TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC. - FORM 8-K - June 13, 2013

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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):  06/13/2013
 
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)
 
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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 June 13, 2013, News Corporation (the "Company") announced that David F. DeVoe will retire as Chief Financial Officer of the Company at the end of the fiscal year. Mr. DeVoe will maintain his seat on the Company's Board of Directors and remain employed by the Company under the terms of his current employment agreement as a Senior Advisor. On the same day, the Company announced that John Nallen has been appointed Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, which will be re-named Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. and hold the Company's media and entertainment businesses following the Company's separation on June 28, 2013 into two independent publicly-traded companies. Mr. Nallen's appointment is effective July 1, 2013.
        
Mr. Nallen, 56, has served as Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the Company since 2001, focusing on capital market and merger and acquisition transactions and overseeing various functional areas, including corporate finance, tax, corporate IT, internal audit and planning and analysis. He joined the Company in 1995 after 16 years at Arthur Andersen where he became a CPA and a partner leading its Media Industry Practice.

The compensatory arrangements for Mr. Nallen's service as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer have not yet been determined.

Mr. Nallen has neither family relationships nor related person transactions with the Company that would require disclosure under Items 401(d) or 404(a) of Regulation S-K in connection with his appointment described above.

        
A copy of the Company's press release announcing the above matters is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
 
Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
Exhibit
Number          Description

99.1                 Press release of News Corporation, dated June 13, 2013.

 

 

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: June 13, 2013
     
By:
 
/s/    Janet Nova
               
Janet Nova
               
Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
EX-99.1
  
Press release of News Corporation, dated June 13, 2013.

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC. Reports