UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): July 16, 2014
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
Commission File Number: 001-32352
Delaware | 26-0075658 | |
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION) |
(IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.) |
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING ZIP CODE)
212-852-7000
(REGISTRANTS TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
NOT APPLICABLE
(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
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Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On July 16, 2014, Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (the Company) issued a press release confirming press reports that it had made a formal business combination proposal to acquire Time Warner Inc. and indicating that the Time Warner Inc. Board of Directors declined to pursue such proposal. A copy of the Companys press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
This Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished solely to satisfy the requirements of Regulation FD in light of the disclosure. The furnishing of the information in this Item 7.01 is not intended to, and does not, constitute a representation that such furnishing is required by Regulation FD or that the information in this Item 7.01 is material information that is not otherwise publicly available.
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto is being furnished and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth in such filing.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(c) | Exhibits |
Exhibit Number |
Description | |
99.1 | Press Release of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., dated July 16, 2014. |
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. | ||
By: | /s/ Janet Nova | |
Janet Nova | ||
Executive Vice President and Deputy Group General Counsel |
Dated: July 16, 2014
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number |
Description | |
99.1 | Press Release of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., dated July 16, 2014. |
Exhibit 99.1
Press Contacts: Julie Henderson 212.852.7070 | jhenderson@21cf.com
Nathaniel Brown 212-852-7746 | nbrown@21cf.com |
Investor Relations: Reed Nolte 212-852-7092 | rnolte@21cf.com
Joe Dorrego 212-852-7856 | jdorrego@21cf.com |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
21st Century Fox Confirms Proposal to Combine with Time Warner Inc.
New York, NY July 16, 2014 21st Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA, FOX) today issued the following statement confirming press reports that it made a proposal to combine with Time Warner Inc.:
21st Century Fox can confirm that we made a formal proposal to Time Warner last month to combine the two companies. The Time Warner Board of Directors declined to pursue our proposal. We are not currently in any discussions with Time Warner.
About 21st Century Fox
21st Century Fox is the worlds premier portfolio of cable, broadcast, film, pay TV and satellite assets spanning six continents across the globe. Reaching more than 1.5 billion subscribers in approximately 50 local languages every day, 21st Century Fox is home to a global portfolio of cable and broadcasting networks and properties, including FOX, FX, FXX, FXM, FS1, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, FOX Sports, Fox Sports Network, National Geographic Channels, MundoFox, STAR India, 28 local television stations in the U.S. and more than 300 channels that comprise Fox International Channels; film studio Twentieth Century Fox Film; and television production studios Twentieth Century Fox Television and Shine Group. The Company also provides premium content to millions of subscribers through its pay-television services in Europe and Asia, including Sky Deutschland, Sky Italia and its equity interests in BSkyB and Tata Sky. For more information about 21st Century Fox, please visit www.21CF.com.