2010, March 13, 2013 or March 15, 2018 for payment equal to the adjusted liquidation preference of such Securities plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid distributions and any final period distribution (the "Purchase Price"). The Purchase Price shall be equivalent to $1,013.48 per Security tendered for purchase on March 15, 2010.

The Trustee is acting as the Company's paying agent and exchange agent in connection with the holder redemption.

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.

 

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