NEWS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:NWS) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of News
Corporation (the “Company”), effective immediately, to fill
the existing vacancy on the Board. Ms. Ayotte will serve on the
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.
Director will be consistent with that of the Company’s other
non-employee Directors, including a quarterly deferred stock
unit retainer to be first granted on April 3, 2017, the first
trading day following April 1, 2017. The Company’s
non-employee Director compensation practices are described in
the Proxy Statement for the Company’s 2016 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on October 12, 2016 under the heading “Director
Compensation.”
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Item 9.01
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press release issued by News Corporation, dated April 3,
2017. |
About NEWS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:NWS)
News Corporation is a global diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing content to consumers and businesses throughout the world. The Company’s operations are organized into five segments: News and Information Services; Book Publishing; Digital Real Estate Services; Cable Network Programming, and Other. The Company’s News and Information Services segment consists primarily of Dow Jones, News Corp Australia (which includes News Limited and its subsidiaries), News UK, the New York Post and News America Marketing. Its Book Publishing segment consists of HarperCollins Publishers (together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, HarperCollins), which is a consumer book publisher. Its Digital Real Estate Services segment consists of its interest in REA Group Limited (REA Group), and its interest in Move, Inc. (Move). The Company’s Cable Network Programming segment consists of FOX SPORTS Australia, a sports programming provider in Australia. NEWS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:NWS) Recent Trading Information
NEWS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:NWS) closed its last trading session down -0.20 at 13.50 with 511,279 shares trading hands.
